Douluo Kakashi

"Alright, here you go! Little Lin Xuan, this is your identification token and the three Tang Sect Ultimate Arts you selected."

A White-clad Man handed Lin Xuan a jade bracelet and three thin booklets.

"Thank you!"

Lin Xuan accepted them and thanked him out of habit.

"Quite polite, aren't you? I like that! Little Lin Xuan, let me give you a bit of advice!"

"You'd better get started with the Mysterious Heaven Skill here. Although the Tang Sect's predecessors have spent tens of thousands of years improving it, making the current Mysterious Heaven Skill far better than before, there's still a tiny risk of cultivation deviation!"

The White-clad Man spoke in a deliberately goofy tone as he led Lin Xuan to the Training Room.

"Sit down first! I'll use Soul Power to guide you through it once."

The White-clad Man placed a hand on Lin Xuan's shoulder. A gentle stream of Soul Power circulated through Lin Xuan's body in a strange pattern, and Lin Xuan controlled his own Soul Power to follow it.

Several minutes later, Lin Xuan slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air.

Mysterious Heaven Skill, First Layer: (2/300)

The system successfully recorded it as well. Lin Xuan continued circulating his Soul Power, feeling that the Soul Power within his body had reached a critical point.

"Huh?"

The White-clad Man withdrew his hand and looked in surprise at Lin Xuan, who was still cultivating.

He had succeeded after just one run-through? The Mysterious Heaven Skill was that compatible with this kid?

Boom!

All of a sudden, Lin Xuan's aura surged. He opened his eyes, a hint of delight appearing in them.

Level twenty-three!

After only a few circulation cycles, he had broken through by one level. Though he had accumulated progress beforehand, after carefully sensing the increased Soul Power in his body, he found that this was at least ten times more efficient than the cheap, common meditation methods he had used before.

Lin Xuan nearly burst into tears. What the hell kind of life had he been living before?

If he had gotten a Meditation Method of this caliber earlier, he would at least be over level thirty by now. Very well, the Tang Sect had earned a one-day reprieve from his criticism. A Tang Sect that could benefit him was a good Tang Sect.

Striking while the iron was hot, Lin Xuan planned to cultivate another Ultimate Art while the White-clad Man was still here.

After thinking it over, Lin Xuan chose the Purple Demon Eye. Since it involved Spiritual Power, it was somewhat more dangerous.

Following the records in the book, Lin Xuan carefully circulated Soul Power into his eyes while also directing his Spiritual Power there, allowing the two to converge.

The first cultivation of the Purple Demon Eye did not require nourishment from the dawn's purple qi.

As the two energies fused, Lin Xuan only felt his eyes itch, as though a little girl had leaned close and was blowing hard at them.

This kid!

The White-clad Man rose to his feet. Looking at Lin Xuan, who was immersed in cultivating the Purple Demon Eye, he could not help shaking his head.

He had only just begun the Mysterious Heaven Skill, yet instead of properly consolidating it, he was already cultivating the Purple Demon Eye.

Eating from the bowl while eyeing the pot! What a greedy little fellow!

Lin Xuan opened his eyes again, a flash of light passing through them. Deep within his pupils, unnoticed by him, a streak of black-and-white light quietly flashed past.

"Hm?"

Lin Xuan looked at the White-clad Man in surprise. In his eyes, the White-clad Man's body now displayed a strange pattern, within which tiny points of light continuously circulated.

This was the circulation route of the Mysterious Heaven Skill.

Lin Xuan blinked. What was going on? In the original novel, the Purple Demon Eye did not seem to have this effect!

Lin Xuan hurriedly checked the System Panel and saw the following written there.

Purple Demon Eye (Mutated): (1/200)

A mutation? This cultivation technique could mutate?

Lin Xuan was full of doubts, but he did not want to ask the White-clad Man.

He still lacked trust in the Tang Sect. He had joined only for its cultivation techniques and felt no sense of belonging.

There were actually quite a few people in the Tang Sect Outer Sect who shared his mindset. The Tang Sect higher-ups turned a blind eye to it; only Core Disciples were true members of the Tang Sect.

Besides, judging by the current situation, this seemed to be a beneficial mutation.

"Elder! I just gave it some thought, and Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon seems pretty good too. Could you demonstrate it for me?"

A flash of inspiration struck Lin Xuan, and he spoke to the White-clad Man.

"You want to switch? Since you're such a likable little fellow, I'll agree just this once."

The White-clad Man chuckled, then extended both hands. Soul Power gathered in his palms as he performed a grappling technique. Afterimages followed the movements of his hands, profound and wondrous.

"What do you think? Between Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, which one will you choose?"

After completing a set of Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon techniques, the White-clad Man smiled at Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan grinned and hugged the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track manual.

"I'll stick with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track. It's faster for running away."

"You brat! Are you messing with this Elder?"

In a secluded, deserted corner of a park, Lin Xuan's hands traced out a series of afterimages, identical to the White-clad Man's earlier movements.

Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, Level 1: (4/100)

His hands stopped. Looking at the Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon that had appeared in the system, Lin Xuan's eyes filled with wild joy.

He had actually learned it!

Secretly learning a Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon technique was not, by itself, worth getting so excited over. After all, now that he was in the Tang Sect, he could earn contribution points and exchange for it later.

What delighted Lin Xuan was that the Soul Power circulation diagram he saw after activating the Purple Demon Eye was real.

At first, he had worried that he had gone wrong while cultivating the Purple Demon Eye and had started hallucinating.

Now, it seemed that everything was real!

That also meant that whenever anyone used a soul skill in front of Lin Xuan, it was practically like stripping naked and running around bare.

Wasn't the most important part of a soul skill the use of Soul Power? As long as he knew the Soul Power circulation method, he could be said to have grasped seventy or eighty percent of the soul skill.

Combined with the system, it meant that aside from soul skills requiring the cooperation of a Martial Soul, as long as he wanted to, Lin Xuan could learn every one of them.

He was basically the Kakashi of the Douluo world!

"Awesome!"

Lin Xuan shouted, feeling immensely pleased. He would no longer lack cultivation techniques as he had before.

Whatever type of cultivation technique he lacked, he only had to find an opportunity to watch soul masters fight and secretly learn it.

If anything happened to the Tang Sect now, Lin Xuan would not hesitate in the slightest to run away.

Eastsea Academy, first-year Zero Class.

Lin Xuan sat in the classroom with his eyes closed, cultivating the Mysterious Heaven Skill. Beside him, Gu Yue rested her chin on her hand and watched him curiously.

Recently, she had noticed that when she developed killing intent toward Lin Xuan, she no longer felt the danger she had before.

Could it be because she was currently in a human body, or because her strength no longer posed a threat to him?

"Guys, I heard some huge news. Today, our training is being moved to the Spirit Ascension Platform. Once a week from now on!"

At that moment, Wang Jinxi suddenly ran into the classroom and announced it to everyone as though claiming credit.

"The Spirit Ascension Platform? Once a week? Damn! Is the academy really this generous?"

Xie Xie let out a loud cry. A single visit to the Beginner Spirit Ascension Platform cost five hundred thousand, yet the academy was giving them an opportunity to enter once a week.

That came to two million a month, not counting the hidden resources spent competing for those slots.

Even Xie Xie could not receive this level of resource allocation from his family. This was no longer merely generous—it was extravagantly rich.

"You'll be lucky if you don't get eliminated in the first round. We're going to the Beginner Spirit Ascension Platform, but there's still a chance of encountering Thousand-Year Soul Beasts inside."

Wang Jinxi glanced at Xie Xie and spoke leisurely. One would be manageable, but if they ran into several, they would be done for.

"The Spirit Ascension Platform..."

Tang Wulin's adorable eyes blinked. Lin Xuan had told him before that it could increase a Spirit's age limit.

But earlier, he had already borrowed money from Mu Chen to buy three spiritual items needed to break the Golden Dragon King's seal, so he did not feel comfortable borrowing again.

He had not expected the academy to provide their Zero Class with a chance to enter the Spirit Ascension Platform. Wouldn't that mean his Spirit had a chance to advance into a Hundred-Year Spirit?

A trace of anticipation appeared on Tang Wulin's face. Brother Xuan's Spirit had also been a ten-year Spirit just like his before.

"Let's go! We're setting off! Today, we're going to the Spirit Pagoda."

As everyone discussed excitedly, Wu Changkong suddenly walked in.