Douluo's Blue Silver Family

Chapter 24 Speculations on Mutant Martial Souls

Catherine said, "Your family is quite legendary. I never thought that a useless martial soul like Blue Silver Grass could be passed down from generation to generation and even cultivated."

"Hahaha, I also find it incredible, especially knowing that Blue Silver Grass basically cannot have innate soul power."

Yuan Changqing continued, "As for why my family is like this, we still don't know. None of our ancestors were experts; they basically stayed around level 20 or 30 their whole lives."

"So how come your family's cultivation has progressed so quickly?"

Yuan Changqing chuckled and said, "Then we'll have to see how you perform tonight."

"Ugh, hurry up and tell me, I'll reward you if you do well." Catherine grabbed Yuan Changqing and pinched him.

"Hehe, okay, I'll tell you. You're my girlfriend now, so you can know some things, but not now. I'll tell you after I tell Grandpa and the others tomorrow."

Catherine looked disappointed, but she knew there must be a secret involved, so she didn't press the matter further.

"Wow, your family's pretty strong now!"

Yuan Changqing sighed, "As you know, although I'm going for an offensive style now, my attack power is just so-so."

"My uncle is the strongest in my family right now, but now that you're here, you're the strongest, haha."

"That's right, don't you know who I am?" Catherine said proudly.

"I'm a Soul King now, but I'm probably the weakest Soul King among all Soul Kings."

"It's alright, Changqing. You are a Soul King after all. From now on, your big sister will protect you, hehehe."

"Okay, my darling Catherine, from now on, your husband will be counting on you."

Catherine then asked, "Does your family all follow an offensive style?"

"No, that's not it. The men in our family are offensive, and the women are control-oriented. Moreover, we have an ancestral rule that the partner must be a Soul Master, so as to ensure the best possible inheritance of our family's Martial Soul."

"That's true. The Soul Master families on Douluo Continent also passed down their skills from generation to generation, gradually becoming stronger."

Speaking of this, Yuan Changqing also made some discoveries after studying at the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy.

"Catherine, haven't I read a lot of books from the school library? I've also made some different research and discoveries."

"What was discovered?"

"How did those Soul Master families pass down and develop from the very beginning? You know, apart from some powerful Martial Souls, other Martial Souls might not be able to awaken innate Soul Power without a large family."

Hearing this, Catherine was also stunned. Yes, how did they make that guarantee?

"Then tell me about your research findings."

Yuan Changqing said, "I think there are two possibilities. First, it is a mutation, where a weak martial soul mutates into a powerful martial soul."

"Secondly, it's about continuous optimization, making each generation of martial spirits stronger than the last."

"Brother Changqing, speaking of mutations, there's also the possibility of mutations going in a bad direction. What do you think about that?"

"That's true too, but I also have some guesses. Let's talk about the mutation first."

"First of all, I also gained a lot of inspiration from your martial soul. Because mutation is uncontrollable, awakening a mutated martial soul depends on luck."

"Also, a mutated martial soul may be formed by the combination of the martial souls of both parents. As can be seen from your martial soul, both of your parents' martial souls are bird-beast martial souls."

"Your martial soul is a combination of the advantages of both martial souls, mutating towards a better and stronger direction."

"Take another look at your brother's martial soul. Although his martial soul hasn't mutated, it has become stronger. This is likely due to the combination of some advantages of your parents' martial souls, just not as obvious as yours."

Catherine thought for a moment and said, "If you hadn't mentioned it, I really wouldn't have noticed. Are there any other reasons?"

"I don't know about that. It's also possible that it could be achieved with the help of external forces, such as rare and precious materials. But I think it's more like evolution."

Catherine continued, "What about the undesirable mutations?"

"I haven't seen any bad mutated martial souls in this dynasty, but I think there might be two possibilities."

"The first point is that the martial soul levels of both parents are similar, but the attributes of the martial soul are different, such as water and fire attributes, which causes a conflict and results in the failure of the martial soul mutation."

"Secondly, because the martial soul is too strong, the awakener's physical condition cannot meet the conditions for awakening, causing the martial soul to fail to awaken, resulting in the martial soul mutating and becoming a defective product."

"These are all just my guesses, and they haven't been verified. Just take them with a grain of salt."

"If it can be verified in the future, I'll publish a book and let everyone in the Douluo Continent know my name, hahaha."

After listening to this, Catherine thought about it carefully and felt that his conjecture was quite reasonable and logical.

"Changqing, I think your conjecture is very good and makes a lot of sense. Keep up the good work with your research."

Yuan Changqing thought to himself, "Of course that makes sense. The Douluo Continent fanfiction novels he read in his previous life had thoroughly studied these issues. I'm just using them. Thank you to those predecessors."

"Alright, you can study that for yourself. You haven't mentioned the second reason for your Martial Soul inheritance yet!"

Yuan Changqing continued, "The second reason involves the optimization of martial spirits."

"Catherine, as you know, the advantages and disadvantages of the martial souls we awaken are very obvious, and the lower the level of the martial soul, the more obvious they are."

"That's true. Once those high-level martial souls awaken, they naturally suppress those low-level martial souls," Catherine sighed.

"So, when people attach spirit rings, they use spirit rings to supplement the advantages of their martial soul. Do you know why?"

"Of course it's to enhance the power of the martial soul, is there any other reason?" Catherine said without hesitation.

"Ahem, you're right, but that's only one aspect. There's another aspect as well, and some of these are somewhat similar to mutated martial souls."

"How is this connected to mutated martial souls again?"

"Then let me ask you this: if you were a fire-attribute soul master, would you attach a water-attribute soul beast soul ring?"

"Of course not! These attributes conflict with each other; adding spirit rings like that would be suicide!"

If Yuan Changqing had a feather fan right now, he would be a perfect strategist, looking all smug and confident.

"So, you see, these mutated martial souls can be fused together by two similar attributes, which can cause the martial soul to mutate in a positive direction, and vice versa."

"You mean that adding spirit rings makes a martial soul stronger. As long as the added spirit rings match the attributes of the martial soul, they will strengthen the martial soul's inheritance and gradually change the martial soul. This is why those spirit master families can pass down their skills."

"Indeed, of course, each martial soul has different characteristics, which requires exploration generation after generation. With these theories, what is there to be afraid of, especially in situations like yours and mine."

(End of this chapter)