Blue Silver Grass

Tang San abruptly turned around and glared at Yu Xiaogang on the ground, the killing intent in his eyes almost tangible.

The Silent Sleeve Arrow in his hand had already risen, pointing straight at Yu Xiaogang's throat.

This useless fool who could only talk theory!

He'd acted so mysterious the whole way here, but what had come of it?

First he'd led them the wrong way, then he'd given them one absurd order after another!

Big Brother Su had absorbed this Soul Beast only because he'd listened to this fool's nonsense!

And now look! Big Brother Su had a ten-year Soul Ring! His talent had been utterly ruined!

"Big Brother Su treated you well, and you've ruined his entire life!"

Tang San gritted his teeth. His finger was already on the trigger.

"People like you only hurt others by staying alive. I might as well..."

Just as Tang San was about to strike,

his gaze happened to sweep over the White Soul Ring beneath Su Yun's feet.

Tang San's movements abruptly froze. His Purple Extreme Demon Eye instinctively surged to its limit.

To his shock, he discovered that the Soul Ring was translucent, with a gelatinous texture, and so pure that it contained not a trace of impurity.

Even more astonishing, deep within that crystalline white, countless tiny golden stars seemed to be slowly turning, as if they contained some boundless and profound truth.

Tang San's pupils contracted sharply.

No! This was definitely no ordinary ten-year Soul Ring!

That was the legendary Auspicious Beast Bai Ze, said to understand all things!

How could it possibly produce nothing but a useless ring?

And this aura... it was as vast as the sea, unfathomable!

Tang San abruptly lowered the Sleeve Arrow and looked at Yu Xiaogang on the ground. The killing intent in his eyes instantly turned to deep disdain.

Hah, what an idiot.

His horizons were so narrow that he couldn't understand the wonder of a divine treasure, so he'd assumed it was garbage?

He'd even scared himself out of his mind?

How utterly ridiculous.

Tang San ignored the useless fool drooling on the ground and turned around, quickly walking over to Su Yun.

The gloom on his face instantly vanished, replaced by genuine excitement and joy.

"Big Brother Su, congratulations!"

Tang San moved closer to Su Yun. Although he hadn't fully grasped the secrets of that White Soul Ring, its boundless energy was clearly no ordinary thing.

Su Yun pushed up his Sunglasses and casually dismissed the Star Gate and Soul Ring behind him.

"No need for congratulations. Just routine stuff, no big deal."

Su Yun turned to Tang San.

"More important than me is you right now."

He pointed to the forest.

"Have you thought about what you want for your First Soul Ring?"

Those words were like a shot of adrenaline straight into Grandmaster's main artery as he sat there questioning his entire life.

The Master, who had been slumped on the ground with a vacant stare, suddenly focused his eyes and sprang up like a corpse coming back to life.

Su Yun was already a lost cause. Tang San was his last—and only—chance to prove his theories right!

To recover the dignity he'd lost earlier, and prove that his Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul weren't toilet paper, he had to secure control over Tang San's Soul Ring plan!

"Tang San! Listen to me!"

Yu Xiaogang charged over.

"I've already planned the perfect blueprint for your Blue Silver Grass."

Grandmaster stepped in front of Tang San, took a deep breath, raised two fingers, and began his performance:

"Blue Silver Grass, universally recognized as a Trash Martial Soul. Its weaknesses are glaring: it's as brittle as paper, snaps like a noodle, and has practically no offensive power."

"To turn the worthless into something extraordinary, my Martial Soul Mimicry Theory tells us that we must give it two traits: toughness and poison!"

"Poison gives Blue Silver Grass the power to kill. Toughness gives it control. What do you call that? Strength and flexibility working in harmony!"

Grandmaster's eyes shone with confidence, as if he could already see Tang San taking on Titled Douluo.

"I've already observed traces of Datura Snakes in this Soul Hunting Forest."

"As long as we hunt a hundred-year Datura Snake, your Blue Silver Grass will gain deadly poison. Just imagine: your Blue Silver Grass entangles an enemy, and the poison instantly numbs their nerves... This is the only path forward for Blue Silver Grass! Trust me, it's the best plan!"

Tang San listened and nodded slightly, a hint of agreement in his eyes.

This time, he really did think Grandmaster had hit the mark.

As a former disciple of the Tang Sect, Tang San had a natural affinity for poison.

How did the Tang Sect kill people? With poison and Hidden Weapons, of course.

Blue Silver Grass entanglement, poison to numb the target, then finish them off with a Silent Sleeve Arrow. Tang San ran through the combo in his mind, and it flowed perfectly.

Grandmaster might not be reliable, but this theory...

It really did fit the Tang Sect's martial arts logic.

After a moment's thought, Tang San said, "A poison attribute really is the best choice for me right now."

"Is that so?"

A lazy voice cut in.

Su Yun stood to one side, his hands in his pockets.

"Grandmaster, your theory is logically consistent. I have no objections to that."

Su Yun pushed up his Sunglasses, his tone casual.

"But to be safe, before we head off to look for a snake, let's give Xiao San's Martial Soul a checkup."

"A checkup?" Yu Xiaogang frowned. "Martial Souls need checkups?"

Su Yun turned and held out a hand to Tang San. "Xiao San, pull off one strand of your Blue Silver Grass for me."

Tang San was confused, but trusted Su Yun, so he summoned his Martial Soul, pulled off a blade of grass glowing with a faint blue light, and handed it over.

Su Yun took the Blue Silver Grass and casually tossed it behind him.

White light appeared instantly, drawing the Blue Silver Grass inside.

Ding—

"Sample delivered to the Earth Biology Lab."

"Building comparative model..."

"Comparison group A: ordinary wild Blue Silver Grass sample"

"Comparison group B: Tang San's Martial Soul sample"

At the other end of the Star Gate. Earth.

"Captain Lei, the results are in."

An old professor with graying hair pointed at two Gene Helix Diagrams rotating on the screen, his brows tightly furrowed.

"From their overall appearance, the two samples are almost indistinguishable. But under a High-Power Electron Microscope and Deep Gene Sequencing, they're entirely different things."

The old professor brought up the comparison data.

"Sample A has a simple energy circuit and matches the standard traits of a low-level plant."

"But look at sample B."

"Although its energy response is very weak right now, making it seem just as harmless as sample A, that's because its core genome is in a state of deep hibernation."

"This means that compared to sample A, it has an enormous amount of biological information compressed inside it!"

"It's not a weed. It's a species with an extremely high level of life. It just hasn't found the key to starting its engine yet."

"We're using a Drone to conduct a Full-Band Radar Scan and find the key that can activate it..."

The radar cursor spun continuously across the screen, sweeping over a vast stretch of forest.

A few seconds later, the system's dull alert suddenly turned crisp.

"Ding! High-Activity Signal Source detected!"

"We found it!"

A researcher's eyes lit up. His fingers flew across the map, marking a set of coordinates:

"Coordinates X-203, Y-556! The radar picked up an unusual biological magnetic field!"

Listening to the report through his earpiece, Su Yun's lips curled slightly upward.

As expected.

The data might not understand anything about the supernatural, but it could see through to the essence of things.

"Xiao San."

Su Yun turned and pointed toward the southeast of the forest.

Sunlight shone brightly there, and the vegetation was lush. It was slightly off from the gloomy snake marsh Yu Xiaogang had predicted, but still within the outskirts of the forest.

"There's a Soul Beast two kilometers away that's suitable for you."

"The southeast?" Yu Xiaogang took out the map and glanced at it, frowning slightly before his expression relaxed.

Although that direction was away from the gloomy area where snakes were most common, it was near the outer edge of the Core Circle, where snakes often came to hunt.

Su Yun's so-called matching was probably just blind luck.

But since the direction wasn't too far off, there might be Datura Snakes over there, or perhaps Plant-type Soul Beasts such as Ghost Vines. Either way, it could still lend some support to my theory.

With that thought, Yu Xiaogang maintained the poise of a Grandmaster and didn't argue. Instead, he nodded, putting on an air of having everything under control.

"The southeast is lush with vegetation, and Datura Snakes do like to hunt there. Since Su Yun sensed something in that direction, let's go take a look."

He glanced at Su Yun with a hint of challenge in his eyes, then turned to Tang San.

"Come on, Xiao San. On the way, I'll explain in detail why Plant-type Martial Souls can absorb Beast Martial Soul rings. That's the key to breaking through the boundaries..."

Tang San nodded, and the group headed in the direction Su Yun had indicated.