Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 40 Choosing the Second Soul Ring (Part Two)

"It seems that's really true." Xiao Wu exclaimed in amazement, then asked, "But aren't the seeds of Blue Silver Grass very light? Won't they scatter in the wind?"

"That's true, but how could the enemy think of using the wind to blow the Blue Silver Grass seeds if they couldn't see them?" Tang San said smugly. "This secret, as long as you don't tell and I don't mention it, no one else will know. Even if they do know, it won't matter. Have you forgotten my Endless Grassland?"

"Yes, endless grasslands!"

Xiao Wu suddenly realized that Tang San's Endless Grassland could draw upon the power of the earth. If his second soul skill were combined with this Endless Grassland, the seeds could be provided continuously, while the enemy would not be able to draw upon the earth's power to replenish their soul power, and would not be able to keep blowing the wind.

However, Xiao Wu then thought of another question: "If that's the case, why use seeds? Wouldn't it be better to use flowers?"

In Xiao Wu's opinion, aren't flower pollen more concealed?

"You said it smells like flowers. Other people's noses aren't deaf. They'll know immediately what method I used to amplify it." Tang San rolled his eyes. "Besides, pollen is too light and easier to blow away. More importantly, Blue Silver Grass doesn't bloom, or rather, it doesn't bloom the kind of flower we recognize."

"Indeed, I've never seen a flowering Blue Silver Grass before... How does Blue Silver Grass produce seeds?" Xiao Wu asked curiously.

"When the Blue Silver Grass reaches its breeding season, small protrusions will grow between the veins of its leaves; these are flowers even smaller than the Blue Silver Grass seeds."

Tang San raised his arm and pointed to Xiao Wu, "They are even finer than the hairs on our bodies, like individual downy hairs. When the wind blows, they pollinate each other and complete flowering and fruiting within a day. The speed is very fast. Moreover, according to my calculations, an ordinary Blue Silver Grass can produce millions of Blue Silver Grass seeds at once."

"My God, millions!" Xiao Wu's mouth dropped open in disbelief.

"That's right, the quantity is that huge," Tang San said. "With each breath we take, we might inhale countless Blue Silver Grass seeds and exhale countless Blue Silver Grass seeds."

Xiao Wu got goosebumps: "Isn't this a bit too disgusting?"

Tang San smiled, pointed to the light shining through the gaps in the carriage, and said, "Look closely at this light, what's inside?"

Xiao Wu looked closely and discovered that the thin beam of light was filled with countless tiny particles that kept moving, seemingly endless.

"Could these be the seeds of the Blue Silver Grass?"

"I can only say that a small portion of them are Blue Silver Grass seeds," Tang San said. "Most of them are tiny particles and dust that are not visible to the naked eye. We inhale these dust particles with every breath, but we don't inhale them all into our lungs. After all, the nasal hairs and mucus in our noses are used to prevent larger particles from being inhaled."

After realizing this truth, Xiaowu paused for a moment, then asked, "So, the reason why boogers are black is because they've accumulated too much dust?"

"Hmm~ That's part of the reason." Tang San nodded. "Therefore, you don't need to worry that the seeds of Blue Silver Grass will sprout in your body after you inhale them. Without a suitable environment, the seeds will also lose their activity."

Xiao Wu was relieved, then asked another question: "Didn't you say that there's a difference between the Blue Silver Grass martial soul and the real Blue Silver Grass? Why didn't you choose to let your martial soul bloom a bigger flower?"

"There is indeed a difference, but I don't want my spirit to be so conspicuous." Tang San shook his head. "Like I said, my Blue Silver Grass has such a huge flower that anyone can tell that my spirit skills are related to flowers, fragrance, pollen, and the like."

"So, which plant-based spirit beast do you want to choose?"

As a Soft-Boned Rabbit, Xiao Wu feels sympathy for cute soul beasts, but plant soul beasts are her delicious food before she transforms into a human, so she doesn't feel sorry for them at all.

"Wood spirit mushroom".

Tang San uttered those three words.

The Wood Spirit Mushroom is not actually a plant spirit beast, nor is it an animal spirit beast; rather, it is a fungus.

This kind of spirit beast grows on other plant spirit beasts, forming a symbiotic relationship with them. It possesses enormous life energy, and its attack method is to release spores to comprehensively enhance the abilities of the plant spirit beasts it parasitizes.

The spores of this wood spirit mushroom also have great effects on spirit beasts and humans. Long-term consumption can slowly improve physical fitness, but it is very addictive and difficult to quit.

Therefore, this Wood Spirit Mushroom is classified as a poisonous substance by the Spirit Hall, and where it exists, in addition to a plant spirit beast that forms a symbiotic relationship with it, there are usually animal spirit beasts guarding it.

"Can it be addictive?" Xiao Wu asked warily.

"Don't worry, I bought some Wood Spirit Mushroom spores from a pharmacy in Notting City and studied them. The so-called addiction is actually caused by a substance in the seeds that can stimulate cells to become lethargic and diseased, thus causing nerve excitation... I can't create this substance by absorbing the Wood Spirit Mushroom's spirit ring, after all, my martial spirit is Blue Silver Grass." Tang San reassured Xiao Wu.

Eight days later, Tang San and Xiao Wu finally arrived at the Barak Kingdom. Then, it took them another five days to travel through most of the cities in the Barak Kingdom before they finally reached the Barak Soul Hunting Forest.

During this time, Tang San also went to the local Spirit Hall and showed Matthew's letter in order to obtain the Spirit Hall's pass to enter the Barak Forest.

Barak Forest is much larger than Notting Forest, and you can see all kinds of plant spirit beasts that live for ten or a hundred years, as well as many insect spirit beasts everywhere.

Plant-type soul beasts less than 10,000 years old are basically unable to move, while the insect-type soul beasts here generally ignore soul masters. When soul masters touch these insect-type soul beasts, they generally do not fight back, but quickly hide or run away.

"It seems that most of the spirit beasts in this forest have become accustomed to the presence of human spirit masters. Plant spirit beasts cannot move and cannot put up an effective resistance, while insect spirit beasts are less likely to develop intelligence than vertebrate spirit beasts, and their habits are no different from ordinary insects." Tang San said thoughtfully, "In that case, it seems that our hunt for Wood Spirit Mushrooms will be easier this time."

Xiao Wu, however, did not heed his words. Instead, she caught a palm-sized ladybug and played with it happily, as if she were reminiscing about her days as a soul beast.

Tang San ignored it and, following the map he bought from the Soul Hunter Town outside the Barak Forest, led Xiao Wu toward the place where the Wood Spirit Mushrooms grew.

"Um?"

Upon arriving at his destination, Tang San saw the Wood Spirit Mushroom, which was the size of a human head and resembled jade. However, what surprised him was not the Wood Spirit Mushroom itself, but the plant spirit beast that coexisted with it.

This is a demonic tree with a bewitching eye!

Moreover, an eye has grown on its trunk, proving that it has cultivated for a thousand years.

But why does this demonic tree with its demonic eyes look so lifeless and devoid of any vitality?

Besides, on the wood spirit mushroom, there was a small, emerald green snake about the thickness of an index finger, with nine emerald green scales the size of a fingernail covering its back.

That's a nine-section jade!

This book defines Blue Silver Grass as a gymnosperm.

(End of this chapter)