Was He Human or a Soul Beast?

"Let's add each other as friends. What did you want to talk to me about?" Yun Qianyue looked at Xie Xie and asked in return.

Xie Xie froze for a moment, then scratched his head. "Well... there's lots we could talk about! Like cultivation, or... shopping? We could go shopping together. You've been in Shrek City for so long, you must know lots of fun places. We could go together."

Yun Qianyue took Yun Qianzhao's hand and shook her head. "I have my brother with me. I don't need you."

Gu Yue glanced at Xie Xie. "You might as well give up. Who can't see through your little scheme?"

Xie Xie looked a little awkward. Xu Xiaoyan stared intently at Yun Qianzhao and hurriedly said, "I'm more serious than he is! I really do have cultivation questions I'd like to ask you, Uncle Yun! Believe me!"

"My Martial Soul is the Star Wheel Ice Staff, and yours is Golden Sun. Both of them draw their power from the stars!"

Seeing that the Twins still weren't moved, Gu Yue sighed. "All right, you two uncles have such high status. You're surely busy with countless important matters! Let's not trouble them."

Her words were laced with sarcasm.

The Twins glanced at her and chuckled. Yun Qianzhao's gaze fell on Tang Wulin. "All right! Tang Wulin, let's go to the Forging District first. I want to see your forging skills!"

"Sure!"

Tang Wulin nodded, and the group headed for the Forging District in a grand procession.

With Tang Wulin's current cultivation, Spirit Forging at level five was still a little beyond him. But under the Twins' watchful eyes, he somehow became determined not to fail. He wanted to show off in front of Yun Qianyue.

Tang Wulin chalked that feeling up to not wanting to fail in front of the Twins and didn't think much more of it.

At that very moment, inside the Sea God Pavilion.

Elder Jin, the incarnation of the Golden Tree, sat facing Sky-Piercing Douluo Yun Ming. They were the only two there; even Long Yeyue was absent.

"You gave the Seed of Life to Qian Zhao and Qian Yue? Does that mean you believe they're more than ordinary people blessed by fate?" Yun Ming looked at Elder Jin, frowning as he asked.

As the incarnation of the Golden Tree, Elder Jin sensed the natural world of the Douluo Plane more keenly than Yun Ming did. In this regard, he was the authority! The implications of giving the Seed of Life to the Twins were clear.

Did Elder Jin believe the Twins could do more than just become gods? Could they even reverse the natural environment of the entire plane?

"That's right. They're no ordinary people blessed by fate."

Elder Jin nodded. He looked at Yun Ming and continued, "Besides them, there's someone else at the academy worth watching."

"Who?"

Yun Ming frowned at his words.

Elder Jin told him, "Tang Wulin."

Hearing that name, Yun Ming fell silent.

Of course Yun Ming knew Tang Wulin, who had become a level-five blacksmith at such a young age and was Zhuo Shi's grand-disciple. Although he hadn't attended the assessment that day, he'd secretly observed Tang Wulin afterward.

There was no denying that all four members of Tang Wulin's group were geniuses. Even by Yun Ming's standards, they were more than worthy.

But if Elder Jin had brought Tang Wulin up on his own, then he clearly wasn't just the ordinary kind of genius Yun Ming had assumed.

When Yun Ming voiced his doubts, Elder Jin nodded slightly. "That's right. He's truly extraordinary! You've probably noticed that he has Twin Martial Souls, haven't you?"

Yun Ming nodded, and Elder Jin went on. "But his Twin Martial Souls are far from ordinary! There's a dragon hidden within him!"

"A dragon?"

Yun Ming's pupils contracted. No matter the era, dragons were synonymous with power. In ancient times, there was the legendary Dragon God; today, there was the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, Beast God Di Tian.

Even with the powerful equipment of Four-Character Battle Armor, a human Limit Douluo had to be extremely wary when facing the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King.

How old was Tang Wulin? And there was a dragon inside him?

"Could his golden Soul Ring be..." Yun Ming suddenly realized something.

Elder Jin nodded. "That's right! His golden Soul Ring, which defies all reason, is the power of that dragon! He's gradually taming it and making its strength his own! Once he succeeds, he'll become a Dragon King even more powerful than Di Tian, the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King!"

After hearing Elder Jin's explanation, Yun Ming furrowed his brows and asked a question. "Then is he human or a Soul Beast?"

The question cut straight to the heart of the matter.

Elder Jin fell silent. A long while later, he finally answered, "Human!"

After receiving Elder Jin's answer, Yun Ming asked, "Then what does Elder Jin think the academy should do with him? Let him enter the inner court directly? That wouldn't be unreasonable. After all, he is the Red Dragon Douluo's grand-disciple."

But Elder Jin shook his head. "There's no need to interfere too much with his path of development! As someone blessed by this plane, he'll eventually grow and reach the highest realms! The only thing the academy needs to do is deepen his relationship with the Sun-Moon Twins."

"Deepen the relationship between Qian Zhao, Qian Yue, and Tang Wulin?"

Yun Ming frowned as he looked at Elder Jin, hesitating. "Can I take that to mean you want Qian Yue and Tang Wulin to get together?"

Elder Jin nodded. "Exactly! I gave the Seed of Life to the Twins because the vast Sun-Moon Divine Light within them can strengthen the forces of nature. But Tang Wulin is also blessed by the plane. If they can be together, it will greatly benefit the future of the Douluo Plane!"

"But who can say how matters of the heart will turn out?"

Yun Ming shook his head, unconvinced by Elder Jin's words. "Qian Yue has seen countless outstanding young talents at the academy. If she feels nothing for Tang Wulin, forcing them together might do more harm than good. Besides, Tang Wulin seems to like someone in his group named Gu Yue."

"That doesn't matter."

Elder Jin smiled faintly. "All we need to do is create opportunities for them to spend time together! People who are watched over by the plane will naturally be drawn to one another!"

Looking at Elder Jin's confident smile, Yun Ming couldn't quite say what he was feeling. In the end, he nodded. "All right! I'll tell the other elders to do what they can to arrange it."

After finishing his conversation with Elder Jin, Yun Ming walked out of the Sea God Pavilion and gazed up at the sky.

Tang Wulin was someone blessed by the plane, and the Sun-Moon Twins had also been recognized by Elder Jin as people capable of breathing new life into the natural world of the entire Douluo Plane.

In theory, Yun Ming should have been happy to have all three of them at Shrek Academy.

But for some reason, Yun Ming remained uneasy, weighed down by worry.

Seeing his troubled expression, Ya Li asked, "Brother Yun, what's wrong? Did Elder Jin say something?"

Yun Ming shook his head and looked at Ya Li. "Where are Qian Zhao and Qian Yue?"

"Yue'er said they went to the Forging District with Zhuo Shi's grand-disciple," Ya Li replied. She frowned. "Is it about them?"