Douro Continent

Chapter 285 The Mystery of Twin Martial Souls (Part 2)

The confusion, contradictions, and complex feelings I had been experiencing for the past few days were suddenly cleared up by the master's words.

The view before me was completely open and clear.

Even if I could figure everything out now, what good would it do?

With my current strength, there's nothing I can do. All I can do now is to diligently cultivate, just as my teacher instructed.

I will prove it to my father with my actions.

Dad, have you really been watching me secretly all along? Okay, just you wait and see, I definitely won't let you down.

Seeing the change in Tang San's expression, the Grandmaster couldn't help but nod in approval. He knew Tang San was a smart man; after his own prompting, he had understood. This was precisely the reason the Grandmaster had called him over.

"Teacher, I have two more questions." Tang San's eyes regained their brilliance, and he returned to his usual calm and composed demeanor.

The master said, "Speak."

Tang San said, "The first question is, do you know who my mother is? I haven't seen her since I was born, and my father never mentions her. I have a vague feeling that my father's six-year addiction to cheap ale is likely related to my mother."

The master nodded and said, "You're right. Judging from the fact that you've been motherless since childhood, your father's despondency is likely due to your mother. However, your mother's identity is even more mysterious. Not to mention me, few people in the Soul Master world know who she is. She doesn't seem to belong to any major Soul Master family, which can be seen from the Blue Silver Grass on your body. Blue Silver Grass is a standard useless martial soul. In a sense, twin martial souls are also a type of mutated martial soul, allowing two martial souls to coexist, which can cause some damage to the Soul Master's body, just like how Ma Hongjun's Evil Fire used to cause him trouble. But strangely, the two martial souls in your body have never experienced this. They are very harmonious together. Moreover, your Blue Silver Grass doesn't seem to have any difficulties in cultivation. Your soul power increases very quickly. If your innate full soul power is due to the Clear Sky Hammer, then why is the Blue Silver Grass cultivation so fast? Even with twin martial souls, this shouldn't make sense."

Tang San didn't think much of the master's question, although he didn't know why his two martial souls could coexist so harmoniously.

However, his soul power was increased according to the cultivation method of the Mysterious Heaven Technique, and it seemed to have little to do with his martial soul.

He simply couldn't reveal the secrets of the Tang Clan.

"Teacher, my second question is, why do my father and you both forbid me from cultivating the Clear Sky Hammer? According to you, the Clear Sky Hammer should be a top-grade weapon spirit, obviously more promising than cultivating Blue Silver Grass. My father also made his name with it. Is it to cover up my identity as someone from the Clear Sky Sect?"

Upon hearing Tang San's question, Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang couldn't help but smile. "This question is actually quite simple. Both your father and I are doing this for your own good. It's not about concealing your identity, but about making you stronger in the future. Tell me, what is the greatest advantage of having twin martial souls?"

"Skills from two martial souls. A martial soul can have a maximum of nine soul rings, which means nine skills. Since I have two martial souls, that's eighteen skills."

The master frowned slightly. "Silly boy, you've studied with me for so long, how come you still can't see it clearly? It's true that after cultivating twin martial souls to the Title Douluo level, one can indeed possess eighteen spirit rings and eighteen spirit skills. However, don't forget. Although you have twin martial souls, you can only use one martial soul at a time. That is to say, you can only use a maximum of nine spirit rings simultaneously. Although the variations will be more than ordinary spirit masters, is that the mystery of twin martial souls? Then you are underestimating the talent of twin martial souls too much."

A thought flashed through Tang San's mind, "Teacher, you mean to say..."

The master nodded and said, "Your father and I both advocated that you cultivate the Blue Silver Grass martial soul first, precisely because it is far inferior to the Clear Sky Hammer. The biggest advantage of twin martial souls is that you can cultivate one martial soul first. Although your Clear Sky Hammer doesn't have a single spirit ring yet, your spirit power has already reached level thirty-seven. Think about it, if you start adding spirit rings to the Clear Sky Hammer now, what level of spirit rings will they be? A thousand-year spirit ring. If your Blue Silver Grass reaches the level of a Title Douluo, what level will you add spirit rings to the Clear Sky Hammer then? What level will they be then? Your father and I's goal is to create..." An incredible existence possessing all ten-thousand-year-old spirit rings. This kind of situation is only possible for a spirit master with twin spirits. Your other spirit is Blue Silver Grass. I don't expect you to cultivate it to level ninety, but as long as you cultivate it to level sixty or above, then in the future you might be able to obtain a Clear Sky Hammer with all ten-thousand-year spirit rings. At that time, let alone one Title Douluo, even two at once, how could they possibly be your match? At the same level of ninety, the various attributes you gain from your nine ten-thousand-year spirit rings are incomparable to those of ordinary spirit masters. This is our true purpose.”

Tang San's eyes lit up. He had used the Clear Sky Hammer before, and it was with the help of the Clear Sky Hammer, which didn't even have a single spirit ring, that he successfully killed the Human-Faced Demon Spider. The Clear Sky Hammer's weight was terrifying, and all of this was due to its inherent strength.

The master looked at Tang San and said, "My only concern now is whether your two spirit souls will conflict when you add spirit rings to the Clear Sky Hammer. In the history of spirit masters, you are the third person to possess twin spirit souls. We're not the only clever people; what we think of, others can think of too. The first spirit master to possess twin spirit souls met a tragic end. When he added spirit rings to his second spirit soul, the two spirit souls clashed when he reached the third, causing him to explode and die. The second person to possess twin spirit souls, however, succeeded and became an unprecedentedly powerful figure. In other words, the success rate of cultivating twin spirit souls using this method is only fifty percent."

"Perhaps you have a better chance. After all, your Clear Sky Hammer and Blue Silver Grass haven't clashed yet. This is exactly the problem I've been researching all these years: how to prevent them from clashing when you add spirit rings to the Clear Sky Hammer in the future."

"The reason we kept your twin martial souls a secret was to prevent powerful soul masters from harming you. The reason you were made to cultivate Blue Silver Grass first was to help you become stronger. Now you understand, right? As for your future choices, that's up to you."

With the master's detailed explanation, Tang San gained a completely new understanding of his twin martial souls. "Teacher, is your reason for having me train my body also because of my twin martial souls? When the Blue Silver Grass adds spirit rings, it enhances my body, such as strength, agility, and control. And when I add spirit rings to the Clear Sky Hammer later, won't the same thing happen? In other words, my body's attributes can increase by up to eighteen spirit rings. Although these attributes are nothing compared to spirit skills, accumulating so many is still terrifying."

The master nodded and said, "That's right, that's what I was worried about too. An increase in various attributes is certainly a good thing for an ordinary Soul Master. However, when the attributes increase to a certain extent and the body can't handle it, it turns from a benefit into a disaster. That's why I asked you to train your physique. After you consumed those two extreme immortal herbs, your body seems to have improved considerably. I can now be certain that when you add Soul Rings to the Clear Sky Hammer in the future, at least the attributes added to the first three Soul Rings won't put too much of a burden on you. As for the others, it depends on the situation. If it really doesn't work, we'll have to use a special method to distribute these attributes."

"How are the attributes added by the spirit ring distributed?" Tang San asked curiously.

The master pointed to Tang San's back and said, "Have you forgotten? You still have that external spirit bone. When your strength reaches a certain level, it's best to have one or two more spirit bones. When your body can no longer withstand the attributes brought by the spirit rings, these extra attributes will be integrated into the spirit bone within your body. In this way, the pressure you bear will be reduced. The downside is that once people find out, the number of people who want to kill you and seize your spirit bones will probably increase significantly. Right now, your twin martial souls haven't fully formed yet, and few people know about them, so it's not a big problem. But it's hard to say what will happen in the future. That's why I've always reminded you not to easily reveal your Clear Sky Hammer unless your life is in danger. The Advanced Spirit Master Academy Tournament is in six months. I remind you again, do not use the Clear Sky Hammer during this tournament."

"Yes, teacher."

The master gently patted Tang San's shoulder, and said with a sense of loss, "Little San, I understand how you feel right now. But there's one thing you must understand: living in a large family, especially a Soul Master sect, isn't necessarily a good thing. The pressure and constraints from all sides, as well as the infighting within the sect, are not beneficial to cultivation at all."

(End of this chapter)