Qin Shuang had only been with the team for a few days, but her diligence and cultivation talent were gradually gaining recognition from everyone.
Especially Zhao Wuji, he seemed to value this girl with the same Martial Soul as him very much. This was particularly true since Qin Shuang's parents had passed away and she was alone, and Zhao Wuji himself had experienced many setbacks.
Although Yu Xiaogang had some reservations about Flander adding people to the team, considering that what Flander said made some sense and the team would indeed need substitutes in the future, he ultimately didn't say anything.
However, compared to Qin Shuang's arrival, the situation for the others wasn't as good.
Especially Ma Hongjun, although he still trained on time, his mind seemed to be a bit restless. It was said that he had become a boyfriend with a certain noblewoman, showing a strong tendency to become a live-in son-in-law in the future.
And although the others were still diligently cultivating, they were clearly spending a lot of thought elsewhere.
Heaven Dou Royal Academy had no shortage of handsome men and beautiful women, and all of them had decent talent. After all, those with too poor talent couldn't enter this kind of Advanced Soul Master Academy.
The Shrek members had outstanding talent, especially since they had already secured spots on the team, making them exceptionally dazzling within the entire academy.
This led to girls receiving a large number of love letters every day, and boys could be confessed to by beautiful girls just by walking around. Even when Yang Xiong and Ning Rongrong walked within the academy, beautiful girls would shyly hand them love letters, only to be chased away by Ning Rongrong, the Little Devil Girl.
As for the boys pursuing Ning Rongrong, they all witnessed the Little Devil Girl's methods.
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Heaven Dou Royal Academy had two teams, and these two teams originally lived together. They basically had a match every two or three days.
As both sides became more familiar with each other, it became increasingly difficult for the Shrek team to win. After all, the difference in soul power between the two sides was too great. The lowest level in the Royal Fight Team was level thirty-five, and the highest was a full thirty-nine. The gap in soul power could initially be compensated for by skill and coordination.
But as time went on, both sides became more familiar with each other and understood each other's various tactics better. The weaknesses of the Shrek team also became more apparent.
Especially Tang San, the Royal Fight Team recently specifically added a level thirty-four Fire attribute Soul Master. Blue Silver Grass was at a great disadvantage when fighting against him. Although Tang San's own combat power was strong, under the flames, the control ability of Blue Silver Grass was much weaker.
Dugu Yan of the Royal Fight Team also seemed to have absorbed the lessons from their failures, becoming more cautious in her control and use of Poison. Sometimes, she was even better able to utilize the characteristics of her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Beast Martial Soul in combat.
As for the Shi Family brothers, they didn't dare to advance rashly in every battle, basically sticking tightly to protect Ye Lingling to prevent Yang Xiong from ambushing her.
Especially Yu Tianheng, whose combat talent was not weak and whose Martial Soul was extremely strong. In all aspects, he was much stronger than Dai Mubai. If it weren't for Yang Xiong's powerful combat strength, the Shrek team would have probably lost to the Royal Fight Team long ago.
Based on the weakness of Tang San's Martial Soul being countered, Yu Xiaogang still suggested that Ning Rongrong teach Tang San the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Distraction Control, which was ultimately politely declined by Ning Rongrong citing Sect rules.
And Tang San himself didn't give up, directly proposing his intention to learn Distraction Control during his transaction with Ning Fengzhi.
Ning Fengzhi was also very generous, directly agreeing to his request and arranging for Ning Rongrong to teach Tang San. However, according to Ning Fengzhi, Ning Rongrong only taught up to the Five Aperture Scattered Heart, and the last two layers were not imparted.
However, this was already enough for Tang San. After practicing Distraction Control to the fifth layer, Five Aperture Scattered Heart, he could basically achieve five uses with one mind. The control ability of Blue Silver Grass became much stronger. Unfortunately, due to Blue Silver Grass itself not being resistant to fire and being afraid of sharp blades, its attack power did not have a qualitative improvement.
One day, while Yang Xiong was meditating in his dorm, Tang San suddenly came to visit.
Yang Xiong was a little puzzled: "Tang San, shouldn't you be listening to Master's guidance at this time? Why do you suddenly have time to come find me?"
Tang San spoke with an unusually solemn expression: "Yang Xiong, I agree to exchange my Purple Demon Eyes for your Rasengan. What do you think?"
Yang Xiong smiled: "Actually, I think you should have come to find me a long time ago. Our two Self-Created Soul Skills can make up for each other's shortcomings."
Tang San sighed: "With these recent soul duels and cultivation, I feel that Blue Silver Grass is limiting me more and more. Rasengan is indeed very suitable for me and can give me enough explosive power."
"However, I have one condition. My Purple Demon Eyes can only be cultivated by you and cannot be taught to others."
Yang Xiong shook his head: "Tang San, I also know a little about your thoughts. With your strength and talent, you should have great achievements in the future and will definitely not be alone. You should have your own power."
"Exchanging Self-Created Soul Skills is fine, but both sides should be treated equally. I will teach you Rasengan, and you will teach me Purple Demon Eyes, but it cannot be limited to me personally. I will teach it to the core disciples of my Sect in the future, and you can also teach it to the core disciples of your future Sect. This way, neither side loses out."
"Of course, this kind of self-created soul skill cannot be passed on to outsiders, as it involves the privacy of the self-created soul skill."
Tang San was silent for a moment before speaking, "I am still alone right now. Wouldn't doing this be a bit disadvantageous for me?"
Yang Xiong smiled and said, "Tang San, there are some things I can't say directly. Sect Leader Ning or Master have already told you. You are not alone. Behind you is actually a huge power. We are not ordinary rogue cultivators."
Tang San's expression sank. "Yang Xiong, what exactly do you know? Could it be that you have other information about me?"
Yang Xiong shook his head. "Tang San, although we may not necessarily become good friends, at least from our backgrounds and stances, our enemies are the same. Although I know some information, some of it needs to be told to you personally by your family."
Tang San was silent for a long time before speaking, "I understand. The Purple Demon Eyes can be exchanged, but within the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, it can only be taught to direct disciples and cannot be passed on. If it is passed on without authorization, I will take it back."
Yang Xiong nodded. "Okay."
Both of them took out a secret manual from their soul tools. Yang Xiong's manual was very thick, containing every step of his design and cultivation of the Rasengan. The one Tang San gave was the cultivation manual for the Purple Demon Eyes.
After exchanging the secret manuals, neither of them looked at them and put them away directly. After all, they were teammates, and they had that much trust.
However, before Tang San left, Yang Xiong suddenly spoke.
"Tang San, regarding the Rasengan, there is one more thing I want to clarify with you. This is not within the scope of our transaction."
Tang San asked with some confusion, "Yang Xiong, could it be that this Rasengan has some flaws?"
Yang Xiong shook his head. "The Rasengan was developed by me. I am satisfied with its power and all aspects. However, the cultivation difficulty is slightly high. You must achieve the Five Aperture Scattered Heart level of Distraction Control from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. You have already learned Distraction Control, so cultivating it shouldn't be a big problem."
"But I want to state one thing: the Rasengan is what I have developed at this stage. I am only a Soul Greatmaster right now, and I always feel that my soul power is limited. I should develop it again in the future. If there is a second development in the future, it will not be within the scope of the transaction."
Tang San nodded. "Thank you for the reminder. I also want to remind you that the early cultivation of the Purple Demon Eyes is very difficult and requires extremely high talent in spiritual power. I have cultivated it since childhood to reach the current level. I hope you also pay attention. Moreover, you are older, and if you haven't been exposed to it before, it might be even more difficult to cultivate."
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After Tang San left, a smile appeared on Yang Xiong's lips.
In fact, Yang Xiong had long anticipated this day. The limitations of Tang San's Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul were too great, especially without Ice Fire Body Tempering. The Blue Silver Grass itself was very fragile and extremely afraid of ice and fire, and even some corrosive poisons.
Especially after the recent continuous battles with the Royal Fight Team, Tang San's performance had been somewhat unsatisfactory, and he was even repeatedly countered. Moreover, hidden weapons could not be used in formal Soul Duel Competitions, which further limited him.
After all, compared to the original work, Tang San at this stage had the guidance of Dugu Bo, a Titled Douluo. Even if Dugu Bo's strength was weaker, a Titled Douluo's combat experience and understanding of Martial Souls were far beyond what ordinary people could compare to.
Compared to Dugu Bo, Yu Xiaogang, although he had some knowledge of Martial Souls, had no experience in Martial Soul transformation, let alone too much combat experience. He simply couldn't guide Tang San.
After all, in Yu Xiaogang's eyes, Tang San's Martial Soul was just ordinary Blue Silver Grass. Even if he racked his brains, he couldn't make Tang San master the transformation of his Martial Soul. This was the gap between theory and practice.
To make up for Tang San's shortcomings at this stage, he either had to start cultivating his second Martial Soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, or find a way to make his Martial Soul undergo a second awakening in advance. But he couldn't do either of these, and he didn't even know that the Blue Silver Grass could undergo a second awakening. In the end, he had no choice but to come to Yang Xiong to exchange secret manuals, which was the simplest method among all.
As for the Purple Demon Eyes, Yang Xiong himself had envied it for a very long time.
The Purple Demon Eyes was a rare spiritual cultivation method in the entire Soul Master world and one of the fundamental reasons for Tang San's true strength.
The Purple Demon Eyes was divided into four realms from low to high: Panoramic View, Minute Observation, Mustard Seed, and Vastness. It possessed extreme observation skills and could cause spiritual damage to enemies.
Tang San's three breakthroughs in the Purple Demon Eyes were achieved by absorbing the Penetrating Autumn Water Dew, absorbing a head soul bone, and undergoing Tidal Body Tempering on Sea God Island.
However, the original work was a bit vague. Normally, Tang San absorbed the Penetrating Autumn Water Dew at level 40. No matter how strong his spiritual power was, it was impossible to reach the Titled Douluo level. Yet, he was able to see through Xiao Wu's true form at this level. One should know that even Dugu Bo didn't discover it. Could it be that Tang San's spiritual power was stronger than Dugu Bo's at this time? And Dugu Bo also had a top-grade head soul bone.
From this day on, Yang Xiong started pulling Ning Rongrong to cultivate the Purple Demon Eyes early every morning. Originally, Ning Rongrong meditated every night and liked to sleep in a bit in the morning, but she was pulled out. Because of this, the Little Devil Girl threw quite a few tantrums.
However, this Little Devil Girl's cultivation talent was really good. Her cultivation of the Purple Demon Eyes was much faster than Yang Xiong's initial progress.
According to Tang San's cultivation speed, he could enter the second realm, Minute Observation, at the age of six. Yang Xiong had cultivated for half a month with no reaction, while Ning Rongrong could already feel the purple qi, making Yang Xiong feel like he wasn't cut out for cultivating spiritual power.
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