Oscar's Question

The Ironclad Earth Dragon was rescued by Chen Feng and his companions from the Holy Dragon Sect in Sunset Forest.

At the time, she was pregnant, but the people from the Holy Dragon Sect insisted on performing a cesarean section to take the Young Dragon Feast, which Flender and the others found objectionable, and thus a conflict broke out between the two sides.

If it were just about hunting Soul Beast, then Flender wouldn't have much to say. He had hunted Soul Beast before and even helped Grandmaster find the blood of Dragon-type Soul Beast to help Grandmaster's Martial Soul, Golden Horn, grow.

Although the latter did not kill the Soul Beast Soul Beast, it did cause it harm. Therefore, in Flender's view, simply hunting Soul Beast was unavoidable, just like a hunter killing wild animals, it was a necessity for survival.

Hunting is not cruel killing. Even hunters would not harm pregnant wild animals, and fishermen would have a fishing moratorium to allow fish to grow. The earliest written record of such rules can be traced back to the Qin Law.

It stems from both respect for nature and the practical need for survival.

Here, a single Soul Beast represents a Soul Ring, and there are already not enough of these. Yet, these fools from the Holy Dragon Sect still insist on performing a ritual like disemboweling a child to prepare a "Young Dragon Feast."

What they were eating wasn't some "Young Dragon Feast" at all; it was clearly a collection of Soul Ring. It was a complete disaster.

Compared to this group of people, Qian Xunji seemed much smarter.

However, in Tang Hao's view, the Holy Dragon Sect and Qian Xunji's methods were not exactly the same, but rather strikingly similar.

Therefore, the fate of those people from the Holy Dragon Sect was predictable.

Now, the Ironclad Earth Dragon, who has been pregnant for over a year, is due to give birth. Xiao Hei, who had been wandering around the forest, was the first to learn of this and immediately rushed over to inform Chen Feng and the others.

But by the time Chen Feng and his group arrived at the Ironclad Earth Dragon's cave, it was already too late. The Ironclad Earth Dragon had already given birth and was carefully licking the mucus off its cubs with its tongue.

Are they viviparous? Or ovoviviparous? Chen Feng glanced at the cubs with some surprise. In his mind, most reptiles were oviparous.

From an evolutionary perspective, viviparity is a step further than oviparity, with the advantage of increasing the survival rate of offspring and resulting in higher quality offspring compared to oviparous offspring.

After all, viviparous babies can receive nutrition directly from the mother, while oviparous babies can only get nutrition from the yolk. It's easy to see which is better.

While oviparity isn't without its advantages, viviparity seems to be a more suitable mode of reproduction for supernatural creatures like Soul Beast, as it allows offspring to be of higher quality.

Of course, this is not something that can be freely chosen; it mainly depends on the living environment and the level of evolution.

It appears that the Ironclad Earth Dragon has evolved to the stage of viviparous or ovoviviparous birth.

"How are you feeling?" Chen Feng asked the Ironclad Earth Dragon.

The Earth Dragon let out a low growl, which sounded quite powerful, indicating that it was in good condition.

"These baby dragons are quite cute." Gu Yue Ling walked up to the Ironclad Earth Dragon and squatted down.

The Grandmaster warned, "Gu Yue, be careful."

He was worried that the Ironclad Earth Dragon would be stressed if it was approached after giving birth, so he and the others did not go into the cave, but Gu Yue Ling just walked straight past.

To everyone's surprise, the Ironclad Earth Dragon didn't react much to Gu Yue Ling's approach. Instead, it stepped aside and revealed its cubs.

"Looks like it's already familiar with us." Ma Hongjun wanted to go forward to take a look, but the Ironclad Earth Dragon growled at him, freezing him in place.

"It's alright." Gu Yue Ling patted the Ironclad Earth Dragon's head, and the Earth Dragon immediately calmed down.

"What... what's going on?" Ma Hongjun, somewhat aggrieved. "Why can she go over but I can't?"

"Too ugly," Xiao Wu added insult to injury.

"Ugly!?" Ma Hongjun pointed at his face and said to Xiao Wu, "I didn't care if you said I was ugly before, but now, tell me honestly, is my face still ugly?"

Xiao Wu chuckled and fell silent.

"Hmph, they just shut up when faced with difficult questions." Ma Hongjun curled his lip.

"Alright, it's probably because Ling'er takes care of it more usually," Chen Feng said, trying to smooth things over.

"Yes, very likely," Xiao Wu agreed.

As for whether it was true or not, no one knew. Gu Yue Ling was free to act as she pleased except when attending meetings, and no one was watching her all the time. Chen Feng just made up an excuse to get by.

After examining each of the young dragons, Gu Yue Ling nodded to the Ironclad Earth Dragon and then stepped forward.

"They seem fine; the pups are all healthy."

"You can even treat Soul Beast?" Oscar, somewhat surprised.

"I possess a Dragon-type Martial Soul, which grants me some awareness of lower-level Dragon-type beings," Gu Yue Ling explained.

Everyone else looked at Grandmaster and Liu Erlong. Liu Erlong looked completely bewildered, while Grandmaster nodded. "There is such a saying. Families use this method to select suitable and strong Soul Beast."

"How come I didn't know?" Liu Erlong asked, puzzled.

"Did your Soul Ring get chosen by your second uncle?"

The first few are...

"That must have been what your second uncle did, but he didn't tell you. You're not the type to care about these kinds of things."

Liu Erlong gave a dry laugh and said nothing more.

"Speaking of which, is this Ironclad Earth Dragon going back to Sunset Forest?" Bai Chenxiang asked curiously.

"Oh right, we rescued it from... cough cough, now that it has given birth to its cubs, wouldn't it want to go back to its original home?" Ma Hongjun asked doubtfully.

"We should wait until its cubs are older and more mobile before considering taking them back. As long as it doesn't bring it up, let it stay here," Gu Yue Ling said, looking around the cave.

The Ironclad Earth Dragon let out a soft cry, seemingly in response to her words.

"Okay, then it'll be like Xiao Hei A Fei. How about we give it a name? How about 'Old Tie '?" Ma Hongjun suggested.

"This is a good name," Chen Feng agreed with a smile, finding the name quite down-to-earth.

No one else had any objections, so the name "Ironclad Earth Dragon" was decided.

After watching Ironclad Earth Dragon, everyone else dispersed, leaving only Chen Feng, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and... Oscar.

"You... is there something you need?" Zhu Zhuqing looked at Oscar with a strange expression, a scene that reminded her of Dugu Bo a few days ago.

"I need to talk to Bro Feng about something," Oscar said, looking at Chen Feng.

"Rongrong, you and Zhu Zhuqing..." Chen Feng was about to let the two girls leave as before when Oscar said, "No need, it's nothing that needs to be kept secret."

Ning Rongrong rolled her eyes at Chen Feng, then punched him lightly, annoyed. "You want us to leave again?"

"Ahem, well, Oscar, what's up?" Chen Feng awkwardly changed the subject.

"I... I want to know where the path for Food System Soul Master lies." Oscar hesitated for a moment, but still voiced his thoughts.

Ning Rongrong was taken aback, then pondered, "That's right, now both Tool Spirit and Biological Spirit have a future, but food Martial Soul seem to fall somewhere in between."

Zhu Zhuqing disagreed with this view. "It can't be said that it's completely unrelated to either side. I think that in nature, food- Martial Soul are closer to Tool Spirit."

"That's what I was thinking too, so Bro Feng, do you think Food System Soul Master can use Soul Tempering Method?" Oscar with some anticipation.

He asked the question.

Chen Feng pondered for a while. He hadn't really thought about this problem before, but a brief moment of thought made him realize the difficulty.

"Leaving aside whether you can use it, the key question is which element you're going to use for soul tempering? Apart from the Popsicle, your other Soul Skill seem to have nothing to do with elements, not to mention that we only currently possess Fire Elemental Rune, and your Martial Soul isn't even a specific thing."

Ning Rongrong chimed in, "To be honest, I think since we already have the Food God Spirit, why bother with these things? Although Xiao Feng created the Foundation Building Method and the Soul Tempering Method, these two methods are mainly useful for people with average Martial Soul quality. For people like us, the effect isn't that significant."

"I'm not just agonizing over myself. The problem is that Biological Spirit and Tool Spirit have found their own paths, but I don't know where the future of food Martial Soul lies. To be frank, I'm probably the only Food System Soul Master in this era with Innate Full Soul Power. I feel it's my responsibility to pave a path for Food System Soul Master. My Martial Soul is the Food God," Oscar said in a deep voice.

"This..." Ning Rongrong didn't know what to say for a moment.

Chen Feng looked at the white-haired youth opposite him and asked, "Oscar, what kind of path do you want to forge?"

"I... I don't know. Maybe it's like the Foundation Building Method and the Soul Tempering Method?" Oscar scratched his head, somewhat uncertainly.

"You haven't even found your way, how can Xiao Feng help you?" Zhu Zhuqing said, arms crossed.

"Uh..." Oscar was speechless.

Chen Feng paced back and forth a few times, many thoughts flowing through his mind. Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something and said, "Oscar, your Martial Soul is the Food God. I basically have no way to make it reach a higher level, but as for other ordinary Food System Soul Master, I do have some ideas."

"Oh? What's your idea?" Oscar's eyes lit up.

Just like he said, he doesn't really care about himself, because as long as he works hard to cultivate, he will definitely be the first Food System Titled Douluo, and he is already satisfied with such an achievement.

But as the owner of the God of Food God Spirit, Oscar felt it was his responsibility to speak up for his fellow enthusiasts and pave a path for them as well.

"What do you think is most needed by ordinary Food System Soul Master?" Chen Feng asked.

"Uh... cultivation speed? It seems that Food System cultivators cultivate particularly slowly," Ning Rongrong said.

As Support System Spirit Master, she cannot fight personally like Battle Spirit Master and does not have a sufficiently strong physique, so her cultivation speed is already slower than that of Battle Spirit Master. However, Food System Soul Master are even slower than support-type Soul Masters, as if some kind of Rules is applied to them.

"Cultivation speed is one thing, is there anything else?" Chen Feng continued to ask.

"They have no ability to protect themselves," Zhu Zhuqing said from the side. For an assassin like her, Food System Soul Master were the easiest targets.

"Yes, this is one too. Are there any more?" Chen Feng nodded and then asked.

"Also... food made by Food System Soul Master will have significantly weaker effects on themselves," Oscar said.

Chen Feng held up three fingers and shook them, saying, "That's right, all three weaknesses are concentrated on Food System Soul Master. If we want to pave a way for them, we have to start from these three directions."

Oscar suddenly felt enlightened. "That's right! I was completely confused just now, Bro Feng now that you've said it, I suddenly feel like the direction is clear."

Ning Rongrong's lips curled into a smile. "This is the brain of our, uh, organization."

Zhu Zhuqing glanced at her with a smile in her eyes, but said nothing.

Chen Feng, oblivious to their interaction, said to Oscar, "As for these three directions, I have a preliminary plan, but whether it will be successful remains to be seen."

Oscar naturally trusted Chen Feng completely, and immediately nodded, saying, "Okay, then Bro Feng, you'll have to work hard for me. I'm not in a hurry."

After saying that, he left.

Once outside the woods, Oscar spotted a familiar figure.

"Yiran, what are you doing here?"

Meng Yiran turned around, looked at him, and smiled slightly, "I didn't see you when I came out with everyone earlier. I guessed you must have something to do inside, so I waited here."

Oscar stepped forward and took her hand. "I do have something to discuss with Bro Feng."

"Would it be convenient for you to tell me?" Meng Yiran asked curiously.

"There's nothing inconvenient about it." Oscar quickly recounted what had just happened, then added, "Don't tell anyone else about this."

"Hmm? Why? This doesn't seem like something to hide." Meng Yiran somewhat puzzled.

Oscar shook his head and said, "Because I'm not sure if Bro Feng can really come up with a solution. If we publicize this and let many people know..."

"If Bro Feng wants to resolve the issue of Food System Soul Master, wouldn't that be tantamount to holding him hostage?"

Meng Yiran understood. "You're worried that if Xiao Feng can't come up with a solution, we won't say anything, but outsiders might gossip, and it will also affect Xiao Feng's reputation."

"Yes, that's what I mean, so this matter ends with you and me," Oscar earnestly instructed.

"I understand," Meng Yiran replied earnestly.

In the woods, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing didn't have such thoughts. They trusted Chen Feng completely, and he never broke his promises.

However, Ning Rongrong was still curious about Chen Feng's solution. She asked, "Xiao Feng, where do you plan to start? Those three weaknesses don't seem easy to solve."

Zhu Zhuqing agreed, "That's right. Of the cultivation speed, self-preservation, and reduced effects, it seems that only self-preservation is somewhat understandable, but it's not very suitable for widespread application. The other two are more like some kind of Rules restriction."

Chen Feng smiled and said, "It's hard to say the specifics yet. All I can tell you is... I plan to start with myself."