Ice Crystal Soul Power

"Dean, pardon the intrusion."

Early in the morning, Jing, one of the instructors, arrived at the dean's office.

"Are you here to ask about that boy?"

Shui Qingxuan sat behind her desk and gestured for Jing to take a seat.

"Yes. He is my student, after all. I wanted to ask about his condition."

Jing spoke seriously.

Although Su Chen rarely interacted with his classmates or her in everyday life, and his activities were basically limited to cultivating alone in his dormitory,

whenever there was a task, he would still lend a hand to his classmates.

There had never been any issue of him bullying others just because he was strong.

"Though the child is somewhat withdrawn, he is a decent person."

"Don't worry. His injuries are nothing serious."

As Shui Qingxuan spoke, a trace of doubt appeared on her face.

"It's just that there is a large amount of Soul Power inside his body. This power does not seem to share the same origin as his own Soul Power."

"What should we do, then? Will it affect his future cultivation?"

Jing asked anxiously.

She was merely a Soul Ancestor who had just broken through Rank 40, so she had not studied such matters in depth.

"I've already used my Soul Power to suppress it for him. There won't be any problems for the time being."

Shui Qingxuan smiled confidently.

Her Martial Soul was Ice Crystal, and an Ice Crystal of exceptionally high purity.

She was only one step away from the legendary Ultimate Ice.

The Soul Power cultivated from such a Martial Soul was naturally of extremely high purity.

It was precisely because of this kind of Soul Power that Shui Qingxuan had been able to help Su Chen suppress the Heterogeneous Soul Power.

"In another day or two, he should be able to get out of bed and move around."

"Whew, that's a relief."

Only then did Jing finally relax.

"Who knows what secrets that kid is hiding? He actually has so many trump cards."

The weight on her heart finally lifted, and Jing muttered a few words to herself.

But though the speaker had no intention, the listener took them to heart.

A sharp glint flashed through Shui Qingxuan's eyes for an instant before she lifted her cup to conceal it.

"It's been a long time, Junior Brother."

Early the next morning, Hu Liena and Xie Yue arrived as promised.

"Yes, it has been a long time."

Su Chen sat up and leaned against the headboard.

Having just recovered from a serious illness, his face was somewhat pale.

"I stewed some porridge for you. Want to try it?"

As she spoke, Hu Liena took out a bowl of porridge she had personally prepared from her storage Soul Tool.

"How did you get in here?"

After taking a sip of the porridge, Su Chen immediately felt a warm current flow into his body.

"Well? It tastes pretty good, doesn't it? I read the book you left behind."

Hu Liena rested her chin in both hands and looked at Su Chen expectantly.

"Yes, it's quite good."

Before leaving Spirit City, Su Chen had indeed handed the notes he had compiled on medicinal herb properties over to Master Ping Su.

He just had not expected that the work he had intended to advance medicine would end up being used by Hu Liena to make porridge.

"Of course we came in openly."

Xie Yue explained.

"We visited Skywater Academy as your friends."

"But won't that arouse suspicion?"

Su Chen felt a little uneasy and immediately grew tense.

"Of course not. Even students of Spirit Hall can come here to see their friends. If anything, hiding it would make people suspicious if it were discovered someday."

This had been Bibi Dong's instruction.

Although the Five Element Academies were far inferior to Spirit Hall in terms of overall quality, they could still concentrate resources to nurture geniuses.

Since Hu Liena and Xie Yue had lost to Su Chen in the competition, they might as well make use of that fact.

For Skywater Academy, the significance of having a student who had defeated Spirit Hall's prodigies went without saying.

"Where's Yan? How's that kid doing? Is he still thinking about defeating me?"

Noticing that Yan had not come with the two of them, Su Chen asked curiously.

"Yes. Ever since you left, Yan has been training like a madman."

Xie Yue nodded helplessly.

"Other than eating and sleeping, all he does is fight and meditate. He's already a Soul Elder now."

"The method for dealing with your first soul skill this time was also his idea."

Hu Liena added.

"That must have been hard on him. It really was a troublesome situation back then."

Su Chen sighed.

With his first soul skill countered, Su Chen had once fallen into a passive position.

If not for the advantage brought by his unusually abundant Soul Power, Hu Liena and Xie Yue would have won in the end.

"Alright, alright. In the end, didn't you still win?"

Hu Liena pouted in dissatisfaction.

Due to the limitations of her own soul skills, Xue Wu had been completely unable to contribute.

Put plainly, even with the boost of their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Xie Yue and Hu Liena had still fallen short in a two-against-one fight.

For Hu Liena, who had always been a favored daughter of heaven, such an outcome was naturally very displeasing.

However, Bibi Dong was extremely satisfied with the result.

Both Xie Yue and Hu Liena had broken through to Rank 30, and their mastery of the Martial Soul Fusion Skill had also improved further.

Su Chen, who had been forced to remain at Skywater Academy, had not fallen behind in his cultivation either. On the contrary, he had become even stronger than expected.

From Bibi Dong's perspective, this outcome was nearly perfect.

"Is this student Su Chen?"

Shui Qingxuan's voice came from outside the door, making Su Chen somewhat nervous.

He had heard from the teachers who came to visit him that after he had fallen unconscious, Shui Qingxuan herself had saved him.

Could this woman, whose level was as high as Rank 89, have seen through him?

Su Chen did not dare draw that conclusion.

"Come in, Dean."

Su Chen deliberately addressed her as "Dean," reminding Hu Liena and Xie Yue that the person outside was Skywater Academy's dean.

"How is your recovery? Nothing serious, I hope?" Shui Qingxuan pushed open the door, and the air throughout the dormitory instantly became much cooler.

"I'm in good condition. I'm already fine."

Su Chen smiled and raised an arm, habitually circulating his Soul Power.

Cough, cough.

Unexpectedly, a chill rushed straight toward his heart.

Even though Su Chen immediately mobilized all his Soul Power to resist it, the cold still struck him and made him cough repeatedly.

Damn it, why is there another strand of Heterogeneous Soul Power?

Su Chen inwardly sensed that something was wrong.

This Heterogeneous Soul Power was different from the violent Soul Power from before.

This time, the cold current spread throughout his body. As long as he circulated his Soul Power even slightly too hastily, the chill would clash with the previous Heterogeneous Soul Power.

"What's wrong?!"

Hu Liena hurriedly supported Su Chen, her eyes full of concern and heartache.

"It's nothing serious. It just seems that there's another strand of Heterogeneous Soul Power in my body."

According to what the teachers had said, Shui Qingxuan had infused him with Soul Power to treat him.

If that was the case, the Heterogeneous Soul Power within him should not be much of a secret to Shui Qingxuan.

"That Soul Power was infused by me. If I hadn't used that method to suppress the strange Soul Power inside your body, your life might have been in danger."