Su Ming knew exactly what Yu Yuanzhen was about to ask, so he interrupted him immediately.
"Don't ask. There are no more Immortal Herbs; that treasure land belongs to Dugu Bo. I did him a huge favor, and on top of that, I helped Dugu Yan evolve her Martial Soul. That treasure land was lucky enough to nurture three Immortal Herbs. I took two—I ate one myself, and Dugu Yan ate the other."
"As for the third Immortal Herb, I combined it with other medicinal ingredients to refine two pills, which my father-in-law and Rongrong consumed. They are gone now."
"Dugu Bo's treasure land only has some ordinary herbs left, along with some thousand-year-old ginseng and thousand-year-old lingzhi."
"If you want Yu Xiao Gang's Martial Soul to evolve into a Radiant Sacred Dragon, you will have to find the necessary Immortal Herbs yourselves."
"Besides the Radiant Sacred Dragon Martial Soul, there are other options, such as restoring it to a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. Do you still want to hear them?"
Hearing that his Martial Soul could still be restored to a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, Yu Xiao Gang regained his spirit and stood up.
"My Luo Sanpao can be restored to a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon? What is the method? Tell me quickly."
Seeing that Yu Xiao Gang was already bordering on madness, Su Ming felt a secret thrill. One moment bad news, the next moment good news—going back and forth like this, he looks like he's about to be driven insane. But his father, this level 95 Titled Douluo, is still here, so I shouldn't go too far. Better stick to something practical.
Su Ming did not answer, instead watching Yu Yuanzhen quietly.
Seeing Su Ming staring at him in silence, Yu Yuanzhen naturally understood what it meant. He then took a box from his Soul Tool and pushed it toward Su Ming with his Soul Power.
Su Ming reached out to take the box, and upon opening it, a purple right arm bone crackling with electric arcs came into view.
Watching Yu Yuanzhen open the Soul Bone, Su Ming began to introduce its origin.
"This Soul Bone is a right arm bone produced by a Thunder Giant of over 25,000 years. I obtained it when I acquired my sixth Soul Ring. If I hadn't already absorbed a right arm bone inherited by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, I would have definitely absorbed this one myself."
"I know your Martial Soul uses cloud and lightning attributes as its primary means of attack. For the sake of this trade, I specifically chose this one for you. How about it? This 25,000-year-old Thunder Giant right arm bone should be enough to pay the price for evolving Yu Xiao Gang's Martial Soul, Luo Sanpao, into a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, right?"
Su Ming closed the lid, tucked the box into his storage Soul Tool, and finally looked at Yu Yuanzhen.
"This method for Yu Xiao Gang's Martial Soul evolution is sufficient."
"However—"
Su Ming paused.
"Once I explain the theory behind this evolution method, given how much Yu Xiao Gang has read about Martial Souls and Soul Masters, he will likely be able to deduce the method himself. Therefore, you must cough up something more."
Upon hearing that Su Ming agreed, Yu Yuanzhen smiled. After all, it was quite embarrassing for a level 95 Titled Douluo to have a son who was not even a level 30 Soul Elder.
Hearing the follow-up, Yu Yuanzhen prepared to teach Su Ming a lesson, but as soon as he stood up, he saw the Seven Kill Sword and the Ancient Dragon summoned by the Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo behind Su Ming.
Seeing the Martial Souls of these two, Yu Yuanzhen thought better of it and sat back down to continue listening to Su Ming's demands.
"Then tell me, what else do you want?"
Su Ming smiled slightly.
"The Soul Rings that your Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Souls need to hunt are mostly dragon-type. I don't want much; just give me a bone from a Soul Beast that possesses a Golden Bloodline."
Yu Yuanzhen gritted his teeth, took a golden-colored bone from his storage Soul Tool, threw it onto the table in front of Su Ming using his Soul Power, and growled.
"Is this enough now?"
"Enough! More than enough!"
Su Ming said as he picked up the bone and probed it with his Soul Power. This Tyrant Dragon Bone must have come from a Soul Beast with over 50,000 years of cultivation.
The bone marrow inside was clearly still active; in the future, he could use the Creation Furnace to extract the Golden Bloodline.
"Now, there are two plans. I will state them, and you can choose."
"The first is to evolve it into a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. This method is simple: you just need to find a healing-type Soul Sage, and then use your internal lightning Soul Power to channel it into Yu Xiao Gang's body."
"One person channels power to destroy, while the other channels healing. He is currently level 29; if you channel it twice, he should be able to reach level 30 as a Soul Elder. Afterward, he must absorb a lightning-attribute dragon-type Soul Beast of over a thousand years. Once absorbed, he will obtain his third Soul Ring."
"Don't waste the corpse of the thousand-year-old lightning-attribute dragon; boil the meat and feed it to Luo Sanpao, and crush the bone marrow to make a soup for Luo Sanpao to drink."
"During daily cultivation, it is best to keep Luo Sanpao well-fed with food rich in lightning attributes."
"Finally, considering you provided a Soul Bone and a Tyrant Dragon Bone, I will personally sponsor you with a five-thousand-year-old Dragon Blood Grass."
"After this upgrade, all future Soul Rings must come from lightning-attribute dragon-type Soul Beasts. Treat the corpses the same way—eat the meat and drink the bone marrow soup. At Yu Xiao Gang's current age of over 50, he should be able to cultivate to the level of a Titled Douluo and live for another two hundred years."
Hearing that the evolution method was simply absorbing the right Soul Rings, Yu Xiao Gang was no longer angry; he felt a sense of calm. He had already accepted that he was a failure.
"It's that simple?"
"That's right, it's just that simple."
"Since Sect Master Yu has already paid the fee for the evolution method, there is no need for Yu Xiao Gang to guess. I will explain it to you clearly."
Su Ming glanced at the others in the room, signaling them to listen carefully.
"When I awakened my Martial Soul and learned about Soul Master knowledge, I felt that the nine Soul Rings of a Soul Master were simply nine small evolutions provided for those with poor-quality Martial Souls."
"My thinking at the time was very simple. For example, take a Scythe Martial Soul. It starts with half a level of innate Soul Power. Once it reaches level 10, as long as its first Soul Ring absorbs a metal-attribute Soul Beast—even if it's just a 70 or 80-year-old white ring—wouldn't its Martial Soul be strengthened by the metal attribute of the Soul Beast? Wouldn't the sharpness and hardness of the Scythe Martial Soul evolve in a roundabout way?"
"And wouldn't the efficiency of his Martial Soul in absorbing Soul Power increase? If the second Soul Ring follows the same logic with a metal-attribute beast, isn't that evolution? So, while he might not reach Soul Sage in his lifetime, he could certainly reach Soul Elder, right?"
"So, later on, I conducted an experiment, namely with Wang Sheng."
"When I returned to the academy after obtaining my first hundred-year Soul Ring, I was showing off in the dormitory, and he suddenly knelt before me, begging me to help him hunt a hundred-year Soul Ring."
"I thought, 'Here comes a test subject,' so I helped him hunt a fire-attribute tiger-type Soul Beast. As it turned out, his Martial Soul really did evolve, which confirmed my method even more."
"After that, I suggested that his subsequent Soul Rings must be fire-attribute tigers, leopards, or lions."
"He followed my advice later on. When you investigated me, you should have investigated Wang Sheng as well. Look at Wang Sheng now."
After hearing Su Ming's explanation of Martial Soul evolution, everyone was shocked, especially Yu Xiao Gang.
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