The Birth of Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang—He Got Carried Away! (Please Recommend and Tip!)

Because Bibi Dong liked knowledgeable people.

So Yu Xiaogang drew on the various books he had read at the Spirit City Public Library and began putting on airs as he researched all kinds of theories.

For instance, he researched the limits of Soul Ring absorption for Soul Masters!

Naturally, Yu Xiaogang had to collect all sorts of data during this process.

So he took Bibi Dong to the Soul Master Academies in Spirit City to gather data from people.

On the Douluo Continent, all Soul Masters were extremely averse to having anyone other than friends ask about information regarding their Martial Souls and Soul Rings.

But because Yu Xiaogang borrowed Bibi Dong's authority and brought Saintess Bibi Dong with him.

After recognizing Saintess Bibi Dong, all the students from Spirit City's Soul Master Academies whom they stopped had no choice but to grit their teeth and do her a favor, reluctantly telling Yu Xiaogang the ages of the Soul Rings they had absorbed.

Thus, after some time, Yu Xiaogang successfully gathered a great deal of data on the Soul Ring absorption ages of Soul Masters at every rank. In truth, this only covered Soul Scholars through Soul Elders, since students could graduate from advanced Soul Master Academies once they reached Soul Elder.

However, although the number of students in Spirit City's elementary, intermediate, and advanced Soul Master Academies far exceeded that of comparable academies elsewhere.

Soul Masters were not cabbages growing by the roadside.

Across the entire Douluo Continent, Soul Masters were one in ten thousand.

So even combining the three Soul Master Academies in Spirit City.

There were fewer than several thousand enrolled students in total.

And fewer than half of them could provide data!

Moreover, those students were divided among three ranks.

So the Soul Ring absorption age data gathered for each rank had to be divided by three yet again.

By that calculation, the Soul Ring absorption age data Yu Xiaogang collected for Soul Scholars, Soul Grand Masters, and Soul Elders.

Only amounted to dozens or around a hundred samples per rank. The sample size was far too small to provide data support for a theory.

But Bibi Dong could only help Yu Xiaogang this much.

Because in Spirit City, after most students graduated from the advanced Soul Master Academy and received a little additional training, they would be assigned throughout the land as masters of local Martial Soul Sub-Halls.

Thus, within Spirit City, those with cultivation at Soul Ancestor rank or above were generally either reserves for Spirit Hall's upper ranks.

These people were often out gaining experience and were difficult to find.

Those with even higher cultivation were already upper-level administrators of Spirit Hall.

Bibi Dong was only the Saintess at present. Simple matters would have been one thing.

But this involved the privacy of other people's Soul Ring information. With her current status, she had no way to make them give her face.

Perhaps she could threaten them, but Bibi Dong could not bring herself to do that.

And without Bibi Dong's help, it became even harder for Yu Xiaogang, that good-for-nothing, to gather data.

Even with the help of Bibi Dong, the Saintess of Spirit Hall, he could not manage it in Spirit City.

And if he left Spirit Hall, no one would be willing to give face to a good-for-nothing like Yu Xiaogang.

But Yu Xiaogang needed to put forth theories if he wanted to raise Bibi Dong's favorability toward him!

So in the end, Yu Xiaogang still had Bibi Dong help him obtain the historical records Spirit Hall had entered on the Soul Ring absorption ages of Soul Masters who had joined Spirit Hall, so he could use them for research.

However, due to Bibi Dong's authority, she could only obtain data for those below Soul King rank.

Therefore, only the portions of Yu Xiaogang's Soul Ring absorption age theory concerning Soul Scholars, Soul Grand Masters, Soul Elders, and Soul Ancestors had real data to support them.

Everything beyond that was merely speculation based on various books, and the maximum ages for Soul Ring absorption were all vague and unclear.

But Yu Xiaogang did not care!

His original purpose in researching this theory was to show off before Bibi Dong and raise her favorability toward him.

As long as the data in the earlier parts was real, that was enough!

After Yu Xiaogang proposed his so-called theory on Soul Masters' Soul Ring absorption limits.

Bibi Dong, who was still naïve and innocent at the time, could not have admired him more. She thought Yu Xiaogang was simply incredible!

But upon seeing this, aside from Bibi Dong, the bigwigs of the major Soul Master factions were utterly speechless.

Yu Xiaogang truly deserved his reputation as the universally acknowledged clown Grandmaster of the Soul Master world.

Who would have thought that this Soul Ring Absorption Limit Theory had been proposed in such a manner?

Of course, even if Yu Xiaogang had genuinely devoted himself to research before putting forward this so-called Soul Ring Absorption Limit Theory, no one would have adopted it anyway!

Because this theory was far too presumptuous, idiotic, and nonsensical!

One had to know that the maximum age of a Soul Ring a Soul Master could absorb depended on the Soul Master's physical constitution.

But even Soul Masters of the same rank could have vastly different physical constitutions due to differences in sex, Martial Soul, and whether they had undergone relevant physical training!

For example, both might be tenth-rank Soul Scholars with Innate Full Soul Power.

But could a girl whose Martial Soul was a support-type Item Martial Soul possibly have the same Soul Ring absorption limit as a boy whose Martial Soul was a strong attack-type Beast Martial Soul?

Was that not a joke?

If any faction truly believed Yu Xiaogang's so-called Soul Ring Absorption Limit Theory.

And hunted a soul beast close to 423 years old for its disciples when they absorbed their First Soul Rings.

So that they could absorb First Soul Rings close to the supposed limit.

Who knew how many people would die every year!

In reality, the major factions had all researched the Soul Ring absorption limits for each rank of Soul Master.

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had such research as well. It was simply that Yu Xiaogang had not inherited the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, so he had never come into contact with these secrets!

Damn it! What exactly is this Live Stream Room trying to do? Does it have a grudge against me?

Why is it even broadcasting my inner thoughts like this?

If this continues, I won't be able to show my face anywhere on the continent!

At Notting Academy, when Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang saw that the Live Stream Room had not only broadcast what had happened to him back then, but had even exposed his thoughts from that time, he broke out in a cold sweat. His expression turned ugly, and he was filled with rage.

But the broadcast continued.

In order to raise Bibi Dong's favorability toward him, Yu Xiaogang continued conducting his so-called Martial Soul research afterward.

Because of his previous experience.

Having realized that Bibi Dong did not resent him for using Spirit Hall's knowledge to put forward theories, Yu Xiaogang grew even bolder. He actually directly summarized the contents of books he had read in the public library and successively proposed the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul.

Most of these Ten Core Competencies were records found in various library books. They were common knowledge that Yu Xiaogang had simply summarized.

For example: the rank of Innate Soul Power was directly proportional to the strength of one's Martial Soul; Martial Souls consisted only of Item Martial Souls and Beast Martial Souls; Soul Masters each had their own development paths; and so on.

However, one point was indeed useful: when Soul Power cultivation reached a threshold—after reaching rank ten, in other words—one could delay obtaining a Soul Ring, and the Soul Power produced through continued cultivation would accumulate and emerge once the Soul Ring was obtained!

Then there was that laughable bit of inspirational nonsense: There are no useless Martial Souls, only Soul Masters who do not know how to cultivate!

Yet Bibi Dong fell for Yu Xiaogang's act.

After Yu Xiaogang put forward the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul.

Bibi Dong admired Yu Xiaogang immensely and even helped him publish a book on the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul.

Because Bibi Dong had stepped forward to help.

Although many Soul Masters in Spirit City privately sneered at this set of Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul theories, they still publicly offered polite remarks such as, "What an incredible theory!" and "I've truly learned something!"

Some even appeared admiring while mockingly calling Yu Xiaogang a Grandmaster of Martial Soul Theory—Grandmaster for short!

For a time, amid all the false praise in Spirit City, Yu Xiaogang became completely carried away.

One had to know that in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, he had always been mocked as trash.

When had he ever experienced being praised as a Grandmaster like this? It felt far too good!

It even made Yu Xiaogang suddenly consider giving up on continuing his search for a way to achieve Martial Soul Evolution.

Instead, he wanted to research Martial Soul theories, win fame and recognition, and prove himself.