Chapter 96: Tang San Falls into the Trap
Forrly the Blue Tyrant Academy, now the Shrek Academy.
After leaving the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, Shrek's group had joined the Blue Tyrant Academy under Flender's maneuvering.
Liu Erlong had generously handed the academy over to Flender and Yu Xiaogang, renaming it Shrek Academy.
Over the following months, Yu Xiaogang reassembled a battle team.
The original five mbers, led by Tang San, were joined by three additional talents from the Blue Tyrant Academy, forming a new Shrek battle team.
With the team established, Yu Xiaogang began the third phase of their training under his guidance: environntal simulation training.
As a high-level soul master academy, the Blue Tyrant Academy was equipped with an environntal simulation training ground.
This training allowed soul masters to imrse themselves in environnts that matched their martial soul attributes, accelerating their cultivation.
In Yu Xiaogang's office, he turned to Tang San and asked, "Tang San, have you gotten any results from the experint I assigned you?"
Tang San nodded. "Teacher, just as you said, after prolonged use of Tool Spirit Fusion, I've noticed so unusual effects!"
As he spoke, Tang San waved his hand, summoning an iron hamr that resembled the Clear Sky Hamr.
He then perford a demonstration for Yu Xiaogang.
Tang San placed the hamr on the table and took two steps back. With a beckoning gesture, the hamr on the table began to tremble as if it wanted to fly toward him, but it never quite succeeded.
"Teacher, I feel that soon I'll be able to summon it back to my hand as easily as I control my martial soul!" Tang San said excitedly after his demonstration.
"Excellent, excellent!"
"Haha, it seems I was right all along—Su Mo has been hiding sothing!" Yu Xiaogang exclaid in excitent.
He had always found Su Mo's persistent use of Tool Spirit Fusion intriguing, suspecting there was a reason behind it.
To investigate, Yu Xiaogang had Tang San forge a hamr to experint with during his daily blacksmithing practice. The results had finally borne fruit.
Tang San, however, cautioned Yu Xiaogang, "Teacher, this thod isn't suitable for everyone. It requires exceptionally strong spiritual power to achieve."
"My success is due to my naturally high spiritual power, which I've enhanced since childhood with a secret technique called the Purple Demon Eye. This allowed to deepen my bond with the hamr over ti."
Hearing this, Yu Xiaogang's excitent dimd slightly. He had hoped to uncover a groundbreaking discovery that could revolutionize the status of tool soul masters in the soul master world.
But as it turned out, this thod was only feasible for a small number of highly talented individuals with powerful spiritual strength.
"So, Su Mo must also possess strong spiritual power?" Yu Xiaogang speculated.
Realizing this, he felt even more bitter. Aside from his martial soul talent being average, Su Mo seed to excel in every other area, to the point that Yu Xiaogang couldn't help but feel envious.
"Yes, Su Mo once resisted Xiao Wu's second spirit ability, Charm, with ease. His spiritual power is indeed exceptional," Tang San confird with a nod.
Yu Xiaogang sighed briefly before regaining his composure. "It doesn't matter. As long as you can use this ability, that's what's important!"
"Su Mo has changed his weapon twice now. I suspect it's related to this phenonon. Keep practicing. Once you can fully control the hamr like a martial soul, let's see what further changes occur!"
"Yes, Teacher, I understand!" Tang San nodded earnestly.
anwhile, Su Mo had no idea about the discoveries Yu Xiaogang and Tang San were making. Not that it mattered—even if he knew, there was nothing he could do about it.
After all, refining tools into the soul wasn't a technique accessible to just anyone. Only those with sufficient spiritual power could achieve it.
Moreover, this thod was mostly effective for soul masters with low-quality tool spirits. High-quality spirits didn't require such techniques, and using this thod recklessly could even lower the quality of a top-tier martial soul, which would be laughable.
At that mont, Su Mo was narrating a fabricated story to Dugu Bo.
"I ca here looking for a rare, peerless herb—a sacred anti-poison treasure. This herb is immune to all toxins, and holding it can repel any poisonous substance," Su Mo explained.
"Based on so clues, I tracked it to this place. But when I arrived, I found you, Senior, poisoned and collapsed. Unfortunately, I also discovered that the herb I was looking for had already been consud by you!"
"For , this was a great disappointnt—I was just a step too late!"
"As for the spirit rings expelled from your body, it's because the herb rejected them after you consud it. However, even so, the poison in your body wasn't neutralized because the herb itself doesn't have detoxifying properties. I had to absorb all the toxins from your body to save you!"
"But because of this, Senior, you lost your spirit rings and your poisonous cultivation techniques. Naturally, your cultivation level dropped to its current state."
"Oh, and I used this external spirit bone on my back to absorb all the poison from your body!"
After finishing his explanation, Su Mo summoned the Eight Spider Lances attached to his back, letting Dugu Bo inspect them.
"An external spirit bone..."
Dugu Bo was imdiately stunned. His eyes glead with envy and excitent as he stared at the Eight Spider Lances.
Seeing that the Eight Spider Lances on Su Mo's back had fully fused with him, Dugu Bo imdiately realized it was impossible to take them for himself.
Then, as he reflected on his current state, a wave of bitterness rose in his heart.
What am I even thinking? This boy is my savior, and I'm now just a crippled old man.
"In that case, I must thank you for saving my life!"
Dugu Bo sighed and offered Su Mo a solemn bow of gratitude.
Compared to dying from poison, simply being alive was a stroke of luck!
When Dugu Bo saw the toxic aura emanating from the Eight Spider Lances, he recognized the remnants of the poisons he was all too familiar with, further convincing him that Su Mo had indeed saved him.
"Hmm, I only saved you because you're Dugu Yan's grandfather," Su Mo said, nodding as he revealed his connection to Dugu Yan.
Looking at Dugu Bo's face, Su Mo could tell that he didn't rember their brief encounter at Heaven Dou Imperial Academy.
Well, of course. Back then, Dugu Bo didn't even glance my way.
"You know Yan'er?"
Dugu Bo looked surprised.
"Yes, I'm also a student at Heaven Dou Imperial Academy. Dugu Yan is my senior, and soon I'll be joining the Heaven Dou Imperial Battle Team. She'll be my teammate!"
Su Mo nodded.
"I see... Well then, young friend, would you mind letting go now?"
Dugu Bo's tone beca noticeably friendlier as he addressed Su Mo.
"Haha, of course. My apologies, Senior, for earlier..."
Su Mo chuckled awkwardly.
"No need to explain. It's always better to be cautious. I could never bla you—I owe you my life!"
Before Su Mo could finish his apology, Dugu Bo waved it off with a smile.
"Senior, there's one more thing I need to tell you," Su Mo said.
"Go ahead!" Dugu Bo replied.
"Well, I took the storage treasure you were carrying and used it to hold the herbs from your dicine garden. Let's consider it my paynt for saving your life. How about that?"
Su Mo calmly ntioned the Hundred Treasures Pouch and the dicine garden.
"My Hundred Treasures Pouch and my dicine garden..."
Dugu Bo froze in place, then looked up at his garden. His eyes widened at the sight of the now-barren land.
"This... is my dicine garden?"
Staring at the empty space, Dugu Bo was montarily stunned. Anger surged within him, but it quickly subsided as he let out a long sigh.
"Forget it. Since young friend needs them, take it all as my way of expressing gratitude for saving my life!"
Hearing Dugu Bo's sincere tone, Su Mo couldn't help but feel that the old man was remarkably generous.
"Senior, there's no need to feel bad. Those herbs wouldn't have been of much use to you anymore. After consuming that supre herb, your body now possesses immunity to all toxins!"
As he spoke, Su Mo manipulated the Eight Spider Lances to cut the restraints binding Dugu Bo.
"What? My body is immune to all toxins now?"
Dugu Bo was taken aback. The idea of such a constitution left him deeply shocked.
If my forr self encountered the current , wouldn't I be completely countered?
"Yes, your body now shares the sa immunity as the supre herb you consud—it's impervious to all poisons," Su Mo affird.
Dugu Bo opened his mouth to speak but quickly fell silent. It made sense—after all, the unique traits of that herb were precisely why he had chosen to consu it.
"Senior, there's one more thing I think you might want to consider," Su Mo added.
"Oh? Go on, young friend!"
"By the way, young friend, what is your na? If you don't mind calling an old cripple like 'big brother,' I'd be honored," Dugu Bo said, suddenly realizing he hadn't yet asked for his savior's na.
The ntion of his current state as a cripple only deepened Dugu Bo's bitterness.
"I am Su Mo. Since I will soon be teammates with Senior Dugu Yan, it would be more appropriate for to address you as 'Senior,'" Su Mo replied courteously.
"Well... I suppose I'm in no position to object," Dugu Bo said with a wry smile. "Regardless, I'm still grateful for your help, Su Mo."
The old man's sincerity left Su Mo slightly embarrassed, prompting him to quickly offer a suggestion.
"Senior Dugu, you might not truly be a cripple. Have you ever considered the possibility of absorbing spirit rings again?"
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