Chapter 21: Refutation

Bibi Dong admonished these students in a stern tone.

However, just as Bibi Dong paused her speech, a faint voice rang out: "This knowledge is completely useless."

Although this voice was very faint, in this quiet classroom, it sounded extremely jarring.

It couldn't help but make Bibi Dong, who was about to speak, stop her mouth.

Bibi Dong looked in the direction the voice came from, and what met her eyes was a boy sitting in the very back.

This person was none other than Zhou Heng, and the words just now were also spoken by Zhou Heng.

Bibi Dong looked at Zhou Heng, her expression incomparably cold, and said in a deep voice: "Why do you say that? Do you have any basis for this?" In Bibi Dong's tone, a suppressed anger was faintly revealed.

The people around only felt the temperature around them seemed to be dropping.

The Ghost Douluo Guimei felt the suppressed anger of Pope Bibi Dong and only felt as if his own body were trembling.

He also gave Zhou Heng a subtle glance, his heart unable to help but mourn for this bold little fellow.

In the shadows, over a dozen figures were in motion; they were the guards arranged by the various Honorary Elders, and they had also heard what Zhou Heng said and seen Bibi Dong's suppressed anger.

These people naturally knew the consequences of Bibi Dong being angry, so they naturally had to take action.

They split off the one with the fastest speed, letting that person head toward the Offering Hall to report the news, hoping to call over an Honorary Elder to back Zhou Heng up.

In the classroom, Bibi Dong's prestige pressed down on Zhou Heng's body, but this pressure did not cause any effect on Zhou Heng at all.

Zhou Heng said calmly to Bibi Dong: "Your Holiness the Pope, I wonder who had the academy's teachers teach this 'Ten Great Core Competencies of Spirits' to the students? I would like to ask him: is he trying to cut off the inheritance of the next generation of Spirit Masters in our the Spirit Hall?"

Bibi Dong frowned slightly, not knowing why Zhou Heng said this, but she still replied: "This 'Ten Great Core Competencies of Spirits' was taught by my order. On what basis do you say that this 'Ten Great Core Competencies of Spirits' will cut off the next generation of Spirit Masters in the Spirit Hall?"

Bibi Dong decided that if this Zhou Heng could not give her a reasonable answer, she would absolutely not let him off easily.

To subdue someone, one cannot just give benefits; occasionally, one must also give the other party some bitterness to taste, as this can also better subdue the other party.

Zhou Heng snorted coldly and said: "The 'Ten Great Core Competencies of Spirits' theory published by this Grandmaster contains quite a few errors. Having our the Spirit Hall's Spirit Masters learn this kind of spirit theory—how is this behavior not poisoning the Spirit Masters of our the Spirit Hall?"

Bibi Dong could not help but widen her eyes, her chest heaving rapidly, and she said in a deep voice: "Empty words are no proof. You must state where the errors in the 'Ten Great Core Competencies of Spirits' are; otherwise, you are just spouting nonsense, and then, I will severely punish you."

Bibi Dong was now incomparably furious; how could the Yu Xiaogang she admired publish erroneous theories? This must be Zhou Heng spouting nonsense.

If it weren't for that bastard Qian Xunji doing that to her back then... she might have already flown away together with Yu Xiaogang.

Zhou Heng watched Bibi Dong staring at him in anger and sneered in his heart. In the original work, even until the Battle of the Two Gods, this Bibi Dong was still obsessed with Yu Xiaogang.

It is evident just how much of a 'love-brain' Bibi Dong was. If it were a normal person, they would have long since ground Tang San's corpse to dust the first time he died, leaving nothing behind, and would not have even spared Tang San's friends and forces.

Zhou Heng looked at Bibi Dong and said: "As far as I know, the theoretical knowledge published by Yu Xiaogang partly comes from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family, while the other part comes from the books in our the Spirit Hall. Most of this knowledge is actually plagiarized by him."

Zhou Heng looked at Bibi Dong's movement as if she were about to speak and hurriedly said: "Your Holiness the Pope, please let me finish."

While speaking, Zhou Heng pointed at the first point of the Ten Great Core Competencies of Spirits written by Teacher Li and said: "'First: Innate spirit power level is directly proportional to martial soul strength: the higher the quality of the martial soul, the stronger the innate spirit power; unless a malignant mutation occurs, other situations basically will not appear.'"

This point has an incorrect aspect. In the library of the Spirit Hall, I have seen a lot of martial soul awakening data, which records: in one awakening ceremony of the Clear Sky Sect, fifty-two people participated, and twelve people awakened the Clear Sky Hammer martial soul.

And among these twelve people, one had innate level four soul power, four had innate level five soul power, four had innate level six soul power, and only three had innate soul power reaching level eight; not a single person's innate soul power reached level nine.

Assuming Yu Xiaogang's theory is correct, then those Spirit Masters who awakened the Clear Sky Hammer martial soul should definitely have had innate soul power no lower than level seven.

Why then did martial souls with only level four or five innate soul power appear?

Zhou Heng watched Bibi Dong begin to lower her head and think because of his few words, and without waiting for Bibi Dong to continue thinking, he continued: "'Second: There are no trash martial souls, only trash Spirit Masters: every martial soul has the opportunity to cultivate to an extremely high realm, but it requires spending an unknown amount of effort to succeed.'"

This statement is even more incorrect. The Grandmaster who published this theory has not yet broken through to level twenty-nine soul power to this day.

So, does Yu Xiaogang have a trash martial soul, or is he a trash Spirit Master?

Doesn't this just show that this Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang is not only trash but also an awakener of a trash martial soul?

Let's talk about the third point.

"'Third: Martial souls are only classified into Beast Spirits and Tool Spirits.'"

This is just common knowledge in the Spirit Master world. Moreover, martial souls are not just Tool Spirits and Beast Spirits; there are also Body Spirits, which are martial souls that have not been fully developed.

And this "'Fourth: Plant-type martial souls can absorb animal-type Soul Rings (Spirit Mimicry Theory)'" is even more problematic.

This is also a type of normal common knowledge.

Assuming plant-type martial souls cannot absorb animal-type Soul Rings, then by this deduction, can Beast Spirit Spirit Masters only absorb animal-type Soul Rings? Can plant-type Spirit Masters only absorb plant-type Spirit Beast Soul Rings?

Then what kind of Soul Rings should Tool Spirits absorb? Could it be that one must break a weapon that has been placed for thousands of years, and then, a Soul Ring of corresponding cultivation appears on the weapon? Is this possible?

Therefore, in the real world, since Tool Spirits can all absorb animal-type Soul Rings, then plant-type Spirit Masters can likewise absorb animal-type Soul Rings; it is just that the Spirit Beasts chosen by plant-type Spirit Masters are basically plant-type Spirit Beasts, not animal-type Spirit Beasts.

And in the records of the Offering Hall, there are likewise plant-type Spirit Masters who chose to absorb animal-type Spirit Beasts.

It is just that after absorbing animal-type Soul Rings, their martial souls all had some changes appear to a greater or lesser extent. As for whether these changes were good or bad, if one did not study them carefully, one basically would not discover them, so I will not list them one by one.

"'Fifth: Soul Ring bottlenecks do not hinder soul power accumulation: Spirit Masters can still accumulate soul power when they have not obtained a Soul Ring, but the upper limit will be restricted.'"

This theory cannot be considered wrong, but it is definitely 'tasteless to eat but a pity to discard.' For example: if your cultivation reaches a bottleneck, you don't go to obtain a Soul Ring, but instead, you push against the bottleneck and continue to cultivate?

To give an example: two Spirit Masters who have cultivated to level fifty; one cultivates according to this theory, while the other obtains a Soul Ring.

Then, are the cultivation speeds of a five-ring Soul King and a level fifty Soul Ancestor the same?

Therefore, after soul power reaches a bottleneck, the first thing to do is to go and obtain a Soul Ring. Unless your teacher has better arrangements, everyone basically chooses to obtain a Soul Ring first.

"'Sixth: Spirit Masters need to have a clear development direction (such as Control System, Power Attack System, etc.).'"

Isn't this just common knowledge for Spirit Masters? Only if he developed other Spirit Master development directions would this theory have significance.

"'Seventh: The correspondence between Spirit Beast age and Soul Ring color: White (ten years), Yellow (hundred years), Purple (thousand years), Black (ten thousand years), Red (one hundred thousand years).

The age of a Spirit Master's First Soul Ring is best not to exceed 423 years, the second Soul Ring 764 years, the third Soul Ring 1760 years, and subsequent Soul Ring ages increase in a stepped manner.'"

The preceding parts are likewise Spirit Master common knowledge. Your Holiness the Pope, I will not evaluate this kind of common knowledge.

Let's talk about this latter part: is the First Soul Ring age of 423 years fixed?

My First Soul Ring has an age of over eight hundred years, and my second Soul Ring has an age of over one thousand three hundred years.

In my view, there are at least four factors that influence the age of a Soul Ring one can obtain.

First, martial soul quality; second, one's own physical strength; third, the strength of one's own mental power; fourth, the Spirit Master's state when absorbing the Soul Ring.

These four factors are the main reasons for the level of the age of the Soul Ring a Spirit Master can bear when adding a Soul Ring.

"The Eighth Theory: Heterogeneous Spirit Fusion: Similar to the Spirit Fusion Skill of the Golden Iron Triangle, but requires specific conditions."

It doesn't state what conditions are needed, and besides, not all martial souls can do this.

The books in the Offering Hall have also mentioned this type of heterogeneous fusion skill; even with identical martial souls, it is not certain that different people can perform a heterogeneous fusion skill.

"The Ninth Theory: Cultivation Strategy for Twin Spirits: It is recommended to add Soul Rings to the second martial soul only after reaching a high rank."

I won't say much about this theory; you, Pope, are a Twin Spirits user yourself, so you can see for yourself whether this theory is correct or not.

However, he did not write at all about how to solve the problem of potentially exploding and dying when cultivating Twin Spirits to the later stages.

"The Tenth Theory: Tool Spirits are more auxiliary than Beast Spirits."

What about the Clear Sky Hammer? What about the Breaking Soul Spear? What kind of auxiliary nature do these martial souls have?

This kind of matter should be analyzed specifically for each martial soul, rather than stating a vague generalization.

Pope, do you have any different views on these analyses of mine? Feel free to speak them out; we can continue to exchange ideas."