"I want to ask everyone a question. Can mutated martial souls really only become stronger or weaker? Let me tell you, among the things I learned in the faction I belong to, there is a kind of mutation called parallel mutation."
"The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon is itself a martial soul with the Dragon Attribute and lightning attribute, while Liu Erlong's martial soul mutated to have the Fire Attribute."
"If even the attribute changes, then its focus is different. Doesn't that prove its strength hasn't changed, and only the martial soul's focus has changed?"
"For example, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon has extremely strong single-target combat ability, as well as a powerful lightning attribute. But the point is that after its attribute changed to the Fire Attribute, its destructive power increased, and its single-target combat ability became area-of-effect damage ability."
After Leng Yulai said this, everyone felt that it made a great deal of sense.
Exactly! Even the attribute had mutated, changing from the lightning attribute to the Fire Attribute, so naturally its direction was different. Naturally, there was no question of becoming stronger or weaker!
"Then, moving on to the second question, tell us what soul ring age limits you proposed."
Hearing this, Yu Xiaogang immediately perked up. This was something he had proposed.
This was a conclusion he had personally drawn after personally examining numerous cases in Spirit Hall. He declared loudly, "The first soul ring's age limit is 423 years, the second soul ring's is 764 years, the third soul ring's is 2,200 years, the fourth soul ring's is 7,000 years, the fifth soul ring's is 12,000 years, the sixth soul ring's is 20,000 years, the seventh soul ring's is 30,000 to 50,000 years, the eighth soul ring's is over 50,000 years, and the ninth soul ring's is over 100,000 years."
After Yu Xiaogang finished speaking, the students did not find him convincing as they had before. Instead, they looked at their teachers. The teachers were speechless too, then gave them a look that meant they should not believe him.
After seeing this, the students said nothing and watched the debate between the two. At this point, they were beginning to believe that Yu Xiaogang really was a good-for-nothing.
At the same time, they chose to believe Leng Yulai.
"Then I'd like to ask a question. How can you be so certain? Why are you so certain? Have you conducted any experiments or research?"
"Did you capture a lot of six-year-old children who had awakened their martial souls to experiment on? Hundred-year ones are one thing, but when it comes to thousand-year, ten-thousand-year, or even hundred-thousand-year ones, how can you be certain? You're only a rank-29 Soul Grandmaster. You're not even a Soul Elder. How can you be certain this is correct? Have you absorbed them? How did you absorb them? Tell us, how can you be certain these are the limits?"
After Leng Yulai said all this, everyone felt that she had a point. How had he determined it? Had he made children who had awakened their martial souls try them one by one?
"Well..." Yu Xiaogang could not answer, because he had plagiarized this from Spirit Hall. What would he do if he told the truth?
Do you even need to ask? That Gangzi deceived Bibi Dong-that Pope whose brain and eyes were both blind-into thinking it was for the love between them, so she chose to let Yu Xiaogang read those materials, Tang San thought.
After hearing this, Xiao Wu agreed wholeheartedly. Even soul beasts knew this common knowledge.
"Besides, you said the limit for the first soul ring is a hundred-year one, right? Then let me show you what the limit for the first soul ring is."
Kai walked over at that moment and directly revealed two Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings.
"What? You can use Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings for your first and second soul rings?"
"You must be joking!"
The teachers, the dean, and the students of Nuoding Academy were all shocked. Even Tang San and Xiao Wu were shocked.
Having Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings as one's first and second soul rings?! That was utterly outrageous.
You've got to be joking. In this world, I only believe that Huo Yuhao, that child of fortune, could do it. After all, Huo Yuhao really did receive help from many people, which allowed him to accomplish all of this.
For example, that silkworm called Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, as well as the help of an otherworldly demigod.
But this fellow actually has a way to obtain Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings at such a young age. He must come from a very powerful family. Then, as long as I win them over, I should be able to obtain Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings too.
I could even develop and spread this theory. When the time comes, I'll use it to add bricks and tiles to our Tang Sect.
That was what Tang San thought to himself.
After hearing this, Xiao Wu's contempt for Tang San deepened further. No wonder Tang San had been Yu Xiaogang's disciple in their previous life.
"Impossible! That's impossible! You must have obtained them through some secret method! Tell me right now!"
Meanwhile, at the debate, Gangzi completely lost control. Using Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings for the first and second soul rings was impossible. Gangzi immediately flew into a frenzy and tried to rush forward to demand that Kai tell the truth about how to obtain Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, but Leng Yulai slapped him straight to the ground.
Smack!
"What are you doing? You're obstructing the future of the Soul World! Only by telling me how to obtain Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings can you benefit the Soul Master World!"
Yu Xiaogang truly had thick skin. Although Leng Yulai had only used strength at the Soul King level, she had knocked out several of his teeth. Yet Yu Xiaogang could still speak with several teeth knocked out. It was truly outrageous.
"Have you no shame? You plagiarized this theory. You either picked it up through hearsay, fabricated it out of thin air, or sneaked a look at some major faction's relevant materials and then cobbled them together however you pleased."
"Everyone, let me tell you. When absorbing a soul ring, you feel pressure. Those who can withstand greater pressure can absorb older soul rings. In that case, wouldn't this allow you to absorb older soul rings?"
After Leng Yulai said this, everyone agreed wholeheartedly, and so did the dean of Nuoding Academy.
"That's right. Soul masters experience tremendous pressure when absorbing soul rings. To absorb older soul rings, they must withstand greater pressure."
"That is why many prominent factions in the Soul Master World train children's physiques and begin training their abilities when they are young, in the hope that they can absorb older soul rings."
"The dean is right. A soul master's martial soul and physical constitution are also very important."
Once the dean of Nuoding Academy and Leng Yulai said this, they had effectively pronounced a death sentence on Yu Xiaogang, the grandmaster of theory.
Yu Xiaogang's behavior just now, in particular, made people feel even more disgusted.
After being slapped in the face, he had actually tried to seize someone else's soul master knowledge and theories, all while repeatedly claiming it was for the benefit of the Soul Master World. There was no need to continue this theoretical debate. Yu Xiaogang had lost.
"You good-for-nothing," Tang San said.
"All right, there's no need to continue the contest. Yu Xiaogang, leave yourself a little dignity. You've already lost."
After the dean of Nuoding Academy said this, everyone dispersed. There was no need to ask any more questions in this contest. Right at the outset, both of Yu Xiaogang's theories had lost, so there was no need to ask about the rest. The theories were all plagiarized.
"There's no need to watch any longer. Do we even need to ask? These theories are all flawed, and he calls himself Grandmaster! If he really were a grandmaster, he would've long since cultivated to become a Soul Saint or a Titled Douluo. Isn't he just a fraud, eating and drinking for free?"
"Dean, why do you keep this good-for-nothing around? What use is he?"
After everyone had left, someone who looked like a beggar stood outside an academy window, secretly watching everything.
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