Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 20 Returning to Notting College

"Okay, Grandpa will agree."

Matthew knows Tang San well; he is a child who is extremely thirsty for knowledge and wants to achieve something in the research of martial souls. In the future, he will definitely go to Martial Soul City, where there are the most martial soul information and soul master books in the entire continent.

Now, they probably know that because they come from a small village, they are at a disadvantage compared to the students from Wuhun City. They want to wait until their strength has truly improved and they have a voice before they set off.

"Grandpa Matthew, thank you for your understanding." Tang San thanked Matthew and took his leave, preparing to return to Notting Academy.

At the start of the semester, after attending just one class, he joined Matthew and others to hunt for spirit rings in the Notting Forest.

Now that I've obtained the spirit ring, it's natural to go back and take a look.

Otherwise, people in the college would probably have forgotten about him, a freshman.

"Halt! Notting College. Unauthorized personnel are not permitted to enter."

The gatekeeper stopped Tang San.

The reason is simple: Tang San's appearance has changed, so the gatekeeper naturally can't recognize him. Moreover, he is no longer wearing the Notting Academy uniform, but rather the loose brown and green "wilderness outfit" worn by Soul Hunters.

"I'm a student from Notting Academy. I just came back from hunting spirit rings, and I haven't had time to change my clothes yet," Tang San said.

"A Soul Master?" The gatekeeper asked somewhat nervously, but still asked, "But how could I not recognize a child like you? I recognize all the students in the school, but you... I've never seen you before."

"I know Brother Tao. He's here at the academy for the first time, and we even chatted a bit," Tang San reminded him.

"Brother Tao? Wait, are you a distant relative of Master Su Yuntao?" The gatekeeper, still thinking Tang San was related to Su Yuntao, looked surprised. "How come your appearance has changed?"

"My martial soul has mutated, affecting my appearance." Tang San released his martial soul, and Blue Silver Grass with silver veins sprouted from his palm. The yellow spirit ring immediately made the gatekeeper respectful. "You have become a spirit master!"

"So-so. My cultivation talent is not bad, and it was Brother Tao and Master Matthew who took me to hunt for spirit rings." Tang San smiled, chatted with the gatekeeper for a few words, and then headed towards the academy's teaching building.

When Director Su of the Academic Affairs Office saw Tang San, he felt that Tang San looked familiar and asked in confusion, "Little friend, are you here to register? The academy's enrollment has already ended... Never mind, show me your martial soul certificate and I'll arrange your enrollment. There aren't many new students this year, and Dormitory 9 isn't full yet."

"Director Su, we haven't seen each other for just a few days, don't you recognize me?" Tang San took out the new Martial Soul Certificate that Matthew had given him. "I am Tang San."

"Tang San? Tang San!" Director Su was shocked. After learning that Tang San had obtained a spirit ring, and that his appearance had changed after obtaining the spirit ring, he was greatly surprised. "You obtained a spirit ring? You're back so soon? Didn't you take half a month off? Also, what happened to your appearance? Can adding a spirit ring also beautify you? Hmm~ You don't look like a commoner anymore, but rather a young master of some family."

"It's probably the effect of the martial soul mutation, which has caused some changes to the physical body." Faced with a barrage of questions from Director Su, Tang San only answered the ones he could, "I came here to inform the teachers that I have returned from my soul hunt and can attend classes normally."

"As expected of a studious child. If other students were to take leave to hunt souls, even if they obtained their soul rings early, they would probably wait until their leave was over before returning." Only then did Director Su confirm that the Tang San in front of him was the same Tang San who had come to report for duty, with the same easygoing tone and the same studious attitude.

This is definitely not some noble young master hiding his identity.

He's a good kid whose martial soul mutation is a bit beyond the norm. The key is that he's neither arrogant nor haughty, which is very pleasing.

"Once you become a junior student and a Soul Master, you can apply for graduation. You can read, so would you like to apply for graduation?"

"No, I'm far from mature. I'm not even fully familiar with the academy yet. Graduating suddenly feels a bit strange... Besides, I haven't even been to the academy's library. There are more books there than at the Spirit Hall... Before, I grew up wildly. Now, I need to lay a solid foundation so I won't be laughed at later," Tang San said with a smile.

"Haha, you're a Soul Master now, who would dare laugh at you to your face?"

Director Su laughed heartily, quite satisfied with Tang San's maturity. Of course, the higher Tang San's graduating grade from Notting Academy, the greater Notting Academy's reputation would be, and it might even attract children from other small towns to study there.

More importantly, Tang San was a student in Mohen's class, and Mohen was under his supervision as the dean of students. With such a genius emerging, he could also get a promotion and a raise.

Just thinking about it makes me feel wonderful.

"However, you're not wrong. You're only six years old, too young. You really need to take your time."

"Then I'll be going... Oh, right, there's one more thing, Director Su. Could you tell Teacher Mohen that I'm back, so he won't be surprised by my changes?" Tang San said to Director Su, remembering something.

"no problem."

After leaving the Academic Affairs Office, Tang San went to Dormitory 7.

I learned from my roommate that during the three or four days he was on leave, Xiao Wu had become the leader of Notting Academy. Even without Tang San's help, she was still able to defeat Xiao Chenyu and the others.

However, in Tang San's opinion, Xiao Wu's strength was only good enough to bully weaker opponents.

At this moment, Xiao Wu was leading Wang Sheng and the others to eat the takeout food from the second floor.

The source of the money was naturally not the gold soul coin that the Spirit Hall gave to Xiao Wu.

Xiao Wu has no real concept of money; she's probably already spent it all, or even been swindled by some merchants in Nottingham City.

From Wang Sheng and others?

Less likely.

Children from small villages and towns, who are also working-study students, are lucky if they can afford to eat; they simply can't afford to go up to the second floor.

Therefore, there is only one possibility:

"Offerings" collected from the aristocratic students in the academy.

"Xiao San, you're back?" Xiao Wu was a little confused when she saw Tang San, whose appearance had changed slightly, but she still recognized him. As a 100,000-year-old soul beast, she had her own way of recognizing people.

"He's actually Tang San? I thought he was a freshman who arrived at Notting Academy a few days late and went to the wrong dormitory... But after obtaining a spirit ring, the change is so great? It's much better than those nobles applying cucumber slices. No wonder everyone wants to become a spirit master." Wang Sheng was surprised by Tang San's appearance change and couldn't help but look forward to what he would look like as a handsome man after obtaining a spirit ring in the future.

The same applies to most others.

Tang San knew that Wang Sheng's plan was going to fail.

His appearance can change because he has half of the Blue Silver Emperor's bloodline, or rather, his genes, inherited from the Blue Silver Emperor who took human form.

After obtaining the Thousand Banyan Tree's spirit ring, it most likely stimulated his Blue Silver Emperor's appearance genes, causing a portion of them to be activated and become dominant.

This also confirmed Tang San's previous guess: the so-called bloodline was no different from genes.

The Blue Silver Emperor bloodline is not like the Golden Dragon King core that was forcibly sealed in Tang Wulin's body, but rather genetic material that exists in every cell of his body.

Destroying his bloodline is a million times harder than killing him.

If his half of the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline could truly be destroyed, he would rot and die, because that would be equivalent to destroying the genetic material in every cell of his body, making the cells unable to divide autonomously anymore.

Although it's unknown whether the inheritance of martial souls in Douluo Continent is based on genes, Douluo is a planet that revolves around the sun, so its various physical rules should not be too different from those of Earth.

At least, on the surface, Tang Hao looks very ordinary and has not become handsome because he became a Title Douluo; as far as he has observed, neither Su Yuntao nor Sisi have changed their appearance drastically just because their spirit rings are very suitable for their martial souls.

The reason is actually very simple. Although martial spirits exist in the human body, they are very stable and in most cases do not affect a person's appearance. At most, they may make a person's body stronger and more agile after absorbing a spirit ring. As for appearance, unless the martial spirit mutates and affects the external gene expression of the physical body, there will be no obvious changes.

Tang San could do this because he possessed half of the Blue Silver Emperor's bloodline, though he preferred to call it a genetic factor. It was precisely because of this genetic factor that he was able to undergo a significant change in appearance due to a single spirit ring.

Because it is predetermined by genetic factors.

Dragons beget dragons, phoenixes beget phoenixes, and mice are born knowing how to dig holes.

This fantasy world isn't actually that fantastical; many aspects are based on science.

For example, Oscar in the original work was able to replicate martial souls like the Blue Silver Emperor and the Clear Sky Hammer through Tang San's blood. It is estimated that his soul skill helped him extract the genetic factors representing the Blue Silver Emperor and the Clear Sky Hammer from Tang San's blood.

The Mirror Beast is indeed a peculiar kind of soul beast...

Wang Sheng snapped out of his daze and asked Tang San, "Tang San, you actually obtained a spirit ring? Didn't you say your spirit was Blue Silver Grass? How come your spirit power is increasing so fast? Could it be that you, like Sister Xiao Wu, also have innate full spirit power?"

"It's just a level six innate Blue Silver Grass, maybe it's mutated." Tang San shook his head. "Also, I have unique insights into cultivating the Blue Silver Grass martial soul."

Xiao Wu dropped the dried carrot she was holding, came up to Tang San, and said, "Little San, how about we have a fight and see who's the strongest in Notting!"

"If you win, you can have Boss Notting, how about it?"

"I'm a support-type Soul Master, not very strong in combat." Tang San didn't refuse; after all, he wanted to test his strength. Xiao Wu was a good opponent, but—

"I need to prepare for a while and thoroughly study my first soul skill before sparring with you. After all, you became a soul master before me, so you are definitely a little more flexible in using soul skills than I am."

When Xiao Wu heard that Tang San had chosen to become a support-type Soul Master, she was a little disappointed. But judging from the second half of his sentence, it seemed that he wanted to fight her.

Are all support classes weak?

"You're a support class now, and you still want to fight me?" Xiao Wu put her hands on her hips. "I thought you would refuse... But, Xiao Wu is ready to play."

"By the way, what was your first soul skill?"

"Endless Recovery, a healing-type soul skill that allows me to stand on the ground and return to my full strength, but it's not very effective against poisoning or serious illnesses." Tang San slowly spoke, releasing his martial soul. The yellow hundred-year soul ring shocked Wang Sheng and the others from the Seventh Dormitory.

"A 100-year-old Soul Ring!"

(End of this chapter)