Bai Xiao had no intention of going to Shrek Academy just yet. After all, he had only just killed one of their students. Right now, he was preparing a grand plan—the "Super Martial Soul Wholesale Experiment."
This differed from Dugu Bo's method. Bai Xiao's experiment used human genes as the main component and Soul Beasts as the supplement. He attempted to transfer the specific genes of high-grade Martial Soul possessors into his specially made universal plasma, then used the principle of genetic contamination to introduce it into ordinary Soul Masters, thereby altering their Martial Souls.
Of course, if the genes of a Beast Martial Soul were transferred into a Weapon Martial Soul Master, who knew what kind of Martial Soul it would create? A "Doraemon"? A "Transformer"?
Bai Xiao's experiments showed that beast patterns would appear on the Martial Souls of those Weapon Soul Masters. Some even developed Soul Beast images, like the carvings on bronze artifacts.
If the genes of a Weapon Soul Master were introduced into a Beast Soul Master, certain parts of the Beast Martial Soul would mutate. If the genes of a sickle Martial Soul were introduced into a Beast Soul Master, then the Beast Martial Soul's claws would very likely change into sickle-like shapes.
Probably only Bai Xiao in the entire Douluo Continent could conduct such meticulous work. After all, aside from him, if one wanted to exchange genes, the only option was having children—and one had to mind the genders. Could two men possibly have a child?
They would also have to find a "Darwin" specifically to keep records, breeding humans together like peas. Who knew how many generations it would take before they could summarize the patterns?
But all Bai Xiao needed to do was extract genes, record them, sort them, introduce them, and test the traits. It was an experiment run entirely like an assembly line.
Using Akatsuki's influence, Bai Xiao spread word among low-level Soul Masters and brought batches of them to the base for modification.
After these Soul Masters were injected with Bai Xiao's genetic agents, they generally went through a period of adjustment. Then, within a short time, they would absorb enormous quantities of soul power to raise their own soul power and induce Martial Soul mutations.
For this purpose, Bai Xiao had even brought in some "wires" to transport the soul power absorbed by the plants in Bai Xiao's forest and replenish them.
Once these Soul Masters had been modified, they were completely under Bai Xiao's control. After all, that plasma contained cells assimilated by Bai Xiao.
Those cells would attach themselves within their bodies and differentiate into all sorts of cells, while Bai Xiao could issue commands to those cells.
Ever heard of cancerous mutation? He could also make those cells secrete all kinds of cellular products.
Bai Xiao dared to say, "I know your body better than you do!"
Ahem, ahem. Don't let your thoughts run crooked.
The Soul Beast underlings modified by Bai Xiao were the same. Without assimilation by Bai Xiao's cells, they simply could not accept the tissues of other Soul Beasts. The immune rejection alone would have finished them off.
Over these three years, Bai Xiao had gathered many orphans, some whose Martial Souls had already awakened and some whose Martial Souls had not.
For those who had already awakened, Bai Xiao injected corresponding genetic agents according to the type of their Martial Souls.
Over the years, Bai Xiao and Dugu Bo had collected the genes of who knew how many Soul Masters. Selling blood for money alone had cost Bai Xiao a great deal of funding.
The Martial Soul genes of the three upper sects of the Douluo Continent had basically all fallen into Bai Xiao's hands. It could be said that after being modified, these orphans' Martial Souls rivaled those of the sects' direct descendants.
Bai Xiao then had Dugu Bo send these orphans to the relevant sects. Once the orphans displayed their Martial Souls, many were taken in for focused cultivation by the sects.
There was no way for them to suspect anything. After all, Martial Souls proving blood relations were common across the Douluo Continent, and people in this era were quite open-minded as well. It was inevitable that some sect elders or sect masters would go out to play with young ladies!
Because of this, Dugu Bo was affectionately called the "Child-Bestowing Douluo" by the major sects. Nearly every sect worthy of its name had received a "son" or "daughter" from Dugu Bo—some once, some twice—and all of them were exceptionally outstanding seedlings.
When commoner Soul Masters heard this news, they even drew a portrait of Dugu Bo and pasted it on their doors upside down, meaning, "The Child-Bestowing Douluo has arrived."
After all, Dugu Bo was now so young and handsome, no longer as "warning-inducing" as before, so it was only natural that he had some followers.
But when Dugu Bo heard this news, he nearly went looking for Bai Xiao to fight him to the death. Dugu Yan had barely managed to stop Dugu Bo.
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