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"Tang San has already left Nuoding City?" Tang Hao calculated the time as he returned, intending to take Xiao Wu, acquire the soul bones, and then secretly hand them over to Tang San, considering it as his final gesture as a father.
However, he hadn't expected the guard at the door to say that Tang San had already left? And with Xiao Wu and another girl named Guangling... enjoying themselves so much? Threesomes?
"Yeah, Tang San is the pride of Nuoding Academy. It's said that he went to hunt down his fourth soul ring, and afterward, he's headed to the advanced academy for enrollment," the guard remarked, then looked at the rugged man in front of him. "And who are you?"
"The fourth soul ring?" Tang Hao was startled, questioning, "Are you sure about that?"
"Absolutely," the guard affirmed loudly. "The teachers in the school know, and if you ask around town, there are people who know too. When Tang San left the school, he was already at the forty-level mark."
"Forty levels, at twelve years old." Tang Hao couldn't fathom it. Why was Tang San's cultivation speed so fast? Did he really have such unique insights into martial souls? If he continued at this pace, he might surpass Tang Hao and become the youngest Titled Douluo on the continent.
But why was his martial soul Blue Silver Grass?
It would have been so much better if he had inherited the Sky Hammer!
"Which advanced academy is he going to?" Tang Hao continued asking.
"How would I know?" The guard scratched his head. "Even the teachers in the school don't know. They only know that he's going to Tian Dou City with his two girlfriends. That's the imperial city. I'll never get to go there in my lifetime... By the way, who are you? Why all these questions?"
Tang Hao remained silent, turning and walking away.
"He's a strange one," the guard mused with a strange expression, but he didn't dwell on it, just continued lounging on his chair, beginning another day of idleness...
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Tian Dou Royal Academy.
Having been found by Lin Yuhan, who was sent by Bibi Dong, Tang San was informed, "My guarding mission is almost complete. With your current strength, you needn't worry about anyone causing you trouble, especially here at the Tian Dou Royal Academy.
My spirit power has also reached level eighty. After hunting down a soul beast, I'll be staying in the branch hall of the Martial Soul Palace in Tian Dou City for a while. If you need anything, just go there and find me."
"During this time, thank you for taking care of me, Sister Lin Yuhan." Tang San took out a document from his storage wristband and handed it over.
"What's this?" Lin Yuhan took it, flipping it open to reveal information on three kinds of soul beasts.
"This is for Sister Lin Yuhan as a reference for your eighth soul ring. They are all soul beasts of over fifty thousand years. The first one is the Gale Winged Dragon, found in the Storm Valley. It can enhance the origin of your Gale Bird while also providing you with a powerful attacking soul skill, Gale Transformation. With this skill, I speculate you'll have a chance to compete with a Titled Douluo."
"The second one is called the Sky Wind Eagle, commonly found in the Green Shade Grasslands within the Star Luo Empire's borders. It also enhances the wind attribute origin of your martial soul. It's highly probable to grant you a wind attribute soul skill named Single Target Penetration, adding a long-range output skill. With your Spirit Douluo-level spirit power, even Titled Douluos below level ninety-five in defense would find it hard to withstand."
"The third one is the Bellwind Bat, living in environments like caves in the Star Forest. They're also found near the Sunset Forest."
"I chose this one because Sister Ling Yan's speed is indeed fast, but her mental reaction seems a bit slow. With the enhancement of the Bellwind Bat, it can improve your self-control and perception of wind, similar to the second soul skill I chose for Xiao Wu: Wind Listening."
"However, the specific choice is up to Sister Lin Yuhan."
Looking at the information on the three soul beasts, Lin Yuhan was torn, "I want them all. What should I do?"
"Don't be too greedy. After all, you won't be able to hunt down a hundred-thousand-year soul beast that suits you," Tang San shrugged, indicating that he had no solution. "Moreover, just finding a hundred-thousand-year soul beast might take you several years. When you grow older and your spirit power cultivation speed slows down, the chance of reaching the level of Titled Douluo becomes slim."
The higher the level of spirit power cultivation, the slower the progress. If the body ages prematurely, it becomes even more challenging to progress further.
Therefore, for most soul masters, there aren't many opportunities for choice. After reaching a bottleneck in cultivation, they must immediately go hunting for soul rings. The higher the level, the less time they can afford to waste.
"Understood," Lin Yuhan put away the documents and asked, "By the way, since my martial soul is the Gale Bird, wouldn't a soul beast like the Gale Bird be more suitable for me?"
"It is indeed suitable, but according to the information I found in the 'Encyclopedia of Soul Beasts,' the Gale Bird is on the brink of extinction. It was last discovered about a hundred years ago, with its age limit being only nine thousand years," Tang San said. "Although that nine-thousand-year-old Gale Bird wasn't explicitly stated to be hunted, even if it's still alive and possesses extraordinary talent, it can accumulate a thousand years of cultivation in just a hundred years, reaching ten thousand years. But even then, it's just entered the ten-thousand-year level. Do you really want your eighth soul ring to be just an entry-level ten-thousand-year soul ring?"
"Perhaps there are other Gale Birds in unexplored areas."
Just entering the ten-thousand-year level?
That would be ridiculous.
Thinking that her eighth soul ring would only be at the entry level of ten thousand years, Ling Yan realized she would surely be ridiculed by other Soul Douluos.
Moreover, the unexplored areas were not places she, a Soul Douluo, could search.
However, among the Gale Winged Dragon, Sky Wind Eagle, and Bellwind Bat, which one should she choose as her eighth soul ring? Each one seemed extremely suitable for her...
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After Ling Yan left, Huo Wu finally spoke, "Are they from the Martial Soul Palace?"
"Yes, after all, I'm such a master of martial soul theory. It's normal for the Martial Soul Palace to fear my premature demise and send someone to protect me in secret, isn't it?" Tang San said with a smile.
Protect?
It's more like surveillance.
With the utmost suspicion, Huo Wu reminded Tang San, "My grandmother told me to be careful of the Martial Soul Palace. They're up to no good, trying to entrap all the soul masters on the continent."
"Isn't every major power doing the same thing?" Tang San retorted. "It's just that the Martial Soul Palace does it the biggest, the best, and the most effectively, which is why you're jealous."
"Do you ever speak differently?" Huo Wu was speechless. "Anyway, it's a political issue for those big shots, nothing to do with us common folks. Come on, I'll take you to meet the Tian Dou Royal Academy's team. They're a formidable group, and the vice-captain is from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon family."
"All three of you will join them."
Tang San was surprised. "A member of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon family is only a vice-captain? The captain isn't you, is it?"
Huo Wu smirked proudly, "Of course it is. Do you even need to ask? I'm Huo Wu, and I've already become a Soul Ancestor."
"The vice-captain isn't a Soul Ancestor?"
"No, but they're not as impressive as me. In terms of the quality of my martial soul, I've already surpassed that so-called Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon!"
(End of chapter)