Douluo: Bringing Tang San to Beat Up Yu Xiaogang
Chapter 10

Blue Silver Entanglement? (Please Bookmark, Please Vote)

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"Little San, how did you feel? Did your Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul bring any changes to your Soul Power?"

Xiao Lin, who had long since finished practicing the Indestructible Divine Skill, was crouching beside Tang San and questioning him.

Unlike Tang San's, Xiao Lin's Soul Power was exceptionally solid and difficult to compress, so he could usually only absorb enough in a day to fill his Meridians and Dantian.

Any more than that was impossible. It hurt from being too full.

So sometimes, stronger was not necessarily better, and weaker was not necessarily worse.

At least when it came to Soul Power storage.

Tang San's Soul Power was like Blue Silver Grass: easy to compress, abundant in quantity, and brimming with life.

But precisely because of that, Xiao Lin urgently needed a method for cultivating a Soul Core.

Even if someone at Xiao Lin's current level could not possibly learn a Soul Core cultivation method, he still had to obtain one.

A lower-spec version should work, right?

"I felt a little something, but not much."

Tang San slowly opened his eyes at that moment, his brow slightly furrowed.

If Tang San had not been a martial arts prodigy, he might truly have been unable to detect the conversion of Soul Power from Blue Silver Grass.

"Brother Lin, the Soul Power conversion is too little. I can feel my Vitality rising somewhat, but it feels like adding a cup of water to a lake."

The change was so slight that perhaps no one besides him could have noticed it.

"Perhaps this is why no powerful Blue Silver Grass Soul Masters have ever appeared. This kind of change is simply too slow."

Xiao Lin nodded to himself and patted Tang San's shoulder, telling him not to worry.

"Once you obtain your first Soul Skill, there should be no problem."

"From some records I've seen, even Soul Masters with Blue Silver Grass Martial Souls who absorbed Soul Rings chose binding-type Soul Skills."

"Other than giving the Soul Master a weak form of control, they had absolutely no other advantages. They even slowed the conversion of Soul Power."

"Little San, if anyone tells you that Blue Silver Grass should absorb binding Soul Skills, or even add poison attributes to strengthen its control effects, that person is definitely a useless idiot."

"Blue Silver Grass already converts Vitality slowly. Once poison gets involved, it'll become even slower."

Xiao Lin had no favorable impression of Yu Xiaogang. Whenever he found an opportunity, he would disparage him like this in Tang San's ear.

Although Tang San did not know Yu Xiaogang yet, if Xiao Lin said it often enough, then even if Tang San did not remember it, he would understand once he met Yu Xiaogang that Yu Xiaogang was the very model of a useless idiot.

"Mm, I understand."

Tang San nodded seriously, trusting his good brother's words without reservation.

At least for now, all he could see was Xiao Lin speaking to him from the heart, just like the teacher who had taught him martial arts in his previous life.

Tang San had always been deeply respectful toward people with genuine ability.

Otherwise, in the original story, he would not have immediately chosen to become Yu Xiaogang's disciple after Yu Xiaogang revealed the truth about his Twin Martial Souls.

Tang San simply had too little experience and had been deceived by Yu Xiaogang.

As for Twin Martial Souls, anyone knowledgeable could generally recognize them.

For example, Dugu Bo had deduced the truth of Tang San's Twin Martial Souls merely from his granddaughter's Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul and Innate Soul Power.

How could a Martial Soul capable of producing a Titled Douluo possibly be inferior to a mere Blue Silver Grass?

But now, Tang San could completely conceal the truth of his Twin Martial Souls.

As long as Tang San absorbed his First Soul Ring and greatly increased his Vitality.

If he claimed to be a Blue Silver King, who would doubt him?

Did ordinary Blue Silver Grass possess such powerful Vitality?

Did ordinary Blue Silver Grass have as much Soul Power available as Tang San?

Could ordinary Blue Silver Grass be controlled as freely as Tang San controlled it?

Absolutely impossible.

When that time came, Xiao Lin was quite looking forward to seeing the Grandmaster get slapped in the face by his theory.

"Right, Little San, hurry up and use some Blue Silver Entanglement. Let me see your current changes and record them."

Xiao Lin took out a small notebook from his clothes. It contained records of the changes in Tang San's Martial Soul over the past month.

Using the same amount of Soul Power, he would use Blue Silver Entanglement on a patch of grassland—meaning he used his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul to stimulate the growth of Blue Silver Grass—and record the amount, strength, height, and so on.

These records fluctuated, but overall, they formed an upward trend.

According to Xiao Lin's calculations, the lower readings likely came from there being fewer Blue Silver Grass seeds in that particular patch of grass.

The occasional sudden spikes in data likely happened because there were slightly more Blue Silver Grass seeds there.

"Alright, Blue Silver Entanglement."

Seeing Xiao Lin's serious expression, Tang San approved of him even more in his heart.

This is what a true Researcher looks like.

Tang San covered his right wrist with his left hand and controlled his Soul Power with all his strength, making sure not to release even a little extra.

The next second, the instant the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul appeared in Tang San's right hand, the grassland about a meter in front of him was instantly covered in Blue Silver Grass.

It grew even taller than the two of them, and there was enough of it for them both to hide inside.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Sure enough, it's grown another 0.3 centimeters taller. I can't tell any difference in the amount, though. That may be related to the number of Blue Silver Grass seeds in the grassland."

Xiao Lin craned his neck and summoned the Imprisoning Dragon Staff to help measure the height of the Blue Silver Grass, recording today's changes.

The Imprisoning Dragon Staff was Xiao Lin's own Martial Soul, so regardless of its length, he could obtain the most accurate measurements.

Data such as strength was even harder to calculate. Xiao Lin could break free from it with a casual movement.

Still, from the visible changes over the past month, Xiao Lin could make out a thing or two.

Its strength had definitely improved as well.

"Little San, why didn't you make it bind anything?"

Xiao Lin watched the Blue Silver Grass grow straight upward and spoke with some dissatisfaction.

"With your talent, there's no way you still haven't mastered such a simple binding technique."

"Couldn't you just do it casually?"

Xiao Lin was extremely dissatisfied with Tang San's progress.

Although Xiao Lin disliked the idea of Tang San absorbing a Blue Silver Entanglement-type Soul Skill, a Self-Created Soul Skill was different.

And it was not difficult to begin with. With Tang San's martial arts talent, creating a Soul Skill like this should not have been hard.

Xiao Lin had been talking about it for a month already.

A month ago, when he had helped Tang San plan his first Soul Ring Soul Skill, he had told Tang San about this kind of Self-Created Soul Skill.

Xiao Lin definitely would not let Tang San continue absorbing Soul Skills like Blue Silver Entanglement.

If a precious Soul Ring slot were wasted on something like this, Xiao Lin would truly collapse.

"Brother Lin, don't be impatient. Look inside."

Tang San smiled awkwardly, then spoke to Xiao Lin as he parted the Blue Silver Grass, revealing several Blue Silver Grass Beast-Trapping Rings beneath it.

"Brother Lin, I thought it over. Using Blue Silver Grass as camouflage and then setting up a hidden move like this would deal the greatest damage."

Xiao Lin stared in disbelief. As expected of an outstanding Tang Sect disciple—he had so many underhanded tricks in mind.

But Xiao Lin did not think there was anything wrong with it. Tang San's ability to draw inferences from one example was a good thing.

If Xiao Lin's Martial Soul had been Blue Silver Grass, he would have done the same.

Use the least amount of strength to achieve the greatest effect.

Whether it tripped someone or made them fall and break a bone, it was far better than Blue Silver Entanglement.

"Excellent, Little San. You're truly smart. I like dealing with smart people."

Xiao Lin gave Tang San two thumbs up and praised him.

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