Triggering a treasure chest in Douluo Continent

Chapter 19 Mald's Inquiry

Ring ring.

The bell rang, signaling the end of get out of class.

Shi Quan didn't get up immediately. Instead, he carefully read the last few pages of the book in his hand before slowly getting up. Looking at the empty classroom, he picked up the book and walked out of the classroom towards the library.

He borrowed these books before the end of last semester, and it's been more than a week since school started, and he's only just finished reading them.

"Dean, I've come to return the book."

Shi Quan gently knocked on the library door, peeked inside, and only after seeing Malde did he go in.

Mald asked with a smile, "Is this book difficult to understand?"

Shi Quan smiled, scratched his head, and shook his head, saying, "No, it's just that I was delayed for a while on my way home, so it was a bit slow."

Looking at the intelligent Shi Quan, Mald stepped forward, took the book from his hands, affectionately patted his head, and said gently, "Child, I have two questions for you. Can you answer them truthfully?"

Shi Quan looked up at Mald's somewhat cloudy eyes, thought for a moment, and then said, "Dean, please ask. I will tell you the truth."

"Good child." Mald nodded with satisfaction, led Shi Quan to sit down beside him, and then asked, "Child, your Blue Silver Grass martial soul should be a mutated martial soul, right?"

Shi Quan nodded and replied, "Yes, Dean."

"May I take a look?"

"No problem, Dean."

Shi Quan raised his right hand and released his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.

"Such strong vitality." Mald's eyes lit up as he looked at the azure Blue Silver Grass in Shi Quan's hand. His serious expression relaxed instantly, and a smile appeared on his lips.

As the saying goes, the layman sees the spectacle, the expert sees the details.

Marde's theory on martial souls was also quite advanced. The life force aura emanating from Shi Quan's Blue Silver Grass martial soul was rich and gentle. Such a martial soul could not possibly be an evil martial soul, and Shi Quan could not possibly be an evil soul master. Once this was confirmed, Marde's tense nerves relaxed considerably.

Shi Quan wasn't surprised by Malde's sudden question. After falling out with Tang San, how could Tang San, with his personality, not protect him? In Shi Quan's opinion, Malde's sudden question must be related to Tang San and Yu Xiaogang.

Shi Quan had already made preparations for this. Since the completion of the martial soul mutation, Shi Quan discovered that he could change the way the martial soul's attributes were displayed by injecting internal energy. For example, when he only injected Yang attribute internal energy into the Blue Silver Grass martial soul, the Blue Silver Grass martial soul's life attribute would be enhanced, and its own devouring attribute would be hidden. The reverse is also true.

Therefore, Shi Quan remained completely calm when faced with questioning and investigation.

"I'm not mistaken, your martial soul mutation direction should be life, right?" Mard exclaimed in surprise. From his perception, the life force of Shi Quan's Blue Silver Grass was much stronger than that of ordinary Blue Silver Grass. Such a mutation should not only have a level one innate soul power.

"Yes, Dean."

Looking at Shi Quan's composed and confident expression, Mald grew even more fond of him and asked again, "Child, can you tell me your current soul power level?"

"Soul power level?" Shi Quan murmured softly, feigning deep thought. After a long pause, he revealed a determined expression and said, "Dean, my soul power should already be level seven or eight."

"What?!" Mald jumped to his feet, gripping Shi Quan's shoulders tightly with both hands, and asked again, word by word, "Shi Quan, you said your soul power is already level seven or eight!"

"That's right, Dean."

"Don't resist." Mald frowned, his soul power surging into the stone body. After feeling the surging internal force within the stone body, his expression became somewhat blank, and he muttered to himself, "Not just level seven, it's level eight! And the soul power is even much purer than that of an ordinary person."

Shi Quan breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Mald's murmur. The only thing he was unsure about was whether someone would discover anything unusual about his body when they checked his soul power level. Judging from Mald's reaction, he didn't find anything special about his internal energy, only that it was purer than ordinary soul power.

After a long while, Mald finally came to his senses and asked in a deep voice, "Is your innate soul power really only level one?"

"That should be it, isn't that what it says on the Martial Soul Certificate?"

Upon hearing Shi Quan's answer, Mald also fell into deep thought. It was impossible to cultivate to the seventh level of the Innate Realm so quickly, unless an evil soul master used a special devouring method to leap from the first level to the seventh level in just one year.

However, judging from both Shi Quan's martial spirit and soul power, Shi Quan could not possibly be an evil soul master.

There are only two possibilities now: either there was a mistake during the examination and his innate soul power is more than level one, or Shi Quan has some special cultivation method that allows his soul power level to increase so quickly.

Mard naturally preferred the first explanation, but he had never heard of the Spirit Hall's detection being wrong. After thinking it over, Mard wanted to confirm, so he asked, "How did you cultivate?"

This time, Shi Quan didn't answer directly, but instead asked, "Dean, what do you think are the characteristics of Blue Silver Grass?"

"Characteristics of Blue Silver Grass?" Mald paused, "What characteristics could Blue Silver Grass possibly have? Is it ubiquitous? Highly adaptable? Extremely resilient?"

"That's right, it's life." Shi Quan's fingers moved slightly, and the Blue Silver Grass in his hand emitted a faint blue light, affectionately wrapping around Shi Quan's arm. "There are countless Blue Silver Grasses on the continent. Blue Silver Grass can survive in almost any environment, relying on its own tenacious vitality. Wildfire cannot burn it out, and the spring breeze brings it back to life. That's what they mean by Blue Silver Grass. Tenacious life is the characteristic of Blue Silver Grass."

"Indeed." Mald nodded.

Shi Quan looked up and stared directly at Mald. "Dean, in the past, our human race was weak. In front of soul beasts, humans were as fragile as this Blue Silver Grass. But through our own efforts, we spread across the continent with our own strength and became the dominant force on the continent. Similarly, Blue Silver Grass also stood out from all kinds of plants and spread to all parts of the continent. In my opinion, Blue Silver Grass is very similar to us humans."

"It does look quite similar." Mald was taken aback, finding it hard to believe that a seven-year-old child would have such a thought.

"Although Blue Silver Grass is common, its vitality and tenacious nature are unmatched by ordinary plants. My Blue Silver Grass, though described as a mutation, seems to me more like an awakening—an awakening of its own power. Humanity rose to prominence through the awakening of its Martial Soul; the awakening of Blue Silver Grass's life attribute, in my view, is a sign of its rise. Humanity has its emperors, and various spirit beast races have their beast kings. Does Blue Silver Grass have its own emperor? Can my Blue Silver Grass become the emperor of the countless Blue Silver Grasses on this continent?"

As he spoke, a bright light shone in Shi Quan's eyes.

After hearing Shi Quan's words, Mald stood there stunned. He couldn't believe he could see such a powerful ambition in the eyes of a seven-year-old child.

"The King of Blue Silver Grass?" Mald felt his throat become dry.

Mald himself wasn't sure if this path was feasible, but he didn't want to discourage Shi Quan, so after regaining his composure, he asked again, "Child, do you know how difficult this path is?"

Shi Quan smiled and said, "Dean, I think I've found my path. Isn't my soul power level proof enough?"

"What! You found it?"

Even as the head of the academy, Mald still lost his composure after hearing Shi Quan's words, and his shocked voice echoed throughout the entire library.

Mald, losing his composure, continued to ask, "How did you do that?"

Shi Quan did not answer, but simply looked at Mald in front of him quietly.

Marde then realized he had said the wrong thing. Shi Quan was such a smart child, how could he not know what to say and what not to say? The fact that he could tell him all his directions proved that Shi Quan trusted him.

If one were to inquire further, it would be akin to prying into another Soul Master's Soul Skills, a major taboo for Soul Masters, let alone inquiring about cultivation methods.

Mald slapped his head again, saying regretfully, "I was reckless."

Shi Quan shook his head and said, "It's alright, Dean. If possible, I hope you can keep my secret, especially from Yu Xiaogang."

Upon hearing Shi Quan mention Yu Xiaogang, Malde's expression became somewhat embarrassed, realizing that Shi Quan must have guessed. "Don't worry, kid, I won't tell anyone your secret."

Seeing that Mald agreed, Shi Quan then said, "Thank you, Dean. Actually, it's not a secret that I've cultivated so quickly. It's actually closely related to the mutation of my martial soul."

My Blue Silver Grass has a much stronger life force than ordinary Blue Silver Grass. During my research, I discovered that the strong life force in the Blue Silver Grass martial soul can resonate with other Blue Silver Grass under certain conditions. This resonance is very strange, allowing me to sense the life fluctuations of the Blue Silver Grass around me.

Guided by this fluctuation, the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul can absorb some of the life energy of the surrounding Blue Silver Grass. After absorbing this life energy, the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul will become more powerful. At the same time, under the influence of the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul's aura, the surrounding Blue Silver Grass will not only not decline, but will become stronger. The two form a rising cycle.

It was precisely because of this that, as my Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul grew stronger and stronger under the nourishment of abundant life energy, I felt my talent also increasing, and the rate of increase in soul power also greatly improved.

"So that's how it is! The Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul can actually resonate with the Blue Silver Grass plant, with the two nourishing and enhancing each other, and even improving the quality of the Martial Soul. Could other Martial Souls achieve similar effects? Whether they can or not, the fact that the Martial Soul quality can be improved is absolutely enough to cause a sensation throughout the entire Martial Soul world. This discovery is most feasible for plant-type Soul Masters..."

Mald's face was filled with fanaticism, and he was in a state of frenzy, constantly talking to himself.

Shi Quan watched this scene quietly from the side without disturbing it, understanding the value of what he had just said to a martial soul scholar.

He said that all of this was something he deliberately designed based on a plot point in the original work, and he was indeed able to achieve a similar effect.

In the original novel, when Tang San awakened the Blue Silver Emperor, countless Blue Silver Grasses sacrificed their life force to help Tang San awaken the Blue Silver Emperor. After the Blue Silver Emperor successfully awakened, it also used its higher-level life force to nourish those ordinary Blue Silver Grasses.

His current Blue Silver Grass martial soul's life energy is naturally insufficient to nourish other Blue Silver Grasses, but when combined with Yang attribute internal energy, the life attribute of the Blue Silver Grass will become stronger, achieving the effect of nourishing other Blue Silver Grasses. The nourished Blue Silver Grasses will also feed back a certain amount of life energy to the Blue Silver Grasses. Over time, his Blue Silver Grass martial soul may transform into a Blue Silver King or even a Blue Silver Emperor.

"Shi Quan, do you know how much impact your discovery will have on the Soul Master world?" Mard asked excitedly, gripping Shi Quan's shoulders after regaining his senses.

Shi Quan shrugged and said somewhat helplessly, "Dean, my situation is just a special case. My method cannot be promoted at all. Another reason why I can resonate is that Blue Silver Grass is naturally weak and easy to connect with. In addition, my Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul has awakened the life attribute, which is why I can conquer those Blue Silver Grasses. Other Martial Souls have almost no chance of establishing a connection with the same plant."

"Indeed." Mald nodded and gradually calmed down. Most plant-type soul masters' plant martial souls come from plant soul beasts. Soul beasts and soul masters are hostile to each other, so it is impossible for them to have a connection like Shi Quan's. Moreover, the establishment of the connection is only the foundation. It is not easy for the two to cooperate and nourish each other to grow.

Just as Shi Quan said, he is a special case. It is only because of the special characteristics of the basic Blue Silver Grass that such a climbing cycle can occur.

"Dean, you should know my situation. Can I apply to skip class? The course content is useless to me anyway. If you have time, could I study with you for a while?"

Now that Tang San and his group have found Malde, he can take this opportunity to further reduce his interactions with Tang San and Xiao Wu. After all, Tang San has Haotian Douluo behind him. Although titled Douluos have their own pride and rarely lower themselves to kill weaklings, Tang Hao is a different story. If he discovers that Tang Hao has the ability to steal his son, the Blue Silver Emperor, he might not even leave a trace after one blow.

As the saying goes, having more friends means having more paths. His Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul mutation and the special training method he prepared will definitely be announced later. Telling Marde now will not affect the overall situation. Building a good relationship with Marde is beneficial and harmless. Moreover, Marde is also a backer for him in the academy, which will make his actions more convenient.

(End of this chapter)