Great Method of Summoning Undead Heavens and Thousand Sounds of Nether Artifacts

"Teacher, what do you plan to teach me?"

"I have methods here for strengthening the foundation, nurturing vitality, prolonging life, and increasing longevity. After learning them, your physique will improve and far surpass ordinary people."

"After I learn them, can I defeat those people from Shrek?"

"That would probably be very difficult."

"Then I won't learn them, I won't."

"Then I'll teach you to raise beasts and plant herbs. After learning these, you'll be able to cultivate soul beasts to protect yourself and grow medicinal herbs to make a living."

"Raising soul beasts takes too long, and planting medicinal herbs has no combat power. I won't become strong, and I won't beat the people from Shrek Academy. I won't learn them, I won't."

"Why are you so obsessed with comparing yourself to the people from Shrek?"

"They fought Grandma for the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent in Star Dou Great Forest and bullied me and Grandma. I want to become stronger than all of them and make Grandma proud."

"Then I'll teach you the secret art of Great Method of Summoning Undead Heavens, and the ability of Thousand Sounds of Nether Artifacts."

"Teacher, what kind of skills are those?"

On the early morning of the day after returning to Peach Garden Academy, Su Ran began teaching Meng Yiran in the classroom.

The academy in the morning had recovered its usual flourishing vitality, and Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong had both gotten onto the right track.

After absorbing her Third Soul Ring, Zhu Zhuqing faintly felt as if she could communicate with the First Palace Yama. She should be able to awaken First Palace Yama's Power before long.

Ning Rongrong's second layer golden bell was nearing perfection, and she had begun condensing the third layer golden bell. However, cultivation after the third layer golden bell became even more difficult. Transforming blood and forging bone was more painful than physical training, no less than pain carved into the bones.

As for Meng Yiran, she was staring blankly at Su Ran, who sat at the front of the classroom.

Great Method of Summoning Undead Heavens, Thousand Sounds of Nether Artifacts?

What were those?

Although she did not understand, they sounded very powerful?

"Great Method of Summoning Undead Heavens—once cultivated to great completion, it can transform your Martial Soul, the Serpent Cane, into the Undead Demon Serpent Great Staff. The cold yin energy of the Serpent Cane will evolve into Death Spirit Qi. Combined with absorbing the Ghost Barrier Great Snake—this Ghost Barrier Great Snake also has another name, Ghost Summoning Great Snake—your third soul beast will very likely awaken a Summoner System skill."

"As for Thousand Hands of Nether Artifacts, it is a Cultivation Method for cultivating Hell Nether Dark Artifacts. It includes cultivation of Earth Nether Hand, Hell Nether Dark Artifacts, and so on. After reaching great completion, you can kill without leaving a trace, and with a flick of your finger, slaughter thousands upon thousands in an instant."

Su Ran spoke calmly. Even he had to sigh at how good Meng Yiran's luck was. The two supreme arts he had found were no lower in grade than the Ten Palaces of Hell he had taught Zhu Zhuqing.

The moment Meng Yiran heard the words dark artifacts, her eyes instantly lit up.

"Teacher! I think this one is interesting!"

"But Teacher, what system is the Summoner System? I've only heard of the Control System, Agile Attack System, Support System, Defense System, and the like. I've never heard of what the Summoner System is. Is it powerful?"

Only after Meng Yiran came back to herself did she realize that Teacher Su Ran had mentioned a soul master system she had never heard of before, leaving her a little dazed.

"The direction Grandpa and Grandma wanted me to cultivate in was the Agile Attack System and the Power Attack System. That's why my First Soul Skill, Snake Blade, is an attack soul skill, while my Second Soul Skill, Snake Body, is an agility and movement skill. When the two are combined, they can achieve attacks only Agile Attack System Soul Masters can pull off."

"And that is exactly your limitation."

"What limitation?"

Su Ran walked out of the classroom, broke off a Peach Blossom Branch from the peach blossoms in front of the classroom, and calmly beckoned to Meng Yiran.

"Yiran, come. Use your soul skills and attack me with all your strength. I'll suppress my Soul Power to Level 30, and I'll stand right here without moving. I won't use any soul skills, and I'll only use this Peach Blossom Branch to block your attacks."

"Teacher... isn't that a little bad?"

Meng Yiran also did not understand what Su Ran intended to do.

"It's fine. I have Immortal Peach Blossom Protective Qi. Even if I suppress my Soul Power, you still won't be able to injure me. Just go all out."

"All right, Teacher, be careful."

"I'm going to knock off your mask, Teacher!"

"Teacher, this is my Serpent Path."

"All right, then let me have a taste of your Serpent Path."

"What is this kid Su Ran up to now? So early in the morning. This Old Man would like to see what he can actually teach."

Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma were also drawn over by the commotion at this moment.

They saw Su Ran standing there calmly, while two yellow Hundred Year Soul Rings flashed over Meng Yiran's Serpent Cane Martial Soul.

Second Soul Skill, Snake Body.

Meng Yiran's body became like that of an enchanting Snake Woman, boneless and supple. She could slip free from many entangling and binding skills, and it could also speed her up, letting her charge nimbly toward Su Ran.

Earlier, she had heard Rongrong say that under no circumstances should she remove Teacher's mask. She refused to listen. She just had to see what Teacher looked like.

"Announcing your intentions to your opponent in advance is not what a qualified Agile Attack System Soul Master does. What Agile Attack System Soul Masters pursue is catching the enemy off guard."

Su Ran held the Peach Blossom Branch and very deftly sealed off Meng Yiran's body joints, making it impossible for her to touch him in the slightest.

"Hmph!"

Seeing that she could not touch Su Ran's body at all, Meng Yiran slid aside, attempting to seize the instant Su Ran swung the Peach Blossom Branch. She raised the Serpent Cane, and a two-foot-long blue poisonous blade spat out.

First Soul Skill, Snake Blade!

But to Meng Yiran's surprise, Su Ran merely lifted his right hand calmly in reverse, extending that utterly ordinary Peach Blossom Branch from within his sleeve and pressing it against her Serpent Cane.

The Snake Blade spat out by the Serpent Cane brushed past Su Ran's side, utterly unable to hit him.

Meng Yiran tried several more times in succession, from left to right, from front to back. Without exception, that Peach Blossom Branch only needed the lightest touch to dismantle every offensive setup she had made for the Snake Blade.

Meng Yiran was deeply frustrated. "Teacher, your reaction speed is too fast. There's no way I can hit you."

"It's not that I'm too fast. It's that you're too slow."

Su Ran shook his head as he spoke.

"Am I slow? My Snake Body has lubricating and accelerating effects. How could I be slow?"

"If you had a Beast Martial Soul, the speed your Snake Body gave you indeed wouldn't be slow. Unfortunately, you have a Tool Martial Soul, and a cane-type martial soul at that."

"Though the Serpent Cane isn't some heavy, cumbersome martial soul, it's too long—longer than half your body. That makes it very easy to notice when you hold it and launch a surprise attack, and it's also difficult to vary your attack patterns."

Su Ran tapped Meng Yiran's forehead twice with the Peach Blossom Branch, then continued, "So every time you finally manage to get close to an opponent, you're immediately noticed. You can only face them head-on, and an Agile Attack System Soul Master has no advantage in a frontal clash. The opponent only needs to pull your Serpent Cane slightly off course, and your Snake Blade won't be able to hit the target at all."

Meng Yiran thought about it. It did seem to be true.

A few days ago, when they were hunting for a Soul Ring in the Star Dou Great Forest, it was precisely because that Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent was too nimble that her grandmother's first four Soul Skills had trouble hitting it, allowing the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent to escape.

If they used a powerful Soul Skill, it might directly kill the soul beast after landing, leaving her unable to finish it off and absorb the Soul Ring, so it was very hard to control the degree of force.

"So, Teacher, you think I shouldn't take the path of the Agile Attack System or the Power Attack System, but should instead become that Summoner System Soul Master you mentioned?"

"Mm. I once said something to Wang Sheng before, and today, I can give the same words to you."

Su Ran brought Meng Yiran back to the classroom and wrote eight large characters on the blackboard:

"Tailor to the Soul, Human-Soul Union."

When Meng Yiran saw those eight large characters, her eyes widened.

Worried about their granddaughter, Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma had secretly come over to watch. Hearing Su Ran's words and then seeing those eight large characters, they looked at each other, also greatly shaken.

Though those eight words were brief, they contained profound principles. They were not something an ordinary person could summarize.

"No matter how good a martial soul is, it still fears mistakes in cultivation and taking the wrong system. Only by following the characteristics of the martial soul, taking the appropriate path, and achieving the union of martial soul and Soul Master can one unleash their strongest power."

"According to my research, cane-type martial souls have two suitable cultivation directions."

"The first is mage. You can also understand it as a Control System Soul Master: wearing the opponent down from range, controlling their movements, preventing them from getting close, and using your strengths while avoiding your weaknesses."

"The second is the Summoner System. A Summoner System Soul Master uses your Serpent Cane as a vessel, opening a contract through the power of the Soul Ring and summoning soul beasts to fight. That way, you no longer need to clumsily attack while holding the Serpent Cane. Instead, you can control soul beasts to help you fight."

"Then, combined with studying the Nether Artifacts of Thousand Sounds of Nether Artifacts, splitting your focus, and mastering the undead Hell Dark Artifacts, in the future, you may even be able to fight side by side with the soul beasts you summon. With just one person, you could produce the effect of two Soul Masters, or even three or four Soul Masters."

Hearing this, Meng Yiran's head buzzed. For the moment, she still could not fully understand Su Ran's words, but that did not stop her from hearing that the path Teacher Su Ran had laid out for her was very powerful.

The girl's delicate, water-snake-like body trembled slightly, and she nodded excitedly.

"Teacher, then I'll learn this!"

Outside the classroom, Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma, who had been eavesdropping, looked at each other, their expressions somewhat moved. The Soul Master knowledge Su Ran spoke of was far too advanced for them.

"Summoner System Soul Master?"

"It seems I really am old. The future Soul Master World will belong to this Little Friend Su."