Before he turned six, Tang San had been cultivating all kinds of Tang Sect techniques, while Tang Liu, aside from sleeping, had been thinking about his future path.
Since he had not yet known what his Martial Soul would be at the time, he had considered practically every type of Soul Master and worked out what Soul Skills each Soul Ring should provide.
No matter what kind of Soul Master he became, though, he had always placed healing Ah Yin above all else.
Back then, he had thought that if he became an auxiliary-type or food-type Soul Master, he could directly gain healing Soul Skills by attaching Soul Rings.
But if he became another type of Soul Master, he had considered obtaining one, or even several, life-attribute Soul Bones.
"If I casually added a Millennium healing Soul Skill now, it would be far too wasteful. In order to stand against Spirit Hall, I absolutely cannot allow my Soul Skills to overlap. Therefore, any healing Soul Skill must come from a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and must be my fifth or sixth Soul Skill. Only then can my Martial Soul's healing abilities be brought out to the fullest."
Tang Liu stared into Tang Hao's eyes, his expression solemn as he spoke with utmost seriousness.
After hearing him, Tang Hao froze.
He truly had not expected Tang Liu, who was usually lazy, greedy, useless, and always liked to argue with him, to have thought so much further ahead than he had.
And he was only six years old!
"How... did you know about your mother?" Tang Hao collected himself for a moment before asking again.
"Which part do you mean?"
Having finished showing off and secretly feeling pleased with himself, Tang Liu blurted out those words without thinking. Only afterward did he realize he was in trouble.
Tang Hao paused, then gave a bitter smile. "So you've known everything all along."
Tang Liu felt utterly depressed.
Well, since the words had already left his mouth, there was nothing else he could do.
He could only keep making things up!
Still, he felt there was room to maneuver, so he said, "Not everything. I only know the general situation."
"Then how did you know your mother was injured because of Spirit Hall?"
Like Tang Liu, Tang Hao was still concealing things.
"My Martial Soul told me," Tang Liu said.
Tang Hao was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly. "That's right. Your mother's Martial Soul was the Blue Silver Emperor, and you are also a Blue Silver Emperor. Perhaps the bond between Martial Souls and bloodlines gave you some of her memories."
Mm, as expected, when you only say half of something, other people will automatically fill in the gaps for you. Novels really didn't lie.
"Come on, let's find your second Soul Ring. Since you've already planned out your fifth and sixth Soul Skills, you must have given some thought to your second one too, right? Tell me, what kind do you want?" Tang Hao took Tang Liu's hand again and led him toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
"I already told you."
"Hm?"
"What I just told you. My first choice is group invisibility, my second choice is group weakening or group frenzy, and Purification comes last. By the way, do Millennium Soul Beasts really not produce these Soul Skills? Can't we look for Thousand-Year-level descendants of Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts that possess those skills? Also, when Grandmaster found my first Soul Skill, he said that skills like intangibility were usually only found in Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. But then he still found a Spirit Cat for my first Soul Ring. Dad, are you bad at studying?"
Tang Hao said, "...We'll take a look once we're inside the forest."
"Oh, so you really are bad at studying, right?"
Tang Hao said, "..."
For some reason, after that little incident, Tang Hao seemed like a piece of iron that had finally softened after being scorched by blazing fire. He had become much gentler.
At the very least, he seemed more like a father.
Tang Liu and Tang Hao lingered in the outer region of the Star Dou Great Forest for ten days, yet they failed to find a suitable Soul Beast for Tang Liu.
Still, although they had not encountered a suitable Soul Beast during those ten days, Tang Liu's Soul Power broke through another level and reached level 33.
After becoming a Soul Elder, Tang Liu's cultivation speed finally slowed. Even the comments generated by the system could no longer let him cultivate as quickly as he had during those five days in Holy Soul Village.
Even so, raising his Soul Power by two levels in ten days was still incredibly frightening.
"Dad, why don't we head out first, prepare ourselves, and then enter the Mixed Zone to look around?"
After ten days, both Tang Liu and Tang Hao looked travel-worn.
Tang Hao was fine, considering his cultivation level. But Tang Liu was beginning to show a trace of mental exhaustion.
If Tang Hao, a Title Douluo, had not been constantly guarding him, Tang Liu would definitely not have lasted long by himself in the exceedingly dangerous Star Dou Great Forest.
"Then we'll do as you say." Tang Hao hesitated for a while before agreeing. If this continued, Tang Liu might be the first to give out.
Although Tang Liu was already a Soul Elder, his body still belonged to a six-year-old child.
After leaving to rest and reorganize, then entering the Mixed Zone of the Star Dou Great Forest, they would indeed be more likely to find a suitable Soul Beast.
Over the past ten days, Tang Hao had also killed quite a few Soul Beasts that had actively attacked them and taken them all out of the forest to sell.
Soul Beasts were quite valuable, not to mention that the ones Tang Hao had killed were mostly Soul Beasts between six hundred and seven thousand years old, making them even more valuable.
Thus, the two of them were not short on money lately.
As for Tang Liu, with the system, he had already determined the location of the Soul Beast he wanted on the eighth day. He had merely been unable to find a suitable excuse, so he delayed for another two days.
After resting outside for a night and purchasing everything they might need, Tang Hao brought Tang Liu into the Star Dou Great Forest once more.
This time, they went a thousand meters deeper and entered the Mixed Zone.
In this area, Hundred-Year Soul Beasts were rarely seen. Millennium Soul Beasts made up the majority, while quite a few Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts lived there as well.
Farther in was the Inner Zone, where Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts were especially active.
Beyond that was the Core Zone. The weakest Soul Beasts there were at least fifty thousand years old, and one could even encounter Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
Finally, there was the Land of Great Ominousness at the very center.
At present, the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape, two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, were active there. As for the other Ferocious Beasts over two hundred thousand years old, they were still sleeping at the bottom of the lake.
Tang Liu guessed that Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had arrived in the Star Dou Great Forest a hundred thousand years ago and had then been captured by Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts.
Afterward, they fell into slumber as they absorbed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's power.
It was also during that time that a new group of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts had been born: Xiao Wu's mother, Xiao Wu, the Sky Azure Bull Python, and the Titan Giant Ape.
As for Xiao Wu's father, he had probably appeared even earlier, and perhaps Di Tian and the others had killed him.
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