About to Take Off~

Tang San's First Soul Skill in the original work, Entanglement, could both control and carry poison. That was absolutely a mistake.

After all, that Mandala Snake Soul Ring was only a hundred years old. Giving it control abilities while also adding poison would only result in neither effect reaching its full potential.

Tang San's Blue Silver Grass was originally an incompletely awakened Blue Silver Emperor, so its quality was exceptional. Had it been ordinary Blue Silver Grass, the effect would definitely have been barely satisfactory.

Moreover, for Tang San, by the time an opponent succumbed to the poison, he might as well have thrown a few hidden weapons instead! And in the later stages, that little bit of poison would have no effect whatsoever on high-level Spirit Masters.

Besides, the most outstanding trait of a soul beast like Blue Silver Grass was its tenacious vitality. Adding a poisonous soul skill to it—wasn't that hindering the evolution of the martial soul?

One had to know that as one's level increased and more Soul Rings were added, the martial soul would gradually grow stronger as well.

By the time one cultivated to the rank of Titled Douluo, the martial soul's quality would no longer be inferior to that of a top-tier martial soul. Generally speaking, it simply could not compare to martial souls that had been top-tier from the very beginning.

On top of that, Tang San had absorbed Soul Rings from animal-type soul beasts. If not for the later help of the Blue Silver King and countless Blue Silver Grasses, awakening his Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline in this lifetime would have been nothing but a pipe dream.

Although Ye Chen's Bind soul skill had a decent effect, it was ultimately only a hundred-year soul skill. After a while, the three rings of light around Xiao Wu dissipated, restoring her freedom.

"Xiao Chen, your soul skill has pretty good control abilities, but it doesn't have much attacking power~"

Xiao Wu began giving her evaluation.

"What are you thinking? It's only a hundred-year soul skill. How could it possibly cover everything?"

Ye Chen rolled his eyes at Xiao Wu.

He felt that in the early stages, whether he possessed offensive capabilities was not important. As long as the enemy was bound in place, wouldn't they just be targets for him to shoot with his firearms?

And later on, he could simply add some powerful control-type soul skills, or refine Soul Bones to obtain Soul Bone Skills and make up for his lack of offensive options.

"Alright, it's getting late. Since you've obtained your Soul Ring, let's head back~"

Xiao Wu said to Ye Chen.

"That won't do. I might need to add another Soul Ring next."

"What? You still want to add a Soul Ring? You don't have a fever in your head, do you?"

At once, Xiao Wu placed her little hand against Ye Chen's forehead with a worried look, wondering whether he had a fever and had become muddle-headed.

"..."

Ye Chen was speechless.

"I have a treasure that can improve one's talent and also increase Soul Power by quite a bit.

I didn't take it before because my Soul Power level was too low and my body couldn't handle it. But now that I've become a Spirit Master, I don't need to worry about that."

"Really?"

Xiao Wu looked skeptical. Why had she never heard of such a treasure on the continent?

"Why would I lie to you? Let's go to where we found that Chaos Grass earlier. I reckon I can reach level 20, just in time to add its Soul Ring."

"Gasp~, it's that amazing?"

Xiao Wu was stunned. What kind of treasure could raise Soul Power by eight levels? Ye Chen was only a level 12 Spirit Master right now!

"You're making a fuss over nothing~"

By the time they returned to where the thousand-year Chaos Grass grew, it was already late, and night was about to fall.

Before coming to the Soul Hunting Forest, Ye Chen had made preparations in advance.

So, he found an open patch nearby and began setting up a tent for them to rest in that night.

Before long, with the two of them working together, a small tent was set up. They also scattered some insect-repellent powder around it.

When camping in a Soul Beast Forest, one had to watch out for more than just the soul beasts that might appear. They also had to beware of those annoying little bugs.

Poisonous or not, just having insects crawl all over the tent was enough to give him a headache.

After hastily eating some prepared jerky, Ye Chen eagerly wanted to buy the Black Jade Divine Bamboo and consume it.

But after thinking it over, he still took out the machine gun and plenty of bullets from his Storage Necklace, handed them to Xiao Wu, and taught her how to fire it.

After all, this was a Soul Beast Forest. If a soul beast came over, Xiao Wu, a Two Ring Great Soul Master, might not necessarily be safe.

"Don't worry. Sister Xiao Wu guarantees that you'll be perfectly safe!"

Xiao Wu patted her chest as she spoke to Ye Chen, wearing an expression that said, Leave it to me.

"Mm, be careful tonight. Don't sneak off somewhere to watch cartoons~"

With a machine gun for protection, ordinary soul beasts could not possibly hurt Xiao Wu. But Xiao Wu was no obedient child. If she got bored, she might very well end up holding a tablet and watching cartoons.

"Hmph~, is Sister Xiao Wu that kind of person?!"

Xiao Wu felt terribly wronged. She might usually love to play, but at critical moments, Sister Xiao Wu was still very reliable, okay?

"Yes, yes, yes, Xiao Wu is the best. But you still need to be careful. After all, a Soul Beast Forest isn't like the academy."

"Got it, got it. You're even more nagging than the menopausal teacher who teaches us~"

Xiao Wu waved her hand and muttered.

Although Xiao Wu was a top student in cultivation, even a genius among geniuses, in other areas, well, she could only be considered a poor student.

It was not until last year that she had learned to write all the commonly used characters!

It was not that she was unintelligent. On the contrary, Xiao Wu was very smart; she was simply lazy and disliked studying.

Fortunately, academic subjects were not particularly important on Douluo Continent. What mattered was having good talent and great strength. Even with a somewhat poor education, one could still become a Spirit Master.

After entering the tent, Ye Chen opened the System Shop and directly purchased the immortal herb: Black Jade Divine Bamboo.

Rather than a stalk of bamboo appearing as he had imagined, what appeared was a bamboo shoot about the size of a fist. It looked like a flower bud, its entire body resembling black jade.

There was not much to the method of consuming the Black Jade Divine Bamboo Shoot. One only needed to peel off the outer shell and eat the shoot flesh directly.

Would it taste better roasted or stir-fried?

These thoughts suddenly flashed through Ye Chen's mind.

Shaking his head and casting aside these messy thoughts, Ye Chen began consuming the Black Jade Divine Bamboo Shoot.

The moment the shoot flesh entered his mouth, Ye Chen sensed the enormous energy contained within it. He immediately dared not be careless, wolfing down the shoot flesh before circulating the Creation Meditation Method and focusing on refining it.

Second by second, time passed. Inside the tent, Ye Chen consumed the immortal herb, and his Soul Power began increasing rapidly.

Outside the tent, Xiao Wu faithfully stood guard for Ye Chen.

After all, this was something Sister Xiao Wu had agreed to do. There could not be the slightest accident!

Fortunately, although Xiao Wu was young, she was also a Spirit Master—and a level 24 Great Soul Master at that. Her energy was far greater than that of an ordinary person, so occasionally going a day without sleep was nothing much.