Inside the hotel room.
Xiao Tian carefully took out the External Soul Bone rewarded by the system from his Storage Soul Tool.
It resembled transparent sword-shaped wings, with three pairs of feathers that looked exceptionally sharp.
System, shield the aura around me later. Don't let the Soul Bone's aura leak out.
After giving that simple instruction, Xiao Tian sat cross-legged on the bed and began absorbing the Soul Bone.
Half an hour passed.
Xiao Tian opened his eyes, a sharp gleam flashing within them. This External Soul Bone really was a wonderful thing!
It had raised his Soul Power by two levels at once. He was now Level 19.
The Ethereal Sword Wing External Soul Bone had currently granted Xiao Tian two Soul Bone Skills.
[Sword Wing Soar: Upon activation, Xiao Tian gains the ability to fly, increasing his movement speed by a certain amount.] [Ethereal Sword Qi: Xiao Tian can unleash Sword Qi while flying to attack nearby enemies.]
Strictly speaking, the first Soul Bone Skill was innate. Since it was a wing-type Soul Bone, Xiao Tian did not consider that a true Soul Bone Skill. Only the second one, Ethereal Sword Qi, counted.
Xiao Tian walked up to a mirror and spread the Ethereal Sword Wings behind him. The three pairs of nearly transparent wings possessed a striking aesthetic beauty. (Reference Hai Bodong; change the color a little.)
Over the following year, Xiao Tian naturally did not spare Tang San and Xiao Wu, putting them through devilish training alongside him.
The results were quite remarkable. Tang San finally raised his Soul Power to Level 20 and, with the help of Nuoding Academy's dean, obtained his Second Soul Ring. Just like in the original story, it was a Ghost Vine.
However, his speed remained the slowest among the three. Xiao Tian had already reached Level 24, while Xiao Wu was at Level 22.
Xiao Tian had not gone to the Soul Hunting Forest to hunt for his Second Soul Ring. Instead, he had directly absorbed the God-Bestowed Soul Ring provided by the system.
Fortunately, his second Soul Skill happened to boost attack power, perfectly meeting his expectations for his second Soul Skill.
[Second Soul Skill, Sword Qi Surge: Upon activation, powerful Sword Qi clings to the blade, increasing attack power by 200%.]
Xiao Tian was extremely satisfied with this Soul Skill.
If he remembered correctly, Jian Daochen Xin's First Soul Skill, Unsheathed Longsword, only increased attack power by 30 percent, while his increased it by 200 percent.
But that was only natural. Chen Xin's First Soul Ring was a hundred-year ring, while Xiao Tian's Second Soul Ring was four thousand years old!
"Hey, Xiao Tian, what exactly is your level now? Why can't I beat you even now? I'm obviously the most talented of the three!"
Xiao Wu's little head was filled with enormous confusion.
"Tell me honestly. Did you secretly raise your cultivation above Level 20?"
Xiao Wu wrapped both hands around Xiao Tian's arm and kept shaking it, trying to make him tell the truth by acting cute.
After spending two years together, the relationship between the two had grown increasingly close.
If Tang San had been nearby right now, he would probably have ground his back teeth to pieces.
Feeling the soft touch against his arm, Xiao Tian's old face reddened as well. Xiao Wu hadn't eaten all that papaya and drunk all that milk for nothing these past two years!
Xiao Tian felt rather like a father watching his daughter grow up. Heh heh.
Seeing the faint blush on Xiao Tian's face, Xiao Wu gave a crafty smile, secretly thinking that she still had a bit of charm after all.
"Xiao Tian, you—"
"Xiao Wu, why don't you look at your own face? It's as red as an apple."
Xiao Tian immediately turned the tables before Xiao Wu could finish.
"Ah? No, it isn't!"
Xiao Wu ground her little silver teeth.
"Are you going to tell me or not?!"
Seeing Xiao Wu on the verge of losing it, Xiao Tian smiled faintly. After two years of buildup, he felt it was about time to tell her. The timing was perfect.
"Mm, you guessed right. My Soul Power Level has indeed reached Level 20, and it's even a little higher than yours. I'm already Level 24."
Xiao Wu fell silent.
Xiao Wu stared wide-eyed.
Xiao Wu spoke!
"Xiao Tian, you really aren't lying to me? Your strength has improved way too quickly, hasn't it? You're advancing faster than Tang San and me, even though we have Innate Full Soul Power."
Xiao Wu's face was full of shock. Moreover, she had never seen Xiao Tian use a Soul Skill before, or she would not have remained so curious all this time.
Xiao Tian said calmly, "Yes, my Innate Soul Power is inferior to yours. But do you remember what I told you before?"
Xiao Wu: ???
What had he said? Why did she have no impression of it at all?
"Ow, that hurt!"
Xiao Wu held her head, unable to understand why Xiao Tian had flicked her forehead.
"You don't remember at all? I told you before that I was taking another path to increase my Soul Power."
Only then did Xiao Wu suddenly realize. "You mean you speed up the growth of your Soul Power by constantly tempering your Sword Intent? I thought you were just fooling me. I didn't expect it to be true..."
Xiao Wu found it incredibly fascinating. This was the first time she had heard that Soul Power could be raised in such a way.
Still, Xiao Wu was not particularly surprised by it. It all made sense.
No wonder Xiao Tian was either practicing swordsmanship every day or on his way to practice swordsmanship. He even slept while hugging his sword!
She had been utterly confused at the time, but now she understood. Everything made sense!
The next moment, two purple Soul Rings flashed around Xiao Tian's body.
He had no intention of concealing the colors of his Soul Rings. Perhaps this could further stimulate Tang San's desire to strive harder. The faster Tang San improved, the more excited he became. Tang San was an experience farm, after all.
Once he reached Level 30, he could harvest another wave of leeks.
Xiao Tian's guess from a year ago had been correct. Once Tang San and Xiao Wu had both broken through to Level 20, he had eagerly gone to spar with them. As expected, he had triggered a Critical Strike Reward!
He had received two more God-Bestowed Soul Rings. That was why his Second Soul Ring was so extravagant—he had directly used a God-Bestowed one. He still had more anyway!
Just then, Tang San happened to walk over, intending to call the two of them to eat. Instead, he witnessed the scene before him.
He walked over with a shocked and solemn expression.
"Xiao Tian, you... what's going on with those Soul Rings around you?"
Tang San felt his head buzzing.
Why were both Xiao Tian's First and Second Soul Rings thousand-year rings?
According to the limits of the Soul Ring Theory his teacher had taught him, the first ring should be around four hundred years and the second around eight hundred years. Yet the Soul Rings on Xiao Tian's body had directly shattered that theory!
That was right, Xiao Tian had done it on purpose. With the system's reminder, he had long known that Tang San was approaching them.
Heh heh.
Xiao Tian said with a calm expression, "Let's go to Master's office. I can't explain this in just a sentence or two. Haven't you two been curious about my strength these past two years? I'll explain everything to you at once now."
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