"Lin En."
Just as Lin En was watching Sageross train intently, a clear voice suddenly rang out.
Lin En looked back and saw Xiao Wu skipping toward him.
A trace of coldness flashed through his eyes. He turned back expressionlessly and continued looking down at the training schedule.
"Hey, why are you pretending you didn't see me?"
Seeing Lin En act like this, Xiao Wu immediately planted her hands on her hips and ran over in a huff.
"I'm not in the mood to play house with you. Besides, how did you find this place?"
Lin En's tone was indifferent.
"Hehe, have you forgotten? My sense of smell is very keen..."
Xiao Wu leaned in beside Lin En. Seeing Sageross holding such a huge rock nearby, she immediately cried out in surprise:
"Lin En, how could you abuse your own martial soul? With a rock that big, aren't you afraid of being squashed flat?"
"Shut up. This is training. Training, understand?"
"You jungle bumpkin!"
Lin En rolled his eyes at her in annoyance. Long hair, short on sense.
"I'm not a bumpkin! I'm a sweet-smelling, soft, adorably ditzy Soft Bone Rabbit."
Even after being insulted, Xiao Wu didn't mind in the slightest. Her smile remained radiant.
"Done talking? Then hurry up and leave. Stop bothering me. Go find Tang San!"
Lin En looked somewhat impatient.
"Tang San went to get his second soul ring today. He's not at the academy, so I had no choice but to come play with you."
"Tang San left?"
Lin En's expression shifted slightly, and only then did the unease in his heart dissipate. Since Tang San had left, Tang Hao should have followed along to protect him too.
Thank goodness. If this slutty rabbit kept hanging around him, he really would have made a run for it!
"Shoo, shoo, shoo. Go cool off somewhere else. I don't have time to play with you!"
"Go play with yourself somewhere else..."
Lin En rolled his eyes at her in annoyance and waved her away impatiently.
Xiao Wu blushed, planted her hands on her hips, and glared at Lin En:
"Y-you... what are you talking about?"
"You know perfectly well what I'm talking about. Also, carrots are for eating, not for using..."
Lin En said with a perfectly straight face.
Hearing his words, Xiao Wu's pretty face instantly burned red, the flush spreading down her jaw to her neck.
She hurried to Lin En's side, reached out, and covered his mouth:
"Shut up! Don't tell anyone about that..."
Xiao Wu glanced around nervously, utterly mortified. How did this bad guy see me?
"Mmph..."
Lin En raised his hand and pushed Xiao Wu away. A thought struck him, and a wicked smile curled his lips:
"Xiao Wu, you wouldn't want me telling anyone about this, would you?"
Seeing the ill-intentioned smile on Lin En's face, Xiao Wu instinctively pressed her legs together and nervously squeezed her fingers:
"What are you going to do?"
Elsewhere.
Yu Xiaogang and Tang San arrived at the Soul Hunting Forest by carriage.
Since they already had a target in mind, the two headed straight for the Lone Bamboo Grove, aiming to hunt a Hundred-Year Lone Bamboo to make up for Blue Silver Grass's weakness.
Before long, Yu Xiaogang and Tang San reached the bamboo grove.
"Lone bamboo... Teacher, will absorbing a soul ring from this kind of soul beast really make my Blue Silver Grass tougher?"
Tang San couldn't help asking Yu Xiaogang.
"Don't worry, San. There's absolutely nothing wrong with my martial soul theory. A lone bamboo martial soul will definitely make up for your martial soul's weakness."
Yu Xiaogang reached out and patted Tang San's head, speaking with a fully formed plan in his heart.
"Come on. I'll take you to the target I picked out long ago. Its age is just right for you."
Before he had finished speaking, Yu Xiaogang led Tang San straight into the bamboo grove.
Yet once they entered the grove, Yu Xiaogang was somewhat dumbfounded.
He suddenly discovered that almost all the lone bamboo in the grove now looked exactly alike. He no longer knew where the lone bamboo soul beast of the maximum suitable age that he had selected for San a few months ago was.
Oh no. The lone bamboo soul beasts must have grown too quickly, making everything around here look exactly the same.
Yu Xiaogang inwardly cried out in dismay.
But seeing Tang San's expectant gaze, Yu Xiaogang could only steel himself and put on a calm expression.
Forget it. It's a Blue Silver Grass martial soul anyway. As long as it's a hundred years old, that's enough. There's no need to insist on the maximum age.
Yu Xiaogang could only console himself inwardly. Then he scanned the bamboo grove, his gaze settling on a particularly thick stalk of lone bamboo.
His eyes immediately lit up. This stalk of lone bamboo was tall and sturdy, perfectly suited to San.
"San, this stalk of lone bamboo suits you very well. It's tall and sturdy. You can tell at a glance that it's very tough."
Yu Xiaogang walked over to the stalk of lone bamboo, reached out to pat it, and spoke with a smile.
"Go kill it and absorb its soul ring!"
Yu Xiaogang handed Tang San a knife, signaling for him to cut down the lone bamboo.
"Yes, Teacher!"
Tang San took the knife and stepped forward. A few chops brought the lone bamboo crashing to the ground.
The instant the lone bamboo fell, a pale yellow soul ring floated out.
Tang San sat cross-legged on the ground and began circulating his soul power to absorb the soul ring.
Several hours later.
Tang San opened his eyes, and two yellow soul rings appeared beneath his feet.
"San, how do you feel? What soul skill did you get?"
Yu Xiaogang came closer and asked.
Tang San smiled slightly. "Teacher, my second soul skill is called Blue Silver Pole Vault. Look..."
He excitedly demonstrated his first soul skill.
As he spoke, Tang San raised his palm, and Blue Silver Grass transformed into a stalk of blue-green bamboo.
The next moment, Tang San planted the pole and rose, the lone bamboo carrying him more than ten meters away in an instant.
"Blue Silver Pole Vault? Hahaha, it really is a divine skill!"
Yu Xiaogang was overjoyed.
It was actually an exceedingly rare movement soul skill. If San encountered danger in the future, he would have a soul skill to protect himself.
For a control system soul master, this was an absolutely divine skill.
"Wonderful, San! Hurry and see whether the lone bamboo has made your Blue Silver Grass tougher."
Yu Xiaogang was delighted.
"Mm."
Tang San nodded slightly. The next moment, the lone bamboo changed back into Blue Silver Grass. A layer of green patterns covered its surface, looking much like the color of lone bamboo, and its toughness had also improved considerably.
"Teacher, my Blue Silver Grass has become tougher. It won't be torn apart so easily anymore."
"Good! That's my San for you."
"My theory was right after all. Now that you've made up for your final weakness, you can already be called a qualified control system soul master!"
Yu Xiaogang laughed heartily.
"It's all thanks to your excellent teaching, Teacher."
Tang San looked moved. All of this is thanks to Teacher guiding me onto the right path!
Lin En's failure to take Teacher as his master would be his greatest loss.
"Come on, let's go back. Your performance is sure to astonish everyone."
Yu Xiaogang sighed inwardly, his gaze growing ever more resolute.
Once I've taught Tang San to become a genius, let's see who still dares look down on my martial soul theory!
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