Chapter 134: Did They Attack Me?
When Tang San revealed his Martial Soul, Dai Mubai's brows, now turned white from his transformation, lifted slightly.
"Blue Silver Grass?" Dai Mubai sneered. "Isn't that a useless Martial Soul? How did you cultivate it to this level?"
Tang San did not back down. He said in a deep voice, "My teacher says there are no useless Martial Souls in the world, only useless Spirit Masters."
"Pfft!"
Yu Tianlin, who had been eagerly waiting for the fight to explode, could not hold it in. He laughed out loud.
He was speechless.
That toxic bowl of motivational chicken soup again.
Yu Tianlin remembered Tang San's father, Tang Hao, saying something similar, that a blacksmith who forges divine weapons using top grade materials is not impressive, and only a master who can forge divine weapons from ordinary iron is truly divine.
Listen to it and you might want to gulp down 3 bowls. Actually believe it and you were the fool.
Leaving aside what a divine weapon even looked like, even the Tang Sect's second ranked mechanical hidden weapon, the Torrential Pear Blossom Needle, could only be forged with deep sea sunken silver mother metal. No other metal would work.
If Tang Hao's theory was true, would that not mean the Torrential Pear Blossom Needle could be made with ordinary iron?
Ridiculous.
Who could make the Torrential Pear Blossom Needle with ordinary iron? It was not even a divine artifact, yet its material requirements were already that strict. And he wanted to talk about using ordinary iron to forge divine artifacts and fool people.
The same logic applied to Martial Souls.
Talent was talent. Strength was strength.
People with less talent could surpass people with more talent through hard work, but that was only because the talented ones did not work hard. If the talented ones worked just as hard, how could the less talented ever surpass them?
People said the slow bird had to fly first, but if the smart bird also flew first, the slow bird would never catch up.
In the tortoise and hare story, the hare only lost because it stopped running. Not every hare was careless enough to stop.
Tang San was the same.
If he truly had nothing but ordinary Blue Silver Grass, then any ice or fire attribute Spirit Master could crush him. In the original story, Tang San also consumed those 2 immortal herbs. After being tempered by ice and fire, his Blue Silver Grass gained resistance to both, and its strength rose sharply.
Even then, he still lost to Shui Bing'er during the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament, becoming depressed and doubting his own Blue Silver Grass.
So this kind of encouragement was mostly for people with less talent to comfort themselves, and to push themselves to work harder.
Originally, Tang San and Dai Mubai were about to erupt into a full fight. The atmosphere was tense enough to cut with a knife.
Yu Tianlin's sudden laughter immediately drew everyone's attention.
Even Tang San and Dai Mubai turned to look.
The moment Tang San saw Yu Tianlin, his gaze locked onto the crystal plate in Yu Tianlin's hand.
His eyes, glowing with purple light, flashed with a sharp brilliance. His heartbeat visibly sped up. Even from this distance, it was obvious, and with that purple glow, it was clear he had activated the Purple Demon Eye.
Seeing Tang San recognize the crystal plate, a smile immediately curved at the corner of Yu Tianlin's lips.
Haha. Envious, aren't you?
Dai Mubai stepped closer as well and also noticed the crystal plate, but unlike Tang San, he did not recognize its value.
On top of that, he had already suffered a disadvantage in hand to hand combat. Now that he had activated his Martial Soul, he was about to turn things around, only for Yu Tianlin to interrupt the moment.
His mood was foul, and his mouth was sharper.
"What are you laughing at?" Dai Mubai mocked. "Where did this nouveau riche come from? Country bumpkin. Dressed decently, yet treating a piece of trash crystal like a treasure."
"Trash crystal?"
Tang San gave Dai Mubai a strange look, but he did not say anything.
Yu Tianlin ignored Dai Mubai entirely and looked straight at Tang San.
"So you're Tang San." Yu Tianlin spoke calmly. "Your Spirit Power has reached level 29, and you have the optimal Spirit Ring ratio. Looks like my second uncle took in a good disciple."
"Second uncle?" Tang San froze on the spot.
Yu Tianlin nodded. "Mm. Aren't you Yu Xiaogang's apprentice? Yu Xiaogang is my second uncle."
Hearing that, Tang San's gaze softened immediately. The young man in front of him was his teacher's nephew.
"Enough!" Tang San was about to ask something when Dai Mubai suddenly growled, glaring at Yu Tianlin. "I don't want to hear you two reminiscing, you nouveau riche brat. Didn't you hear me talking to you?"
He was speaking loudly enough, yet still trying to force the battle to start.
Yu Tianlin glanced at him, then calmly looked away. He continued speaking to Tang San as if Dai Mubai did not exist.
"Tang San, if you can handle this guy named Dai Mubai, I won't help you."
He spoke as if this 3 ring Spirit Master with a thousand year Spirit Ring was nothing.
Tang San was speechless. His teacher's nephew seemed a little too confident.
"Very good."
Being ignored like air, Dai Mubai's anger finally boiled over.
"You nouveau riche brat, you've successfully angered me."
"Oh, you're angry already?" Yu Tianlin's expression was indifferent. "If you're angry, go find a wall and bang your head against it."
"Looking for death!"
A cold light flashed in Dai Mubai's eyes as he pounced straight at Yu Tianlin.
Shrek Academy's motto was, "Those who dare not cause trouble are mediocrities," and Dai Mubai understood it perfectly. He always provoked others, never the other way around.
This nouveau riche brat was arrogant without any strength. He deserved a beating.
With that thought, Dai Mubai's 10 sharp claws shot out, tearing through the air as they grabbed viciously at Yu Tianlin.
Tang San was startled.
He immediately controlled the Blue Silver Grass, sending it surging toward Dai Mubai to stop him. If Yu Tianlin's words were true, then he really was his teacher's nephew. Tang San could not allow him to be killed by Dai Mubai.
But Yu Tianlin stood near the main entrance. Dai Mubai was in the center of the hall. Tang San and Xiao Wu were still near the counter.
Dai Mubai's sudden lunge was too fast. Even though Tang San reacted quickly, he could not stop Dai Mubai in time.
In that instant, Tang San reached a conclusion.
His teacher's Martial Soul was like that, so his nephew was probably similar. He likely was not a strong person. Facing Dai Mubai, who looked like a tiger descending the mountain, getting injured would already be the best outcome.
But at that moment, with the Purple Demon Eye activated, Tang San clearly saw Yu Tianlin's face.
Calm from start to finish.
No panic. No fear. Not even a flicker of hesitation.
Then Yu Tianlin finally spoke, his voice steady.
"Dai Mubai, attacking me, huh?"
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