Question: The Prerequisite for Twin Martial Souls

"Compare?"

Luo Chuan chuckled, then raised one finger. "I'll only ask one question. If Grandmaster can answer it, I'll let you study my martial soul. If you can't, then please just train your own disciples and spare us the harm of misleading students."

"Misleading students?" Grandmaster's expression darkened. How could he tolerate that? He immediately said, "Fine. Ask away."

He was brimming with confidence. What profound question could an eleven- or twelve-year-old boy possibly ask?

Luo Chuan looked at Tang San and pointed at him. "The question lies with your disciple! What conditions must be met for Twin Martial Souls to be born?"

"What?"

The moment Luo Chuan said that, everyone's eyes turned to Tang San.

Dai Mubai spoke in disbelief. "What does Luo Chuan mean? Could Xiao San have Twin Martial Souls?"

A glint flashed beneath Flender's glasses. Grandmaster glanced at Tang San, and only then did Tang San furrow his brow and say, "I may have accidentally exposed it."

Indeed, after thinking back, Tang San remembered using the Clear Sky Hammer when fighting Luo Chuan. Though it had accomplished nothing, that must have been when Luo Chuan recognized it.

"Please help me keep this secret." Tang San asked everyone. Flender coughed twice and said, "You are all geniuses on the Heavenly Ranking. Spirit Hall will not allow you to live comfortably. You understand what I mean, so from now on, do not call each other by name when outside. Reveal as little information as possible."

"Yes, Headmaster!" Oscar felt this most deeply, but he also cared the least. If Spirit Hall came for him, he could just join them.

Yu Xiaogang, however, was not thinking about any of that. He was struggling to figure out how to answer Luo Chuan's question.

But there were too few cases of Twin Martial Souls. The only known ones on the entire continent were Bibi Dong and Tang San, and none of the materials he had read discussed how Twin Martial Souls came into being.

"What's wrong? Didn't Grandmaster see through Tang San's talent at a glance? It seems Grandmaster merely stumbled onto the truth back then. If I'm not mistaken, Grandmaster must have seen Tang San's Innate Full Soul Power and immediately concluded that someone with only Blue Silver Grass could not possibly possess Innate Full Soul Power. That was why you inferred that Tang San had another powerful martial soul." Luo Chuan spoke slowly, but with every word he uttered, Grandmaster's expression changed slightly.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing stared at Luo Chuan in astonishment. "Luo Chuan, you... you're incredible. You could even guess that?"

"Grandmaster, was I right?" Luo Chuan looked at Yu Xiaogang. Yu Xiaogang nodded with difficulty. He had told Tang San that very explanation before, and to preserve his image, he could not deny it.

Luo Chuan continued, "Have you thought of the answer to my question, Grandmaster? If you don't know, I can tell you for free!"

Grandmaster looked somewhat embarrassed. He then took a deep breath and said, "There has been too little research into Twin Martial Souls. Throughout history, Twin Martial Souls have always been an exceptionally special existence. However, I believe Twin Martial Souls are an extreme form of martial soul mutation. They are also a manifestation of talent!"

Grandmaster forced out an explanation. Luo Chuan listened quietly, while the others nodded slightly, seeming to agree with it. Even Luo Chuan nodded faintly.

Seeing this, Grandmaster thought he had guessed correctly. He immediately asked, "Luo Chuan, am I right?"

Luo Chuan smiled, giving Grandmaster the impression that he had been convinced, before mercilessly saying, "Right? What you said was complete nonsense! Do you really think Twin Martial Souls work like twins? If you're going to fool people, at least come up with something more convincing."

"Xiao San, I'm truly worried about your intelligence." Luo Chuan shook his head at Tang San with a look of regret.

Tang San's lips twitched. "No one is perfect. It's normal for Teacher to have things he doesn't understand."

"It's normal to have things you don't understand, but pretending to understand when you don't is misleading students. One condition that must be met for Twin Martial Souls to be born is that the two martial souls must be of the same quality! Take Blue Silver Grass, for example. Any martial soul that can coexist with Blue Silver Grass as Twin Martial Souls must be equally worthless. How did Grandmaster determine that Tang San's other martial soul was extremely powerful?" Luo Chuan glanced at Grandmaster. Seeing the panic in his eyes despite his forced composure, he continued, "Grandmaster, do you recognize Tang San's current martial soul?"

"Of course. That is the Blue Silver Emperor!"

"But Grandmaster did not recognize back then that Tang San's Blue Silver Grass was an unawakened Blue Silver Emperor. In other words, Tang San's Blue Silver Grass carries the bloodline of the Blue Silver Emperor, allowing its quality to rival that of his other martial soul. Only then could they coexist! The weak are prey to the strong. Only equals can exist together. Grandmaster, today's lesson was free."

As Luo Chuan spoke, he waved at the fatty. "Come on. I've got something good for you."

The moment Ma Hongjun heard that, his tiny eyes narrowed into slits. "What good thing?"

"You'll know when we get there." Luo Chuan then said to Zhu Zhuqing, "Zhu Qing, come too!"

Seeing that Zhu Zhuqing had been called away as well, Ning Rongrong immediately waved her hands. "What about me? Me too?"

"You?" Luo Chuan stopped, glanced at Ning Rongrong's flat little plaza, and shook his head in disdain. "Too small. No thanks!"

"What do you mean? I'm bigger than Zhu Qing, okay?" Ning Rongrong protested and immediately followed after them, prepared to pester him relentlessly.

Ma Hongjun followed behind them with a lewd grin. He understood the meaning behind Luo Chuan's words. Looks like Xiao Chuan isn't ignorant after all.

Luo Chuan led the three away. Oscar stood where he was, somewhat hesitant. In truth, he also wanted to follow Luo Chuan and train.

He did not know Luo Chuan very well, but judging from Ma Hongjun and Zhu Zhuqing's reactions, Luo Chuan's training methods had to be extraordinary—and effective.

More importantly, after Luo Chuan had put Grandmaster in his place, Grandmaster seemed somehow strange. The image of a learned scholar that Oscar had once held of him had completely vanished.

In terms of intelligence, Oscar was no inferior to Tang San. It was simply that his martial soul was auxiliary, so he normally did not show it.

"Xiao Gang, why don't you train the four of them for now? Later, I'll have a talk with that brat Luo Chuan." Flender had also begun to distrust Yu Xiaogang, but he could not make Yu Xiaogang lose face.

"Flender, did you really teach Luo Chuan?"

"Of course!"

"That child's talent surpasses even Bibi Dong's. Perhaps the Heavenly Dao Ranking truly missed an unparalleled genius! No, I must teach him!" Yu Xiaogang's resolve was firm. He was determined to take Luo Chuan as his disciple.

Hearing Yu Xiaogang's words, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and the others were stunned. Luo Chuan's talent was even greater than Bibi Dong's?

"Ding! Tang San, Xiao Wu, Oscar, and Dai Mubai deeply doubt the accuracy of the Heavenly Dao Ranking. Reward: 10,000 years of distributable soul ring age, one 100,000 Year Spiritual Bewitchment Skull, one 100,000 Year Mirror Skull, and one 100,000 Year Shadow Demon Tiger Right Leg Bone."

Heh, these rewards are coming way too easily. Luo Chuan secretly laughed. He had discovered that the deeper the Heavenly Ranking geniuses' doubts toward the Heavenly Ranking, the more generous the rewards became.

"Xiao Chuan, what have you been doing these past few days?" Ma Hongjun followed behind him, careful not to disturb Luo Chuan's left-and-right embrace.

"I went looking for good things for you. Come to my dorm." Luo Chuan brought Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, and the other two into his dormitory.

Some readers said Qian Renxue's talent was stronger than Tang San's. After thinking it over carefully, that was indeed true. Tang San became a god through three Immortal Herbs plus protagonist plot armor, while Qian Renxue relied on genuine talent. I won't change it, though. Second and third place are about the same—consider it a bonus from Twin Martial Souls.

Damn.