Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 9: You want to make the other side suffer?

"Hello everyone, my name is Wang Wu..."

"Hello everyone, my name is Kun Liu..."

In just about a minute, all the students in the class had finished introducing themselves. After all, only a few can become Soul Masters; there were only fifteen people in the entire class.

Mohen wrote down everyone's names, closed the attendance book on the podium, and said, "Okay, next, let's arrange the courses for this semester."

"Seven days a week, five days of classes and two days of rest. Classes are mostly in the morning. In the afternoon, you will have to go to the school to clean. However, I suggest that if you have time after cleaning, you should practice more."

"Okay, that's the basic situation."

"Now, let's begin your first lesson: literacy."

The class of fifteen students were all work-study students, mostly from small villages near Nottingham. They were mostly illiterate and needed basic education.

The work-study students born in Nottingham were literate, but they were in a separate class.

When the college divided students into classes, even though they were all work-study students, they were divided into those from the city and those from the countryside.

Tang San had previously asked Wang Sheng that the work-study students in Dormitories 7, 8, and 9 were all from villages near Notting City, while the work-study students in Dormitories 6, 5, and 4 were all born in Notting City. The remaining Dormitories 3, 2, and 1 were the children of noble families in Notting City, as well as some regular students whose families could afford the tuition.

The nine dormitories, divided into three levels, are clearly distinct.

In Tang San's class, apart from him and Xiao Wu who were in dormitory 7, the other thirteen students were in dormitories 8 and 9.

They are illiterate and cannot even understand meditation methods, so they can only proceed slowly.

Speaking of meditation, Tang San had also seen the Spirit Hall meditation method that Su Yuntao had given him. It was described very simply: close your eyes and meditate, sense your spirit, communicate with it, and control your spirit to absorb the energy between heaven and earth, making it flow in your body and slowly transform it into spirit power.

In this process, the Martial Soul took the dominant position.

In other words, for most people, meditation and cultivation to enhance their soul power is due to their martial spirit helping them absorb the energy of heaven and earth and convert it into soul power, rather than the soul master being able to absorb the energy of heaven and earth through meditation itself.

He could think of having children who hadn't awakened their martial spirit meditate, and other forces probably could too, but they all likely failed, with none of them succeeding in cultivating.

Tang San guessed that even if there were more advanced meditation methods, the Soul Masters of this world would still need to use their Martial Soul to absorb the energy between heaven and earth, rather than themselves, or rather, they would mainly rely on their Martial Soul.

After all, Yu Xiaogang had given a very simple method for circulating soul power in the original work, but the martial arts Tang San didn't care about it at all.

In this era, cultivating soul power through the practice of techniques is still a rather unrealistic fantasy.

Therefore, in this era, the innate soul power talent of a martial soul is extremely important. This may represent whether a soul master can better communicate with their martial soul and the efficiency with which they can refine the energy of heaven and earth.

However, the people of this world are also fortunate, because possessing a Martial Soul means having infinite possibilities.

However, from the perspective of ordinary people at the bottom, the existence of martial spirits is also unfortunate, because they have no chance to resist those powerful soul masters.

Ultimately, the conflicts between continents are all battles between Soul Masters.

Even in the era of soul tools ten thousand years later, the main users of soul tools are still soul masters.

This is perhaps a common problem in all worlds with extraordinary powers.

However, compared to those fantasy worlds where everything is destroyed at the drop of a hat, the common people in this world are not without a chance to resist, it just takes a little longer.

Getting back to the main topic, Tang San felt that meditation techniques were worth studying, since they were based on martial spirits.

Although he possesses the Mysterious Heaven Skill, which allows him to absorb the energy of heaven and earth without awakening his martial soul—a peerless divine skill in this world—this is, after all, a world of martial souls, and perhaps they can be combined.

Although the Mysterious Heaven Skill has already allowed him to reach the pinnacle of this world, meditation is also a crystallization of the wisdom of this world and should not be looked down upon.

To become a true researcher, arrogance is unacceptable...

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"Tang San, do you need any help from your teacher in hunting spirit beasts?" After class, Mohen stopped Tang San, who had taken a half-month leave, and kindly asked, "Can the teachers at the academy help students hunt for their first spirit ring for free?"

"Thank you, Teacher Mohen, but I have already found two masters from the Spirit Hall and determined the type of spirit beast to hunt." Tang San politely declined Mohen's offer.

"Is that Su Yuntao? That guy is in the same year as me, just a different class." Mohen smiled, his gaze catching sight of Yu Xiaogang walking past the window. His expression turned serious as he warned, "There's a 'master' in our academy with a bad reputation. Don't get involved with him. If he takes a liking to you and wants to take you as his disciple, just refuse."

"Thank you for reminding me, Teacher Mohen. However, I heard that he is friends with the dean. If I refuse directly, will he complain?" Tang San wanted to confirm the consequences of refusing.

"Just refuse directly, don't say anything unnecessary, and everything will be fine," Mohen said. "Although his title of 'master' is a joke, he has a lot of self-respect and won't turn on you just because a child refuses. Over the years, he couldn't possibly be unaware of the people talking about him behind his back, but he's endured it all... To be honest, he's quite an oddball."

After saying goodbye to Mohen and leaving the office, Xiaowu stopped Tang San. She had been waiting outside and asked, "You wouldn't happen to be born with full innate soul power, would you? How did you cultivate so quickly?"

"Perhaps it's because I have a higher affinity with the Blue Silver Grass spirit," Tang San said with a smile. "Besides, according to the information I found, the probability of a Soft Bone Rabbit having innate full spirit power is unprecedented on the continent. I was quite surprised."

Xiao Wu's expression changed, but she immediately realized that the person in front of her was a child and couldn't possibly know her identity. She said, "That's not necessarily true. Maybe the original Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul with full innate soul power wasn't recorded?"

"That's possible." Tang San nodded, recalling that Xiao Wu's mother seemed to have also transformed into human form. He then examined the braid behind Xiao Wu. "However, I still think it's more likely that you're not a normal person. After all, what normal six-year-old child has hair that long?"

Xiao Wu gritted her teeth, feeling that Tang San was personally attacking her, but she really couldn't refute his words.

"so--"

Tang San drew out the sound.

"So what?" Xiao Wu felt as if Tang San had seen right through her.

"So, you might have hirsutism," Tang San lied. "I know Su Yuntao. He's from the Spirit Hall and knows Notting City very well. He must know where to buy hair removal cream that can suppress your excessive hair growth."

Xiao Wu was taken aback, then took a deep breath and uttered a single word:

"roll!"

"Alright, see you in half a month." Tang San was about to walk past Xiao Wu when she grabbed him again.

"Is there anything else?"

"Yes, you have studied martial spirit cultivation?" Xiao Wu asked.

"Yes, you've come to the right person." Tang San raised his hand and pretended to adjust the non-existent glasses frame on the bridge of his nose, leaving Xiao Wu speechless. But his eyes were extremely bright at this moment, like the stars in the sky, very dazzling.

"and then?"

After Tang San answered, Xiao Wu stared at her without saying a word, wondering if she had seen wrong. His eyes had been so bright just now, perhaps it was just because there were tears in his eyes that made them look... sparkling?

"You have to tell me what you want to ask before I can answer, right?" Tang San rolled his eyes. "And, can you let go now?"

"Tell me, what spirit beast should I choose for my second spirit ring?" Xiao Wu let go of Tang San's arm, her eyes darting around, wanting to test whether Tang San had any real talent.

"The Wind-Listening Rabbit".

Tang San revealed the name of a soul beast.

Why?

Xiao Wu was puzzled. "I want a soul skill that can confuse people, such as charm. That way, the opponents I encounter in the future won't just stand there stupidly and let me use my attack soul skill."

"That makes a lot of sense, but I don't recommend it," Tang San said.

"Why?" Xiao Wu asked, puzzled.

"How do you see yourself? Or rather, what kind of Soul Master do you want to become in the future?" Tang San didn't answer directly, but instead kept her in suspense and asked her a question in return.

Currently, there are seven types of Soul Masters on the Douluo Continent: Power Attack, Agility Attack, Control, Defense, Healing, Support, and Food.

Xiao Wu had heard of these things, so her answer was without hesitation: "A strong offensive type."

"An offensive type? Based on your fight with Wang Sheng, I can roughly understand that your first soul skill is related to the waist..."

"That's right, my first soul skill is the waist bow."

"Don't interrupt me." Tang San was a little unhappy, and Xiao Wu seemed to be startled, shutting her mouth, but still pouting, "Why are you taking it so seriously?"

Tang San ignored Xiao Wu's chatter and continued, "Waistbow... does a spirit beast like the Soft Bone Rabbit have a waist?"

"Don't insult rabbits!" Xiao Wu blushed with embarrassment and anger. "What do you mean the Soft-Boned Rabbit doesn't have a waist? It's just a little chubby! No, its fur is a little fluffy!"

"What you said makes a lot of sense, but the Soft Bone Rabbit's waist is really fat, unlike ordinary rabbits. Soul beast rabbits and ordinary wild rabbits are practically two different species. To be honest, I don't even know what kind of soul beast you hunted to get your first soul skill." Tang San complained, but in his heart, he had another thought:

The Waist Bow skill is most likely designed to adapt to Xiao Wu's physique after her transformation, since a beast spirit cannot completely alter the human skeletal structure.

For example, Su Yuntao, with his martial spirit, isn't he also a werewolf?

After Xiao Wu's martial soul was attached to her, she grew two rabbit ears on her head and a round rabbit tail on her waist. Otherwise, there didn't seem to be much change.

However, the Soft-Boned Rabbit has absolutely no waist-bending skills; at most, it can kick its legs.

In the original work, Xiao Wu does indeed know a self-created soul skill called "Rabbit Kicks Eagle".

But why not treat this skill as a Soul Ring skill and choose a waist bow instead?

Okay, even if it's barely acceptable, in the original work, apart from the waist bow, which of the following skills—charm, teleportation, invincible golden body, soft bone lock, eight-stage throw, and clone—is something that the Soft Bone Rabbit could have?

Leaving aside the allure, let's consider it as Xiao Wu trying to control her enemy, but if their mental strength is stronger than hers, she can't control them and might even suffer a backlash.

Teleportation and invincible golden body might be talents born from ten-thousand-year-old Soft Bone Rabbits. Tang San was just speculating about this, since the number of thousand-year-old Soft Bone Rabbits was already rare in the "Encyclopedia of Soul Beasts," and there was no record of ten-thousand-year-old ones.

Even if the Eternal Soft-Boned Rabbit could possess such a skill, it would only be used for escaping.

fighting?

Oh.

These are all skills for escaping, why treat them as offensive skills?

The teleportation skill alone makes it suitable for an agility-based attack build.

Moreover, offensive Soul Masters also need a certain level of defense. Xiao Wu's defense is essentially an Invincible Golden Body, and she cannot move while using it.

It's purely a life-saving skill.

As for the Soft Bone Lock, please forgive Tang San for his lack of imagination; he couldn't understand how the Soft Bone Rabbit, before it transformed, could use its limbs to lock up other ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts.

Therefore, there is only one possibility: Xiao Wu condenses her own soul ring, and she can choose what her soul skill is.

"Anyway, my first soul skill is the Waist Bow, and it was dropped from the Soft Bone Rabbit." Xiao Wu snorted. Wasn't the soul ring she condensed also dropped from the Soft Bone Rabbit?

"Tell me, why the Wind-Listening Rabbit? I think the charm skill is actually pretty good. It can control the enemy, and then I can throw them away with a backbend. If the direction is towards the ground, it can make the enemy more seriously injured."

"That makes a lot of sense, but since you're going for an offensive style, why add a control skill to yourself?" Tang San countered. "Your charm skill probably won't be very effective against opponents with high mental strength, right? Think about it carefully, once you reach the Title Douluo level, will you still be using charm skills?"

"A Title Douluo using Charm followed by a waist bow technique—the sight is just too much! I can't even imagine it! Are you trying to make your opponent suffer?"

(End of this chapter)