Then Qin Yun turned to Xiao Wu.
The little girl still had a wild streak, so Qin Yun spoke with extra solemnity to make sure she listened.
"Xiao Wu, your Martial Soul is the Soft Bone Charm Rabbit.
Everyone thinks that the way to develop this Martial Soul should be just like its name: focus on Soft Techniques and charm.
But take it from me: to borrow one of Xiao San's favorite sayings, this path leads nowhere. It's a road to certain death!"
Xiao Wu: "!!!"
Wait, what?
I'm a Soft Bone Rabbit. Do I really need you to teach me how to develop the Soft Bone Charm Rabbit Martial Soul?
You've got to be kidding me!
Seeing the resistance written all over Xiao Wu's face, Qin Yun continued.
"There are countless Soul Masters on the Douluo Continent. Plenty are strong in spirit, firm in will, or immune to Soul Skills.
Charm might seem uncanny, but it has major flaws and is easily countered by the strong.
One slip, and you're dead!
Soft Techniques rely on close combat. Against a high-rank assault Soul Master, that's like throwing an egg at a rock!"
Qin Yun wasn't exaggerating.
Unlike charm or illusion skills in other worlds, charm skills on the Douluo Continent required a great deal of skill.
Just look at the original story, when Xiao Wu used her charm skill on Zhao Wuji.
If the opponent's level was too high, it wouldn't work. If their willpower was too strong, it wouldn't work either.
One careless move, and not only would she fail to charm her opponent, but the skill would backfire on her.
In other words, charm skills were fine for winning when you were already ahead, or bullying the weak, but in a real fight, weren't they just asking for death?
And what was Xiao Wu's situation now?
After completing her transformation, she was just a six-year-old child, while her enemy was a Level 99 Limit Douluo.
With that kind of gap, trying to charm him would be pure suicide!
"So if you want to challenge someone across a realm and defeat stronger opponents someday, you'll have to abandon charm and Soft Techniques completely!
Develop extreme speed, explosive bursts, and the ability to strike from ambush and kill in an instant.
Make speed your lifeline, wound your enemies with surprise attacks. If you can't win, run; if you get an opening, kill with one strike.
Be an unseen, intangible assassin, not some performer who tangles with enemies at close range!"
Understanding flashed in Xiao Wu's eyes, and she nodded firmly.
When she condensed her Soul Ring later, she really would have to think it through carefully.
With a rascal like Xiao Wu, as long as you found the right approach, she wasn't hard to handle.
Just like before: if you went head-to-head with her, once she got stubborn, there was no way she'd listen.
But if you used her mother as a starting point and spoke to her about seeking revenge—
As long as she wasn't stupid, she'd listen.
The Soft Bone Rabbit's ultimate potential was terrifyingly strong. As long as she discarded a few useless Soul Skills, Xiao Wu's combat power wouldn't diminish; it would only grow stronger!
After all, unlike the God King Tang who kept things from Xiao Wu and let her use only the Waist Bow, Qin Yun had taught her the Tang Sect Secret Arts!
How could crude Soft Techniques possibly compare to Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon?
At last, Qin Yun looked at Tang San, his gaze profound.
"Xiao San, everyone sees the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul as a Trash Martial Soul, but yours is different.
Its potential is far beyond what anyone can imagine, and your path shouldn't be ordinary control and restraint."
"Please guide me, Sect Master!"
"I wouldn't call it guidance. I'm only imitating someone else. Do you know Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan of Spirit Hall?
His Martial Soul, the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, is also a Plant-type Martial Soul, yet he carved out an entirely new path for it.
Not only is his Martial Soul extraordinarily powerful, but he also reached a terrifying level of cultivation.
The stones of other mountains may serve to polish jade. Your path should be control plus sharpness!
Follow Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan's example. Take a seemingly delicate Plant-type Martial Soul and refine it into an indestructible cutting force.
Blue Silver Grass may look soft, but it can be both hard and pliant. It can bind without end, or transform into a blade that cuts down your enemies.
And don't forget, Xiao San: your Blue Silver Grass isn't ordinary Blue Silver Grass.
If you keep strengthening it, you'll lay the perfect foundation for your Martial Soul's Second Awakening in the future."
Actually, the best path for the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul was extreme vitality. Even if Tang San couldn't inherit the Life God King's divine position in the end, at the very least it could complement the Clear Sky Hammer, the greatest weapon Martial Soul in the world, instead of being as useless as it had been in the original story.
The current path of control plus sharpness wasn't exactly wrong, considering the Blue Silver Overlord Spear. At the very least, it was far better than Gangzi's path, but it still wasn't the best solution.
As for why Qin Yun had arranged things this way...
What a joke. Given God King Tang's character, who could feel safe if Qin Yun didn't keep something up his sleeve?
[A control-type Soul Master?]
Tang San wasn't very interested in that part, but the extreme sharpness Qin Yun mentioned was right up his alley.
Just imagine: pluck a leaf from the Blue Silver Grass and shoot it like a Hidden Weapon. It'd save materials, hit hard, and let him show off the Tang Sect Hidden Weapons techniques...
Sure enough, he still loved Hidden Weapons!
With their Martial Soul development paths settled, they had to prepare supplies for their trip to the Soul Hunting Forest.
They were all beginners, after all. The Soul Beasts in Star Dou Forest were certainly more varied, but it was also far more dangerous than an ordinary place.
By comparison, the Soul Hunting Forest kept by the Heaven Dou Royal Family was much friendlier to beginners.
Besides, Qin Yun had spent plenty of time in the Soul Hunting Forest and knew the area well.
"Better to play it safe with your First Soul Ring!"
But before he could send the three of them to prepare and see what they had with them, Qin Yun couldn't help laughing.
Wang Sheng was a little better off. Besides a change of clothes, he even had a quilt.
But Tang San and Xiao Wu...
"I'd better take you into town to buy some supplies first!"
"Huh? Are we going shopping? Then I'll have to get some carrots!"
Wang Sheng: "Sister Xiao Wu, do you have any money?"
"Money? What's that? Can't you just take it?"
Wang Sheng: "..."
That's not called taking it. That's called stealing!
Before Wang Sheng could awkwardly explain, Qin Yun took some Gold Soul Coins from the storage ring, a symbol of the Tang Sect Master, and handed them to the group.
"Ten each. That should cover your living expenses for now. You're still children, after all; it wouldn't be good to carry too much money."
"Brother Yun..."
Honestly, in all his years, Tang San had never had so much money in his hands.
After all, whenever there'd been a little money at home, his drunken father had taken it to buy alcohol.
Thinking of Tang Hao, then looking at Qin Yun, Tang San couldn't help comparing them, even though the thought felt a little disrespectful.
The gap between people was sometimes greater than the gap between a person and a dog!
[God King Tang's Affection +1, 71/100!]
"All right!"
Qin Yun patted Tang San on the shoulder, signaling that he didn't need to thank him.
"You're disciples of the Tang Sect. As your Sect Master, it's only right that I look after you. Don't feel pressured.
Besides, it probably won't be for long. Once you become Soul Masters, you'll each receive a monthly allowance!"
"An allowance?"
Xiao Wu's eyes lit up at once.
She couldn't help it. Ever since learning that people in the human world needed money to take things, Xiao Wu had fallen in love with the shiny stuff.
"That's right. Once you become proper Soul Masters, you can collect an allowance from Spirit Hall every month.
Soul Masters get one Gold Soul Coin a month, Soul Grandmasters get ten, and Soul Elders get a hundred.
But once you surpass Soul Elder and reach Level 40, Spirit Hall stops giving you an allowance.
If you want to earn an income, you'll have to rely on yourselves."
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