Tang San Drifted for Six Years, Regretting Only That He Had Not Met a Worthy Mentor!

By then, Yu Xiaogang had already gone mad, his eyes bloodshot, with none of the lofty demeanor he had displayed at first.

Yet in Xu Linjiu's eyes, such a loss of composure was nothing more than a futile farce.

As for Yu Xiaogang's speculation about twin martial souls, Xu Linjiu held it in even greater contempt.

Though he had not overheard Yu Xiaogang's conversation with Tang San, Xu Linjiu still knew exactly what they had discussed.

"Twin martial souls? Hmph, what a joke! You should know that dragons do not live with snakes!"

"What do you mean?"

Xu Linjiu's words startled Yu Xiaogang.

Seeing Yu Xiaogang's bewildered expression, the mockery at the corner of Xu Linjiu's mouth deepened.

"You're quick enough to talk about twin martial souls, but when it comes to their true nature, you haven't even grasped the barest surface. To put it bluntly, you don't understand martial souls at all!"

"The martial souls awakened by soul masters, barring mutation, generally trace back to their bloodline and inherit the martial souls possessed by their parents."

"Generally speaking, if one parent's martial soul is of higher quality than the other's, their child is highly likely to inherit the bloodline of the parent with the superior martial soul."

"And for someone with twin martial souls to be born, the parents' martial souls must be of equal quality. Only under such conditions does their child have an extremely slim chance of possessing a second martial soul."

"We do not know the circumstances of the first person to possess twin martial souls, but the second, Her Holiness Bibi Dong, Pope of the Martial Soul Hall, possessed the Death Spider Emperor and the Soul-Eating Spider Emperor—two top-tier martial souls of equal quality!"

"So your theory simply cannot stand."

"If this child's second martial soul were of extremely high quality, then his Blue Silver Grass martial soul would not be a useless martial soul. That directly contradicts your theory."

"But if his second martial soul is just as useless as Blue Silver Grass, then his innate full soul power talent would overturn your Ten Core Competencies of Martial Souls."

As he spoke, Xu Linjiu glanced at Yu Xiaogang again. "That is why I said you do not even understand the most basic principles of martial souls."

Yu Xiaogang's face turned deathly pale. Xu Linjiu's rapid-fire arguments had left him speechless.

He knew that Xu Linjiu's logic was flawless, but the pride he had built through years of studying theory would not allow him to bow his head in public.

Yu Xiaogang could only clench his fists and force out his last shred of stubbornness. "Th-These are merely your conjectures. You have no evidence at all."

"You want evidence? Fine, I'll give you some right now!"

With that, Xu Linjiu looked toward Tang San and beckoned to him. "Tang San, come here for a moment."

Tang San had been standing quietly to one side.

Xu Linjiu's earlier remarks had shaken the framework of martial soul theory Yu Xiaogang had constructed for him to its very foundations.

Though Tang San's current experience and perspective still left him unable to judge who was right and who was wrong.

But one side had merely talked on paper, while the other was about to present new evidence. So Tang San walked over to Xu Linjiu without hesitation.

"Tang San, please summon your martial soul."

"Alright, Teacher Xu."

Tang San raised his right hand as instructed. A faint blue glow emerged from his palm, and a small blue blade of grass slowly appeared.

Its leaves were thin and frail, its stem weak. Anyone who saw it would consider it the most useless kind of martial soul.

Seeing this, Yu Xiaogang secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Talk all you want, but before such solid proof, could he possibly still turn things around?

Yet the next instant, the smile on Yu Xiaogang's face froze completely.

With a flip of his hand, Xu Linjiu produced a completely jade-green seed in his palm.

The moment the seed appeared, a fresh scent of grass and wood filled the air. Even the Blue Silver Grass in Tang San's hand began to sway on its own.

This was the Miracle Seed Xu Linjiu had received as a reward for completing a system mission.

As an item from the Pokémon World, the Miracle Seed possessed the ability to increase the power of Grass-type moves by 20%.

But in this world of Douluo, the Miracle Seed possessed an exceptionally vigorous life force.

Xu Linjiu flicked his finger, and the Miracle Seed landed precisely atop the Blue Silver Grass in Tang San's palm.

The instant the Miracle Seed touched the blade of grass, a jade-green radiance rapidly spread along its veins.

The originally slender, fragile leaves visibly grew broader and tougher. A faint emerald glow shimmered along their edges, and every blade brimmed with surging vitality. Even without being infused with soul power, it exuded resilience and life far beyond that of ordinary plants.

Even Tang San was stunned. He had never experienced such a feeling before.

He felt as though he had truly become a blade of Blue Silver Grass, basking in the nourishment of sunlight.

The compatibility between his martial soul and himself steadily rose in silence. In just a few breaths, he clearly sensed that his Blue Silver Grass had become more than twice as strong in toughness, growth speed, and its limit for bearing soul power.

"That's impossible!"

Yu Xiaogang cried out in shock.

If Xu Linjiu's earlier words had merely caused him to doubt his theory somewhat.

Then the sight before him had utterly nailed all his years of effort to the pillar of shame.

Like a madman, Yu Xiaogang rushed toward Tang San and reached out to touch it, only to be effortlessly blocked by Xu Linjiu.

"What kind of heretical trick did you use? How could a useless martial soul undergo such a change?!"

"Heretical trick?"

Xu Linjiu sneered and withdrew the Miracle Seed.

The intense light on the grass blades slowly faded. Although the martial soul had not evolved, it was still noticeably stronger than before.

"This is merely a rare artifact I obtained by chance in my early years. It nurtures pure life force at its origin, and it happens to be compatible with Tang San's martial soul."

Xu Linjiu lowered his gaze to Tang San, his tone softening somewhat. "Feel it carefully. Isn't your martial soul instinctively yearning for this life force?"

Tang San nodded, subconsciously recalling the craving for life force that had been hidden within his own bloodline just moments ago.

"Even if ordinary Blue Silver Grass came into contact with this life force, at most it would grow taller and its leaves would become longer. It would never display a phenomenon resembling evolution like this."

Xu Linjiu raised his eyes, his gaze falling once more upon Yu Xiaogang, whose face had turned ashen.

"For the change just now to occur, there is only one possibility: Tang San's martial soul is not ordinary Blue Silver Grass at all, but the king among Blue Silver Grass—the Blue Silver King, or perhaps even the Blue Silver Emperor!"

Yu Xiaogang staggered back two steps before collapsing helplessly onto the ground.

The truth was right before him. He could only grit his teeth and ask his final question. "Then why does it have the form of Blue Silver Grass?"

"Because the human body is limited and cannot bear the vast origin life force of a plant emperor. That is why the martial soul seals itself and presents itself in the form of the most ordinary Blue Silver Grass."

The mockery in Xu Linjiu's eyes grew even stronger. "You've studied for most of your life, yet you never even thoroughly understood your own theories. With your level of skill, how do you still have the nerve to call yourself a theory master?"

Having said that, Xu Linjiu ignored Yu Xiaogang and turned toward Tang San, who was still immersed in the changes to his martial soul. He placed the Miracle Seed back into Tang San's palm.

"Since this artifact is so compatible with your martial soul, then I'll give it to you. Keep it close, and over time, your martial soul may very well evolve completely."

Tang San stood there as the Blue Silver Grass in his palm swayed gently, and that sensation from before washed over him again.

He looked up at the composed Xu Linjiu. The confusion in his eyes gradually faded, replaced by deep conviction and an expectation he could scarcely suppress.

He suddenly became utterly certain that this young Teacher Xu before him was the person who could truly guide him along the path of martial souls.

Tang San hesitated no longer. He immediately dropped to both knees and respectfully kowtowed three times to Xu Linjiu.

"Tang San has drifted for six years, regretting only that he had never met a worthy mentor!"

"You did not cast me aside for my weakness. Tang San is willing to take you as his benefactor and teacher!"