Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 60 Tang San, I'm back!

Over the next few days, Tang San, along with Guang Ling, followed Su Yuntao to other villages to help awaken martial souls.

Along the way, as Tang San took the initiative to speak, Guang Ling also spoke louder, no longer as muffled as when she was in the village, but she was still relatively introverted.

During this time, Tang San also studied Guang Ling's martial soul iron bow. Its length was about the same as Guang Ling's height. It was a relatively large bow, and Guang Ling himself knew how to use it.

The reason is simple: Guangling's father was a hunter who died when she was three years old, but children from poor families are often precocious.

According to Guangling herself, after her father passed away, she practiced archery every day. Her father left behind a hard bow and some arrows at home.

However, until he was six years old and before awakening his martial soul, Guangling said that he could not fully pull the bow left by his father, and could only pull it a little bit.

In Tang San's view, this was actually the normal situation. After all, it would be strange if a six-year-old girl could pull a real bow.

However, she is able to draw the Martial Soul Bow.

To be honest, since Guangling's martial soul mutated from a wooden bow to an iron bow, it's impossible for him to have innate soul power of level three all at once. Instead, like other children whose martial souls have undergone some mutations, he only has half a level or level one.

After all, according to Su Yuntao, he had previously awakened martial souls that were iron swords and iron knives, but his soul power was either zero, half a level, or level one, and rarely exceeded level two.

However, Guangling's martial soul, the Iron Bow, is only level three.

Level three means that one can at least become a Soul Master. In the world of Soul Masters, whether or not one can reach the level of Soul Master is the watershed that determines whether a Soul Master can continue to cultivate in the future and become a true powerhouse.

Why can the innate soul power of an iron bow martial soul be level three?

Based on Tang San's previous speculation that the innate soul power of a martial soul represents the affinity between a person and their martial soul, Guang Ling, who started learning archery at the age of three, might not be able to explain the specific relationship between bows and arrows, but he must have a strong understanding of bows and arrows, thus increasing the relationship between himself and his martial soul.

Tang San was fairly certain that his guess was correct, and that he could obtain more real-life cases by interacting with more ordinary soul masters in the future.

The amount of innate soul power a martial soul possesses not only represents the quality of the martial soul, but also the compatibility between the martial soul and the awakener.

High-quality martial souls, such as the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and the Clear Sky Hammer, will always possess innate soul power unless an uncontrollable mutation occurs, and it will be at least level three or above. The amount of level three or above depends on many factors such as the awakened person's physical qualities, mental state, and personality, but the most crucial factor is whether the soul master himself is compatible with the martial soul.

Low-quality martial souls, such as pots, pans, and hoes, can actually awaken soul power. However, ordinary people who are always thinking about becoming soul masters certainly don't want to awaken these martial souls that seem to have little use in battle.

Although martial spirits exist within the human body, they also possess a certain degree of spirituality. Yu Xiaogang's Luo Sanpao is the best proof of this—if you don't want me, then I don't want to deal with you either; we dislike each other.

Perhaps this is a bit serious and exaggerated, but that's the truth.

That is to say, Luo Sanpao is a mutated Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex, so the quality of his martial soul must be quite high. Otherwise, Yu Xiaogang wouldn't even have half a level of innate soul power.

"Martial spirits are truly wondrous. In the future, there might even be cigar-themed martial spirits, proving that martial spirits can respond to human thoughts and change accordingly."

Tang San thought of the cigar martial soul in "Douluo Continent II: The Peerless Tang Sect" and became even more certain of his conjecture. "However, this theory requires excluding various external factors such as immortal herbs, mutations, divine power, and environment. Moreover, it is not something I can publish right now."

Over the next two weeks, Tang San, Guang Ling, and Su Yuntao visited eight more villages and discovered two more children with innate soul power.

One of his martial souls is a scythe, and his soul power is half a level; the other martial soul is a hoe, but the handle has changed from wood to iron, similar to Guang Ling, but his innate soul power is also only half a level.

Although there are significant differences between hoes and bows, they are made of the same material, regardless of whether they are agricultural tools or weapons.

Moreover, according to the villagers, this child started working in the fields with his father when he was three years old, using a small hoe to help weed and dig.

This also increased the accuracy of Tang San's guess.

If another martial soul appears next, and it mutates from a wooden bow into an iron bow, but has zero innate soul power or only half a level, then Tang San can be more than 90% certain that the innate soul power of a martial soul is definitely proportional to the awakener's understanding and affinity for the martial soul in a way that is currently difficult to measure precisely.

"Anyway, there are still five years. In the villages near Notting City, there are many ordinary people whose martial soul is a bow. Collecting this data can serve as a kind of proof." Tang San felt his future was brighter than ever before...

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Upon returning to Notting City, Tang San took Guang Ling directly to Notting Academy to register. The dean immediately agreed, after all, Tang San was the face of Notting Academy and had that kind of influence.

Afterwards, Tang San took Guang Ling to Dormitory 7 and arranged accommodation for her.

During her work-study period, Guangling still made sure to interact with her peers as much as possible.

However, in the room in the backyard of the Spirit Hall, Tang San still arranged a bed for Guang Ling, next to Xiao Wu. Since they were both girls, they could sleep together.

After arranging accommodations, Tang San took Guang Ling to begin testing their martial souls.

Strength: 1. Even without shooting arrows, the iron bow itself can be used as a weapon in combat.

Defense: 1. The iron bow is made of iron, which is relatively hard, but that's all.

Speed: 2, mainly refers to attack speed. According to the test by Lightfeather, it can quickly draw the bowstring, and the speed is relatively fast.

Endurance: 2. Although Guangling's soul power is only level three, the Iron Bow consumes relatively little soul power, allowing him to hold the Iron Bow for thirty minutes without using soul power to condense arrows.

Energy: 2. It can be used to condense soul power into an arrow and release it. It is an energy release skill that comes with the Iron Bow. However, with the current soul power of the Light Feather, it can only be released once. (Note: Before becoming a Soul Master, if one's own soul power is insufficient, one can use a real arrow instead of condensing soul power, or combine the two to reduce soul power consumption.)

Special: 0. The Martial Soul itself does not possess any special characteristics. The Soul Power Arrows that are shot out are merely condensed Soul Power and do not carry any attributes. (Note: After acquiring a Soul Ring, it may acquire the attributes of the Soul Beast itself.)

Total score: 8.

Guangling's Iron Bow Martial Soul's base attributes aren't very high, but its attack speed, stamina, and energy are decent. Especially when combined with Tang San's first Soul Skill, Guangling's problem of insufficient Soul Power is also solved.

"These are the basic characteristics of your martial soul. Before you reach level ten, learn with me. Tell me which kind of soul beast you want to choose for your first soul ring. This is also a test for me."

Tang San said, "If you don't satisfy me, I won't abandon you, but I hope you can forge your own path in the future instead of relying on me."

"Teachers always hope that students can surpass them, understand?"

Guangling nodded vigorously: "I will definitely live up to the teacher's expectations and will study hard."

Just then, the backyard gate was kicked open, and a familiar voice rang out, as boisterous as ever:

"Tang San, I'm back!"

I suddenly discovered today that Fog Hill of Five Elements Season 2 has been updated!

Why bother writing novels then!

Let's binge-watch some shows!

(End of this chapter)