Xiao Wuji suddenly remembered that Tang San was the protagonist of a book, after all. With all his diligent reading, the protagonist's treatment couldn't possibly be lacking. If he wanted a Soul Ring, why would he need to fuse with one? The Lone Bamboo Soul Beast should sacrifice itself to him directly.
Once he thought of it that way, the material he had originally written for Yu Xiaogang naturally needed major revisions. Many interconnected plot points needed careful consideration.
Adding a Lone Bamboo protagonist made the whole matter far more consequential, and Xiao Wuji went over it again and again.
After he had settled everything and hurriedly finished writing it, he checked it over and found no errors. At daybreak, he delivered Legend of the Lone Bamboo God to that special Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo.
A flash of green light appeared, then shot straight into the bamboo, imprinting itself on its soul.
The Lone Bamboo understood Xiao Wuji's intent perfectly. Even if it abandoned its body, that wouldn't stop it from following the latest chapters.
"Legend of the Lone Bamboo God?"
"The Lone Bamboo God has chosen a bamboo shoot and will guide it to inherit the divine seat and become the new Lone Bamboo God."
A stream of information entered its mind. The Lone Bamboo was astonished and delighted. Every day, it absorbed sunlight and nutrients from the soil, all to reach the highest realm.
It seemed its diligence had moved the gods.
Xiao Wuji marveled at the scene before him. What he saw now wasn't a bamboo stalk, but a special space: a little emerald-green bamboo stood before a jade-like page.
The latter was naturally what he had written, while the little bamboo was the young Lone Bamboo.
Xiao Wuji had truly racked his brains over this Lone Bamboo. Aside from knowing the basics—that it was tenacious and had lived for ten years—he knew nothing about its personality.
Then, after seeing orphans its age laughing and playing, inspiration suddenly struck him, and he understood.
In truth, there was no need to use overly flowery language for such a simple Soul Beast. He only had to write plainly and speak from the heart. It couldn't think too deeply about things.
Once he grasped this, Xiao Wuji was delighted. Unlike with his other protagonists, whom he had repeatedly deliberated over, he could simply borrow the Lone Bamboo God's authority to make things up for the Lone Bamboo Soul Beast.
Everything in the book was guidance from the Lone Bamboo God.
"Sacrifice itself to a human?" The Lone Bamboo was baffled. Soul Beasts and humans were natural enemies. How could it sacrifice itself to a human?
It read on and finally understood the Lone Bamboo God's deeper meaning.
Humans weren't good people to begin with, and Tang San was worse. His teacher, Yu Xiaogang, had risked his life to protect him, yet Tang San had secretly harbored murderous intent.
But Tang San had exceptional talent and was destined to become a god. If he ascended, the Divine Realm would know no peace, and even the Lone Bamboo God might not escape death—Tang San would make him forge divine weapons.
That was why it had to sacrifice itself to Tang San and feed on his luck, while also guiding him to fuse with Hundred-Month Lone Bamboo, Thousand-Day Lone Bamboo, and other such Soul Rings.
Of course, it would tell Tang San that they were all first-rate, hundred-year-old and thousand-year-old Lone Bamboo Soul Beasts. The Lone Bamboo Soul Beasts were simply too peculiar, completely unlike other Soul Beasts.
When the Lone Bamboo all ascended to the Divine Realm, the countless gods there would bow to the Lone Bamboo!
The Lone Bamboo was deeply moved. It had long believed that Soul Beasts of its kind grew taller and taller, and that even without doing anything, they were supreme beings who touched the heavens and stood upon the earth.
The first Lone Bamboo God had grown all the way to the Divine Realm and ascended to godhood. Now, as the second-generation Lone Bamboo God, it would command all the gods. Each generation would be stronger than the last.
After finishing the book, the Lone Bamboo committed every lesson from the Lone Bamboo God to memory and thought, I'll have to wait a little over three months. Then I, the second-generation Lone Bamboo God, will enter the human world.
[Completed reading the first two chapters of Legend of the Lone Bamboo God.]
[Read count: 24.]
"I spent too long thinking through this section. Only later did I realize I'd been clever enough to outsmart myself. Now I've already worked out when the Martial Soul Awakening will take place. I should send out Su Yuntao's book first, then get ready for my own Martial Soul Awakening."
Xiao Wuji slapped his forehead. Once he had figured things out, ideas poured out of him, and he had developed two protagonists in a row.
In Su Yuntao's Happy Life, Su Yuntao awakened the trash Martial Soul Blue Silver Grass with Innate Full Soul Power, shocking everyone. Then, with Bibi Dong's help, he rose through the ranks and married his companion, Si Si.
He would also manage the Nuoding City smithy part-time, making Tang San forge weapons for Spirit Hall. Not many people knew Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
In Young Master of Nuoding City, Xiao Chenyu would be lured in by Xiao Wu and set down the path of a villain. Tang Hao would get a part to play, too, knocking the Nuoding City lord down a peg.
He rose early, and with the Martial Soul Awakening about to begin, Su Yuntao, as a Spirit Hall deacon, had to get busy.
It was rare for a commoner's village to produce a Soul Master, but awakening a farming-tool Martial Soul could still help improve the villagers' lives.
Just as he was about to leave, a book suddenly struck Su Yuntao on the head.
"Su Yuntao's Happy Life?" Seeing the title, Su Yuntao was taken aback and couldn't help laughing ruefully. How had he never heard of this book?
Su Yuntao found it strange. He opened the book and saw that it said he had served Spirit Hall diligently, risen through the ranks, married Si Si, and earned the Pope's favor.
[Chapter 1: Trash Martial Soul Blue Silver Grass and Innate Full Soul Power]
"Could there be a promising Soul Master among the children awakening their Martial Souls this time—and could they even be a genius with Innate Full Soul Power?" Su Yuntao was on his way to conduct the Martial Soul Awakening when he suddenly saw the title. He was so surprised that he stopped hurrying and began to read.
[Upon arriving at Holy Soul Village, Su Yuntao heard the village chief, Old Jack, spouting the same old spiel again.
"Children, this is a Battle Soul Master from Nuoding City. He'll help you awaken your Martial Souls. You must cooperate with the Grandmaster during the Martial Soul Awakening. Grandpa hopes one of you will become a Soul Master."
Even though he heard it every year, Su Yuntao was getting impatient. "All right, you said the same thing last year. Is becoming a Soul Master really that easy? I've already visited six villages, and not one person had Soul Power. None of them had a suitable Martial Soul, either."]
Looking at the familiar scene laid out in the text, Su Yuntao sighed. It wasn't that he didn't know how to respect his elders.
Just as the book said, he had already visited six villages by the time he reached Holy Soul Village, the seventh village where he'd awaken Martial Souls. There were still many villages left to visit.
The workload was so heavy that even a Soul Master's body grew terribly weary.
Besides, becoming a Soul Master really wasn't easy. His harsh words would make Old Jack give up his unrealistic hopes early, which was a good thing and would spare him repeated disappointment.
Su Yuntao read on, his expression changing several times. So the trash Martial Soul Blue Silver Grass and Innate Full Soul Power had appeared in the same person.
"How could this be?" Su Yuntao was astonished.
Still marveling, Su Yuntao finished Chapter Two, which, like the blurb, told of his promotion and marriage.
After finishing the book, Su Yuntao put it away carefully and left the room, intending to see whether it was true.
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