Teaching

Zhu Zhuqing suddenly thought of something: Jiang Che's martial soul was Blue Silver Grass, so how had he managed to kill a Thousand-Year Soul Beast as a Soul Grandmaster?

Jiang Che was happily eating his grilled fish when he suddenly felt a chill down his back.

He looked up and found Zhu Zhuqing staring straight at him.

"What are you staring at me for?"

"Can you tell me how you killed that Thousand-Year Soul Beast?" Zhu Zhuqing asked.

"How else? It was already badly wounded when I ran into it. I just used a little trick and killed it."

Zhu Zhuqing stared straight at Jiang Che with a look that said, "Do you really expect me to believe that?"

For starters, Zhu Zhuqing had not been unconscious at the time. When the Wind Ape left the cave, she had known exactly what condition it was in. Even missing an arm, it was absolutely not something a Soul Grandmaster could handle.

Jiang Che simply lowered his head and continued eating his grilled fish, no longer looking at Zhu Zhuqing.

He could hardly tell Zhu Zhuqing that his martial soul was not actually Blue Silver Grass but the top-tier martial soul Blue Silver Emperor, that he knew an extremely powerful defensive cultivation technique, and that his formidable physique came from thousand-year whale rubber and Soul-Enhancing Pills.

But soon, Jiang Che changed his mind. Although he could not tell Zhu Zhuqing all his secrets, he could give her some pointers.

"Starting tomorrow, I can try teaching you how to cultivate, but I can't guarantee it'll work!"

"My theory is still only a hypothesis. I haven't put it into practice."

"You know how to cultivate the Hell Spirit Cat?" Zhu Zhuqing asked doubtfully.

"I've studied agility attack system martial souls," Jiang Che said, not daring to make any absolute claims.

After all, the theories about agility attack system martial souls in his head were all conclusions he had drawn while browsing Douluo forums on Blue Star.

Back then, there had been several theories about the agility attack system on the forums that had enjoyed widespread approval.

Jiang Che had read that thread too.

Coupled with the greater understanding of martial souls he had gained after coming to the Douluo Continent himself, that gave him more to work with.

Jiang Che felt these theories had a very good chance of succeeding.

Zhu Zhuqing fell silent, seemingly weighing the pros and cons.

"All right!" Zhu Zhuqing nodded firmly.

"Okay, it's getting late. Get some rest." Jiang Che clapped his hands and climbed up a tree trunk, preparing to sleep.

Zhu Zhuqing said, "I'll keep watch. Just get some proper rest."

Jiang Che said, "No need. I've set traps all around us. I'll sense it if a soul beast comes near."

Hearing that, Zhu Zhuqing said nothing and sat silently before the fire.

After all, she had only just woken from unconsciousness and was not sleepy now.

Seeing this, Jiang Che stopped trying to dissuade her.

He did not actually go to sleep either, instead browsing the items refreshed today.

[Today's items]

[Starlight Grass: (Price: 5,000 skill points)]

[Nine-Turn Phoenix Dragon Pill: (Price: 140,000 skill points)]

[Eye of Prophecy: (Price: 50,000 skill points)]

[Random Second Martial Soul: (Price: 60,000 skill points)]

"Fuck, what a rip-off shop! Wasn't Starlight Grass 3,000 skill points last time? Why's the price gone up?" Jiang Che cursed the system shop as usual.

Over the years, Jiang Che had discovered that items he missed today would turn up again someday, but their prices were not fixed.

For instance, Jiang Che clearly remembered the Lucky Fishing Rod that had appeared in the refresh on the first day he bound the system. Later, it actually cost 4,000 skill points, and worse, it was not even permanent. It could only be used four times.

He suspected that the system had put the Lucky Fishing Rod into his first day's refresh just to disgust him.

Soon, however, one of the items caught Jiang Che's attention.

[Incomplete Symbiotic Cultivation Method: (Price: 2,500 skill points)]

After reading the description, all Jiang Che could say was, "Well, damn."

Jiang Che could not practice this cultivation method himself, but it would certainly bring him benefits without any harm.

As long as someone practiced this cultivation method, every breakthrough in their cultivation realm would feed benefits back to him. At the same time, anyone practicing it would effectively form a contract with the person who gave it to them. If they committed betrayal or caused harm, they would suffer a backlash against their soul.

Of course, this Symbiotic Cultivation Method was still incomplete for now. A contract could only be formed if the person giving the method had greater spiritual power than its recipient. If the recipient's spiritual power surpassed the giver's in the future, the contract would be forcibly broken.

Jiang Che felt this cultivation method was extremely practical. For one thing, he would receive benefits whenever someone else made a breakthrough in their cultivation, without having to worry about being stabbed in the back.

[Current remaining skill points: 2,468.]

I'll sleep first. I'm only 32 skill points short. I can just kill a few soul beasts later.

The night passed.

Jiang Che asked, "How do you think an Agility Attack System Soul Master should proceed along this path?"

Zhu Zhuqing thought for a moment and answered honestly, "According to the methods passed down in my family, agility attack system soul rings are best obtained from attack-oriented and speed-type soul beasts. However, since the Hell White Tiger is ultimately dominated by the White Tiger, attack soul rings are comparatively more important than speed soul rings."

She repeated the theories her family had instilled in her exactly as she had learned them.

Jiang Che did not rush to refute her. Instead, he nodded in agreement. "The theory you described is indeed good, but you're different, Zhu Zhuqing."

Those words left Zhu Zhuqing somewhat bewildered.

What does he mean, I'm different?

Do I have some exceptional quality?

Although puzzled, Zhu Zhuqing did not interrupt and quietly listened as Jiang Che continued.

"The view you described is an agility attack system theory dependent on the White Tiger Martial Soul. So you can't be an Agility Attack System Soul Master who can only rely on others. You need to be one who relies on herself."

Jiang Che quickly ran through Zhu Zhuqing's soul ring configuration from the original story in his head.

Starting with her first soul ring, the characteristics of those soul skills were, in order: accelerated single-target attacks, sustained single-target attacks, single-target attacks, clones, phantoms with an attack multiplier bonus, and boosts to evasion, resistance, and penetration...

Counting them up, aside from Martial Soul Avatar and the speed bonus attached to her first soul skill, all her other soul skills were either purely offensive or attack-enhancing.

Then there was the soul beast chosen for her fourth soul skill: a Ghost Tiger.

At that thought, Jiang Che shook his head helplessly. Calling this soul ring configuration a Power Attack System Soul Master's setup would not be an exaggeration at all. It had clearly been designed to unleash the explosive power of the "Hell White Tiger."

It was precisely this that had squandered the Hell Spirit Cat, a top-tier agility attack system martial soul.

Fortunately, Zhu Zhuqing was still only a Soul Grandmaster and had not strayed completely off course. Jiang Che still had a chance to pull her back onto the right track.

Sigh, I wonder whether doing this will trigger a butterfly effect and completely collapse the original story's trajectory. Will some sort of heavenly judgment come down on me then?

These thoughts ran through Jiang Che's mind. After all, Tang San could be considered the child of destiny in the first Douluo Continent story, no matter how one looked at it. Completely disrupting the story's development might really bring heavenly judgment upon him.