With the Spirit Pagoda's current technology, artificial Tool Soul Spirits were already quite mature.
If there really wasn't a suitable one, he could only make do. Or... he could get a Sub-Dragon-type Soul Spirit and wait for Wulin to help him complete its mutation.
While Tang Li was thinking, Tang Wulin was already preparing to drag him over to the Soul Beast Encyclopedia to look for a suitable Soul Spirit.
"Xiao Li, let's study Soul Spirits!"
"Sure." The food was not ready anyway, so they might as well go back and see which Soul Spirits were suitable.
After watching the two little ones return to their room, Tang Ziran, exhausted after a long day, yawned and prepared to rest for a while. Lang Yue promptly dragged him into the kitchen to help.
In the room, Tang Li held the Soul Beast Encyclopedia and flipped to the dragon section, beginning his search for Sub-Dragon Soul Beasts that still existed and might successfully become Soul Spirits.
Tang Wulin, beside him, could only glance at the illustrations in the book, then at Tang Li's little face filled with concentration. Tang Wulin was only six and had never gone to school, so she barely recognized any characters!
"Xiao Li, why can't I remember the things in the dictionary?"
Tang Wulin had once been curious about how Tang Li had learned to read. Tang Li had told her he learned by reading a dictionary, so Tang Wulin had tried it too, only to discover that she could not remember anything...
"It's fine. You're only six. What's the rush? Teachers will teach you once you start school."
After picking out several relatively suitable targets, Tang Li spoke casually, completely forgetting that he was younger than Tang Wulin.
"What do you mean! You're only six too, and you're several months younger than me!"
"I'm a genius. You know, a genius? I'm different from you." Tang "Jiahao" Li replied without even raising his head.
"I guess that's true. Xiao Li really is different from me." Tang Wulin muttered quietly.
"Alright, I've looked through them for you. There are quite a few dragon-type Soul Beasts suitable for your Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul. The ones you're most likely to encounter are Golden Earth Dragons, Steel-Back Earth Dragons, Dragon Pythons, Giant-Claw Earth Dragons, and the like. Of course, you can actually fuse with any dragon-type Soul Beast. Its attribute doesn't matter, since your Clear Sky Hammer is attribute-less."
"They're all earth dragons? Aren't there any True Dragons or something?" Tang Wulin asked curiously. With her lack of knowledge, almost everything she knew about Soul Beasts came from stories.
"My dear sister! There are only a few True Dragon Soul Beasts left on the entire Douluo Continent! They're super predators at the top of the food chain. Where is the Spirit Pagoda supposed to find one for you?"
Tang Li shot Tang Wulin an annoyed look. Among the pure-blooded True Dragon Soul Beasts still alive, aside from Di Tian, the son of the Light Dragon King and Dark Dragon King, probably only Zi Ji, the Hell Demon Dragon King, remained.
There were at least eight thousand, if not ten thousand, top Soul Masters who wanted to hunt them. So why were they still alive? Because humans were kind?
Obviously not. Even the invincible Spirit Ice Douluo of ten thousand years ago had needed a pseudo-divine artifact and a divine artifact, along with a whole set of Soul Spirits including Evil Monarch and Snow Empress, ranked second and third among the Ten Great Beast Kings, just to defeat Di Tian. Did the trashy riffraff on the continent today dare challenge Di Tian after getting drunk?
If the Silver Dragon King had not still been asleep and Di Tian had not been tied down, he probably would have long since gone to blow up the Spirit Pagoda and Shrek.
Speaking of the Silver Dragon King...
Tang Wulin had even uninstalled QQ now. Could she still lure over that lustful Dragon King?
At that thought, Tang Li's gaze toward Tang Wulin became indescribably strange, as though he were appraising merchandise.
"What kind of look is that! I never went to school, so how would I know these things! Hmph! Stinky Xiao Li, I'm ignoring you!"
Tang Wulin pouted, turned away in a huff, and ran back to her bed to try continuing her cultivation with the Meditation Method Tang Ziran had given her.
Seeing this, Tang Li smiled helplessly and began researching Soul Beasts suitable for himself.
Most Tool Martial Souls did not need to purify their bloodlines like Beast Martial Souls did, so there were not so many rules when choosing a Soul Spirit. As long as it could provide powerful Soul Skills, it would do.
Therefore, Tang Li's first choices were creatures with special Soul Skills, such as Silver English Beasts, Evil Eyes, Devouring Dragons, Golden-Eyed White Apes, and the like.
However, those things really were rare, so he had already prepared himself to find a Pseudo-Dragon Soul Spirit with dragon blood. If even that was unavailable, then he would find a pot instead.
But he was the Child of Providence chosen by the Plane Will. What was there to be afraid of dreaming about? What if he actually ran into one?
As he thought, Tang Li put down the book and looked up at Tang Wulin, who was scratching her head in frustration over the Meditation Method. He suddenly felt like teasing her.
"Wulin, call me big brother once, and I'll give you some pointers. How about it?"
Tang Wulin only recognized a handful of characters. Trying to successfully meditate by looking at meridian diagrams was simply too difficult, but calling Tang Li big brother made her too embarrassed to say it out loud...
So she decided to play dirty! ୧⍢⃝୨
Tang Wulin pounced straight onto Tang Li's bed, pinning him firmly beneath her, and threatened him in her fiercest tone:
"Stinky Xiao Li, teach me now, or I'll spank you!"
Looking at this older sister who was trying to act fierce but resembled nothing more than a little kitten, Tang Li burst out laughing.
"Hahaha, alright, I'll teach you. Don't get so worked up."
Laughing aside, he really was no match for Tang Wulin in a fight. This monstrously strong girl could lift him up and swing him around like a jump rope.
"Hmph hmph, then hurry up and teach me, or else... or else I'll make you sleep without a bed tonight!"
Victorious, Tang Wulin hummed excitedly, shoved Tang Li aside with her butt, then sat cross-legged on his bed in a five-hearts-facing-heaven posture.
Tang Li sent the Soul Power cultivated through the Mysterious Heaven Skill into Tang Wulin's body and began guiding her along the circulation route of the basic Meditation Method from their father Tang Ziran.
They had only circulated through less than half a cycle when their mother Lang Yue knocked on the door. Her gentle voice came from outside.
"Linlin, Xiao Li, come out and eat! Mommy made a new dish tonight. Hurry and come try it."
"Big sister is cultivating. I'll wake her up, then we'll come." Tang Li answered his mother first, then slowly withdrew his Soul Power and said to Tang Wulin,
"Alright, I'll guide you through meditation tonight. It's time to eat now."
Tang Wulin opened her eyes, recalling the relaxed sensation of Soul Power flowing through her body. When she looked at Tang Li again, her gaze carried a trace of admiration.
"Xiao Li, you're amazing! Come on, come on, I'm starving!"
Tang Wulin then jumped off the bed and pulled Tang Li toward the kitchen to eat.
Sitting at the dining table and looking at the dishes before her, complete in color, aroma, and flavor, Tang Wulin nearly drooled. Once Tang Ziran brought over the chopsticks, she asked impatiently,
"Dad, Mom, can I eat now?"
At that moment, Lang Yue also brought Tang Wulin a large bowl heaped full of rice. "Eat, good girl. You're growing, so eat more."
But this originally warm family dinner soon took an unexpected turn...
By the time Tang Wulin raised her bowl for the fifth time to get more rice, Tang Ziran and Lang Yue's faces were already full of shock. The dishes on the table were being swept clean at a visible rate.
Tang Li, meanwhile, wore an expression of agony. He had barely eaten a few bites from this entire table of food! Tang Wulin had simply swept it all away like a tornado.
Only then did he realize what he had forgotten. So this was what he had forgotten!
"Mom, is there any more? I still want to eat..."
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