The Master's Change

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

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

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 never seen before, along with Innate Full Soul Power.

Du Busi's near-perfect conditions struck straight at Yu Xiaogang's heart.

I never expected to encounter such a genius just after arriving at Shrek Academy.

Yu Xiaogang was extremely excited now.

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

As long as he nurtured Du Busi into maturity, he would surely be able to prove his knowledge and abilities.

The stigma and humiliation upon him 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 the like.

"The number of children who can awaken this kind of special Martial Soul is extremely small. Add the condition of possessing Innate Soul Power, and that number becomes even smaller.

"In the nearly hundred-year history of the two great empires, there have only been three or four such cases."

"Yet there has never been any record of someone like you, whose Martial Soul is their entire body. You are likely the first case of the present era."

"Since ordinary people have no precedent to reference, it is difficult to select suitable Spirit Rings for you, and no one knows what path your future development should take..."

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

After being thoroughly embarrassed by Tang San before, he was even more focused now, striving to succeed in taking 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 opened his mouth, he stunned everyone around him.

Looking at Yu Xiaogang as he was now,

Flender only felt that the confident theoretical master of the past had returned.

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

"The attached Spirit Rings only need to continually strengthen that part's specialty. This is also the simplest method."

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

"However, correspondingly, when selecting Spirit Rings, it is difficult for a single Spirit Ring to account for every aspect.

"If you choose to strengthen only one part, though, it would feel like wasting this Martial Soul's special gift."

After explaining why Du Busi had yet to obtain a Spirit Ring, Yu Xiaogang grew more and more excited as he spoke:

"Why not be bolder? Break free from the conventional thinking of strengthening the whole body or focusing on a particular part. Introduce an external factor and integrate it into this True Body Martial Soul. Let every added Spirit Ring strengthen that external factor, which in turn enhances the body itself."

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

"What kind of external factor?" Du Busi remained as proud as ever, but curiosity had arisen within him.

He was very curious what kind of solution this middle-aged man would offer.

"Poison!" Yu Xiaogang voiced his idea.

Back at Nuoding Academy, Tang San had given him quite the lecture.

Though it had shattered his defenses at the time, he had rationally analyzed the matter during the journey to Shrek.

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

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

Once he had settled down at Shrek Academy, he planned to write Tang San a letter apologizing to him and thanking him for waking him up.

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 Martial Soul that was the body itself could be regarded entirely as an attribute-less Martial Soul.

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

In Yu Xiaogang's view, the Poison Path had certain unique advantages. Used well, it could produce remarkable effects.

After helping Du Busi analyze the advantages and disadvantages of taking the Poison Path, Yu Xiaogang added, "Of course, it all depends on what you want. If you do not like the poison attribute, you can absolutely choose other attributes. Powerful lightning attributes, rare spatial attributes, anything is possible. We will follow your wishes."

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

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

"Why, Brother Du?" The little fat boy Ma Hongjun's question voiced the thoughts of everyone present.

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

The poison attribute did not leave a good impression on ordinary people.

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

Du Busi's unwavering tone also dispelled the teachers' intentions to continue 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 aren't bad. There's no issue with you being my teacher.

"As for strength, that isn't important. Once I grow up, no one will be a match for me."

A teacher and a 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 quite a lot too," Flender could not help sighing.

He had witnessed Yu Xiaogang's changes with his own eyes, and he was happy for him.

"Alright, to celebrate Xiaogang joining our Shrek Academy, and Du Busi's Spirit Ring selection gaining a general direction, dinner is on me."

In the end, Flender chose to part with some money and treat everyone to a meal, 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 everything happening at Shrek.

He discovered that Yu Xiaogang had changed somewhat.

Naturally, it was a positive change.

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

Tang San had undergone the same change.

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

Perhaps the Douluo Continent Su Ming had transmigrated into was likely a mixture of the novel and manhua versions.

That was why these original characters had somewhat different personalities.

Besides that, Su Ming had another extremely important conjecture.