Join the Glorious Evolution, Xiao Wu

"Xiao San is right. A Soft Bone Rabbit couldn't possibly support Innate Full Soul Power. Either you have more than one martial soul, or..."

Chen Feng lightly tapped the table. "Your martial soul is the evolved form of the Soft Bone Rabbit. Perhaps it could be called the Soft Bone Rabbit King?"

"What Soft Bone Rabbit King? That name sounds awful." Xiao Wu muttered under her breath.

"Then how about Soft Bone Rabbit Emperor? It's just a name, anyway. As long as you understand what I mean." Chen Feng spoke indifferently.

"Then Soft Bone Rabbit Emperor it is. That name sounds pretty good." Xiao Wu nodded, accepting the new name this human hatchling had given her.

"So you only have one martial soul?" Tang San asked from the side.

"Of course. Don't tell me you have two martial souls?" Xiao Wu asked back strangely.

"Ahem, of course not." Tang San immediately denied it.

He suddenly realized that he seemed to have found a good excuse. Since Chen Feng could infer that he might have two martial souls from the issue of his Innate Full Soul Power, perhaps others might notice it in the future as well.

Tang San had originally had no idea how to conceal it.

But after seeing Xiao Wu's situation, he immediately realized he could use the excuse that "my Blue Silver Grass martial soul is rather special" to cover up the Clear Sky Hammer.

Perhaps he could call it the Blue Silver Grass King? Or the Blue Silver Grass Emperor?

Seeing Tang San's thoughtful expression, Chen Feng roughly guessed what he was thinking and said:

"I once heard that leaders can emerge among Blue Silver Grass. This leader-class Blue Silver Grass is called the Blue Silver King."

"Blue Silver King? I see. That name isn't bad." Tang San nodded in satisfaction. Blue Silver King sounded far better than the names he had come up with himself.

"What does that mean? I remember you also have Innate Full Soul Power. Does that mean your martial soul is unusual too?" Xiao Wu asked curiously.

"Xiao San's martial soul is Blue Silver Grass, at least on the surface," Chen Feng said.

"Oh~ I get it. But Xiao San and I both have Innate Full Soul Power, so his martial soul should be the Blue Silver King too, right?" Xiao Wu suddenly understood.

"That's right. Only by clearly recognizing the true nature of one's martial soul can one ensure they don't take the wrong path." Chen Feng looked at Xiao Wu as he spoke.

"Oh, I was just careless for a moment." Xiao Wu stuck out her tongue sheepishly.

Tch~ That hundred-thousand-year-old rabbit is pretty good at acting cute. Chen Feng secretly curled his lip before continuing, "Ordinary Blue Silver Grass soul masters rarely possess Innate Soul Power. Even if they do, it's very low—at most half a level or one level. In that case, even if they cultivate their entire lives, they can only reach one or two rings at most. They can't cause any qualitative transformation in the Blue Silver Grass martial soul. That's why people have universally acknowledged Blue Silver Grass martial souls as useless for so many years in this world.

"But I have a hypothesis. If a Blue Silver Grass martial soul owner added spirit rings that enhanced vitality to all of his Blue Silver Grass martial soul's rings, and those among his descendants who possessed Blue Silver Grass martial souls did the same, then after hundreds or thousands of years, it might be possible to artificially create a Blue Silver King martial soul owner. I believe the martial soul clans on the continent today probably came about this way."

This was a conjecture Chen Feng had formed by combining his biological evolution knowledge from his previous life with this world's knowledge of martial souls.

Selective breeding was hardly anything new.

However...

"However, testing this hypothesis would take an enormous amount of time, making it nearly impossible to verify. But if I could learn about the inheritance histories of those martial soul clans on the continent, perhaps I could determine whether this hypothesis is feasible." Chen Feng spoke with some regret.

On the second floor, a middle-aged man wearing a knit cap held a cup of water, his face deep in thought.

Outside the Cafeteria, Tang Hao frowned as he tried to recall the inheritance history of the Clear Sky Sect, only to realize that because he had never been interested in such things before, he couldn't remember anything now.

"Forget it. This isn't something I should be concerned about." Tang Hao came to terms with himself. He recognized that he simply wasn't cut out for it.

Inside the Cafeteria, Tang San was greatly shocked after hearing Chen Feng's words. "You actually have such ideas?"

"It's just a hypothesis." Chen Feng shrugged.

"How many years would that take? Humans would probably find it difficult to accomplish something like that." Xiao Wu sighed.

"Yes. Short-lived species change far too easily." Chen Feng glanced at Xiao Wu, scaring the old rabbit so badly her heart jolted. "Back to the main topic."

"Oh right, we were discussing how I should choose my First Spirit Skill. You dragged the conversation off track." Xiao Wu used a reproachful tone to hide her inner panic.

"Now that we've established your martial soul is the Soft Bone Rabbit Emperor, you need to make a choice. Will you safely continue down the path of the Soft Bone Rabbit Emperor, or bravely break through your limits and join the glorious path of evolution?" Chen Feng's tone was extremely solemn at that moment. He was cosplaying the Mechanical Herald.

"Then of course I choose to join the glorious evolution. Sister Xiao Wu isn't someone without ambition." Xiao Wu slapped the table and declared heroically.

"Hm? Who are you calling Sister?" Chen Feng let out a faint nasal snort.

"Little Sister Xiao Wu. Little Sister Xiao Wu, all right?" Xiao Wu caved in under immense humiliation.

Just wait. Once I obtain my First Spirit Ring, let's see how I teach you a lesson. When the time comes, I'll make you call me Sister Xiao Wu no matter what! the old rabbit thought angrily.

"Much better." Chen Feng nodded in satisfaction. This old rabbit was quite fun to bully.

Tang San found it somewhat amusing as he watched from the side. He felt that whenever Chen Feng was dealing with Xiao Wu, he somehow became childish.

"Come on, hurry up and tell me how I'm supposed to choose my First Spirit Skill. Stop rambling about unrelated things." Xiao Wu grew anxious.

She was still waiting to collect her one Gold Soul Coin allowance.

"Fine. Since you've chosen the path of evolution, you must understand the principles for obtaining spirit rings that I've summarized: strengthen the foundation and nurture the essence, promote strengths and avoid weaknesses." Chen Feng finally got to the point.

Upon hearing those words, the middle-aged man on the second floor suddenly trembled, his hand shaking. As he looked at the boy below speaking with such confidence, his gaze was filled with shock.

Did this child summarize those eight words himself? If so, then his scholarly talent is simply...

"Strengthen the foundation and nurture the essence, promote strengths and avoid weaknesses?" Xiao Wu felt that she vaguely understood something.

"That's right. Evolution has two aspects: bloodline tier and energy intensity. As the emperor among rabbits, the Soft Bone Rabbit Emperor has already pushed the rabbit bloodline to its limit. If you want to advance further in terms of bloodline, the only way is to incorporate the bloodline of a higher life form into yourself."

Chen Feng looked at Xiao Wu and said calmly:

"For example, the bloodline of a dragon species."