What Do You Think of Ye Hao?

Before long, not long after Tang San arrived, Ye Hao came before the two of them, his eyes still bleary.

"Grandmaster, can we set off now?"

Ye Hao yawned. Since transmigrating here, he had suffered insomnia on his very first night.

Though he was already a Soul Master, who did not want to sleep in? The moment he thought of hunting Soul Beasts today, Ye Hao had excitedly rolled around in bed, imagining what his First Soul Skill would be.

Ye Hao had thought it over. At the very least, he wanted a Hundred-Year Soul Beast. He did not dare dream of a thousand-year one—what if he exploded and died?

Every Soul Ring had an absorption limit. One had to respect science and never aim too high. Did having a thousand-year First Soul Ring make you amazing?

Wrong. It would only add needless danger. Wasn't staying alive better? Why insist on courting death?

Playing it safe was the true way!

With nothing to his name, Ye Hao had neither a Titled Douluo father behind him like Tang San nor any powerful faction backing him. It was better to keep a low profile.

Develop discreetly. Don't get cocky.

Grandmaster gave Ye Hao a deep look, then nodded. He boarded the carriage, followed closely by Tang San and Ye Hao.

The coachman shouted, and the carriage slowly departed the academy. It gradually faded from sight, vanishing completely into the hazy night.

Along a narrow country path, a carriage sped onward.

Inside the carriage, Grandmaster droned on, endlessly expounding on his theories and all sorts of knowledge about Soul Beasts, Soul Masters, and Martial Souls. Tang San listened with utmost seriousness, nodding from time to time.

Ye Hao, meanwhile, looked ready to fall asleep. He had heard these words who knew how many times before. Ever since he first read the novel, everything Grandmaster was saying now had been nothing but nonsense to Ye Hao.

"Our destination is the Soul Hunting Forest, a place where the Empire specially raises Soul Beasts. For beginners like you two, there will certainly be Soul Rings suitable for you," Grandmaster said eloquently, his tone brimming with confidence. Mysterious confidence?

The Soul Hunting Forest was not the Star Dou Great Forest. As a level twenty-nine Soul Grandmaster, Grandmaster could naturally ensure the two boys' safety. But if they encountered a powerful Soul Beast, the three of them might well become the Soul Beast's excrement the next day.

"Teacher, can Soul Beasts be raised too?" Tang San asked.

Before Grandmaster could answer, Ye Hao gave the surroundings a bored glance and said, "Soul Beasts are divided into ten-year, Hundred-Year, thousand-year, ten-thousand-year, and Hundred-Thousand-Year varieties. Ten-year and Hundred-Year Soul Beasts are weak, so the Empire can raise them. But once Soul Beasts reach a thousand years, they develop intelligence like humans. Not a single thousand-year Soul Beast is harmless. There are basically no thousand-year Soul Beasts in the Soul Hunting Forest we're heading to. Otherwise, with Grandmaster's abilities, let alone hunting them, the three of us might not even make it to the next day before being excreted by Soul Beasts."

The moment he finished speaking, Grandmaster's face turned awkward. Why was this kid speaking such harsh truths? No matter how unimpressive he was, he was still a Soul Grandmaster.

(Yes, a Soul Grandmaster—a Soul Grandmaster specialized in farting.)

"Teacher, is that true?"

Tang San's eyes lit up at Ye Hao's words. So Soul Beasts were divided into so many categories.

"Cough... cough cough..."

Grandmaster coughed to conceal his embarrassment. "Y-yes, Ye Hao is correct."

"Ye Hao, who taught you this knowledge?"

Grandmaster stared intently at Ye Hao. He had finally revealed his tail. Knowledge about Soul Beasts like this was not something a beginner like Ye Hao should know.

Ye Hao: "..."

Didn't you just need a mouth to say it?

"Yesterday, when I awakened my Martial Soul at the Branch Martial Soul Hall, Grandmaster Ma Xiunuo taught me. Grandmaster, please continue. Continue."

Grandmaster's lips twitched slightly. What was there left to say? Ye Hao had already said everything he wanted to say.

"Where were we?"

"Right! Soul Beasts!"

Grandmaster continued, "Ye Hao has already covered ten-year, Hundred-Year, and thousand-year Soul Beasts. Next come ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts. Ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts are exceedingly rare across the continent. Soul Beasts cultivate differently from humans. They must cultivate year after year, and the process is far more perilous than human cultivation. Some ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts can even rival Titled Douluos. After living for so long, they have long understood everything about humans. Therefore, when hunting ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts, Soul Masters must freely form specialized hunting teams. Otherwise, going there would merely be throwing away their lives."

"As for Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts..."

"There are simply too few Soul Masters in the current world who possess Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings. I know very little about Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts as well. For you two right now, knowing this much is already enough."

Tang San fell into thought, frantically committing Grandmaster's words to memory. It was like being enlightened; since becoming a Soul Master, this was the first truly meaningful knowledge he had gained.

"Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts..."

Isn't there one at our academy?

"When I was young, I once read about Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts in an ancient book in the village. Thinking about it now, it should have said something like this."

The moment Ye Hao spoke, Grandmaster and Tang San's eyes lit up.

"A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast is a Soul Beast that has undergone a heavenly tribulation and reached a cultivation age of one hundred thousand years. Once a Soul Beast's cultivation reaches one hundred thousand years, it has two paths to choose from. The first is to maintain the status quo, but its lifespan will only be a brief thousand years. The second is to transform into human form."

"Transform into human form?"

Grandmaster pondered this. "I have heard someone mention such a claim before, but no one has ever seen a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, much less encountered one."

Well, there was one at their academy. Should he go back, tie that Rabbit to an operating table, and conduct some "research"?

The sun rose, and warm sunlight spilled across every corner of the land.

Inside the carriage, Grandmaster took out a belt woven from twenty-four pieces. He deliberately gave it to Tang San while Ye Hao was absent. As his only disciple, and one with Twin Martial Souls at that, Tang San's future achievements would certainly surpass Ye Hao's.

Moreover, Tang San's Second Martial Soul was the Clear Sky Hammer, the number one Weapon Martial Soul under heaven!

Ye Hao: Was that really so?

"Here."

"Teacher, what is this?"

"A Soul Tool."

"A Soul Tool?"

"I obtained this belt thirty years ago. It has been wasted on me all these years. I hope that in your hands, it can bloom anew. Each of these twenty-four pieces of jade contains one cubic meter of storage space."

Upon hearing this, Tang San was overjoyed. He took the belt and swiftly fastened it around his waist. It actually fit rather well.

Tang San had previously been worried about his hidden weapons. Weapons used in secret, striking without warning and killing their targets.

Now that he had this belt, the storage problem for his hidden weapons was solved at once.

"Teacher, you gave me a Soul Tool, then... what about Ye Hao...?"

Facing Tang San's doubts, Grandmaster smiled faintly.

"What do you think of Ye Hao?"

"What do I think?"

Tang San considered it again and again...