Level 20 (Reset)

Unfortunately, because Lin Hanye's cultivation was weak and his Innate Soul Power was only half a level, it did not draw any reaction from Spirit Hall's higher-ups.

It merely prompted Spirit Hall to update the record for the maximum age of a First Soul Ring that could be absorbed.

"Uncle Haier, please."

At Haier's invitation, Lin Hanye crossed the courtyard and entered the main hall. Since he was a Soul Master, he was seated at the innermost table reserved for Soul Masters.

Seven Or Eight Soul Masters were already seated there, including Spirit Hall deacons and Haier's friends.

Their cultivation ranged from Soul Masters to Soul Elders.

Without exception, they were all commoner Soul Masters.

After Haier's introduction, these people learned of Lin Hanye's identity as a "Theoretical Master" and began asking him for guidance.

Lin Hanye welcomed everyone. He answered whatever they asked, and before long, his fairly extensive Soul Master Theory had won over every Soul Master present.

The wedding did not end until very late. Lin Hanye had little interest in such lively occasions.

After lunch, he informed Haier and headed alone to the Back Mountain behind Shuiyuan Village to cultivate.

Five hundred Push-ups, five hundred Sit-ups, five hundred Squats, and fifty kilometers.

This was Lin Hanye's current basic training regimen.

After finishing his training, he cultivated through meditation, recovering his stamina and increasing his Soul Power.

Then came Water Walking and Tree Climbing. He constantly trained himself amid the forest and river, improving his agility, coordination, and control over Soul Power.

Finally, there was the Rasengan.

He expended his Soul Power by using the Rasengan, then recovered it.

In this way, through intense cycles of expenditure and recovery, he accelerated The Increase in Soul Power.

Because he had attended the wedding that morning, Lin Hanye did not finish his cultivation tasks for the day until midnight.

Too lazy to go down the mountain, Lin Hanye simply sat cross-legged atop a huge boulder at the summit and cultivated Soul Power throughout the night.

The next morning, Lin Hanye slowly opened his eyes. A gray figure approached from afar, carrying a food box in his hand. It was Haier, who had gotten married yesterday.

"I knew you were here. Come down. I brought you breakfast."

"Uncle Haier, shouldn't you be keeping the Bride company?"

Lin Hanye stretched, then performed a Kite Flip and leaped down from the boulder, landing before Haier with a faintly teasing smile.

Seeing how nimble Lin Hanye was, Haier first felt a surge of envy. Then, upon hearing his words, the old man's face Couldn't Help But turn red.

"Ahem." He coughed lightly and handed over the food box. "Stop being so improper. I came to see you this time because there is something important."

"No Problem. Go ahead."

Lin Hanye took the food box, found a clean stone nearby, and sat down. Inside were several meat buns, a bowl of rice porridge, and a small dish of pickled vegetables. They tasted quite good.

"After you left yesterday, our branch hall's Hall Master came by. He thinks highly of you and wants to invite you to join the Yelin City Branch Hall."

Haier spoke seriously.

"I'd better pass, Uncle Haier. I've grown used to being free and easy. I don't want to be bound by anything. I plan to stay in the village and cultivate to Level 20. After that, I'll apply to Yelin Advanced Soul Master Academy."

The entrance requirement for Yelin City Advanced Soul Master Academy was to break through Level 20 before turning sixteen. Lin Hanye was only Level 17, but he was not yet thirteen and still had three years left. He could break through to Soul Grandmaster even with his eyes closed.

The reason he had chosen to apply to an Advanced Soul Master Academy was to find a few like-minded companions.

Even if he could not find any, it did not matter.

With a Teacher leading the team, at least he would not have to worry about a Soul Beast Attack when absorbing his Second Soul Ring, right?

As for joining the Yelin City Martial Soul Branch Hall, that was absolutely out of the question.

He did not want to be tied down here for the rest of his life.

Ah Yin, Bibi Dong, Bo Saixi, and all those other beauties were still waiting for him elsewhere.

"I see."

Hearing This, Haier did not force the issue. After all, his Hall Master had merely extended an invitation. It was not as though Lin Hanye absolutely had to join.

A year passed in the blink of an eye. Lin Hanye's Soul Power broke through to Level 19. Although he had not yet reached Level 20, he was exceptionally admitted to Yelin City Advanced Soul Master Academy because he was only thirteen.

Lin Hanye's life did not change much.

Aside from having access to more books, he simply cultivated and increased his Soul Power.

It was worth mentioning that, with the aid of Yelin City Advanced Soul Master Academy's Mimicry Simulation Cultivation Environment, Lin Hanye's Soul Power increased somewhat faster.

Two months after enrolling, he finally broke through the Level 20 bottleneck before turning fourteen.

It also happened that a Senior Sister in the academy's upper years had broken through to Level 30. Thus, under the leadership of a Soul King Teacher, several senior students who had already become Soul Elders accompanied her out of the academy to Hunt Soul Beasts.

Their destination was naturally Frost Forest. Star Dou Great Forest and Sunset Forest were too far from Yelin City and far too dangerous, while the Soul Beasts raised in ordinary Soul Hunting Forests had not reached the Thousand-Year level.

Only Frost Forest was suitable.

This was not Lin Hanye's first time in Frost Forest. Coupled with the life he had experienced during the First Simulation, he was already extremely familiar with the place.

Under his deliberate guidance, the group quickly arrived at the habitat of that Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Turtle.

With the combined efforts of the Teacher and several Senior Sisters and senior students, the Mysterious Ice Turtle was subdued with ease.

"Little Lin, are you really going to absorb the Mysterious Ice Turtle's Soul Ring? It's a Thousand-Year Soul Beast."

The Senior Sister kindly reminded him.

"Thank you for your concern, Senior Sister Han Xue. But my talent cannot compare to yours. If I don't want to waste my life away, I must absorb this Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Turtle. Besides, the First Soul Ring has already proven that both my physical condition and Martial Soul quality have improved considerably. I am confident in absorbing this Mysterious Ice Turtle's Soul Ring."

On the way there, to avoid Unnecessary Trouble, Lin Hanye had deliberately revealed that his First Soul Ring had been absorbed beyond its normal limit.

He had also instilled two rather practical theories in them—

For Soul Rings below ten thousand years, the limit of what a Soul Master could absorb was related to the Soul Master's physical condition. That went without saying.

The other was that the evolution and transformation of a Martial Soul could never be separated from energy.

Obtaining Soul Rings could grant a Martial Soul all sorts of traits. Choosing Soul Beasts with attributes matching those of the Soul Master could even cause the Martial Soul to transform.

After Lin Hanye displayed his Ice Water Martial Soul, more than half of which had transformed into ice crystals, Han Xue, the academy Teacher, and the senior students all believed him completely. Some even wished they could remove their own Soul Rings and obtain them again.

Hearing This, the Senior Sister Named Han Xue, the other senior students, and the Teacher said nothing further. They merely told Lin Hanye not to push himself too hard. They would stand guard for him nearby.

After expressing his thanks to everyone, Lin Hanye sat cross-legged on the spot and began absorbing the Soul Ring.

Because Lin Hanye was absorbing the Soul Ring several years earlier than during the First Simulation, he did not encounter that passing group of Ten-Year Soul Beasts.

However, he encountered an even more powerful Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Fortunately, people were standing guard. That Soul King Teacher's Martial Soul was a Black Bear. With merely a Martial Soul Possession and a beastly roar, he scared the Thousand-Year Soul Beast away.

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