No! I must find a way to make everyone recognize my theories.
I absolutely cannot be overshadowed.
Otherwise, those two geniuses won't acknowledge me anymore.
Although Yu Xiaogang felt humiliated and enraged by Xiao Yan's theory, he still retained some rationality.
He had waited so many years and had finally found two geniuses—one of whom would go down in history as the third recorded twin martial soul wielder.
He couldn't afford to lose them.
Quickly, Yu Xiaogang sat at his desk and retrieved a notebook.
Inside, it was filled with his notes on the "best" spirit rings for Xiao Lin and Tang San to absorb.
For example, Xiao Lin should absorb a 400-year-old Silver Wolf.
The Silver Wolf was one of the strongest carnivorous spirit beasts in the Soul Hunting Forest. With its indestructible silver fur and incredible speed, it was a perfect match for Xiao Lin.
As for Tang San, his optimal spirit rings were from snake-type spirit beasts with both poison attributes and strong flexibility.
If these two geniuses followed his arrangements, they would surely awaken powerful spirit skills.
Xiao Lin would gain a formidable offensive ability, while Tang San would acquire a superior control skill.
At this point, Yu Xiaogang was still determined to make Tang San absorb a snake-type spirit ring to obtain Blue Silver Bind.
Before he got too absorbed in these thoughts, he quickly turned the page.
He feared that if he looked at it too long, he would forget to write his paper.
After all, the first spirit abilities he planned for the two were simply too perfect.
Turning to a fresh page, Yu Xiaogang lifted his pen, but after a long time, he still hadn't written anything.
Damn it! How should I start this paper?
Years of drifting through life had dulled Yu Xiaogang's writing skills.
Even worse, his previous papers were borrowed—no, referenced—from Spirit Hall's research materials.
Frustrated, he picked up the crumpled Spirit Hall Report from the trash can and smoothed it out, preparing to copy from it.
Shock?
Using such tactics to attract attention in the opening?
Hmph.
Yu Xiaogang smirked with disdain.
As a grandmaster, he didn't need such lowly tricks.
After much thought, Yu Xiaogang finally decided on a topic and wrote his title:
"On the Possibility of Plant-Type Spirit Masters Absorbing Spirit Rings."
Yu Xiaogang was filled with confidence. He believed that once his paper was published, it would be a huge success.
Most ordinary people had no idea that plant-type martial souls could absorb spirit rings from beast-type spirit beasts. As long as the compatibility issue was resolved, the results wouldn't be any worse than absorbing spirit rings from plant-type spirit beasts.
Ridiculous! Some people even criticized him, saying that tool martial souls could already absorb beast-type spirit rings.
Damn it! At the time, he was referring to plant-type martial souls!
He just forgot to correct his wording back then.
With his topic set, Yu Xiaogang's pen moved effortlessly across the page. In less than half an hour, he had already written over half the paper—roughly 400 words.
Looking at the neatly written paper, Yu Xiaogang felt immense pride.
Only someone as useless as Xiao Yan needed to find supporting examples.
As for himself, he could produce countless insights just by thinking.
He even deliberately included an example featuring a Blue Silver Grass martial soul.
The reason? To earn Tang San's approval.
A soul master from that remote Saint Spirit Village surely had limited knowledge.
Tang San, bow before my wisdom.
Hahaha!
Yu Xiaogang was ecstatic.
Meanwhile, in Holy Spirit Village.
On a small road leading toward Nuoding City…
Xiao Lin had just bought the latest Spirit Hall Report from a passing merchant.
Saint Spirit Village was near Nuoding City, and while Nuoding was a border city of the Heaven Dou Empire, it still had a significant amount of trade and travelers.
Merchants regularly traveled between the two empires, and since Spirit Hall's main territory was in between them, news spread quickly.
Looking at the Spirit Hall Report, Xiao Lin beamed with satisfaction.
He had made money!
Xiao Lin's gaze locked onto the number at the bottom of the page—6,379.
This meant that at least 6,379 copies had been sold.
And this was just in Nuoding City, which was relatively close to Spirit Hall's territory.
He couldn't even imagine how many copies had sold in the far north of the Heaven Dou Empire or the deep south of the Star Luo Empire.
With the Spirit Hall Report selling so well, what should he buy?
Xiao Lin started fantasizing.
First, he absolutely needed a storage soul tool.
Next, whale glue, a miraculous healing substance, was a must-buy.
After that…
Uh… That was it.
Xiao Lin was dumbfounded.
Was his desire for material things really this low?
Whatever. He stopped overthinking it.
As for his earnings, he would have to wait until his next trip to Nuoding City to collect them—probably when he and Tang San started school.
Besides, Holy Spirit Village was too small to have rare items like whale glue or storage soul tools.
Even if he had the money, he couldn't buy them here.
Oh, right! I have to go show off to Little San!
With that thought, Xiao Lin sprinted toward the village blacksmith shop where Tang San was usually found.
This wasn't just about showing off—it was to prove to Tang San that his theories were correct.
If Tang San followed his research, he would grow even stronger.
And the stronger Tang San became, the more benefits Xiao Lin would receive.
However, what annoyed Xiao Lin these past few days was that Tang San kept making excuses to avoid sparring with him.
If he wasn't forging iron, he was practicing the Mysterious Heaven Technique—anything to avoid training with Xiao Lin.
But Xiao Lin didn't blame him.
Without a proper opponent, Xiao Lin felt like his Eight Trigram Staff Technique was just a flashy performance, with no practical application.
Plus, with no sparring, he had way too much free time to study martial souls.
He had already read all the books he borrowed from Spirit Hall, and the village only had a few martial souls to examine.
Basically, the only martial souls he could research were his own, Tang San's, and…
Old Jack's Carrot Martial Soul.
As the village's main food-type martial soul, Xiao Lin figured it was worth studying.
Who knew? Maybe he could even help Tang San develop food-type properties for his Blue Silver Grass.
(End of Chapter)