Potential Nearly Exhausted?

"Great Master, there's no need!"

"Because I truly relied entirely on my own hard work in cultivation to break through three levels in a year. There weren't any other cultivation techniques."

"I do want your notes, Great Master, but I wouldn't deserve them!"

In Dormitory Seven, Ye Yu sighed helplessly and continued to insist.

I had gotten where I was today entirely through my own hard work!

After all, after probing a little—

He had discovered that the spirit beast notes Yu Xiaogang possessed—

Most likely contained common spirit beasts already documented in the spirit beast books in Nuoding Academy's library.

Ye Yu was utterly speechless.

He had wondered how the sun could possibly rise from the west today.

That hypocritical, stingy Yu Xiaogang really had not changed!

If Yu Xiaogang's spirit beast notes had recorded information about various spirit beasts that were practically unheard of outside—

Such as Mandala Snakes and Man Faced Demon Spiders—

It would have been even better if they included many powerful plant-type spirit beasts with the Life Attribute!

Compared to the route that the Great Master Yu Xiaogang, who was nothing but an empty reputation, had arranged for Tang San in the novel—

Starting with a Mandala Snake and adding poison to every subsequent Spirit Ring—

Ye Yu felt that adding Spirit Rings solely from powerful plant-type spirit beasts with the Life Attribute—

To raise the innate potential of the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and strengthen its Life Attribute was the true path!

After all, the Blue Silver Emperor, the strongest naturally evolved form of Blue Silver Grass, possessed the ultimate Life Attribute.

But since Yu Xiaogang still fucking wanted to deceive him—

Ye Yu naturally would not let him get his way!

Yu Xiaogang had not expected Ye Yu to remain unswayed. His stiff face had already darkened somewhat.

But just as he was about to say something else—

From outside the corridor—

A burst of footsteps and laughter suddenly rang out.

The other work-study students of Dormitory Seven had arrived.

Yu Xiaogang could not help frowning as he glanced behind him. Then he stared deeply at Ye Yu and spoke in a hoarse, low voice.

"Student Ye Yu, I never expected you to be so selfish."

"A Blue Silver Grass Soul Master with Innate Level 1 Spirit Power like you has such a narrow mindset. You are destined not to go far in the future!"

After saying that, Yu Xiaogang snorted coldly, flicked his sleeve, turned, and left.

Before long, Chen Hu entered with Wang Sheng and three or four other work-study students.

Since Lin Dagui had already graduated—

Chen Hu was now the strongest in Dormitory Seven and had become the new boss.

"Ye Yu, why did the Great Master come here?"

Chen Hu glanced outside the door, scratched his head, and could not help feeling confused.

Ye Yu shook his head and smiled helplessly.

"What else could it have been? He heard that I broke through three levels last year and insisted on asking whether I had any cultivation techniques."

"I already told him I didn't, but he still wouldn't believe me."

"He should have thought about it. What cultivation techniques could work-study students like us possibly have besides hard work?"

Chen Hu, Wang Sheng, and the other work-study students all nodded in complete agreement.

After leaving Dormitory Seven—

Yu Xiaogang, dressed in a black scholar's robe and walking with his hands behind his back, strode expressionlessly along Nuoding Academy's tree-lined avenue. Yet inwardly, he was rather furious.

That damned brat simply did not know what was good for him!

This Great Master had been willing to give him his notes, yet he still refused to yield!

Outrageous!

Absolutely outrageous!

A mere lowborn peasant! If this Great Master could use your special cultivation technique to publish a Soul Master theory and include your name—

Your ancestors for eight generations would be honored!

And you dared refuse this Great Master!

Yu Xiaogang seethed with indignation.

Before long, though, Yu Xiaogang thought of a way to take revenge on Ye Yu.

Hmph! Brat!

You had better not break through Level 10 while you were at Nuoding Academy.

Otherwise, this Great Master would make sure you could not obtain a Spirit Ring even by the time you graduated!

A trace of resentment flashed through Yu Xiaogang's eyes.

Nuoding Academy students needed to submit an application to a teacher in order to obtain a Spirit Ring.

The application would eventually reach the Nuoding Academy headmaster—

Who would seek approval from the Spirit Hall Branch and then find three nobles to act as guarantors!

And he was friends with the Nuoding Academy headmaster and could freely visit the headmaster's office and residence.

As long as he was around—

Ye Yu's application would never reach the Nuoding Academy headmaster.

In the blink of an eye, two years passed.

After two years of cultivation—

Ye Yu's cultivation had successfully broken through to Level 8!

At this time, Ye Yu was in his fourth year.

Reaching Level 8 in the fourth year—

Throughout Nuoding Academy's history, students who had achieved this could be counted on one hand!

As he continued cultivating the Inner Elixir Method—

Ye Yu discovered that his control over Soul Power was also growing stronger and stronger.

Because Yu Xiaogang had pestered him after his three-level breakthrough in a single year—

Ye Yu had deliberately held back during his end-of-term Soul Power tests afterward.

He maintained a pace of breaking through only one level each year.

Therefore, although Ye Yu was already Level 8—

He was publicly still only Level 6 at the academy.

After reaching Level 8 Soul Power—

Ye Yu suddenly felt his cultivation speed slow dramatically.

Even when cultivating with the Inner Elixir Method—

Ye Yu felt that his cultivation speed was less than one-fifth of what it had been before.

That was with the Inner Elixir Method's assistance.

Without the Inner Elixir Method, he estimated that his cultivation speed might have fallen to only one-tenth of its previous rate!

Ah! My potential must be nearly exhausted!

Ye Yu sighed inwardly, his feelings complicated.

As a transmigrator, Ye Yu naturally knew—

How greatly the quality of a Martial Soul affected a Soul Master's cultivation speed and future achievements.

The reason he said Yu Xiaogang's statement, "There are no useless Martial Souls, only useless Soul Masters!" was nothing more than empty platitudes—

Was because unless a Martial Soul could evolve—

Its quality determined the upper limit of what a person could achieve!

Yu Xiaogang himself was a typical example.

As the Young Master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Yu Xiaogang had certainly consumed no small amount of precious heavenly treasures within the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

Yet in the end, his level had stalled at Level 29.

For decades, there had not been the slightest sign of a breakthrough.

It was not until Tang San gave him a Nine-grade Purple Ganoderma that he broke through the bottleneck and allowed Luo San Pao to begin evolving.

Ye Yu's Martial Soul was, strictly speaking, Blue Silver Grass with less than Innate Level 1 Spirit Power.

And after studying at Nuoding Academy for three years, Ye Yu had also learned—

That throughout its history, Nuoding Academy had never had a student with Innate Level 1 Spirit Power—

Who could reach Level 10 Soul Power before graduation.

The reason was likely that their Martial Soul quality was simply too low.

Once they reached a certain level, their potential would be nearly exhausted—

And their cultivation speed would instantly plummet to rock bottom.

They could only rely on painstaking, gradual effort.

Based on the books he had read at Nuoding Academy and the information he had gathered—

Ye Yu inferred—

That the highest cultivation most Soul Masters could attain through normal cultivation was their Innate Soul Power level multiplied by ten!

As for the limit, it was their Innate Soul Power level multiplied by ten, plus another twenty to thirty levels.

And breaking through that limit was simple as well.

They simply needed to consume heavenly treasures, such as high-year ginseng, ganoderma, snow lotus, Cordyceps, and the like.

However, all of those required a hefty price to purchase.

Thus, Ye Yu quietly made up his mind.

Over the next few years—

Besides cultivation—

His remaining primary task would be making money!