Tang San's Choice for His Second Spirit Ring: Emerald Fern

"Amplify your senses? Perceive the voices of all plants, and become the master of plants!"

Tang San was almost speechless, never expecting that the innate ability of his Blue Silver Grass was so powerful.

"That's not all!"

Zhou Qing added, "Furthermore, as your Blue Silver Grass's perception talent continues to evolve, you might one day reach the level of being able to Listening to Nature's Voice, and even have the potential to draw upon the power of all Plant Element in nature."

How powerful is the force of nature?

Even the tiny Blue Silver Grass, in the instant it takes root and sprouts, possesses the tenacity to push aside the heavy stones on its body!

Tang San couldn't imagine how powerful he could become if he could listen to the Voice of Nature throughout the entire Douluo Continent and draw upon the power of plants in nature.

[The talent of Perception of Nature's Power is probably not unique to Blue Silver Grass; perhaps most Plant Martial Soul possess it, but Soul Master are unaware of it... Just as Qing Ge said, all Soul Master on the continent currently yearn for offensive capabilities. Even Support System, Healing System, and Food System spirit masters have the heart of a Battle Soul Master and desperately desire a powerful offensive Soul Skill.]

[But--]

Offensive skills are the least cost-effective and worst skills for supporting the growth and evolution of your Martial Soul! After all, the purpose of attacking is to defeat opponents and kill enemies, and killing... there's really no need to add an offensive skill to your Martial Soul!

[No! Offensive skills are still necessary! The Soul Master of this world have an extremely weak foundation in the basic theoretical system of Soul Power cultivation and a very limited understanding of the human body, especially Commoner Soul Master. They simply cannot Self-Created Soul Skill —once their Meridians are damaged, they have no idea how to heal or repair them. And Soul Master are warlike; if Commoner Soul Master don't have offensive capabilities, they simply cannot grow...]

The more Tang San thought about it, the more he understood Zhou Qing's strength.

It's not just his talent and ability, but also his extraordinary way of thinking—

The thinking of the Fallen Ones is also different from that of ordinary people, but they have abandoned the bottom line of being human and have begun to harm the innocent. Zhou Qing is different, however, all his actions are in accordance with the rules.

However, he himself was not pedantic—

For example: secretly hoarding Storage Soul Tool! Secretly hoarding Rakshasa Avatar!

"So, Qing Ge, which Plant Soul Beast should I choose for my Second Spirit Ring?" Tang San looked forward to Zhou Qing's choice.

"Emerald Fern".

Zhou Qing took out the "Encyclopedia of Plant Soul Beasts" from the Gray Pouch and turned to the page describing the Emerald Fern.

The Emerald Fern looks like an upside-down garlic clove, with segmented rhizomes and a garlic-shaped flower bud at the top, displaying a translucent jade color.

Calling them flower buds isn't accurate; they're not petals, but rather leaves of the Emerald Fern. The real flower is embedded within them, resembling a green diamond, with a circular indentation in the center.

Surrounding this diamond flower are small, tender green spheres, like stars surrounding the moon, protecting the diamond at its center.

The way this Emerald Fern reproduces is also quite unique—

When a gentle breeze blows, the garlic-shaped leaf buds on the top of the Emerald Fern tremble, causing the tender green and pale yellow dots to jump and flutter within them.

When one of the small dots falls precisely into the indentation in the center of the diamond-shaped flower, the diamond flower will close up.

The diamond will then continue to increase in weight over the next month until it bends the stem of the Emerald Fern, causing it to fall.

This "diamond" is believed to be the fruit or seed of the Emerald Fern. Once it falls into suitable soil, it will take root and sprout, and the small yellow dots are the pollen of the Emerald Fern.

This Emerald Fern is a self-pollinating plant.

However, to be more precise, Zhou Qing believes that after the Emerald Fern completes the so-called "pollination" process, the diamond-shaped objects are not fruits or seeds, but sporangia containing spores.

The Emerald Fern should be a Plant Soul Beast in the process of evolving from Fern to Gymnosperm and Angiosperm.

The purpose of evolution is to achieve better survival.

Therefore, even if it is just an intermediate transitional stage, as long as this stage is sufficient for them to survive, and to thrive and grow their population, then there is no reason for them to continue evolving.

The Emerald Fern is an example of this.

The reason Zhou Qing offered Tang San this option was precisely because this Plant Martial Soul, which was in a transitional stage of evolution, possessed a "sensitivity" that other plants that had already evolved to their full potential did not have.

Plant Soul Beast are ultimately different from ordinary plants.

From a species perspective, it's highly unlikely that the Emerald Fern can evolve into Plant Soul Beast or Plant Soul Beast. However, its ancestors once aspired to become Gymnosperm or Angiosperm, just like other types of Fern.

Although they adapted to the state after evolving to the stage of Emerald Fern, which can be considered as "giving up halfway", the instinct to evolve was still retained.

For Plant Soul Beast to complete their racial evolution, they need to sense the elemental energy between heaven and earth. Therefore, the Emerald Fern possesses a powerful sensing ability that ordinary plants do not have.

When other organisms approach the Emerald Fern, the leaves at its top will automatically close, protecting the spores and sporangia inside.

Plant-type Soul Master who obtain the Emerald Fern Soul Ring are able to keenly perceive that their senses have been enhanced several times over when using Soul Skill.

Their Soul Skill all have only one effect: to produce a seed or fruit based on the characteristics of various Plant Martial Soul.

This fruit and seed cannot be eaten, but can be planted. With the help of Soul Power, it can grow into a plant that is exactly the same as one's own Plant Martial Soul.

This plant can Soul Grandmaster's Soul Master of similar plants, thus aiding in their cultivation.

Moreover, this Martial Soul Plant, created by the Martial Soul Skill provided by the Emerald Fern, can exist for a long time as long as it is not destroyed—surviving like a real plant.

Even if the Soul Master is killed, this Martial Soul Plant can continue to exist.

However, its shortcomings are also obvious:

That is, before this Martial Soul plant is destroyed, no Soul Master can use the Emerald Fern's Soul Skill to create a second one.

After learning about the advantages and disadvantages of the Soul Skill that the Emerald Fern brings to Soul Master, Tang San did not hesitate to make it his first choice for the Second Spirit Ring of his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.

His Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul's innate ability is perception, and the Soul Skill power brought by the Emerald Fern enhances the plant Soul Master's perception of plants, complementing each other perfectly.

Emerald Fern Life also very resilient, and its attributes are compatible with Blue Silver Grass.

As for lacking attack or control abilities...

In which of Tang San's battles did he rely on the attack power of his Martial Soul?

Are weapons that do not contain Martial Soul prohibited in the Continental Elite Tournament?

It doesn't matter!

It's impossible for him to add an attack-type Soul Skill just to give his Martial Soul combat capabilities.

According to Zhou Qing's new classification of Soul Master professions, even if he cannot use Hidden Weapon, he can still act as a support or assassin, with a clear role.

If you include the Clear Sky Hammer, he's still a warrior!