Strange, Tang San has fewer lines of law on his body than he does, but he definitely has them, right? Isn't that the Ultimate Attribute? Something's not right. Xiang Yang couldn't figure it out.
Seeing that he was lost in thought again, Tang San said helplessly, "Forget it, just keep thinking about it. I haven't finished refining my pills yet." He had been testing the medicinal power and properties of the herbs here, and today he was supposed to start combining different herbs to try refining some common Poison Pills, healing medicines, and other pill formulas from his previous life.
Once the medicinal properties are confirmed, we can attempt to refine the "Qi Refining Pill" and "Qi Recovery Pill" that Xiang Yang mentioned.
According to him, the former is a pill used to increase Soul Power, which can be used for both regular use and breaking through bottlenecks;
The latter is a pill that can quickly restore Soul Power and can be used during battle.
As soon as Tang San was about to try it out, he was dragged over to test his Martial Soul for a long time, which was simply... well, you know.
Although Tang San was also very interested in this, after years of hard work, he had to admit that he didn't have much talent in this kind of path that relied on "intuition" and "imagination". So in recent years, Tang San has focused more on "weapon refining" and "alchemy". As for Martial Soul research, he would leave it to his teacher and Xiang Yang. Anyway, he would get a share of the results.
Tang San walked to the alchemy furnace that had been prepared in advance and first refined a batch of Poison Pills. Because the quality of the medicinal materials was too strong, he had to exert much less force and failed to control the process, so the pills were ruined. He collected the dregs, which he could scatter on the ground later.
The second attempt at refining resulted in the formation of pills, but both the quality and quantity were unsatisfactory.
Success on the third attempt!
"Alright, next is..." Tang San was about to switch to a different kind of pill when a voice suddenly appeared behind him.
"I know what's going on," Xiang Yang said slyly.
"What are you doing!" Tang San was extremely focused because he was refining pills and there was no danger in the area, so he was startled by Xiang Yang's sudden appearance.
"No, even so, it shouldn't have taken me this long to notice. This is almost like the Blue Silver Domain, right? Is it because of my Martial Soul again?" Tang San thought to himself as he listened to Xiang Yang's words, deciding to ask after he finished speaking.
"Two paths, pure and complete! One and whole!" Xiang Yang concluded.
He had just carefully compared the differences between the lines of law on Tang San's body and his own, and only then did he realize that Tang San's lines were not only less than a quarter of his own, but also mostly coiled around the right side of his body, rarely going to the other side.
Tang San wields the Blue Silver Emperor in his right hand and the Clear Sky Hammer in his left, so Xiang Yang initially thought it was due to interference between the two Martial Souls.
But Xiang Yang immediately thought of Huo Yuhao ten thousand years later. He also had two Martial Souls. Although the spiritual and ice attributes might not have the same attribute conflict as the Blue Silver Emperor and the Clear Sky Hammer, it was enough to show that having Twin Martial Souls shouldn't have a big impact on this.
Furthermore, the two privately reclassified the existing attributes using the theories of Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches and Yin-Yang and Five Elements, and the Five Elements from their previous lives. Xiang Yang concluded that Tang San's current Blue Silver Emperor only has the flexible "Yi Wood" and lacks the robust "Jia Wood," which is why it has not reached the Ultimate Wood.
This is the complete path to "fullness." Theoretically, it's enough to complete the other side. As for how to complete it? That's through Soul Rings, of course.
Another conclusion is that Xiang Yang was influenced by "online literature," which doesn't say that the ultimate form of wood must include everything. Taking only a part of it and transforming it into "the Ultimate Yi Wood" is also acceptable.
Yi Wood represents wind, which can bring out the flexibility of wood to the extreme. This power of change also meets the requirements of control-type Soul Masters. Moreover, Tang San's other Martial Soul happens to be the Clear Sky Hammer, which belongs to metal, and can achieve the harmonious state of "Yi-Geng Transformation into Metal".
According to this theory, if Tang San continues to absorb "Yi Wood" type Soul Rings, which are flower and vine type Soul Beasts, or even more extremely, wind attribute plant Soul Rings, he should be able to achieve it.
After listening to Xiang Yang's increasingly excited analysis, Tang San's lips twitched slightly, and he said, "This Yi Wood... it doesn't sound very reliable." After all, wind is a separate elemental power in this world, equivalent to wood.
If the Blue Silver Emperor already possessed it, then it would be easy to try; but if not, it's not so simple. Therefore, Tang San's answer was:
"I still prefer a complete 'wooden' piece, so I can create a piece of wood strong enough myself."
This idea came to Tang San after he heard Xiang Yang mention "Jia Wood". Compared to so-called control-type Soul Masters, he was more interested in tinkering with his own Hidden Weapons. He figured that if his Martial Soul had the characteristic of "robustness", he could create the wood he wanted on his own.
Nourished by Soul Power, the strength of plants is not much worse than that of metal. Apart from the potentially high consumption, they are not as troublesome as buying them or finding them yourself, and their quantity can far exceed that of metal.
After all, metal is finite and scattered all over the world, which is far less convenient than making it yourself. Even if it is not durable, it doesn't matter, as the quantity can make up for it.
"You..." Xiang Yang was speechless. He had excitedly said a lot, but it turned out that he was rejected because of the Hidden Weapon.
Mingming thought "Ultimate Yi Wood" sounded much more sophisticated than "Ultimate Wood," but then he thought again that Jia Wood represents the strength and health of life, while Yi Wood represents the spread and reproduction of life.
From this perspective, the former represents "quality" and the latter represents "quantity," so naturally the former should be prioritized. After all, cultivation is like this: even after compression, the total Soul Power of a low-level Soul Master may not be as much as one-tenth or even one-hundredth of that of a high-level Soul Master. The greater the level difference, the more exaggerated this ratio becomes.
"That's right, it just so happens that the next thing we've arranged for you is Soul Beast like the Tree of Life," Xiang Yang said.
Tang San nodded, "Yes, it was fine as it was, there's no need to change it." Then, remembering what had just happened, he asked, "How did you get here so quietly?"
Xiang Yang was about to leave to cultivate, but upon hearing this, he turned around and said, "Oh, it's because my Purple Demon Eye seems to have reached the Mustard Seed Realm as well."
The reason I say "seems" is because his Mustard Seed Realm seems to be Taiyi from the realm described for the Purple Demon Eye.
The above describes how, once a cultivator reaches the Mustard Seed Realm, objects appear magnified in their eyes, at most to the size of a microscope. As for mental attacks? They don't exist there. Tang San's ability to perceive and break through illusions is also due to the special effect of the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.
However, Xiang Yang didn't even magnify normal objects; he only possessed a super-enhanced version of the original second-level Subtlety energy perception, directly observing various elemental energies and natural laws. Yet, his Spiritual Power had indeed reached the requirements of the third level.