Yu Xiaogang: Sun Moon's Soul Masters Are Barbarians Who Can't Understand My Invincible Theory!
As flowers bloomed on two branches, each had its own tale to tell.
On the other side of the Sky Screen, a Soul Master class at Sun Moon Royal Academy was playing.
And once again, Su Tianxuan was the focus of the class.
More precisely, it was a recording of him explaining a Meditation Method.
"Why is he everywhere?"
Qian Renxue couldn't help grumbling.
Though she no longer held much prejudice against Su Tianxuan, with only a little embarrassment and annoyance lingering in her heart, what was it with seeing him even after going somewhere else?
Qian Renxue felt as though she were living in Su Tianxuan's shadow.
The student who had brought her there explained:
"The chief traded favors and Soul Tool blueprints for it. It isn't easy to get the Crown of Time to give a lecture, and our academy only has a few recordings."
With Su Tianxuan's level of attainment and "experience," plus his ability to observe the future, he could create a near-perfect Meditation Method if he wanted to.
Many factions were willing to pay astronomical prices for Su Tianxuan to create a method suited to them. Even the Tang Sect had been somewhat tempted to ask him to improve the Mysterious Heaven Skill, but their ancestors' methods could not be defied, so the matter was dropped.
But with a Zhen Hua-brand money printer in his hands, he really had little incentive to do such a thing.
If Wang Hongchen hadn't been willing to spend money and effort on Soul Tools for him to play with, as well as work for him for a year designing blueprints for free, he couldn't have bought it.
"That guy really is amazing."
Qian Renxue sighed with admiration.
If someone like him had lived in her era, he would probably have become a god and ascended long ago.
Oh, right. Has he taken a Divine Trial?
The question suddenly occurred to Qian Renxue. She decided to ask him about it later, then focused on listening to his explanation.
Once the recording ended, the teacher leading the class finally had some use.
Drawing on his own experience, he began explaining it to everyone. Then he remembered that a few students in the class were preparing to obtain Soul Spirits, so he took the opportunity to remind them:
"When choosing Soul Spirits, you must make sure they suit your Martial Souls. Plant Martial Souls should seek Plant Soul Spirits, Beast Martial Souls should seek beasts, and tool Martial Souls can choose Nonliving Soul Spirits."
Hearing this, Qian Renxue couldn't help growing curious.
While looking up information on Spirit Hall, Shrek and the Tang Sect last night, she had noticed a key figure from twenty thousand years ago: Yu Xiaogang.
He was Tang San's Master, known as a Grandmaster of Martial Soul Theory, a key figure in their victory over Spirit Hall, and the man Bibi Dong had longed for but could not have.
Although few people online discussed his theories, Qian Renxue had still dug up his Ten Core Competencies.
They seemed...
Nothing particularly special.
While Spirit Hall might not have had anything exactly the same, it had things that were close enough.
But the teacher's words reminded Qian Renxue of the Martial Soul Mimicry Theory among those ten theories:
Plant Martial Souls could absorb beast Soul Rings, and Beast Martial Souls could also absorb plant Soul Beast Soul Rings.
Is there something special about Soul Spirits?
So she raised her hand and asked curiously:
"Excuse me, can Plant-type Martial Souls absorb beast Soul Spirits?"
The teacher glanced at her, recalled the chief's instructions, and said gently:
"They can, but there's no point. It might even have side effects.
"It's the same as with Soul Rings. Soul Spirits of the same origin will often give a Soul Master a greater boost, while those of a different origin may not provide suitable assistance.
"Take certain Plant Martial Souls with Abundant Vitality. If you add a Poisonous Snake Soul Spirit or Soul Ring, wouldn't that just pollute it and make a mess?
"Even if we take ten thousand steps back and say you really do want to add a Poison Soul Skill to your Martial Soul, you'd be better off choosing a Poisonous Plant Soul Spirit. Its plant poison is better suited to a Plant Martial Soul."
"I see. Thank you for the guidance."
In the Douluo I era.
Yu Xiaogang's face flushed red as he glared at the Sky Screen, his eyes bloodshot.
Nonsense!
How could my theory possibly be wrong!
It's right for a Plant-type Martial Soul to absorb a poisonous snake's Soul Ring!
Was he supposed to absorb Lone Bamboo instead?!
Tang San and Tang Hao, who were beside him, both fell silent, and the atmosphere grew a little strange.
Ning Rongrong noticed something was off, but she didn't know what had happened between them, so she couldn't come up with a precise taunt right away.
So she asked Xiao Wu:
"What's wrong with them?"
Xiao Wu, who had been like a living corpse all day, merely glanced at her and ignored her.
She had tried to run away last night, only for Tang Hao to stop her before she had gone more than a few steps.
Isn't there a single normal person here?
Ning Rongrong silently grumbled to herself. She glanced at the others and decided not to ask after all.
After all, the others had only just met Tang San and his companions too, so they didn't know much about it either.
Fortunately, Yu Xiaogang soon gave himself away.
He grabbed Tang San by the shoulder and said urgently:
"Little San, don't believe them! Don't you think your Blue Silver Grass became much stronger after absorbing that four-hundred-year-old Mandala Snake?
"It must be because those Soul Masters from the Sun Moon Federation are barbarians who can't understand my invincible theory that they have this misunderstanding! Don't believe them!
"They're not as strong as our Shrek! They must be talking nonsense. Our Shrek will surely still follow my theory in the future!"
Tang San would become a god in the future. If he abandoned Yu Xiaogang because of this, how could Yu Xiaogang use his position as a god's master to prove his theory?
Without Tang San, his life would be over!
Hearing this, Ning Rongrong couldn't hold back her laughter.
No wonder he's so worked up.
So he added the wrong Soul Ring.
Their Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect actually had the same theory as the one on the Sky Screen, and everyone absorbed Soul Rings accordingly.
It seemed Tang San and Yu Xiaogang had sought a Soul Beast of greater age and gone after a poisonous snake's Soul Ring.
Besides, that was only the First Soul Ring, and unlike a Soul Spirit, it couldn't be improved later. Was there any need to be so greedy for it?
She couldn't resist taunting them:
"Looks like someone's Martial Soul was ruined by a good-for-nothing's training. A big good-for-nothing leading a little good-for-nothing..."
Before she could finish, Tang Hao used his Soul Power to block out her voice.
To be fair, Tang Hao had learned something from the Sky Screen: if he didn't like what he heard, he could just block it.
He said to Yu Xiaogang and Tang San in a low voice:
"Pay no attention to that. Little San's true power isn't this."
Tang Hao was referring to the Clear Sky Hammer.
In his view, the Clear Sky Hammer was the true foundation for Tang San's ascension to godhood.
Blue Silver Grass?
It was nothing but a weed to help Tang San reach godhood. It could be thrown away once its use was over; if it was ruined, so be it. The important thing was to get Tang San to Title Douluo.
In the Douluo II era.
Shrek Academy.
Tang Ya looked at her Soul Rings with some worry. Her Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul had also absorbed a Mandala Snake's Soul Ring, and she didn't know whether it would have side effects, as the Sky Screen had said.
Bei Bei gently patted her hand and comforted her:
"It's all right. Sun Moon's research on Soul Masters is poor, so they must be teaching nonsense. Our ancestor wouldn't steer us wrong."
Tang Ya nodded silently and leaned into Bei Bei's arms, returning to her usual lively self.
But where neither of them saw it, a strange flicker of black flashed through her eyes.