Diary System—Chapter 81: Dai Yichen: Father, What Do You Think of the Blacksmiths on the Mainland?
Dai Yichen nodded and said, "Well, Father, one of the things I came here to tell you today is about her. The Nine-Heart Flowering Apple Martial Soul can be compared to the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda among the auxiliary martial souls.
Of course, if you and I were to choose, we would think that the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda martial soul would be more useful than the Nine-Heart Flowering Apple martial soul on the battlefield."
Dai Yutian nodded in agreement, indicating that he shared the same opinion.
Healing does not enhance combat power or allow its user to fight above their level. In his view, the Nine-Heart Flowering Apple martial soul was not as effective as the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda martial soul. Both in terms of functionality and the number of individuals it could benefit, the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda martial soul was superior.
The reputation of the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda martial soul was well-known to all educated soul masters and even some civilians on the mainland, but what about the Nine-Heart Flowering Apple martial soul?
It is said to be as famous as the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda martial soul, but he truly hadn't considered this until Dai Yichen brought it up.
Dai Yichen chuckled, "Father, I know what you're thinking. That's why I hope you can let the academy devote more resources to Ye Lingling. I believe that since the Nine-Heart Flowering Apple martial soul has such a reputation, it is not without merit.
The reason it is not well-known now is that, in addition to the fact that the Nine-Heart Flowering Apple martial soul can only be passed down through one lineage, its owner is currently too weak to fully utilize its healing abilities."
Seeing the serious expression on Dai Yichen's face, Dai Yutian nodded but also shook his head: "You don't need to tell me this; I will arrange it naturally. As far as I know, her martial soul is already among the top in the academy's healing martial souls, and there is no reason for the academy not to cultivate her.
But, brat, I can tell you that auxiliary soul masters train more slowly, not only because their training difficulty is higher than that of attack soul masters but also because resources are relatively scarce. There are generally two ways to allow Ye Lingling to quickly increase her soul power: one is frequent use of her martial soul, and the other is to make the resources invested in the simulated environment as compatible with her as possible."
Dai Yichen didn't care and appeared somewhat lazy: "Father, don't fool me; Ye Lingling is only at this level right now. For the imperial family, the resources at the early stage are almost insignificant. She is not yet a formal soul master, so the resources will be much less. Aren't you just worried that the imperial family will invest too many resources—what happens if she doesn't end up serving the imperial family?" Dai Yichen saw through it immediately.
Dai Yutian: ...
"Hehe, since you know, you should appreciate my concerns. You also mentioned that the Nine-Heart Flowering Apple martial soul is passed down through one lineage. So, she should have a relative with the Nine-Heart Flowering Apple martial soul, but she came here with Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan. What if she leaves later?"
Dai Yichen merely smiled slightly: "Father, didn't you say before that if I have any problems, you would help me? Don't you truly believe in your son's charm? Those who achieve great things don't sweat the small stuff. What's wrong with a gamble? At most, we can treat those resources as if they don't exist."
Dai Yutian couldn't help but roll his eyes at Dai Yichen, thinking that he could experience this himself.
He thought to himself that he did say that at the beginning, but it was only for him. Dai Yichen was the Fourth Prince of the Star Luo Empire, and everything he did was from the imperial family's perspective; he would not harm the family. But if resources were given to Ye Lingling, they would be wasted if she truly left.
He had considered an idea: if Ye Lingling did leave, he would find an opportunity to have her assassinated. However, it seemed that Ye Lingling had a good relationship with Dugu Bo's granddaughter, Dugu Yan. If he went through with that, he would likely be suspected.
The imperial family was currently preparing for reforms, so it would be best to avoid any additional troubles.
After pondering for a moment, Dai Yutian looked at Dai Yichen and said solemnly, "Okay, I promise you this. I can provide Ye Lingling with the best cultivation resources that the imperial family can offer. You can manage the rest."
"Okay, that resolves this matter. What about the second thing?" Dai Yutian glared at Dai Yichen, impatience evident on his face. He could only express his dissatisfaction in this way. It wasn't that he opposed providing resources to Ye Lingling, but he was frustrated with Dai Yichen's confidence in strategizing. Didn't this make him seem a bit useless?
Dai Yutian could already imagine how Dai Yichen planned to arrange things, given his slow request for resources.
Dai Yichen: Ahem, you're misjudging me. At most, I'll just arrange it in the diary. Hehe.
In the void, Dugu Bo had thought Dai Yichen wanted to discuss something significant with Dai Yutian, but he didn't expect that he was merely asking for resources for Ye Lingling. This piqued Dugu Bo's curiosity about Dai Yichen's intentions.
Did he just want to witness the ability of a martial soul?
Dugu Bo was a perceptive man. He sensed that Dai Yichen was interested in the girl; otherwise, why would he go to such lengths to assist her?
Dai Yichen: Yes and no; there is an anime filter, so I have a favorable impression of her. After all, she has silver hair, which can barely be considered white hair, but I can't say that I like her.
Dai Yichen approached this from the perspective of the imperial family. He was confident that he could keep Ye Lingling; once the Nine-Heart Flowering Apple Martial Soul reached the level of Titled Douluo, its healing ability might undergo a significant transformation!
As for the minor qualitative change, of course, that would occur when she became a Soul Saint.
However, this was not what he truly wanted to discuss. What he wanted to know more about was whether Dai Yichen was capable of curing the poison afflicting the two of them.
In Dugu Bo's opinion, Dai Yichen could not possibly understand medical or poison skills. If he did understand, he should have been able to notice that Yanyan's hair and eyes were different from those of ordinary people upon their first meeting, but he didn't mention anything.
Of course, this could also be because they had just met, and saying "you are poisoned" immediately would likely be interpreted as offensive and ungrateful.
Thus, Dugu Bo was in no rush. He decided to take this time to recuperate. As long as he avoided overexerting his martial soul, his illness wouldn't occur soon.
After a while, he lost interest in listening further and decided to leave. The Star Luo Emperor treated him well, preparing a mansion for him both in the city and the suburbs so that he could come and go freely.
"Father, what do you think of the blacksmiths on the mainland?" Dai Yichen asked very calmly.
Dai Yutian suddenly felt that the scope of this conversation had expanded too much.
Originally, he thought that his son had come to him because he encountered some difficulties in cultivation or needed something, but it turned out that it was unrelated to him.
Blacksmiths? What could he think of them? He regarded them as simply ordinary people.
The status of blacksmiths on the mainland was only slightly higher than that of civilians; overall, their status was quite low. If the two empires didn't have an army of a million that required weapons, armor, and other supplies, he feared that blacksmiths would hardly be of any value.
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