"Sect Master, you guessed right. I'm actually the second kind. It's just that..."
When Tang San first met a "master" like Qin Yun, he had originally planned to come clean and clear up the doubts in his heart.
After all, according to Qin Yun, twin martial souls could appear only when the martial souls of both parents were of nearly equal quality.
Since his Blue Silver Grass martial soul was a Blue Silver King, the hammer in his left hand surely had an extraordinary origin, too.
If only one of his parents was exceptional, then it could still be explained as a martial soul mutation.
But what if both of them were exceptional?
Rather than believe they had both undergone mutations, Tang San was more inclined to think that both his parents came from extraordinary backgrounds.
It was just...
After all these years, Tang San had long since lost any memory of what his mother looked like.
But he still knew his father fairly well.
A drunken, short-tempered, unremarkable blacksmith who was even a little lazy.
Could a man like that really have some special background?
Besides, as a child, there were some things Tang San didn't feel comfortable saying, but that didn't stop him from thinking them.
If you came from no ordinary background, then why did you let me live like that?
Fortunately, just as Tang San was about to come clean to Qin Yun, he remembered the promise he had made when he left Holy Soul Village.
He couldn't reveal the hammer martial soul in his left hand, and he couldn't give it a spirit ring.
He had to remember at all times: use the hammer in his left hand to protect the grass in his right!
Seeing that Tang San was merely hesitating, rather than raising his Silent Sleeve Arrow as he had in the original story, Qin Yun breathed a sigh of relief.
Forty points of accumulated favorability had actually come in handy!
Otherwise, he might have met the same deadly fate as Old Gang.
"Never mind!"
"Little San, remember: everyone has secrets, and everyone has a special background of their own.
If you don't want to talk about it, then don't. No one will force you.
If you ever feel like talking, you can come to me.
Besides, it's not a big problem. With the quality of your Blue Silver Grass and the cultivation method I'll teach you later, your cultivation speed definitely won't be slow!"
"Thank you for understanding, Sect Master!"
Bowing and cupping his fists, Tang San respectfully saluted the understanding Sect Master.
[Tang Divine King favorability +5! (45/100)]
[Host, I don't know how you did it, but this is definitely a good start.
Why not try a little harder? Maybe you'll get a son-in-law and a chastity lock out of it. There's nothing wrong with being the Divine King's dog, either. Plenty of people want to, but don't have the connections!]
This useless system—if it weren't at least a little helpful, he'd uninstall it sooner or later!
Still, after that exchange, Tang Ritian's wariness should have eased a little, right?
Maybe he'd even give up on Yu Xiaogang and let Qin Yun teach Tang San himself.
He couldn't help it. With his cultivation limited, and Tang Ritian looming like a ticking time bomb, he had to be extra careful in everything he did.
"Forget it. I'd better claim my rewards first and see if I can draw some life-saving abilities.
Betting on Tang Ritian's conscience just isn't reliable enough.
After all, wasn't the Blue Silver Emperor the perfect cautionary tale?"
"System, get to work! I'm going all in with the favorability from the [Divine King's Affection] quest. Let's see what I get!"
On the way to Nuoding City's junior Spirit Master academy, Qin Yun told Tang San about the Spirit Master world, quietly building up his favorability.
At the same time, he bet all the favorability he had just earned.
[Ding! Forty favorability points have been spent. Congratulations, Host! You have received the following rewards!]
[1. Chaotic Splitting Wind Hammer Technique (Mastered)!]
[2. Clear Sky Nine Absolutes (Mastered)!]
So this was what it meant for a reward to be useless!
"I don't even have a Clear Sky Hammer martial soul. What am I supposed to do with this? It's not worth using, but throwing it away would be a waste!"
But when that familiar cool sensation washed through his mind, just as it had when he mastered the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, Qin Yun fully absorbed the Chaotic Splitting Wind Hammer Technique and the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes—and immediately had another idea.
The Chaotic Splitting Wind Hammer Technique was, at its core, an exceptionally sophisticated method of borrowing an opponent's force and turning it against them.
Once mastered, it could be used not only to forge minerals, but also in battle.
But at the end of the day, it was simply a way of wielding force!
It didn't have to be used with a Clear Sky Hammer. It could be wielded with other martial souls or weapons, too!
Feng Xiaotian's self-created spirit skill, for example, worked on the same principle as the Chaotic Splitting Wind Hammer Technique.
By the same token, the Clear Sky Sect's inherited secret art, the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes, was also a way of wielding force.
The Void Character: Embrace all things; let the sound echo through an empty valley.
The Seal Character: Draw taut like a bow; seal and secure force.
The Link Character: Join every breath; layer one attack upon another.
The Pierce Character: Combine motion and stillness; pierce a broad surface through a single point.
The Entangle Character: Spiral force like silk threads; turn curves and straight lines into one another.
The Shake Character: Borrow force to strike back; shake and cushion the impact.
The Break Character: Gather force against a guard; strike swiftly and break through.
The Instant Character: Move with effortless grace; flash in and out in an instant.
The Collapse Character: Radiate outward like a meteor; bring a mountain crashing down before you.
The method's core lay in layering waves of force. For example, the Shake Character could stir up waves of internal force, while the Break Character could unleash a destructive burst.
Unlike the Chaotic Splitting Wind Hammer Technique, which required time to build up force, the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes had far fewer restrictions when used.
By the same logic, if the Chaotic Splitting Wind Hammer Technique could be used with other martial souls, then so could the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes!
"Too bad my martial soul is my eyes, not a powerful weapon-type martial soul.
Still, considering Little San has the Clear Sky Hammer, maybe I can find some special metals someday and have him forge a divine weapon for me. Then I'll be able to bring my combat strength fully into play!"
Weapons couldn't be brought into the Spirit Master Tournament, but Spirit Masters could still use them in their everyday lives.
A true divine weapon could hold its own even against top-tier weapon-type martial souls!
"That should make my fighting methods more well-rounded!"
[3. Three drops of Guanyin's Tears!]
[4. Golden Dragon Spear!]
If the first two rewards had left Qin Yun a little disappointed, seeing the last two filled him with excitement!
All living beings suffer; compassion sheds a single tear!
What kind of weapon was Guanyin's Tears? It was one of the Tang Sect's ultimate hidden-weapon techniques, a skill Tang San could only use once he had reached the Title Douluo level.
It ignored defenses and never missed!
The moment it was unleashed, Guanyin's Tears—condensing all of Tang San's power—pierced the heart of Qian Renxue, who had already become a god!
If it could wound even a god, then what chance did anyone else have?
An ordinary person, a Spirit Master, even a Title Douluo—
Unless they had some way to revive themselves, they'd be killed the moment they showed their face!
"Three chances isn't much, but at least it gives me some protection.
I was a little worried about Tang Ritian before, but now he'd better keep his head down. Otherwise, I'll use his son's techniques to teach him a lesson!"
Guanyin's Tears was precious, but compared with the Golden Dragon Spear he had drawn last, it still fell short.
"I can't believe I actually drew a divine weapon like this. The system really is something. It's just a shame... if I remember correctly, not just anyone can use this thing!"
"Being able to look but not touch—that's just cruel!"
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