Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 96 My Sister, But Not by Blood

After walking about 300 meters into the Hope Oasis, Tang San and the others, along with Huo Feng and Huo Wu, arrived at the edge of a ruin.

The ancient buildings are all made of stone and covered with various vines, but seven or eight rooms are relatively clean. If you go over to check, you can see some clothes and quilts inside.

This must be the legacy left behind by the Soul Hunting Groups who lived in this endless desert. They migrated and wandered between various oases, acting as guides for Soul Masters who came to hunt souls in this desert, in exchange for living supplies.

However, Tang San and his group arrived at the wrong time, as no Soul Hunting Team had stayed here during this period.

But Tang San wasn't disappointed. After all, his soul power hadn't reached level 30 yet, so he could stay here for a while. Besides, the Sun and Moon Grass, a plant-type soul beast, only grew in oases where the temperature difference between day and night was significant. He could search for it slowly, and if he didn't find it, he could go look for the next oasis.

So, the group found a few abandoned stone houses covered in vines, cleaned them up, and prepared to settle there for a few days.

Wilderness survival is not an easy task for Soul Masters, but it's a different story if they have a house, a life-saving Soul Guidance Device, and have cleared out an open space to move around.

With Tang San's help, the five of them cleared out a small stone house, and after cleaning it, they found it to be quite cool inside.

Huo Wu, holding the soul-guided fan that Tang San had lent her and her grandmother, asked, "You brought these things with you when you went out soul hunting?"

Most people go out to hunt souls in order to quickly find suitable soul beasts and then return home.

But Tang San was different; he brought along a life-related soul tool, making it seem like he had moved here to live.

However, this oasis is much cooler than the desert outside. Apart from being sparsely populated, it is a good place to live in seclusion... as long as you can endure the loneliness.

"I'm two levels away from level 30. I'll definitely be staying in this desert for a while, so I need to make sure I live a good life."

Tang San said matter-of-factly, "Moreover, I am also researching soul tools. The manufacturing method of these life-related soul tools has not been lost, but there are basically only a few types. No one has studied the soul tool patterns in depth. I think if we can analyze the principles behind them, it might bring about a real change in the Douluo Continent."

"You're really amazing." Huo Wu didn't know what to say.

"Don't you think the soul guidance patterns inside a soul tool are quite similar to the soul power flow paths in a soul ring? They're just much simpler."

Tang San smiled and asked, "I have a feeling that as long as we can thoroughly study the soul guide patterns, it will greatly benefit the cultivation of the Fusion Ring. In fact, the other lost soul guide manufacturing methods can also be deduced again."

Having cultivated the Soul Ring Fusion technique, Huo Wu naturally noticed the flow of soul power within the Soul Ring and knew that Tang San's words were true. But how long would it take to thoroughly study the Soul Guidance Pattern?

It's even more troublesome than cultivating the Fusion Ring. Isn't Tang San afraid of wasting his cultivation time?

"There will always be someone who needs to study it," Tang San smiled. "Besides, my cultivation speed isn't slow."

With the Mysterious Heaven Skill, how could the cultivation speed be slow?

"Alright, you're knowledgeable, you're right." Huo Wu felt that she couldn't compare to Tang San in terms of intellect, but she might not be inferior in terms of martial arts. "How about we have another fight after you get your third spirit ring?"

"Can."

Tang San agreed, after all, although Huo Wu's personality had softened a bit after her martial soul revealed its true form, she still retained a bit of a warlike nature.

If he doesn't agree, I'll probably keep pestering him until he does.

However, if it's about fighting, it can happen right now. Even though Huo Wu's martial soul has transformed from the Hokage to the Sun Goddess, it still can't burn through the ground and can't destroy the roots of the Endless Grassland.

Once we control her hands and feet and prevent her from using her soul skills, we can easily win.

Tang San only needs to focus on dodging her attacks during the battle.

However, if they were to fight now, Huo Wu might lose confidence due to repeated defeats. It would be better to wait until she obtains her third spirit ring.

"By the way, the Fiery Lion King will definitely drop a soul bone, and it's an external soul bone. What kind of soul bone is it? What is its use?" Tang San asked about this. He was extremely curious about external soul bones that could evolve along with the soul master and wanted to find out more.

Huo Wu didn't hide anything. She activated her soul power, and a golden lion's beard appeared on her neck. Her back was also covered by the golden lion's beard, burning like flames, just like she was wearing a peculiar trench coat.

"A fur-type external spirit bone? I've learned something new." Tang San looked surprised. He thought that external spirit bones could be things like the Eight Spider Lances, palm (claw) bones, and eyes, which were already quite unique. He didn't expect that there were fur-type ones as well.

"I call it the Blazing Sun Feather Robe. I'm not entirely sure about its offensive capabilities yet, but when I use it, I feel twice as strong as before. It seems like all my attributes have improved," Huo Wu said proudly. "Moreover, it can absorb the sun's light, increasing the speed at which I cultivate my soul power."

"Can moonlight be absorbed?" Tang San asked.

"It seems that won't work. It can only absorb sunlight... But it's called the Fiery Lion King, so it can only absorb sunlight. Why do you think it can absorb moonlight?" Xiao Wu was puzzled. Tang San, as a master of martial soul theory, shouldn't be asking such a low-level question, right?

"Actually, the moon doesn't emit light; it's the sun's reflected light, just like light shining on a mirror and being reflected," Tang San explained. "However, judging from the effects of your external soul bone, sunlight reflected by the moon is not only much weaker, but it also seems to have lost some kind of peculiar energy... But some plants can absorb moonlight, so perhaps they've lost something, but at the same time gained something."

Huo Wu, confused, assumed Tang San had thought of something beyond her comprehension and asked other questions: "Your relationship with those two little girls isn't just that of friends, is it?"

"That's definitely not it." Tang San nodded in acknowledgment when he saw Huo Wu looking a little nervous. "Guang Ling is my disciple, and her innate soul power is only level three."

"Level three? I asked her, she's only seven years old, and she advanced seven levels in just one year?" Huo Wu's mouth formed an "O" shape.

"There are no useless martial souls, only useless soul masters," Tang San said. "Although I wasn't the first to say this, I'm the most qualified to say it."

"Indeed, you are just a Blue Silver Grass, and she is just an ordinary iron bow, yet you have reached a level that is difficult for ordinary people to achieve." Huo Wu nodded in agreement.

"Ahem, just a heads up, Guangling's martial soul is the truly ordinary one. My Blue Silver Grass and Xiao Wu's Soft Bone Rabbit are special cases," Tang San corrected. "They can't be considered truly useless martial souls."

"A mutation?" Huo Wu asked curiously.

Tang San didn't answer, but Huo Wu took it as an admission. Only a mutation in the martial soul could allow the Blue Silver Grass and Soft Bone Rabbit to cultivate so quickly.

However, Tang San has a lot of insights into the theory of martial souls, after all, the Light Feather is the best evidence.

"By the way, you haven't said what your relationship is with Xiao Wu yet?" Huo Wu realized that Tang San might be changing the subject, so she quickly corrected him.

"younger sister."

"Phew~"

"But not by blood."

"Huh? Huh?"

(End of this chapter)