Mystic Pellet and the Beast-Taming Orb

"What did you say?"

Old Jack's eyes widened in disbelief. "You really have Innate Full Soul Power?"

Jiede nodded heavily. "It's true. If you don't believe me, you can ask Deacon Su Yuntao later."

"Oh heavens, my grandson actually has Innate Full Soul Power!"

Old Jack excitedly hugged Jiede, his voice trembling.

"It's all right, Xiaode. A poor martial soul doesn't matter. What matters is that you're going to become a soul master. Your future life will surely be bright!"

"Don't worry, Grandpa. I'll cultivate diligently in the future and protect you!"

"Good child!" Old Jack fondly rubbed Jiede's head.

He was practically ecstatic. Holy Soul Village could finally produce soul masters again—and there were two with Innate Full Soul Power!

One of them was even his own grandson!

Jiede knew what the old man was thinking and sighed inwardly. Original owner, I'll protect our grandfather for you...

Tang San watched the warm moment between grandfather and grandson with immense envy, even a trace of jealousy.

At that moment, he desperately wanted to return home and show his martial soul to his father. He also hoped to receive praise from his family!

But there was still something weighing on his mind. During the awakening ceremony, after the Blue Silver Grass appeared, a strange soul power had surged within him, seemingly wanting to gather around the Blue Silver Grass.

Tang San did not linger any longer. He said to Old Jack, "Grandpa Jack, I'm heading home first."

"Mm, good. Go home and tell your father that you have Innate Soul Power." Old Jack smiled and nodded.

A few minutes after Tang San left, Jiede clutched his stomach. "Grandpa, my stomach hurts. I need to go take a dump."

Old Jack did not think much of it and waved a hand. "Go on, then."

Once Jiede had gone some distance, his bent waist suddenly straightened. He no longer looked like someone with a stomachache.

He followed Tang San from afar, not daring to get too close. After all, Tang San had once been an assassin and was highly vigilant.

After following him for about five minutes, Tang San turned and entered a dense grove.

Jiede hid fifty meters away. With the trees blocking his view, he could not see anything at that distance, so he could only wait patiently.

Within the woods, Tang San first swept the surroundings with his spiritual power and found no one spying on him within a fifty-meter radius.

Only then did he raise his right hand, and a tender Blue Silver Grass sprout emerged in his palm.

Tang San furrowed his brows and released the restless soul power within his body.

The next moment, a ring of white energy gathered around the Blue Silver Grass, gradually forming a white circle around it.

"So this is what they call a Soul Ring?"

Tang San silently sensed the effect of the skill. Then his eyes flashed, and he released soul power toward a tree ahead.

"First Soul Skill: Blue Silver Entanglement!"

The Blue Silver Grass suddenly grew wildly, instantly binding the tree in front of him tightly.

"So this is a soul skill?" Tang San was overjoyed.

Then he impatiently summoned the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul as well. Unfortunately, there was no extra restless power left in his body that could form a Soul Ring.

Tang San felt somewhat disappointed. A few minutes later, he left the woods and hurried home.

After Tang San had gone far away, Jiede came to the place where he had just stood and looked at the large tree bound by Blue Silver Grass.

He extended a finger and lightly pinched the Blue Silver Grass.

As a result, the Blue Silver Grass Tang San had released was instantly snapped by Jiede's fingers.

"Pfft!"

Jiede could not help laughing. "Tang San, Tang San, you brought this on yourself. Don't blame me. Blame yourself for loving to be a thief!"

Jiede sprinted all the way home, shut the door tightly, spread out his palm, and summoned his martial soul.

The instant the Stinky Mud Pellet appeared, a foul stench spread through the room.

Just as the original story said, aside from appearing together on the day of awakening, twin martial souls could not normally be used at the same time.

After Jiede withdrew the Stinky Mud Pellet Martial Soul, he summoned his second martial soul.

It looked like a transparent bubble. Both martial souls were the same size, each about as large as a thumb.

Jiede had no idea what either of these martial souls actually did.

He first put away the transparent bubble martial soul, summoned the Stinky Mud Pellet again, and squeezed it with his hand. It flattened immediately.

"Could this be a pill?" Jiede guessed.

It was no wonder his thoughts went to pills. This Stinky Mud Pellet looked far too much like a Liuwei Dihuang Pill.

"But pills shouldn't stink this badly!"

Jiede's expression turned strange, but this was still his martial soul. His instincts told him it was a food-type martial soul.

"Damn it, whatever. I'll eat it and find out. It can't possibly poison me to death with my own martial soul, right?"

Jiede gritted his teeth and stuffed the Stinky Mud Pellet into his mouth. Before he could chew, he immediately dry-heaved.

"Bleurgh!"

"Fuck!"

"Bleurgh..."

After vomiting for a while, Jiede condensed another Stinky Mud Pellet. This time, he did not rashly eat it directly. Instead, he prepared a ladle of well water.

The instant he tossed the Stinky Mud Pellet into his mouth, he chugged down the well water.

After it entered his stomach, a faint soul power stirred within him. His hunger and exhaustion were both relieved, and even the circulation of his soul power felt slightly smoother.

"That's right!"

"It's confirmed. This Stinky Mud Pellet is a food-type martial soul!"

Jiede was incredibly excited, pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back.

"I can't keep calling it Stinky Mud Pellet. It needs a decent name..."

"From now on, I'll call it the Mystic Pellet!"

"Though the side effect is pretty disgusting."

Then he thought of Oscar's food-type martial soul, sausages, and immediately felt better. No matter how foul his Mystic Pellet was, it was still more respectable than sausages.

At the very least, given his character, he would never recite any obscene incantations when using a food-type martial soul in the future.

Jiede calmed himself and summoned the transparent bubble martial soul.

He was somewhat unsure of this martial soul's attributes.

Jiede began brainstorming, using Tang San's twin martial souls as a reference while analyzing the situation.

Tang San had inherited his parents' martial souls, which was why he possessed both the hammer and the grass. Naturally, his own martial souls should also have been inherited from his parents.

He still remembered that his mother's martial soul had been a pea seed. It could be eaten and was a type of food-type martial soul.

His Mystic Pellet Martial Soul should have mutated from the pea.

As for his father's martial soul, it had been a small money pouch normally used for storing money. Though it was only palm-sized, it could actually hold ten times as much as its size suggested.

At that thought, Jiede came up with a bold guess.

"Could this transparent bubble be a spatial-type martial soul?"

Jiede pinched the transparent bubble between his thumb and forefinger, holding it before his eyes for a closer look.

It felt completely empty inside. Logically, there should have been something within it.

"No way..."

A startling thought surfaced in Jiede's mind, and his eyes widened.

He tossed the nearby water ladle into the transparent bubble. The next second, the bubble swallowed it, then quickly spat it back out.

"So that's how it is..."

Jiede smiled faintly. Through the information fed back by his martial soul, he learned that the bubble martial soul had no interest in dead objects and only accepted living things.

The answer was obvious. The transparent bubble was used to capture and contract soul beasts.

"For now, I'll call my second martial soul the Beast-Taming Orb."

"Support and beast taming?"

Jiede began planning his future path.

Meanwhile,

Tang San had long since returned home, but Tang Hao was still asleep. He could only put aside the matter of his awakening and go cook porridge.

After waiting for what felt like forever, Tang Hao finally slowly woke up and had only just opened his eyes.

Tang San immediately said from beside him, "Dad, I..."

"Mm?" Tang Hao cast him a cold glance.

Tang San's heart tightened, and he hurriedly shut his mouth. Ever since his birth, he had always felt a kind of fear toward Tang Hao. He had thought it was simply the respect between father and son.

But how could he have known that what he feared was the pressure of Tang Hao, a Titled Douluo?

Only when it was time to eat did Tang San dare bring up the matter of his awakened martial soul to Tang Hao.

"Dad, I awakened a martial soul."