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Before long, Xiao Wu finished eating the food completely. Because her stomach was already filled with Salas's venom, it was really hard for her to eat this small plate of food. But under the gaze of Salas, she had no choice but to finish the food.
After finishing everything, Salas, along with Xiao Wu, returned to Shrek Academy.
The moment they arrived, Xiao Wu bid farewell to Salas and went to meet Tang San, wanting to share the wonderful method to absorb a higher-age soul ring.
Salas just calmly looked at her running figure with his golden eyes.
As if he had thought of a big joke, he shook his head with a small smile on his lips and disappeared from the place.
He would not stay in this messy academy. There wasn't even a comfortable place to stay, so why would he remain here? With his money alone, he could live a luxurious life that was unimaginable to others.
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The dilapidated dormitory of boys.
Xiao Wu came here running and called out for her San-ge outside the door.
Seeing Tang San coming out, she took his hands and dragged him to a quiet place where no one could disturb them.
Coming to the hillside just behind the academy, Xiao Wu started telling him about what happened to her today. When she told Tang San about the knowledge her master imparted, Tang San looked at her in shock.
"Xiao Wu... Let me check your body." Doubting that Xiao Wu might have hurt her potential, Tang San hurriedly used his Mysterious Heaven inner energy to check her.
Seeing that there was no damage and that Xiao Wu was also much stronger than before, Tang San had no choice but to believe Xiao Wu's words. And when he calmed down and thought rationally, Salas's theory seemed logical.
"This is something even my master was unable to realize... Xiao Wu's teacher, His Excellency Boxuan, is indeed knowledgeable," Tang San thought silently. But he also knew that his own master was knowledgeable too—just limited by his strength.
"Master said that I can only tell this to Brother… And afterward, we two can't tell this to any third person. I promised Master, even took an oath..." Xiao Wu solemnly said to Tang San about what her master told her.
Tang San hurriedly nodded. He also took an oath in front of Xiao Wu and promised her never to tell another person about this knowledge. And it was also his true thought. If Xiao Wu hadn't involved herself, maybe he wouldn't have given much importance to Salas's words. What keeping promises? Heh heh. But since Xiao Wu had already taken an oath to Salas earlier, he didn't dare to think anything crooked. After all, he loved her more than himself. He didn't want anything to happen to her, even if it was just superstition.
"And His Majesty Boxuan was indeed a benevolent man. He was also very good to Xiao Wu. Willing to share such a secret with me for Xiao Wu's sake... I owe him now," Tang San thought in his heart.
Then Tang San asked Xiao Wu about what medicine she took. Xiao Wu could only shake her head since she herself didn't know. But she told Tang San what her master said about that medicine being hard to find even with his powerful strength.
Hearing that, Tang San could only drop the idea of knowing it for now... He wasn't a foolish person; he could clearly see why humans never found the theory about absorbing higher-age soul rings—it was all because they never came across anything that could improve physical fitness during the past thousands of years.
"I'll find a way to ask His Excellency Boxuan about this... and also express my gratitude for letting Xiao Wu share this secret," Tang San thought to himself.
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Next day.
Early morning, the Shrek Seven Devils woke up and started cultivating their soul power after doing a simple exercise.
Salas also came there and sat cross-legged on the grass bed like a Buddha and closed his eyes to meditate.
While his eyes were closed, his vast spiritual-domain-level spiritual power was released, scanning every inch of the three girls in front of him and thinking about them lewdly.
Seeing Salas meditating near them, the seven also understood that Salas was giving them the chance to ask their doubts.
Oscar, the smart but invisible man, was the first to muster up his courage to ask Salas his doubts.
The questions didn't stump Salas. He had the old Salas's memories, after all. The experience the old Salas gained throughout his life was enough to clear all the doubts of these children.
When answering Oscar's doubts, Salas always bore his amiable and kind smile. Seeing this, the others also started asking their doubts.
Like this, the teaching lesson with Salas as a master started successfully....
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Minutes turned into hours...
"Our body and martial soul are a twin existence. Only the physical body is dominant. And cultivating martial souls lets them grow together with our bodies. This is the best way to treat these brothers of ours. Martial souls aren't unable to think. On the contrary, martial souls also have their own souls—they just can't be felt normally."
"In order to truly make them powerful, first you have to understand them. With enough comprehension, when one is able to find the heart of their twin existence, using actions to prove themselves to it, letting it completely accept them, then they can truly gain its approval and make them brothers inseparable again. They will also truly display their strength." Salas spoke eloquently as he told them a new theory they had never heard of before.
Where did this theory come from? Of course, it came from Salas's memory. Anyway, in this current era, he was the only one who knew these things—no one was going to say he was plagiarizing or stealing others' research. If anything, they must feel grateful. After all, Salas was sharing things that could only be uncovered tens of thousands of years later.
The understanding of martial souls only improved after tens of thousands of years. The current era doesn't have such an understanding.
As Salas said all these new things, Tang San and the others listened without making any sound or distraction, fearing that they would miss such valuable knowledge and guidance from a Titled Douluo-level powerhouse.
Seeing his future underlings listening to his preaching carefully, Salas continued...
"More importantly... if one wants to break through after level 95, understanding their own martial soul is very important. At that level, soul power accumulation alone won't help one break through to level 96," Salas spoke solemnly as he instilled another piece of new knowledge in them, broadening their horizons again.
"This is also the reason why there are very few who are above level 95 even among the Titled Douluos," Salas said with a smile.
Hearing this, everyone opened their mouths agape. Only Ning Rongrong seemed to have a smug look since she had a grandpa who was a level 96 Titled Douluo.
But then again, when she thought that she would never be able to reach that level, she sighed silently. After all, her martial soul had its inherent flaws—she would never be able to break past level 79 in her life.
Dai Mubai and Zhuqing also sighed. For them, reaching level 90 in their lifetime was an extravagant hope, let alone the levels beyond that.
Salas had already explained to them how innate soul power determined one's upper limit. And they had already known about this before... Their own families were the best example of that. There were no Titled Douluos among them.
Zhuqing was the one who felt the most devastated when she realized this... Hard work couldn't make up for innate talent after the Soul Emperor level. When Salas said these words, her hope started shattering little by little.
Salas took in everyone's reactions and mood... but he didn't say anything.
"Only Tang San, Xiao Wu, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun seemed to believe that they still have the hope to reach Titled Douluo..."
"Hmm... let the bullets fly for a while... Within two months, when I leave again, I'm sure I will have at least three disciples. Hehe," Salas thought silently in his heart.
He had already made a clear plan to take most of them as his disciples, except Tang San and Ma Hongjun, who already has their own masters.