Chapter 122 – Without Soul Power, Is It Really Impossible to Practice?
Just when Mo Hui was sighing inwardly, Jiang Xing suddenly plucked up the courage and came to Mo Hui.
He asked Mo Hui with a hint of unwillingness and a hint of expectation in his eyes:
> "Brother Mo Hui, without soul power, is there really no way to practice?"
After hearing Jiang Xing's words, Mo Hui was silent.
Is it impossible to practice without soul power?
Of course not. If there is a practice method similar to Xuantian Gong, or some top-level natural treasures, or some other opportunities against the sky, it can allow an ordinary person to have the ability to practice.
But how can these things be accessible to an ordinary person?
For ordinary people, it is countless times more difficult to achieve these requirements than to directly awaken the innate soul power.
Even the current Mo Hui cannot let a person without innate soul power practice.
Seeing that Mo Hui was silent for a long time, the light in Jiang Xing's eyes became dimmer and dimmer, and he had already guessed in his heart.
Seeing this, Su Yuntao on the side also sighed and said:
> "Little friend, I can understand your feelings, but it is an iron rule that you cannot practice without soul power. So far, there has never been a person who can practice without innate soul power."
"Pudong~~"
Mo Hui's silence and Su Yuntao's advice directly pierced Jiang Xing's hope, making him unable to hold on any longer and kneeling on the ground.
Then two lines of crystal tears slid from Jiang Xing's eyes, and this strong child began to sob.
In this era of aristocratic rule, if you cannot practice without innate soul power, it means that his future has been determined. All the dreams in the past have turned into bubbles at this moment.
> "Ah~"
Seeing this scene, Mo Hui couldn't help shaking his head and sighed.
In the current Douluo Continent, ordinary people really have no choice when encountering such a situation. They can only accept their fate. Not everyone is Tang San, who has a technique like Xuantian Gong that does not require innate soul power and can still practice.
Wait... technique!
Suddenly, a stream of light passed through Mo Hui's mind.
Perhaps, he could try to create a technique similar to Xuantian Gong — a technique that can affect the innate soul power, a technique that can be practiced by everyone!
But then, Mo Hui shook his head with some self-mockery.
It is not so easy to create a technique. If it is just a technique exclusive to oneself, it is fine. With Mo Hui's own ability, it is possible. But if everyone can practice it, and it must also be able to affect the innate soul power, the difficulty is no longer an order of magnitude.
Especially in a world like Douluo Continent, where even the real meditation method may not exist, it is too difficult to create such a technique—too difficult!
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After Su Yuntao said goodbye to Mo Hui, he took the awakening stone and left Jiangrong Village. He was very tight on time and had to go to other villages to awaken the martial spirits of others.
Not long after Su Yuntao left, a knight riding a tall horse and wearing chain mail came to the entrance of Jiangrong Village and shouted inside:
> "Jiangrong Village, why don't you come out quickly?"
The knight's voice was very loud, and soon the villagers of Jiangrong Village came to the entrance of the village.
Seeing everyone coming, the knight lowered his head slightly and glanced at them, and said:
> "Who among you is the village chief?"
> "Yes, I am. I wonder what the knight is here for?"
Hearing the knight calling him, the village chief of Jiangrong Village hurried forward and asked.
The knight said:
> "You should pay your taxes this year. The lord ordered me to collect them."
> "We have prepared the head tax. Please count it, Sir Knight!"
The village chief of Jiangrong Village smiled and handed a small bag to the knight and said.
The knight weighed the bag, grabbed the gold soul coins inside and took a look, nodded, and said:
> "The number is correct, but you have to prepare the subsequent taxes. I will collect them in three days. The tax payment time is advanced this year."
> "Ah! This... Sir Knight, can you give me some leniency?"
After hearing the knight's words, the village chief of Jiangrong Village was dumbfounded. Although one tax was nothing to them, the total amount of these taxes was not a small amount, and it was really difficult to collect it in a short time.
The knight glanced at the village chief of Jiangrong Village and said:
> "This is the order of the lord."
Hearing this, the village chief of Jiangrong Village took a few steps back, a little limp. Where can they collect so much money in just three days?
> "How much is the subsequent tax? I will pay it for them!"
At this time, Mo Hui, who had been watching for a while, came out and said to the knight.
> "Who is it..."
The knight just frowned and wanted to scold, but then he felt the unique temperament emanating from Mo Hui and the soul guide on his waist. He immediately smiled and said:
> "It turns out to be the soul master. I didn't see the soul master just now. I'm so sorry. The number of their subsequent taxes is..."
After hearing the number reported by the other party, Mo Hui nodded, took out the corresponding gold soul coin from the soul guide, and threw it to the other party.
After taking Mo Hui's gold soul coin, the knight wanted to invite Mo Hui to visit their lord's house. Mo Hui naturally refused. He didn't have time to delay with the lord of a small place.
At the same time, Jiang Xing in the crowd looked at the knight in front of him, who was so arrogant in front of them but looked like this in front of Mo Hui, and was shocked.
It turned out that the soul master was more noble than he imagined. But it was a pity that he would never become a soul master in his life.
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After the knight left, Mo Hui looked at the villagers around him who showed gratitude to him and sighed.
He had lived on his own for a period of time and knew the situation of the lower-class people in Douluo Continent.
Do ordinary people in Douluo Continent live badly?
In his opinion as a time traveler, of course they live badly. But if they were really placed in ancient society, ordinary people in Douluo Continent might live quite well.
This is not because the national system of Douluo Continent is so good, but because the huge productivity brought by soul masters is far from what can be achieved in ancient times in real society.
A food-based soul master at the level of Soul Master can maintain the food of 500 soldiers. And if these 500 soldiers were placed in ancient times, at least thousands of people would have to grow food to support them.
And many things that require a lot of manpower in ancient times can also be handed over to soul masters, and soul masters will only complete them more outstandingly.
Without a lot of deadly corvée and taxes, the civilians in Douluo Continent will naturally live much better, and rarely starve to death or die of exhaustion.
But that's all.
In the final analysis, Douluo Continent is just a medieval society that has abolished slavery not long ago. Although the civilians are not so miserable because of the soul masters, it is impossible for the civilians' living standards to be much higher.
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