No ivory ever came from a dog's mouth

Several hours later.

After driving off the thousand-year Soul Beast, the Diamond Ape, Mang Tianchi, the dean of Nuoding Academy, searched all over the Soul Hunting Forest before finally finding Xiao Yan and the other two.

By then, Tang San had finished absorbing the Mandala Snake's Soul Ring. He was carrying Grandmaster on his back and heading toward the outskirts of Nuoding Academy. Because of the considerable difference in their builds, Grandmaster's legs dragged along the ground, leaving bloody scrapes.

Seeing this, Mang Tianchi, as Grandmaster's friend, hurried over and asked, "Tang San, what happened to Grandmaster?"

"Dean, my teacher and I encountered a Hundred-Year Mandala Snake. He accidentally got poisoned while protecting me. Fortunately, the poison has already been cleared. He's just unconscious now." Perhaps because Grandmaster was too heavy, Tang San was panting under his weight as he answered.

"What?" Mang Tianchi cried out at this. "Then let's hurry and get Grandmaster back to Nuoding City. We need to find a Healing Soul Master to treat him right away. Even though the poison has been cleared, with Grandmaster's strength, I'm afraid there might be lingering effects."

"Mm." Tang San nodded slightly.

As soon as he finished speaking, Mang Tianchi took Grandmaster from Tang San's back, hoisted him onto his own, and strode out of the Soul Hunting Forest.

After the four of them left the Soul Hunting Forest, Mang Tianchi rented a carriage at a nearby market and hurried toward Nuoding Academy.

Once they returned to Nuoding City, Mang Tianchi first found a Healing Soul Master to treat Grandmaster's injuries. Afterward, Tang San carried Grandmaster back to his room.

As for Xiao Yan, after returning to Nuoding Academy, he went alone to the academy library to continue studying this world's martial soul theory.

"What happened to me?" By the time Grandmaster regained consciousness, it was already noon on the third day. His vision was blurred, and even lifting his hand took effort.

"Teacher, you're awake?" Tang San leaned close to Grandmaster, sounding surprised.

A little while later, Grandmaster grew somewhat more alert, and his eyes finally began to focus. He looked blankly at Tang San beside his bed, then suddenly remembered something and asked:

"Little San, did you successfully absorb the Soul Ring?"

For someone like Grandmaster, who could not cultivate, his so-called martial soul theory was even more important than his own life.

Unfortunately, everyone else regarded his theories as nothing more than a fart.

Tang San smiled. "Teacher, look."

With that, Tang San slowly raised his right hand. A blue glow emerged from his palm, followed by a surge of deep-blue blue silver grass. A yellow Soul Ring rose from beneath his feet and circled up and down around his body.

"How are its toughness and toxicity?" Grandmaster asked excitedly.

Tang San replied, "After the Mandala Snake's Soul Ring was infused into the blue silver grass, it became much tougher than before. It also gained the Mandala Snake's poison. I've tested it on weak little animals these past few days, and it has a certain numbing effect."

With that, Tang San used his soul power to unleash his Soul Skill.

"First Soul Skill, Entanglement!"

Over a dozen deep-blue blue silver vines erupted from his hand, shot through the window, and wound around the trunk of a small tree outside.

Tang San gave a light tug, and the little tree's trunk immediately bent, pulling the blue silver grass taut. Yet there was no sign of it snapping.

"Hahaha!" Grandmaster laughed, a thoughtful gleam in his eyes. Suppressing his excitement, he said, "Entanglement! My guess was right after all. After absorbing the Mandala Snake's Soul Ring, you gained the ability to entangle and became a Control Soul Master."

"Oh, right, Little San. Has your older brother Xiao Yan found his first Soul Ring yet?" After a moment's thought, Grandmaster suddenly asked.

"I don't know. Ever since we came back, Xiao Yan has been staying in the library, reading and studying. I haven't had the chance to ask him about his Soul Ring." Tang San shook his head.

Grandmaster sighed and said flatly, "That child has excellent talent. Unfortunately, he isn't bright enough. He's too stupid."

Tang San nodded. "Xiao Yan and I have the same father and mother, and we grew up in Holy Soul Village, but his martial soul is completely different from mine. That really puzzles me. Earlier, he had a terrible argument with Father because he wanted to join Spirit Hall. In the end, he even secretly changed his name to Xiao Yan. Someone who shows such disrespect to his elders doesn't deserve to be my older brother. Now I can't even be bothered with him."

"Perhaps he isn't Father's biological son at all."

At this, Tang San shook his head, his lips curling with disdain.

After hearing this, a trace of displeasure appeared on Grandmaster's face as well. He said coldly, "What good does going to the library every day do? Researching martial soul theory requires ideas that soar like heavenly steeds across the sky, unfettered by convention. This child blindly believes everything in books and has questioned my martial soul theory time and again. He'll never amount to much!"

"Besides, although he has innate full soul power just like you, he'll never achieve anything particularly great in this lifetime. Even if he spends his whole life cultivating, Soul Douluo will probably be his limit. If I remember correctly, Xiao Yan's martial soul is a strange flame. Following the cultivation methods in books, he'll inevitably take an extreme fire-attribute path, just like the students of Blazing Fire Academy."

"That cultivation method has serious drawbacks. When he encounters an opponent who can't counter his strengths, he can often kill them in a single blow. But once he meets an opponent who counters him, he'll also be defeated in an extremely short time."

"Do you know why that is?" A smug smile curled Grandmaster's lips.

Tang San shook his head blankly.

Grandmaster said solemnly, "When it comes to martial soul cultivation in the soul master world, most people take an extreme path. Almost all textbook knowledge also tells Soul Masters to develop in only one direction, cultivating their strongest ability until it stands out as much as possible. I, however, hope you'll follow a balanced path."

"That makes sense." Tang San nodded. It was just like learning martial arts in his previous life: hidden weapons, lightness techniques, eye techniques, and poison all required practice.

Seeing that Tang San had taken his words to heart, Grandmaster continued, "Little San, although you and Xiao Yan are brothers, you have twin martial souls, something rarely seen even once in a century. Now that you have me guiding your martial soul cultivation, your future achievements will reach the Titled Douluo realm at the very least. Xiao Yan only has one martial soul, and he doesn't have a clever mind either. His achievements in this life will certainly be limited. The gulf between you two in the future will be like the dust of the mortal world and the radiant moon. You simply won't be comparable."

"For Xiao Yan's sake, you should associate with him as little as possible, so you don't put too much pressure on him and affect his martial soul cultivation."

"Yes, I understand." Tang San thought this was reasonable and replied calmly.

It was just like the Tang Sect's inner and outer sects in his previous life. Though they were all Tang Sect disciples, their ranks differed, and they were people from entirely different worlds. Even if the two of them were blood brothers, forcing themselves to get along would only add to each other's troubles.

My verdict was this: no ivory ever came from Grandmaster's dog mouth!

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