Dissolving Heterogeneous Soul Power

"Very good. It's clear that Su Chen has a solid grasp of the basic knowledge of martial souls. Next, we'll cover another piece of foundational knowledge."

Most people had actually learned these things back in junior academy.

Bringing them up now was merely a review that might yield new insights.

The first class soon ended in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere.

"Su Chen, could you spend some time with me after school?"

The moment the dismissal bell rang, a delicate-looking female student approached Su Chen with a blush on her face.

"Sorry, may I ask what you need from me?"

Leaning back in his chair, Su Chen had little desire to get entangled with this group of female students.

Dissolving the Heterogeneous Soul Power within him and improving his strength was his top priority right now.

"Alright."

The student who had taken the initiative left Su Chen's seat in disappointment.

After a smooth day of classes, Su Chen returned to his dormitory after school.

With males and females housed separately, Su Chen was the only student in the entire academy who enjoyed a private dormitory.

His room had been converted from an abandoned classroom dormitory and was some distance away from the other student dorms.

It effectively avoided the inconveniences caused by differences between the sexes.

"Not a bad room."

After carefully tidying up his dormitory, Su Chen lay back on the soft single bed with satisfaction.

Though it could not compare to the finest accommodations in Spirit City, these living conditions were no worse than those of an ordinary wealthy household.

Perhaps because Skywater Academy had more female students, even its dormitories were furnished more delicately than those of other academies.

"Alright, time to get down to business."

Taking out a scroll from his luggage, Su Chen spread it flat across the bed.

It was an acupoint chart.

It had been jointly created by Su Chen, a visitor from another world, and Ping Su, the foremost medical authority in the Douluo Continent.

Based on the acupoint concepts of traditional Chinese medicine from his original world, along with the laws of Soul Power circulation summarized by Ping Su.

After years of work, Su Chen had finally completed this chart of the human body's acupoints.

"My entire body is filled with Heterogeneous Soul Power right now. I might as well cultivate each of the twelve meridians one by one."

Feeling the Heterogeneous Soul Power within his body, Su Chen sat cross-legged and directed a large amount of his own Soul Power into the Hand Yangming Large Intestine Meridian.

"In martial arts novels, most techniques emphasize sinking one's qi into the dantian. But I'm not from a martial arts world, and I have no experience. I can only explore it myself, bit by bit."

After all, Su Chen had transmigrated from Blue Star and had no experience practicing martial arts manuals.

He could only feel his way forward step by step.

"The Hand Yangming Large Intestine Meridian should begin at the Shangyang Acupoint."

With that thought, Su Chen gathered Soul Power at the Shangyang Acupoint.

In an instant, a massive surge of Heterogeneous Soul Power rushed toward his index finger.

However, Su Chen dispersed and blocked most of it throughout the Hand Yangming Large Intestine Meridian.

Divide and conquer—this was Su Chen's solution for dealing with the Heterogeneous Soul Power.

"Just as expected."

Having anticipated this, Su Chen dispersed part of his Soul Power and wrapped it around the entire Hand Yangming Large Intestine Meridian.

This was to prevent the chaotic, violent energy from damaging his meridians.

"Better to guide than to block. If my Soul Power can dissolve even Qiandao Liu's Angel Soul Power, there's no reason it can't withstand you Heterogeneous Soul Powers."

Remembering what Yue Guan had said earlier, Su Chen decided to imitate Yu the Great's story of taming the floods.

Since this Heterogeneous Soul Power was like a raging flood, Su Chen would become the Yu the Great who controlled it.

"Success."

The instant the first stream of Heterogeneous Soul Power met his own Soul Power at the Shangyang Acupoint, Su Chen knew he had succeeded.

Though the Heterogeneous Soul Power was powerful, the portion within the Hand Yangming Large Intestine Meridian was only a tenth or so of the total.

Moreover, they were not a unified whole. They varied in size and arrived at different times.

That gave Su Chen the opportunity to break them one by one.

The first stream of Heterogeneous Soul Power was small and was quickly dissolved by the Soul Power Su Chen had stationed at the Shangyang Acupoint.

"Damn, this is going wrong."

However, Su Chen had still underestimated how violent this Soul Power was.

The Soul Power had clearly been dissolved and assimilated, yet it still shot out from his fingertip like a savage beast released from its cage.

Fortunately, Su Chen reacted quickly and went with the flow, avoiding injury.

"What terrifying Heterogeneous Soul Power."

Looking at the wall that had been effortlessly pierced through, Su Chen said with lingering fear.

"Come to think of it, Duan Yu's Six Meridian Divine Sword seems to use six hand meridians as its foundation. To dissolve this Heterogeneous Soul Power, I need to cultivate all twelve meridians anyway. I might actually be able to master the Six Meridian Divine Sword."

The stray thought flashed through his mind and vanished. Having witnessed the Heterogeneous Soul Power's formidable might, Su Chen no longer dared to be careless.

He focused completely and began guiding the next stream of Heterogeneous Soul Power.

Time always passed quickly during cultivation.

Before he knew it, it was already late at night.

After half a day of effort, two or three tenths of the small streams of Heterogeneous Soul Power within the Hand Yangming Large Intestine Meridian had been assimilated.

But Su Chen understood that this was only the beginning.

Those large streams of Heterogeneous Soul Power were the truly tough bones to chew.

"I've worked hard enough today. Time to reward myself."

Years of living in a small village had given Su Chen quite respectable cooking skills.

At this hour, the academy cafeteria had long since closed. If he wanted a late-night snack, he could only make it himself.

"I'll have a bowl of egg fried rice."

Even after transmigrating long ago, Su Chen had retained some of Blue Star's habits.

This egg fried rice, for instance, was the last bit of remembrance Su Chen had of his previous life.

Full and satisfied, Su Chen lay down on the bed and fell asleep.

It was not that he could not use meditation in place of sleep. He simply felt there was no need.

For the current Su Chen, it was enough to keep the Soul Power within his body circulating steadily and slowly.

As long as the quality of his Soul Power improved, even a disadvantage in level would be enough to make up the gap.

With Little Black and Little White's help, even while Su Chen slept, he could maintain this slow circulation of Soul Power, strengthening his meridians and preparing to dissolve Heterogeneous Soul Power in the future.

"Today is physical training. Your objective is to run one hundred laps around the track."

To everyone's surprise, Crystal, the gentle and somewhat youthful-looking big sister from yesterday, had assigned them an impossible task today.

One hundred laps around the track meant forty thousand meters.

If they were sixteen or seventeen years old with Soul Power Levels in the thirties, it would naturally be no challenge. But right now, they were merely a group of little girls who had just finished studying theory.

Even professional athletes from Su Chen's previous life could only endure distances of several tens of thousands of meters.

Although people in the Douluo Continent possessed physical strength far beyond that of Blue Star due to Soul Power and their training needs.

No matter what, they were only children around ten years old.

Their Soul Power Levels were generally only around level ten, so using Soul Power to assist them was not a viable option either.