About three-quarters of an hour had passed before Tang San finally succeeded in absorbing his spirit ring.
As soon as he opened his eyes, he found a small face right in front of him, with a pair of large eyes staring intently at him.
"Lin-ge, what are you doing!?"
Tang San was startled. If it weren't for the fact that the spirit ring he had just absorbed didn't have an offensive ability, he might have instinctively counterattacked with it.
"Xiao San, what's your spirit skill?"
Xiao Lin's face was filled with curiosity, looking like a dedicated researcher.
Hearing this, Tang San glanced at Tang Hao, who was pretending to be indifferent, and then revealed all the details of his spirit skill.
"My first spirit skill is the Blue Silver Regeneration Bracelet. The spirit ring's age is 450 years. The effect is to condense a bracelet woven from Blue Silver Grass, providing a 20% healing ability."
As soon as Tang San finished speaking, Xiao Lin frowned and muttered instinctively,
"That doesn't seem right. It shouldn't be this weak."
"Of course, it's not that weak." Tang San grinned and explained the true power of his spirit skill. "The healing ability is tied to my life force. The stronger my life force, the more potent the healing effect. Additionally, for each new spirit ring I obtain, the healing ability increases by an additional 10%."
Tang San was evidently quite pleased with his spirit skill. As he spoke, he directly activated his first spirit ring.
As a yellow spirit ring emerged, a faint green glow quietly appeared on Xiao Lin's left wrist.
The green glow wrapped around Xiao Lin's wrist once before transforming into a Blue Silver Grass bracelet.
"That's not all. This healing bracelet also has spirit power transmission and perception abilities."
"Lin-ge, if you're behind me, I can still sense your position through the Blue Silver Regeneration Bracelet. That way, if we're in danger, I can control the Blue Silver Grass to pull you back to me."
Tang San was extremely satisfied with his spirit skill. A single spirit ring granting multiple abilities was a huge gain.
Although the spirit power transmission and perception abilities were not yet very strong, this was only because Tang San himself was still weak.
Once he reached the level of a Titled Douluo, with his boundless spirit power and powerful perception, this would become a top-tier support ability.
Xiao Lin quickly recorded this discovery, giving Tang San's spirit ring an S-rating.
"It's not weaker than the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's healing abilities or the Nine Heart Begonia, and it even has the potential to develop self-created skills for spirit power transmission and perception."
"A top-tier ability."
After recording this, Xiao Lin suddenly thought of something and immediately turned to ask Tang San.
"Xiao San, how many people can this spirit skill be used on at the same time? Also, has your own life force increased? And what happens if the Blue Silver Grass is broken?"
Xiao Lin's questions were exactly what Tang Hao wanted to know. He had been pretending to be indifferent for so long just to see if Xiao Lin's theory was correct.
"Hm, as for the number of targets, I can use it on three people simultaneously. Any more than that, and I won't be able to split my focus enough."
"But once I train my ability to multi-task, like being able to control four things at once, I should be able to increase it to four people."
"As for my own life force, I can't say for sure, but I do feel full of vitality. Small wounds and scratches heal very quickly."
"But I can definitely confirm that the life force of the Blue Silver Grass itself has significantly improved."
As he spoke, Tang San immediately activated his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and wrapped it around Xiao Lin.
"Lin-ge, try breaking free with force."
As soon as Tang San finished speaking, Xiao Lin immediately activated his Vajra Indestructible Skill and exerted force.
Tang San's martial soul shattered instantly, scattering onto the ground.
But in that moment, Xiao Lin noticed something—Tang San showed no signs of discomfort.
He only frowned slightly, and the Blue Silver Grass quickly regenerated.
"I see…"
Xiao Lin rubbed his chin, then wrote down his observations:
The Regeneration Bracelet is a single-target spirit skill, but since Xiao San already has a Three Aperture Controlling Heart, allowing him to control three things at once, he can use it on three people simultaneously. Potential rating: SS-level.
His first spirit skill has enhanced his life force. My theory is correct.
The strength of his martial soul has increased at least threefold. Although I still don't find breaking free from Blue Silver Grass particularly difficult, it should be more than enough to restrain weaker spirit masters.
The durability of Blue Silver Grass has significantly improved. If Xiao San follows my theory for his second spirit ring, its strength will definitely surpass Blue Silver Bind.
Finally, the martial soul's life force has clearly changed. It suffers no negative effects from breaking. Perhaps this can be tested in a new experiment.
Xiao Lin wrote rapidly while Tang San and Tang Hao curiously watched his notes.
Both of them showed expressions of astonishment.
"Xiao San, your first spirit skill is excellent. Conservatively speaking, it has granted you four different abilities."
"In addition to the spirit ring's skill, you have also gained spirit power transmission, perception abilities, and a potential self-created skill using Blue Silver Grass knots."
"This has given me two new hypotheses and theories. I wonder if you'd be willing to test them."
"Two!?"
"Two!?"
Tang San and Tang Hao were stunned. They were just about to ask what the new theories were when they realized that Xiao Lin had come up with two hypotheses at once.
"Hmph, that's right, two."
Xiao Lin crossed his arms, his face brimming with confidence.
"If I'm not mistaken, Xiao San, when you were absorbing your spirit ring, you could hear my voice as I recorded my notes, right?"
Hearing this, Tang San instinctively nodded. "I did hear it."
"Then, your perception ability might have developed precisely because of what I said."
Seeing the two still somewhat confused, Xiao Lin proceeded to explain.
"First of all, a spirit beast and a spirit ring are not the same thing. A beast itself possesses multiple innate abilities."
"For example, take a Mandala Snake. It has incredible speed, potent venom, and a body with immense flexibility."
"Now, let me ask you—if different spirit masters absorb a Mandala Snake's spirit ring, will they all receive the same spirit skill?"
Tang San and Tang Hao both shook their heads.
This was common knowledge in the spirit master world.
Seeing that they understood, Xiao Lin nodded with satisfaction.
"Exactly. The only ones who might consistently gain a skill that strengthens binding or flexibility are those with rope or whip-type Tool Spirits."
"But what if all those spirit masters had snake-type martial souls? Would their skills be the same?"
"No. Some would gain venom, others would gain speed, and some might gain toughness."
Xiao Lin's face showed a fascinated and enthusiastic smile.
"Multiple spirit masters with nearly identical martial souls all get different spirit skills. So why did Xiao San gain nearly three or four different abilities from a single spirit ring?"
"Even though these abilities aren't officially spirit skills yet."
"Thus, my first new hypothesis is about the relationship between a spirit master's cognition and the selection & quantity of spirit skills."
After saying this, Xiao Lin pushed up his nonexistent glasses with a smug expression.
(Chapter End)