The Master's Changes

Wasn't this exactly the special genius he had always dreamed of?

Listening to his old friend Flender's introduction, Yu Xiaogang's heart stirred with excitement.

From Flender, Yu Xiaogang learned that Du Busi called his Martial Soul a True Body Martial Soul.

A perfectly fitting name.

A special Martial Soul that had never appeared before, along with Innate Full Soul Power.

Du Busi's practically perfect qualifications struck straight at Yu Xiaogang's heart.

I never expected to encounter such a genius the moment I arrived at Shrek Academy.

Yu Xiaogang was immensely excited.

His desire to take this child as his disciple became incomparably strong.

As long as he nurtured Du Busi to maturity, he would undoubtedly be able to prove his knowledge and ability.

The stigma and humiliation he bore would be completely washed away.

"On Douluo Continent, there have been children whose awakened Martial Souls were similar to yours. However, their Martial Souls were mostly parts of their bodies, such as hair, fingernails, a single hand, and so on.

"Children who awaken such special Martial Souls are exceedingly rare. Adding the condition of possessing Innate Soul Power makes them even rarer.

"In the histories of the two great empires over the past century, only three or four have appeared."

"Someone like you, whose Martial Soul is their entire body, has never been recorded before. You are likely the first case in history."

"Since there are no precedents, ordinary people would find it difficult to choose suitable Spirit Rings for you. They also wouldn't know what path your future growth should take..."

In order to win over this child named Du Busi, Yu Xiaogang began showing off his knowledge before everyone.

After being humiliated by Tang San before, he was now putting in twelve times the effort, determined to successfully take the other party as his disciple in one go.

Yu Xiaogang did possess a certain foundation of knowledge. After all, the materials he had read and studied in his youth had not been for nothing.

The moment he spoke, he stunned everyone around him.

Looking at Yu Xiaogang as he was now,

Flender felt that the confident theoretical master of old had returned.

"As it happens, I once conducted some research on possessors of this type of Martial Soul. Once a part of the body becomes a Martial Soul, it also receives a certain degree of enhancement.

"The attached Spirit Rings only need to continuously strengthen that body's particular strengths. That is also the simplest method."

At this point, Yu Xiaogang turned back to Du Busi's situation. "Your Martial Soul is your entire body, which means your whole body has been strengthened."

"However, correspondingly, it would be difficult for a single Spirit Ring to account for every aspect when selecting them.

"If you choose to strengthen only one part, though, it would feel like a waste of this Martial Soul's special talent."

Having explained why Du Busi had yet to obtain a Spirit Ring, Yu Xiaogang grew more excited as he spoke.

"Why not be bolder? Break free from the conventional thinking of strengthening the entire body or specializing in one body part. Introduce an external factor and integrate it into this True Body Martial Soul. Let every added Spirit Ring strengthen that external factor, while indirectly enhancing the True Body itself."

"An external factor..." Flender muttered. "That's right. How hadn't I thought of that?"

"What external factor would that be?" Du Busi remained arrogant, but curiosity had emerged in him as well.

He was very curious what sort of solution this middle-aged man before him would offer.

"Poison!" Yu Xiaogang stated his idea.

Back at Nuoding Academy, Tang San had lectured him at length.

Although it had shattered his defenses, he had rationally analyzed the matter while traveling to Shrek.

In the end, he concluded that his judgment had indeed been too arbitrary.

If Tang San's Martial Soul had truly been cultivated according to his ideas, he would probably have ruined the boy.

Once he had settled down at Shrek Academy, he planned to write Tang San a letter to apologize and thank him for setting him straight.

The original Master would never have reflected on himself, much less apologized to and thanked a child.

But now, when facing Du Busi, Yu Xiaogang once again proposed the idea of developing along the Poison Path.

A True Body Martial Soul could be regarded entirely as an attribute-less Martial Soul.

That meant the added Spirit Rings had a great chance of influencing its attributes.

In Yu Xiaogang's eyes, the Poison Path had its unique strengths. Used well, it could produce remarkable effects.

After helping Du Busi analyze the pros and cons of the Poison Path, Yu Xiaogang added, "Of course, it all depends on what you want. If you don't like poison attributes, you can choose other attributes as well. Powerful lightning attributes, rare spatial attributes—any of them would work. We will follow your wishes."

Perhaps being scolded had woken him up. Yu Xiaogang was no longer as confident and arbitrary as before, afraid that he might ruin a child's future.

"Then I'll go with the poison attribute." Du Busi made his choice without the slightest hesitation.

"Why, Brother Du?" The little fat boy Ma Hongjun voiced the question in everyone's hearts.

There were clearly higher-tier attributes available, so why choose poison?

Poison attributes did not leave a good impression on most people.

"Because I like it, and my surname is Du. So I'll choose the poison attribute."

Du Busi's unwavering tone also dispelled the teachers' intentions to keep persuading him.

"Du Busi, would you be interested in taking me as your master?" Seeing that the time was right, Yu Xiaogang spoke up.

Du Busi answered without much concern, "No problem. Your theories are pretty good, so being my teacher won't be a problem.

"As for your strength, that isn't important. Once I grow stronger, no one will be my match."

Teacher and master were two different things.

However, Yu Xiaogang did not rush to explain. Instead, he decided to take things slowly.

As long as he was sincere enough, their relationship would naturally fall into place.

"Xiaogang has changed a great deal too." Flender could not help but sigh.

He had witnessed Yu Xiaogang's changes firsthand and was happy for him.

"Alright, to celebrate Xiaogang joining Shrek Academy, as well as Du Busi's Spirit Ring selection finally having a general direction, I'll treat everyone to a meal."

In the end, Flender chose to loosen his purse strings and treat everyone, letting them celebrate.

"Long live the Headmaster!"

Are these characters from the original story also undergoing subtle changes?

Su Ming had been keeping an eye on what was happening at Shrek.

He noticed some changes in Yu Xiaogang.

Naturally, they were positive changes.

The simplest explanation was that he was gradually changing from the novel version of the Master into the manhua version.

Tang San had changed in this regard as well.

He was transforming from an ungrateful wretch into someone who understood gratitude and repaid kindness.

Perhaps the Douluo Continent he had transmigrated into was a blend of the novel and manhua versions.

That was why these original characters' personalities were somewhat different.

Besides that, Su Ming had another extremely important conjecture.