Douluo: Martial Soul Research Diary

Chapter 6 Soul Ring Selection
Han Tao's eyes lit up.

Principal Su's words were a reminder to him.

Teacher Li's leave of absence means that he is not under his jurisdiction during the leave period, so school rules do not need to be considered.

A family member's illness means he desperately needs money, and he can use the reward money to ask Teacher Li for help.

Asking Teacher Li for help with a fee means that the two have an employment relationship, not a teacher-student relationship. Even if this gets out, it will not violate the school's rules.

This also means that Han Tao and Teacher Li have reached an agreement that there will be no negative impact on Notting Junior Soul Master Academy.

Actually, the last time Yu Xiaogang took Tang San to hunt for a spirit ring was an exception, which was a violation of school rules.

However, since Yu Xiaogang had the Pope's decree, Principal Su couldn't do anything about him.

Privilege itself is a violation of the rules.

Teacher Li's real name is Li Gang. He is a level 34 Soul Master. His Martial Soul is a huge axe, which looks very fierce from a distance.

When Han Tao found him, he was packing his bags in his office, his movements were somewhat hurried, and there was a trace of worry between his brows.

"Teacher Li!"

Han Tao called out, "Can you do me a favor?"

Seeing Han Tao approach, Li Gang tried to smile, but his bitter mood made his expression somewhat awkward.

"what's up?"

"Could you help me hunt for a spirit ring?"

Upon hearing Han Tao's words, Li Gang frowned, clearly indicating that he did not want to agree to Han Tao's request.

Just as Li Gang was about to refuse, Han Tao's urgent voice came.

"Teacher Li, Teacher Li, I know your family member is sick."

"So I want your help to hunt down a spirit ring with healing effects, so I can help cure your family's illness."

The best way to ask for help from others is to align your interests with theirs. Han Tao is poor and can't afford the gold coins that Teacher Li would spend to hunt for spirit rings.

Li Gang did not agree, but looked at Han Tao's face very seriously.

"You're planning to choose a healing-type spirit ring for your first one?"

"Do you know that this means you'll have absolutely no combat ability at the Soul Master stage?"

Han Tao nodded solemnly, choosing a healing spirit ring was his selection strategy.

However, he was still afraid that Li Gang would refuse, so he continued to add to the story.

“Teacher Li Gang, if the soul skill I acquire cannot heal your loved ones, I am willing to give you the gold soul coins subsidized by the Spirit Hall as a reward.”

The Spirit Hall provides each Spirit Master with a monthly subsidy of one gold spirit coin. For a Spirit Venerable like Li Gang, this is a drop in the ocean. If he had even a shred of conscience, he certainly wouldn't have accepted Han Tao's money.

But he didn't want it, and Han Tao couldn't refuse him; it was a matter of attitude.

"No need, you can keep that subsidy as tuition!"

Upon seeing Han Tao's statement, Li Gang remained silent for a moment before agreeing.

This transaction was advantageous to him. Notting City is a small city with very limited medical resources. If Li Gang wanted to treat his family members, he would have to go to Tiandou City to find a medical soul master.

This is obviously a considerable expense, and if helping Han Tao obtain a spirit ring can achieve the same goal, then that would be even better.

"Han Tao, have you thought about what kind of spirit beast's spirit ring you want?"

Led by Li Gang, Han Tao followed him to the Soul Hunter Forest, asking questions as they walked.

"Crabapple blossoms, fluorescent grass, and if possible, sunflowers are also good."

Han Tao had only seen descriptions of these plant-based spirit beasts in books and texts, but he had no idea what specific healing effects they could produce. "When we find the spirit beasts, we need to test their healing effects. I'll have to trouble Teacher Li with that."

These plant-based spirit beasts, especially healing plant-based spirit beasts, usually have little combat power. Even with Han Tao's current level, he can hunt them down by himself.

However, things cannot be viewed from only one perspective, because there are other dangers in the Soul Hunter Forest besides your target.

Li Gang nodded, summoned his martial spirit, and casually cleaved a black wolf in two.

A strange aura of soul power rose from the black wolf's corpse and gradually condensed into a white soul ring.

"A very beautiful bracelet. It would probably fetch a high price in modern times."

While thinking to himself, he took out a dagger, cut the wolf's thigh meat into several pieces, wrapped them in special bamboo leaves, and put them into his backpack.

After repacking his backpack, Han Tao caught up with Li Gang and continued deeper into the Soul Hunter Forest.

In the heart of the Soul Hunter Forest, the trees grew taller, their layers of leaves blocking out the sunlight.

A ray of golden light shone through the gaps in the leaves, casting colorful shadows on the ground.

Where the sunlight shone, this little flower was proudly displaying itself. Upon seeing it, Han Tao couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"Crabapple blossoms, three-leaved crabapple blossoms!"

The Begonia Flower is a common healing-type martial soul in Douluo Continent, and it also has a corresponding soul beast. It is widely praised in the soul master world because of its good healing effect.

When a crabapple tree grows to be a hundred years old, its third leaf will emerge. According to unofficial historical records, if a crabapple tree grows to be 100,000 years old, it will have nine leaves, which is the origin of the name "Nine-Heart Crabapple".

Seeing Han Tao's excited expression, Li Gang asked with a smile, "What do you think, is this soul beast good?"

To his surprise, Han Tao did not agree directly, but instead replied with a single sentence.

"Don't rush, let's see how effective it is first."

At Han Tao's request, Li Gang captured a ten-year-old gray wolf.

Han Tao was not in a hurry. He first cut off the gray wolf's fur, carefully examined the wolf's body structure, and after some deliberation, suddenly swung his dagger and made a shallow cut on the gray wolf's thigh.

Although the wound was small, the dagger had precisely severed its tendons.

The wolf's wound began to bleed. Han Tao used bamboo leaves to bandage the wound and then placed it next to the crabapple blossoms.

Sensing the surrounding spirit beasts, the begonia flower began to release its spirit power, and healing energy was transmitted into the gray wolf's body in waves, causing the knife wounds on its skin to heal at a visible speed.

"about there."

After a long while, Han Tao pulled the gray wolf over and cut open its fur again.

"pity."

The crabapple blossoms did not connect to the gray wolf's hooves; in fact, the area where the tendons were severed did not grow at all.

Han Tao tested it several more times, but had no choice but to give up on the soul beast.

Crabapple blossoms have a good and quick healing effect, but their treatment lacks depth and does not reach the microscopic level.

This is undoubtedly a regret for Han Tao.

"I'm not very satisfied with this one. Let's find the next target. If I'm still not satisfied with the next one, then I'll choose this crabapple blossom."

Li Gang glanced at the crabapple blossoms, then at the gray wolf. In his opinion, he couldn't really understand why Han Tao was dissatisfied with the crabapple blossoms.

"Okay, no need to rush. You can keep looking if you're not satisfied!"

"Thanks!"

(End of this chapter)