Douluo Continent: Starting with a Self-Created Soul Ring 10

Chapter 10: Martial Soul Classification

“Wow! He’s actually a level 22 Soul Master!”

“Amazing…”

“And so pretty…”

“…”

Bai Lu’s words instantly drew everyone’s attention, eliciting gasps of amazement from her classmates. All eyes shifted from Tang Yuehua to Bai Lu.

Gu Ziyue couldn’t help but glance at Bai Lu. The girl was clearly doing this on purpose, helping Tang Yuehua deflect attention.

Bai Lu quickly sat down after her self-introduction. She didn’t notice Gu Ziyue’s gaze; countless eyes were on her. To her, Gu Ziyue was just the slightly dazed boy from yesterday—ordinary, nothing worthy of her attention.

Or rather, no one in this academy was worthy of her attention. She was only here to accompany her cousin and experience academy life. Besides, it was just an intermediate Soul Master academy. Once she reached level 30, she would seek a better advanced academy and strive to join a seed team. After all, no Soul Master would pass up the opportunity to participate in the Soul Master Tournament.

“Alright, everyone’s had a chance to introduce themselves!”

“Bai Lu, you have the highest Soul Power level. Would you like to be our class monitor?”

After everyone’s self-introductions, the homeroom teacher, Yang Hui, spoke again, directly asking Bai Lu if she wanted to be class monitor.

“Yes, teacher. I’ll be the class monitor!”

Bai Lu agreed without hesitation. Being class monitor would allow her to better look after her cousin.

“Excellent! Bai Lu will be your class monitor!”

“If you have any questions, you can ask the monitor first!”

“On the first day of school, let’s briefly review the classification of Martial Souls!”

“Our Soul Masters’ Martial Souls are primarily divided into two categories. Does anyone know what they are?”

Teacher Yang Hui asked the class.

“Teacher, I know!”

“Martial Souls are divided into Beast Martial Souls and Weapon Martial Souls!”

“Right, Beast Martial Souls and Weapon Martial Souls. All animal Martial Souls are Beast Martial Souls, and other non-animal Martial Souls, including plant Martial Souls, are Weapon Martial Souls…”

“…”

Before Yang Hui could finish, students eagerly answered. Clearly, this was common knowledge.

“Yes, very good. Now, what about Soul Beasts? Do you know that Soul Beasts are also divided into two main categories?”

Yang Hui smiled and continued.

“Teacher, I know! They’re divided into animal Soul Beasts and plant Soul Beasts!”

“Yes, just like our Soul Masters’ Martial Souls, they are divided into two types.”

“…”

This question also didn’t stump the students.

“Excellent, it seems you all understand clearly!”

“However, I must emphasize Soul Ring selection.”

“Human Soul Masters’ Martial Souls are divided into two types, and Soul Beasts are also divided into two types, but the absorption of Soul Rings doesn’t correspond directly.”

“Beast Martial Souls can only absorb Soul Rings from animal Soul Beasts. This is a direct correspondence. Beast Martial Souls absolutely cannot absorb Soul Rings from plant Soul Beasts!”

“Weapon Martial Souls are more special. Except for plant-type Weapon Martial Souls, other Weapon Martial Souls have no restrictions on Soul Ring absorption; they can absorb Soul Rings from either animal or plant Soul Beasts.”

“However, plant-type Weapon Martial Souls must absorb Soul Rings from plant-type Soul Beasts!”

“You must remember this. Don’t absorb a Soul Ring haphazardly just because it’s of high quality.”

Teacher Yang Hui lectured from the podium. The students listened attentively, although many were bored, already having a thorough understanding of the subject.

“Teacher, we already know this classification; our previous teachers taught us the same thing!”

“But teacher, why can’t Beast Martial Souls absorb Soul Rings from plant Soul Beasts? And why can’t plant Martial Souls absorb Soul Rings from animal Soul Beasts?”

“What would happen if they did?”

At this moment, Gu Ziyue raised his hand to ask Teacher Yang Hui.

“Why? Because they can’t. Because they’re different types!”

“Yeah, Beast Martial Souls should absorb Soul Rings from animal Soul Beasts, and plant Martial Souls should absorb Soul Rings from plant Soul Beasts…”

“You’re so dumb…”

“…”

Before Yang Hui could answer, other students chimed in, some even looking at Gu Ziyue with disdain.

“Class, quiet down. Gu Ziyue’s question is actually very good!”

“You probably don’t know why either. Let me explain it to you!”

“It’s due to incompatibility. Plants and animals aren’t just unable to absorb each other; they produce bad, useless Soul Skills upon absorption. Some may not even produce Soul Skills at all. That’s the consequence of haphazard absorption!”

“We all know that our Soul Masters’ Martial Souls evolve with continuous Soul Ring absorption. If you absorb a Soul Ring of a different category, it won’t evolve, and that Soul Master is essentially ruined…”

Yang Hui silenced the class, praised Gu Ziyue, and then answered his question.

Gu Ziyue couldn’t help but look up to the teacher. He had asked his previous teachers the same question, but they couldn’t provide a satisfactory answer; they knew the what but not the why.

“Teacher, I don’t think that’s always the case.”

But Gu Ziyue didn’t stop there.

“Oh? Gu Ziyue, do you have a different perspective?”

Yang Hui looked at Gu Ziyue with surprise and interest, noticing something unusual about him.

“Teacher, I think there are some situations where it’s possible to absorb Soul Rings from different categories!”

“For example, vine-type plant Martial Souls. Could they absorb Soul Rings from snake or spider Soul Beasts? Because they have something in common—they both have entangling control-type Soul Skills!”

“The same goes the other way around. Could they absorb each other?”

Gu Ziyue stood up and slowly explained his hypothesis. He didn’t act like Yu Xiaogan, asserting something without experimentation and publishing a theory. Gu Ziyue was only proposing an idea. It’s perfectly acceptable to have an idea; as long as you don’t dogmatically insist it’s correct, nobody will laugh at you.

Gu Ziyue didn’t intentionally try to preempt Yu Xiaogan’s theory; it was simply a timely observation. He mainly wanted to show Tang Yuehua his unique perspective.

Without turning his head, Gu Ziyue knew that Tang Yuehua and her cousin were surely looking at him with the same surprise as the rest of the class.

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(End of Chapter)

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