And this period of events
Naturally began with Tang Chuan absorbing his second Spirit Ring.
[After joining Spirit Hall.]
[Using his status as a core disciple of Spirit Hall.]
[Tang Chuan began contacting the heads of the major medicinal shops in Spirit City.]
[Searching for ingredients that could be used to develop a pill comparable to the Mysterious Water Pill from Douluo Continent II.]
[With the assistance of the Data Eye.]
[Tang Chuan avoided a great deal of trouble and gathered all the ingredients in less than ten days.]
[Next, he found alchemists to begin developing a brand-new pill.]
[However.]
[Because alchemists were scarce on Douluo Continent, and there was no mature system or process for alchemy.]
[Alchemists with such specialized skills were all eccentric, arrogant people.]
[When they first saw Tang Chuan, a mere boy, produce a brand-new pill formula.]
[They naturally reprimanded him impatiently or instinctively tried to drive him away.]
[It was not until they saw Lan Yin behind the boy, her expression dark and her aura growing dangerous, press a deep crack into a metal table forged from special ores with one hand.]
[That they suddenly swallowed hard, their expressions swiftly turning fawning.]
[And obediently developed this weakened version of the Mysterious Water Pill.]
[Tang Chuan's weakened Mysterious Water Pill could only raise one level.]
[Although it had no side effects.]
[It could only be taken once in a lifetime. Taking it a second time would have no effect.]
[Unlike the normal Mysterious Water Pill, which could cleanse the tendons and marrow, while subsequent doses could still raise one's cultivation slightly.]
[With this pill.]
[After breaking through Rank 19, Tang Chuan quickly reached Rank 20.]
[And this time.]
[In preparation for the upcoming Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.]
[He ultimately chose a rare Soul Beast with spiritual and darkness attributes, the Nightshadow Wraith, whose cultivation was close to 8,000 years, for his second ring.]
[It was a purely spiritual Soul Beast.]
[It excelled at attaching itself to other Soul Beasts, controlling their five senses and manipulating their bodies.]
[The more Soul Beasts it controlled, the stronger it became, and its spiritual power would soar as well.]
[Fortunately, when Tang Chuan encountered it.]
[It had not yet broken through to ten thousand years of cultivation and could not make long-distance jumps to flee.]
[After Lan Yin successfully subdued it.]
[It became Tang Chuan's Spirit Ring.]
[This Spirit Ring had two effects.]
[1: It could use spiritual power to invade the mind of a person or Soul Beast. Once their five senses were synchronized, it could control the target's body within a range of fifty meters.]
[2: It could use spiritual power to invade inanimate objects. For example, Blue Silver Grass could temporarily be mimicked into blue stick figures, or stick-figure Soul Beasts.]
[At the same time, he had to focus on controlling them, or the mimicry would collapse.]
[Relatively speaking, the second ability was not very useful at the moment.]
[Because Tang Chuan could not yet divide his attention between two tasks.]
[To master this soul skill, he would probably have to wait until he could obtain the Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and use its Distraction Control Method.]
White World.
The experts from the major top factions saw the fleeting images on the Heavenly Screen.
And roared aloud one after another.
"Quick, the pill formula! Write down the formula for that weakened Mysterious Water Pill!"
"The images flashed by too quickly, and part of them was blurry. I couldn't remember it!"
"My god, it could raise Soul Power by one level without any side effects. This kid really knew how to surprise people."
"I wonder whether this pill would work on experts above the Soul Ancestor realm?"
"Only a few of these ingredients were relatively rare, but they were nowhere near as absurdly high-quality as Immortal Herbs. I reckon this weakened pill would work best on low-level Soul Masters. It was probably useless for high-level Soul Masters."
"Otherwise, if Soul Sages, Soul Douluos, and Title Douluos could all level up from it, it shouldn't be called the Mysterious Water Pill. It might as well be renamed the Mysterious God Pill."
"This second soul skill was ridiculously powerful too."
"It could directly invade someone's consciousness and even control them, sharing their five senses and memories. That was terrifying."
"That meant if he used it on someone near us, we might not even know whether that person was Tang Chuan."
"And in a group battle, if someone got controlled by accident, a seven-versus-seven would instantly become eight-versus-six. And we couldn't even go all out against our companion! That was practically cheating."
"Thankfully, while this soul skill's effects were strong, the spiritual power it consumed far exceeded what one might imagine."
"At least in the early stages, this ability was not that easy to use."
"But... Tang Chuan from that other world seemed to have already become a Title Douluo..."
Everyone immediately fell silent.
Only after truly understanding this soul skill could they more deeply appreciate its terrifying nature.
It meant that once a sect's high-ranking leader was controlled, the entire sect would have no secrets before Tang Chuan.
It was also an exceptional tool for interrogation and seizing power.
Thinking about it that way.
They were both two-ring Soul Masters.
Yet Tang San of the White World, that otherworldly person still playing in the mud with Grandmaster and Xiao Wu at Nordin Junior Academy.
Seemed utterly harmless.
[Ever since Tang Chuan joined Spirit Hall.]
[Both the Pope faction and the Worship Hall faction had put considerable thought into winning over Lan Yin, this exceptionally powerful healing-type Title Douluo.]
[However, Lan Yin had absolutely no interest in Spirit Hall's management affairs, wealth, or status.]
[Her greatest hobbies were usually planting, reading, and staying by Tang Chuan's side.]
[Thus, both sides often returned empty-handed.]
[As news arrived that Tang Chuan had broken through to Soul Grandmaster.]
[Bibi Dong finally decided to endure Qian Daoliu's pressure and begin approaching Tang Chuan, whether openly or subtly.]
[Of course.]
[This plan had initially been opposed by a small number of people within the Pope faction.]
[After all, Qian Daoliu had personally invited Tang Chuan to join Spirit Hall.]
[Although no one knew why he had not taken Tang Chuan as his disciple.]
[The experts of the Worship Hall had also inexplicably chosen not to draw closer to Tang Chuan.]
[But actively pulling the tiger's teeth at this time was clearly not a wise choice.]
[However, Bibi Dong was being influenced by Rakshasa Evil Thoughts at the time. Her personality was extremely repressed and impulsive, and she paid no attention to those objections.]
[Thus, she summoned Hu Liena.]
[And prepared to have this disciple try to build a good relationship with Tang Chuan.]
[On the first day.]
[Bibi Dong listened to a report from her subordinate.]
[Who said Tang Chuan did not know what he had said to Hu Liena, but he had made the young girl cry.]
[Afterward, Xie Yue and Yan came to provoke him.]
[And Tang Chuan beat them up.]
[On the second day.]
[In order not to disappoint her teacher's trust, Hu Liena went to find Tang Chuan again. She spent the afternoon with him and even treated him to a lavish dinner.]
[On the third day.]
[Hu Liena went to find Tang Chuan again. This time, the two spent the entire day together, and their relationship eased somewhat. Hu Liena would occasionally laugh at the things Tang Chuan said.]
[On the seventh day.]
[Bibi Dong passed Hu Liena's door, intending to ask how things were progressing between Hu Liena and Tang Chuan.]
[Only to happen to see Hu Liena return with a silly, hooked grin on her face.]
[When she saw her teacher.]
[Hu Liena hurried forward to salute her in a fluster, her cheeks burning as she guiltily averted her gaze.]
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