manynovel Chapter 37 Emerging Theoretical Masters
Chapter 37 Emerging Theoretical Masters
"Hey, have you heard? The master is going to give an academic lecture in Nottingham soon."
"Master? Is it Master Yu Xiaogang, who proposed the ten core competencies of martial souls? But wasn't he already in Notting City?"
"Of course not. Yu Xiaogang has been staying in Notting City for almost four years under the guise of being an advisor. I heard that the master is the same one who published the 'Blue Silver Grass Development Direction' theory four years ago. He had been publishing his views under the name 'Yanxiao' before, but now he has finally shown his face."
"Really? It was him. It was after listening to Master Yan Xiao's arguments that I decided to give it a try and spent money to form a team to let my daughter, who only had 1 point of innate soul power, hunt for a soul ring. Now she is a soul master. It's truly a blessing from our ancestors."
"That's right! Who would have thought that Blue Silver Grass, which was once considered a useless spirit by everyone, would now have a place in the Spirit Master Competition? In yesterday's Soul Arena, wasn't it precisely by wearing down the Blue Silver Grass spirit master that they managed to drag out the match and win!"
Tang San, who was drinking a beverage, glanced at Xiao Yan with a helpless expression.
Four years have passed since Xiao Yan published his paper on Blue Silver Grass. The two children are now quite tall, having grown considerably since they were little stunted.
"Big brother, can't you give some more information about the use of scythes? You keep talking about how to exploit Blue Silver Grass, and you even said that I am Master Yanxiao's best experimental subject, which has attracted a crowd of people to come and watch me."
"Isn't this perfect? Using this method, we've saved up at least a hundred gold soul coins."
Xiao Yan was in a good mood. Four years ago, after publishing his paper, it immediately attracted widespread attention from the academic community. Afterwards, he put forward some minor opinions on the current situation of Soul Masters. In addition, he only expressed his own views after collecting the papers and explained that they were not his own theories.
However, people simply thought that Master Yanxiao was being overly modest.
As the only practitioner of Master Yan Xiao's theories, Tang San, even if he wasn't a Soul Master with the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, wanted to come and see the specifics.
So Xiao Yan simply set a rule: it was okay to ask Xiao San for advice, but it would cost one silver soul coin each time. This price was really not high. For ordinary people, once they cultivated to the level of a Soul Master by following Xiao Yan's theories, they could go to the Spirit Hall to receive subsidies. Among them, there were even nobles who directly rewarded them with several gold soul coins.
If parallel universes existed in Douluo Continent, Xiao Yan estimated that if God King Tang San saw another Tang San with a tortoise sprout on his head, he would want to come and fight him with his trident.
With this money, Xiao Yan generously bought the entire block of whale glue, a family heirloom, from the shop owner.
"Honestly, Brother Xiao is biased. He only knows how to study the mistress, but he doesn't even study other people's rabbits." Xiao Wu muttered.
Xiao Yan smiled wryly. Xiao Wu's talent was extraordinary. As long as she didn't get too playful and developed properly, there wasn't much he could do to guide her.
"Xiao Wu, if you just play less, your cultivation level will definitely be higher than the two of us."
A few days ago, Xiao Yan released the news that Yan Xiao would come to Notting City as a lecturer to answer the questions of the Soul Masters. So today, he specially brought Sanwu and the other two to the tavern in Notting City to find out what was going on. Of course, all three of them drank milk.
As they listened further, the drinkers, whose sources of information were limited, stopped talking about anything interesting. Xiao Yan looked at Tang San and simply changed the subject.
"Hey, do you know what mistake you made yesterday when you teamed up with Xiao Wu in the Soul Arena?"
Here we go again. Tang San is now most afraid of being asked by Xiao Yan where he went wrong. After more than four years of getting along, if Xiao Yan's knowledge reserves are equivalent to two Gangzi, then Tang San is at least half of that.
Tang San shook his head: "Big brother, I don't think there was anything wrong with my teamwork with Xiao Wu yesterday. The opponents were two Soul Masters."
"That's right, Brother Xiao, they have two more soul skills than us. It's already quite an achievement that they were able to win. Why are you still bringing up the issue of the mistress?"
"Both of you have consumed my whale glue. Your second spirit rings alone are of the same thousand-year quality as mine. Do I need to repeat the principle that one purple spirit ring is worth three yellow spirit rings?"
After more than four years of training, Xiao Yan and Tang San have both become level 25 Great Soul Masters, while Xiao Wu is slightly less advanced, with a Soul Power of only level 23.
Under the cleansing effect of whale glue and the Thousand Soul Rings, the three of them should have improved their soul power extremely quickly.
However, Xiao Yan did feel that due to the existence of Agumon, he needed more soul power to level up, so his cultivation progress was relatively slow.
However, neither Tang San nor Xiao Wu put their full attention into it. One was forging iron and the other was playing. As a result, to this day, one of them has a soul power similar to his own, while the other's is even lower.
Unfortunately, even after Xiao Yan broke through level 20, Agumon did not evolve into Greymon as he had hoped. Xiao Yan could only console himself that his soul power had not yet reached the required level.
Xiao Yan smiled and shook his head: "If you're looking for faults, I'm not that harsh. In terms of combat, Xiao San using Blue Silver Grass for defense and harassment, and Xiao Wu assisting with offense, is already the most suitable strategy for you at this stage."
I didn't say you guys were bad at fighting. In fact, I have to praise you for that. Even if it were me and Xiao San teaming up, we might not be able to achieve the same level of synergy as the two of you.
Isn't that obvious? Who can compare their level of understanding with that of a married couple?
Xiao Wu and Tang San exchanged a smile.
"I'm talking about the way the mistress ultimately won. This kind of fighting style is too ingenious and shouldn't be shown in an ordinary battle. Once your opponent has your information, what will you do when you encounter a more difficult opponent in the future, but they are already prepared?"
Tang San lowered his head. He was indeed afraid that his opponent would hurt Xiao Wu, so he filled the entire fighting arena with his Blue Silver Grass. His opponent struggled to destroy it and eventually exhausted his soul power, so he had to admit defeat.
"See? You mistress, it's all because you stopped Sister Xiaowu from making a move."
"I was just worried you'd get hurt; the other side consists of two Soul Masters," Tang San said with a forced smile.
"Alright, alright, the smell of fermented grains here can't mask your sour stench. The method of leaking information is only one aspect; after all, once we leave Nottingham, not many people will likely pay attention to us."
The mistakes I mentioned may not be mistakes in your eyes, but I still hope that you will think twice before acting in the future.
As the Blue Silver Grass theory becomes more widespread, more and more commoner Soul Masters are emerging, and the only one they can emulate is you. However, your fighting style is actually only suitable for you.
Tang San realized that this was the mistake Xiao Yan had made, but Xiao Wu, standing to the side, was still blinking, as if she hadn't understood.
"Your fighting style is fine in the Soul Arena, where both sides just touch each other. But in real combat, in Soul Hunting, those Blue Silver Grass Soul Masters' Soul Rings and Soul Power aren't enough to support them at your level. If they fail, you all know the consequences without me having to tell you."
Death is the only way.
This is something Xiao Yan had to say. As a Soul Master, setting an example is also a responsibility to the common people.
"Alright, just remember that. After all, these Blue Silver Grass Soul Masters nowadays all go in teams to hunt souls. No one is stupid enough to go and die alone."
Seeing that the two were silent, Xiao Yan placed the money on the tavern table, and Tang San and Xiao Wu followed closely behind.
Just then, a familiar voice came from the street.
"I've already told you all. Look at Yan Xiao's so-called theory. Isn't it almost exactly the same as my 'Ten Uses of Blue Silver Grass'? What about the Blue Silver Grass not being a useless martial soul, but just having to bring out its vitality and resilience? Isn't that completely different from my 'There is no useless martial soul'?"
This is plagiarism, blatant plagiarism!
That voice belonged to Yu Xiaogang, who had been silent for more than four years.