Still Wants to Give It a Try!

Some students voiced their thoughts.

The others echoed them.

Teacher Wei Zheng shook his head. "The reason I laid it all out is to point out the connections involved, so you can think it through carefully. Naturally, I hope everyone will focus on cultivating their Martial Souls, but..."

The teacher abruptly changed tack and looked toward a corner. "Not everyone is suited to focusing on cultivating their Martial Souls!"

"For example, some people awaken Auxiliary Martial Souls with no offensive power. If Martial Souls like that go onto the battlefield, even staying alive becomes a problem!"

Damn.

Sensing Teacher Wei Zheng's seemingly casual gaze, Chen Feng knew he had caught a stray bullet. The teacher was obviously talking about him, wasn't he?

In Wei Zheng's eyes, Chen Feng had awakened Nine Auxiliary Martial Souls. If he went to the battlefield, he would die very quickly. Saying this was also for the good of those students who had awakened Auxiliary Martial Souls, lest they ruin their futures and lose their lives.

Chen Feng was a representative example of Auxiliary Martial Souls, and many of the other students were likewise unsuited to focusing on Martial Soul cultivation.

But his reputation was simply too great. Whenever this topic came up, many people would unconsciously glance at Chen Feng.

After hearing this, they all calmed down.

Next, Wei Zheng explained a great deal of basic knowledge to the students. Chen Feng already knew most of it, but the teacher's explanations were more detailed.

Secretly, Chen Feng summoned his Martial Soul. He did not actually bring it forth, merely established communication with it. Listening in that state, many details suddenly made perfect sense to him.

He believed he was not far from absorbing origin energy.

After the teacher finished the lesson, the rest was left to the students' own cultivation.

Once the teacher left, Chen Feng followed after him.

Teacher Wei Zheng sensed Chen Feng behind him, turned around, and smiled. "Chen Feng, what is it?"

Chen Feng nodded. "Teacher, I want to ask about summoning a second Martial Soul."

Wei Zheng froze for a moment, then smiled. "It's very simple. Once your strength rises and your Soul Power increases, you will naturally be able to summon your second Martial Soul."

"Teacher, how can I increase my Soul Power?"

"That isn't difficult! Summoning a Martial Soul requires the Soul Power deep within a Martial Soul User's mind. Whether you strengthen your body or strengthen your Martial Soul, both can increase your Soul Power. Then you can communicate with your second Martial Soul."

Wei Zheng added, "By the way, are you planning to cultivate your Martial Soul or yourself? Although your Martial Soul is of the auxiliary type, you have Nine Divine Tree Martial Souls, which makes you rather special. Still, according to my recommendation, you should focus on cultivating your body."

"Once your Auxiliary Martial Souls enter the battlefield, they can use entanglement, spikes, poison, and so on. But they are not as powerful as beast or weapon Martial Souls, and they are also very dangerous for you.

"When you reach the battlefield in the future, you will understand that those powerhouses, or creatures of other races, possess methods far more powerful than your Nine Divine Tree Martial Souls."

"If you cultivate your body, you can preserve your life on the battlefield. On the battlefield, staying alive is what matters most."

Chen Feng nodded. He knew Teacher Wei Zheng was thinking of his well-being, and that was only natural.

If the teacher had told him to cultivate his Martial Souls, that would have meant he did not care whether his student lived or died.

But the teacher did not know that what Chen Feng possessed was an incredibly terrifying divine soul, a god-tier one. How could ordinary Martial Souls possibly compare?

Moreover, he now knew that as long as he cultivated his Martial Souls, he could summon even more Martial Souls behind them. By then, his strength would only become greater.

"Teacher, I want to cultivate both at once!"

Chen Feng said.

Hm? Teacher Wei Zheng looked at Chen Feng before him and was instantly dumbfounded.

Teacher Wei Zheng's expression turned serious. He had originally wanted to comfort Chen Feng, but seeing that Chen Feng actually had such an idea, he said:

"No one can guarantee that they will reach the end on the path of martial cultivation. Cultivating even one path is already a journey through untold hardship. If you divide your attention between two, do you know what the consequences will be?"

"You will accomplish neither. You will have neither a powerful body nor a strong Martial Soul. In the end, all you can do is watch as others surpass you one after another. Do you understand?"

"As someone who has been through it, I've seen far too many people like that. By the time they regret it, the people around them have already left them far behind. After I've explained it this way, do you still want to cultivate both?"

"Yes, I want to try."

"..."

Teacher Wei Zheng nearly coughed up blood.

So everything he said had been for nothing.

"Daring to try is courage. I also know that you awakened Nine Divine Tree Martial Souls, something unprecedented in human history. You are unwilling to settle for mediocrity. But as your teacher, I still hope you will abandon this idea."

Wei Zheng continued:

"The heavenly treasures needed to cultivate even one path are already beyond imagination. You may spend your entire life without ever gathering enough.

"If you cultivate two, you will need double the resources. Resources are very difficult to obtain, and your family's circumstances are not particularly good. Do you still want to continue trying?"

"Also, you will soon be going to university. If you try cultivating two paths during this period and fail to develop enough by then to meet the university admission requirements, you will have to serve one year of military service on the battlefield.

"With only a high school education, you would be assigned to the battlefield. Though the tasks would mostly be peripheral ones, you might still never return."

In the Great Xia Nation, those who failed to get into university had to serve one year of military service. Of course, it was not entirely a death sentence; they would mainly do logistical work.

Even so, if the enemy attacked and no one could spare attention for them, they could still lose their lives.

No matter how one analyzed it, Teacher Wei Zheng was right.

Wei Zheng believed that with his eloquence, he could surely dispel Chen Feng's misguided idea. "Now, do you still want to cultivate both?"

Chen Feng nodded seriously. "Yes."

Pfft!

Black lines rose across Teacher Wei Zheng's forehead.

Chen Feng knew the teacher was right, but the teacher did not know his circumstances. He had the Bodhi Divine Tree, and his comprehension far surpassed that of ordinary people. Furthermore, his spirit was gradually growing stronger, and he could now already sense the origin energy of heaven and earth.

If he cultivated and communicated with the Martial Souls behind them, he believed that once he grew powerful, he would be able to obtain resources as well. Besides, cultivating both would only make him stronger.

Taking a step back, even if he later discovered something was wrong, he could turn back in time. In any case, his current strength was already enough to get into a good university.

He could even attend Wushen University. With guaranteed admission, at that.

Chen Feng knew his own circumstances. There would be no problem.

Sigh.

Teacher Wei Zheng shook his head, feeling that this young man was truly stubborn—the sort who would not turn back until he crashed into the southern wall.

Since that was the case, he had nothing more to say. But then he gave a surprised sound, suddenly noticing that the student before him seemed to possess vitality and blood... far beyond that of an ordinary person?

Wei Zheng said in surprise, "I sense that the vitality and blood in your body seem stronger than those of ordinary students. Could it be... after awakening your Martial Souls, you raised your cultivation? What stage is your vitality and blood at now?"