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The target for his First Soul Ring?

Su Wen was surprised by how well-informed the Headmaster was.

Still, he was the Headmaster. It was only normal for him to learn immediately about conflicts that happened within the academy.

Moreover, as a Headmaster, receiving news at once when a Second Year rank-ten soul scholar appeared in the academy was part of his job.

"I don't know enough about soul beasts yet, so I haven't settled on a specific target for the time being," Su Wen said truthfully.

Although the school's lessons included information on some common soul beasts, they were all too ordinary and did not meet Su Wen's requirements.

"Your Martial Soul is very special. It's a Book Martial Soul, yet you managed to develop combat ability from it. That truly makes one's eyes light up." He said it with a smile, but his expression changed immediately after. "However, you need to understand that a book is still a book. As a Tool Martial Soul, it is far inferior in battle to Martial Souls like hammers, blades, and swords."

At the Soul Master and even Soul Grandmaster stages, that might be one thing. The gap would not be too absurd yet. But as Soul Power rose, that gap would become more and more obvious, even to the point of despair.

"A Book Martial Soul is, by nature, a Tool Martial Soul, but it doesn't belong to the common Martial Soul classifications.

"The Martial Souls you learned about are divided into the Power Attack System, Agility-Type, Control System, and Support System, but in truth, those are all combat classifications.

"A Book Martial Soul, under normal circumstances, is not classified as combat-type, but as Functionality Type."

All major forces had Soul Masters on the non-combat side. Their Martial Souls were all functional, responsible for various kinds of non-combat auxiliary work.

In fact, it could also be considered part of the Support System, just as the Food System was also a special Support System. A Book Martial Soul belonged to another Support System classification: functionality-based support.

The Headmaster rubbed his bald head and looked at Su Wen's thoughtful expression, secretly pleased.

This was an explanation he had specifically asked Grandmaster for.

"Soul Masters with Book Martial Souls usually work in research fields. They have certain conveniences when it comes to recording and learning. I heard from Grandmaster that you once went to him and had thoughts of becoming a Scholar."

The Bald Headmaster had said a lot, and Su Wen had roughly guessed what the other party was thinking.

"Headmaster, you and I aren't suited to each other." Su Wen was not planning to acknowledge a master, at least not interested in taking a Soul Ancestor as his master. A Soul Ancestor could not teach him much. He might even understand less than Su Wen himself. What use was acknowledging him as master?

Of course, Su Wen could not refuse so bluntly. He could only decline on the grounds that the two sides were not suited to each other.

The Bald Headmaster also sighed. "Su Wen, you're very clever. I'm an Agility-Type Soul Master. If you take the Scholar path, then we truly aren't suited to each other. However, since you've developed combat methods, I imagine you also want to take the path of a Battle Soul Master with your Book Martial Soul, don't you?"

Su Wen put on an interested expression.

He had also guessed where this Headmaster had gotten his information from.

Grandmaster's knowledge was indeed broad, and Su Wen was also curious what kind of Battle Soul Master path he could point out for a Book Martial Soul.

"On the Douluo Continent, Martial Souls come in countless strange forms. Among them, there are also those who become Battle Soul Masters with Book Martial Souls. Most are Support System, while a small number take Elemental Control as their direction. The Fire Demon Tome Martial Soul is one representative among them. A Soul Emperor-level expert once emerged from it!"

Fire Demon Tome?

The Magic Book route?

The moment Su Wen heard the Martial Soul's name, he roughly guessed its development path.

"No matter which route, there has never been a Battle Soul Master who used a Book Martial Soul as a weapon."

One could use a book as an intermediary to mobilize elemental energy or provide support, but no one used a book as a weapon.

After all, books were too fragile.

Su Wen pondered over the information the Bald Headmaster had obtained from Grandmaster and also took these lines of thought as reference.

Using a book as a weapon was only his early-stage method, convenient for him to hunt soul beasts, and also a transitional method.

However, fragility itself was not a principle.

So-called fragile books were merely the most ordinary books.

"There are even people who attack with chrysanthemums."

Su Wen remembered that among the Immortal Herbs, there was one called the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, which was also the Martial Soul of that Chrysanthemum Douluo.

It should be able to make up for the quality issue of a Book Martial Soul, giving his Heavenly Book the strength to become a weapon.

"It's fine. After all, this concerns the choice of your cultivation direction for the rest of your life. You can go back and think about it slowly," the Bald Headmaster said. "What I want to talk to you about is the development of your Martial Soul."

"A Martial Soul's Soul Skills don't only come from the soul beast whose Soul Ring you obtain. They come even more from the Soul Master's own development of their Martial Soul," the Bald Headmaster said solemnly.

"In truth, Soul Skills are the power of the Martial Soul itself. They merely use the Soul Ring to draw out that portion of power. And because the method of guidance differs, the Soul Skill that is born also differs. What Soul Skill one ultimately obtains depends not only on the type of Soul Ring acquired, but even more on the Soul Master's development direction for their Martial Soul during daily cultivation."

This was also Su Wen's first time hearing such a theory.

"However, there are very few examples of Soul Skill directions obtained through self-development and guidance."

Most were obtained through luck.

After a Martial Soul was passed down, generations accumulated experience, summarizing the types of Soul Rings that Martial Soul could obtain and the cultivation techniques used before, then selecting the Soul Skill most suited to that Martial Soul in order to nurture later generations.

This was the reason most Soul Master clans had similar Soul Skills.

Which aspects of the Martial Soul to temper, what techniques existed, what needed attention when absorbing a Soul Ring, and thereby obtaining the corresponding Soul Skill at a specific Soul Ring position.

"Normal Martial Souls are fine. Even without techniques or experience, they can still obtain Soul Skills suited to themselves. But your Book Martial Soul is different."

If a Book Martial Soul wanted to take the support route or mobilize elemental power, it needed techniques.

And those were all closely guarded secrets.

"You are very talented in developing your Martial Soul. What I want to remind you is this: if you want your own path, then before obtaining a Soul Ring, develop your Martial Soul in that direction as much as possible."

"In that case, when you absorb a Soul Ring, you'll have a much greater chance of obtaining the Soul Skill you want."

"Dean, thank you for your guidance," Su Wen said gratefully to the Dean.

He left the Dean's office.

Along the way, Su Wen kept thinking over what the Dean had said.

Other Soul Masters relied on luck. After obtaining the corresponding Soul Skill, they would look back and summarize the process, using practice to work out techniques.

However, there were also a small number of Soul Masters who developed their Martial Souls on their own, guiding the direction of the Soul Skills they obtained.

Su Wen had hope of taking the latter path.

"My Control over my Martial Soul is extremely high, and developing my Martial Soul won't be difficult at all. So as long as I plan my path properly, I basically won't have to worry about my Soul Skills differing from what I imagined."

Su Wen could be considered relieved.

On this point, at least, his mind was at ease.

"Obtaining my First Soul Ring?" Su Wen shook his head.

It was still too early.

"My Martial Soul is too weak."

It was too low-grade, so low-grade that it was truly just an ordinary Martial Soul!

The quality of a Soul Master's awakened Martial Soul was directly proportional to their Innate Soul Power.

However, there was quite a bit of padding in Su Wen's Five Levels of Innate Soul Power. His Martial Soul did not possess the corresponding quality.

Only he understood himself best.

Su Wen knew very well that his first Soul Ring was crucial!

"Development direction?" He gave a bitter laugh. "The current me isn't even qualified to think about that yet."

The First Soul Ring had to bring about Martial Soul Metamorphosis—the greatest possible transformation, even evolution, an evolution from the very foundation!

"A four-hundred-year Soul Ring still wouldn't be safe."

"But I don't have the qualifications to absorb a First Soul Ring above my level."

"Everything still depends on researching Original Soul Power."

After returning to Dorm Seven, Su Wen entered a meditative state and began sensing his Martial Soul Space.

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