This time, even Yu Xiao Gang was a bit confused, his brows furrowing tightly.
If it were him, no, if it were any normal soul master with a functioning brain:
When awakening a summoning-type martial soul, a rare and powerful soul that offers endless potential and transformations, capable of summoning various soul beasts to fight, with a Title Douluo guarding behind—who wouldn't hunt down the strongest or most special soul beast for their first soul ring?
Was the Blue Electric Tyrant Dragon not powerful enough? Was the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger not tempting enough?
Blue Silver Grass? What good is it other than having a bit stronger vitality? Are there not plenty of stronger plant-type soul beasts that can heal or regenerate?
After thinking hard for a long time, Yu Xiao Gang's eyes suddenly brightened.
"Tang San, you're saying his Blue Silver Grass is very powerful?"
The teacher finally figured it out: mutated Blue Silver Grass.
Since martial souls can mutate, it's normal for the soul beasts corresponding to soul masters to mutate as well, right?
And mutated martial souls can't be explained by normal reasoning; similarly, mutated soul beasts should also be an exception.
Although most of the time, these mutations head in a weaker direction, there are still a few that, after mutation, evolve into extraordinarily powerful beings.
Including himself, until now, no one had fully understood the mechanisms behind it.
The Blue Silver Grass soul ring that Nan Gong Ling Yun hunted should belong to the type that becomes stronger after mutation.
Mutated Blue Silver Grass?
Yu Xiao Gang spoke, and Tang San's expression suddenly shook.
Then, in his mind, the image of Nan Gong Ling Yun using Blue Silver Bind appeared again. He was surprised to find that there were many strange golden patterns twisting around it, making it look incredibly different from ordinary Blue Silver Grass, almost as if it were very noble.
The vitality felt even more intense, giving a sense of extreme comfort.
After a moment of surprise, Tang San immediately said with full sincerity:
"Teacher, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have doubted you."
In his heart, he couldn't help but admire. No wonder he was the master of theory. Even without having seen Nan Gong Ling Yun perform his soul skills, just from a few descriptions, he had guessed it was mutated Blue Silver Grass.
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Nottingham Academy,
Nan Gong Ling Yun had just finished a round of training and was resting during a break.
Suddenly, Diao Chan notified him that a new "Pit Master" achievement had been completed.
When he opened the virtual screen, his mouth immediately dropped open in a surprised "O" shape.
[Because during the battle with Tang San, you used a soul beast of the same type as his martial soul, the top-level soul beast Blue Silver King.
The extraordinary strength and resilience of Blue Silver King caused you to doubt the power of your first soul ring and first soul skill, and you began to question Teacher Yu Xiao Gang's theoretical level.
You have unlocked a special achievement: "Four Pit Master", Pit Level: High, and earned 50,000 pleasure points.]
[Total Pleasure Points Earned]: 4,675,000[Current Total Pleasure Points]: 2,535,000
"Wow, what a pleasant surprise."
"Now, finally, the money for buying the technique is enough."
Nan Gong Ling Yun was ecstatic in his heart. He casually shot a green life energy beam at the exhausted Xiao Wu lying beside him.
Then he said:
"Xiao Wu, physical training needs to be gradual. Let's stop here for today. You go rest now, I've got something else to do."
Saying this, he ran out of the academy without looking back, with Angel Yan following closely behind.
After reaching a secluded area, Nan Gong Ling Yun pulled both of them into his beast control martial soul's small world.
He quickly opened the system mall's search page and began sifting through options.
It was still the same batch of techniques he had shortlisted last time, about a dozen of them.
He had a difficulty choosing, so he didn't plan to introduce new variables or change the decisions he had already made.
Looking at the dozen or so ancient texts on the screen, Nan Gong Ling Yun's thoughts stirred, and in an instant, most of them disappeared, leaving only three: "Xuanwu True Skill", "Eternal Life Technique", and "Holy Heart Technique".
These three techniques had the highest compatibility for him.
"Xuanwu True Skill"'s ten martial techniques were extremely useful for the beast control martial soul, which could transform into various divine weapons, and for developing the battle power of the martial soul itself.
It was the peak of martial arts, and also the strongest combat option.
If he had to buy many different divine weapons and corresponding techniques like punches, palms, and legs, it would not only cost a fortune but the abilities would likely not be unified.
"Holy Heart Technique" could maximize the ancient holy body's vitality, blood, and power attributes, while also performing well in lightness, mental techniques, and martial techniques.
It could be considered the peak of strength or stability. Undying and unyielding, one could be reborn after death, who could still question stability?
As for the "Eternal Life Technique", apart from the tailor-made "Su Nu Jing", which was a top-tier dual cultivation method from the Taoist school, it was unrivaled in terms of basic cultivation and strengthening the human body, surpassing all other techniques, including Holy Heart Technique.
But there were no martial techniques, lightness skills, or weapon techniques.
Any one of these three techniques was enough to take him to the peak, and even those previously ruled out were far superior to Xiao San's Xuan Tian Bao Lu.
But the different directions and paths left Nan Gong Ling Yun feeling conflicted for a moment.
After thinking for a while and still unable to decide, Nan Gong Ling Yun simply threw the decision-making responsibility to Angel Yan.
Actually, any choice was fine, the important thing was just to make a decision.
"Yan Sister, imagine now, three paths are in front of me.
One is to refine techniques, which would quickly reach the limit of combat,The second is to focus on fundamental cultivation, which might be less effective at first, but could go further in the future.
The third is to balance both, cultivating part of the foundation and part of the techniques, and gain immortality.
Moreover, no matter what choice, I will have the option to choose others in the future.
Which one would you choose?"
Angel Yan didn't hesitate at all.
"The second."
"Why?"
"Having techniques without a solid foundation is like a castle in the air, an illusion. But once you build a foundation, and then cultivate the application methods, it will be swift and natural."
"Then why not choose the balanced option?"
"With your special martial soul, you're already invincible among your peers, and even opponents who are two ranks higher than you are rarely a match.
Even if you only cultivate the foundation, your combat power won't fall behind much. One strike to defeat ten is unstoppable.
As for immortality, with me around, you probably won't need it."
"I understand."
Nan Gong Ling Yun immediately let go of all distractions.
In just a moment, only one ancient book remained on the screen, greatly magnified, occupying the center.
Countless oracle bone characters, like strange runes, were flickering and running across the page.
Actually, he had already been leaning toward choosing "Eternal Life Technique".
His reasoning was that for the same price, the actual value of "Eternal Life Technique" was much higher than the other techniques. It was like finding a huge hidden treasure even when there was no possibility of a bargain.
The system's price list didn't only include the ability, special effects, or cultivation limits of a technique, but also an influencing factor—cultivation difficulty.
For techniques of the same grade and effect, the lower the difficulty, the higher the value.
"Eternal Life Technique" was written entirely in ancient oracle bone script, interspersed with a large number of mystical Taoist symbols and runes, more than 99% of people would be unable to understand it.
But coincidentally, Diao Chan was among the remaining 1%—or 0.000001%.
Absolutely unrelated to dual cultivation.
(End of Chapter)