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As night turned to dawn, Tang San and Xiao Wu had spent the entire night researching, but with endless vitality, Xiao Wu showed no signs of fatigue. Guang Ling, Rongrong, Huo Wu, and the others also looked energetic and radiant.
After breakfast, everyone went off to their respective tasks.
Huo Wu and Guang Ling headed to the Soul Tool Technology City.
Guang Ling, naturally, went to research soul tools.
Huo Wu, on the other hand, went to learn about metal forging, aiming to create her own weapon-crafting method. She also used this opportunity to practice her control over gravity. To her, hammering metal and using gravity to crush impurities were essentially the same principle. This dual-purpose practice honed her gravity control and weapon-crafting skills.
Ning Rongrong went to the Economic Capital, where she managed the Heaven and Earth Trading Company, a joint venture between the Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan. This company, headquartered there with branches in the other five major outer cities, oversaw all financial transactions within and outside the Spirit City, and approved, stamped, and collected taxes from various businesses.
Additionally, the company's headquarters housed an auction venue jointly certified by the Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, ensuring its credibility.
Ning Rongrong's primary responsibilities were managing headquarters operations and overseeing auction activities. Although this kept her busy, the establishment of the Blue Silver Network allowed her to communicate with her subordinates efficiently, freeing up more of her time.
Thus, besides necessary cultivation, she recently started designing clothing and appraising treasures, enjoying both and becoming a renowned fashion designer and appraiser in and out of Spirit City.
Even nobles from Tian Dou and Star Luo would travel long distances and spend fortunes to commission her designs.
Ning Rongrong understood the principle of rarity; she decided to design and make only one set of clothing per year.
When this news broke, her works fetched astronomical prices, with a single set reaching up to one billion gold soul coins!
The daughter of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan's leader.
The head of Heaven and Earth Trading Company.
A member of the previous Continental Elite Competition's champion team.
One set per year.
Such allure naturally drew fervent admiration from the nobles of both empires.
Ning Fengzhi, upon hearing this, was stunned for a long while before muttering, "Rongrong's design, one billion gold soul coins for a set?"
"Quite exaggerated indeed," Sword Douluo remarked, equally incredulous.
"As expected of Rongrong, truly impressive," Bone Douluo, having moved past Mu Tian's incident, praised her and then asked Ning Fengzhi, "Fengzhi, considering the current trend of the Spirit Hall, do you think they have the potential to dominate the continent?"
Ning Fengzhi remained silent for a moment before saying, "I might have made a mistake accepting Xue Qinghe as my disciple... But with Rongrong now part of the Spirit Hall and me being an honorary elder, our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan has room to maneuver. At most, we would remain neutral if it comes to that."
"If we must choose a side, which one would we favor?" Sword Douluo inquired.
"The Spirit Hall."
Ning Fengzhi responded without hesitation. Originally, the Spirit Hall lacked a solid foundation to establish a nation unless Bibi Dong ascended to godhood and overpowered everyone. Otherwise, discerning individuals wouldn't consider it viable.
However, the Spirit Hall was now bridging its foundational gaps, amassing wealth through unprecedented means, and rapidly developing grassroots infrastructure. In a few years, they might truly rival the two empires in terms of foundation.
After all, the Spirit Hall boasted the highest number of spirit masters across the continent.
Especially with Tang San joining, commoner spirit masters flocked to the Spirit Hall, filling its branches to capacity.
Of course, beyond these objective factors, the most direct subjective factor was that the Spirit Hall made the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan wealthy. Their treasure vaults, designated for storing gold soul coins, were now piled with hundreds of small mountains over fifty meters high.
"Sorry, my beloved Tian Dou, but the Spirit Hall offers too much!"
Ahem!
Back to the topic!
As for Xiao Wu, she went to the Medicine and Elixir City. Her secondary profession was related to medicine. Before leaving, she told Tang San, "I won't comment on the conflicts between humans and spirit beasts. Now that I'm also human, I need to hunt spirit beasts for my last two spirit rings... But as a daughter, I must seek justice for my mother, unless she abandons her revenge after resurrection."
"I believe Auntie is a reasonable person," Tang San comforted Xiao Wu with a hug.
"My mother is indeed reasonable."
Xiao Wu knew her mother's temperament, which was quite gentle. After her resurrection, considering their current situation, she might indeed give up on revenge against Bibi Dong. "But how will you convince that old woman Bibi Dong? It's not like my mother can stay hidden forever after her resurrection. That wouldn't do."
"After her resurrection, Auntie will be fully human. I can't restore her original hundred-thousand-year essence, only her previous power," Tang San smiled, sensing the effects of his fourth soul skill, Nine Lives Resurrection. "Then, she won't drop a spirit ring or bone again, making it not worth Bibi Dong hunting her another time. After all, spirit masters hunt spirit beasts for those two things."
"Who knows," Xiao Wu snorted, flipping her scorpion braid and hopping towards the Medicine and Elixir City, clearly in a good mood from Tang San's special care the previous night.
Lastly, Lan Yin stayed at the Soul Martial Manor, acting as the steward, overseeing the manor's affairs and looking after Gu Yuena, preventing her from being too lively.
Interestingly, Gu Yuena couldn't detect anything unusual about Lan Yin, thinking she was just an ordinary human, unaware that she was the reborn Blue Silver Emperor.
"Speaking of which, you and Tang San both have Blue Silver Emperor martial souls. Why is your life energy so much weaker than his?" Gu Yuena asked, perplexed.
"Because I'm on the path of an assault-type and control-type spirit master." Lan Yin instinctively wanted to become a powerful attacking spirit master, tired of her soul beast days without strong offensive capabilities. Moreover, as a top-tier martial soul, the Blue Silver Emperor didn't need to worry about perfect alignment of spirit ring attributes like ordinary Blue Silver Grass.
Moreover, after being reborn through possession, the soul beasts she selected were all plant-based, leaning towards control and attack, with vitality being a secondary concern.
This didn't conflict with her martial soul.
Additionally, her five current soul skills could synergize progressively:
- *First Soul Skill: Blue Silver Seed* - releases a sea of seeds capable of absorbing soul power.
- *Second Soul Skill: Blue Silver Net* - sprouts the seeds into a large net, physically binding and controlling the enemy.
- *Third Soul Skill: Blue Silver Cutting Array* - sharpens the leaves of the Blue Silver Net like soft swords, interlacing and moving to cut the enemy.
- *Fourth Soul Skill: Blue Silver Illusion Array* - after hunting the Demon Eye Tree, it can confuse the enemy's mind, trapping them in an illusion. When combined with the Blue Silver Cutting Array, it can silently kill them.
- *Fifth Soul Skill: Blue Silver Gathering Array* - has three uses: first, it gathers heavenly energy to assist in cultivation; second, it enhances the power of the first four skills by nearly twofold; third, it serves as a foundation for the upcoming sixth soul skill.
For her future sixth soul ring, Lan Yinzi planned the Blue Silver Overlord Spear—a spear formed by the combined Blue Silver Net, with a sharp blade at the tip, inflicting both physical and mental damage, and enhanced by gathered heavenly energy.
Lan Yinzi was still deeply committed to attack skills.
"Strong attack?" Gu Yuena sneered disdainfully. In her view, a Blue Silver Emperor focusing on strong attacks wasn't maximizing its potential. Currently, it could only outperform non-top-tier martial souls.
While it was exceptional against weaker opponents, it fell short against excessively powerful martial souls, like Huo Wu's Sun Goddess, Bibi Dong's Death Spider Emperor, and Soul Devouring Spider Emperor.
Even Xiao Wu's Soft Boned Rabbit could violently tear apart Lan Yinzi's Blue Silver Net.
Lan Yinzi felt disheartened by Gu Yuena's blunt criticism, thinking, "Who can compare to those monsters? It's enough that I can outperform most people."
"However, you might consider connecting your martial soul to Tang San's Blue Silver Network around Spirit City," Gu Yuena suggested. "Both being Blue Silver Emperors, you might harness greater power through its roots."
"That sounds feasible," Lan Yinzi agreed. Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor was inherited from her. Although her current Blue Silver Emperor evolved from the body she possessed, it should be able to coexist with Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor.
However, she needed to discuss this with Tang San to avoid any issues with the Blue Silver Network. She couldn't afford to cause disruptions, which would make her feel extremely guilty as a mother.
Sigh
Any other mother might try without asking, but I'm gentle, considerate, kind, and beautiful.
After some self-admiration, Lan Yinzi and Gu Yuena found Tang San hard at work in his study. His desk held a detailed human anatomical diagram, marking blood vessels, meridians, nervous system, acupuncture points, internal organs, and the brain, looking somewhat eerie.
"Tang Captain~"
"Please, just call me by my name," Tang San stopped writing, interrupting Lan Yinzi's sweet tone. "Given our complex relationship..."
Since their candid discussion, Tang San had refrained from formally addressing Lan Yinzi, often using "you" or not addressing her at all.
"Okay, there's something I need to discuss," Lan Yinzi said seriously, abandoning playful addresses and looking directly at Tang San.
"What is it? Is Gu Yuena being too mischievous?" Tang San glanced at the pouting Gu Yuena, finding her puffed cheeks adorable and giving them a pinch.
Gu Yuena, startled, took a few steps back in embarrassed anger, roaring like an annoyed dragon.
"Yes, this girl is quite naughty," Tang San playfully kept her at bay, his hand on her forehead, preventing her short arms from reaching him.
Lan Yinzi's fleeting jealousy vanished quickly. She said, "I want to see if our martial souls can merge."
"Martial soul fusion?"
Tang San raised an eyebrow.
Tang San was naturally aware of Lan Yinzi's martial soul. Since both were Blue Silver Emperors, he primarily focused on amplification, healing, and strengthening, while hers focused on attack and control. Given their life attributes, they should be highly compatible.
Life attributes could merge with most others, requiring balance only when facing counteracting attributes like death.
Thus, the fusion of their martial souls seemed nearly guaranteed.
However, Tang San was reluctant.
Martial soul fusion could affect one's temperament. Although Tang San felt he could control his martial soul perfectly, ensuring he wouldn't be influenced, Lan Yinzi might not fare the same.
After all, she was his biological mother...
From a spiritual standpoint—
Given that the Blue Silver Emperor's sacrifice was akin to death, even though rebirth solidified her soul, was her deepest essence the same?
Probably not, so...
Tang San dismissed any thoughts of a filial bond, while Lan Yinzi clarified, "Not martial soul fusion, more like soul skill fusion."
"I want to see if my Blue Silver Emperor can take root in your Blue Silver Network to enhance my cultivation speed or the power of my soul skills."
If it was just that, Tang San could agree, saying, "It's a good idea, but we need to test it first to avoid disrupting the Blue Silver Network."
Tang San suspected that her Blue Silver Emperor couldn't affect the network, given its sturdiness, but caution was necessary.
Since the Blue Silver Network was already in use, a sudden disruption could cause major issues. He preferred testing with an isolated Blue Silver Emperor plant.
As a researcher, rigor was essential.
"Great, let's test it now," Lan Yinzi eagerly pulled Tang San out of the study and toward the training ground of the Soul Martial Manor.
Gu Yuena, puzzled by Lan Yinzi's enthusiasm, thought, "Lan Yinzi seems unusually fond of Tang San, like the Soft Boned Rabbit, but also like a soul beast mother caring for her cub..."
(End of Chapter)