Chapter 18: The night of meeting, Elysium and soul beast clan.
"I really want to capture and dissect that spirit soul. No, maybe I can buy a spirit soul to experiment with? Well, save that for later," Elysium muttered.
His hands never stopped recording the various reactions and changes the snake underwent. As a soul lifeform, it could be said to be a miracle that someone could create such technology. Not that this lifeform is rare in the galaxy, but this planet possessing such technology could be an achievement for whoever created it.
The process didn't take too long and was soon completed. Elysium sighed softly and cursed why everything was happening so quickly. Couldn't this process have been extended for another week?
"Just enter it into the spirit soul database. As for the DNA sequences Tang Wulin and Na'er possess, I'll have to wait until I finish building the laboratory in Eastsea City."
Elysium returned to observing Tang Wulin, who was showing changes to his martial soul. Blue silver grass with the soul skill entanglement. What's the point of this soul skill, really?
Just to entangle something? Why does grass even entangle something?
"Golden lines on the leaf veins. Then his genes definitely influence his martial soul. But why didn't I see any difference in his martial soul before? Why did it only appear after he got his first soul ring?"
Elysium checked and wrote down several other hypotheses on his pad. He came up with a theory that the martial soul is a manifestation of the genetic chain that humans possess today.
Who knows how they acquired it? Perhaps the ancestors of humans on this planet messed up many soul beasts in the past, and it's really a thing. So, humans in this world somehow possess martial souls with beast characteristics.
But the weapon martial soul is still a mystery. The body martial soul can be explained as the human body on this planet that has adapted over tens of thousands of years and cleared away the flaws in their genetic chain. But because of soul power, when they awaken their martial spirit, what emerges is the body's full potential.
Elysium examined the hypothesis that the human martial soul is an amalgamation of human history that somehow influences their awakening process. However, he rejected this hypothesis as lacking evidence and being implausible.
To date, no one has awakened a soul guide as their martial soul or mecha and battle armor as their martial soul.
"The problem is, weapon martial souls can be inherited, so it's related to their genes. I'll rule out the influence of the immaterium since there's no immaterium in this universe, or perhaps there are other factors I'm unaware of?"
I really need a subject to research for this.
A strong soul master I can capture and fool, but strong enough to withstand the experiments I'm about to conduct.
On the screen, Elysium also recorded Tang Wulin's blue silver grass becoming so strong that it couldn't be torn by Mang Tian using his power. However, it would drain Tang Wulin's soul power.
This was the best day for Tang Wulin and Elysium. Both were equally happy on this amazing day.
In the night, Elysium yawned and was about to close the screen when it glitched.
"What happened?" Elysium checked various other cameras, but they all glitched as if something was disrupting the flow of soul power in the air. The soul power that was supposed to flow and power all the listening devices he had installed suddenly stopped functioning.
Elysium remained calm, but in his hand was holding a black sword with red lines covering the metal and the hilt.
"Was the listening device I installed discovered? The possibility is actually quite small. So small that I…" Before he could finish his sentence, a dragon's hand grabbed his neck and lifted him into the air.
Di Tian emerged through the space crack and left this place.
The two reappeared above the coastline of Aolai City. Di Tian threw Elysium forward like a worthless piece of trash.
Beside him, Na'er looked on, puzzled, wondering why Di Tian had brought Elysium here.
"You…" Elysium touched his neck and stood calmly, his face expressionless. He looked at Di Tian, who was holding one of the soul guides he had created.
"Di Tian, why did you bring him here?" Na'er asked, puzzled.
"Young lady, please step back for a moment. Xiong Jun, take care of the Young lady and don't let her get hurt."
"Young lady, please stand behind me." Xiong Jun stood, shielding Na'er behind him.
Elysium glanced at Di Tian's human body, which was truly human. But his eyes were like those of a lizard and a snake, or to be polite, you could call it a dragon. They're just basically a flying lizard that can breathe fire anyway.
"Trying to spy on our young lady, you kid really has big nerves." Di Tian crushed the porcelain bowl he had given Tang Wulin the other day.
"Tell me, what's your purpose in spying on the young lady and putting all this stuff up?" Di Tian took out all the listening devices he had installed and smashed them to the ground.
Na'er frowned and looked at Elysium in disbelief. Her eyes seemed to tremble when she heard Di Tian's words.
"Haaahhh... this is why I really hate people like you. Always interrupting when things are going so well." Elysium held the black sword in his hand as he looked coldly at Di Tian.
"Just a little while longer, these two would have fallen in love and lived happily ever after. But you blew it, Di Tian." Elysium shook his head, glaring at Di Tian, who was shocked to discover his identity.
Di Tian's body twitched, and his hands choked Elysium, lifting him into the air. "How did you know my identity?!"
Elysium didn't resist, only staring coldly at Di Tian. He didn't answer, even though he could clearly feel Di Tian's hands threatening to break his neck at any moment.
"Answer me!"
"..."
Still, only silence answered him. Elysium glanced at Na'er, who walked forward, ignoring Di Tian's pleas.
"Di Tian, put him down. I have something to ask him." Na'er's voice sounded somehow cold and childlike. Her eyes were like someone of a higher status looking at Elysium as if someone of a higher status were unworthy of her.
"Cough… cough… Ahhh, huuuh…" Elysium took a deep breath, much needed by his body, and stood on weak legs. Only the sword in his hand supported him.
"Hey, Na'er. It seems your family is quite worried about you. They've even been searching for you for three years since you left the Xingdou Great Forest," Elysium said with a teasing smile.
Na'er's face darkened, and her eyes trembled. "You know about my identity?"
"Of course, didn't I tell you that your eyes show everything, even if you try very hard to hide it. A clown might be able to disguise their emotions, but their eyes reflect everything."
Elysium giggled as he said this. His body was slowly recovering, and he raised the sword in his hand to his shoulder. "Honestly, I didn't want Di Tian to find you. But when I learned that Di Tian was still searching for you, I knew all this would happen."
Elysium patted Na'er's shoulder, who looked stunned by the confident emotion on his face. "Now that I'm here, be a good girl and do me a favor. Come back to your Tang Ziran family and pretend that none of this ever happened."
"Why…" Na'er said, holding back her trembling lips. Until now, she hadn't noticed Elysium's gaze on her.
She truly couldn't guess what this kid was really up to.