Although Yu Xiaogang was eager, he waited until Grandpa Jack had walked far away before speaking to Tang San and Su Ming. "Let's go. I'll take you to handle your enrollment."
Once the enrollment was complete, Yu Xiaogang could no longer contain himself.
Proudly lifting his head slightly, he looked at Tang San and said, "Tang San, would you be willing to take me as your master?"
[Here it is! As expected, Yu Xiaogang wants to take Tang San as his disciple!]
"Huh?"
Tang San was confused. It seemed too sudden, and although he wanted to say something, he didn't know what to say.
Seeing Tang San hesitate, Yu Xiaogang wasn't angry. After all, Tang San was just a six-year-old child and didn't know about his reputation as a theory master.
Yu Xiaogang thought, Now is the time to showcase my knowledge and make Tang San accept me as his master.
He began pacing in front of Tang San, his pride evident as he analyzed, "I've studied many soul masters with Blue Silver Grass martial souls. Most of them have no soul power at all, and those who do rarely exceed level one."
Then, Yu Xiaogang stopped and stared at Tang San. "What does that tell you?"
Tang San felt a pang of unease but still shook his head, indicating he didn't know.
"It shows that your innate full soul power is unusual. Clearly, a Blue Silver Grass martial soul can't produce such high innate soul power. Even if it had mutated, it wouldn't reach level 10. Therefore, you must have twin martial souls. Your second martial soul must be powerful enough to fill the gap in soul power!"
After saying this, Yu Xiaogang looked confidently at Tang San, expecting him to be shocked. If I can take him as a disciple and train him to become a Titled Douluo, no one will look down on me again!
Hearing this, Tang San was indeed shaken. He hid his right hand behind his back, contemplating what to do.
My father told me never to reveal my twin martial souls, Tang San thought. But I've been exposed on my first day at the academy. What should I do? Should I kill him to silence him?
He glanced covertly at Su Ming.
Yu Xiaogang believed Tang San was just hesitant, so he decided to press further. "Do you know who I am?"
"My name is Yu Xiaogang, the greatest theorist on martial souls across the continent. I possess knowledge of most martial soul cultivation techniques. Follow me, and I'll teach you everything I know."
"Your Blue Silver Grass martial soul is considered trash by most, but I believe that there are no useless martial souls, only useless soul masters. If you work hard, even Blue Silver Grass can achieve great things!"
This statement about there being no useless martial souls, only useless soul masters, struck a deep chord with Tang San.
Ever since his martial soul had awakened as Blue Silver Grass, everyone—Wuhun Hall soul masters, his father, and others—had dismissed its potential.
In their eyes, Blue Silver Grass was a universally acknowledged waste martial soul. Even if it could be cultivated, its growth potential was limited. But here was a master who didn't think that way.
Moreover, Yu Xiaogang had accurately deduced that Tang San possessed another martial soul based solely on his innate full soul power and Blue Silver Grass. He clearly knew what he was talking about.
While Tang San weighed his options, Su Ming continued writing in his journal, documenting the current events.
[Wow, Yu Xiaogang has no idea he just brushed past death.]
This immediately caught the attention of the female characters.
[To demonstrate his theoretical knowledge, Yu Xiaogang just explained to Tang San that he's researched many soul masters with Blue Silver Grass martial souls and found that none have innate soul power above level one. Therefore, he concluded that Tang San must have another martial soul to fill the gap and reach full soul power.]
[Well, Yu Xiaogang just so happened to guess correctly. Tang San does have another martial soul: the Clear Sky Hammer.]
Far away at Blue Tyrant Academy, Liu Erlong felt a surge of pride. See? Xiaogang's theories are unbeatable. He figured out that Tang San had twin martial souls in an instant!
But why did Su Ming say it was just a lucky guess? Wasn't Yu Xiaogang's analysis spot on?
The other female characters with journals were also puzzled by this.
Then the journal updated again.
[Yu Xiaogang guessed correctly that Tang San had twin martial souls, but that nearly led him to death.]
[Because Yu Xiaogang discovered the secret of Tang San's twin martial souls, Tang San developed a murderous intent toward him. I even saw him hide his right hand behind his back and glance at me as if considering whether to silence me too. That's terrifying.]
[For Tang San, this isn't unusual. After all, the Tang Sect is an assassin's sect. Anything that poses a threat to him must be eliminated.]
[I still remember a phrase from the Tang Sect's Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record: Never let anyone you can't fully trust know the extent of your true strength!]
[Another phrase is: If your opponent has chosen the path to death, don't hesitate to strike. Otherwise, you'll only cause yourself trouble.]
[Now that Tang San's killing intent has been triggered, Yu Xiaogang is in danger. After all, Yu Xiaogang deduced Tang San's secret, and that alone is reason enough for Tang San to consider eliminating him.]
[But what Tang San doesn't know is that Yu Xiaogang's theory about twin martial souls is actually wrong.]
[Later in the story, when Tang San started doubting his Blue Silver Grass martial soul and wanted to fully switch to the Clear Sky Hammer, he was stopped by Poison Douluo Dugu Bo.]
[Dugu Bo mentioned reading in ancient texts that there are two conditions for the creation of twin martial souls.]
[The first condition is that the martial souls of both parents must be of similar quality. The second is that the parents' martial souls must have significantly different attributes.]
[It's clear that Blue Silver Grass and the Clear Sky Hammer have vastly different attributes. However, the first condition, that the martial souls must be of similar quality, also applies here.]
[That's because Tang San's Blue Silver Grass isn't an ordinary Blue Silver Grass. His martial soul carries the bloodline of the Blue Silver Emperor, though it hasn't awakened yet. Since its quality matches that of the Clear Sky Hammer, this allowed him to awaken twin martial souls.]
[But there are exceptions to this. For instance, the current Pope, Bibi Dong, has twin martial souls, both of which are spider-type. This doesn't fit Dugu Bo's second condition about differing attributes.]
[In my opinion (and this might not be entirely accurate), for twin martial souls to be born, the parents' martial souls must either have significantly different attributes or be extremely similar in quality.]
[Oops, I digressed a bit there. Let's get back to Tang San and Yu Xiaogang.]
The female characters: No, you didn't digress! Keep going, we love this!