Xiao Wu: You Didn't Even Try to Comfort Me

Xiao Wu caught on instantly and shot Su Mo a glare.

Su Mo smiled and explained, "No, I was just asking."

Xiao Wu huffed. "You'd better not be, or Sister Xiao Wu will make you pay."

Su Mo nodded.

Of course, he didn't take it to heart.

After all, Xiao Wu said that every time, but she had never actually hit him hard.

"Huh, are you afraid of thunder?" Su Mo's gaze fell on the stalk of blue silver grass again.

He saw its leaves tremble with a clap of thunder.

Su Mo found it amusing.

He gathered a wisp of soul power and wrapped it around her.

Only then did the blue silver grass's leaves slowly unfurl.

He reached out and poked one of her leaves.

As if responding to him, the blue silver grass moved her leaf toward his finger.

"That's amazing. Su Mo, do you think she's conscious?" Xiao Wu watched, utterly entertained.

She reached out and touched one of the blue silver grass's leaves too.

Su Mo smiled. "Probably? She counts as a soul beast, after all."

Ordinary blue silver grass gave off no soul power fluctuations.

Blue silver grass that did could be considered a soul beast.

Of course, the one before them was the Blue Silver Emperor.

"I keep feeling like her soul power fluctuations are familiar." Xiao Wu scratched her head in frustration.

She simply couldn't remember where she had encountered them before.

Su Mo ruffled her hair. "Don't overthink it. There's so much blue silver grass around. Maybe you've seen another blue silver grass soul beast before."

"Their soul power fluctuations should all be pretty similar, right?"

Xiao Wu suddenly said, "I remember! It's Yin..."

She abruptly shut her mouth and glanced at Su Mo, only breathing a sigh of relief when he showed no reaction.

She had nearly let it slip.

She finally remembered.

Back when she lived in the Star Dou Great Forest, she had indeed known a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor.

She just hadn't seen her again afterward.

The soul power fluctuations from this stalk of blue silver grass were very similar to hers.

No wonder she had kept finding them familiar.

Seeing Xiao Wu staring blankly at the blue silver grass, Su Mo said nothing and simply watched her quietly.

He had heard what Xiao Wu had said just now.

After thinking it over, he understood. Xiao Wu had probably met Ah Yin.

It made perfect sense when he thought about it.

Ah Yin came from the Star Dou Great Forest, and so did Xiao Wu.

Both were hundred-thousand-year soul beasts.

It seemed perfectly normal for them to know each other.

They might even have been close, and that would have been perfectly normal too.

"Su Mo, did you hear anything just now?" Coming to her senses, Xiao Wu looked at him.

Her little face was tense, afraid that Su Mo would question her about what she had just said.

How would she explain it then?

Should I just say an auntie I know also has a blue silver grass martial soul?

And that's why this blue silver grass's soul power feels familiar?

That didn't seem wrong.

After all, once Ah Yin had taken human form, wasn't her martial soul blue silver grass?

Xiao Wu had already worked out what to say.

Instead, Su Mo put on a bewildered expression.

"Huh? What did you say? There was thunder just now, so I didn't hear you clearly."

Xiao Wu breathed a sigh of relief instead and grinned. "Nothing. I just wanted to ask what we're having for breakfast tomorrow."

Su Mo found her solemn-faced nonsense amusing.

He didn't expose her, instead saying thoughtfully, "How about tofu pudding?"

"I want it savory."

Xiao Wu snapped, "Su Mo, you heretic! Tofu pudding has to be sweet."

Su Mo said earnestly, "Savory tofu pudding is obviously the tastiest."

"You're the heretic, Xiao Wu, actually liking sweet tofu pudding."

"Aaaah! No! I'll fight you! Tofu pudding has to be sweet!"

"Savory!"

"Sweet!"

After a bout of tussling, Xiao Wu was thoroughly defeated.

"Hmph, Su Mo, I've decided I'm not speaking to you for the rest of the night."

Xiao Wu turned her back on him and sulked.

Su Mo smiled and shook his head. He didn't even need to say anything.

In a little while, Xiao Wu would come over to steal the covers herself.

Sure enough, before long, Xiao Wu sidled over again.

"Su Mo, you didn't even try to comfort me."

Su Mo smiled. "Do you even need comforting? Look, you got over it all on your own."

Xiao Wu pouted. "Hmph, Sister Xiao Wu is being magnanimous and refusing to stoop to your level."

"Otherwise, just see if Sister Xiao Wu doesn't knock you flat."

Su Mo hurriedly agreed. "Yes, yes, yes. Everything Sister Xiao Wu says is right."

"All right, are you going to sleep or not?"

Xiao Wu looked outside. "It's all because of that thunder. I was already asleep, but it woke me up again."

Su Mo turned to look out into the dark night, lashed by rain and thunder.

Why did he feel like something was going to happen tonight?

Still, that had nothing to do with him.

Elsewhere.

"So, Teacher, your martial soul actually mutated from a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon?"

After listening to Yu Xiaogang's explanation, Tang San asked curiously.

"Teacher, you want Luo Sanpao to absorb lightning to see whether it can awaken the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon's lightning attribute?"

Yu Xiaogang nodded, then shook his head. "That's not wrong."

"But what I want to know more is whether exposure to lightning can make Luo Sanpao mutate."

"If it can, I'll have another principle to add to my martial soul theory."

"If this succeeds, do you know what it will mean, Xiao San?"

Tang San shook his head. He truly didn't know.

Would it mean Yu Xiaogang could break past rank twenty-nine?

To Tang San, even if Yu Xiaogang could break past rank twenty-nine, what would it matter?

How old was he already? What difference would breaking through make?

He could never become a powerhouse in this lifetime.

He felt his teacher was building castles in the air.

Rather than wasting time on this, why not focus on nurturing me? Once I become a god, I can just help him break through.

He, Tang San, was destined to become a god.

When the time comes, Gangzi will only have to beg me. If I'm in a good mood, I might even help him.

At that moment, Yu Xiaogang continued, "Xiao San, if Luo Sanpao can mutate again, it will mean martial souls can be changed after birth."

"If so, the entire Douluo Continent will go wild over my theory."

"Changing a martial soul after birth-do you realize what a great discovery that would be?"

Yu Xiaogang was extremely excited. If he truly succeeded...

Then he really could become the greatest theoretical grandmaster on the entire continent.

After all, no one had proposed this discovery yet.

If he could verify it, everyone would worship him from then on.

Yu Xiaogang was already beginning to yearn for that day.

Just as I thought, I'm a genius. I even came up with a theory like this.

Now all that remained was to prove it.

"Xiao San, if this really succeeds, perhaps even your blue silver grass can mutate."

Tang San froze for a moment. Suddenly, he felt that this discovery truly was impressive.

If what Teacher said was true, and my blue silver grass really could mutate...

Tang San's breathing grew heavier. In his view, no matter how trashy a martial soul was, it couldn't possibly be worse than blue silver grass.

"Teacher, let's start right now."

Tang San looked at Yu Xiaogang with determination written all over his face.

Yu Xiaogang nodded in satisfaction, then released Luo Sanpao.

"Come on, Xiao San. Take Luo Sanpao up into the sky."