Tang Hao's Shock, Another New Conjecture

Tang San and Tang Hao both stood frozen where they were upon hearing this.

One had to know that under normal circumstances, only Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings could grant two skills. Yet from Xiao Lin's words, even ordinary Soul Rings might have the possibility of granting multiple Soul Skills?

"Heh heh, incredible, isn't it? I had this hypothesis long ago. It was just that Little San's case this time happened to convince me of it."

Xiao Lin smiled smugly. "Three-Eyed Salamanders themselves are not Soul Beasts skilled in perception. Their so-called perception is actually just observation through the eye on the back of their heads."

"Yet Little San gained perceptive abilities. Other than the innate abilities of Blue Silver Grass itself, wasn't that also guided out by my words?"

"Besides, no one other than me knew that Blue Silver Grass had perceptive abilities."

"No, it should be the Blue Silver King. Little San's martial spirit definitely isn't ordinary Blue Silver Grass."

"Through its Blue Silver Grass subjects, the Blue Silver King gains the ability to sense its surroundings."

"Anywhere there is Blue Silver Grass nearby, Little San will most likely be able to perceive it in the future."

Xiao Lin had worked backward from the correct answer to reach this conclusion, but there was another discovery he had made himself.

"Also, the Soul Ring skills of certain clans are identical."

"For example, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. The Soul Skills of their Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda are practically passed down through the same lineage."

"If the clan itself did not hold such a concept, the Soul Rings they acquired should have been different."

"For instance, for a Soul Beast focused on strength, a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's Soul Ring might grant Strength Amplification, but it might also grant strength absorption or strength transfer."

"All of those are possible, so why do the Soul Rings of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda always grant Strength Amplification?"

"Other than the possibility that this amplification effect is overall the strongest and most practical, the only other explanation is the cognition of Soul Masters."

"Because Strength Amplification is best, it becomes Strength Amplification."

"The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect must have such a clan philosophy."

Xiao Lin's words left Tang Hao and Tang San dumbfounded. So that was how it was?

"Furthermore, Uncle Hao's Soul Rings are almost all strength-oriented. Doesn't that better prove that my theory is correct?"

"It was Uncle Hao's own understanding and the desires in his heart that determined his Soul Ring skills."

"And among the various professions in the Soul Master world, attack-type Battle Soul Masters basically never obtain Defense Soul Skills. Even if they do, they are only for attacking more effectively, and so on and so forth."

"But..."

At that moment, Tang San suddenly interrupted Xiao Lin.

He was somewhat puzzled. "If that's the case, wouldn't there be all kinds of Soul Skills? As long as we imagine a certain Soul Skill, we would have a chance of obtaining it?"

"Little San, you're too naive. Have you forgotten about Spirit Affinity? You awakened even a little perceptive ability because Blue Silver Grass itself possesses perceptive abilities."

Xiao Lin shook his head, deeply dissatisfied with this poor student Tang San who kept interrupting.

"But..."

"But if that were true, then even many knowledgeable Soul Masters would not have only a single Soul Skill, let alone commoner Soul Masters."

Tang San had just been about to ask another question when Tang Hao cut him off and voiced his own.

"It's very simple—a mental trap. Other than what I've said, nearly all Soul Masters think this way. They believe they can only obtain one Soul Skill, so how could they possibly obtain multiple Soul Skills?"

"Even Little San did not obtain multiple Soul Skills. It merely gave him the possibility of creating his own Soul Skills."

Xiao Lin waved his hand. Multiple Soul Skills were actually highly unrealistic.

The Soul Power contained in a single Soul Ring was too little. It was perfectly normal for it not to have multiple Soul Skills.

What Xiao Lin wanted, however, was to gain other functions beneath a single Soul Skill, or perhaps the ability to create his own Soul Skills.

Take his Imprisoning Dragon Staff, for example. Although he had already decided that his First Soul Skill would increase attack power, Xiao Lin now also wanted to make the Imprisoning Dragon Staff harder. That could be done as well.

Beyond that, could he create a Soul Skill himself and give the Imprisoning Dragon Staff the ability to extend and retract?

That should also be possible.

After all, Xiao Lin's Imprisoning Dragon Staff had originally been two and a half meters long.

Now that it had shrunk back, if he further strengthened the Imprisoning Dragon Staff itself, it did not need to extend by much, but it had to possess that ability.

Besides, Xiao Lin did not actually place much hope in the matter of multiple Soul Skills.

It was normal for a hundred-year Soul Ring not to have them, and it was no big deal if a thousand-year Soul Ring did not either.

But a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring might have that opportunity, so why not give it a try?

Xiao Lin knew of the existence of Soul Spirits, and he also knew that Soul Spirits could possess multiple Soul Skills.

He did not seek Soul Spirits now, only the possibility that ten-thousand-year Soul Rings might have this trait. Xiao Lin felt it was necessary to study it.

After all, one could obtain a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring as early as the Fourth Soul Ring.

It seemed Tang San's Fourth Soul Ring had been a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring.

Tang Hao was deeply shocked by Xiao Lin's hypothesis. He had originally intended to bring Tang San here so that he could receive Yu Xiaogang's instruction.

But looking at it now, wasn't Yu Xiaogang completely useless?

Some of the original theories were either taken for granted or merely slight improvements on common knowledge in the Soul Master world.

Some theories were even downright ridiculous.

There were no trash martial souls, only trash Soul Masters.

Wasn't that just calling himself trash, Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang?

Tang Hao thought that if Xiao Lin had awakened Yu Xiaogang's trash martial soul, Xiao Lin would certainly have broken through the level-thirty limit. Becoming a Soul Saint, at the very least, would not have been difficult.

He hadn't even figured out his own martial soul—how could he teach my Little San?

Tang Hao quietly let out a breath. Fortunately, he had met Xiao Lin at the most crucial moment.

"Xiao Lin, then what is this other new hypothesis you mentioned?"

Having sorted through his tangled emotions, Tang Hao continued asking, a trace of respect in his eyes.

Everyone respected those with genuine talent, and Tang Hao was no exception.

"Uncle Hao, let me tell you, this hypothesis of mine is no ordinary one."

Xiao Lin curled his lips into a confident smile. "I call this new hypothesis the Spirit Shattering Evolution Theory."

"This hypothesis came from what happened when Little San's Blue Silver Grass shattered just now and then regenerated."

"Spirit Shattering Evolution Theory?"

Both Tang Hao and Tang San froze, then stared at Xiao Lin in utter disbelief.

"I've never heard of martial souls evolving."

Tang Hao's face was filled with shock. He had never even dared to imagine such a thing.

"Exactly."

Tang San chimed in. Hadn't martial souls been fixed from the moment they awakened?

Evolution? Was that even possible?

Tang San felt as though his mind had just been blown open.

Sure enough, matters of martial soul research should be left to Brother Lin. I'd better focus on researching Self-Created Soul Skills.

"It's nothing unusual. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect has a legend like this."

"They desperately hope for their martial souls to evolve, allowing them to break through the bottleneck at level seventy-nine."

Xiao Lin did not think this was baseless nonsense. Martial Soul Evolution was entirely possible.

"Uncle Hao, your Clear Sky Hammer is considered the number-one Weapon Soul under heaven, so it's normal that you wouldn't pay attention to such things. But do you know what the Clear Sky Sect's martial soul was before?"

"And I heard that the Clear Sky Sect has a move called the Great Sumeru Hammer. Isn't that an evolution of the Clear Sky Hammer?"

The moment Xiao Lin said this, Tang Hao and Tang San both froze completely, standing motionless like wax statues.