Source Power Surge (Please Follow and Vote)

Gu Yi frowned. The source power was a little scarce...

The source power he had gained from Wang Sheng and the others added up to only 1.7 points, even less than what he had received from defeating Tang San.

Logically, Wang Sheng and the others were not much weaker than Tang San and Xiao Wu. The source power gained should have been about the same—at the very least, one point per person.

Yet in reality, defeating them had yielded only fractions of a point.

Gu Yi's thoughts raced, and he quickly understood.

Tang San and Xiao Wu were the original story's "male and female leads," blessed with immense fortune. That was why defeating them had earned him more source power.

Wang Sheng and the others, on the other hand, were merely supporting characters and nobodies. Naturally, they could not compare.

"And that's only the source power gained from defeating them. If I kill someone with cultivation, how much source power would I get..." Gu Yi thought.

Defeating someone was easier than killing them. Gu Yi felt that the latter would yield far more source power.

Perhaps ten or even twenty times as much.

However, defeats could be repeated, making it a slow but steady process.

If he did it enough times, the total source power gained from defeating opponents might not necessarily be less than from killing them.

—Gu Yi had learned from the Myriad Worlds Gate that after he defeated a living being, he could only obtain source power from them once per day.

For example, now that Gu Yi had defeated all the Work-Study Students in Seven Dormitory, he would not gain any source power even if he beat them several more times today.

But tomorrow, he could defeat them again to obtain source power.

"Nuoding Academy might serve as a map where I can constantly obtain source power!" Gu Yi's eyes flashed as he quickly calculated how much source power this method could bring him in a day.

Nuoding Academy had six grades, with roughly thirty or forty students in each.

Altogether, Nuoding Academy had around two hundred students.

Even if each person could only be defeated once a day, and most of their cultivation levels were below level ten, yielding only fractions of a point of source power each time—

Combined, the academy's two hundred students could provide Gu Yi with at least fifty or sixty points of source power per day, several times more than the Myriad Worlds Gate could absorb on its own!!

Even after deducting the twenty points of source power spent traveling back and forth between Douluo and Jiuxiao each day—

Gu Yi could still gain at least forty or fifty points of source power per day, including the ten points absorbed daily by the Myriad Worlds Gate!!

At that rate, relying on Nuoding Academy's students alone, Gu Yi would need only a little over a year to save the twenty thousand source power needed to open a second world!

And if he added the source power gained from changing the plot, increasing his strength, and other means, the time would be even shorter!

The top spot at Nuoding Academy is mine. Gu Yi could not help but grin.

For the sake of source power, the students of Nuoding Academy will just have to suffer a little.

The matter of Seven Dormitory's leader came to an end.

Gu Yi and Xiao Wu also learned from Tang San that, as Work-Study Students, their main duty was to clean the garden south of the training grounds.

Afterward, Gu Yi found himself a bed by the window and laid out the bedding he had just bought.

After looking around, Xiao Wu chose the bed beside Gu Yi's. Satisfied, she spread out her carrot-embroidered bedding.

—Nuoding Academy was only a junior Soul Master Academy. Its students ranged from six to twelve years old, so every dormitory was mixed-gender, with boys and girls living together.

Among everyone there, Xiao Wu had the best impression of Gu Yi. Besides, staying close to him made it easier for her to listen to his stories.

Changed plot, gained 500 points of source power.

Sure enough, keeping Tang San and Xiao Wu from sleeping together had a tremendous impact on their future relationship. I gained five hundred points of source power right away. Gu Yi nodded in satisfaction.

The source power gained this time was comparable to the impact caused by the gatekeeper's death.

And this was only the beginning.

After all, this affected the relationship between the male and female leads, creating a chain of consequences for the future.

Many of Tang San's opportunities were tied to Xiao Wu.

For example, Xiao Wu's sacrifice, as well as the sacrifices of the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python.

Gu Yi estimated that if Xiao Wu and Tang San's relationship remained in its current state, then he could gain a considerable amount of source power at every key plot point in the future.

Owner: Gu Yi

Age: Six

Cultivation: Level 12 Soul Scholar (Soul Ring: None)

Source Power: 2427 points

Talents: Blood Martial Soul, Bone Martial Soul

Abilities: Iron Blood Malice Art (Yellow-tier High-grade), Charge Spear Technique (Yellow-tier High-grade), Basic Spear Arts (Yellow-tier Low-grade), Basic Arrow Arts (Yellow-tier Low-grade), Consecutive Meteor Arrows (Yellow-tier Mid-grade), Wind-Following Steps (Yellow-tier Mid-grade)

Items: Myriad Worlds Gate, Iron Spear, Iron Bow

The source power he had gained in a single day was already equivalent to his earnings from the previous three months.

It was clear just how rewarding changing the plot was.

Next comes the plot where Tang San heads to the Soul Hunting Forest to obtain his first Soul Ring. Too bad I can't take part.

Gu Yi felt slightly regretful.

Gu Yi was in no hurry to obtain his first Soul Ring. He would only set out to hunt soul beasts after choosing a suitable one from Nuoding Academy's library.

Making money also needs to be put on the agenda.

The next day was Nuoding Academy's customary opening ceremony.

Nearly all the students from the academy's six grades had gathered on the training grounds, except Tang San.

Early that morning, Master Yu Xiaogang had called Tang San away and headed for the Soul Hunting Forest, four hundred li northeast of Nuoding City, to hunt his first Soul Ring.

There had also been a small incident.

When Yu Xiaogang came to Seven Dormitory to pick up Tang San, he still refused to give up on taking Gu Yi as his disciple.

Unfortunately, Gu Yi did not show him the slightest respect. To ensure Yu Xiaogang would not keep pestering him in the future—

Gu Yi bluntly stated that as a genius with Innate Full Soul Power, anyone who wanted to be his teacher needed to be at least a Soul Sage.

Otherwise, what qualifications would they have to teach him?

Gu Yi had then asked Yu Xiaogang whether he was perhaps a Soul Sage expert.

The moment those words came out, Yu Xiaogang's face turned livid. As if he had suffered the greatest humiliation, he left with Tang San.

Who in all of Nuoding Academy did not know that this "Master" was only level twenty-nine, with no hope of breaking through level thirty? And his Martial Soul was Luo Sanpao, a creature that could only fart.

Gu Yi's words were clearly meant to humiliate him.

Tang San, who had witnessed his teacher being insulted, was filled with killing intent and icy fury. He wanted nothing more than to shoot Gu Yi dead with his Sleeve Arrow on the spot.

The words courting death echoed through Tang San's mind again and again.

But with so many people watching, Tang San held himself back and allowed Yu Xiaogang to take his hand and lead him out of Nuoding Academy.

In the carriage, Yu Xiaogang, who had learned the outcome of Gu Yi and Tang San's fight yesterday, said, "Little San, don't be discouraged. A power-type Soul Master like Gu Yi, one born with great strength, only has a slight advantage right now."

"Power-type Soul Masters fear control-type Soul Masters the most."

Yu Xiaogang said confidently, "As long as your Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul gains a soul skill with control abilities in accordance with my theory during this trip to the Soul Hunting Forest, you'll easily defeat Gu Yi!"

"Once he is bound, his brute strength will have nowhere to be used. Little by little, his strength and Soul Power will be drained."

Tang San nodded. "Rest assured, Teacher. Once I return to the academy after obtaining my Soul Ring, I will definitely teach Gu Yi a lesson!"