"Only the power of the gods of legend could allow someone to possess six Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings at once."
"And if my guess is correct, the god behind Xie Guhong is none other than the Sea God!"
"So, Xiao San, you absolutely must not risk absorbing a Soul Ring beyond your age limit, or there will be endless trouble down the road!" Yu Xiaogang concluded earnestly, his eyes filled with seriousness.
"I understand, Teacher!"
Teacher really was incredibly knowledgeable!
He even knew about the Sea God. If not for the Celestial Screen, I wouldn't even have known gods existed in this world!
Tang San secretly counted himself fortunate to have such a knowledgeable teacher to answer all his questions.
He took it for granted that Yu Xiaogang had known about Sea God Island and the Sea God long before.
"Teacher, this is my roommate. Like me, he also has a Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul."
"Ye Wuhen, this is my teacher, a Master of Theory with an extraordinary wealth of knowledge. I invited you here so Teacher could examine the differences between your Martial Soul and mine."
Although Yu Xiaogang already knew of Ye Wuhen's existence, Tang San introduced him again anyway.
"Wuhen, if my guess is wrong, you should have twin Martial Souls, just like Xiao San."
Yu Xiaogang instantly slipped into character, returning to the air of an expert he had worn when taking Tang San as his disciple a few days earlier, and confidently revealed Ye Wuhen's hidden secret-or what Yu Xiaogang believed it to be.
"...Twin Martial Souls?"
Ye Wuhen blinked his emerald-green eyes, his little face filled with bewilderment.
"You mean Tang San and I have two Martial Souls? One person... can have two Martial Souls?"
"Hehe, good. Quite cautious, too." Yu Xiaogang looked very pleased and expressed his understanding.
After all, twin Martial Souls could be considered a person's greatest trump card. For a child of rural origins like Ye Wuhen to know to conceal himself, just as Tang San did, was quite commendable.
"You don't need to hide the fact that you have twin Martial Souls, because I won't harm you."
"On the contrary, I'll take you as my disciple and train you into a powerful Soul Master."
"As for how I knew you possessed twin Martial Souls, that brings us to my Martial Soul Ten Core Competitiveness Theories."
Under Ye Wuhen's bewildered gaze and Tang San's respectful one, Yu Xiaogang had already entered his "Grandmaster" state, expounding on his theories in an endless stream.
Starting with his investigation into the innate Soul Power of Soul Masters with Blue Silver Grass Martial Souls, he explained that Blue Silver Grass could not have innate full Soul Power, then went on about the possibility of plant Martial Souls absorbing Soul Rings from animal Soul Beasts, and so forth.
When he reached a particularly profound point, he even had Tang San reveal his Martial Soul and Soul Ring for a demonstration.
"In short, a lone Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul cannot possibly possess Soul Power and allow someone to become a Soul Master, much less have the exceedingly rare innate full Soul Power."
"Therefore, this shows that you have twin Martial Souls."
After talking until his mouth was parched, Yu Xiaogang drank a cup of tea Tang San handed him and looked with considerable satisfaction at Ye Wuhen's still-bewildered little face.
In his eyes, Ye Wuhen had been awed by his vast knowledge.
If things went as expected, the child would turn and bow in surrender next, just as Tang San had.
"But..." Ye Wuhen frowned and asked, his face full of confusion, "I haven't felt a second Martial Soul inside me?"
"Hmm?"
Yu Xiaogang's expression immediately changed, and a trace of anger entered his voice.
"Wuhen, lying is not a quality a good child should possess."
"As a distinguished grandmaster of Martial Soul theory, I have no need to plot against a child."
As Yu Xiaogang spoke, his expression turned kindly again, and he continued, "It's good that you're so cautious, but please rest assured. I, Yu Xiaogang, can swear on my theories and my Martial Soul that I won't harm you. Instead, I'll help you become a powerful Soul Master."
"That's right, Wuhen. Teacher really is very learned," Tang San chimed in from the side. "We can both become Grandmaster's disciples and earn our titles together. Then, with two Douluo under one teacher, our names will resound throughout the world. Wouldn't that be wonderful?"
"Oh, right, you don't know yet."
"The Martial Soul defect of Yu Tiansheng, one of the protagonists on the Celestial Screen, will be resolved by Teacher in the future. Then it won't be two Douluo under one teacher, but three!"
Yu Xiaogang looked haughty. This was also what gave him the greatest confidence.
He already believed that his future would unquestionably be bright.
It was just that the little brat Yu Tiansheng was not very respectful toward him. When the time came, whether as his elder or his teacher, he would give him a taste of hardship.
He would teach him what it meant to respect one's teacher and honor the teachings.
Oh, right.
There was also that child Yu Tianming. He was a decent, polite boy.
When the time came, he would reluctantly offer him some guidance.
"..."
Ye Wuhen fell silent.
Looking at Yu Xiaogang's and Tang San's confident expressions, he feared that, under these circumstances, not having twin Martial Souls was no longer an option.
Ye Wuhen could only feel that coming here had been a mistake.
"I... perhaps, probably, possibly... have twin Martial Souls?"
After thinking it over carefully, Ye Wuhen said this anyway.
"If you do, you do. What do you mean, possibly?" Yu Xiaogang frowned and was about to reprimand him, only for Ye Wuhen's next words to interrupt him.
"Actually... ever since I was little, I've often had dreams."
"I dream of a green garden. There's an old man in the garden who's often cooking a huge pot of thick soup. His smile is usually very kindly."
"Come to think of it, the old man also gave me seven seeds, and after I woke from one of those dreams, those seven seeds really appeared in my palm."
"But even after I buried them in the soil for a long time, none of them sprouted, so I could only carry them around with me."
"There are also lots and lots of friendly little green sprites in the garden. They often play with me in my dreams."
"There are also some enormous giants, but they're all very friendly and often share lots of tasty things with me. They're just a little fat, with wrinkly bellies."
"But they often let the little sprites and me lie on their plump bellies. It's very comfortable."
"With just a little jump, their bellies bounce us way up high, just like playing on a trampoline."
"I don't know whether these count as signs of the twin Martial Souls you're talking about, but apart from these things, there's nothing special about me."
With an innocent expression, Ye Wuhen described the only things about himself that differed from ordinary people.
To him, these were no secrets. In the memories Zhong Xuan had fashioned, he had told the adults in his village about these things when he lived there; no one had taken them seriously, that was all.
At the same time, Ye Wuhen released his Martial Soul and Soul Ring for Yu Xiaogang and Tang San to see.
Above his palm, a blue-and-green stalk of Blue Silver Grass stood vigorous and upright, looking as though it had grown very well.
Not only in size, but even in presence, it was beyond comparison with the Blue Silver Grass in Tang San's hand.
And the Soul Ring was even more extraordinary.
A yellow Soul Ring interspersed with traces of green light quietly encircled Ye Wuhen.
Yu Xiaogang had just breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Ye Wuhen's normal Yellow Soul Ring, but as he stared at the green traces along its edges, his brows immediately knitted tightly.
"A Hundred-Year Soul Ring tinged with green? A green garden? A kindly old man? Little sprites and giants?"
From the moment Ye Wuhen began talking about his dreams, Yu Xiaogang could basically confirm that Ye Wuhen truly had not lied.
Ye Wuhen truly did not have twin Martial Souls.
After all, he was only a child. How could he possibly invent such detailed dreams?
But Yu Xiaogang really did not know what these things had to do with Martial Souls. Still, he could hardly say outright that he did not know, could he?
After much deliberation, a look of understanding appeared on Yu Xiaogang's face.
"I get it!"
"Ye Wuhen has caught a god's eye!"
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