Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 492 Conversation with Xue Qinghe (Part 1)

After descending the mountain, Qian Renxue was preparing to return to the royal luxury hotel arranged by Bibi Dong when she saw Tang San and Gu Yuena chatting and laughing as they headed towards the Soul Martial Manor. An idea struck her, and she leaped several hundred meters in a few strides, then slowly walked over and greeted them, "What a coincidence, Brother Tang, you're staying here?"

"Greetings, Emperor Qinghe." Qian Renxue had already returned to men's clothing, and since this was not a private occasion, Tang San naturally had to address her more formally.

"No need for such formalities. This isn't an informal occasion. I'll call you Brother Tang, and you can call me Brother Xue, to show our friendship." Xue Qinghe laughed heartily.

"Brother Xue is really generous." Tang San didn't stand on ceremony. His address of "Brother Xue" immediately brought the two closer. Together with Gu Yuena, they accompanied her to the Royal Hotel.

"Brother Tang, what are your duties in Wuhun City?" Xue Qinghe wanted to know what Tang San did in Wuhun City.

"The main focus is on the cultivation of martial spirits and soul power, supplemented by research on qi and blood, spirit, and then, the study of the physical martial spirit." Tang San gave a general overview. If an outsider were to investigate, they could easily find out by asking anyone. However, he did not mention a single specific detail.

There are pedestrians on the road after all, and it wouldn't be good if someone overheard.

Xue Qinghe asked curiously, "A true spirit? That's indeed a very rare spirit. The Spirit Hall has been searching for owners of this type of spirit in recent years. Could you tell me what's so special about this type of spirit?"

Tang San glanced around and saw that the sky was getting darker and the number of pedestrians was gradually decreasing. He then said, "Based on the existing research data, I have made a bold conjecture: the original spirit is the spirit that humans should have. Other spirits are gradually formed by being influenced by other external factors and combined with one's own ideology."

"In the beginning, a martial spirit should just be an invisible and peculiar energy. At the time of awakening, it will choose a fixed form according to the person's expectations. And the thing closest to humans is the body."

"But later, due to various factors, other martial souls were born."

"In the beginning of time, humans invented stone tools, which greatly facilitated their hunting and daily life. Therefore, this strong desire for stone tools also caused the martial spirit to be fixed in the shape of a tool when it awakens."

"The essence of a martial spirit is its ability to sense one's own thoughts and respond accordingly."

"Of course, once the appearance of a martial soul is fixed, it will tend to be stable. Under normal circumstances, it is difficult to change. Either through cultivation and the addition of soul rings, the martial soul will change, or it will be inherited from generation to generation. Due to changes in the environment, migration, and changes in beliefs for survival, the fixed martial soul will evolve from generation to generation."

Xue Qinghe nodded repeatedly: "This is the 'Theory of Martial Soul Evolution,' Brother Tang's work. I have read it all. It is well-reasoned and convincing. Every martial soul evolved from the struggle of our ancestors against nature."

"This is just the evolution of weapon spirits," Tang San continued. "As for beast spirits, a large part of them, as I guessed, evolved from the original, unformed spirit origins. According to some remote mountain villages and ruins on the continent, the ancient ancestors worshipped spirit beasts with extraordinary power and regarded them as totems. Under their strong will, their spirit origins were formed in the shape of spirit beasts."

Xue Qinghe agreed: "There are also relevant records in the books of Tian Dou. In areas where Soul Masters are scarce, the local people use Soul Beasts as totems to carry out sacrificial activities. Perhaps this is the most primitive belief."

For Tang San, the unformed martial soul took shape because of his desire for the corresponding thing.

But for Qian Renxue, this might be because the ancient ancestors, in their worship, generated the power of faith and unknowingly used this power to give the intangible martial spirit the form they desired.

This "fixed" state is very stable; although it can be changed, it takes time.

"In addition, there are some beast spirits, which should have been given to humans by spirit beasts."

"A soul beast?" Xue Qinghe exclaimed in surprise, then narrowed his eyes as if he had just realized something. "Brother Tang, you mean a 100,000-year-old soul beast that has taken human form?"

"That's right. According to my estimation, most of the powerful beast spirits currently available likely have a powerful, humanized 100,000-year-old spirit beast as their ancestor. After all, if these spirit beasts want to become powerful, they have to pay great attention to the so-called power of bloodline." Tang San stated his conjecture, "For example: the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan, the White Tiger Clan, and the Netherworld Cat Clan."

"Of course, it's just a guess..."

"By the way, I discovered that some powerful beast spirits can also transform into weapon spirits. For example, the Serpent Spear Douluo who recently returned to Spirit City can switch between weapon spirits and beast spirits, existing somewhere in between."

Xue Qinghe smiled faintly: "Brother Tang, isn't your Clear Sky Hammer the same?"

Tang San nodded slightly: "That's true. Moreover, my main martial soul can also transform between plants and objects..."

Perhaps humans are born with a brain that is good at thinking, five flexible fingers, long arms, and two legs that walk upright, and are naturally suited to "make good use of things".

Beast Martial Souls are more symbolic, used to stimulate the body's instinctive warlike nature, but their most fundamental purpose is to enable humans to control objects.

After all, humans possess beast spirits, and at the same level, apart from intelligence, they are inferior to true spirit beasts of the same type in every other aspect.

With weapons, even a physically weak human can still kill animals many times their own size.

Xue Qinghe was surprised to hear this for the first time, but Tang San continued, "This is just my opinion, my personal thought. I won't publish this kind of speculation. After all, I don't have the ability to stand at the top of the river of time and can't look down on the future. Just take it as a joke."

However, Xue Qinghe believed that Tang San's speculation made a lot of sense. After all, considering only the body of an ordinary human (leaving aside factors such as soul power, blood and qi, mental power, and soul bones), it is naturally not suitable to compete with those ferocious beasts in terms of speed, strength, or defense. The only outstanding feature might be a naturally intelligent brain and agile limbs.

"Besides these, are there any other martial souls? For example, an angel?" Xue Qinghe asked about other special martial souls.

"I always exclude this type of martial soul before I start researching it."

"Why?" Xue Qinghe asked, puzzled as to why Tang San was treating him differently.

"Because this type of martial soul has a power influence that transcends the mortal level, that is, the influence of divine power." Tang San said with a slightly heavy tone, "Once a martial soul is fixed, if you want to change it, under normal circumstances, you can only do so through generations of reproduction, heredity, cultivation, and adding soul rings. But for divine power, changing a martial soul is as easy as eating bean sprouts—a piece of cake."

"In my estimation, if God so desires, even the weakest martial spirit can be made powerful."

"The power of God transcends the power of the soul; the dissipation of its energy can even alter the level of life."

Dark Demon God Tiger —

Before being possessed by the power of the evil god, it was nothing more than an ordinary white tiger.

(End of this chapter)