Chapter 39: The Choice of the Second Soul Ring (Part 1)

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After the New Year, Tang San and Xiao Wu stayed in Holy Soul Village for seven or eight days before bidding farewell to Old Jack and preparing to return to Nuoding City.

  Old Jack sent Tang San and Xiao Wu to the entrance of the village. The children of the village also followed, hoping that Tang San and Xiao Wu would still bring them to play and tell them stories in the future.

  After returning to Nuoding City, Tang San and Xiao Wu went to the academy to report, then went to the Spirit Hall and resumed their usual training.

  However, Wang Sheng submitted an application to Nuoding Academy for early graduation. He prepared to join the Spirit Hall and start from the bottom as a patrolman, working his way up.

  The graduation requirements for the primary academy were very simple. One could apply for graduation after obtaining a soul ring and becoming a Spirit Master. The teachers of the academy wouldn't insist on keeping them.

  "Wang Sheng, don't forget to come to me to check your martial soul and body during your spare time, and also to train your first soul skill. If I really research the real method of blood and qi cultivation, it will be beneficial to you." Tang San said to Wang Sheng, who was about to go out for his first patrol mission.

  "Third Brother's orders are my command." Wang Sheng pretended to cup his hands in greeting. "Even if I have to take a leave of absence, I'll come over."

  "There's no need for that. Just come over when you have time." Tang San smiled and patted his shoulder. "Go on. Don't be late for your first patrol mission."

  "Yes."

  Wang Sheng nodded and followed Su Yuntao to the Spirit Hall's patrol team.

  Tang San also told Matthew Nuo that he had reached level twenty and was preparing to hunt soul beasts.

  "Level twenty?" Matthew Nuo was shocked. "Seven years old, level twenty. Xiao Tang, you're a true genius. There's no one before you, and there might not be anyone after you."

  "Grandpa Matthew Nuo, I just cultivated faster in the early stages. As a Spirit Master's level increases, the soul power required for each level increases. It will be slower to improve in the future." Tang San said modestly.

  "Do you need Grandpa to accompany you this time?" Matthew Nuo was used to Tang San's modesty and asked about hunting soul beasts.

  "No need, Grandpa Matthew Nuo. As you know, I usually spar with Tao Ge and Sisi. My strength is not bad. I can easily deal with century-old soul beasts." Tang San smiled. "Moreover, this time, I also want to prove another theory of mine. I can write a second theory paper then."

  "Speaking of theories, I've already sent your last theory to Spirit City. It's estimated that it can be published in the Spirit Hall's newspaper in February this year." Matthew Nuo mentioned Tang San's previous theory paper that accurately analyzed and positioned Spirit Masters. "You might think it's a bit late, but the Spirit City receives a lot of external Spirit Master theory reports almost every year. They're all written by Spirit Masters whose soul power level can't be improved anymore, but they still want to become famous. The sorting staff there needs time to distinguish which theories are acceptable and which are not. It takes a lot of time."

  "I understand, Grandpa Matthew Nuo."

  Tang San believed that his paper would definitely be recognized and published in the Spirit Hall's newspaper.

  After that, Tang San spent three days preparing for hunting soul beasts. He carried a large bag and prepared to go to Balak Forest to hunt for soul beasts that suited him.

  Balak Forest was also a hunting soul forest. It was located in the Balak Kingdom. Unlike other hunting soul forests, there were very few animal soul beasts in this forest. Most of them were plant soul beasts.

  Moreover, in the Balak Kingdom, there were more people whose martial souls were plants. There was also a senior Spirit Master Academy: Botonic Academy.

  Other than that, the most famous one was Balak Academy.

  However, Tang San wasn't interested in Plant Academy and Balak Academy. At most, he would consider them as backup academies for the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament in the future.

  When Xiao Wu learned that Tang San was going to hunt soul beasts, she also prepared to follow along for the fun.

  During the vacation, Xiao Wu cultivated her soul power hard besides playing. She had reached level eighteen. She should be able to reach level twenty before the end of the first year.

  "It seems that you've been cultivating hard. Your soul power is increasing quite quickly. As expected of someone with innate full soul power." Tang San praised her.

  "Even if it's fast, it's still two levels lower than yours." Xiao Wu snorted and followed Tang San onto the carriage to the Barak Kingdom. "Are you going to hunt plant-type soul beasts?"

  "Yes, mainly to improve the life attribute of my martial soul. Secondarily, it's to make my Blue Silver Grass more resilient. Thirdly, it's to give my Blue Silver Grass a better enhancement skill that can comprehensively improve a Spirit Master's attack, defense, speed, attributes, and so on." Tang San had some basic requirements for his second soul ring.

  "Enhancement skill? You want one soul skill to surpass the enhancement ability of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's three or four soul rings?" Xiao Wu was surprised. After spending a long time with Tang San, she had also learned about the abilities of some soul skills.

  Among them, there was a very rare type of enhancement soul skill that could grow in percentage form. It could increase the enhancement percentage as the Spirit Master's cultivation level increased, but the soul power consumed wouldn't increase.

  This was the horror of this type of enhancement skill. It was also the reason why the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul could only be cultivated to the Soul Saint level, but Spirit Masters with this martial soul could establish sects and develop into one of the three upper sects.

  As for other attack-type and defense-type soul skills, they could only rely on increasing the amount of soul power input to increase the power of the soul skills.

  "There's nothing wrong with that." Tang San said, "My Blue Silver Grass martial soul can't release energy, but as a plant, how do you think I should use enhancement-type soul skills?"

  Xiao Wu knew that Tang San was testing her, so she thought for a while, stretched out a finger, and said, "I know. You can eat them!"

  As a rabbit, it was very normal to think of eating grass.

  Therefore, Tang San didn't expect Xiao Wu to be able to answer completely correctly, but this answer was considered close.

  "Not entirely right."

  Tang San smiled and said, "Although Blue Silver Grass can indeed be eaten, it doesn't taste very good. It's more suitable for making tea... Think again. What parts of a plant can be eaten?"

  "Edible parts?" Xiao Wu thought for a while and said, "I've eaten carrots and sweet potatoes in the academy's cafeteria. You said that they're the roots of plants, so roots can be eaten. Then, green leaves can be eaten, but judging from your expression, you shouldn't be eating Blue Silver Grass leaves. So, that leaves only fruits."

  "It's fruits, right?"

  Tang San nodded and said, "That's right. It's indeed fruits. Blue Silver Grass can also flower and bear fruit, but the flowers and fruits are very small, even smaller than sesame seeds. If you don't pay attention, you won't be able to see them at all. It's precisely because the seeds are small that they can grow anywhere as long as there's water, a suitable temperature, and a place to take root."

  "My requirements for my second soul ring, other than strengthening its original characteristics, are to give my Blue Silver Grass the ability to produce seeds. The way to enhance Spirit Masters is to let them inhale those invisible seeds, thus expanding the enhancement."

  "This form is much more concealed than the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's enhancement."

  "The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's enhancement, or rather, most soul skills that can enhance Spirit Masters, are cast in the form of light. In other words, the martial soul releases a light that shines on the Spirit Master. This is too conspicuous. As long as the enemy isn't blind, they will understand that the other party has been enhanced."

  "But if I can enhance my companions with seeds that are invisible to the naked eye, wouldn't that make it so that the enemy wouldn't understand why we suddenly became stronger?"

  　In order to serve the plot: Plant Academy is set in the Balak Kingdom.

  　Of course, it can also be said that there is more than one Botonic Academy.

  　After all, there are a total of more than a hundred senior academies in the original book. Only a few of them are named, so it's fine to add them as needed.