Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 13: Soul Rings Suitable for Sisi

Hearing all those prerequisites, Sisi was stunned. She wanted to say that the ribbon would still break, but she was afraid of saying the wrong thing and being laughed at.

So she turned to look at Su Yuntao.

"Um... I don't know either." Although Su Yuntao had been working harder recently, he was still unsure whether the ribbon could be cut by ordinary swords.

However, he secretly preferred to cut it off.

After all, when Sisi tied him up with the ribbon, his wolf claws, sharp as blades, could easily cut through the ribbon and then pounce on Sisi... cough cough! Now is not the time to think about such inappropriate scenes.

Finally, the knowledgeable Matthew revealed the answer, saying, "If it's as you said, little Tang, then swords can't cut ribbons, and ribbons will instead entangle swords... I see. Is this the meaning of 'gentle'? Silk, the Mandala snake really isn't suitable for your ribbon."

"As expected, Grandpa Matthew has more experience. As the saying goes, 'An elder in the family is a treasure,' and that's exactly right. He has a wealth of experience." Tang San smiled.

"Well, I've just lived a long time and seen a lot," Matthew coughed, trying to hide his joy at being praised.

"Sister Sisi, do you know now? You chose the wrong first spirit ring; the Mandragora Serpent is not suitable."

Tang San was certain, "The Mandragora Serpent doesn't offer much of a boost to your spirit. The ribbons are still quite fragile, and as for the poison, its paralyzing effect is practically negligible for a spirit master, right?"

"Yes."

Sisi nodded in acknowledgment, but glanced at Su Yuntao without making a sound.

This little move might fool Matthew, but it couldn't escape Tang San's eyes—so, Sisi's soul skill was just for playing a bondage game with Su Yuntao.

Is it really that open?

It's not much different from the modern society of my previous life.

You've really underestimated the romantic relationships in Douluo Continent.

Putting aside distractions, Tang San continued, "To be honest, the ability to entangle is actually quite good, and it's also a form of attack, but we shouldn't have chosen the Mandragora Snake."

"We should choose a silkworm-type soul beast that can spin silk."

"Silk is soft and gentle, perfectly matching your martial soul. Moreover, apart from the ice silkworms of the far north, which have not been found to be able to spin silk and transform into moths, silkworms living in other environments can all spin silk. Furthermore, silkworms of different attributes can even provide different attribute bonuses to your martial soul, since your martial soul does not have any special attributes."

"Regarding the attributes, the Mandragora Serpent has given your martial soul poison, but it only has a paralyzing effect."

"Even a single drop of venom from a newly hatched Mandragora Serpent can kill hundreds of adults. You hunted a ninety-year-old Mandragora Serpent, and the venom, once inherited by your Martial Soul, only grants you paralysis... This is your Martial Soul's way of rejecting venom as much as possible. In the future, when choosing your Martial Soul Rings, you must never choose a venomous beast unless absolutely necessary, otherwise..."

Tang San didn't say the second half of the sentence, but Sisi, Su Yuntao, and Matthew all realized the seriousness of the problem: if Sisi added a spirit ring with poison to her spirit, the spirit might not be able to withstand it.

"After absorbing a spirit ring, the characteristics of the spirit beast will be inherited by the martial soul, giving rise to similar abilities, which are spirit skills. However, some characteristics of spirit beasts are not suitable for the martial soul."

"The martial spirit is one with us humans, or rather, it is a part of us, a peculiar organ, a supernatural organ that lies between matter and energy."

Tang San explained his understanding and definition of martial souls: "How can you treat a part of your own body so casually? It's like poison; who would inject toxins into their own organs?"

Even if some martial souls are born with toxins, there is still a limit to the toxins that a martial soul can bear.

"Furthermore, what can withstand poison is the martial spirit, not the human body."

"Different qualities of martial spirits have different limits on their tolerance to toxins. Sister Sisi, your ribbon is clearly not suitable for withstanding too many toxins."

"If you don't believe me, I can give you an example. The author of the biography 'The Legend of the Poison King,' the Poison King, had a martial soul of a poisonous frog. He was born with poison and absorbed poisonous soul rings, all from soul beasts like toads and poisonous frogs. But do you know why this book is called 'The Legend of the Poison King'?"

She asked in a trembling voice, "Why?"

"Because after he became a Soul King, he was killed by the poison that came with his Martial Soul. When his wife found him, his whole body had already rotted away and there was no trace of his bones."

Tang San was filled with emotion. "The final description of 'The Legend of the Poison King' was recorded by the Poison King's wife, who decided to publish it to prevent future readers from falling into the same trap. However, it seems that most Soul Masters don't really like reading books."

"Ahem, getting back to the main point, even the Poison Frog Martial Soul can't withstand the poisonous spirit rings produced by its own kind of spirit beast, and Sister Sisi's Martial Soul has absolutely nothing to do with poison..."

Sisi's face turned pale, and her body trembled as she asked, "Won't I also suffer from the backlash of my martial soul and be reduced to nothing? Just thinking about it is terrifying."

"Sisi, you should be fine. It's just a paralysis effect, and it's not a soul skill, so you'll be alright," Su Yuntao comforted her. Unfortunately, it didn't have much effect, so he could only look at Tang San with pleading eyes.

"Don't be afraid. As I said, each spirit has a limit to how much poison it can tolerate. As long as you don't reach that limit, there won't be any problems. The premise is that in the future, when you choose spirit rings, don't choose spirit beasts that are poisonous." Tang San gave his answer, which put Sisi at ease. "Moreover, poison, to some extent, is also a kind of medicine. As long as the dosage is adjusted properly, it can have a very good therapeutic effect or an auxiliary effect."

"Just like Sister Sisi's paralysis, when used on severely injured Soul Masters, it can alleviate their pain, make them more relaxed and less agitated, and make treatment easier."

Matthew pondered, "Is poison also a kind of medicine?"

"Yes, after all, drinking too much water can cause bloating and even death." Tang San gave a simple example. "Grandpa Matthew, if water can kill people, is water also poisonous?"

"A novel idea." Matthew finally understood what Tang San's wild idea was, and then said a word, "Dosage. After all, although medicine can cure diseases, taking medicine when you are not sick can also harm the body. In severe cases, it can even kill people."

That makes sense.

Tang San smiled and said, "However, the amount of some drugs that the human body can tolerate is very small. A single drop might be enough to kill someone. But if that drop is broken down into smaller and smaller parts, and a human inhales that tiny bit that has been broken down a dozen times, they might be fine and could recover in a short while."

"Just like the paralyzing effect that Sister Sisi experienced after absorbing the datura venom, it's possible that the datura venom was diluted to a level that the human body can detoxify through its own immune system and recovery ability."

At this point, Matthew was completely impressed by Tang San's talent.

Next, Tang San analyzed suitable choices for Sisi's second spirit ring, mainly focusing on insects that can spin silk, with silkworms being the most common.

"However, compared to silkworms, there is a type of spirit beast that is more suitable for you, and that is the cloud bird."

"These kinds of soul beasts have feathers as light as silk, which can float with the wind and travel a thousand miles a day. If Sister Sisi absorbs the soul ring of this kind of soul beast, she will most likely be able to make the ribbon even lighter, and may even have a flying soul skill. However, it should not be the conventional kind of flight, but rather one that relies on airflow, that is, wind."

The first image that came to Tang San's mind when he thought of ribbons and streamers was that of fairies he had seen in various murals and beautiful paintings in his previous life.

If Sisi absorbs the Cloud Bird's soul ring, she will most likely inherit the ability to float with the wind using the ribbons.

"Cloud bird? This is good, I'll take this one."

flight?

This is a rare soul skill.

Even for bird-type Soul Masters, if they want to possess a Soul Skill that grants flight, they either need to increase their Soul Power or acquire a Soul Skill that enables flight beforehand.

Therefore, Sisi is very fond of the cloud bird.

"With a second spirit ring, Sister Sisi probably won't have a chance," Tang San shook his head. "The best option right now is a silkworm."

"Why?" Sisi asked, puzzled. In Tang San's words, wasn't it just picking up sesame seeds and losing a watermelon?

"The cloud birds inhabit the Stormy Grand Canyon." Tang San revealed a fact that filled Sisi with despair.

Storm Canyon is a gathering place for wild soul beasts. There are even rumors that there are 100,000-year-old soul beasts there. If a soul master wants to go there to hunt soul beasts, he or she needs at least a Soul Master to lead the team.

"Haha, Sister Sisi, let's look on the bright side. If we can't get the Cloud Bird for our second spirit ring, we can prepare for it with our third one," Tang San said. "We don't necessarily have to hunt spirit beasts ourselves; we can always buy them."

In the small town outside Notting Forest, there is a similar service where Soul Hunting Teams capture live Soul Beasts as requested by customers.

Therefore, there must be similar Soul Hunting teams in other places as well.

However, the hiring fees for such Soul Hunting Groups are very high.

After all, it is very difficult to catch a soul beast.

There are also advantages, namely that if a soul beast drops a soul bone, it can avoid killing it. After all, soul masters who buy live soul beasts will basically take the soul beast home to absorb it, and will not do so in front of the soul hunting team.

However, the drop rate of soul bones is extremely low, so this benefit is almost never enjoyed.

However, Tang San estimated that Sisi would no longer be able to contact the Cloud Bird.

After all, with Sisi's current talent, reaching the Soul King level in her lifetime would be considered top-tier.

The Cloud Bird, a type of spirit beast, is born by attaching itself to the legendary 100,000-year-old spirit beast in the Stormy Grand Canyon, similar to the symbiotic relationship between the rhinoceros and the hornbill in the animal documentary Tang San watched in his previous life.

Although the Spirit Hall of Notting City's "Encyclopedia of Soul Beasts" did not explicitly state what kind of 100,000-year-old soul beast it was, Tang San could already guess that soul beasts were not much different from ordinary animals, except that they possessed supernatural powers and, after cultivating for 10,000 years, gradually developed intelligence comparable to humans.

Therefore, without a strong team or connections with higher-ups in the Spirit Hall, Sisi would never be able to obtain the Cloud Bird's spirit ring.

Tang San said that because he wanted to give Sisi something to look forward to, so that she could persevere on the path of a Soul Master for longer, or at least become stronger and have a greater chance of protecting herself.

Tang San would try his best to change his friends, if possible.

(End of this chapter)