Chapter 27: The Side Effects of Poisonous Praise
Speaking of Ye Lingling—her family's Nine-Heart Begonia martial soul is honestly a bit absurd.
The Nine-Heart Begonia.
You can call it the number-one healing martial soul, but you absolutely cannot call it the number-one auxiliary martial soul—because it can only heal.
Look, it doesn't seem that heaven-defying at first glance, right?
But…
This martial soul has a ridiculous restriction—
A single-line inheritance. Each generation can have only one inheritor. And at any given time, only two Nine-Heart Begonia martial soul users can be alive. A new one can only appear when one of the previous two dies.
Think about that carefully.
Soul masters have very long lifespans. Four generations living together is normal. With a single-line inheritance and only two allowed users… Ye Lingling's situation becomes miserable just thinking about it.
For example, when Ye Lingling awakened her martial soul, what should she do?
No—it's not about what she should do. She was only six when she awakened.
The real question is—what should her grandparents and parents decide?
The chance of inheriting a martial soul depends on its strength. If the parents' martial souls are similar in strength, the child might inherit both, becoming a twin-martial-soul holder.
But that's not the key point.
The real issue is: if Ye Lingling is to inherit the Nine-Heart Begonia martial soul, then among the family members who already possess it… There must be only one left.
Of course, Lingling could choose not to inherit the Nine-Heart Begonia martial soul. But if she inherits a different martial soul instead, wouldn't the Nine-Heart Begonia martial soul lineage be completely severed?
Now that Ye Lingling has awakened it, one of her relatives definitely has to disappear. And not due to an accident—after all, a healing-type soul master has no reason to die in battle.
Ah, the hearts of parents. Every parent wants their child to have a better life, to become a dragon or phoenix among humans.
When Ye Lingling grew older and learned of the Nine-Heart Begonia martial soul's restrictions, her personality began to grow withdrawn.
You could feel only loneliness and quiet sorrow around her.
And now—
At this very moment, when Ye Lingling saw the ability to custom-create a soul skill… something inside her awakened.
She wanted to create a soul skill that would let people put down their blades—one that would make others respect life.
Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; teach him to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.
The Nine-Heart Begonia martial soul heals and saves lives—it should not be bound. Healing should never come with chains. May the petals of the Begonia bloom like sparks across the continent. May its healing light spread like warm sunlight across the land.
[Yan Zi is Not Swallow: I'm so jealous of Group Member Number Nine. With such a powerful soul ring, you'll be unbeatable among your peers.]
[I Am an Orphan: If you use custom soul skills well, you could overturn the entire soul master world's understanding.]
[Cat in the Shadows: A custom skill can be absolutely anything. An agility-type soul master could even make themselves a speed-boosting auxiliary skill. That's ridiculously strong!]
[Seven Treasures Little Princess: Oh my god! Wouldn't that mean support-type soul masters could create combat skills and actually fight?!]
Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
Only now did Ning Rongrong realize what she had missed!
If she had gotten that soul ring, she could've created a soul skill that boosted her combat power and gave her lasting defense. She wouldn't be a fragile support anymore.
A billion-dollar mistake.
[Carrot Lover: Let me ask… can I just create a soul skill like ring explosion?]
[Bibi Dong: In theory, yes. Since it's custom-made, whatever you imagine, you can create.]
[Bibi Dong: But you could also completely ruin it. Some people's greed knows no bounds.]
[My Surname is Not Yu: Old woman, you still have the nerve to show up?]
[My Surname is Not Yu: Weren't you the one bragging loudly earlier? Saying no reward in the world could possibly excite you? That nothing could move your great heart?]
[Bibi Dong: No one will treat you as mute if you shut up!]
[Carrot Lover: Bad woman, keep bragging, go on!]
[Seven Treasures Little Princess: Your Holiness the Pope really got slapped in the face this time—and it was a painful one! Rolling a one-three-two, hahaha!]
[Yan Zi is Not Swallow: Bibi Dong, will you still dare to brag after this?]
[Cat in the Shadows: Honestly, it's funny. Aside from Su Yan, Bibi Dong was the first to make a move—rushing to grab a reward she claimed couldn't interest her at all.]
[Hu Liena: So what if my teacher misjudged someone? All of you are being unreasonable. Who hasn't made a mistake before?]
[Bibi Dong: You can shut your mouth as well.]
[I am an Orphan: Hu Liena, you're wrong. Bibi Dong has always been Blind Douluo. We never expected her to judge anyone correctly in the first place.]
[Su Yan: New group member, say something and introduce yourself!]
[Su Yan: Make sure to chat more and stay active. That way, our group can level up faster. After leveling up, we can invite more friends and receive more rewards.]
[The Moon of My Childhood: Hello everyone, I'm new here. Please take care of me.]
[Seven Treasures Little Princess: I'm just thinking… if the number of people in the group keeps increasing, won't it get harder and harder to snatch rewards?]
[Cat in the Shadows: Think about it differently. The more people we have, the faster the group levels up. Rewards will appear more frequently. They balance each other out.]
[Group Member No. 9: Exactly. Besides, we already hold a huge advantage—we joined early.]
[Su Yan: That's it for tonight. Everyone, get some rest. Tomorrow, when I wake up, I'll start telling you all about Yu Xiaogang's past and future.]
[Su Yan: Rest up. Tomorrow, we feast on melons.]
[Everyone: Eating melons.] ×3
Of course.
Among those spamming "eating melons," Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong were conspicuously absent. The two of them already had a bad feeling. They were a hundred percent sure that tomorrow's "melon feast" would be eaten right on top of their own heads—and it might be very, very painful.
Ending the chat group, Su Yan immediately began absorbing his third soul ring.
Level-one soul power could be collected later—better to wait until he obtained the immortal herb and improved his level before drawing it. The soul ring's age limit could be taken at the normal extreme for now. After all, system-granted rings would continue upgrading with his strength later on.
But what really troubled Su Yan was the choice of soul skill.
What should his third soul skill be?
Given his current situation, a life-saving ability was undoubtedly the best—something like Xiao Wu's Teleportation, Invincible Golden Body, Nothingness, or Clone. All of them were ridiculously powerful.
Wait…
Su Yan's gaze slowly shifted toward the little monkey. His martial soul was evolving toward the Great Sage—why was he comparing himself to a little rabbit?
He could directly reference Sun Wukong!
Third soul skill—Gather Form Disperse Qi.
Gather Form Disperse Qi: Transform into white smoke, leave behind a false body, become invisible and flee, then find an opening to break stealth and strike.
A perfect skill—great for both offense and escape.
Su Yan already had his answer. And with this, he also had a clear plan for all his future soul skills. No more headaches needed.
Xiao Wu has an Invincible Golden Body?
Then I'll just take the Great Sage's passive—Indestructible Diamond Body, Iron Bones, and Bronze Skin.
Xiao Wu can teleport?
I'll take the Great Sage's Somersault Cloud.
Xiao Wu can create clones?
Let me introduce you to the Great Sage's External Body Incarnation.
What's that?
Qian Renxue can transform?
Who can't transform? I have the Seventy-Two Transformations right here.
Tang San uses his mother to entangle people?
I'll just use an Immobilization Technique to pin his mom in place—then casually head off to pluck peaches from the Peach Garden.
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End of Chapter