Yu Xiaogang and Tang San

"Furthermore, Poison Attribute Blue Silver Grass had the tendency to break easily, making it more likely to form scattered deadly poisonous fragments. This could increase the hit rate or expand the attack range."

"If a single Poison Attribute Soul Ring could not make the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul sufficiently offensive, then add several Poison Attribute Soul Rings with different poisons to create a terrifying Mixed Poison."

After listening to Xia Liang's fourth theory, Yu Xiaogang fell into deep thought.

Poison Attribute and Blue Silver Grass were precisely the subjects he had been researching recently.

Its tendency to break easily meant that once Blue Silver Grass carried poison, it could readily turn into countless deadly poisonous fragments, increasing its hit rate and attack range. How had he never thought of that? In that case, cultivating the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul should not focus on increasing its toughness. Instead, it should capitalize on its advantage of breaking easily? Different Poison Attribute Soul Rings could be layered together to form an even stronger Mixed Poison.

If poison could truly be piled upon poison, then no matter how worthless the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul was, it would definitely possess an offensiveness that others would fear! He wondered which great expert had written that Book of Theory Knowledge Compilation. Every theory and concept mentioned in it was so novel.

Xia Liang did not interrupt Yu Xiaogang's contemplation. He stuffed the Soul Beast Compendium into his clothes, turned, and ran down the mountain. If he was late for his part-time job at Fish Roast Restaurant, his wages would be docked, and he would lose his attendance bonus.

About half an hour passed.

Only then did Yu Xiaogang emerge from his thoughts and slowly walk down the mountain.

On his way back to Nuoding Academy, he continued reviewing the new theories and concepts he had just learned.

Excessive accumulation of Martial Soul Bloodline Impurities was very likely the fundamental cause of Malignant Mutation in Martial Souls.

Besides Beast Martial Souls and Tool Martial Souls, there were also Martial Souls with Tool Beast Integration.

Poison Attribute could turn any Martial Soul into a highly offensive combat-type Martial Soul.

There were also concepts such as dominant and Recessive Martial Soul Bloodlines.

In a few days, he could visit the library at the Spirit Hall Main Hall. If Spirit Hall's library contained no records of these new concepts and theories, he could incorporate them into his Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul.

At the thought of the revised Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul soon being republished across the continent, Yu Xiaogang felt the passion of his youth return. His formerly dispirited, lazy eyes instantly became much more alert.

Before publishing the new Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul this time, he had to find a disciple to help test them.

Only by putting every theory into practice and proving it true could he demonstrate his wisdom to the world.

"Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul? And Innate Full Soul Power? Hilarious. What an absolute joke. If you ask me, this Spirit Hall certificate must be forged!"

The sudden voice interrupted Yu Xiaogang's thoughts.

When he came back to his senses, he could already see the entrance to Nuoding Primary Spirit Master Academy.

The voice from earlier had come from the academy gate.

An old man, a child, and a gatekeeper on duty stood before the entrance. The two sides appeared to be in an argument.

Judging by their clothing, the old man and child should have come from the countryside. Today was the day for new students to register. The elder had likely accompanied the child to complete the enrollment procedures.

Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, Innate Full Soul Power—did that refer to the child? Before Yu Xiaogang could clearly see the child's face, the gatekeeper lunged at him. Clearly, the conflict had escalated, and they had begun fighting.

"Stop." Yu Xiaogang shouted, halting the gatekeeper.

The gatekeeper froze for a moment. Then, the anger on his face immediately turned into obsequiousness. Bowing and scraping before Yu Xiaogang, he said, "Master, you're back."

The old man and the child almost simultaneously turned to look. Seeing the appearance of this stranger, the elder looked bewildered, while the child beside him wore an equally puzzled expression.

The elder was Old Jack, the village chief of Holy Soul Village.

As a village chief, he was quite skilled at reading people. From the gatekeeper's change in attitude, Old Jack could immediately tell that Yu Xiaogang held no low status in the academy. Besides, he was called Master, so he was undoubtedly an important figure.

The child accompanying Old Jack was Tang San. He had just turned six three months ago and had awakened his Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power.

"Master, please come in." The gatekeeper hurriedly stepped aside and made an inviting gesture toward the inside of the gate.

Yu Xiaogang gave the gatekeeper a sidelong glance but ignored him. Turning to Old Jack, he said, "Sir, could you let me see the Spirit Hall certificate?"

Old Jack hurriedly handed over the certificate in his hand.

Yu Xiaogang glanced at the certificate, then shifted his gaze to Tang San. After a moment, he said calmly, "The certificate is genuine. Sir, on behalf of the academy, I apologize for what happened just now. Leave Tang San to me."

Old Jack said somewhat stiffly, "Then I'll have to trouble you, Master. Xiao San, go in with Master. Be sure to behave yourself at the academy."

Tang San nodded but did not speak.

"Let's go." As he spoke, Yu Xiaogang forced a faint smile onto his somewhat stiff face. Taking Tang San's hand, he walked through the gate.

The gatekeeper stood to the side, bowing and scraping as he continued making inviting gestures, not daring to obstruct them again.

At midnight, the night was still and silent.

After finishing his part-time job at Fish Roast Restaurant, Xia Liang hurried back to Nuoding Primary Spirit Master Academy.

Only after he showed his academy certificate did the gatekeeper let him enter.

Starting today, he was a third-year student at Nuoding Primary Spirit Master Academy.

Xia Liang touched the Silver Bracelet on his left wrist. It was a Storage Soul Tool he had purchased with two years of savings, acquired today through a transaction with a Soul Master, with Boss Cui from Fish Roast Restaurant acting as intermediary.

After examining it, he found that the Silver Bracelet's storage space was fixed at only ten slots.

Once an item was stored inside, it would automatically occupy one slot, and its volume could not exceed that of a table.

All in all, the Silver Bracelet could store no more than ten items.

You got what you paid for. His two years of savings amounted to only two hundred Gold Soul Coins at most. Being able to buy a Soul Tool for storing items with that money was already no easy feat.

What Xia Liang found regrettable was that the Silver Bracelet could only store inanimate objects, not living creatures.

If he wanted to obtain an Immortal Herb opportunity in the future, he would have to find another Soul Tool capable of storing living creatures to hold the Immortal Herbs.

According to the original story's progression, Tang San should join Nuoding Primary Spirit Master Academy this year and then meet Xiao Wu.

With Tang Hao, a Titled Douluo, watching over her, Xia Liang did not dare set his sights on Xiao Wu, that Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. He could only focus his energy on Immortal Herb opportunities.

With the Soul Beast Compendium Yu Xiaogang had given him, his lack of Soul Beast Knowledge had already been resolved.

What he should consider now was how to acquire knowledge about Immortal Herbs.

At that thought, Xia Liang shook his head with a smile. He should deal with the matter of his First Soul Ring first.

After all, he currently had no ability to protect himself. Even if he acquired Immortal Herb knowledge, he would not have the confidence to deal with Dugu Bo.

Moreover, the Immortal Herbs were located deep within Sunset Forest. To enter Sunset Forest, he had to ensure he could handle the threats posed by the Soul Beasts within it.

Back at Dorm 7.

Xia Liang had originally planned to go straight to sleep, but he had not expected that no one in the dormitory was asleep.

Not only that, besides roommates such as Wang Sheng and Lin Xiao, there were two unfamiliar people in the dormitory.

The two strangers were a boy and a girl. They looked to be about the same age, both seemingly only six years old.

After entering the Great Door of Dorm 7, Xia Liang noticed that the unfamiliar six-year-old girl not only wore the same academy uniform as him, but also had a long black Scorpion Braid behind her head.

As for the six-year-old boy chatting with Wang Sheng, Xia Liang actually knew him.