Douluo: Kizaru Douluo
Chapter 8

Your Crooked Mouth Martial Soul Is Quite Unique [Happy New Year's Eve] [Please Collect]

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After Master went up to the second floor, Wang Sheng, the former former dorm leader of Dormitory 7, came over. "You know Master?"

Tang San nodded. "He's my teacher."

Wang Sheng looked strange. "No way. You took Master as your teacher? His strength isn't anything special. At our academy, Master is just a Guest Elder. They say he only gets to stay at the academy because he has a good relationship with the Dean."

"To put it bluntly, he's just a free loader. I heard that he's nearly fifty and still hasn't broken through to the Soul Grandmaster realm. His Martial Soul is only Level 29. He'll probably never break through again for the rest of his life."

Tang San raised his head and looked at Wang Sheng seriously. "If you don't want to spar with me again, then please don't presumptuously evaluate my teacher. This is the first time, and I hope it will also be the last. Zhang Yang, I think we should go eat by ourselves."

"Sure, wait for me." Zhang Yang nodded and pulled a Silver Soul Coin from his pocket, slapping it into Wang Sheng's hand.

"What is this?" Wang Sheng looked at the Silver Soul Coin in his hand in surprise.

"Money to treat you all to lunch. Although you presumptuously evaluated my teacher, I did promise to treat you first. I don't want people gossiping behind my back, saying things like, 'Master's disciple is actually someone who goes back on his word.' Teacher can't afford to lose face like that."

With that, Zhang Yang casually draped an arm around Tang San's shoulders and left.

Wang Sheng said in annoyance, "What the hell? Are those two boys crazy?"

Xiao Wu watched Tang San's departing back and inexplicably felt that his thin figure had become a little taller.

After walking a few steps, Zhang Yang quietly said to Tang San, "I don't know what the consumption level at the Academy Cafeteria is like, but fifty Copper Soul Coins should be enough for ten people to eat. When you return to the dorm later, if they don't give you the remaining money, it means those people aren't worth befriending."

"You didn't need to use your own money to test our dormmates for me." Tang San was somewhat moved. "Fifty Copper Soul Coins isn't a small amount for you either."

"It's fine. Once we get our First Soul Rings, we'll receive a monthly subsidy of one Gold Soul Coin from Spirit Hall. Fifty Copper Soul Coins are nothing."

Tang San said earnestly, "I'll pay you back this Silver Soul Coin."

Zhang Yang patted Tang San's shoulder. "Whatever makes you happy. By the way, what is your Second Martial Soul? Can you summon it for me to take a look...?"

After Zhang Yang and Tang San finished eating at the cafeteria, they did not leave. Instead, they sat near the stairs on the second floor, chatting while waiting for Master to come down after eating upstairs.

After waiting for a full half an hour, Master finally came down from the second floor. A middle-aged man about the same age as him came out with him.

The middle-aged man wore a long robe and was somewhat more handsome than Master. His chin protruded slightly, and he wore a gentle smile.

"Let's go, Xiao San, Zhang Yang." Master called to his two disciples.

The middle-aged man beside Master smiled. "These are your New Disciples?"

Master nodded.

The middle-aged man patted Master on the shoulder. "All right, good luck to you. I'll be going first." After speaking, he glanced at Zhang Yang and Tang San before heading in another direction.

Master's residence was a room in the corner of the top floor of the dormitory building. It was not large, only about thirty square meters. The furnishings inside were simple as well. Only a bookshelf that occupied two walls and was filled with all kinds of books caught Zhang Yang and Tang San's attention.

Master walked behind the desk and sat down.

"Xiao San, you're six years old, have Innate Full Soul Power, and possess Twin Martial Souls. Release your other Martial Soul and let me see it."

Tang San nodded and raised his left hand. Black light surged out, condensing once more into that small hammer.

Zhang Yang curiously looked at the hammer in Tang San's left hand. So this is the Clear Sky Hammer?

Thanks to the past three months of training, Tang San had improved considerably in physical strength. At this point, he could barely hold the hammer without feeling too much strain.

When Master saw the hammer in Tang San's hand, he abruptly rose from his seat, an extremely excited look appearing in his eyes.

He stared fixedly at the hammer and muttered, "Tang San, Tang San, surname Tang... All right, put your Martial Soul away. Do not reveal it casually in front of others. Without my permission, never add Soul Rings to this Martial Soul in the future. You must remember this."

Tang San looked at his teacher in surprise. "Father told me the same thing. Why can't I add Soul Rings to this Martial Soul?"

The excitement in Master's eyes gradually faded. "What does your father do?"

Tang San replied, "He's the village blacksmith."

"A blacksmith?" Master's expression became strange. He sighed and shook his head. "A blacksmith, a hammer—they really are a perfect match."

"It is not yet time to tell you. You only need to remember that not letting you use this Martial Soul or add Soul Rings to it is for the sake of your future. You must keep this firmly in mind."

His father had said so, and now his teacher said the same, increasing Tang San's trust in Master by a few points. "I will."

"Zhang Yang, describe your Mutated Beast Martial Soul to me as well." Master turned back to Zhang Yang.

"I'd rather release my Martial Soul and let you observe it yourself, Teacher." Zhang Yang nodded. At the same time, he activated his Soul Power, and Borsalino appeared behind him once more.

The room height in Master's dormitory was not low—over three meters—just enough for Borsalino to maintain a standing posture.

"Your Martial Soul..." Master raised his head and carefully examined Borsalino, quickly reaching an analysis.

"Although it is a Beast Martial Soul, it can be released like a Weapon Martial Soul. It is also a Humanoid Martial Soul never before seen among Beast Martial Souls. Its details are so clear that it may very well have been a person who truly existed, perhaps one of Zhang Yang's ancestors."

Zhang Yang could not help but feel speechless. He had no desire for Borsalino to be his ancestor, and the "details" Teacher had just mentioned referred to Borsalino's crooked mouth, didn't they?

"Zhang Yang, can your Martial Soul directly launch attacks?" Master asked.

Zhang Yang shook his head. "No, but I can perform Martial Soul Possession."

"What? You can perform Martial Soul Possession?" Master frowned upon hearing this. "You can do so even without Soul Rings? Could this be the special trait of this Humanoid Martial Soul?"

Master thought for a moment before saying, "Possess yourself and let me see."

"All right." Zhang Yang agreed.

Zhang Yang removed his outer school uniform, which was not elastic enough, leaving only an athletic vest. Then he activated his Soul Power and shouted, "Martial Soul, Possession!"

The Borsalino behind him turned into points of light and merged into Zhang Yang's body. Zhang Yang transformed into a sturdy youth standing one and a half meters tall. Three months had passed, and Zhang Yang had grown a little taller, so his height after possession had also increased slightly.

"Mm, it is no different from Beast Martial Soul Possession. And because it is a Humanoid Martial Soul, he still retains a Normal Human Appearance after possession." Master nodded. "Zhang Yang, how much do your attributes increase after possession?"

"All my attributes increase a great deal, but Teacher, I have no way to describe it very precisely." Zhang Yang sounded somewhat regretful.

Master shook his head. "That's fine. Aside from improvements to physical fitness, does a Humanoid Martial Soul have any other special characteristics?"

Since it was very likely that this had once been a real person, Master wondered whether becoming a Martial Soul might have bestowed something upon the person awakening it.

Zhang Yang was not at all surprised that Master considered this possibility. After all, he was Master, an invincible existence in Martial Soul theory.

Therefore, Zhang Yang had already prepared a standard answer for this question.

"Yes." Zhang Yang did not hesitate in the slightest. "There are seven Martial Skills activated through Soul Power."

"Martial Skills activated through Soul Power? And seven of them?" Master was dumbfounded.

Tang San was equally astonished.

Zhang Yang nodded. "Yes, Teacher. Of these seven Martial Skills, three are attack types, two are defense types, and two are movement types."

Zhang Yang then carefully explained the Navy Six Styles and Rokuogan, demonstrating Finger Gun, Iron Body, Paper Art, and Moon Cloth inside the room, and Soru in the corridor.

After that series of demonstrations, Master and Tang San were so shocked that they could not close their mouths.

Zhang Yang's Finger Gun poked a smooth hole through Master's solid wood desk.

The evasion ability of Paper Art meant that Tang San, who had attacked to test him, could not even touch the corner of Zhang Yang's clothes.

Iron Body's defense ability allowed Zhang Yang to remain unharmed even when Tang San launched a Full Power Attack with his bare hands and Soul Power fully activated.

Soru's astonishing movement speed rivaled Tang San's Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.

Moon Cloth, which allowed Zhang Yang to remain airborne for extended periods, astonished both Master and Tang San even more.

"To develop such Martial Skills yet leave no trace in history, this Soul Master Senior truly was an Unrivaled Genius."

Because these skills were launched by activating Soul Power, Master naturally assumed Borsalino had been someone from the world of Martial Souls.

"There is another possibility. This Soul Master Senior may have been a Level 70 Soul Sage in life, and these seven Martial Skills were this senior's Soul Skills..."

"No, that isn't right either. The styles of these seven Martial Skills are not unified. They do not seem like Soul Skills built around a single Martial Soul, and none of them resemble Martial Soul True Body... Mm, they cannot be Soul Skills."

"Then this senior truly was an unprecedented martial arts genius," Master sighed.

Zhang Yang deeply agreed with Master's evaluation. When it came to slacking off at work and muddling through the day, Borsalino was absolutely a Top Genius in that field.

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