Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 246 The Soul Beast's Dilemma

Leaving the room assigned to Ning Rongrong, Tang San saw Gu Yuena eavesdropping in the corner, and exclaimed in exasperation, "What are you doing here?"

Unfazed by being discovered, Gu Yuena declared confidently, "I was eavesdropping!"

"You're something else." Tang San was speechless, and even considered whether to expose her true colors directly, since the way he and she communicated was completely unlike that of a fourteen-year-old boy and a six-year-old girl.

However, it's normal for geniuses to have eccentricities and unconventional ways of speaking; they have the privilege of being understood by others.

"Of course!" Gu Yuena said proudly, head held high, then a hint of doubt appeared on her face: "By the way, why did you suddenly give up?"

If this were the world of spirit beasts, Gu Yuena was certain that no male spirit beast could resist the urge to mate with a female. Given the chance, they would definitely mate. Some weaker male spirit beasts would even secretly find a female possessed by a powerful male when he was out hunting or exhausted, in order to pass on their seed and continue their bloodline.

You should know that when she was imprisoned in the Luowang Auction House, she also witnessed some male humans forcibly taking the bodies of some female slaves whose prices were relatively low.

It's truly strange that someone like Tang San could hold back even when the arrow was already on the bowstring!

"Because of hypocrisy, I suppose," Tang San blurted out, then paused thoughtfully, "and, that last vestige of conscience?"

However, he largely managed to suppress his desires.

At this point, Tang San pointed to his head and said to Gu Yuena, "This is wisdom—the ability to control one's body's instincts and desires."

"Controlling desires is wisdom?" Gu Yuena pondered, recalling those ferocious beasts. Only a few, such as Di Tian and Bi Ji, could restrain their hunting desires. The others, especially Xiong Jun, ate many non-bear soul beasts below ten thousand years old, or even at the ten thousand-year level, every day.

It wasn't to devour the cultivation of those soul beasts, but merely for the sake of satisfying one's appetite.

In reality, those ferocious beasts could directly absorb the energy of heaven and earth to sustain their lives and even increase their cultivation, so they didn't need to hunt for food at all.

Soul beasts that are over 100,000 years old are no less intelligent than humans, and may even be much more intelligent, but they cannot defeat humans. Is it because they cannot control their own desires?

"That's right, this is one of the manifestations of wisdom." Tang San coaxed Gu Yuena, "Desire is necessary, but excessive desire, especially one that is deeply rooted in the heart, will cloud wisdom. Controlled desire is a dream, and if that dream is not for oneself but for others, it is an ideal."

Gu Yuena was puzzled, but a sense of shock arose in her heart for no reason—was this what humans were? Compared to them, what could soul beasts do that was superior to humans, except for their innate physical strength and ability to control extraordinary powers?

But how can we make a soul beast control its own desires?

Soul beasts under 100,000 years old are basically idiots; it's completely impossible for them to control their hunting desires and reproductive instincts.

And soul beasts that are over 100,000 years old...

They no longer need to rely on hunting physically, but after living for so many years, they are still influenced by instincts, and it is difficult for them to change.

At this moment, Gu Yuena seemed to have seen through the fate of soul beasts—to become nourishment for humans.

This is a difference in wisdom!

How can we make soul beasts the rulers of this world?

Gu Yuena thought for a while and came up with two solutions.

Firstly, the divine realm was destroyed, and then her true form was forcibly deployed. Although she was still seriously injured, destroying a race without a god-level expert would not be too difficult.

But how can she fight against the divine realm?

In fact, to evade the divine realm's detection of mortal star-level power, she had to sever her origin and soul to create this clone, doing her utmost to conceal her aura in order to be able to move in the outside world.

Therefore, with her current strength, this plan can only rely on the God Realm encountering some kind of spacetime turbulence. Otherwise, the Asura God of the God Realm might descend to enforce the law and even take the opportunity to wipe out all the ferocious beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Secondly, it can transform into human form.

Even the Silver Dragon King had to admit that only by transforming into human form could one more completely shed their former bestial nature—the Soft-Boned Rabbit Xiao Wu is a typical example of this in recent times.

However, a transformed soul beast is no longer a soul beast; it is merely a human with a 100,000-year cultivation origin who, upon dying before reaching maturity, can drop a 100,000-year soul ring and soul bone.

"Hey, what are you daydreaming about?" Seeing Gu Yuena's rosy face with a "serious" expression, Tang San waved his hand in front of her, then took her hand, led her to the room, changed her into pajamas, put her on the bed, covered her with a blanket, and said, "Go to sleep. I'll teach you how to train tomorrow."

"Wait." Just as Tang San was about to get up, Gu Yuena suddenly grabbed his finger and said, "Tell me a story, or I won't be able to sleep."

"How did you fall asleep yesterday?" Tang San asked curiously.

"I read a story yesterday." Gu Yuena stared with her big eyes, her purple pupils as clear as crystal, making Tang San feel very uncomfortable.

"Alright, let me tell you a story about the Ugly Duckling." Tang San recalled for a moment, and combined this with Gu Yuena's identity, he described a story about a duck that was ugly when it was young, but grew up to become a beautiful emerald swan.

Gu Yuena listened in a daze, recalling the juvenile form of the Emerald Swan. It seemed that it was indeed not as elegant and beautiful as the adult form. Then, pondering the lessons she had heard from others at Silverblue Manor that day, she said, "Does this story tell us that as long as we have confidence and are not influenced by the words of others, we can eventually make a name for ourselves, stand out, and become a beautiful swan?"

"No, this story teaches us not to worry about things unnecessarily or to criticize others. Just live your own life well." Tang San tucked Gu Yuena back into bed. "After all, the Emerald Swan was born to be an Emerald Swan."

"That makes so much sense..." Gu Yuena was stunned. She felt something was off, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it. After all, Tang San wasn't wrong. Emerald swans are born as emerald swans, not some kind of duck.

"Go to sleep!"

After covering Gu Yuena with the blanket again, Tang San said "Goodnight" and warned her not to sneak outside his room to eavesdrop again before returning to his study.

Before studying the Dao of Qi and Blood with Xiao Wu and Guang Ling, he wanted to take advantage of the time before midnight to organize the information he had obtained from the original martial souls of Fan Niu and Fan Ma, so as to fill in any gaps in the details of the Jade Bone Golden Muscle Divine Treasure Method.

Then, Tang San circulated his qi and blood, and the qi of his five internal organs rose up, appearing in his chest, floating around his body, and converging at the top of his head to form a canopy of five qi, covering his entire body and faintly possessing the power to be impervious to all magic.

The six energies of the six internal organs in the abdomen sink down and gather at the soles of the feet, transforming into a dark, spiraling aura, like a black hole, seemingly capable of swallowing everything.

Thus, Tang San does possess some of the grandeur of "head above the heavens, feet treading on the cycle of reincarnation."

"The five elements protect the body, forming the shape of an umbrella or a bell, which can be called the Five Emperors' Canopy; the six elements condense and engulf the void, forming a cycle of reincarnation, which can be named the Six Paths of Reincarnation."

Having officially named these two supernatural abilities, Tang San withdrew them, thinking to himself, "However, to truly unleash the power worthy of these names, I still need to improve my soul power and create methods to utilize the Qi of the five internal organs and the six viscera."

The five internal organs and five energies can correspond to the five emperors and the five elements, and in the future, they can give rise to five great supernatural powers!

The six internal organs and six pathways can correspond to the six realms of reincarnation, and in the future, they can evolve into true reincarnation supernatural powers!

Unfortunately, while the idea is wonderful, it would take a long time to actually create it, perhaps even thousands of years. After all, this is not something you can create just by reading about things like the "Five Emperors' Great Demonic Power" or the "Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist" in novels from your previous life.

Those novels don't describe in detail how to cultivate!

Therefore, Tang San can only create similar supernatural abilities through countless trials in the future, perhaps even drawing upon the wisdom of all living beings...

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The next day, Tang San got out of bed, washed up with Xiao Wu and Guang Ling, and began his usual cultivation and research.

Ning Rongrong, however, yawned, her face full of resentment—

Last night, Ning Rongrong tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep. Later, she wanted to go find Tang San, but she heard extremely absurd sounds of pleasure outside his door.

Unexpectedly, what Tang San said was true!

However, Ning Rongrong could only think about such things in her mind, or grumble about them when she was alone with Tang San. She would feel embarrassed if she said them out loud in front of a lot of people.

After breakfast, Ning Rongrong said that she did not plan to leave immediately and intended to stay there until Tang San went to Wuhun City. Her reasons were: she wanted to ask Tang San and Guang Ling for advice more often while cultivating, and also to take a break from helping her father with sect affairs. In addition, she wanted to find a side job that she really wanted to do while cultivating.

Tang San had no objection to this, nor did Xiao Wu and Guang Ling. Lan Yinzi even secretly sighed that he was about to have another daughter-in-law.

"Tang San, you said yesterday that you would teach me how to cultivate." While everyone was busy with their own things, Gu Yuena found Tang San's study, grabbed his right hand which was writing furiously, and said in a sweet, coquettish voice.

"Did I say that yesterday?" Tang San asked, looking puzzled.

"You said it!" Gu Yuena stared intently at Tang San with her big, watery eyes, as if she would immediately "splash" if he disagreed.

"Let's go then, let's practice in the backyard." Tang San smiled and got up, calling to Lingmeng who was waiting nearby—she was in charge of grinding ink and tidying up the books on the bookshelf.

The backyard of the manor house is a very large open space, where many servants are mowing the lawn and watering and fertilizing the shrubs and flowers.

"Greetings, Your Excellency!"

The servants spoke in unison, clearly having received appropriate training before being sent here by Emperor Xueye, and their attitude was very "proper".

"Okay, you guys go ahead with your work." Tang San nodded, leading Gu Yuena and Lingmeng towards the nearby artificial lake...

(End of this chapter)