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Just as Ning Fengzhi believed he had found a clue to the legendary Grandmaster Xiao Yan, on the other side, at Dugu Bo's residence.
Like Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan had also returned to Heaven Dou City that evening to find her grandfather, Dugu Bo.
"In other words, that brat named Tang San used a Blue Silver King to defeat your Jade Phosphor Serpent King?"
Dugu Bo opened his emerald-green eyes, which flashed with a sharp light.
Unlike Ning Fengzhi, Dugu Bo didn't have much to say regarding Xiao Lin.
The world is vast; while there are few peers capable of defeating Yu Tianheng, they certainly exist. This remained true even if Xiao Lin was much younger and his rank was far lower than Yu Tianheng's.
However, what caught Dugu Bo's attention was the fact that his own granddaughter had been defeated by a Tang San who used the Blue Silver King.
"Yan Yan, this brat named Tang San is absolutely unusual."
Upon hearing this, Dugu Yan was momentarily stunned.
"Grandpa, of course I know Tang San is unusual. He defeated me despite the elemental disadvantage."
"No, no, no. That's not what I meant," Dugu Bo said indifferently, shaking his head.
"Yan Yan, your talent is already very impressive. Your Martial Soul is the Jade Phosphor Serpent, and because you absorbed snake-type soul rings with excellent compatibility, it has already evolved into the Jade Phosphor Serpent King."
"But even so, if you and Tang San were the same age, you would be far inferior to him. What right does his Blue Silver King have? The king of Blue Silver Grass is merely the king of trash—unless Tang San's Martial Soul is the Blue Silver Emperor."
"That would make some sense."
As someone who had successfully evolved his own Martial Soul into the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor and his granddaughter's into the Jade Phosphor Serpent King, Dugu Bo's research into Martial Souls was quite profound.
"Setting aside the difference in talent between Soul Masters, even if Tang San had the Blue Silver Emperor, it would be extremely difficult for him to overcome your serpent venom—"
"Unless the compatibility of the soul rings he obtained is far stronger than yours, Yan Yan."
As Dugu Bo finished speaking, Dugu Yan frowned deeply.
"But Grandpa, couldn't it just be Tang San's natural talent? Also, the soul rings Xiao Lin and the others have are all extremely suitable and powerful!"
Dugu Yan spoke with some curiosity.
Such things seemed normal to her.
Yu Tianheng had awakened the continent's strongest Beast Martial Soul, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, yet his innate soul power hadn't even reached Rank 10.
You couldn't exactly say the quality of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon was the same as her Jade Phosphor Serpent.
"No, no, Yan Yan, you still don't understand my point. My point is that if Tang San had awakened the Blue Silver King from the very beginning."
"Then after absorbing soul rings with excellent compatibility, he might already be approaching the so-called Blue Silver Emperor—though I don't know if such a Martial Soul actually exists."
"If Tang San had awakened ordinary Blue Silver Grass at the start, and after absorbing a few soul rings it evolved into the Blue Silver King, that would fit the laws of Martial Soul evolution."
As Dugu Bo spoke, the corners of his mouth curled into a slight arc.
He had searched for a long time, and finally, he had found that Blue Silver Grass Soul Master with innate soul power. Ever since reading Xiao Yan's research papers, Dugu Bo had been searching for a way to resolve the toxins within Dugu Yan's body.
Aside from evolving Dugu Yan's Martial Soul, he had never stopped looking for a Blue Silver Grass Soul Master with innate soul power.
Unfortunately, the data on Blue Silver Grass Soul Masters was similar to what Yu Xiaogang had found from who-knows-where; Blue Silver Grass Soul Masters with innate soul power were few and far between.
Furthermore, it was even rarer to find Soul Masters who could sense "vitality"—an existence that sounded high-end and sophisticated—within the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
At that time, Dugu Bo had even taken an interest and made a promise to any Soul Master who awakened a Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul: as long as they reached Rank 10, he would help them hunt their first soul ring.
A four-hundred-year soul ring, one overflowing with vitality. However, six years had passed, and not a single Blue Silver Grass Soul Master had even reached Rank 10.
Dugu Bo naturally didn't think Xiao Yan's theory was wrong.
He was simply wondering: if one wanted to reach the Rank described in the paper, how much innate soul power would a Blue Silver Grass Soul Master need to possess?
Rank 8.
Dugu Bo had assumed back then that at least Rank 8 was required to have the talent to sense vitality. But Dugu Bo had searched for several years without encountering a single Blue Silver Grass Soul Master with innate soul power exceeding Rank 3.
It was easy to imagine that the Blue Silver Grass Soul Master mentioned in the research paper was a unique, one-of-a-kind existence. Back then, Dugu Bo had thought this through and gradually let go of the idea of finding such a person.
He figured that as long as that Soul Master with Rank 8 innate soul power cultivated diligently, he, Dugu Bo, would eventually find him given enough time.
Now, this unique Soul Master had appeared. Dugu Bo instantly surmised that Tang San was the very example Xiao Yan had spoken of.
This was evident whether one looked at his soul rings or his innate soul power.
Furthermore, because Tang San had selected soul rings with extremely compatible vitality, yet remained only a Blue Silver King for now, Dugu Bo had even begun to suspect that Tang San possessed Twin Martial Souls.
However, even he didn't know what kind of Martial Soul could coexist with Blue Silver Grass while allowing Tang San to possess the talent of Innate Full Soul Power.
Dugu Bo had a theory: it was highly probable that the second soul was a plant-type Martial Soul just like the Blue Silver Grass—one that was very mild, unremarkable, and favored symbiosis.
Such was his understanding as a Titled Douluo.
If it weren't for the fact that Tang San possessed a cultivation technique as powerful, upright, and peaceful as the Mysterious Heaven Skill, Tang San's Martial Soul situation might truly have been exactly as Dugu Bo described.
"But Grandpa, if Tang San started out with just Blue Silver Grass, did he really defeat my Jade Phosphor Serpent just like that?"
Dugu Yan thought for a long while.
Now, Dugu Bo's words were actually making her lose her self-confidence.
Was it really just because I'm too weak?
"Yan Yan, actually, after reading Grandmaster Xiao Yan's papers, I came to realize a very important truth. That is, the poison attribute is likely one of the weakest attributes."
"This might be why it's been so difficult for me to advance further after reaching the Titled Douluo Rank. As far as I know, there is a certain overlord Soul Beast in the Far North—the Ice Jade Scorpion clan."
"They are distant relatives of the Black Blood Scorpions within the Heaven Dou Empire, yet the Ice Jade Scorpions are entirely non-toxic."
"I suspect they discarded their poison attribute to pursue the Ultimate Ice attribute instead, which is how they became one of the overlords of the Far North."
Dugu Bo didn't have much else to say on the matter.
It was for this very reason that he had sought out soul rings from highly compatible Soul Beasts for Dugu Yan, attempting to force the Jade Phosphor Serpent to evolve.
Unfortunately, evolving into the Jade Phosphor Serpent King was still far from enough. But fortunately, someone with clues regarding Grandmaster Xiao Yan had finally appeared.
Those three—Xiao Lin and the others—must be the disciples of Grandmaster Xiao Yan. Otherwise, it would be impossible to reach a cultivation Rank so close to a Soul Ancestor at such an age.
Dugu Bo was extremely confident in this conclusion.
"Let's go, Yan Yan. We're setting out right now to meet those three little rascals!"
Dugu Bo felt that the solution to Dugu Yan's Martial Soul was close at hand.
His mood had brightened significantly, and he was becoming somewhat impatient.
"Ah! Grandpa, how about we set out tomorrow instead? They're already members of our Heaven Dou Emperor Team anyway."
Since it was late at night, Dugu Yan felt it would be more formal to go find Xiao Lin and the others tomorrow morning.
"True. Those three don't have poor soul rings; there might be a powerful faction behind them as well. Very well. We shall pay Xiao Lin and the others a visit tomorrow then."
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