Douluo Continent: Taking Tang San as a disciple, with a ten-thousand-fold return for teaching him.

"By the way, go check on your eldest disciple, Tang San. You seem to be in a bit of a peculiar state."

Chen Luo nodded: "I understand."

Liu Erlong then spoke up, "Is there anything I need to do?"

Chen Luo and Flander said in unison, "We'll be sparring partners."

Liu Erlong: "Okay."

……

Student dormitory.

Chen Luo arrived at Tang San's room, paused for a moment, and then knocked on the door.

"Didn't I already say that I need some time to adjust myself?"

A hoarse voice came from the previously silent room. It was Tang San. Judging from his voice, Tang San's condition was very wrong. He sounded depressed and in pain.

Chen Luo said, "It's me."

The room fell silent again, but soon faint footsteps could be heard. A moment later, the door opened, and Tang San, with bloodshot eyes and a dejected expression, stood in front of Chen Luo.

Seeing Tang San's appearance, Chen Luo sighed inwardly.

Just like in the book, Tang San fell into a painful period of confusion after the preliminary rounds.

After the battle with Tianshui Academy, the Blue Silver Grass, which had been effective time and again, exposed its fatal flaw. Its strongest control failed to play a key role, and the Blue Silver Grass itself could not provide any damage. Compared to the Blue Silver Grass, Shui Bing'er's Ice Phoenix was undoubtedly much stronger, with both control and damage.

Once a person starts to question themselves, it's basically unstoppable.

As early as the training match the day before the battle against Tianshui Academy, Chen Luo had already noticed that Tang San's emotions were a little off. Sure enough, after the match against Tianshui Academy, Tang San's negative emotions began to erupt.

In the book's plot, it wasn't Yu Xiaogang who answered Tang San's questions, but rather the Poison Douluo Dugu Bo who had just returned.

Chen Luo was speechless. Tang San's condition was off. Did Yu Xiaogang, as his teacher, just want his disciple to figure things out on his own? If one could understand everything on their own, what would be the point of having a teacher? Isn't a teacher there to answer questions and resolve doubts?

Chen Luo remembered that in the book's plot, Poison Douluo simply emphasized that Tang San's Blue Silver Grass was extraordinary and encouraged Tang San to be confident, which made Tang San suddenly understand.

Chen Luo believed that his guidance to Tang San would be more successful this time because he knew more.

"Teacher," Tang San called softly.

Chen Luo said, "Let's go inside and talk."

Tang San nodded: "Mm."

Entering Tang San's room, it was very clean and tidy. Tang San had always been very good at his personal life and was never the kind of person who was sloppy.

Chen Luo didn't waste any words and went straight to the point: "You've always been a genius, never doubt yourself."

Tang San was slightly taken aback. Encouraged, his eyes were still full of confusion: "Teacher, could it be that the development path of my Blue Silver Grass martial soul was wrong from the beginning? Blue Silver Grass is ultimately just Blue Silver Grass. Even with more enhancements, it's still just ordinary Blue Silver Grass. As my strength increases, it will only expose more problems..."

Chen Luo said, "We'll talk about the development path of the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul later. Let's talk about the quality of your Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul first."

"Do you remember what I told you before? Your Blue Silver Grass is never an ordinary Blue Silver Grass."

"How could Blue Silver Grass, which can coexist with the Clear Sky Hammer, be ordinary?"

"You should have also felt that as your strength continues to improve, your Blue Silver Grass has gradually undergone some changes."

Upon hearing this, Tang San nodded slightly: "When I cultivate, I can establish a special connection with wild Blue Silver Grass. That feeling seems to come from the Blue Silver Grass martial soul itself."

Chen Luo said, "That's right. Once your strength reaches a certain level, your Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul may be able to truly awaken."

Tang San immediately asked, "Isn't Martial Soul Awakening only possible once?"

Chen Luo said, "The awakening I'm talking about is not the awakening of martial soul, but the awakening of bloodline. Your Blue Silver Grass is no ordinary Blue Silver Grass. It has not fully awakened because your strength is insufficient or some conditions have not been met."

"Even in its incompletely awakened state, your Blue Silver Grass is already quite special."

"Can ordinary Blue Silver Grass grow to the level of resilience you currently possess?"

"Leaving aside cultivation speed, the degree to which a martial soul can absorb a spirit ring is determined by the quality of the martial soul. Even if the spirit rings are of the same age and the same martial soul is used for absorption, the results will be significantly different due to the different qualities of the martial soul."

"Take the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex Martial Soul of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex Clan as an example. The quality of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex Martial Soul of the direct bloodline is stronger than that of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex Martial Soul of the collateral line. With the same soul ring and the same soul skill, the amplification obtained and the effect of use are significantly different. I have verified this when I went back before."

"If your Blue Silver Grass is really just ordinary Blue Silver Grass, you will feel the shackles when your strength reaches the Soul Venerable level. The Soul Master level may be the end of your life. The resilience of your Blue Silver Grass cannot be improved to that level."

"I have researched and consulted materials about the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, and there are too many people's experiences and developments to prove this point."

"After all that I've said, I've only wanted to make one point: your Blue Silver Grass is no ordinary thing."

Tang San listened silently the whole time, and his somewhat dim eyes gradually brightened.

Seeing that Tang San's condition had improved, Chen Luo continued, "Let's talk about your Blue Silver Grass martial soul development path."

"I had thought before about making your Blue Silver Grass focus entirely on improving its life force and resilience, and absorbing all the spirit rings of plant-type spirit beasts. That way, your Blue Silver Grass would definitely become even stronger."

"But you won't have any advantage in combat. You can only develop into a support-type Soul Master. This might have a tiny bit of effect on your future development, but it's destined to be very weak in the early stages. I talked to you about these things before you absorbed your first Soul Ring, and you also clearly stated that you crave combat more."

"Since we've decided to take the combat route, control is undoubtedly the best option."

"The main thing to consider is the choice of soul skills. Whether it's control or full offense, no matter how strong a soul master's first few soul skills are, that's all there is to it. A hundred-year soul skill is still a hundred-year soul skill, and it can never play the role of a ten-thousand-year soul skill. Most of them are just for transition. After most soul masters' strength has increased to a certain level, unless it is a crushing battle, they will basically not use the most basic soul skills."

"Blue Silver Grass is undoubtedly at a disadvantage in terms of offense. Even if your Blue Silver Grass is stronger than ordinary Blue Silver Grass, its initial resilience still does not support you to directly use Blue Silver Grass to attack the target. Even if there is some damage, it will be extremely limited because Blue Silver Grass itself is not strong enough."

"Therefore, control is the best choice. Just like a rope is used to bind the target and to pierce or cut the target, binding is undoubtedly the most reliable and practical method."

"No matter whose martial soul it is, there will be limitations; there are gains and losses."

"You've gone all out on the control route, so it's inevitable that you won't deal enough damage. I originally planned to develop your fourth soul skill in an offensive direction, but you were willing to sacrifice yourself for the Soul Master Elite Tournament. Since you chose the team, the sacrifice of your personal combat ability is inevitable, which has led to the current situation where you only have control but not enough damage."

"But don't overthink it. Your role in the team is beyond question."

"As for your future development, your fourth spirit ring is already a ten-thousand-year spirit ring, which is more than enough for control. Your fifth spirit ring can be developed in the direction of offense. Moreover, I am certain that it will not be long before your Blue Silver Grass will be fully awakened. At that time, your abilities in all aspects will be greatly improved, and you will have more choices for future development. At that time, you just need to follow your own heart to develop."

"When your Blue Silver Grass damage isn't enough, you must have considered your other spirit, the Clear Sky Hammer. If you're only pursuing temporary power, you can add spirit rings to the Clear Sky Hammer right now. But I believe you won't make such a foolish choice."

"Alright, I've said everything I needed to say."

Tang San's eyes had regained their former brightness, but he was slightly agitated at the moment.

"Thank you, teacher!" Tang San bowed in gratitude.

Chen Luo smiled and said, "It's good that you've figured it out!"

"You'll train with everyone tomorrow. Your junior brother will be here soon too."

Tang San nodded vigorously: "Yes!"

Chapter 188 Special Training Begins

The next morning.

Shrek Academy Arena.

Chen Luo looked at the group of little ones who had disturbed his sweet dream, feeling slightly helpless but not angry.

"The qualifiers have just ended. Wouldn't it be better to give you two days off? Why are you in such a hurry to start a new round of training?" Chen Luo said with a wry smile.

Dai Mubai said, "Master, we don't want to waste a single day. If we don't have practical training every day, we won't even have the mind to cultivate. Dean Flander is out on business, and we dare not ask Dean Erlong for help. We can only trouble you!"

Recalling Liu Erlong's angry roar that morning, Dai Mubai and the others still felt lingering fear.

Chen Luo nodded slightly: "Okay."

His gaze swept over all the little monsters, and Tang San was already in position.

Compared to yesterday, Tang San is now "fully recovered".

"The qualifying rounds test individual combat abilities. You can take turns. Support-type Soul Masters don't need to participate, but be prepared for post-battle supplies."

"I will only use the first to fourth soul skills to simulate the strength of a Soul Master as much as possible, but you still need to go all out."

As Chen Luo spoke, he activated his Martial Soul.

Golden light flashed, and the enormous figure of Golden Luo Sanpao appeared on the Soul Battle Stage. At the same time, six soul rings slowly rose from Chen Luo's feet, symbolizing Chen Luo's strength as a Soul Emperor. The blood-red color of the sixth soul ring carried an extra touch of eeriness and power.

When everyone's gaze fell on Chen Luo's blood-red sixth spirit ring, it was filled with longing and awe. Only Xiao Wu's expression was slightly complicated, but no one noticed.

Chen Luo's 100,000-year soul ring was indeed eye-catching, but soon all the little monsters' eyes fell on Golden Luo Sanpao.

Upon seeing the golden dragon before them, their hearts raced, and feelings of tension arose involuntarily.

The sheer size of the creature before them was enough to create immense pressure, let alone use their soul skills.

"Who wants to go first?" Chen Luo's gaze fell on the group of little monsters.

Dai Mubai was the first to step forward: "Master, let me go first!"

"it is good!"

Chen Luo nodded, a slight smile still on his face.

The other smaller monsters consciously left the battle arena and went to the spectator stands, ready to watch the battle.

Dai Mubai then activated his Martial Soul. After the Martial Soul was attached to him, he became incredibly strong, but in front of Golden Luo Sanpao, he was still like an underdeveloped child.

"Master, may I fight you?" Dai Mubai glanced at Golden Luo Sanpao, swallowed hard, and then looked at Chen Luo tentatively.

Chen Luo laughed: "Are you sure?"

Dai Mubai nodded immediately: "Confirmed!"

Compared to the enormous body of Golden Luo Sanpao, Dai Mubai still felt that the master in front of him was easier to "bully".

However, Dai Mubai was still a little worried and asked in a low voice, "Master, are you really okay?"

Chen Luo nodded: "Don't worry."

Then he looked at Oscar and Ning Rongrong in the spectator stands: "You two get ready to resupply."

Finally, the message fell to Jiangzhu: "You're in charge of the treatment."

"Good, good."

Oscar and the other two looked somewhat taken aback, unsure for a moment who Chen Luo's move was intended for.

Himself?

Or is it Boss Dai?

Ma Hongjun didn't have so many thoughts, and laughed heartily: "Brother Dai finally did what I've always wanted to do but didn't dare to do. I really hope that Master doesn't have Brother Long's fighting power!"

That's right, Ma Hongjun calls Huang Jinluo Sanpao "Brother Long" because he's been beaten up so badly.