Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 335 Notebook: Tang San's Spouse +2!

After arranging everyone's cultivation progress and summarizing his Jade Bone Golden Muscle Divine Treasure Cultivation Method based on the characteristics of these original spirit owners, Tang San prepared to take Gu Yuena, Shenhou, Youji, Haizhu, and others back to Notting City and Holy Soul Village before heading to Spirit City.

However, Fan Niu and Fan Ma came looking for Tang San, hoping he could witness their marriage proposal.

"Proposal?"

These two tall and strong guys actually found their true love?

Who is it?

They must be maids from Silver Blue Manor, since they don't seem to recognize any other famous figures in Heaven Dou City.

With curiosity, Tang San followed the two to the back garden of the manor, where many servants were pruning branches and watering the plants.

The Fan brothers, Fan Niu and Fan Ma, approached Mu Yanluo and Mu Qiluo, knelt on one knee, and tenderly presented a ring they had taken from their robes, saying in unison, "Yanluo (Qiluo), will you marry me?"

Very straightforward!

But everyone present was captivated.

The two sisters, Mu Yanluo and Mu Qiluo, exchanged a glance, both seeing the excitement and bewilderment in each other's eyes. Clearly, they hadn't expected the two of them to propose to them in such a setting.

And the Earl was watching this scene, it was really embarrassing!

But in the end, the two accepted the ring.

The two sets of twins embraced, filling the entire back garden with warmth. The maids around them applauded, and Tang San clapped along, asking, "When are you two officially getting married? I might not be able to attend, but the rest of the manor, except for the main house where I live and the guest rooms, is available for you to enjoy the festivities."

Mu Yanluo shook her head and said, "My sister and I are both past our prime, there's no need for you, Earl, to go to so much trouble. The wedding can be kept simple."

For the two of them, having a home is enough; there's no need for anything too grand.

Tang San understood their thoughts, so he didn't try to persuade them further. He simply said, "Then I wish you a happy marriage in advance."

After all, he'll be spending most of his time in Wuhun City from now on, and won't be coming back here often, so it's highly unlikely he'll be able to attend the wedding of these four in person...

"Your Excellency, please take care on your journey. Your mother and I will be thinking of you constantly!" At the entrance of Yinlan Manor, Lingmeng and Lingxi bid farewell to Tang San and the others.

"Don't sound so sad..." Hearing the desolation in her voice, Tang San almost wondered if he himself was already dead...

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On the way to Notting City, Gu Yuena asked, "Wouldn't Dai Mubai make a move against the Mu sisters, Qi Luo and Yan Luo? Weren't they a couple before?"

"You said it yourself, it was in the past, so it doesn't matter now. Besides, as a member of Yinlan Manor, unless Dai Mubai is completely stupid, he won't lay a hand on those two again," Tang San said casually. "However, speaking of which, Dai Mubai's choice of those twins might also be due to their martial souls, since their martial souls are both roses."

Gu Yuena, puzzled by the connection between tigers and roses, asked in confusion, "Is there some explanation for this?"

"A tiger in the heart, yet a rose in the hand," Tang San said calmly. "There's a saying that describes someone with lofty ambitions who can also be captivated by gentleness and beauty."

"Dai Mubai's martial soul is the White Tiger, representing the masculine aspect; while the other two's martial souls are roses, representing the feminine aspect."

"A balance of strength and gentleness, yin and yang, is beneficial for spiritual practice."

"but--"

Judging from Dai Mubai's personality, Tang San probably wouldn't have thought of that much; it was just a coincidence that he encountered a pair of twins whose martial souls were roses.

It can be considered a real-life interpretation of "having a tiger in one's heart but a rose in one's hand".

"There's such a saying?" Gu Yuena had never heard of this kind of cultivation before, and she couldn't help but feel skeptical. After all, tigers and roses, one an animal and the other a plant, were completely unrelated!

"It's mainly about the mind and body, not soul power," Tang San added.

"Oh~" Gu Yuena immediately understood, and gave Tang San a disdainful look. "Essentially, it's still an expression of desire."

"You can't say that. You can think of it as a balance between work and rest." Tang San shrugged and turned to call the Monkey, Rooster, and Pig who were following behind him to his side, and began to analyze the general direction of their cultivation.

"Pig, your martial soul is bones, or rather, skeleton, the skeleton of your entire body."

"This advantage is obvious. Your body is broader and stronger than that of an ordinary person. Your future training will definitely focus on physical skills."

In fact, if this skeletal martial soul could manifest outside the body, Tang San thought of the "Susanoo" from Naruto. Unfortunately, it is in a possessing state, that is, it is combined with one's own original skeleton and cannot be exposed.

In the future, it might be possible to acquire a specific soul skill that allows the skeleton to manifest in an energy form, but that's in the future and has no reference value at present.

Moreover, the skeletal martial soul is a natural lever. If used well in the future, it can achieve the greatest effect with the least amount of force. It is enough to specialize in this. There is no need to specifically obtain a martial soul release skill for a skill similar to Susanoo. It would be a loss.

"I see, I understand." Hai Zhu was a young man about two meters tall. He was rather shy and looked tall and thin, but his frame was broad. If it were nighttime, people with poor eyesight would see him as a giant skeleton wearing human skin.

It is obvious that, due to the martial spirit, the nutrients in the food are concentrated in the skeleton of the body to facilitate the use of the martial spirit when it is attached to the body, resulting in muscle wasting.

It's estimated that his internal organs have been under high strain from being cooped up at home!

According to Lingxi, before entering Yinlan Manor, this guy was really just a skeleton wearing human skin, barely recognizable as a human.

Electrox suggested, "This guy would be perfect material for an undead skeleton; he's a natural talent."

"Please stop talking about such horrific things. Only those who have committed heinous crimes can be used as expendable materials," Tang San retorted. "Besides, as the Holy God of the Dead, what's so great about playing with skeletons? Playing with souls is what makes you powerful. When we return to Spirit City, there will surely be a lot of fallen souls accumulated in the Starry Sky World. You can slowly observe, analyze, and study them."

"That makes sense." Electrox compromised, but he still liked the Pig very much, who had a unique talent for creating undead skeletons—if this guy were used to refine skeletal undead, he would definitely have the potential to become a god-level skeleton puppet... Unfortunately, this calamity of death "reformed".

"Next, it's you, Rooster." Tang San's gaze fell on Rooster, a girl with dwarfism, seventeen years old, one year older than Monkey.

However, her skin was very rough with many wrinkles, making her look like an old woman with fair skin.

In the prime of youth, yet with wrinkles that betray "aging".

Tang San could imagine that after she awakened her martial soul, she must have received a lot of criticism, which made her personality very introverted among the twelve.

Living to the age of seventeen proves that he possessed immense courage, but he must have also endured tremendous inner torment.

"You really dislike your skin, don't you?"

"Yes, Earl." Youji nodded, his eyes seemingly forming a fan-shaped diagram, revealing three parts of complexity about the past, three parts of longing for the future, three parts of gratitude, and one part of respect for Tang San.

"I've had wrinkled skin since I was little. I still remember when my mother abandoned me, she said my skin was wrinkled and I was too ugly to be her daughter... When I was eight, I hardly knew what to do. When I got a little older, I started wandering with others. I even killed other people to fight for food. In the end, I was captured and, after several transfers, was sent to the slave market. At first, I thought being a slave was not bad, at least I wouldn't have to worry about food. But later I found out that no nobleman was willing to buy me, this little old woman with a wrinkled face, until I met Reimu."

"You don't seem introverted at all," Tang San chuckled, then got down to business, "For you, future cultivation will focus on enhancing your perception and control over your skin."

Compared to other animals, the skin of the Rooster is extremely sensitive, even capable of controlling slight movements of the skin, demonstrating a highly sensitive nervous system.

"Your skin can harden and you can go for a defensive build, but I don't recommend it. Instead, I hope you will go for a path of perception, control, and shapeshifting."

"Perception, as the name suggests, is the ability to sense vibrations in the air. The skin is actually the most sensitive organ in the human body. Not using it for perception would be a waste of talent."

"Control means strengthening mental training to the point where one can control their own skin as easily as they control their hands and feet, treating it as their other hand."

"Transformation is the use of the skin spirit: human skin is inherently very malleable. When the skin becomes a spirit, its ability to change shape will inevitably become more prominent. In the future, you may be able to use the spirit to imitate the appearance and aura of anyone, or even a spirit beast, for disguise."

"If I obtain a decent soul skill, I might even be able to acquire some of that person's abilities during the imitation process."

For example, the Mirror Beast.

In the original story, Oscar absorbed the spirit ring of this spirit beast and gained the ability to copy other people's spirits, but he needed other people's blood as a medium.

If the Rooster can absorb the spirit ring of this kind of spirit beast in the future, it might be able to directly imitate it. After all, its spirit is skin, which gives it an advantage over sausage in imitation.

However, there is a prerequisite: the first few spirit rings need to be planned in advance to make final preparations for the final imitation and replication.

"My martial spirit is actually this powerful?" Youji asked in disbelief, but the count in front of her was a master of martial spirit theory, so naturally he couldn't be lying to her.

If it's deception, what's the purpose?

She didn't seem to have anything worth deceiving the Earl. As for her body, if the Earl wanted it, she would be happy to wash herself clean and lie in bed.

Unfortunately, the Earl would never be interested in this wrinkled woman.

Finally, Tang San looked at Shen Hou and said, "Your martial soul is your heart, including the blood vessels connected to it. Therefore, your blood and qi are the strongest among the twelve. But you must not have eaten your fill before entering Yinlan Manor, right?"

Shenhou, his face flushed, uttered a single word: "Yes!"

She suspected that the Earl might think she was eating too much, but she was already trying her best to control her food intake. However, because of her martial spirit, she needed far more nutrition than ordinary people.

"Lingxi said that you can control your portion sizes when you eat?"

really!

A bead of cold sweat trickled down Shenhou's forehead. She wondered if the Earl didn't want her anymore. After all, regaining her freedom meant, in a sense, that her master didn't need to worry about her meals anymore.

"There's no need to control yourself from now on. Eat as much as you want. Although Yinlan Manor isn't as wealthy as the two great empires, it can still afford to provide a little food." Tang San saw her predicament and comforted her, "Just don't waste any."

"My Lord Earl~" Shenhou said with tears in her eyes. She was a girl with genuine feelings, and her joy, anger, sorrow and happiness were all written on her face. She couldn't hide her inner thoughts at all.

"Regarding your cultivation direction, without a doubt, it is to strengthen the power of your heart and enhance your qi and blood." Tang San brought the topic back to cultivation. "As for controlling the heartbeat frequency, even if you reach the level of a Title Douluo, you cannot do that. Even I cannot directly control the heartbeat frequency. I can only indirectly control the speed of my heartbeat by stimulating it with qi and blood, soul power, or mental power."

"Therefore, you can only move in the direction of strengthening your heart and improving your blood circulation."

"For now, you only have one type of soul beast to choose from: the Great Heart Rat."

"This kind of soul beast has no special attributes, but in terms of biological proportions, it has the largest heart of all soul beasts, which accounts for almost a quarter of its body."

"The soul masters who obtain its soul ring all acquire a soul skill that enhances their all-around strength by accelerating their heartbeat and boosting their blood and qi. It is similar to berserk mode, but unlike berserk mode, the side effect of using the Great Heart Rat soul ring is fainting from hunger. It can be recovered as long as one is well-fed and watered."

"The side effect of the Berserk skill is a period of weakness."

Shenhou scratched the back of his head, not quite understanding: "They don't sound much different, do they? Fainting from hunger, isn't that also weakness?"

"That's true, but the difference lies in the recovery process." Tang San pointed out the difference between the two. "The Great Heart Rat's skill can be said to have no side effects. Once it's full and its energy and blood have recovered, it can continue to use it. However, berserk mode will greatly damage the human body, and the skill has a long cooldown time. Even if the body recovers, it may not be possible to continue using the soul skill."

Of course, it's not impossible to use it by force, but Tang San understands that it would cause irreversible and serious consequences.

Therefore, compared to Berserk, the skills of the Big Heart Rat are more suitable for the Monkey.

"So that's how it is." Shenhou suddenly realized, but Tang San could tell that this guy didn't understand at all. He only made one point clear: from now on, when hunting soul beasts, he should choose the Big Heart Rat.

Meanwhile, Gu Yuena was secretly making notes in her mental notebook:

Tang San's spouse +2!

Regarding the original martial soul, an idea suddenly came to mind—

Special effects team...

If multiple original martial souls are fused together, is it possible to create a single "person"?

Titan?

Ancient demon gods?

The Dharma Forms of Heaven and Earth?

Does it follow the laws of heaven and earth?

Forget it, let's not do it for now.

(End of this chapter)