Dr. Da Mu's laboratory was completely different from what Furina had imagined.
There were hardly any people inside, and it was decorated like a curtain of trees, with flowers and plants planted everywhere. Those who knew understood this was a laboratory, but those who didn't would have thought they had walked into someone's back garden.
The most eye-catching thing was a pinkish-white fox curled up in the corner, with three tails, fluffy, lazily lying on a soft cushion, exuding a sense of spirituality from head to toe. Judging by its aura, it was at least a thousand-year Soul Beast.
Furina raised an eyebrow and asked, "Is this your pet?"
A thought vaguely flashed through her mind: could this be the Soul Beast lover they were talking about earlier?
After all, before entering, she had indeed heard about Dr. Da Mu being in a relationship with a Soul Beast. But she felt that shouldn't be the case.
The project she had assigned him was clearly to research Martial Soul and Soul Beast related matters, how could he have come up with something like this? If he really wanted to be in a relationship, it should be like Tang San's family, dating a Soul Beast that had cultivated into human form.
Come to think of it, the Tang family really did preserve this fine tradition: his father Tang Hao dated Ah Yin, a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor who had cultivated into human form; he himself dated the hundred-thousand-year Soft Bones Rabbit Xiao Wu; his son Tang Wulin was even more impressive, directly dating the Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena; and when it came to his grandson, he dated the hundred-thousand-year Demon Soul Great White Shark Dong Qianqiu, also known as Bai Xiu.
Although Bai Xiu later underwent Fusion with Zi Ji, and the Bloodline of the Demon Soul Great White Shark was forcibly changed into some kind of Sky Blue Ice-Eating Dragon, it had nothing to do with a Great White Shark anymore. But to be honest, from her debut to the end, Bai Xiu was always a vase, even more of a vase than Xiao Wu.
Alright, I've digressed.
In short, making Furina believe that someone would be in a relationship with a Soul Beast that hadn't cultivated into human form was just too exaggerated.
Unless the other party told her he was Indian.
Dr. Da Mu coughed twice, his cheeks actually turning slightly red.
Furina's heart skipped a beat.
Damn. It's real. No, what on earth are you researching?!
Dr. Da Mu quickly composed himself and said seriously, "Actually, this is my girlfriend, Su Daji. I gave her a nice name. She is a Ten-thousand-year Soul Beast, a Three-Tailed Beauty Fox that mutated from a Beauty Fox."
Furina couldn't help but blurt out, "What Su Daji? Do you want to be King Zhou too?"
Dr. Da Mu was stunned, his face full of confusion, "Who is King Zhou? It seems there is no such person in history, right?"
He considered himself well-read, but had never come across this name.
Furina rolled her eyes, tried to calm down, and replied unceremoniously, "He was also a fox enthusiast."
Dr. Da Mu suddenly realized and smiled, "Oh, I see. Then he is just like me, a kindred spirit."
Furina almost couldn't help but raise her middle finger.
Kindred spirit my foot!
The person he liked was indeed a fox spirit, but the problem was, that Su Daji could transform into a human form!
Just as she was about to complain, Dr. Da Mu had already walked over to the Three-Tailed Beauty Fox and reached out to gently stroke her fluffy head. The fox squinted her eyes, looking very satisfied, and made a comfortable purring sound in her throat.
Furina watched this scene, her mouth twitching slightly.
Although she was curious about how they reached this relationship, she didn't want to ask too much. If she asked about some explosive inside information that shattered her worldview, that wouldn't be good.
She took a deep breath and asked with difficulty, "So... you really want to mate with a Soul Beast that hasn't cultivated into human form and have offspring?"
Dr. Da Mu nodded affirmatively, a certain light flashing in his eyes, "That's right. I believe that humans and Soul Beasts can coexist peacefully and in another form."
Furina was silent.
You are called Dr. Da Mu, so you should be making Poké Balls and catching Soul Beasts to be spirits! How could you think of using this method...
She rubbed her temples and asked again, "What about your students and subordinates? Don't tell me they also went off to be in a loving family with different Soul Beasts?"
The entire laboratory was almost empty, and those researchers didn't know where they had gone. Logically speaking, the manpower she had arranged for the three parties was similar, and the rest depended on their own elimination and selection. Even so, there shouldn't be so many people missing.
Dr. Da Mu nodded seriously, "Yes, they are also exploring similar directions. In addition, some scholars have been sent out by me to investigate different situations of various Martial Souls."
He paused and looked at Furina with burning eyes, "So, Your Excellency Pope, can you let me continue to research this matter? I want to explore whether humans and Soul Beasts can produce offspring without cultivating into human form? And... whether it can inherit Vicious Beast Martial Souls and the like?"
Furina actually knew the answer in her heart.
Inheriting a Vicious Beast Martial Soul is certainly possible, as long as the other party is also a Vicious Beast that has cultivated into human form, they can have offspring with a Vicious Beast Martial Soul.
For details, refer to the Titan Giant Ape: During Douluo 3, the Titan Giant Ape Martial Soul had a clan; in Douluo 4, a Snow Empress Martial Soul was created, even though it was initially said that the Snow Empress was unique.
Since Dr. Da Mu insisted on researching this direction, she wouldn't force him. Perhaps he could really come up with something, or even research a method for Soul Beasts to transform into humans without cultivating into human form or reaching one hundred thousand years.
She thought about it, her mind stirred, and she exchanged for three Transformation Grasses from the System.
One plant cost 5,000 points. Transformation Pills were more expensive, costing 10,000 each. Spending 15,000 at once, it would be a lie to say she didn't feel the pinch.
But it didn't matter. As long as the Axis Cult continued to grow and develop, the points would only increase.
Moreover, she didn't want her Axis Cult to become a perverted sect that mated with Soul Beasts in the eyes of the public.
Furina handed the three Transformation Grasses to Dr. Da Mu, her tone serious, "Take this. Use it to study, or rather, help research how Soul Beasts can directly transform into humans, or accelerate Cultivate, and so on."
Dr. Da Mu took the three herbs that exuded a faint medicinal fragrance, looking confused, "Your Excellency Pope, what is this?"
"This is called Transformation Grass," Furina explained, "If a Soul Beast eats it, it should be able to transform into a human form, or at least a half-human form. In short, take one for your Su Daji to eat, and the remaining two can be used for research, or given to others as a reward."
She paused and said earnestly, "In this way, it is much better than being in a relationship with a Soul Beast that hasn't transformed, and it is also more convenient for your research."
After speaking, she turned and walked away, her pace fast.
"I won't disturb you anymore, go ahead and research slowly!"
Dr. Da Mu held the three Transformation Grasses, thoughtful.
The Three-Tailed Beauty Fox named Su Daji beside him leaned over, her nose gently sniffing the herbs, and her eyes flashed with a spirited light.
With her perception, she could clearly detect the extraordinary nature of these three herbs; the rich medicinal fragrance made the Soul Power in her body faintly restless.
She had an intuition: if she ate this plant, she could increase her cultivation by at least fifty thousand years.
Dr. Da Mu looked down at the Transformation Grass in his hand, then at Su Daji beside him, a gentle smile appearing on the corner of his mouth.
He picked up one and handed it to her.
"Come on, Daji. Do you want to try it?"
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