Su Mo was very lucky. After he arrived at the Blacksmith Shop where Tang San worked, Tang San happened to be there.
"Tang San!"
Su Mo came up to Tang San's Forging Table.
"Su Mo, what brings you here?"
Tang San looked up and saw it was Su Mo, then asked in surprise.
"I came to have a spear custom-made. I didn't expect you to be here too, Tang San!"
"Since we're classmates, I might as well place the order with you, Tang San. Consider it looking out for a classmate!"
Su Mo looked at Tang San and said with a smile.
Whether or not he was willing to take Su Mo's order, after hearing Su Mo's words, Tang San's favorable impression of him rose greatly. "What kind of spear do you want made? I'll do my best to make it well for you!"
"What I want is a spear. For the forging materials, use the best materials you have here!"
"As for the spear's appearance, just make it the same as my Soul Hunting Spear!"
After Su Mo stated his requirements, he also summoned his Soul Hunting Spear.
"Use the best materials?"
"This shop does have a bit of Mystic Iron, but not much. It can only be used to forge the spearhead. As for the shaft, it'll have to be made with Refined Iron!"
"But in that case, the price will be rather high. It'll cost five Gold Soul Coins!"
Tang San immediately replied after hearing Su Mo's requirements.
"No problem. How long will it take?"
Su Mo answered at once.
It seemed Notting City really did not have any particularly good materials, but that happened to suit Su Mo. If the materials were any better, he would not have had that much money.
"You can come pick it up tomorrow!"
Tang San replied confidently.
And so, Su Mo custom-ordered a spear from Tang San.
After getting it the next day, Su Mo could hardly put it down. Compared with the iron spear from before, it was indeed much stronger.
After fusing the Soul Hunting Spear Spirit with it, its power had indeed increased greatly.
A spear formed by fusing his Spirit with a weapon was the weapon Su Mo was most satisfied with.
As for why the previous iron spear's power had instead been inferior to the original after fully fusing with his Spirit, Su Mo had also formed a guess.
The original iron spear had probably been absorbed by the Spirit, promoting the Spirit's evolution and becoming part of the Spirit itself.
And a Spirit, in the end, was the manifestation of Soul Power, not a true physical object, so its power—or rather, its penetrating force—had weakened.
Only after reaching the stage where Soul Power could transform into armor would he no longer need to fuse with a physically formed weapon.
For example, the Sea God Trident left behind by the Sea God had been formed from the Sea God's Soul Power transformed into armor. No metal material could surpass it.
After obtaining the Mystic Iron Spear, only then did Su Mo set off for the Soul Hunting Forest.
If he could hunt in the Soul Hunting Forest, Su Mo still did not want to go to a wild Soul Beast Forest.
However, in the Soul Beast Forests raised by Spirit Hall, soul beasts with thousand-year cultivation were relatively rare. Whether he could find one would depend on luck.
"Su Mo, after you graduate from Junior Spirit Master Academy, have you thought about where you want to go?"
On the way to the Soul Hunting Forest, Bibi Dong emerged from within Su Mo's body and asked him in a seemingly casual manner.
Hearing this, Su Mo glanced at Bibi Dong. She isn't calling me little guy anymore?
At the same time, he wondered in his heart why Bibi Dong was asking this.
"Goddess Sister, I haven't decided yet. I don't even know whether I want to continue studying at a Spirit Master academy!"
"Because I've found that there doesn't seem to be anything in the academy that can teach me. Having Goddess Sister teach me is already enough!"
Since Su Mo did not know why Bibi Dong had asked that question, he answered casually.
This was also one of Su Mo's thoughts. He truly was somewhat unwilling to continue entering a Spirit Master academy.
It was just that Su Mo also rather yearned for the Soul Master Competition a few years later. Who wouldn't want to show themselves off?
Don't forget, in his previous life, Su Mo had been a major influencer!
If he did not join a Spirit Master academy, then he would have no way to participate.
"Of course you should enter a Spirit Master academy!"
"Only by entering a Spirit Master academy can you participate in the Soul Master Competition a few years from now. That is the pursuit of every Spirit Master!"
"I know of an academy. You can try going there to take a look!"
After hearing Su Mo's answer, Bibi Dong immediately said this.
"What academy?"
Su Mo's heart stirred, and he pretended to be curious as he pressed her further.
"Shrek Academy, a Soul Master Academy that only took monsters. That Shrek Academy wouldn't accept ordinary students at all. Its admission requirements were extremely strict!"
Sure enough, the answer Bibi Dong gave was exactly the same as what Su Mo had guessed.
Why did this woman, Bibi Dong, want him to join Shrek Academy?
To kill Tang San ahead of time and strangle him in the cradle?
Or was it simply so she could often see Yu Xiaogang again?
Based on Bibi Dong's past behavior, Su Mo felt the second possibility was more likely.
Because the Bibi Dong inside him had never shown any intention of eliminating Tang San ahead of time. On the contrary, her intention to chase after Yu Xiaogang was even more obvious.
In the previous few years, Su Mo had not noticed Bibi Dong secretly leaving his Spirit Space, but after Su Mo advanced to Soul Master three years ago, he had been able to sense Bibi Dong's Divine Sense secretly leaving his side.
Su Mo simply had not exposed Bibi Dong.
"There's actually an academy like that?"
"Then I really have to go take a look!"
After understanding in his heart, Su Mo also put on an eager expression on the surface, as if he had found worthy prey.
Going to Shrek Academy was also one of Su Mo's original plans.
Because Su Mo wanted to intercept the Immortal Herbs. If he could not, then he would stop Tang San from obtaining them.
In Su Mo's view, in Douluo World, the biggest cheat was actually those Immortal Herbs.
Without those Immortal Herbs, the Shrek Seven Devils definitely could not have achieved what they did in the original work.
Whether Tang San could still obtain the Sea God's inheritance trial would also have to be marked with a huge question mark.
One had to know that the reason Tang San could be chosen by the Sea God, aside from accidentally obtaining the Sea God's Heart, was also because Tang San had eaten quite a few Immortal Herbs, raising his talent to the limit.
So, Su Mo wanted to intercept those Immortal Herbs.
Even though Su Mo had already found the method of Weapon Refining Soul Fusion to evolve his martial soul, if he could obtain those Immortal Herbs, who wouldn't want them?
If he could improve comfortably, why would he work himself to the bone and risk his life?
However, in Su Mo's view, intercepting them would be rather difficult.
Poison Douluo was not that easy to approach, especially when Su Mo's own strength was not very strong right now.
But if intercepting them would not work, then in Su Mo's opinion, stopping Tang San from obtaining those Immortal Herbs would be much easier.
He just had to join Shrek Academy and think of a way to prevent the Shrek Seven Devils and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team from meeting in the Soul Arena.
But that alone was not foolproof, because when they later participated in the Soul Master Competition, they might still run into each other, causing Dugu Yan to become curious about Tang San.
So the method Su Mo thought of was simply to dispel Dugu Yan's curiosity.
He just had to let Dugu Yan know ahead of time about the little bit of knowledge that burning Realgar Wine could neutralize snake venom Poison Mist.
And as long as Dugu Yan was not curious about Tang San, Poison Douluo would not pay attention to Tang San, and the situation of Poison Douluo kidnapping Tang San would not occur.
If Tang San was not abducted, then he would not discover those Immortal Herbs, and those Immortal Herbs would continue to remain in Poison Douluo's possession.
Su Mo only had to wait until his strength was sufficient, then think of a way to obtain them from Poison Douluo.
Before that, no one should get them.
Su Mo did not need Tang San to obtain all the Immortal Herbs first, then give him one.
Su Mo had also considered going to Spirit Hall, but after thinking it over, he decided against it. He did not dare.
Because with his talent, if he went to Spirit Hall, unless he revealed those things he had created himself, there was no way he would be valued.
And he was also afraid of meeting the current Pope Bibi Dong. Who knew what would happen if the Bibi Dong inside him met Pope Bibi Dong?
Bibi Dong might ask Pope Bibi Dong to help her separate from him. If it was a normal separation, that would be fine. What he feared was the kind of separation that involved killing him.
Even if they ultimately discovered that killing him would not allow her to separate, who knew whether the Pope Bibi Dong of this period would be unable to tolerate her future self only being able to reside within Su Mo, feel humiliated by it, and directly kill Su Mo, destroying the Bibi Dong inside him as well?
No one could guarantee what a mad woman would do.
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