"What kind of look is that? What kind of expression is that?"
"Hate me, despise me, Xiao Wu."
"Ah, yes, yes, yes, Xiao Wu, that's the look, treat me like your enemy."
The next morning, Xiao Lin took Tang San and the others to start their intense training.
At this moment, Xiao Lin was training Xiao Wu, aiming to make her a powerful Speed-type Soul Master with the Trinity concept, transforming her into a swift and lethal strike master.
Looking at Xiao Wu, her eyes bloodshot with hate, her brows furrowed, and her face full of resentment, Xiao Lin finally felt a little satisfied.
"That's the expression."
Xiao Lin once again praised and urged Xiao Wu to maintain it.
According to Xiao Lin's plan, Xiao Wu's expression full of hatred would help her in training, making her strikes more decisive, smooth, and simple.
This was Xiao Lin's first concept: Xiao Wu with killing intent.
The second concept after she gained her second spirit ring was "Thunder Xiao Wu"—accelerated by lightning, enchanted with lightning, and skilled in fierce sword techniques (intelligent Xiao Wu).
The third concept was "Homecoming Xiao Wu," where Xiao Wu would possess teleportation abilities, keeping alert to everything around her, attacking when necessary and retreating when needed.
The Trinity Xiao Wu was essentially a blend of all these forms—her ultimate self.
Xiao Lin was very clear that Xiao Wu was fundamentally different from him.
While Xiao Lin was a stats monster, Xiao Wu had to lean towards being a mechanism monster.
This was because the Soft Bone Rabbit's Martial Soul was far too weak. Without some broken soul skills, Xiao Wu wouldn't be able to fight alongside the original Shrek Seven Devils.
Since Xiao Wu had incredibly powerful broken soul skills, she had to make full use of these mechanisms. She couldn't continue using useless moves like the waist bow or charm.
"Alright, that's it for now. Xiao Wu, keep training."
Xiao Lin nodded with certainty, letting Xiao Wu continue her training while he moved toward Tang San's direction.
"Tang San, you've taught Xiao Wu a lot, haven't you?"
Xiao Lin walked up to Tang San and said directly.
"Yes."
Tang San smiled slightly. He had taught Xiao Wu some techniques and flexibility training.
Some techniques for sound localization and the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track technique.
But more importantly, Tang San wasn't ready to teach her everything yet, since Xiao Wu had just barely entered their small circle.
The two of them watched Xiao Wu train while casually chatting.
"Later, I'll go alone to publish some papers. You continue watching Xiao Wu train and make sure she doesn't slack off."
At this moment, Tang San couldn't help but turn to look at Xiao Lin.
"Okay."
Tang San didn't ask why Xiao Lin didn't need to disguise himself anymore, but he trusted Xiao Lin's wisdom.
"By the way, there's something else."
Xiao Lin suddenly remembered something important, furrowing his brows. Tang San noticed the rare seriousness in Xiao Lin's expression, and his own face became quite serious.
"Tang San, if... I'm saying if..."
"If my theoretical research is correct, but it might be somewhat dangerous for you, how would you feel about that?"
"Uh…"
Xiao Lin's words made Tang San fall into silence.
His silence wasn't because of the danger of Xiao Lin's research—given his personality, he of course trusted Xiao Lin's research.
Tang San, in the original timeline, was willing to test out even the absurd research of Yu Xiaogang. So, of course, he would be willing to trust Xiao Lin.
However, Tang San was worried. Did Xiao Lin mean that he was researching something forbidden, something against the moral code of mankind?
Was Xiao Lin about to become a mad scientist?
Just like the elder in Tang Sect who liked to refine poisonous pills in the past and eventually turned himself into something inhuman, something monstrous.
In just a brief moment, these thoughts flashed through Tang San's mind.
"I can, but you'd better not do anything reckless…"
"Great, I knew you'd believe in me, Tang San."
Xiao Lin appeared very happy and then glanced around for a long time. When he saw that no one else was around, he leaned in to whisper to Tang San.
"Yesterday and the other day when I was reading, I came up with a particularly interesting guess. Why do the soul bones dropped by soul beasts always seem to be compatible with humans?"
"…"
Tang San didn't answer directly. His mind couldn't process the terrifying idea.
"This? This… I…"
In the end, Tang San couldn't come up with a guess and just looked at Xiao Lin, waiting for him to explain.
"I guess… perhaps the soul beasts were originally humans."
"Or maybe they always had human bloodlines."
Xiao Lin said this softly, and Tang San's eyes immediately widened in shock.
At that moment, Tang San's heart was filled with turmoil. Soul beasts were humans?
"Otherwise, why would soul beasts be able to take human form? Why would humans drop soul bones after they die?"
Xiao Lin's words left Tang San in a daze, standing still in place.
"Oh no!"
At that moment, Xiao Wu, who was training in the distance, tripped and fell to the ground. A short blade that Tang San had crafted was stuck in the grass.
"Xiao Wu, what's going on? You're distracted in training? Messing up your sword techniques?"
Seeing this, Xiao Lin immediately rushed over and gave Xiao Wu a "rabbit head slap," making Xiao Wu cry out in grievance.
Clearly, it was because Xiao Lin had been saying some random things.
Xiao Wu felt wronged, but she didn't dare to speak up, so she just hugged her head and acted pitiful.
"Hmph, when I come back, if you're still like this, I'll teach you a lesson."
Xiao Lin snorted and then walked toward the entrance of Notting Academy.
At this point, Xiao Lin had perfectly achieved his goal with this little guess—he had successfully tested Xiao Wu.
Of course, Tang San was shocked by the theory too, but this was exactly what Xiao Lin had expected.
With Tang San's character, he wouldn't care about the nature of the soul beasts. As a disciple of the Tang Sect, he wouldn't care whether the soul beasts had human bloodlines.
He would recover from the shock very quickly.
As for Xiao Wu, she was clearly different from others. She could overhear Xiao Lin and Tang San's private conversation.
The rogue rabbit wasn't training properly and was eavesdropping.
It seemed that Xiao Lin would have to be more careful about what he said to Tang San in the future to avoid Xiao Wu overhearing.
Unless Xiao Wu officially joined their circle, like becoming their sister, only then would Xiao Lin allow her to understand his Martial Soul research.
Additionally, Xiao Lin would need to find another secret base with Tang San so no one else could find out.
Writing papers in the Seven Dorms was still too risky. Xiao Wu's clumsy, careless nature made even simple conversations dangerous.
After leaving Notting Academy, Xiao Lin went to the Spirit Hall to borrow a new book.
When he left the Spirit Hall, he secretly took a postal stamp from the Spirit Hall.
Xiao Lin figured since he wasn't receiving any payment for this paper, taking a stamp wasn't unreasonable.
He attached the stamp to his paper and made a note that it was to be delivered to Pope Bibi Dong of the Spirit Hall. Then, he wrote on other pages of his paper that the 12-page paper was to be delivered to various prestigious academies and sects like the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.
These papers would eventually reach Bibi Dong, and if she wanted to know the rest of the content, or if she wanted to know about the contents insulting Yu Xiaogang, she would have to go to the academies and sects to gather the rest.
Something big was bound to happen on the continent.
Whether it ended in conflict or peace, it didn't matter.
Everyone who received a copy of the paper would likely learn all of its contents.
Xiao Lin also wrote at the bottom of the paper that if it wasn't published, the author would pay for its release.
This was Xiao Lin's way of making more friends—he didn't believe that not a single one of them would release the paper.
End of Chapter.