Douluo Continent: The Martial Soul is actually Bibi Dong

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The next day, Su Mo began preparing to go hunting in the Soul Hunter Forest again.

Still the same process.

First, they went to the Spirit Hall branch to obtain a certificate and then received a pass to enter the Soul Hunter Forest.

Then Su Mo went to the blacksmith shop again.

But halfway there, Su Mo stopped.

Su Mo went to the blacksmith shop, naturally wanting to order another spear, and one of even better quality than the previous one.

Su Mo will continue refining the weapon and imbuing it with his soul.

Before leaving, he had already taken a spear from the academy's armory and tested it. After his martial spirit evolved, it could still continue to fuse with real-world weapons.

"To have a taller spear made, we naturally need to find a better blacksmith!"

"And in Notting City, the best blacksmith is undoubtedly Tang San, who also works as a blacksmith and has mastered the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique!"

With that in mind, Su Mo turned and headed toward the blacksmith shop where Tang San was.

Although I don't really like Tang San, what can I do when he's so good at blacksmithing?

Besides, I'll pay for it myself; it's not like I'm getting something for free.

I'm paying Tang San to serve me!

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P.S.: I only discovered the concept of "refining a weapon to imbue it with its soul" from a book review. It doesn't seem to be my own invention; it appears in *Douluo Continent II*. Ji Juechen's martial soul was just an ordinary iron sword, with only level 3 innate soul power. From a young age, he nurtured it with his soul power and rubbed a meteorite from outer space—a strip-shaped object—with his hands, transforming it into a sword, which became his martial soul. He eventually became a Title Douluo. I haven't read *Douluo Continent II*; this is from Baidu. Is this situation what's called "refining a weapon to imbue it with its soul"?

Chapter 23 The Soul Master Academy That Only Recruits Monsters

Su Mo was very lucky; when he arrived at the blacksmith shop where Tang San worked, Tang San happened to be there.

"Tang San!"

Su Mo arrived in front of Tang San's forging table.

"Su Mo, what are you doing here?"

Tang San looked up and saw that it was Su Mo, and asked in surprise.

"I came here to order a long spear, I didn't expect to find you here, Tang San!"

"Since we're classmates, I'll have it made here by Tang San. It's a way of looking out for a classmate!"

Su Mo looked at Tang San and said with a smile.

Regardless of whether he was willing to accept Su Mo's order, Tang San's goodwill towards Su Mo increased greatly after hearing Su Mo's words: "What kind of spear do you want to order? I will definitely do my best to make it for you!"

"I want to order a long spear, and I want it forged using the best materials available here!"

"The spear should look just like my Soul-Hunting Spear!"

After stating his request, Su Mo also summoned the Soul Hunter Spear.

"Use the best materials?"

"This shop does have a little bit of black iron, but not much. It can only be used to forge the spearhead; the shaft can only be made of refined iron!"

"However, this will make the price higher, requiring 5 gold soul coins!"

Tang San immediately replied upon hearing Su Mo's request.

"No problem, how long will it take to build?"

Su Mo replied immediately.

It seems that there really aren't any good materials in Notting City, but that just happens to be suitable for Su Mo. If he wanted better materials, he wouldn't have that much money.

"You can come and pick it up tomorrow!"

Tang San replied confidently.

And so, Su Mo commissioned Tang San to make a long spear.

The next day, after receiving it, Su Mo was quite fond of it; it was indeed much better than the iron spear he had used before.

After fusing the Soul Hunter Spear Martial Soul with it, its power indeed increased greatly.

The spear that combines martial spirit and weapon is the one that Su Mo is most satisfied with.

Su Mo had a guess as to why the iron spear was less powerful than before after it was completely fused with the martial spirit.

The original iron spear was likely absorbed by the martial spirit, which facilitated its evolution and transformed it into a part of the martial spirit.

Martial Soul, in essence, is the manifestation of soul power, not a real physical object, so its power or penetrating force is weakened.

Only by achieving the transformation of soul power into armor can one no longer need to fuse with physical weapons.

For example, the trident left behind by Poseidon was formed from Poseidon's soul power into armor, and no metal material can surpass it.

After obtaining the Xuan Tie Spear, Su Mo set off for the Soul Hunting Forest.

Given the option of hunting in the Soul Hunting Forest, Su Mo still didn't want to go to the wild Soul Beast Forest.

However, in the Spirit Hall's forest of spirit beasts, those with a thousand years of cultivation are relatively rare, and whether you can find one depends on luck.

"Su Mo, after graduating from the Junior Soul Master Academy, have you decided where you want to go?"

On the way to the Soul Hunter Forest, Bibi Dong emerged from Su Mo's body and asked Su Mo questions, intentionally or unintentionally.

Upon hearing this, Su Mo glanced at Bibi Dong. Was she no longer calling him "little guy"?

At the same time, he was thinking to himself, "Why did Bibi Dong ask this?"

"Goddess Sister, I haven't made up my mind yet. I don't even know if I should continue studying at the Soul Master Academy!"

"Because I found that there doesn't seem to be anything in the academy that can teach me. Having the goddess sister teach me is enough!"

Not knowing why Bibi Dong asked this question, Su Mo casually replied.

This was also one of Su Mo's thoughts; he genuinely didn't want to continue attending the Soul Master Academy.

However, Su Mo also looked forward to the Soul Master Competition a few years later. Who wouldn't want to show themselves?

Don't forget that Su Mo was a big influencer in her previous life!

If you don't join the Soul Master Academy, then you won't be able to participate.

"Of course I want to go to the Soul Master Academy!"

"Only by entering the Soul Master Academy can one participate in the Soul Master Competition a few years later, which is the pursuit of every Soul Master!"

"I know a college you could try checking out!"

Upon hearing Su Mo's answer, Bibi Dong immediately spoke.

"What college?"

Su Mo's heart stirred, and she pretended to be curious and asked him more questions.

"Shrek Academy is a soul master academy that only admits monsters. It doesn't accept ordinary students. The admission requirements are extremely strict!"

As expected, Bibi Dong's answer was exactly the same as Su Mo's guess.

Why did Bibi Dong want him to join Shrek Academy?

Kill Tang San prematurely, nipping him in the bud?

Or is it simply so that I can see Yu Xiaogang more often?

Based on Bibi Dong's past performance, Su Mo believes that the second possibility is more likely.

Because Bibi Dong, in his story, never showed any intention to kill Tang San in advance; on the contrary, her intention to pursue Yu Xiaogang was much more obvious.

For the first few years, Su Mo did not notice that Bibi Dong had secretly left his spirit space. However, after Su Mo advanced to a spirit master three years ago, he was able to sense that Bibi Dong's divine sense had secretly left his side.

Su Mo simply didn't expose Bibi Dong.

"There are actually academies like this?"

"Then I'll have to go take a look!"

After realizing what was happening, Su Mo outwardly appeared to be eager for something to happen.

Going to Shrek Academy was also one of Su Mo's original plans.

Because Su Mo wanted to intercept the immortal herb, and if he couldn't intercept it, then he would prevent Tang San from obtaining the immortal herb.

In Su Mo's view, the biggest cheat code in the Douluo world is actually those immortal herbs.

Without those magical herbs, the Shrek Seven Devils certainly wouldn't have been able to achieve what they did in the original story.

Whether Tang San can still pass the Sea God's inheritance test is a big question mark.

It's important to know that Tang San was chosen by the Sea God not only because he unexpectedly obtained the Heart of the Sea God, but also because he consumed a lot of immortal herbs, which boosted his talent to its peak.

Therefore, Su Mo wanted to intercept those immortal herbs.

Even though Su Mo has now found a way to refine weapons and infuse them into his spirit to evolve his martial soul, who wouldn't want those immortal herbs if they could obtain them?

Why struggle so hard when you can improve comfortably?