Tang Liu Has Many Bold Ideas

Before the age of six, Tang San spent his time cultivating the various arts of the Tang Sect, while Tang Liu, aside from sleeping, spent his time contemplating his future path.

Because he was unsure what his martial soul would be at the time, he had considered every type of soul master, even mapping out exactly what soul skills he should obtain from each soul ring.

Regardless of the path he chose, he placed the healing of Ah Yin above all else.

Back then, he thought that if he were an auxiliary or food-type soul master, he could obtain healing skills directly through his soul rings.

But if he were any other type of soul master, he would consider obtaining one, or even several, soul bones with life attributes.

"If I were to just attach a thousand-year healing skill now, it would be a complete waste. To stand against Martial Soul Hall, I absolutely cannot allow my soul skills to overlap. Therefore, my healing skill must be ten-thousand-year level, and it must be my fifth or sixth soul skill; only then can I maximize the healing potential of my martial soul."

Tang Liu stared into Tang Hao's eyes, his expression solemn and incredibly earnest.

After hearing his words, Tang Hao was left stunned.

He truly had not expected that Tang Liu, who was usually lazy, gluttonous, useless, and always fond of arguing with him, had actually thought things through more deeply than he had.

And he was only six years old!

"How... how do you know about your mother?" Tang Hao collected his emotions for a moment before speaking again.

"Which part are you referring to?"

Having finished his act of showing off, Tang Liu blurted this out instinctively. Only after saying it did he realize he was in trouble.

Tang Hao froze for a moment, then gave a bitter smile. "So, you have known everything all along."

Tang Liu felt extremely depressed inside.

Fine, since the words were already out, there was no other way.

He would just have to keep making it up!

However, he felt there was still room to maneuver, so he said, "Not everything. I only know the general idea."

"Then how do you know that your mother was injured because of Martial Soul Hall?"

Like Tang Liu, Tang Hao was still keeping secrets.

"My martial soul told me," Tang Liu said.

Tang Hao was taken aback upon hearing this, then gave a wry smile. "Yes, your mother's martial soul was the Blue Silver Emperor, and you are too. I suppose the bond between martial soul and bloodline has granted you some of her memories."

Well, it's true that sometimes if you only say half of what you mean, others will automatically fill in the blanks for you. Novels never lie to me.

"Let's go. We need to find your second soul ring. Since you've already planned out your fifth and sixth soul skills, I assume you've already given some thought to your second one? Tell me, what are you looking for?" Tang Hao took Tang Liu's hand again and led him toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

"I already told you."

"Hmm?"

"Just what I told you a moment ago. My first choice is group stealth, my second is group weakness or group berserk, and finally, purification. By the way, do these soul skills really not exist in thousand-year soul beasts? Can't we just look for the thousand-year-old offspring of ten-thousand-year soul beasts that possess these skills? Besides, when Grandmaster found my first soul skill, he said that skills like intangibility usually only appear in ten-thousand-year soul beasts, yet he still found me a Spirit Cat for my first soul ring. Dad, are you a poor student?"

Tang Hao: "...We'll see once we enter the forest."

"Oh, so you really are a poor student, aren't you?"

Tang Hao: "..."

For some reason, after that little interlude, Tang Hao seemed like a piece of iron that had finally softened under the heat of a great fire, becoming much gentler.

At the very least, he felt more like a father.

Tang Liu and Tang Hao lingered in the outer perimeter of the Star Dou Great Forest for ten days, but they failed to find a suitable soul beast for Tang Liu.

However, even though they hadn't encountered a suitable beast during those ten days, Tang Liu's soul power had broken through once more, reaching level 33.

After becoming a Soul Elder, Tang Liu's cultivation speed had finally slowed down; even the system-generated messages could no longer push Tang Liu to the speed he had achieved during those five days in Holy Soul Village.

But gaining two levels of soul power in ten days was still terrifyingly fast.

"Dad, why don't we head out first, prepare ourselves, and then enter the mixed zone to look?"

After ten days, both Tang Liu and Tang Hao looked travel-worn.

Tang Hao was fine, given his cultivation level, but Tang Liu was showing signs of mental fatigue.

If it weren't for Tang Hao, a Titled Douluo, guarding him the entire time, Tang Liu would never have lasted long on his own in the extremely dangerous Star Dou Great Forest.

"I will listen to you." Tang Hao hesitated for a moment before agreeing. After all, if they continued like this, Tang Liu might reach his limit first.

Although Tang Liu was now a Soul Elder, his body was still that of a six-year-old child.

After heading out to rest and regroup, entering the mixed zone of the Star Dou Great Forest would make it more likely to find a suitable soul beast.

Over the past ten days, Tang Hao had killed quite a few soul beasts that had attacked them, all of which he had brought out of the forest to sell.

Soul beasts were quite valuable, not to mention that the ones Tang Hao killed were mostly between six hundred and seven thousand years old, making them even more precious.

Therefore, the two of them hadn't been short on money lately.

As for Tang Liu, thanks to the system, he had already pinpointed the location of the soul beast he wanted on the eighth day, but he had been struggling to find a suitable excuse, which caused him to delay for another two days.

After resting for a night outside and buying everything they might need, Tang Hao led Tang Liu back into the Star Dou Great Forest.

This time, they ventured a full kilometer deeper, entering the mixed zone.

In this region, century-level Soul Beasts were rarely seen; it was dominated primarily by millennium-level Soul Beasts, with quite a few ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts residing here as well.

A bit further in was the inner zone, where ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts were particularly active.

Beyond that lay the core zone, where the weakest Soul Beasts started at fifty thousand years, and one could even encounter Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

Finally, there was the Land of Great Ominousness at the very center.

Currently, the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape, two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, were active there. As for the other several ominous beasts over two hundred thousand years old, they were still slumbering at the bottom of the lake.

Tang Liu estimated that the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had arrived at the Star Dou Great Forest one hundred thousand years ago, only to be captured by Di Tian and his group of ominous beasts.

Afterward, they had fallen into a deep slumber due to absorbing the power of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

It was also during this time that a new batch of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts was born, namely Xiao Wu's mother, Xiao Wu, the Sky Azure Bull Python, and the Titan Giant Ape.

As for Xiao Wu's father, he likely appeared even earlier, and it was quite possible he had been killed by Di Tian and his lot.