In Douluo Continent, Tang San raids my base right from the start.

Chapter 10 Please continue your performance!

old man

Yu Xiaogang's expression faltered for a moment, but he quickly recovered. It's true that many ordinary families on the mainland marry young, and judging by age alone, many of his peers would already be grandfathers. So, the child's address was perfectly normal.

He reached out and took the certificate, then looked down and scanned it.

Under Zhu Wu's upward gaze, Yu Xiaogang's eyes visibly lit up. He then ignored Zhu Wu and turned to look at the other Tang San, sizing him up and down.

His gaze wasn't sharp, but in Tang San's eyes, it felt like he had been seen through, and his brows furrowed slightly.

Seemingly noticing the change in Tang San's expression, Yu Xiaogang withdrew his gaze and turned to look at Old Jack.

"The proof is in order, sir. I apologize for what happened earlier. Please leave these two children to me."

"No need, no need to apologize," Old Jack quickly waved his hand, then said, "Then, Master, I'll leave these two children in your care." He then turned to the master and instructed, "Xiao San, Xiao Wu, you two hurry and go inside with the master. Be good once inside, and don't cause him any trouble."

"Mmm." Zhu Wu nodded gently.

Tang San nodded slightly, but did not speak.

It wasn't that he didn't appreciate the so-called master's kindness, but rather that he had his own way of handling things even without the master's intervention. In fact, he had already activated the safety of his hidden dart the moment the guard threw his credentials on the ground. If the master hadn't intervened, the guard wouldn't have lunged at him; he might already have a short arrow lodged in his throat.

The general outline of the Xuan Tian Bao Lu states that once an opponent is identified as an enemy and is destined to die, there is no need to show mercy; otherwise, it will only bring unnecessary trouble. In his view, the doorman had first spoken rudely, then lost his identification, and even attacked an old man—he was already courting death. And he was absolutely confident that he could kill the man without Old Jack and Zhu Wu realizing it was him.

Lost in thought, Yu Xiaogang glanced at the gatekeeper and said calmly, "I don't want to hear about a next time."

"Yes, yes," the young man nodded vigorously.

Yu Xiaogang stopped looking at him, lowered his head slightly, and naturally moved the hand that was holding the Spirit Hall certificate behind his back. With his other hand, he grabbed Tang San's wrist, forced a smile onto his slightly stiff face, and softened his slightly hoarse voice, "Let's go in."

It seems I've been rejected. So, I guess I'm just superfluous, Zhu Wu thought to himself.

"Hmph, I'm not going to leave later."

"I have a different surname from Tang San, and our martial souls are different too. We're clearly not from the same family. Let's see if you have the guts to tell me, an outsider, that Tang San has twin martial souls! If you really show any signs of it, I'll interrupt and leave later."

He thought to himself.

Yu Xiaogang didn't say anything more and pulled Tang San towards the academy.

Zhu Wu followed closely behind.

As they entered the academy, Tang San's voice drifted over, "Teacher, thank you."

"Teacher? I'm not a teacher at this academy." Grandmaster glanced down at Tang San and said calmly.

The familiar plot unfolded as Zhu Wu watched quietly.

Until their classic dialogue arrived.

"Unless you really want me to be your teacher."

"Are you going to teach me how to cultivate a martial spirit?"

"So, are you willing or not?"

Tang San didn't speak, but just looked up at Yu Xiaogang quietly.

Zhu Wu remained silent as he followed.

On the other side, Yu Xiaogang stared blankly at Tang San and smiled, "You really are a smart kid."

Then, turning to Zhu Wu, she said calmly, "Xiao Wu, may I call you that?"

"Um, is he trying to show off his theories to Tang San by talking to me?" Zhu Wu immediately guessed this possibility and nodded, "You are an elder, of course you can."

Tang San glanced at Yu Xiaogang, seemingly lost in thought, and then said nothing more.

"If I'm not mistaken, your silkworm martial soul should be a mutated martial soul, right?" Yu Xiaogang nodded.

"I don't know either," Zhu Wu said, scratching his head with an expression that said, "I don't know anything."

Don't ask, I just don't understand!

Yu Xiaogang nodded slightly and said to himself, "I have investigated 586 people who have awakened the Silkworm Martial Soul, and only 15 of them have Soul Power, which is less than 3%."

"Furthermore, among these 15 people, half have a soul power level of no more than level 1, and very few have reached level 1. However, there is one exception; her soul power not only exceeds level 1, but has also reached an astonishing level 8 innate soul power."

"The reason is simple: she awakened a mutated martial soul, and a rare one at that—the Ice Silkworm Martial Soul."

This is what he saw when he was researching information at the Spirit Hall. The person who awakened her spirit was a woman from Tianshui Academy, and she had been dead for many years.

"Its prototype exists in reality. It is a rare soul beast that lives in the far north of the Heaven Dou Empire. It not only has ice attributes but also a certain spiritual talent and is good at hiding. When it encounters an invading enemy, it will transform into another high-level soul beast to scare the opponent away."

"Your spirit certificate does not indicate that you possess ice attributes, so it is clear that your spirit has not awakened this type of talent. Otherwise, the Spirit Hall would definitely have pestered you to join, and would never have given you the opportunity to come to Notting Academy as a work-study student."

"Any martial soul that possesses attributes such as ice or fire will exhibit certain characteristics upon awakening. This is because the host cannot control the martial soul immediately upon awakening."

"For example, the air temperature around an ice-attribute spirit will drop, and flames will rise from the body of a fire-attribute spirit."

"If such a phenomenon really occurs, I think that as long as the deacon who helped you awaken your martial soul is not a fool, he will definitely be able to see it."

At this point, Yu Xiaogang smiled slightly and said confidently, "Therefore, I dare to predict that when your silkworm martial soul awakened, its appearance must have been almost identical to that of an ordinary silkworm, which is why that deacon of the Spirit Hall mistook it for an ordinary silkworm martial soul. Being able to awaken level 6 innate soul power, yet lacking any manifest attribute abilities, I think your martial soul ability is more spiritual in nature."

"Furthermore, it is highly likely to be an ability related to illusion."

Tang San was surprised to find that this person had such insight.

Zhu Wu's awakened martial spirit did indeed look no different from an ordinary silkworm, something he witnessed firsthand.

Yu Xiaogang caught Tang San's change in expression out of the corner of his eye, and a smile involuntarily appeared on his lips, his chest straightening up.

Oh, so if the only person you know who awakened the mutated silkworm martial soul possesses other non-manifest abilities, such as time, space, water, light, etc., does that mean the direction you just gave me regarding the martial soul has also changed? Zhu Wu expressed a different opinion.

But he didn't intend to show it. Instead, he scratched his head and said, "My martial spirit does look just like a silkworm."

"As for whether the ability is mental or spiritual, I don't know."

Yu Xiaogang's expression was firm, and he didn't allow Zhu Wu to release his martial spirit for a detailed investigation. Instead, he said regretfully:

"His mental abilities are also quite good. In the future, he could consider adding a soul ring to his martial soul that can provide soul skills such as charm and illusion, so that he can barely develop in the direction of control."

"However, I do not recommend that you do that."

"Huh? Why is that?" Zhu Wuzhuang asked in surprise.

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(End of this chapter)