Chapter 806: A Chance Encounter
In the street in front of the Rose Hotel entrance, most of the crowd had moved some distance away, but hadn't gone far, watching the spectacle from nearby.
Obviously, these people were already accustomed to such events happening.
"Another conflict between soul masters?"
"Isn't that Dai?"
"His two twin girlfriends are there too."
"The other two soul masters look young, a male and a female. It seems they're trying to seize the room Dai had booked."
"Although Dai is a bit of a player, the room was reserved by him in advance, so that man and woman are being somewhat unreasonable."
"Soul masters have it easy, being able to get a room at just eleven or twelve years old."
"Hush~ That's a soul master!"
Most of the residents of Suoto City knew Dai Mubai, so they could roughly guess the reason behind this conflict.
Even though Dai Mubai didn't have the best reputation, fortunately, he was wealthy, and since the rooms at the Rose Hotel were most likely pre-booked by him, public opinion leaned towards Dai Mubai.
Dai Mubai naturally heard the gossip from the nearby residents, but fortunately, it was in his favor. A wicked smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: "If you surrender now, it's still in time. Otherwise, when I beat you to the ground later, it'll be even more embarrassing."
At this moment, Dai Mubai even liked the rule of [not damaging civilian property······].
Tang San said coldly: "Please enlighten me."
Two yellow soul rings appeared around him, and the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul surprised Dai Mubai a bit: "Such a useless martial soul can also be cultivated? I suppose you've read something by that Mind Monkey fellow."
Clearly, Dai Mubai hadn't read Mind Monkey's theories.
Usually, he was busy with his affairs and had no time for reading.
Moreover, being born in the Xingluo Empire's royal family, he had centuries of accumulation regarding what kind of soul rings his martial soul required at each stage, which seemed more practical than any theory by that Mind Monkey fellow.
After all, he didn't believe Mind Monkey's theories could provide him with any substantial help.
"Sorry, I've never read Mind Monkey's books, just heard about his reputation from others." Tang San was somewhat unhappy with Dai Mubai's assumption that his current achievements were due to Mind Monkey's works. Coupled with the surrounding civilians' opinions leaning towards Dai Mubai, he was a bit annoyed, contemplating whether to use unconventional methods later.
Having reached the rank of Grand Soul Master, he had already determined that Soul Power was equivalent to Inner Strength, just a different term.
The opponent was a Soul Elder, with thicker Soul Power and the added skills from soul rings. Without using unconventional methods, winning was indeed difficult.
But using unconventional methods would likely result in killing the opponent, yet under the watchful eyes of the crowd—
It was rather challenging.
The two finally clashed, and the battle between Blue Silver Grass and the White Tiger Martial Soul opened the nearby civilians' eyes, yet the Blue Silver Grass being such a useless martial soul was ultimately too flimsy. Even if it was poisonous, it was difficult to affect the White Tiger Martial Soul.
But Tang San mostly didn't rely on Blue Silver Grass's soul skills for effect, only hoping its soul skills could bind the enemy for a few seconds, giving him a chance to use various self-created soul skills.
The Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track moved like a specter, the Mysterious Jade Hand providing some defense, Controlling Crane and Catching Dragon allowing him to use Soul Power to move objects at a distance. He could indeed hold his own against Dai Mubai. SamplefromMyVirtualLibraryEmpire—readmoreonM&VLEMPY&R.
Among the crowd, a blue-clad girl looked at Tang San's Blue Silver Grass, her brow furrowed, saying: "He should be Tang San, right? According to Grandpa Jack, since returning to the village from Nuoding Academy in his first year and finding his father gone, he never went back again and has always stayed at the school to study······"
The girl was Wu Youyou. There wasn't much to say about Tang San in that regard; after all, when the only family member at home disappeared, it was understandable not wanting to return home to avoid dwelling on it.
But regarding the cultivation of Blue Silver Grass—
Why add animal-type soul rings to Blue Silver Grass? And they're poisonous······
Unless the quality of the soul rings is extremely high, this would completely suppress the evolution of Blue Silver Grass, though it provides powerful soul skills temporarily, it's of no benefit to future development.
Most ordinary soul masters have few choices; it's best to have a strong offensive soul skill at the start for self-defense. But it's said Tang San was taught by a "master" at Nuoding Academy, along with his own "Innate Full Spirit Power" potential, he shouldn't be unable to protect himself early on, right?
Moreover, the characteristic of Blue Silver Grass is its tenacity, why not develop it in the auxiliary direction?
Even though her Blue Silver Grass also has powerful attacking abilities, her soul rings all come from Blue Silver Grass plant-type soul beasts, equivalent to her martial soul's origin.
They provide her with strong offensive soul skills while also enhancing her martial soul's origin, allowing it to slowly evolve.
Combined with the Soul Power rotation method taught by Sun Ming, she reached forty-nine levels of Soul Power by the age of twelve and even possessed a ten-thousand-year soul ring.
"If Tang San's Blue Silver Grass adds a poisonous soul ring again, it would probably only last up to the sixth ring; any more, and it would collapse," Wu Youyou thought to herself, shaking her head as she watched Tang San's entanglement and parasitic soul skills continuously being shattered by Dai Mubai.
To be honest, this time she only returned home to visit old Jack and help out her hometown folks, not expecting to meet fellow villagers on the way back, and certainly not expecting that these villagers would walk into a path of error.
Not mentioning the martial soul cultivation, just the conflict with Dai Mubai, from the nearby residents' words, Wu Youyou roughly deduced that the fault lay with Tang San and his female companion.
After all, the room at the Rose Hotel was indeed reserved by Dai Mubai first, wasn't it his right not to give it up?
Moreover, Tang San actually wanted to stay with a girl about her age in a couple's hotel like the Rose Hotel... Truly fallen.
Soon enough, the confrontation ended, Dai Mubai voluntarily stopped, as if he had guessed something, generously giving the room to Tang San and Xiao Wu, while he left with his arms around that pair of seductive twins.
"Not a good person either."
Wu Youyou glanced at the departing Dai Mubai, then stopped Tang San and Xiao Wu, who intended to enter the Rose Hotel, planning to correct Tang San, after all, they were fellow villagers. She said, "Tang San, six years no see, you are already a Soul Grandmaster now."
"Who are you?"
Tang San turned around, seeing it was a stranger of a woman, her looks quite decent but not comparable to Xiao Wu, though her figure was rather elegant. Most notably, though the blue dress she wore was plain and ordinary people might not notice, to someone well-versed in materials related to soul beasts like him, he recognized it as a fabric made from Ice Silkworm Silk, extremely precious, with a mild dust-repelling effect.
At least, the identity of this person before him was not simple!
But he truly did not recognize her.
"Of course, it's been six years. It's normal for you to forget a girl like me with no talent... I'm the child who awakened the same martial soul as you in the same village, also Blue Silver Grass, except I wasn't detected with soul power back then," Wu Youyou gave a hint, wanting to see if Tang San really forgot about their hometown.
At least, she still remembers the names and martial souls of her peers who awakened martial souls in the same batch with her.
"Brother San, is she your fellow villager?" Xiao Wu scrutinized Wu Youyou, sniffing the air as she detected a similar scent on Wu Youyou, much like that of Tang San, though seemingly even more appetizing.
Also a Blue Silver Grass martial soul?
Tang San recalled the kids his age from Holy Spirit Village... Though he wasn't familiar with those kids, the crucial memory of martial soul awakening was not forgotten. He immediately thought of a girl whose life was even more pitiful than his.
"Wu Youyou?"
"It's me," Wu Youyou smiled slightly, "Thankfully, I met Master Xin Yuan back then, which changed my fate, otherwise I wouldn't have met you here."
"Oh."
Tang San nodded slowly, only feeling that it was a premeditated story, as according to his teacher's speculation, Wu Youyou possessed Innate Full Spirit Power and was also a twin martial soul.
A useless martial soul like Blue Silver Grass could not possibly have spirit power.
But he did not expose her, after all, he himself was a twin martial soul, needing to keep it hidden... However, in his heart, he felt a kind of 'same boat of misfortune' empathy with Wu Youyou.
Moreover, Wu Youyou's name also contained the character "Wu."
Could it be, he has a destiny with "Wu"?
"I wonder what you're doing in this small city?" Tang San knew that Suoto City was just a small city, and why Wu Youyou, as a student of Ming Lun Academy, would come here?
"Returning home to visit relatives, just passed by here on the way back," Wu Youyou explained, then scrutinized Tang San, "I heard from Grandfather Jack, you haven't returned for five years... Your home, the villagers take turns helping to clean it every year."
Tang San was silent for a while, finally speaking, "I may never return to Holy Spirit Village, there are no more relatives there, and soul masters and ordinary people are ultimately two different classes."
Wu Youyou frowned and said, "That's not right, most of what we eat and use are provided by ordinary people, don't use excuses like 'spending money to buy'... this is your mentality issue."
Tang San insisted, "At least in terms of power, soul masters far surpass ordinary people, it's better to avoid contact."
"Don't soul masters and ordinary people bear children? From this point of view, the essence of life between the two is no different," Wu Youyou sighed, feeling a deeper rift has formed between her and this fellow villager.
But she wasn't too upset, isn't this the case for most soul masters?
This was what showcased Sun Ming's greatness!
At this moment, seeing the change in her fellow villager, Wu Youyou deeply felt her luck, not having become the type of person she loathed.
As for Tang San, Wu Youyou thought she might be able to change him.
After all, the other party was just a twelve-year-old child.
Even if more mature, how could he compare to her, who is often taught by Sun Ming?
"Are you here in Suoto City to join some academy?"