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"Of course, with my eyes," Tang San replied.
"I'm not joking!" Xiao Wu emphasized again, feeling like she might have been overly sensitive. San Ge didn't even notice that she was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast transformed into human form. He was just acting along with her earlier.
"I'm not joking either." Tang San's eyes were filled with seriousness. "You have a human body. Apart from being a bit more delicate, prettier, and more talented than ordinary people, there's no difference between you and humans, whether it's the external skin or internal organs."
"If there's anything, it might be that you have a hundred thousand years of cultivation essence, allowing you to automatically condense soul rings."
"To be honest, I'm quite interested in trying self-condensing soul rings too. I just don't know the method, nor do I have the vast cultivation essence of a hundred thousand years as an energy source."
Xiao Wu snorted, "So, you're only interested in researching it?"
"Just a habit," Tang San coughed, "You can talk to me about it in the future. After all, if I manage to develop a method for soul masters to condense their own soul rings, they wouldn't need to rely too much on soul beasts to obtain soul rings."
"Is that what you think?" Xiao Wu was surprised, feeling that she hadn't misjudged him. She thought he might ask her to become his backup soul ring or something.
"Yes, I feel that relying too much on soul beasts isn't a good thing for soul masters," Tang San looked at Xiao Wu. "Moreover, someone like you, a hundred-thousand-year transformed soul beast, is almost no different from a human... I even have a guess about you. Human beings in the ancient past might have been a type of soul beast themselves."
"After all, the inheritors of ancient beast martial souls like the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon and the White Tiger clans also emphasize dragon or tiger bloodlines... I feel that their original ancestors might have been hundred-thousand-year transformed soul beasts. Otherwise, there's no explanation for why they have so-called bloodline power. This shouldn't be something humans naturally possess. If they did, it should only be human bloodlines."
Xiao Wu was shocked, "Is that so?"
"It's just speculation, and there's no substantial evidence yet. After all, I haven't been able to contact members of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon clan, right?" Tang San shrugged helplessly. "Wang Sheng has a tiger martial soul, and his first soul skill is good, but I didn't notice any bloodline power from him. Perhaps because he's weaker, he can't be used as a reference."
"But my speculation shouldn't be too far-fetched. After all, some people's martial souls are part of their bodies."
"I have a hunch that those who possess original body martial souls are the true martial souls unique to humans. Others, whether beast martial souls or tool martial souls, should have originally been bestowed upon humans, either voluntarily or involuntarily."
"However, to confirm this speculation, it requires a large amount of data, field research, and even archaeology. I dare not casually announce it now, as it would only invite ridicule."
Although Tang San said so, Xiao Wu believed him. This speculation was probably close to the truth.
Ignoring tool martial souls for now, the fact that most beast martial soul masters emphasize bloodline power couldn't be explained simply by the phenomenon of "killing soul beasts of the same kind to obtain soul rings and bloodline power." This couldn't be considered a theoretical explanation.
"Alright, let's stop here about the topic of soul beasts. Let me talk about my own identity next."
Tang San also prepared to confess, "Although I come from the Holy Spirit Village, I also have a corresponding identity. My father, who cut off ties with me, is named Tang Hao, the Douluo of Haotian."
"A Douluo?" Xiao Wu was somewhat shocked but unconcerned. After all, he could conceal his soul beast aura now.
"Although he's a Douluo, he's already fallen, and I've never enjoyed a day of aristocratic treatment, so I never considered myself a noble either." Tang San continued, "So, don't think that having a Douluo will protect you. He voluntarily severed ties with me, and I even feel like he's almost reaching the edge of madness. He could erupt at any time, and who knows what might happen in the future."
"Father and son fighting each other?" Xiao Wu remembered a little story she had heard before and shivered.
"It's not that serious," Tang San shook his head. "Just, our paths diverged."
"Is human society really that complicated?" Xiao Wu's small brain was starting to spin.
"Because humans don't have enemies, so they fight among themselves. But soul beasts... don't tell me you used to sympathize with all soul beasts?" Tang San stared straight at Xiao Wu.
"No, I have a better impression of the ones that look gentle. As for other soul beasts, those with a shorter lifespan, if soul masters kill them, I feel a sense of pity, but for those uglier ones, those that have killed others, I have no good feelings at all." Xiao Wu's head swayed like a rattle.
"You see, you also have subjective preferences and dislikes, right?" Tang San smiled. "There's no difference between soul beasts and humans. They've just lived in their respective environments for a long time and have simpler thoughts."
"Hmph, I'm smart now!" Xiao Wu followed Tang San for these years and learned a lot. She knew that when Tang San said "simple thoughts," it actually meant "stupid."
Before leaving the Star Dou Forest, she could be said to be stupid, but now, she was smarter than those ferocious beasts in the Star Dou Forest, and she didn't know where she stood.
Seeing Xiao Wu's proud expression, Tang San couldn't help but smile and ask, "I will definitely participate in the Soul Master Tournament. That's the best opportunity to become famous in this era, and it's the cornerstone for me to truly enter the public eye and have a greater impact on the entire continent."
"Your hundred-thousand-year cultivation essence can be seen through by the Titled Douluo, and even the attention of the Douluo can be sensed. So, my suggestion is, you should go back to the Star Dou Forest first..."
"No," Xiao Wu interrupted Tang San directly. "I won't be discovered now. With the method of hiding my aura, even the peerless Douluo can't detect me."
A method to hide her aura?
Tang San looked at Xiao Wu, remembering the Divine Realm, the Legend of the Dragon King, and the Ultimate Douluo. He hadn't finished the first series, and he hadn't even watched the latter two, but he knew some of the content. The Three-eyed Golden Lion and the Demon Soul Great White Shark, both soul beasts transformed into human form, couldn't be seen through by the Titled Douluo.
Not to mention the Shrek Academy in the Divine Realm, where the wife of the Sea God, a hundred-thousand-year soul beast transformed into human form, turned a blind eye to the identity of such transformed soul beasts.
In the Shrek Academy of the Divine Realm, there was even a soul master who reached a hundred thousand years with his seventh soul ring!
And that was none other than the protagonist, Huo Yuhao!
So, how did that person, with only a cultivation base of nearly seventy ranks, manage to hunt down a hundred-thousand-year soul beast? It's highly probable that he killed a wild transformed hundred-thousand-year soul beast from a lineage other than the Imperial Family.
So—
Has Xiao Wu already encountered the Imperial Family?
Did he come out during this period?
Wasn't he supposed to be with other ferocious beasts, or absorbing and watching over the Tianmeng Ice silkworm, whose cultivation was close to a million years?
(End of chapter)