Yu Xiaogang and Fenos's Different Ideas, Tang San's Choice of Second Spirit Ring

However, after leaving Yu Xiaogang's dormitory, Tang San did not immediately go to the Martial Soul Branch Hall in Nuoding City to have his cultivation assessed and register. Instead, he planned to return to the dormitory first.

But when he returned to the dormitory, Tang San discovered that no one was there.

Confused, Tang San went to the field, where he learned that the Work-Study Students had clashed with the noble students. They were currently at the Back Mountain, apparently preparing for a fight.

After learning this, Tang San hurried over.

At the Back Mountain, Xiao Wu and Wang Sheng were leading a group of Work-Study Students in a confrontation with noble students led by someone named Xiao Chenyu. They were preparing to send ten people each into battle in turn. The side that still had someone standing at the end would be the winner.

If the Work-Study Students won, Xiao Chenyu would lead the noble students in acknowledging Xiao Wu as their boss. If the noble students won, Xiao Wu would have to become Xiao Chenyu's pet rabbit.

Black World, Shrek Academy.

Although this had already happened in the past,

when Tang San saw that Xiao Chenyu actually wanted Xiao Wu to become his pet rabbit, a trace of killing intent and cold light still flashed in his silent eyes, and he clenched his fists.

Hmph! Fortunately, our side, the Work-Study Students, won this match.

Otherwise, if you dared to make Xiao Wu your pet rabbit...

Xiao Chenyu, you would have been courting death!

After Tang San arrived, the Work-Study Students had Tang San, who possessed the Tang Sect's many secret techniques and a Century Soul Ring, as well as Xiao Wu, whose Martial Soul was the Soft Bone Rabbit and who also possessed a Century Soul Ring.

The noble students, on the other hand, had only Xiao Chenyu, whose Martial Soul was the White Wolf and whose Spirit Ring was merely a Ten-Year Spirit Ring.

Thus, with Tang San and Xiao Wu leading them, the Work-Study Students easily defeated the noble students led by Xiao Chenyu.

From then on, Xiao Wu became the big sister of Nuoding Academy.

After this battle, Tang San left Nuoding Academy and went to the Martial Soul Branch Hall in Nuoding City. After entering the branch hall, he happened to encounter Su Yuntao.

Then, under Su Yuntao's guidance, he went to meet a Soul Grandmaster named Ma Xiunuo.

Under Ma Xiunuo's guidance, Tang San entered the laboratory where advanced assessments were conducted. He displayed his Spirit Ring and Spirit Skill and had his Soul Power Level tested.

When Ma Xiunuo discovered that Tang San was a thirteenth-level Soul Master, he was extremely shocked and hurriedly asked what Soul Beast Tang San had hunted to obtain his first Spirit Ring.

Tang San answered that it had been a four-hundred-year-old Datura Snake.

Ma Xiunuo found it incredibly hard to believe that Tang San had absorbed the Datura Snake's Spirit Ring with the Plant Martial Soul Blue Silver Grass.

However, after learning that Tang San's teacher was Yu Xiaogang, Ma Xiunuo understood. He solemnly asked Tang San whether he was willing to join the Spirit Hall.

Tang San politely declined.

Black World, Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

"How did Tang San break through directly to the thirteenth-level Soul Master realm after absorbing his first Spirit Ring?"

When Bone Douluo Gu Rong saw that Tang San's Soul Power Level had actually reached thirteen after obtaining his first Spirit Ring, he found it extremely difficult to believe.

Generally speaking, Soul Masters would only increase their cultivation by one level after obtaining a Spirit Ring.

"Could it be because Tang San absorbed a four-hundred-year Spirit Ring? But our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect also has disciples whose Martial Souls are top-tier Beast Martial Souls and whose first Spirit Rings were four-hundred-year Spirit Rings."

"But none of them broke through three levels in one go!"

"Could it be related to Blue Silver Grass absorbing the Datura Snake's Spirit Ring?"

"No!"

At this moment, Ning Fengzhi shook his head and slowly spoke.

"Do you remember that before Tang San awakened his Martial Soul, his Mysterious Heaven Skill had reached a bottleneck at the first level?"

"At that time, Tang San's cultivation had already reached the equivalent of ten levels of Soul Power. He simply couldn't break through because he had not absorbed a Spirit Ring."

"But afterward, Tang San continued cultivating."

"Although this Soul Power did not manifest, it was still accumulating within his body."

"Now that Tang San has absorbed his first Spirit Ring, the Soul Power he cultivated previously should have manifested, allowing him to break through directly to the thirteenth level."

"Although the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul proposed by Yu Xiaogang are mostly common knowledge in the Soul Master world,"

"some of them are still useful and were researched by the Spirit Hall."

"One of them states that after a Soul Master reaches a cultivation bottleneck, continued cultivation will not cause their Soul Power to manifest, but it will continue accumulating. Once they absorb a Spirit Ring, that Soul Power can manifest."

"So that's how it is!"

Hearing this, Bone Douluo Gu Rong suddenly understood.

The Comparison Video continued playing.

After registering his Soul Master identity at the Martial Soul Branch Hall in Nuoding City, Tang San found a Blacksmith Shop in Nuoding City, where he practiced smithing and earned money.

In the blink of an eye, more than two years passed.

During those two-plus years, Tang San continued working hard to cultivate the Mysterious Heaven Skill. He finally broke through to the realm of a level-twenty Quasi-Soul Grandmaster.

This time, after learning that Tang San had reached level twenty, Fenos, the dean of Nuoding Academy, said that he would take Tang San to the Soul Hunting Forest to help him obtain his second Spirit Ring.

Under Fenos's leadership, Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, and Xiao Wu rode in a carriage toward the Soul Hunting Forest.

After entering the Soul Hunting Forest, Yu Xiaogang immediately spoke.

"Fenos, Xiao San's Martial Soul is Blue Silver Grass, an extremely weak Plant Martial Soul. It will not produce repulsion toward any Spirit Ring. Previously, I had Xiao San absorb a Datura Snake's Spirit Ring, and the results were excellent."

"This time, I still want Xiao San to absorb the Spirit Ring of a poisonous animal-type Soul Beast."

However, Fenos frowned at Yu Xiaogang's words and expressed his opposition.

"Xiao Gang, I know your theories are profound, but most Plant Soul Beasts will experience repulsion when absorbing the Spirit Rings of animal-type Soul Beasts. In serious cases, they may even explode and die."

"This shows that the Spirit Rings of animal-type Soul Beasts are still unsuitable for Plant Martial Souls."

"I feel that it would be better to have Xiao San absorb the Spirit Ring of a Plant Soul Beast."

White World, Dugu Manor.

"This Yu Xiaogang claims to be a master of Martial Soul theory, yet he doesn't see things as clearly as the dean of a junior Soul Master Academy!"

"I wonder what kind of Soul Beast's Spirit Ring Tang San of the Black World will absorb as his second Spirit Ring this time."

"But seeing how much Tang San trusts Yu Xiaogang, he will probably still absorb the Spirit Ring of an animal-type Soul Beast."

Seeing Fenos oppose Yu Xiaogang's plan to hunt an animal-type Soul Beast for Tang San in the Comparison Video, Dugu Bo could not help sneering.

Yu Xiaogang firmly opposed Fenos's idea. With confidence and arrogance, he declared that although he was inferior to Fenos in strength, Fenos was absolutely inferior to him in Martial Soul theory!

Since one was the dean and the other was a teacher, Tang San found it difficult to clearly take sides. He could only persuade them, saying, "Dean, Teacher, both of you make sense."

"However, there aren't many Century Soul Beasts in the Soul Hunting Forest, especially those with cultivation levels exceeding five hundred years. Let's just hunt whichever suitable Soul Beast we encounter first."

Afterward, while they were in the Soul Hunting Forest, the group first encountered a Ghost Vine that was more than six hundred years old.

Thus, with Fenos's help, Tang San hunted the Ghost Vine that was more than six hundred years old and absorbed its Spirit Ring.