Assface's temptation

Hearing this, Li Mingzhu stopped and looked back at him, curious what Ganzi was up to now.

Seeing Li Mingzhu stop, Yu Xiaogang eagerly began explaining the object in his hands.

"Student Li, this is a Space Soul Tool. It is inlaid with twenty-four jade stones, each providing one cubic meter of storage space."

"I obtained it in my youth, when I roamed the Soul Master World unchallenged. It is a top-tier Space Soul Tool, something even some Titled Douluos would struggle to acquire."

"If you accept me as your master, I will bestow it upon you."

Li Mingzhu had thought Ganzi was winding up for some incredible trump card.

Instead, it turned out to be a Space Soul Tool-the most useless thing he could offer him.

What a damn farce!

A measly twenty-four cubic meters was smaller than the space opened up by the Ancient Void Dragon's innate domain.

"Listen, Grandmaster Ganzi or whatever you're called, I don't have twin martial souls. Please stop pestering me."

"And I'm not interested in this treasure of yours that even Titled Douluos supposedly don't have. Keep it yourself!"

Convinced that his treasure would successfully tempt Li Mingzhu, Yu Xiaogang had been standing with his nose in the air, posing as a lofty expert.

But Li Mingzhu's words instantly shattered his composure.

He still intended to pester Li Mingzhu some more...

Faced with Yu Xiaogang, who clung like a medicinal plaster, Li Mingzhu felt utterly helpless.

To shake him off, he could only exercise patience.

"Grandmaster Ganzi, let me repeat myself. I don't have twin martial souls. Please stop harassing me. Besides, I don't know what help you could offer me on my cultivation path."

Yu Xiaogang refused to believe his theory could be wrong. Although this brat was difficult to dupe, he absolutely could not let a genius with innate full soul power and twin martial souls slip away.

Left with no other choice, he could only demonstrate greater value to Li Mingzhu.

He immediately summoned his martial soul and revealed his soul rings before Li Mingzhu.

Two pale yellow soul rings slowly rose from Yu Xiaogang's body, and a purple creature resembling both a pig and a dog appeared before him.

With his aura surging, Yu Xiaogang instantly grew smug.

Then that corpse-like face began spouting boasts.

"I, Yu Xiaogang, am a rank twenty-nine Soul Grandmaster, the young clan master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, the youngest elder of Spirit Hall, and, above all, a grandmaster of theory renowned throughout the continent."

"I can help you hunt for soul rings, guide your soul ring cultivation path, and even introduce you to Titled Douluo experts in the future."

After listening to this string of nonsense, Li Mingzhu pressed a hand to his forehead, his head aching.

If Yu Xiaogang didn't crack soon, he was about to.

What does he mean, help me hunt for soul rings? This useless Ganzi can't even deal as much damage as my dragon flame right now. He nearly became snake shit when he ran into a four-hundred-year-old Mandala Snake. I need a soul ring over nine hundred years old—does he plan to fart the beast to death?

Li Mingzhu silently marveled at his audacity.

Forcing down his impatience, he said, "Ganzi, I'll say this one last time. I won't accept you as my master, and I already have someone to help me hunt for soul rings. As for my soul ring cultivation path, Nuoding Academy can teach me that."

"As for twin martial souls, that's pure nonsense. A Spirit Hall deacon confirmed that my innate full soul power came from a beneficial mutation of my martial soul!"

Listening to Li Mingzhu's explanation, Yu Xiaogang was utterly dumbfounded.

On reflection, it made sense. If Li Mingzhu truly had twin martial souls, Spirit Hall would have rushed him back to Spirit City long ago. He would never have had a chance to take him as a disciple.

There were also plenty of cases of beneficial martial soul mutations producing innate full soul power.

At that moment, Li Mingzhu's value dropped a notch in his eyes.

He stood there stiffly, the eagerness in his eyes long gone. He had thought Li Mingzhu was his chance to prove himself, but now it seemed to have been nothing more than a pipe dream.

A beneficial martial soul mutation and twin martial souls were two entirely different matters. As he was now, Li Mingzhu could serve as little more than his test subject.

Yu Xiaogang swiftly put away the Soul Tool in his hands, shedding all his enthusiasm as his corpse-like face resumed its earlier arrogance.

"I see. Since you truly don't have twin martial souls, you aren't worthy of becoming my disciple."

With that, Yu Xiaogang flicked his sleeves and haughtily turned to leave.

For changing his attitude so quickly, he truly deserved the title of "Grandmaster"!

Watching Yu Xiaogang leave, Li Mingzhu breathed a sigh of relief.

Yu Xiaogang carried a mountain of trouble with him, and he wanted none of it rubbing off on him.

At the same time, his contempt for Yu Xiaogang only deepened. What did he mean, unworthy of becoming his disciple? Whether he even wanted to was another matter altogether.

If Yu Xiaogang could train someone with rank-three innate soul power into a Titled Douluo, Li Mingzhu would genuinely admire him.

Yu Xiaogang was cut from the same cloth as Shrek Academy. What was this nonsense about teaching only geniuses?

They simply wanted to reap the richest harvest with the least effort.

After settling the frustration in his heart, Li Mingzhu headed straight for Nuoding Academy's library, too disgusted to even want a meal.

The two locations were close, and Li Mingzhu soon arrived at the library.

Li Mingzhu casually leafed through a soul beast encyclopedia and discovered that most entries focused on soul beasts found in the nearby Soul Hunting Forest.

Looking through the various categories, he prioritized spatial-attribute soul beasts. After all, what soul beast on the Douluo Continent could rival the Ancient Void Dragon's bloodline?

There were few records of spatial-attribute soul beasts in the Soul Hunting Forest. After searching for ages, Li Mingzhu found only six kinds.

The first was called the Sky-Splitting Butterfly. They mostly lived around spatial disturbances and were timid by nature. When frightened, they could slip into the void to evade enemies!

The second was called the Netherclaw Beast. They had sharp claws on their forelimbs and mostly lived near void netherstone, which they often used to hone their claws, coating them in spatial power.

The third was called the Thorned Vine. Originally ordinary plant soul beasts, they had mutated after spending long periods near void netherstone, becoming imbued with spatial power.

The fourth was called the Skyfire Sunflower. They were suspected of possessing spatial power and could store sunlight, releasing flames to inflict damage.

The fifth was called the Spatial Silk Worm, a variant of the Sky-Splitting Butterfly. The silk they produced could immobilize targets through spatial confinement.

The last was called the Thorn Dragon, a draconic soul beast with a spatial attribute, and the best fit for him. However, after being hunted by soul masters a hundred years ago, they had long since vanished from the Soul Hunting Forest.

After considerable thought, Li Mingzhu finally selected the first three kinds of soul beasts.

These three kinds of soul beasts primarily lived around void netherstone. When he set out to hunt for a soul ring, he would have a good chance of encountering them as long as he headed for areas where void netherstone was found.

Most soul masters relied chiefly on luck when hunting soul beasts. Very few actually managed to hunt one that suited them.

Yu Xiaogang and his disciple in the original story were a perfect example.

He had identified his target soul beasts. The key now was finding where void netherstone was distributed.

With his eyes already tired, Li Mingzhu began another search for books.

Within the time it took to drink a cup of tea, the once-empty desk was piled with books.

Li Mingzhu would never have known without looking, and what he found gave him a shock. There were actually several times more records about void netherstone than about spatial-attribute soul beasts.

Moreover, this void netherstone had actually sparked such a major incident a thousand years ago!