Chapter 21

Inside Spirit Hall's study.

Xiao Lin took out the quilt he had once slept under here and handed it to Tang San. Then he turned around, sat down in a chair, and began writing his thesis.

"Brother Lin, if you give me the quilt, how are you going to sleep later?"

Tang San looked at the quilt in his hands, his expression somewhat complicated.

"What do you mean, how? We can just squeeze together later. It's so hot, and this isn't even a quilt—it's a mat."

Xiao Lin replied casually, then began pondering the title of his thesis.

He did not intend to write this thesis using standard academic methods. He wanted to write it in Shocking Style.

"Shocking! Martial soul power circulation actually has such dangers!"

After thinking for a long time, Xiao Lin finally wrote those large words on the draft.

Xiao Lin actually had quite a few research theories, but he did not want to shock too many people at once—or rather, he did not want to put forward theories that were too advanced.

Otherwise, Xiao Lin would have to worry about his own safety.

This theory was just right. Ordinary people would notice the dangers involved after reading it, while clever people would start considering how to choose their soul rings appropriately.

Most importantly, Dugu Bo would be shocked by it.

Making Dugu Bo surprised and concerned was exactly what Xiao Lin wanted.

As for why Xiao Lin was not worried that Dugu Bo would pose a danger to him?

First, he trusted Tang San's ability to detoxify poison. Second, he trusted Dugu Bo's attitude toward Tang San.

After all, Dugu Bo knew that Tang San had taken all the Immortal Herbs. Had he said anything about it?

No. He had even become sworn brothers with Tang San.

Tang San taking the Immortal Herbs afterward had been somewhat unfair, but Dugu Bo himself had not said anything.

So Xiao Lin was not in a position to say much either.

Now that Xiao Lin was here, at worst, he could have Tang San give Dugu Yan an Immortal Herb to improve her constitution.

For someone like Dugu Bo, who knew nothing about Immortal Herbs, having his life-threatening poison cured and his granddaughter freed from mortal danger—what more could he possibly be dissatisfied with?

Having an Immortal Herb improve Dugu Yan's constitution and give her aptitude comparable to the Immortal Herb-enhanced Shrek Seven Devils from the original work would already be quite good.

Once Xiao Lin and the others went to Sea God Island to train, they could bring Dugu Yan along and obtain God-given Level, God-given Soul Power, and God-given Soul Rings.

Wouldn't that be even more generous than Tang San in the original work?

After Tang San became a god, they could see whether Dugu Yan had the potential to become a god. If she did, they could give her another helping hand.

Wouldn't that be enough to make Dugu Bo grateful?

After weighing it all, Xiao Lin ultimately wrote down this theory.

The fundamental reason was that Dugu Bo was more trustworthy than people like those from Spirit Hall.

Xiao Lin continued writing.

As everyone knows, martial souls and Soul Masters are inseparably connected. Yet every Soul Master's soul power is a different color, and no one has paid attention to this. Therefore, I, Xiao Yan, have conducted the following research into the relationship between soul power color and martial souls.

Author: Xiao Yan

Advisor: Lin Dong

After filling in some details, Xiao Lin began citing sources and evidence.

Based on the various books Xiao Yan had consulted, Xiao Yan discovered that some Soul Masters possessed different types of soul power, each with distinct effects.

White Tiger Duke's Travelogue recorded that while the White Tiger Duke was playing poker with a Maid, he discovered that his soul power was far more capable than others' of withstanding high-temperature damage.

As long as the White Tiger Duke released his yellow-white soul power, he could even ignore much of the damage.

However, the Maid's soul power did not have such an effect, and her soul power had difficulty enduring the intense heat of flames.

The Maid's martial soul was an ordinary plant-type martial soul, and her soul power was green, just like her martial soul.

Curious, the White Tiger Duke used his own soul power to attack the Maid's soul power and found that her soul power was completely unable to stand against his yellow-white soul power.

At first, the White Tiger Duke believed that he suppressed all plant-type Soul Masters.

It was not until later, when the White Tiger Duke was traveling around the Star Luo Empire, that he encountered a pair of Twin Sisters.

Overcome with lust, the White Tiger Duke naturally had no intention of letting two roses slip away, and directly invited the Twin Sisters to play poker with him.

However, what the White Tiger Duke had not expected was that his prized White Tiger Spirit became ineffective before the Twin Sisters.

Or rather, under the Twin Sisters' special soul power, his yellow-white soul power instantly softened.

The Twin Sisters' martial souls were both very ordinary plant-type martial souls: the incomparably foul-smelling Rafflesia and the incomparably fragrant Concubine Flower.

The moment the Twin Sisters released their martial souls and their green soul power came into contact with the White Tiger Duke, his soul power instantly softened, and he nearly lost all will to fight.

It was only when the White Tiger Duke was nearing death that he recorded this event and wrote it into his biography.

This left Xiao Yan extremely puzzled. They were clearly both plant-type martial souls, so why did the Twin Sisters' soul power possess such formidable abilities?

Why did the White Tiger Duke's soul power soften?

They were clearly both physical attacks.

After gathering relevant materials and studying them carefully, Xiao Yan arrived at several basic conclusions.

First, plant-type Spirits had difficulty withstanding attacks of both ice and fire attributes. Even pure Soul Power was affected, and they could not endure attacks of extreme heat or cold. Usually, the Soul Power of plant-type Soul Masters was green.

Second, the White Tiger Duke's White Tiger Spirit possessed an extremely yang and unyielding attribute, giving it excellent resistance to physical attacks. The White Tiger Duke's Soul Power was yellowish-white, a metal attribute that likewise restrained plant-type Soul Masters.

Third, the Twin Sisters' Soul Power was highly unusual and could even be said to have been influenced by their Spirits.

Yet these conclusions only left Xiao Yan even more puzzled.

Xiao Yan investigated the Spirit of the White Tiger Duke's descendants—the Evil Eye White Tiger Spirit.

It was a top-tier Beast Soul, immensely powerful, but when it first awakened, it did not possess any innate metal attribute.

However, once the Evil Eye White Tiger Spirit gained its third Soul Skill from the spirit ring of a Vajra Tiger, it acquired a metal attribute.

Only then could the Evil Eye White Tiger truly be considered a top-tier Beast Soul.

The Soul Power of a Soul Master with the Evil Eye White Tiger Spirit gradually gained a yellow tint, turning yellowish-white.

As for the Twin Sisters' Spirits, Rafflesia and Concubine Flower were both uncommon, so Xiao Yan searched for records concerning Rafflesia and Concubine Flower Soul Beasts.

In their earliest stages, neither Soul Beast possessed any means of attack, and both merely released a foul stench.

Once the two Soul Beasts had reached a hundred years of cultivation, the Rafflesia's stench became even fouler, while the Concubine Flower's stench transformed into a pungent fragrance.

And once the scents of the two Soul Beasts merged, they gained the ability to paralyze a person's entire body.

Xiao Yan believed this ability was the source of the Twin Sisters' special Soul Power.

What surprised Xiao Yan was that whether it was the Maid's Soul Power, the White Tiger Duke's Soul Power, or the Twin Sisters' Soul Power—

even without using their Spirits, the attributes of their Soul Power had already changed from their original state. Some had even changed color.

Xiao Yan was extremely curious about this. Wasn't Soul Power supposed to be just Soul Power?