Wang Sheng Learns Blacksmithing

"Zhou Qing, you're finally back!"

At the entrance of the Nuoding Academy, Nuoding Academy Dean finally breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Zhou Qing.

After all, it's been half a month since school started, and he hasn't seen any of these little geniuses in the academy. He's afraid they'll be lured away by other academies!

These days, he's been loitering around the school gate every day, hoping for their return!

"Dean, I hope you won't fire us just because we're late," Zhou Qing joked.

"Ha ha!"

Nuoding Academy Dean laughed heartily and personally led the four into the academy.

"Qing Ge! Third Brother! Sister Xiao Wu! You're back!"

It was during recess, and Wang Sheng, who was on the playground directly in front of the teaching building, saw them and quickly jogged over.

Logically speaking, Wang Sheng had already graduated and should no longer be considered a "discreet" at the academy. However, since his First Spirit Ring was at the hundred-year level, and at Zhou Qing's suggestion, Nuoding Academy established the position of "Class Assistant," which allowed students who had graduated but were unable to attend intermediate academies for various reasons to remain at the primary academy and assist teachers in class, so that they could have a buffer period before blindly entering the Soul Master World.

Given that Wang Sheng's First Spirit Ring was a hundred years old, quite a few intermediate academies actually extended invitations to him.

But Wang Sheng refused them all.

The reason is very simple: he believes that he can learn more by following Zhou Qing and Tang San. More importantly, he is now a member of Zhou Qing's team, so how can he leave?

He was planning to challenge an Advanced Academy in Heaven Dou City with Zhou Qing and the others when they were in fourth grade, in order to qualify for the Continental Elite Tournament!

"Long time no see, Brother Wang. Have you been working hard on your cultivation lately?" Zhou Qing gave Wang Sheng a high five and inquired about his cultivation progress.

"Absolutely!"

Wang Sheng waved his fist excitedly and said, "Following your advice, Qing Ge, my Soul Power has increased much faster. By the end of summer vacation, my Soul Power had reached level thirteen!"

If people knew about his cultivation speed, they would definitely think that Wang Sheng's awakened Martial Soul had a very high Innate Soul Power. But in reality, Wang Sheng knew very well that without Zhou Qing's new way of cultivating Soul Power, he would not have been able to increase his Soul Power by two levels in one vacation.

Although the amount of Soul Power required to advance to the next level after level ten is more than before, Wang Sheng is certain that he can reach the level of Soul Grandmaster within three years!

"It seems Brother Wang is working very hard. So, in your spare time, how about leading the work-study students and ordinary students in the academy to the city to find some jobs and learn some skills in advance?"

Zhou Qing smiled and said, "The tasks assigned by the academy to the work-study students are simple, but the pay is also low. Soul Master need a lot of money to cultivate. Going to the city in advance to find an apprentice who provides meals will allow them to save more money and try to eat on the second floor of the canteen."

"I understand."

Wang Sheng nodded vigorously.

After becoming Soul Master, he realized how much his appetite had increased and truly understood the difference between commoners and nobles.

Therefore, by enabling ordinary students and work-study students in the academy to acquire some life skills in advance, earn more living expenses, and eat and drink well, they can cultivate themselves faster.

"By the way, your Martial Soul's talent leans towards defense. According to the current classification on the continent, it's Defense System. But according to my unpublished classification, it's Tank. Therefore, I personally suggest that you develop in this direction," Zhou Qing advised.

"I'll listen to you Qing Ge." Although Wang Sheng preferred to become Assault System, or rather, a warrior, he also understood that only by giving full play to the talent of his own Martial Soul could he go further on the path of Soul Master.

"Um."

Zhou Qing nodded and smiled, "However, don't think that you can't control offensive skills if you go down the Tank route. As long as you can master your own power generation techniques, you might be able to withstand enemy damage while reflecting their power back."

Wang Sheng was puzzled.

Zhou Qing gave an example. "If you punch a piece of pig iron with all your might, the pig iron will at most have a slight mark, but your fist will feel a lot of pain."

"Pig iron is dead and cannot move, but you are a living person. If you can withstand the enemy's attack and reflect that force back, plus add your own strength, the attack power will be extremely terrifying."

Immediately, Wang Sheng's eyes lit up. "Qing Ge, what should I do?"

"It's simple, just go with Tang San to the Blacksmith Shop to work on the blacksmith's work," Zhou Qing gave the answer. "To deflect the opponent's force back, you simply need to rely on the movement of your limbs, use their force against them, and—vibration."

"That's right, it's essentially vibration. Later, I will teach you a forging technique, a hammer technique that will allow you to master vibration skills in a short time!"

Now that Wang Sheng has integrated into their team, Tang San will not be stingy and plans to teach him the true Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer later.

Tang Hao, the Clear Sky Sect, and so on...

He completely forgot about it.

"Thank you, Third Brother."

Wang Sheng expressed his gratitude repeatedly.

After returning to Dorm Seven, Zhou Qing, Tang San, and Xiao Wu tidied up their beds and began their "study" life for the semester.

Tang San remained the same, spending his time cultivating, studying, and forging, except he now had an apprentice to mentor: Wang Sheng.

Xiao Wu also had an extra task: at Zhou Qing's suggestion, she went to learn about the differences in aura between humans and Soul Beast, striving to understand the essence of "aura." For this reason, she rarely went to the Nuoding Guild anymore and even applied to Mo Hen for a Class Assistant position.

Zhou Qing, on the other hand, was very busy—

In addition to the necessary research and training, Romantina also needs to be urged to organize and write down the theory of Secondary Soul Ring Refinement from her personal perspective and publish it, so as to provide a corresponding theoretical basis for them to present Soul Markings with soul patterns and which will turn into Soul Ring Soul Disk after using Soul Skill in public in the future.

During this process, Romantina's temperament gradually calmed down, and she even began to learn Zhou Qing's way of thinking.

However, that mouth full of flowery language can never be shut up.

"It's finally all done!"

When the last sheet of paper was placed on top of the stack of theoretical documents about the Secondary Refinement of Soul Ring, which was a centimeter high, Romantina stretched lazily.

Zhou Qing picked them up, looked through them one by one, took out more than ten, and placed them in front of Romantina.

Romantina: "???"

"These few need to be revised again," Zhou Qing said.

"It's already past midnight! I haven't even had dinner yet!" Romantina glared at Zhou Qing.

"Hang in there a little longer, it's been this long already."

Zhou Qing grinned, "After all, I'm not some kind of demon. Once you've finished making the changes, you can go eat."

"Hiss--"

Romantina trembled, her cheeks flushing slightly. "You said the same thing an hour ago."

"Should we change it or not?" Zhou Qing didn't take the bait and asked directly.

"Change!"

Romantina picked up the paper and pen on the table, imagining the one in ten thousand chance that she would be tied up and hung upside down by Zhou Qing if she failed to complete the task, while at the same time trying to think about the shortcomings written on the dozen or so sheets of paper.

That's One Heart Two Uses!

However, who can blame her for having eight alternate personalities at this point?

At least on a spiritual level—

I won't get tired!