Vacation, Returning to Sacred Soul Village

"Time really flies; a year has just passed like that."

Xiao Xian stood in the corner of the back mountain, pinching a few steel needles in his hand, a flash of purple in his eyes, and flicked his wrist casually.

Swish, swish, swish!

The steel needles flew out fiercely.

Clap, clap, clap!

Winding around a few small trees in the air, they steadily nailed themselves to the trunk in a "pin" shape.

Looking closely, one could still see a small flying insect pinned to each steel needle.

Purple Demon Eye is really useful.

Hum!

Xiao Xian summoned with a casual gesture, the suction force of his palm suddenly appearing, and three stones on the ground flew up into the air.

Before the stones touched his palm, Xiao Xian flicked his hand, and the suction force instantly inverted...

Whoosh!

The three stones roared out through the air as if hammered, similarly tracing an arcane trajectory and precisely smashing into the steel needles on the tree trunk.

Clap, clap, clap!

The original three steel needles instantly sank straight into the trunk, replaced by three stones that had smashed away the bark and embedded themselves into the woody body.

Mysterious Heaven Skill, Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon are also really useful!

Xiao Xian glanced at the distant tree trunk, thinking silently to himself.

He had lived a most fulfilling year.

His spirit power had advanced to Level 16, and he would soon break through to Level 17.

Purple Demon Eye was approaching the peak, and mastery of the microscopic was in sight.

Suction Palm and Blowing Fire Palm had become much more refined under the blessing of Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon.

Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track had been learned seven or eight parts over, just waiting to be honed into proficiency.

So was Mysterious Jade Hand.

It could be said that this year, his cultivation speed had gone up, and his combat power had also greatly increased.

However, these gains were only superficial.

Xiao Xian's greatest gain was still his understanding of "martial arts", or rather, his understanding of the use of spirit power.

"Xiao San, let's go."

Xiao Xian put a gentle smile back on his face.

He called out toward the other side of the back mountain to Tang San.

Tang San's forehead was sweating, and a few sturdy Blue Silver Grass were flying out from his palm, rapidly wrapping around a small tree in the distance.

He simply gave a hard tug, and the small tree immediately bent over.

"Okay, Senior Brother!"

Hearing Xiao Xian's words, Tang San retracted his spirit in one go, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and responded from afar.

Senior Brother has gotten stronger again. He glanced at Xiao Xian's back, feeling an involuntary wave of silent admiration and respect in his heart.

In Tang San's mind.

This senior brother of his was an unadulterated genius.

Not to mention his fast cultivation speed, he had even self-created two spirit skills: Suction Palm and Blowing Fire Palm.

Based on Blowing Fire Palm, he had also wielded a refined hidden weapon technique.

In terms of spirit soul theory, he was even more outstanding.

Vaguely even stronger than the teacher.

He had originally thought that his first spirit power could only honestly serve as a food system.

Unexpectedly, under Xiao Xian's guidance, he could still continue to function as a minor control system.

"A spirit skill is a spirit skill, and a spirit spirit is a spirit spirit."

"Your spirit skill is Blue Silver Sugarcane, but your spirit soul is certainly not."

"Even though the spirit skill has no combat power, can the spirit soul itself no longer be used?"

"Didn't that sugarcane make your spirit soul even tougher just the same?"

"You can use spirit power to make your spirit soul grow continuously. Then why can't you control it to control the enemy?"

"Otherwise, why do you think I had you look for edible plant spirit beasts with tough outer skins?"

That day, in the teacher's dormitory, facing Xiao Xian's eloquent discourse, the teacher had been just as dumbfounded as he was.

After careful inspection.

His senior brother's deduction was correct.

His first spirit skill was indeed the generation of Blue Silver Sugarcane.

However, his spirit soul had not truly turned into sugarcane; it had merely grown a layer of tough outer skin, while its essence remained Blue Silver Grass—soft and pliable.

The results of this period of special training.

Also proved Xiao Xian's idea.

As long as he focused.

He could still use the Blue Silver Grass itself to entangle enemies.

It was completely inferior to no ordinary control-system spirit master.

Especially since he possessed Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, allowing him to manipulate the Blue Silver Grass with greater precision and achieve better results than ordinary control systems.

On the way back to the academy.

Tang San seemed to have thought of something, suddenly becoming somewhat excited.

"Senior Brother, tomorrow is the start of vacation, are you going back?"

A semester at Nuoding Academy lasted a full year, and students all had to board, unable to leave the school casually.

Tang San hadn't been back for a year, and Tang Hao had never visited him either.

He still missed the only family he had in this lifetime very much.

"I am an orphan," Xiao Xian said indifferently.

"..." Tang San was somewhat awkward for a moment; in his past life, he had been a shut-in, and in this lifetime, he had only lived for seven years, his experience severely lacking, and for a moment he didn't know what was best to reply.

"Go back and pack your luggage," Xiao Xian didn't mind.

"Alright... Goodbye, Senior Brother."

Returning to the second dormitory, Xiao Xian half-lay on the bed, slightly closing his eyes as he recalled the circulation route of Tang San's spirit power during their cultivation just now.

This had already become a habit of his.

Tang San also returned to the dormitory, packing his luggage while chatting idly on and off with Xiao Wu.

"You went to cultivate with that annoying ghost again?" Xiao Wu wrinkled her nose.

Tang San gave an awkward smile.

Xiao Wu's combat power was astonishing, and she was lively and combative.

Normally, she didn't skimp on looking for him to fight.

In pure close combat, if he didn't use Blowing Fire Palm, or if Sunlight Spores weren't enough, he also lost more than he won.

As time went on, Xiao Wu couldn't help but challenge Xiao Xian to a single combat once again, wanting to seize the title of boss of Nuoding Junior Spirit Master Academy.

Yet every time, she returned in crushing defeat.

When Xiao Xian used Suction Palm at full force, he could easily lift Xiao Wu into the air. With another strike of Blowing Fire Palm, a roaring, biting hurricane could directly blow Xiao Wu flying several yards away.

Not to mention that Senior Brother also liked to kick the ground casually, kicking up a ground full of sand and soil.

Followed by another Blowing Fire Palm...

Xiao Xian called this move Flying Sand and Stones...

Even if one tightly closed their mouth and eyes, that omnipresent gravel and dust could directly fill one's nose.

Despite this.

Xiao Wu still loved to challenge Xiao Xian to single combat just as much, seeming to have a momentum of growing more courageous the more she was defeated.

Xiao Xian had just finished cultivating and might be tired.

Tang San didn't want Xiao Wu to go and disturb his senior brother's rest at this time.

Quickly changing the subject, he asked her whether she was going back or not.

Xiao Wu suddenly looked somewhat desolate, saying she didn't plan to return. But soon her eyes lit up, and she asked if Tang San's home wasn't far, and whether she could go play at his house.

Tang San didn't have many friends in the academy, and Xiao Wu happened to count as one; after all, only her spirit power could catch up to him and Senior Brother, and they usually had the most common language.

Wang Sheng and Xiao Chenyu only occasionally sparred with them in the first two months.

Even at the very beginning, they weren't very convinced by Tang San—losing to a food-system spirit master... really was somewhat shameful.

But later on, they gradually avoided him as if dodging Xiao Wu, keeping far away to avoid trouble.

The taste of being a sandbag wasn't pleasant.

Tang San agreed with a smile.

Only mentioning that his dad's temper might not be good.

Chatting for a little longer, their luggage was almost packed.

Tang San seemed to have thought of something, his eyes suddenly lighting up as well.

He rushed out of the seventh dormitory and headed straight for the second.

"Senior Brother, are you going to my house to play during the vacation?"

Xiao Xian half-opened his eyes, glanced at Tang San, and a familiar gentle smile hung upon his face.

"Alright."

Early the next morning.

On the road back to Sacred Soul Village.

Xiao Wu looked furious.

Tang San apologized profusely.

He hadn't expected Xiao Wu and his senior brother to be so at odds; he just hadn't told her in advance that Senior Brother would be tagging along as well...

Yet Xiao Xian looked very calm, the familiar smile still hanging on his face, as relaxed and happy as if on an outing.

"Sacred Soul Village... the waterfall nearby..."

He murmured quietly in his heart.