Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 493 Conversation with Xue Qinghe (Part 2)

"Brother Tang is indeed meticulous."

As the inheritor of the Angel God, Xue Qinghe didn't really know much about the power of gods. The only thing he knew was that the power of gods was immense.

Because the former angel god is completely dead, leaving only a divine position and the power of faith that was originally gathered in the temple.

If Bibi Dong hadn't revealed some secrets, Qian Renxue might have only had one thought about gods: once they become gods, no one would be able to defeat them.

Now, however, Qian Renxue has become wary of becoming a god.

After all, she didn't want to be bound by another, more powerful, god realm that she couldn't possibly resist after becoming a god.

"It's not exactly rigorous, after all, there are still many objective factors that cannot be ruled out. Martial Soul research requires human cooperation, and there aren't multiple identical people in the world, and their personalities are all different. Therefore, we can only collect a large amount of data." Tang San shook his head, sighed, and then talked about the original martial soul, "In the past, most people thought that this type of martial soul was a useless martial soul, either with zero innate soul power or only one or two levels. Even if it could be cultivated, it wouldn't be able to cultivate anything special."

"But the truth is, this type of martial soul possesses talents that ordinary martial souls do not have!"

"That means as long as their physical fitness keeps up, their cultivation speed will also increase. In the best case, they can reach the cultivation speed of the innate full soul power level."

"As for the reason, I can only think of one right now, which is that this type of martial soul is the same as a part of the body. And every part of the human body, except for things like hair which may not be very important, is an essential organ. Considering the mutual resonance between the martial soul and the human, humans will not instinctively hate a part of their body unless their mind becomes desperate about life and has thoughts of suicide."

Upon hearing this, Xue Qinghe was stunned and found it extremely unbelievable, but according to Tang San's theory of "mutual resonance between martial spirit and mind," it did indeed make sense.

If that's the case, then wouldn't that mean that everyone started from the same point in the beginning of time?

On the contrary, it is because of various desires and worship that the unformed origin of the martial soul has been specifically shaped, resulting in a distinction between superior and inferior martial souls.

"Perhaps that's how it is." Tang San's gaze became distant, as if he had become a charlatan. "Humans have developed desires, so they have been punished, and this punishment is not imposed by the gods, but brought upon themselves by humans."

Qian Renxue seemed to be deep in thought, recalling the angels' kindness and generosity, and the sharp light in her eyes became even more determined!

Tang San continued, "Like begets like. Just as dragons beget dragons and phoenixes beget phoenixes, and rats are born knowing how to burrow, the inheritance of bloodlines is also very obvious in martial souls. Excluding those mutated species that are unrecognizable from their original form, you can determine whether a child is your biological child by observing whether their martial soul awakens at the age of six."

"But the inheritance of the original martial soul is different from that of other martial souls."

"For example, if the father and mother both have the hand as their martial soul, the child's martial soul is more likely to be the hand, but it is also possible for it to be the arm, thigh, chest, ribs, or something similar."

"Among the current owners of the Body Spirit in Wuhun City, there are several couples whose children also have the Body Spirit, but not many of them look exactly like their parents... You might think they are not the father's biological children, but these children all look quite similar to their fathers. The one who looks the most like them is almost like they were made from the same mold."

Qian Renxue knew that this was ruling out the possibility that the children were not her biological children, and also clarifying one thing: the inheritance of the original martial soul is more unstable than that of other martial souls.

This so-called "instability" may provide theoretical support for the previously mentioned concept that "the vast majority of humans' initial weapon spirits and beast spirits were formed because of their strong will."

Although it cannot be taken as complete evidence, Qian Renxue already understood why Tang San was so powerful—while other Soul Masters were still debating which Soul Ring to acquire, he was already researching the origin of Martial Souls, the essence of Martial Souls, the mutation and evolution of Martial Souls, and so on.

How many steps ahead is that?

Perhaps this is what a true Soul Master is: not only controlling power, but also understanding the essence of that power and comprehending its specific changes.

Most Soul Masters simply accumulate power and then use Soul Rings to unleash Soul Skills, at most honing their skills in training to develop optimal techniques for using Soul Skills.

That is, combat experience.

But what about Tang San?

How experienced is the opponent in combat?

Qian Renxue had already witnessed this in the previous Mainland Elite Competition: imaginative and adaptable.

She could tell that Tang San... at least five years ago, Tang San didn't have much combat experience, but his powerful physique, profound soul power, and keen spiritual perception enabled him to crush the students from other academies in battle, and he came up with all sorts of flexible fighting styles.

It truly is about being free and unrestrained, doing whatever you want!

"Brother Tang, I really want to fight you." Xue Qinghe's eyes were burning with desire. If it weren't for the fact that his identity was not easy to expose, he would definitely want to experience Tang San's strength firsthand.

"Are you kidding me?" Gu Yuena said. "Don't you know what realm Tang San is in now?"

"It's precisely because I know that I want to see the difference between him and me, little sister."

Qian Renxue reached out to touch Gu Yuena's soft silver hair, but Gu Yuena dodged her hand, muttering, "I don't play with androgynous people."

Xue Qinghe, his lips twitching, awkwardly withdrew his hand, glanced around to make sure no one was watching, and then glared angrily at Tang San: "There are some things you can't say to a child."

The implication was that she was blaming Tang San for telling someone he shouldn't know about her affairs, which might cause trouble in the future; at the very least, this little girl had given him leverage over her.

Tang San said calmly, "No one will believe the words of a little girl."

Gu Yuena straightened her back, put her hands on her hips, looked up at Qian Renxue, and said seriously, "That's right, I'm just a child. Who would believe what I say?"

Qian Renxue was also confused by this scene. Then she thought of public opinion and realized that if one does not have enough status, one does not have enough say. With truth and falsehood mixed together, people like them are more likely to gain the trust and support of the people. Even if others discover the truth, they will only be considered as false.

The truth will always be in the hands of those in power!

Of course, Qian Renxue also understood that this power must not be abused, otherwise it would backfire and cause her to lose the trust of the people.

Sure enough, communicating with Tang San always yielded considerable benefits.

Tang San just wanted to say: What did I say? Weren't we just discussing the original spirit and a whole bunch of speculations about the origin of spirits? How come the sentence that Qian Renxue felt most deeply about was about the guidance of "public opinion"?

It can only be said that after being an emperor for a long time, one's thinking becomes more inclined towards that of a ruler.

When they arrived at the inn, Wang Chen greeted them with a smile, but that smile vanished abruptly upon seeing Tang San.

(End of this chapter)