Chapter 210: Gangzi and Haozi, the Crouching Dragon and Young Phoenix of the Soul Master World
"I've already studied your martial soul and planned out your future cultivation path. Your Man-Faced Spider Emperor martial soul can develop along both the control-type and assault-type soul master paths."
"The toughness provided by this Solitary Bamboo will make the spider silk you spit out even tougher, greatly enhancing your control abilities."
"In the future, I'll also prepare soul rings that can strengthen your martial soul's poison. Xiao San, do you understand now?"
"The characteristic is the most important part of a soul skill, not whether it's classified as plant-type or animal-type."
Gangzi spoke at great length, all to make Tang San genuinely accept his ideas.
In Gangzi's eyes, he was blazing a trail that no one before him had ever walked.
Once he succeeded, he would surely become famous worldwide and leave his name for generations to come.
Just imagining everyone across the continent respectfully addressing him as "Grandmaster" made Gangzi secretly delighted.
After listening to Gangzi's theories, Tang San did not immediately make a decision. Instead, he fell into deep thought.
He vaguely felt that Teacher Yu Xiaogang's theories were somewhat strange.
However, since his understanding of martial souls was still superficial, he couldn't pinpoint exactly what was wrong with them.
Seeing this, Gangzi once again persuaded Tang San.
"Xiao San, let me tell you a story. It's widely known throughout the soul master world and concerns the Atlas God of Spirit Hall."
"The Atlas God's martial soul is the Atlas Spear. It's an attack-type martial soul, yet his soul skills aren't offensive skills but enhancement-type skills."
"This is where the Atlas God is truly remarkable. If he had only walked the same path as everyone else, he would have been no different from ordinary people. Only by forging a unique path can one surpass others of the same generation."
"Now do you understand what I mean?"
After quite some time, Tang San finally nodded, accepting Gangzi's reasoning.
"Teacher, my knowledge was too shallow. You're right. If I want to surpass ordinary soul masters, I have to carve out my own unique path."
Hearing this, Gangzi nodded in satisfaction.
Tang San truly was worthy of being his personal disciple. His mind was flexible enough to understand.
If Tang San delved deeply into theory in the future, perhaps he could even learn a fraction of Gangzi's knowledge and become famous throughout the soul master world.
At this moment, behind Gangzi and Tang San...
A man dressed in a black robe, completely concealing his aura, appeared there.
It was Tang Hao.
"What Yu Xiaogang said actually makes some sense."
Naturally, he had heard the entire conversation between Tang San and Yu Xiaogang.
Being a straightforward brute by nature, Tang Hao also couldn't fully understand Gangzi's complicated theories.
But he felt that what Yu Xiaogang said sounded quite reasonable.
"Forget it. Let the first soul ring be the Solitary Bamboo. Xiao San's first martial soul still has eight remaining soul ring slots for mistakes."
"If what Yu Xiaogang says is correct, then this will be an enormous opportunity for Xiao San."
Unfortunately, Yun Yuan wasn't aware of Tang Hao's thoughts and decision.
Otherwise, his evaluation of Tang Hao would have dropped by another two levels.
If you could actually believe Gangzi's words, then you weren't much different from an idiot.
Now that Tang San's first soul ring has been decided...
Gangzi led Tang San through the Star Dou Great Forest in search of a four-hundred-year Solitary Bamboo.
Perhaps Gangzi and the Solitary Bamboo truly shared some kind of fate.
After only a little more than ten minutes, Gangzi found a Solitary Bamboo that was nearly four hundred years old.
"Xiao San, quickly! Cut it down. Your first soul ring has been found."
Pointing at the four-hundred-year Solitary Bamboo, Gangzi impatiently urged Tang San to cut it down and absorb its soul ring.
"Understood, Teacher."
Tang San softly acknowledged him before taking a sharp dagger out of his storage soul tool and slashing toward the four-hundred-year Solitary Bamboo.
A few minutes later...
A yellow soul ring appeared before Tang San.
Tang San sat down cross-legged and guided the yellow soul ring onto himself using the proper absorption method.
He then began refining the energy contained within the soul ring.
Several hours later...
After completely absorbing the four-hundred-year Solitary Bamboo's soul ring, Tang San slowly opened his eyes.
"Xiao San, how did it go? What soul skill did you obtain?"
Seeing Tang San awaken, Gangzi eagerly asked about his first soul skill.
Hearing the question, Tang San calmed his mind and sensed his newly acquired soul skill. The corners of his mouth twitched slightly.
His first soul skill was... surprisingly strange.
"Teacher, my first soul skill did indeed obtain the toughness characteristic you mentioned."
"But the actual effect of the soul skill is rather strange."
"My first soul skill is called 'Spider Emperor Five Consecutive Leaps.' After activating it, my eight spider legs become much more flexible, and my jumping ability increases dramatically."
"However... this seems to be an escape skill, not the control skill you described."
Tang San looked at Gangzi with a doubtful expression, wanting to see how he would explain it.
He was very dissatisfied with the effect of this soul skill.
Feeling Tang San's questioning gaze, Gangzi patted him on the shoulder and gave an awkward laugh.
"Haha, Xiao San, it doesn't matter if you didn't obtain a control soul skill."
"I think the effect of your first soul skill is actually quite good. With Spider Emperor Five Consecutive Leaps, soul masters of the same realm will basically be unable to catch you, allowing you to kite your enemies effectively."
"Overall, you've still gained quite a bit."
In Gangzi's opinion, this definitely wasn't a flaw in his theory. Tang San had simply been unlucky.
Deep down...
Gangzi was even thinking of having Tang San obtain another seven-hundred-year Solitary Bamboo soul ring as his second soul ring to prove that his theory was correct.
However, after seeing the doubt in Tang San's eyes...
Gangzi felt that he would have to make Tang San trust him even more in the future.
At this moment, behind Gangzi and Tang San...
"Spider Emperor Five Consecutive Leaps? How could it be such a useless soul skill?"
"This Yu Xiaogang's idea has truly harmed his student. No, once we return to Nuoding City, I need to give him a proper warning."
"I can't let him keep making Xiao San experiment with these strange soul rings. It'll only waste his precious soul ring slots."
Tang Hao cursed Gangzi several times in his heart.
Had he known this would happen, he never would have believed Yu Xiaogang.
Spider Emperor Five Consecutive Leaps? What use was such a soul skill?
He certainly didn't want Tang San to become a soul master who only knew how to run away.
Members of the Clear Sky Sect were meant to fight head-on until the very end.
Several days later...
Gangzi and Tang San returned to Nuoding City.
That very night, inside Gangzi's bedroom, he was just about to lie down and get some proper rest.
"Yu Xiaogang, come out here."
A domineering voice rang beside Gangzi's ears.
Gangzi was startled. His eyes darted frantically in every direction.
"Who? Who's pretending to be mysterious?!"
He was terrified. Could some powerful expert be here to take his life?
At this moment, his legs were already trembling uncontrollably.
"I'm waiting for you at the back mountain of Nuoding Academy. If you don't come, you'll bear the consequences."
Tang Hao's slightly threatening voice once again echoed beside Gangzi's ears.
Although terrified, Gangzi had no choice but to obey the mysterious expert's command and head toward the back mountain of Nuoding Academy.
At the back mountain...
Gangzi walked forward with weak, trembling legs.
Tang Hao, dressed in a black robe, leaped down from a tree.
Two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red soul ring rose one after another beneath his feet.
The moment Gangzi saw them, his legs gave out completely. He dropped to his knees, his entire body trembling.
"Your Excellency, please spare my life!"
End of Chapter
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