Martial Soul Classification

"Wow! A level 22 Soul Grandmaster!"

"That's incredible..."

"And she's so beautiful too..."

"..."

The moment Bai Lu spoke, she immediately drew the entire class's attention, prompting waves of astonishment.

Everyone's attention instantly shifted from Tang Yuehua to Bai Lu.

Gu Ziyi could not help glancing at Bai Lu. This girl had probably done it on purpose, helping Tang Yuehua divert everyone's attention.

After introducing herself, Bai Lu quickly sat down.

She did not notice Gu Ziyi's gaze at all. Plenty of people in the class were looking at her now.

Besides, her impression of Gu Ziyi was still that dazed, foolish look he had worn yesterday. He was just an ordinary boy, nothing worth her attention.

Or rather, no one in this academy was worth her attention.

She had only come to accompany her cousin and experience academy life for a while.

And this was only an Intermediate Soul Master Academy. Once she reached level 30, she would find a way to join a better Advanced Soul Master Academy, then strive to enter the Academy Team.

As a Soul Master, no one did not want to participate in the Soul Master Competition.

"Alright, everyone has gotten to know each other now!"

"Bai Lu, you have the highest Soul Power Level. How about you serve as our class monitor?"

After everyone had finished introducing themselves, Form Teacher Yang Hui spoke again.

He specifically asked Bai Lu whether she wanted to be class monitor.

"Alright, Teacher. Then I'll be our class monitor!"

Bai Lu agreed without any hesitation.

Only as class monitor could she take better care of her cousin.

"Very good. Then Bai Lu will be your class monitor!"

"If any of you have problems in the future, you can first report them to the class monitor!"

"On the first day of school, I'll simply review the classification of Martial Souls with you."

"Our Soul Masters' Martial Souls are mainly divided into two categories. Does anyone know what they are?"

Form Teacher Yang Hui asked the class.

"Teacher, I know!"

"Martial Souls are divided into Beast Martial Souls and Tool Martial Souls!"

"That's right, Beast Martial Souls and Tool Martial Souls. All animal Martial Souls are Beast Martial Souls, while all other non-animal Martial Souls, including Plant Soul Spirits, are Tool Martial Souls..."

"..."

As soon as Form Teacher Yang Hui finished speaking, the students rushed to answer.

Clearly, everyone knew the answer to this question.

"Mm, very good. Then what about Soul Beasts? Do you know that Soul Beasts are also divided into two main categories?"

Form Teacher Yang Hui smiled before continuing his question.

"Teacher, I know. They're divided into Animal Soul Beasts and Plant Soul Beasts!"

"That's right, just like our Soul Masters' Martial Souls, they are divided into two types."

"..."

This question did not stump the students either.

"Very good. It seems everyone understands this clearly!"

"However, what I still need to emphasize here is the choice of soul rings."

"We human Soul Masters have two types of Martial Souls, and Soul Beasts also have two types, but when absorbing soul rings, they do not correspond directly."

"Beast Martial Souls can only absorb soul rings from Animal Soul Beasts. That is the proper match. Beast Martial Souls absolutely cannot absorb soul rings from Plant Soul Beasts!"

"Tool Martial Souls are somewhat special. Aside from plant-type Tool Martial Souls, other Tool Martial Souls have no restrictions when absorbing soul rings. They can absorb soul rings from either Animal Soul Beasts or Plant Soul Beasts."

"However, plant-type Martial Souls among Tool Martial Souls must absorb soul rings from Plant Soul Beasts!"

"You must remember this. Do not recklessly absorb a soul ring just because you encounter one of high quality."

Form Teacher Yang Hui continued explaining from the podium.

The students below listened attentively, though more of them were listening out of boredom, since they already understood what the teacher was teaching very clearly.

"Teacher, we all understand this classification. Our previous teachers always taught us the same thing!"

"But Teacher, why can't Beast Martial Souls absorb soul rings from Plant Soul Beasts? And why can't Plant Soul Spirits absorb soul rings from Animal Soul Beasts?"

"What would happen if they did?"

Just then, Gu Ziyi suddenly raised his hand and asked Form Teacher Yang Hui a question.

"Why not? Why can't they? Because they're different types!"

"Yeah, Beast Martial Souls should absorb soul rings from Animal Soul Beasts, and Plant Soul Spirits should absorb soul rings from Plant Soul Beasts..."

"You're so stupid..."

"..."

After hearing Gu Ziyi's question, the other students in the class spoke up one after another before Form Teacher Yang Hui could answer.

Some of them even looked at Gu Ziyi as though he were an idiot.

"Class, quiet down. Gu Ziyi's question is actually a very good one!"

"You probably don't know why either, so today Teacher will explain it properly!"

"Because they are incompatible. It isn't that plants and animals cannot absorb each other's soul rings, but that the Soul Skills produced after doing so are all bad Useless Soul Skills. Some cannot even produce a Soul Skill at all. That is the consequence of absorbing soul rings recklessly!"

"We all know that a soul master's martial soul evolves as it continuously absorbs soul rings. If it absorbs soul rings from different categories, it definitely will not be able to evolve. That soul master is basically ruined..."

At that moment, Form Teacher Yang Hui quieted everyone down. He then praised Gu Ziyi before finally answering his question.

Hearing Form Teacher Yang Hui's answer, Gu Ziyi could not help but regard him more highly.

Gu Ziyi had actually asked his previous teachers this question before, but none of them could give a proper explanation. They knew that it was so, but not why it was so.

"Teacher, I don't think that's necessarily always the case, is it?"

However, Gu Ziyi did not stop there.

"Oh? Does Gu Ziyi have a different idea?"

Form Teacher Yang Hui gave Gu Ziyi a surprised look, his interest equally piqued.

He suddenly realized that Gu Ziyi was anything but ordinary.

"Teacher, I think that under certain circumstances, it should actually be possible to absorb soul rings from different categories!"

"For example, couldn't vine-type Plant Soul Spirits absorb soul rings from snake-type and spider-type Soul Beasts? They share something in common—they both have binding-type control Soul Skills!"

"And the reverse should be true as well. Couldn't they absorb each other's soul rings?"

Gu Ziyi stood up and slowly voiced his conjecture.

Unlike Yu Xiaogang, he did not declare that it would definitely work and publish a theory before conducting any experiments. Gu Ziyi was merely putting forward an idea.

Having an idea was perfectly normal. As long as you did not insist that it would definitely work, no one would laugh at you.

Gu Ziyi had not brought this up specifically to steal Yu Xiaogang's theory. He had merely mentioned it because the opportunity had arisen. More importantly, he wanted to show Tang Yuehua that he was different.

Without even turning his head, Gu Ziyi knew that Tang Yuehua and the other girl were surely staring at him in surprise, just like the rest of the class.