Grandmaster Deep in Thought

Yuan Luo nodded in satisfaction. Now he could truly be a lazy bum.

Ding! Congratulations, Host, for achieving the accomplishment: Be a Boss Once. Reward: one pair of Boss Sunglasses.

"Has the Lazy System stopped being lazy?"

The system did not respond for a long while, but Yuan Luo did not mind. He took out the sunglasses and put them on.

Emmmm.

Pretty handsome!

"Hey, you lot, introduce yourselves!"

"Yes, Boss!"

"I'm Xiao Chenyu."

"I'm Liu Long."

"I'm Ling Feng."

"I'm Xu Caihang."

"Hehe! Boss, I'm Wu Pangzi."

"Mm, you really are quite fat."

Yuan Luo looked at the short, chubby boy. He was rather fair-skinned.

Xiao Chenyu stepped forward, speaking in an affected, fawning manner. "Boss, it's time to eat. Let me treat you to a meal."

Yuan Luo looked disgusted. That expression was way too flirtatious.

"I'm lazy. Bring me food from now on!"

Yuan Luo lay on the comfortable bedding, took out two Gold Soul Coins from his Storage Ring, and tossed them to Xiao Chenyu.

Yuan Luo's Storage Soul Tool was a black ring, rather ordinary in appearance.

"Today's meals are on me. After that, bring me food every day. Tell me when you run out of money."

As a lazy bum and a shut-in, although he no longer had the big rock in Holy Soul Village, this soft bedding was nice enough. If there were also a soft body beside him, wouldn't that be even better?

"Got it! Thanks, Boss!"

Xiao Chenyu carefully accepted the Gold Soul Coins. Even his monthly allowance was not this much.

This new boss truly was generous. A rich man.

"Go on, go on. Don't disturb me."

With that, Yuan Luo lay back down on the comfortable bedding.

By now, he had long since broken through to Level 15 and was about to reach Level 16.

The things the system gave him were truly useful. With this advanced Soul Power cultivation method, even if he did not cultivate at all, it would absorb Soul Power from the air.

In other words, Yuan Luo was absorbing Soul Power at every moment unless he went somewhere completely devoid of Soul Power.

This was standard equipment for a lazy bum.

The next day, Tang San came looking for him.

"Luo-ge! Why are you still sleeping?"

Tang San was truly speechless as he looked at Yuan Luo lying in bed.

"Coming to this world is about enjoying life. Classes do not officially start until the day after tomorrow anyway. What did you come to see me for?"

"Master is taking me to hunt a Soul Ring today. He can help you hunt one too. Let's go!"

Hunting a Soul Ring?

I didn't expect Grandmaster to be such a nice guy!

"No, I'm not in a hurry. Since Grandmaster's theory says I can keep cultivating even after reaching the bottleneck, I'll wait a while longer. You go ahead. Be careful."

After saying that, Yuan Luo turned over and went back to sleep.

Seeing that Yuan Luo had his own plans, Tang San did not force him. He quietly left Second Dormitory without disturbing Yuan Luo.

Two months later.

"Yuan Luo, get up and answer the question!"

Yuan Luo heard someone seemingly calling him. He opened his bleary eyes and looked at Li Bapo on the podium.

"Teacher, what is it? Is class over?"

Veins bulged on Li Bapo's forehead as she pointed at Yuan Luo and cursed furiously.

"Yuan Luo, this is the thirtieth time you've slept in my class. If you don't want to attend, then get out."

"Tch, Li Bapo, I really don't want to attend."

After stretching lazily, Yuan Luo pushed open the door and left the classroom.

Leaving only Li Bapo grinding her teeth behind him.

Behind him, Xiao Wu's eyes sparkled as she nudged Tang San, who was taking notes.

"Xiao San, I don't want to attend class either. Should we leave too and learn from Luo-ge?"

Two months ago, after Xiao Chenyu was beaten up by Tang San, he asked Yuan Luo to help him regain some face. Later, after Xiao Wu heard about it, she took the initiative to challenge Yuan Luo.

The result was obvious. Xiao Wu lost, and Yuan Luo had not even released his Soul Ring.

After that, the academy had its top brother and top sister: Luo-ge and Sister Xiao Wu.

"Xiao Wu, don't learn bad habits from Luo-ge. Study properly."

Tang San scratched Xiao Wu's nose and reminded her in a low voice. He was afraid of that Old Skinner too.

After leaving, Yuan Luo did not return to the dormitory. Instead, he went to Grandmaster's office.

Grandmaster, who had been drawing something, looked up and asked curiously, "Xiao Luo, why have you come here?"

Yuan Luo walked up to Grandmaster and grinned. "Grandmaster, can you give me a few books about Soul Beasts? I want to learn about them."

"Sure!"

After agreeing, Grandmaster took a thick Soul Beast Compendium from the bookshelf and handed it to Yuan Luo.

"This contains almost every Soul Beast. Return it to me after you finish reading."

"Alright!"

Just as Yuan Luo was about to leave, Grandmaster suddenly stopped him.

"Xiao Luo, can you tell me what your martial soul is? I saw that your certificate said no martial soul was discovered. I wanted to ask before, but I never had the time."

"Grandmaster, my martial soul is air."

It was not exactly a secret that could not be told.

"Air? There's actually a martial soul like that?"

Grandmaster seemed to have discovered something extraordinary and looked at Yuan Luo with delight.

Yuan Luo shook his head and raised his right hand. A yellow Soul Ring appeared around him.

"When did you obtain a Soul Ring? And... your Soul Ring is beyond five hundred years?"

Grandmaster suddenly leaped up from his chair, staring wide-eyed at Yuan Luo's Soul Ring.

Ordinary people would not be able to tell, but someone like Grandmaster, who dealt with martial souls every day, could spot the clues with a careful look.

"I only got it a few days ago. I hired a team to hunt it."

Yuan Luo rubbed his nose and lied without batting an eye.

"Then this Soul Ring...?"

Grandmaster asked hesitantly. This Soul Ring had completely shattered his Ten Core Theories.

Yuan Luo rubbed his nose again and said, "As expected of Grandmaster, you saw through it at a glance. I had a theory before: the age limit for absorbing Soul Rings is directly proportional to one's physical strength, so I delayed hunting a Soul Beast for five months."

"So that's how it is. So it can be done this way."

Grandmaster muttered to himself, deeply shaken. He had never considered the matter from this perspective.

If a Soul Master absorbed a Soul Ring beyond their limit, they would be unable to withstand the Soul Ring's power and explode to death. But if the Soul Master's body was strong enough, then they should be able to endure it.

Grandmaster had also studied how power-type Soul Masters generally absorbed Soul Rings with higher age limits than support-type Soul Masters. So it turned out that physical constitution was the cause.

Suddenly, Grandmaster bowed to Yuan Luo, startling him into hurriedly helping the man up.

Good heavens!

If Tang San finds out, will he beat me up?

I'm only repeating something discovered by giants of fanfiction. I don't deserve this.

Yuan Luo quickly grabbed the Soul Beast Compendium and ran back, while Grandmaster suddenly found a new line of thought and fell deep into contemplation.

Back in the dormitory, Yuan Luo eagerly began reading the book.

He needed to prepare for his second Soul Ring.

The Air Spirit could contain all things. He wanted to train himself into an all-round Soul Master.

The Metal Element focused on killing and direct offense.

The Wood Element focused on life and healing.

The Water Element focused on restriction and control.

The Fire Element focused on berserk power and group killing.

The Earth Element focused on hardness and defense.

The Wind Element focused on speed and agility.

The Lightning Element focused on divine punishment and world destruction.

As for the final two, Yuan Luo could only leave them to fate. There might not even be more than a few Light Element and Dark Element Soul Beasts on the entire continent.

I can't exactly kill the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, can I? That beautiful silver-haired young lady would probably come looking for me.