Tang San Wanted to Switch to Cultivating the Clear Sky Hammer (Second Update)

Just as Shui Wuchen stared at Xiao Wu's retreating figure in confusion, Shui Bing'er had already taken the two boxes of fried potatoes, turned around with a smile, and held one out to Shui Wuchen.

"Here, big brother!"

"Okay."

Coming back to his senses, Shui Wuchen took the fried potatoes from Shui Bing'er.

At that moment, Shui Bing'er glanced in the direction Shui Wuchen had been looking, tilted her head slightly, and asked curiously, "Big brother, what were you looking at just now?"

By then, Tang San and Xiao Wu had already vanished into the crowd. Naturally, Shui Bing'er could not see anything.

"Nothing."

Shui Wuchen gently shook his head. "I noticed that someone's aura was somewhat unusual just now, but I was probably mistaken."

"Oh!"

Shui Bing'er did not ask any further questions. Instead, she took Shui Wuchen by the hand and continued weaving through the stalls with him.

Shui Bing'er cherished the time she spent with Shui Wuchen. Although they saw each other fairly often, opportunities to spend an entire evening playing without having to cultivate were rare.

Before the age of twenty was the golden period for a Soul Master's cultivation, when their cultivation speed was at its fastest. Even if Shui Wuchen was willing, Shui Bing'er did not want to waste her brother's time. Besides, she needed to cultivate as well.

Soul Masters had abundant energy, and Shui Bing'er was a high-level Soul Ancestor to boot. The two of them did not return to Skywater Academy's lodgings until the merchants in the district had begun closing up.

After returning to his room, Shui Wuchen walked to the window. Looking at the bright moon hanging high in the sky and the silver moonlight spilling across the earth, he suddenly felt a wave of loneliness rise within him.

Could he still go back?

A moment later, Shui Wuchen suddenly smiled. "The moon is beautiful tonight, isn't it, Articuno?"

"Wuu~~"

Beside Shui Wuchen, Articuno looked up at the moon overhead and nodded slightly.

Shui Wuchen then stroked Articuno's chin and neck, and the loneliness in his heart immediately faded considerably.

At least he still had Articuno and his little sister, Shui Bing'er, with him in this world, didn't he?

Still, he would not cultivate tonight.

While Shui Wuchen interacted with Articuno, Tang San, over at Shrek Academy, tossed and turned, unable to sleep.

Shui Wuchen's power during the day, along with Shui Bing'er's incredible control, kept replaying in his mind, leaving him unable to fall asleep.

Teacher said my Blue Silver Grass is best suited for the control path, but compared to Shui Bing'er, my control is simply not worth mentioning. If I hadn't absorbed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, I wouldn't even have been qualified to fight her.

Is my Blue Silver Grass... really suited to being a control-type Soul Master?

The more Tang San thought, the more lost he became. The road ahead seemed increasingly shrouded in fog. How exactly should he proceed in the future? Should he continue following the control path Yu Xiaogang had laid out for him?

Indeed, compared to other control-type Soul Masters, he possessed unparalleled advantages: the endurance granted by the Mysterious Heaven Skill, the observation ability granted by the Purple Demon Eye, the mobility and offensive capability granted by Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, the extraordinary control granted by Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon...

Yet none of these could solve the fundamental problem: his Blue Silver Grass was simply too weak!

Even though he had followed Yu Xiaogang's instructions and given his Blue Silver Grass the traits of toughness and poison.

Even though he had pushed the absorption limit for Soul Masters, even surpassing it, to absorb his third and fourth Soul Rings, obtaining an unprecedented Ten Thousand Year fourth ring.

Even though his Blue Silver Grass had gained immunity to both ice and fire through the effects of the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot.

Even though he had the support of the various martial arts and Hidden Weapons he had brought from his past life.

When facing truly top-tier geniuses of his generation, he still felt powerless.

It was not because he was weak, but because Blue Silver Grass as a martial soul was simply inadequate.

At that moment, Tang San finally understood why Su Yuntao, who had awakened his martial soul, had worn such a regretful expression upon discovering that Innate Full Soul Power had appeared in a Blue Silver Grass Soul Master like him.

Blue Silver Grass truly deserved to be called a trash martial soul!

The reason he had been able to defeat his other opponents before was because he possessed the Tang Sect's martial arts from his past life, because his Soul Ring configuration far surpassed theirs, and because of the Immortal Herbs—not because of Blue Silver Grass!

If his martial soul had not been Blue Silver Grass, but some other martial soul, he would only have won more easily and would not have felt so powerless when facing Shui Bing'er.

"No, this cannot continue. Blue Silver Grass is far too weak. If I keep cultivating like this, then by the time I reach Soul King, I won't be a match for anyone."

Tang San suddenly rose from his bed with a roar, his words and eyes filled with unwillingness.

After a moment, Tang San lowered his head and muttered, "Perhaps cultivating a different martial soul would also be a good choice."

The next day, Shrek Academy's teachers' building.

"What? Xiao San, you want to give up Blue Silver Grass and switch to cultivating the Clear Sky Hammer?"

Upon hearing Tang San's words, Yu Xiaogang immediately sprayed out the tea in his mouth. His eyes widened as he stared at Tang San in disbelief.

Tang San wiped the tea from his face and nodded firmly. "That's right, Teacher. This is a decision I made after careful consideration."

Hearing this, Yu Xiaogang immediately stood up, walked around the desk to Tang San, and frowned. "Xiao San, haven't I told you before? Once you cultivate Blue Silver Grass to the Soul Emperor level, your second martial soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, can then be fitted entirely with Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings. You agreed to that before. Why do you suddenly want to switch to cultivating the Clear Sky Hammer?"

As the inherited martial soul of the Clear Sky Sect, the continent's number one sect, the Clear Sky Hammer's strength was beyond doubt. Whether it was Tang Chen, the founding sect master of the Clear Sky Sect and one of the continent's two Peerless Douluo from long ago, or his idol, Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao, neither possessed strength that ordinary Soul Masters could compare to.

As for waiting until reaching the Soul Emperor level before adding Soul Rings, that was the decision he and Tang Hao had made after discussing it together.

In Yu Xiaogang's view, it was enough for a trash martial soul like Blue Silver Grass to be usable. No matter how much it was cultivated, it would never become very powerful. There was nothing shameful about using it to pave the way for the Clear Sky Hammer, the martial soul of the number one sect under heaven.

Although Tang Hao knew that Tang San's Blue Silver Grass could evolve into the Blue Silver Emperor, he had still chosen to treat the Blue Silver Emperor as the first martial soul because he believed the Clear Sky Hammer was far stronger than the Blue Silver Emperor.

"But Teacher, can I really cultivate to level sixty with this Blue Silver Grass martial soul? Even if I can, how long would it take?"

Yet despite Yu Xiaogang's earnest persuasion, Tang San's thoughts did not change in the slightest. He continued, "Teacher, before I reach level sixty, am I supposed to keep fighting geniuses like Shui Bing'er and Shui Wuchen with this weak Blue Silver Grass?

Blue Silver Grass alone cannot lead Shrek to final victory!"