Chapter 1 How Should Blue Silver Grass Be Cultivated?
"You dare publicly question my Martial Soul theory?"
"How could my Martial Soul theory be wrong?"
"Blue Silver Grass follows the control system, with a clear positioning and cultivation path. Yet you dare to deviate from the mainstream and try to go for the life system? Go for it then, but please don't be misleading people here!"
Grandmaster stood behind his desk, his expression furious, panting heavily, his voice almost out of control as he roared.
Before him stood two young men.
One of them was Tang San.
Tang San's expression was solemn, his brows furrowed.
His gaze shifted back and forth between Grandmaster and the young man beside him.
This young man bore a resemblance to Tang San in some ways, but possessed a sharper, more piercing edge. He was Tang Chuan—Tang San's older brother.
As a transmigrator, Tang Chuan was well-versed in the original work and naturally knew that Blue Silver Grass's greatest potential lay in its vitality. However, that idiot Yu Xiaogang had instructed Tang San to develop it into a control system and add useless spirit ring skills to Blue Silver Grass.
Just like Blue Silver Grass's first spirit skill—Entangle!
The second soul skill – Parasite!
The third soul skill – Spider Web Binding!
The fourth soul skill – Blue Silver Cage!
These control-type soul ring skills are completely unnecessary for the Blue Silver Grass martial soul!
Why do I say that?
As a plant-type martial soul, Blue Silver Grass is already capable of entanglement, control, and binding. Adding control-type soul ring skills is just redundant, isn't it?
Everyone on the Douluo Continent knows that Blue Silver Grass has strong vitality.
As the saying goes, "Wildfire cannot burn it out, the spring breeze blows and it grows again."
Why not cultivate the strongest life-type martial soul instead of a control-type one? Besides that idiot Yu Xiaogang, you probably can't find another person on the entire continent who would come up with such a thing.
In the original story, it was precisely because of Yu Xiaogang's foolish commands that Tang San's Blue Silver Grass martial soul wasted many soul ring slots in the early stages.
Yu Xiaogang said that Blue Silver Grass has no offensive power if it doesn't have the poison attribute.
An ancient saying goes, "Grass, trees, bamboo, and stones can all be swords; even flying flowers and fallen leaves can injure!"
As long as the quality and soul power level of a martial soul are high enough, it will inevitably possess extremely strong offensive power, just like Chrysanthemum Douluo's martial soul, the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum, which is also a plant-type martial soul!
At this moment, Tang Chuan was very clear that Yu Xiaogang's method for cultivating the Blue Silver Grass martial soul was completely wrong, even utterly wrong.
Therefore, he would absolutely not cultivate according to Yu Xiaogang's theory.
At the height of his excitement, the Grandmaster pulled a tattered notebook from the bookshelf and exclaimed,
"One of the ten core competitive theories of the Spirit World that I've researched is that plant-type spirit souls aren't necessarily unable to absorb animal-type spirit rings!"
He then looked up at Tang San, his tone incredibly serious:
"Blue Silver Grass itself possesses a certain resilience, and snake-type spirit beasts happen to have characteristics like binding and venom. Therefore, our primary target in this trip to the Spirit Hunting Forest is a snake-type spirit beast that's over a hundred years old. If we successfully hunt it down, Tang San will obtain an excellent control-type spirit skill, which will perfectly align with the Blue Silver Grass's cultivation path!"
But before he could finish speaking, Tang Chuan sneered, retorting without mercy:
"Grandmaster, I agree that plant-type spirit souls aren't necessarily unable to absorb animal spirit rings. But I'd like to ask—plant-type spirit beasts also possess resilience and venom, so why do you insist on choosing snake-type spirit rings instead of plant-type spirit beast spirit rings?"
"Since you say that Blue Silver Grass is a plant, instead of forcibly applying the logic of animal soul beasts, why not let it follow the path that truly belongs to plants? For example, Poison Ivy, Man-eating Flower, Poisonous Thorn... Aren't they all naturally poisonous, extremely resilient, and even their active attack capabilities are no less than those of snakes?" Upon hearing this, the master's expression froze, his lips twitching. Clearly, he couldn't find a rebuttal. He remained silent for a moment, a flash of annoyance in his eyes, and impatiently waved his hand, saying,
"What do you, a child of a few years old, know? The coiling ability of snake-type soul beasts has been proven effective by countless soul masters. Based on my years of experience, if Xiao San absorbs a snake-type soul ring, he will definitely gain a coiling soul skill. This is far more practical than your wild imagination."
After hearing the master's explanation, Tang Chuan didn't say anything more. He simply slowly raised his right hand, his fingers slightly spread, and his soul power rippled slightly in his palm.
Accompanied by a faint blue halo, a small blue-green grass sprouted from his palm—the tender yet tenacious Blue Silver Grass.
It carried a supple and vibrant life force, stretching out quietly like a small emerald snake, and in the blink of an eye, it had already silently coiled around the master's arm.
The vines wound around his fingers, moving slowly yet as if alive, without any aggression, and before he knew it, they had tightly wrapped around the master's sleeve.
"Master," Tang Chuan said calmly, "how do you feel now?"
The master subconsciously looked down at his arm, tightly bound by the Blue Silver Grass, his brow furrowing, his face full of confusion.
"What do you want to do?" His tone was tinged with wariness and bewilderment.
Tang Chuan, however, remained expressionless and said, "Do you see any sign that I'm using a soul skill?"
"Hmm?" The master was slightly taken aback, then realized what he meant, his pupils contracting slightly. "You mean..."
"Yes." Tang Chuan interrupted him directly, his tone filled with undisguised sarcasm, saying, "Blue Silver Grass is naturally capable of binding; it's an innate ability, not something activated through soul skills. Without using any soul skills, it can already perform basic binding and binding." "
Then, Master, if you insist on adding another binding soul skill to it, isn't that pointless and redundant?"
"That's why I say Blue Silver Grass should absorb a plant-type soul ring and become a life-type!"
The office fell silent after Tang Chuan finished speaking. The
master's face turned extremely ugly, the muscles around his eyes twitching slightly, and his forehead throbbing. He was speechless for a moment, both ashamed and angry, yet unable to refute Tang Chuan.
After a moment, the master's face flushed red, he was panting heavily, and his emotions completely erupted.
His own martial soul theory was refuted on the spot by a child of only a few years old, leaving him utterly humiliated. If he didn't suppress this incident, how could he teach Tang San in the future?
"You—you're utterly arrogant! You're spouting nonsense!"
Grandmaster slammed his fist on the table, pointing at Tang Chuan and roaring, "You're just a little kid! A mere Soul Master without even a Soul Ring! What right do you have to question my martial soul theory, which I've researched for decades? What do you know about martial souls? What do you know about control?!" "
You're just a brat with a Blue Silver Grass martial soul and only level one innate soul power. Do you think that just because you've read a few books and have a silver tongue, you can negate the experience of the entire Soul Master world?!"
Tang San's innate full soul power was cultivated through the Mysterious Heaven Technique.
Tang Chuan's Blue Silver Grass martial soul is somewhat similar to Grandmaster's Luo Sanpao martial soul; it's a flawed product of a top-tier martial soul, not fully developed.
It needs to awaken under specific conditions to unleash its true power.
Therefore, his innate soul power is only level one!
(End of Chapter)