Compared to three months ago when he had just begun,after his physique had undergone some initial development, Nangong Lingyun's current training regimen had not only become more varied but also increasingly intense.
Just the strength training alone had been split into seven different sets of exercises based on the seven major muscle groups of the human body.
Chest, back, legs, abs, arms, shoulders, and neck—each had their own custom-designed exercises and specialized equipment.
Even non-core muscles like fingers and feet weren't spared.
In addition to strength, he also had to do balance training, endurance training, combat training, tactical movement training, weapon skills training, and more.
Angel Yan could extract every last bit of strength from each of his muscles with terrifying precision,yet without causing the slightest damage to his body or potential.
As a teacher, she couldn't be more competent—so competent it was downright demonic.
Xiao Wu didn't have a true body martial soul, nor did she possess the life attribute or an invincible physical body,so she didn't need to push herself to such extremes like Nangong Lingyun.
But after witnessing his insane training routine,she was so shocked that she stopped complaining or making excuses altogether.
Meanwhile...
Outside the Junior Soul Hunting Forest,after being treated by support-type soul masters and resting at an inn for the night, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang finally set out on their journey back.
This soul-hunting experience had clearly left a deep impression on both of them.If Tang San hadn't suddenly erupted with strength at the last moment, they'd likely have become snake food for that Sawtooth Viper. Grandmaster had even lost a leg.
So the moment they got in the carriage, they eagerly began discussing.
Yu Xiaogang asked with a complicated expression:
"I didn't get to ask yesterday. What's your first soul skill? Did your martial soul change? If so, how exactly?"
"Teacher,"Tang San replied, **"on the way back last night, I tested it on some weaker ten-year soul beasts.You were right. The Blue Silver Grass did absorb part of the Sawtooth Viper's poison.But it doesn't seem very lethal or damaging anymore.It lost its blood-corroding, soul-force-eroding, and rapid-spread-through-blood features—only a mild paralysis effect remains.
However, its toughness and strength have significantly increased.
It used to only lift about fifty pounds before snapping,but now it can lift up to 150 pounds. That's three times more than before attaching the soul ring,and it's barely capable of being used for control now.
As for the first soul skill, I call it Pierce—Blue Silver Pierce.
It allows me to shoot out the Blue Silver Grass in a sudden thrust like the Sawtooth Viper's attack."**
Tang San's face was full of respect,his bright eyes practically sparkling like stars.
If before, he had only thought this master seemed like a reclusive expert...
Then now, after successfully letting a plant martial soul absorb an animal soul ring, thus proving a brand-new theory and gaining a "decent" soul skill,he was absolutely convinced—his teacher was a true hidden sage.
As he spoke, he demonstrated his martial soul.Several strands of Blue Silver Grass surged out of his palm, coiling and swaying in the air like venomous snakes.
Dark blue leaves with brownish patterns resembling the Sawtooth Viper's scales,wider than before—two or three times the width, with thicker vines and stems.
Tang San's face was filled with excitement.
Last night, he hadn't just acquired a "perfect" soul ring with a near-theoretical limit for age, giving his trash martial soul some real usefulness—even more importantly, he had also broken through the bottleneck of Xuan Tian Skill, entering the second level.
Meanwhile, across from him...
Yu Xiaogang was utterly dumbfounded by what his student just said.
The Sawtooth Viper's only decent trait was its poison. Its physical attributes, like all animal soul beasts, were average at best.
And now Tang San was telling him that the soul ring didn't give him any potent poison at all, but instead boosted his martial soul's toughness and strength?
That's like telling a joke to your wife and she doesn't laugh—but there's laughter coming from the closet, behind the curtains, and under the bed.This wasn't just strange—it was utterly absurd.
Even though he had countless doubts and couldn't wrap his head around what was going on...
Yu Xiaogang still reached out to pat Tang San's head and said with great excitement:
"Good! I'm so glad you succeeded. It makes all my teaching worth it—even losing a leg.Looks like my research and judgment were spot on.Plant martial souls can absorb animal soul rings!"
His real goal was simply to fool Tang San into worshipping him like a god, filled with gratitude.
Now that he'd accidentally hit the bullseye, he didn't give a damn about the how.
…
After an excited back-and-forth,
Tang San suddenly asked:
"By the way, teacher, do you think it's possible for someone else's martial soul to summon Blue Silver Grass in an attack, if they attach a Blue Silver Grass soul ring?"
He still remembered getting wrecked by Nangong Lingyun.
He had meant to ask that very night,but Grandmaster had filled his head with dreams of a "bright" future so thoroughly he totally forgot.
Just as Tang San finished asking, Yu Xiaogang vigorously waved his hand.
"Impossible. Absolutely impossible.Once a martial soul receives a soul ring, the resulting skill has to go through a unique mutation process.Even if two martial souls use the same soul ring, the resulting skills are completely different.Unless his martial soul is Blue Silver Grass, he'll only get a hybrid skill with both his martial soul and Blue Silver Grass characteristics."
"But, Nangong Lingyun's martial soul is himself. His first soul skill is literally summoning Blue Silver Grass to attack."
Yu Xiaogang: "..."
Grandmaster was stunned once again.
This time, he hadn't been bluffing. That's literally what the Martial Soul Hall's ancient records said.
After frowning for a moment, he suddenly lit up:
**"Now that you mention it, I do recall that there are certain rare martial souls capable of summoning other soul beasts to attack.They're called summoning-type, one of the ten main martial soul categories.But they're even rarer than food-type martial souls.
Xiao San, tell me everything you know about Nangong Lingyun's martial soul."**
Tang San didn't hesitate and spilled everything like beans from a broken jar.
Halfway through, Yu Xiaogang stood up in shock, his face full of anguish.
"What?! You're saying Nangong Lingyun is also innately full of soul power?Then it sounds like he's not so different from you—he has twin martial souls.His other martial soul is either a mutated, powerful Blue Silver Grass, or a summoning-type as we just mentioned.Either way, it won't be weak!"
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