Choosing a Soul Skill

As a fellow possessor of Twin Martial Souls, Gu Yi naturally could not ruin his own future like Tang San had.

In his view, both the Blood Martial Soul and Bone Martial Soul possessed tremendous potential, with limitless future achievements ahead of them. He could not abandon either halfway.

This meant that when Gu Yi chose the first soul ring for his Blood Martial Soul, he could not select offensive or defensive soul skills like the vast majority of Soul Masters on the Douluo Continent.

He could acquire offensive and defensive methods entirely by studying martial skills.

The effects of century- or millennium-level offensive and defensive soul skills were probably inferior even to the Yellow-tier High-grade Martial Skills of the Nine Heavens Continent.

For example, the military martial skill Gu Yi was currently learning, the "Charge Spear Technique," would likely be no weaker than a soul skill granted by a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring if cultivated to mastery.

Therefore, augmentation-type soul skills were the most suitable for Gu Yi.

Even if such soul skills were merely millennium-level, they could still serve some purpose once Gu Yi's cultivation realm grew stronger, rather than becoming useless decorations.

However, there were countless varieties of soul beasts on the Douluo Continent, numbering in the tens of millions. They lived and reproduced in different environments, scattered across the continent, and the soul skills they produced varied as well.

If Gu Yi wanted to choose a good augmentation-type soul ring for his Blood Martial Soul, he would need to read a great number of books related to soul beasts.

This was another reason why Gu Yi had chosen to come to Nuoding Academy.

As a junior Soul Master Academy, Nuoding Academy possessed quite a few books about soul beasts.

In truth, before coming to Nuoding Academy, Gu Yi had already considered what path his Blood Martial Soul should take.

That was the Path of Life!

Blood was the source of life. It represented boundless vitality and was the foundation of human existence.

In the cultivation world, there was a saying about Rebirth from a Drop of Blood.

For instance, the legendary Ancestor Minghe of the Primordial World was a representative figure who had taken both the path of blood and the Path of Life to their extremes.

As the saying went, as long as the sea of blood did not run dry, Minghe would never die!

By taking this path, Gu Yi could absorb a series of soul rings capable of enhancing vitality, gradually reaching the level of Rebirth from a Drop of Blood.

Besides that, Gu Yi had other possible paths. For example, he could follow the path of an Evil Soul Master, devouring blood and the life force of others like a vampire or blood demon.

Or he could take the route of Qi-Blood Body Refinement Martial Arts, cultivating his own qi and blood until they became as vast and surging as an ocean, crushing all paths with sheer strength!

Of course, these three paths had things in common. In the end, they were all part of the Path of Life rather than separate paths, and could be cultivated together.

Therefore, when selecting the soul beasts he needed to hunt, Gu Yi would pay special attention to those possessing such soul skills.

Speaking of soul rings, Gu Yi could not help glancing at Xiao Wu beside him, who was hopping along with an exceptionally cheerful look on her face.

She was one of the Douluo Continent's most formidable Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. Moreover, because she was in her transformation stage, her strength was weak, making her the ideal hunting target.

With Gu Yi's current strength, killing Xiao Wu would be effortless.

The thousand pounds of force of the first level of the Qi Martial Realm would be enough to smash her into pulp.

Furthermore, if he killed Xiao Wu, the female lead, the altered plot would be enormous.

The source power Gu Yi could obtain would likely be enough for the Myriad Worlds Gate to connect to a second or even third world.

However, Gu Yi only entertained the thought internally.

Leaving aside the fact that Tang Hao, a Titled Douluo, was secretly nearby and had long set his sights on Xiao Wu.

If Gu Yi killed the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Tang Hao had reserved for Tang San, Tang Hao would certainly hunt him down.

Gu Yi was not afraid of being pursued since he possessed the Myriad Worlds Gate. He merely needed to hide in the Nine Heavens Continent.

But he feared Tang Hao might vent his anger on the villagers of Maple Leaf Village.

After all, Gu Yi's origins were no secret.

Most importantly, even if Gu Yi could kill Xiao Wu, with his current physical condition, he could forget about absorbing a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. At most, he could take her soul bone.

Xiao Wu's soul ring and soul bone possessed soul skills unsuited to the Blood Martial Soul, though they were suitable for the Bone Martial Soul.

All in all, hunting Xiao Wu now would not be worth the loss.

It would be better to consider it later, when he could withstand a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

But once he became stronger in the future, it would be easier for Gu Yi's Bone Martial Soul to obtain a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and their soul skills might be better suited to the Bone Martial Soul. He might not necessarily fancy Xiao Wu's soul ring by then.

Gu Yi pondered, Xiao Wu is the female lead of Douluo. Her fortune is not much worse than Tang San's. If I can stop her from becoming sworn siblings with Tang San, I should be able to gain a large amount of source power.

While killing Xiao Wu was not feasible for the time being, interfering with the relationship between Tang San and Xiao Wu was still something he could do.

In the original story, a large reason Tang San and Xiao Wu had played together was that they were both geniuses with Innate Full Soul Power.

And for a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast to grow faster and swiftly reach the mature stage at level sixty, it needed to interact more with humans, especially talented humans.

Thus, Tang San and Xiao Wu got together, eventually becoming sworn siblings and deepening their bond even further.

But things were different now. Nuoding Academy had gained the variable known as Gu Yi.

Moreover, Gu Yi considered himself fairly handsome and refined, far better looking than Tang San, who had yet to awaken his bloodline.

Whether Xiao Wu would still grow so close to Tang San was hard to say.

If he could steal the female lead, it would bring earth-shattering changes to the future development of the plot.

The source power the Myriad Worlds Gate could obtain would likewise be a substantial gain!

And it would be the kind that kept flowing steadily!

Nuoding City.

Gu Yi and Xiao Wu walked along the streets, taking in the surrounding sights.

In the six years since he had transmigrated to the Douluo Continent, this was Gu Yi's first visit to Nuoding City.

At noon, in order not to miss the iconic academy enrollment scene, Gu Yi had rushed straight to Nuoding Academy and had not had time to look around Nuoding City.

Now that things had temporarily settled down, he could properly appreciate the architectural style of the Douluo Continent.

Nuoding City on the Douluo Continent had a different style from Qingshan Town on the Nine Heavens Continent.

The latter leaned toward ancient China from his previous life, a genuine Eastern cultivation world filled with classical charm.

The former leaned more toward a Western medieval style, mixed with elements of Chinese style, giving it a distinct flavor.

Each had its own beauty and scenery.

As they walked, Gu Yi and Xiao Wu became much more familiar with one another and gained a general understanding of each other's circumstances.

When Xiao Wu learned that Gu Yi was also an orphan, she immediately felt that they shared the same fate, and her gaze toward him grew gentler.

Xiao Wu promptly declared that at Nuoding Academy from now on, Sister Xiao Wu would look after him.

Gu Yi merely smiled and said nothing.

Before long, Gu Yi and Xiao Wu found a shop selling all kinds of daily necessities.

Looking at the brand-new, spotless bedding inside, Xiao Wu blinked and suddenly realized that she did not seem to have any soul coins to buy them.

"Xiao Yi, look..."

Gu Yi naturally understood what Xiao Wu meant. He took out some Silver Soul Coins and bought two sets of bedding along with some daily necessities.

"Hehe, thank you, Xiao Yi. I'll pay you back later." Xiao Wu's smiling eyes curved into crescents.

"Do you have a way to earn money?"

At those words, Xiao Wu's expression fell.

That was right. Xiao Wu had only transformed a few months ago and did not even understand human society very well, much less know any way to make money.

Even her place as a Work-Study Student at Nuoding Academy had been borrowed from a nearby vacancy.

Seeing Xiao Wu's predicament, Gu Yi pointed her toward a solution.

"Xiao Wu, have you absorbed your first soul ring?"

"If you have absorbed your first soul ring and become a Soul Master, you can go to the Spirit Hall branch in Nuoding City for an assessment. Then you can receive a subsidy of one Gold Soul Coin every month."

Xiao Wu's watery eyes lit up as she asked in delight, "Really? I can really receive one Gold Soul Coin?"

A Gold Soul Coin could support a family of three for several months.

If she had that much money, who knew how much delicious food she could buy.

Carrots, candied hawthorns, pancakes...

Thinking of all that delicious food, Xiao Wu was practically drooling.

Gu Yi nodded with certainty.

"Come on, come on! Let's hurry to Spirit Hall and collect the money!" Xiao Wu hurriedly grabbed Gu Yi's hand, ready to rush toward Spirit Hall.

Yet Gu Yi stood perfectly still. Pointing at the sun beginning to set in the west, he said, "It's getting late. Spirit Hall is probably about to close. Your cultivation cannot be faked anyway, so it won't be too late to collect it tomorrow."

Xiao Wu looked at the sky and nodded. "True. Then let's return to the academy and come collect it tomorrow."

Gu Yi nodded and was about to return to the academy with Xiao Wu.

But just then, a middle-aged man entered the pharmacy next door, shouting, "Boss, has the Whale Rubber I ordered arrived yet?"

Gu Yi abruptly stopped walking.