Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 19 Reasons for Not Joining

Tang San's explanation was already very easy to understand.

Su Yuntao understood.

Sisi understood.

Matthew was utterly astonished.

This statement essentially reinterprets the essence of Soul Masters using Soul Rings!

"When a Soul Master uses a Soul Ring's Soul Skill, they need to actively 'press' the Soul Ring's 'button' and then the corresponding skill can be released. The Soul Master doesn't need to think; at most, they just need to make the corresponding gesture and recite the corresponding Soul Incantation, and the Soul Skill can be released because the Soul Ring has already been programmed to determine how Soul Power should flow."

Tang San's eyes flashed with a thoughtful look. "The energy required to release a soul skill is soul power, which comes from the soul master himself. It's like nobles using a soul guide lamp; they press a switch, but the energy comes from the soul power storage device."

"When the energy is used up, the light goes out. In the case of a Soul Master, it means that when their Soul Power is exhausted, they can no longer use their Soul Skills, or they can no longer continue using them."

"My first soul skill is the same. Subjectively, I press the 'button' of the soul ring. However, I have an advantage over other soul masters, which is that I have an external energy source."

"The Earth".

"The Blue Silver Grass consumes very little energy, and my own soul power is also very low. However, since the energy source for restoring you, Brother Tao, comes from the earth, the energy consumption of using this soul skill is equivalent to an ordinary person pressing a soul light switch. They don't need much effort to press a switch, and I don't need much soul power to use this soul skill either. In addition, my Blue Silver Grass can automatically restore itself, so the consumption is not as fast as the recovery."

Matthew, Su Yuntao, and Sisi were all shocked.

What kind of terrifying ability is this?

Is the entire Douluo Continent your "soul power storage device"?

Are you a child of the earth?

After a long pause, Matthew finally asked, "So, as long as you stand on the ground, your soul power is inexhaustible?"

"That's how it is in theory." Tang San nodded. "Even if it's a Title Douluo, my first soul skill can fully restore their soul power. After all, compared to the earth's energy of the entire Douluo Continent, the soul power of a Title Douluo is like a drop of water compared to the ocean's volume—a drop in the ocean."

"However, with my current soul power level, restoring a Title Douluo is a bit inefficient. It would probably take one or two months to fully replenish the soul power of a Title Douluo who has exhausted his soul power, during which time he cannot eat, drink, or relieve himself..."

"Fortunately, the recovery efficiency of my soul skill increases with my soul power level; it's not a fixed recovery skill."

Upon hearing that Tang San's soul skill recovery efficiency could increase with his soul power level, Matthew felt that Tang San's Blue Silver Grass was comparable to a support-type martial soul like the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

Currently, in the Douluo Continent, only the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's amplification-type soul skills can increase the amplification percentage as soul power increases. Other martial souls rarely have auxiliary soul skills that can increase efficiency as soul power increases.

Even with the Nine-Hearted Begonia, every soul skill is healing, but the healing efficiency is fixed; it's just that the efficiency of each subsequent healing soul skill is higher than that of the previous one.

Next, Tang San spent some more time having Su Yuntao and Sisi test his first soul skill.

In addition to restoring soul power, Tang San's first soul skill is also effective in treating external and internal injuries. Su Yuntao has something to say about this, saying that he had a hidden injury in his waist and would feel sore when he twisted his waist, but now it's gone. He feels relaxed all over, and even his soul power has become more active.

In addition, the blisters on my hands from sawing the tree have also disappeared.

"Little San, the healing effect of your soul skill is very comprehensive. It can restore soul power, injuries, and hidden injuries, and it can also inject life force. It can probably make some diseases, or even poisoning, feel better." Su Yuntao couldn't even imagine how much Tang San could earn if he became a doctor in the future. He estimated that a month's salary would be equivalent to his annual salary.

However, Tang San himself had little interest in becoming a doctor.

"My first soul skill also has a flaw. I just did a simple test. When you carried me on your back, there was a distance between me and the ground, so the energy transmitted from the earth decreased. The higher I am from the ground, the less effective it is at absorbing the earth's power, and then I have to consume my own soul power, which isn't enough for me," Tang San explained the weakness of the soul skill. "I just don't know if it will have any effect when I stand on stone bricks or stone roads in the future..."

Su Yuntao was speechless: "Even an eagle soaring in the sky needs to land and rest; it can't fly forever. Countless people envy and resent your soul skill."

Tang San stared at Su Yuntao in astonishment, his face filled with disbelief.

"Why are you looking at me like that? Is there something on my face?" Su Yuntao raised his hand and touched his face, but did not feel anything foreign.

"No, there's nothing dirty. I just didn't expect you, Brother Tao, to have such an artistic side, saying something like that?" Tang San teased. "When we first met, you wrote a love letter that simply said 'I love...' Waaah!"

When Su Yuntao saw Sisi turn her head, he immediately covered Tang San's mouth and said, "I am a Great Soul Master with outstanding literary talent."

Is there any necessary connection between being a great Soul Master and having exceptional literary talent?

As far as he knew, many of the Soul Masters in the Spirit Hall of Notting City were only literate.

However, after prying Su Yuntao's hand off his mouth, Tang San didn't expose his shortcomings any further. He simply said, "Brother Tao, since you're so talented, why don't you recite a poem for us?"

Su Yuntao: "..." This is what they call not exposing someone's weaknesses? I've really learned something!

However, he has actually been reading some poetry recently, with the intention of reciting it to Sisi after they get married, which he believes will move her deeply.

However, he had no clue yet, and he couldn't say it now.

How embarrassed would I be if Matthew heard this?

After leaving Notting Forest, Matthew told the Spirit Hall guards outside the forest about the Thousand Banyan Tree. The tree was too big and needed help to be transported to Notting City.

A 500-year-old banyan tree with a thousand branches would be highly sought after by many master sculptors, with a starting bid of at least 500 gold soul coins.

The four of them found a restaurant in the local town, had the chef cook the corpse of the banyan silkworm, and then divided it up and ate it.

The silkworm is edible, tastes good, and can even improve blood circulation.

If Tang San hadn't reminded them, Matthew and the others wouldn't have wanted to pay any attention to the corpse of the Banyan Silkworm.

After eating a meal of Banyan Silkworm meat, Sisi's soul power reached level 22.

The flesh of the Banyan Silkworm cannot increase soul power, but the soul ring of the Banyan Silkworm is extremely suitable for Sisi, and the energy in it is not wasted much, which makes her almost reach the level of level 22.

After consuming the flesh of the Banyan Silkworm, the flow of qi and blood improved, and the circulation of soul power accelerated, naturally breaking through the bottleneck and entering level twenty-two.

After returning to Nottingham City, Matthew reissued Tang San's Soul Master certificate.

"To avoid attracting attention, don't say your soul power is level seventeen. If someone asks, just say level thirteen. How about that? As long as you keep it under control, no one at Notting Academy will notice what level you actually are." Although Notting Academy doesn't have many experts, it's always better to be safe than sorry.

A lower level is less likely to attract attention.

More importantly, there is a "master" in Notting Academy. If Tang San is led astray by him or even fooled, it would be no good.

Although he believed that with Tang San's wisdom, he wouldn't be so easily fooled.

However, if possible, it's best not to attract the attention of that good-for-nothing and laughingstock in the soul master world.

"Don't worry, Grandpa Matthew, I understand the saying 'the tallest tree in the forest is the first to be felled by the wind.'" After saying that, Tang San also asked Matthew for a favor, "However, Grandpa Matthew, could you postpone reporting my situation to the higher-ups of the Spirit Hall?"

"Why? Do you think the higher-ups at the Spirit Hall will notice you and start investigating you?" Matthew thought he was worried about such trivial matters. "There are indeed some people in the Spirit Hall with ulterior motives, but don't worry, I won't report it up the chain of command. Instead, I'll go directly to Spirit City and pass the message on to His Holiness the Pope."

"As you know, Grandpa Matthew, I want to study martial spirits, but I don't want to be bound by the theories of the Spirit Hall. I will go to Spirit City, but not now. I need to cultivate my own independent thinking in order to continuously innovate."

Tang San still used the excuse of studying spirit theory to refuse to join the Spirit Hall. "I have recently developed a theory on how spirit masters can determine their own position. When the time comes, Grandpa Matthew can report it along with my intelligence. I think the Pope, with his benevolence, should be able to understand my idea."

If the healing efficiency of the Nine-Heart Begonia could also increase with the level of soul power, it would be too heaven-defying, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it could bring the dead back to life.

However, this wasn't shown in the original work. Therefore, this book sets the healing efficiency of the Nine-Hearted Begonia to be fixed. The healing efficiency of the first spirit ring is 50%, and the efficiency of each subsequent spirit ring increases by 10% compared to the previous one. Just this alone makes it incredibly powerful when it reaches the title of Title Douluo, deserving of the name Nine-Hearted Begonia.

(End of this chapter)