Choosing a Soul Beast

"My control over space and time has grown stronger!"

Back home, Gu Ping'an summoned his Blue Silver Grass and carefully sensed it.

His Martial Soul Awakening must have strengthened his control over his own abilities.

"But why isn't it a space-time martial soul?"

He had always assumed his parents had martial souls with spatial attributes, and that his exceptional talent had allowed him to display unusual abilities even before awakening his martial soul.

Now, that did not seem to be the case.

"Space-time!"

"Space-time energy!"

Gu Ping'an's eyes lit up as he thought of a possibility he had overlooked.

To transmigrate from Blue Star to the Douluo Continent, he must have passed through layer upon layer of space-time, perhaps even turbulent space-time currents.

He had been nothing more than an ordinary person in his previous life. How could he have crossed space-time without his soul being ground into oblivion?

Even the Divine Realm could not withstand turbulent space-time currents.

So how had he?

Images of Sandman and the Hulk from Marvel came to mind, suggesting a possibility.

During his passage through space-time, its power had seeped into his soul and caused it to mutate, which had then affected his physical body.

That would explain the space-time power within him.

As for the Blue Silver Grass...

There was not much to explain about that. It was everywhere.

He could only conclude that space-time energy had mutated it into silver-white Blue Silver Grass and given him innate full soul power.

"Ping'an!"

Just then, Old Jack's voice came from outside.

"I'm going to Radish Village to borrow a work-study student slot for Xiao San. You'll have to sort out your own lunch."

"All right, Grandpa Jack."

The footsteps outside gradually faded into the distance.

"What a pain!" Inside, Gu Ping'an scratched his head in frustration.

Whenever he experimented with his space-time abilities, he had to be wary of Tang Hao in the village.

A Titled Douluo's perception was far beyond that of an ordinary person.

Going to the Spirit Hall in Nuoding City to read was too long a journey. It would take almost an entire day on foot.

He wanted to learn about soul beasts sooner and choose a suitable soul ring as early as possible.

He could hardly follow Tang San's example!

First soul skill—Entanglement!

Second soul skill—Parasitism!

Third soul skill—Spider Web Restraint!

Fourth soul skill—Blue Silver Cage!

Just looking at them gave him a headache.

He had to learn about soul beasts. Otherwise, he might end up like Tang San, getting led around by the nose by a useless man who had broken past fifty years of age without even reaching rank thirty.

He acted as soon as the thought struck him.

Gu Ping'an took his little wallet and homemade gun, left a note, and set off for Nuoding City.

Meanwhile, inside Tang Hao's shabby smithy, after a progression from "Who is this?" to "My dear son," Tang San began explaining what had happened during his Martial Soul Awakening.

"Dad, besides me, there's someone else in our village with innate full soul power."

"Oh? Who else?" Tang Hao's voice was calm, but a cold gleam flashed in his eyes.

"Gu Ping'an from Old Jack's family. His martial soul is also Blue Silver Grass, but it's silver-white."

Blue Silver Grass?

The chill in Tang Hao's eyes instantly vanished, replaced by deep disdain.

"Xiao San, don't concern yourself with him. It's just a trash martial soul."

Tang San stiffened in bewilderment. He badly wanted to ask whether his father had forgotten that he, too, had a Blue Silver Grass martial soul.

More than half a day passed, and sunlight shone down from the west.

After hurrying all the way, Gu Ping'an finally reached the Spirit Hall in Nuoding City before sunset.

"Kid, who are you looking for?"

Seeing that Gu Ping'an was a child, the guard asked him.

"I'm here to see Uncle Su Yuntao. He said I could come here to read up on basic soul beast knowledge."

"Go on in! Third room on the right." The guard gently ruffled Gu Ping'an's hair and let him enter.

To be honest, most of the Spirit Hall's lower-ranking members treated commoners well. Sometimes, they even helped impoverished people who were in trouble.

It was the middle and upper ranks that had problems.

"Uncle Su Yuntao!"

With the guard's directions, Gu Ping'an quickly found Su Yuntao in the third room on the right. An alluring, lovely woman was also in the room.

"Ping'an! Did you come alone?" Su Yuntao looked behind Gu Ping'an and found no one there.

"Yuntao, who's this?"

The alluring woman looked at Gu Ping'an curiously.

"Sisi, this is one of the children I told you about." Su Yuntao introduced Gu Ping'an to Sisi.

As one of the two children with innate full soul power and trash martial souls, he had certainly left a deep impression.

"Ping'an, you can just call her Big Sister Sisi."

"Big Sister Sisi!"

Gu Ping'an called out sweetly.

"How adorable!"

Sisi crouched down and gently rubbed Gu Ping'an's cheeks.

A child's body did have its advantages. In many situations, it offered conveniences adults did not have.

"Uncle Su Yuntao, when can I start reading?"

Gu Ping'an escaped Sisi's clutches and looked up at Su Yuntao with an innocent expression.

"Little Ping'an works so hard! You're sure to become a powerful soul master someday." Sisi reached out and pulled the escaped Gu Ping'an back into her arms, continuing to knead and play with him.

Sisi really likes children! When will I be able to marry her and have a child of our own? Su Yuntao stared at Sisi in a daze, his thoughts galloping far afield.

Gu Ping'an could only patiently call out again.

"Huh? Oh! I'll get you a pass right away."

Su Yuntao finally snapped out of his fantasy of spending his entire life with Sisi.

Once he had his pass, Gu Ping'an spent all his time in the library, apart from eating and sleeping.

Over seven days, Gu Ping'an read almost all the books in the Nuoding City Spirit Hall's collection.

During that time, his childish looks helped him become a familiar face to most of the people there.

"Little An, have you chosen the soul beast you want?"

Sisi, a woman who had not appeared in the original story, really seemed to like children. She came to pester Gu Ping'an from time to time.

Of course, she sometimes brought him snacks as well.

"I have." Ignoring Sisi's hand messing with his hair, Gu Ping'an spread out several books.

"Thorn Demon Blood Vine!"

"Undying Thorn Vine!"

"Clematis!"

"Soul-Devouring Thorn!"

"Bloodthirsty Siphon Grass."

Five kinds of powerful plant soul beasts, all with tremendous vitality and the ability to absorb life force, soul power, and more.

Strong vitality and plant soul beasts—a good match for Blue Silver Grass.

Absorbing life force and soul power!

In Gu Ping'an's view, the Douluo Continent was perfectly suited to plundering.

Absorbing a soul beast's soul ring gave a person some of that beast's traits.

Likewise, devouring large quantities of a particular soul beast could produce a qualitative change through sheer accumulation, granting some of its traits as well.

Absorbing soul power could also speed up cultivation to a certain extent.

"Little An, you're amazing. All the soul beasts you've chosen are very suitable."

"Come on, call me Big Sister, and Yuntao and I will help you hunt down a soul ring."

Sisi pinched Gu Ping'an's little face, kneading and playing with it.

Perhaps because his soul had been cleansed during his passage through space, Gu Ping'an was far more handsome than in his previous life and looked extraordinarily adorable.

That was also why Sisi always liked seeking him out.

"Big Sister~!"

It felt awkward and embarrassing, but Gu Ping'an said it anyway.

With Sisi and Su Yuntao helping him, he would not have to worry about a soul-hunting permit.

Nor would he have to wait three months for Yu Xiaogang to come and disgust him.

"What a good boy!"

Sisi rubbed Gu Ping'an's little face again.

"Tomorrow. Yuntao and I will take you soul hunting tomorrow."