Speaking of which, although both methods can improve strength, they also have their own advantages and disadvantages.
The soul refining technique is more advanced and more powerful, but it consumes a lot of spiritual energy and cannot be used for a long time.
Although soul source absorption cannot bring out all the power of the soul source in the soul bead, and may even consume the soul source, this method consumes very little spiritual energy.
Relatively speaking, if the soul source is sufficient and you can fight for a long time, it will be better to use this method.
Therefore, this is exactly what Chen Hongyuan planned. Perhaps in the eyes of others, it seemed stupid for him to do so.
But is he really that stupid? Even if everyone understands the truth, why would he not understand it?
Obviously not!
Soul refining is indeed very powerful and has advantages, but it is not suitable for him now.
Because he still wanted to show his power in front of everyone in the Chen family, everyone already knew that he had understood the soul refining technique. If he used the soul refining technique to defeat Chen Hongxing, everyone might not think much of it, and they might even think that this was the case. It's a given.
Then he would defeat Chen Hongxing without using soul refining.
Of course, there is actually a more important reason for this, and that is just in case!
He realized that he might have underestimated Chen Hongxing because his strength had grown too fast. Now that he had even understood the soul refining technique, what if he had more methods?
If he follows the other party and uses the Soul Refining Technique now, and the spiritual energy consumption is too great, wouldn't he have wasted so much effort before?
And this duel is too important to him, so even if Chen Hongxing's strength is really inferior to him, he cannot underestimate the enemy.
What's more, he may not be able to determine Chen Hongxing's strength now, so he should be more cautious.
At this time, as Chen Hongyuan absorbed more and more soul sources, the aura exuding from his body became more and more powerful.
"I'm really looking for death, and I dare to continue absorbing it!" However, Chen Hongxing began to feel conflicted when he saw that this guy hadn't stopped absorbing the soul source.
On the one hand, he hopes that Chen Hongyuan can absorb more soul sources. In this case, the soul source power in his soul beads will become weaker and weaker.
But on the other hand, he felt that Chen Hongyuan's aura was getting stronger and stronger, which gave him an uneasy feeling. He was afraid that this guy's aura was getting stronger and stronger, and would be as strong as him.
But he felt that this possibility was unlikely. After all, the soul refining technique could bring together all the soul sources in the soul bead, but it was simply impossible to directly absorb the power of the soul source.
Therefore, it stands to reason that no matter how Chen Hongyuan absorbs the soul source in this way, it is impossible to compare with his strength.
In this case, letting him absorb more and more soul sources means letting him consume more and more soul sources. At that time, even if he uses the soul refining technique again and gathers all the soul source power, he will not be his opponent.
However, all this is based on normal circumstances, because Chen Hongyuan's aura already made him feel threatened at this time.
"Did this guy absorb all the soul sources? How is this possible?" Chen Hongxing was so confused that he couldn't help but want to rush forward.
Doesn't this guy want to use the soul refining technique anymore? Absorbed so much soul source?
"I really can't understand this kid Hongyuan more and more. If he continues like this, he will lose at least half of his soul source. Is he crazy?" Chen Hongning did not become satisfied because Chen Hongyuan's aura became stronger. On the contrary, it was even fuller.
He felt that Chen Hongyuan did not consider the consequences. If he continued to absorb it like this, his losses would be very great. Even if he used the soul refining technique, it would be of no use because the soul source power was insufficient.
"Perhaps he has his own ideas?" Chen Tianxing didn't know how the always smart and steady Chen Hongyuan could do such a stupid thing at this critical moment.
"Even if he has his own ideas, he can't waste it like this. Does he really think that his soul source has reached saturation?" Chen Hongning said.
"Since Yuan'er came back, I can't see through him. Ancestor, do you think he has really reached the saturated state of his soul source?" Chen Tianxing thought for a while and said.
"How is this possible? Judging from the current state of the soul source in the world of cultivation, it is simply impossible to saturate the soul source. Don't you even know this?" Chen Hongning said with some dissatisfaction.
"It is true that the world of cultivation does not have enough soul source to saturate him, but wasn't he once trapped in the underworld when he was training in the underworld? Do you think he saturated the soul source at that time?" Chen Tianxing said .
"If he has been in the underworld, it is indeed possible, but don't forget it. At that time, he was only in the distraction stage. Can the capacity of the soul beads in the distraction stage be the same as the capacity of the soul beads in the late Mahayana period?
Even if the soul beads reached saturation when he was in the distraction period, but now that he has reached the late Mahayana stage, the soul source has not even reached half of the capacity of the current soul beads. How can it be saturated? "
"That's right, unless he collected enough soul sources for his current use, it would be better to just absorb them now!" Chen Tianxing said.
"This kid is simply crazy. His soul source cannot be saturated. If he is in this state, I really have to reconsider the succession of the head of the family!" Chen Hongning said with a frown.
"Ancestor, haven't we already discussed it? And we also need Cheng Yu's formation. If we change the successor, I'm afraid it won't be appropriate!" Chen Tianxing said.
If Cheng Yu was not around, it would not matter to him which son would succeed him as the head of the family.
But because of Cheng Yu's existence, he had to prefer Chen Hongyuan, and this also related to his future arrival in the back mountain.
If Chen Hongyuan had not obtained the position of head of the family, it would be impossible for Cheng Yu to give the Chen family formations. In that case, the rise of the Chen family might not be so effective.
The rise of the Chen family is over. Will Chen Hongning really give him guidance? I'm afraid that this is just an excuse to protect his face. When the time comes, he stays in the back mountain without any guidance from his ancestor. Wouldn't that be similar to being imprisoned?
On the other hand, if the Chen family develops better and better under the leadership of Chen Hongyuan and the help of Cheng Yu, Chen Hongning will definitely be very happy.
Once he is happy, wouldn't the task of giving guidance be easy?
Therefore, he only hoped that Chen Hongyuan would inherit the position of the head of the family as soon as possible, so that he could resolve the matter with peace of mind.
Otherwise, who knows what kind of changes will happen?
"Let's see first and then talk. If he loses this duel, then even if I want him to inherit the Chen family, it will be impossible!" Chen Hongning said with a straight face.
