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Opening the door to the Soul Saint's small hut, the sonic waves from the mutated Evil Eye Demon Tree became even more ear-piercing, sounding like the shrieks of incompetent rage.
However, Xiao Lin ignored the tree completely.
As he stepped into the hut, he saw clouds of dust swirling toward him. Not wanting to breathe it in, he squinted and took a step back, waiting for the dust to settle back onto the ground before continuing inside.
Entering the hut, Xiao Lin realized the interior was extremely spartan.
Aside from a green single bed and a bedside cabinet, there was nothing else.
Xiao Lin even felt like joking that if it weren't for the dust, the room would look downright monotonous. After confirming several times that there didn't seem to be anything else hidden around, Xiao Lin finally approached the bed.
Seeing the unpainted, slightly rotting bedside cabinet, his expectations dropped significantly. It seemed this Soul Saint had been a bitter cultivator who didn't care for material comforts.
Still, even a bitter-cultivating Soul Saint should be richer than them, right?!
Carrying this hope, Xiao Lin pulled open the drawer of the cabinet. Instantly, the scent of rot from the decaying wood flooded his nostrils. Mixed with the smell of dust, the stench was so foul that Xiao Lin nearly sneezed and gagged on the spot.
Suppressing his nausea, he looked closely and saw that there was only a single book and a pen inside the drawer. He pulled the drawer completely out of the cabinet to check for hidden compartments, but finding none, he grew even more disappointed.
Could a grand Soul Saint really only have this one book?
After discarding the cabinet, Xiao Lin turned his attention to the bed, which was already overgrown with moss. He violently flipped the wooden bed over, but when nothing appeared, the last spark of desire in his heart was extinguished.
Only this book was useful? Was he really a grand Soul Saint?
"Speaking of which, where is this Soul Saint's grave? His treasures should be there, right?"
The wicked thought of grave robbing flashed through Xiao Lin's mind.
He shook his head to suppress the idea and walked out of the hut. Seeing the Evil Eye Demon Tree still throwing a fit, he cast a disdainful look at it and walked straight out of the cave.
At this time, Tang San was still sitting cross-legged on the patch of Blue Silver Grass, his brows furrowed and eyes tightly shut as he continued to struggle against the tree's sonic control.
Xiao Lin naturally wouldn't disturb Tang San's chance for a breakthrough, so he walked to a distant patch of grass and sat down.
After pulling a few blades of Blue Silver Grass to wipe the book clean, Xiao Lin flipped to the first page.
Boy, greetings. Seeing my words is like meeting me in person. I am from Soul Elder Village... well, it should be Holy Spirit Village now.
I am the Holy Spirit Village's Soul Saint, Terand. Since you were able to find my book, you must also be a person of Holy Spirit Village. If you want treasures, you must acknowledge me as your Master.
Xiao Lin's eyes lit up.
So there were treasures elsewhere?
Acknowledge a corpse as his Master? Xiao Lin wouldn't do that—unless the corpse actually had something to teach him.
He continued reading, and as he went on, joy filled his heart.
It turned out this Soul Saint was originally a native of Holy Spirit Village, but his Martial Soul had awakened as an Evil Eye Demon Tree. He had gone to the Spirit Hall in Fasinuo Province and joined the local branch.
However, this Soul Saint's Innate Soul Power was only Rank 6. In those days, only geniuses with Innate Full Soul Power had the potential to strive for Super Douluo, while Innate Rank 9 meant a Titled Douluo...
Following that logic, this Soul Saint should have struggled even to break through to Soul Emperor, even if the quality of the Evil Eye Demon Tree Martial Soul was decent.
But this Soul Saint was very hardworking and quite lucky.
When he obtained his sixth soul ring, he also acquired a ten-thousand-year-old skull bone: the Soul's Mimicry Soul Bone.
The soul bone skill was "Mimicry," which greatly enhanced the control abilities of the Evil Eye Demon Tree and allowed the user to simulate their own aura.
Seeing this, Xiao Lin finally understood why the mutated Evil Eye Demon Tree in the cave could release Mental Paralysis at will. It used the vines to mimic its own tree hollows, thereby releasing the skill.
A ten-thousand-year spirit-type skull bone was already no weaker than other fifty-thousand-year soul bones (excluding the torso bone). The high quality and excellent skill of this soul bone made Xiao Lin quite excited.
If he could fuse it with that low-quality External Soul Bone he held to give it growth attributes, the possibilities would be unimaginable. Unfortunately, the power of that low-quality External Soul Bone was somewhat evil, with too many side effects.
Xiao Lin continued reading the story.
After absorbing the soul bone, the Soul Saint reached Rank 62.
With more effort, he reached Rank 63 but then hit a wall. He then began researching his soul bone skill, Soul's Mimicry.
Relying on this skill to simulate the aura of his own Martial Soul, he entered the Mixed Zone of the Star Dou Forest, and not a single soul beast noticed anything was wrong.
Even powerful soul beasts didn't attack him.
Eventually, he reached the edge of the Core Zone, where he encountered a true ten-thousand-year Evil Eye Demon Tree. That tree was surrounded by corrosive gas, but within that gas grew a yellow spirit herb.
The ten-thousand-year tree was protecting it.
Following that, he successfully relied on his escaping skills to snatch the herb. He ate the herb and also obtained its seeds. By the time he escaped the forest, he had fully absorbed the herb; his Martial Soul had mutated and gained a sonic control ability.
According to the book, the Soul Saint's mimicry ability was so effective that even ten-thousand-year soul beasts couldn't detect any issues, allowing him to sneak into the Core Zone.
It was a truly excellent soul skill.
Unfortunately for Xiao Lin, it didn't provide much of a combat boost unless the soul bone had growth potential.
Now, Xiao Lin was more interested in that spirit herb. Although he might encounter Immortal Herbs in the future, it seemed a person could only take one.
Xiao Lin didn't think he could eat several; he only talked about it. But regarding the Soul Saint's seeds, he felt he could let Tang San see if they could cultivate a few more to absorb and evolve their Martial Souls.
By now, Xiao Lin regretted that he had read too few books. The collection in Nuoding City was simply not enough. If he went to the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy in the future, he vowed to read every book he was interested in.
Xiao Lin swore this to himself and continued reading.
He discovered that after becoming a Soul Saint, the man found it difficult to level up again and tried to enter the Star Dou Forest once more.
This time, however, he was beaten half to death and had to flee in disgrace. According to the book, all soul beasts in the Mixed Zone would go into a frenzy and attack him the moment they saw his simulated Evil Eye Demon Tree.
In the end, realizing there was no hope for a breakthrough, the Soul Saint returned to Holy Spirit Village to retire. He tried planting the yellow spirit herb seeds, but unfortunately, he never managed to cultivate a special herb.
Thus, in the end, this Holy Spirit Village Soul Saint only left behind a ten-thousand-year skull bone and the spirit herb seeds. As for where he had taken the seeds, the book didn't say yet.
At that moment, Tang San finally broke through to the Four-Aperture Constant Heart.
As the surrounding Blue Silver Grass swayed gently in cheer, Tang San slowly opened his eyes. Seeing Xiao Lin holding a tattered book and lost in thought, he quickly asked:
"Brother Lin, what are you reading?"
"Nothing much, just a diary written by a Soul Saint."
Xiao Lin tossed the book to Tang San and recounted everything he had read.
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