Seven-Colored Spirit Nurturing Fruit! Return to the Academy!

"Little San, go on."

After driving away the guardian beast, Tang Hao restrained his aura and spoke slowly.

"Yes, Dad!"

Tang San suppressed the excitement in his heart and walked toward the Seven-Colored Plant.

The closer he got, the stronger that exotic fragrance became, and the more intense the comfort in his mind grew.

He circulated the Mysterious Jade Hand and carefully touched the Seven-Colored Fruit.

Then he activated his First Soul Skill, Life Sense.

Very quickly, he established a connection on the level of life with the plant before him.

The next second, detailed information about the Seven-Colored Fruit appeared in his mind.

"So that's how it is."

Tang San's eyes lit up, and an expression of sudden realization appeared on his face.

"What is it? What kind of fruit is this?" Seeing this, Tang Hao walked over and asked.

He wanted to know as well.

This fruit was definitely not simple.

Tang San explained what he had learned, his expression brimming with joy. "Dad, this is the Seven-Colored Spirit Nurturing Fruit. It has miraculous effects in nourishing and improving spiritual power, and it can even stabilize one's spiritual soul. Its value is immeasurable! This is precisely the Heaven and Earth Spirit Fruit we were looking for!"

"So that's how it is. We searched for three days, and our trip was not in vain after all."

Tang Hao nodded inwardly. His gaze shifted toward the spring some distance away. He walked to the clear pool and sensed it carefully for a while. After confirming that there were no other dangers, he said to Tang San, "Little San, this spring water also contains spirit qi. It complements the Seven-Colored Spirit Nurturing Fruit. Consume and refine it here. I'll stand guard for you."

"Yes." Tang San walked over and checked with Life Sense as well. It was indeed as Tang Hao had said.

It reminded him of the scene in the Original Work where he consumed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot before jumping into the Ice and Fire Spring Water to cultivate.

Though this was not the same, it had a similar effect.

He carefully plucked the Seven-Colored Spirit Nurturing Fruit, leaving its roots and stem behind.

The fruit felt warm and moist in his hand, faintly pulsing as though it were alive.

He hesitated no longer. Sitting cross-legged beside the spring's source, he placed the fruit into his mouth.

The fruit melted the moment it entered his mouth, instantly turning into a cool, warm current. Rather than flowing down his throat, it rose directly upward and rushed toward the Sea of Consciousness at the center of his forehead!

In that instant, Tang San felt a thunderous boom in his mind, as though an entirely new world had opened up.

Seven-Colored Rosy Light bloomed within his Sea of Consciousness. His previously somewhat illusory and blurry spiritual power began to solidify and grow at a visible rate under the radiance of that light and the nourishment of the cool current!

He did not dare slacken. He immediately centered himself and circulated the Mysterious Heaven Skill with all his strength, guiding this immense spiritual energy. At the same time, the cultivation method of the Purple Demon Eye began operating on its own, greedily absorbing this rare opportunity.

Time slowly passed in the silent valley.

Tang Hao stood quietly at the side like a guardian deity, his sharp gaze sweeping the surroundings to ensure that nothing disturbed his son's breakthrough.

During this critical period, if anyone or any Soul Beast truly came to interrupt him, he would directly take out his hammer and smash them into meat paste.

He could sense that Tang San's spiritual power was undergoing a qualitative leap.

His Spiritual Perception, which had only begun to take shape before, was becoming clearer and expanding farther and farther.

This was absolutely a good thing.

Time passed once more. No one knew how long it had been when the setting sun draped the valley in a golden veil. The subtle spiritual fluctuations around Tang San finally began to subside.

His tightly shut eyes suddenly opened. A tangible flash of seven-colored light flickered through his pupils before vanishing, leaving them deep and calm again.

Yet upon closer inspection, one would find that his gaze was clearer and sharper than before, as if it could see through all falsehoods.

"You're awake. How do you feel?" Tang Hao asked, a trace of barely detectable concern in his voice.

A brilliant smile blossomed across Tang San's face. Feeling the unprecedented fullness and solidity in his Sea of Consciousness, he said joyfully, "Dad, this Seven-Colored Spirit Nurturing Fruit truly deserves to be called a Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure. It gave my spiritual power a qualitative leap! It has also become much more refined, and my Perception Range has expanded by more than several times! The Purple Demon Eye seems to have reached a bottleneck as well. I'm only one step away from its next realm, the Mustard Seed stage! My spiritual power has now reached the level of a Peak Soul Ancestor!"

More importantly, the explosive increase in his spiritual power had also improved his control over his own Soul Power, Martial Soul, Blue Silver Grass, and Physical Body!

The residual medicinal effects from the Whale Rubber he had absorbed earlier were completely refined. Although his Soul Power Level had not immediately broken through, its barrier had already loosened, and his foundation had become incomparably solid.

He was confident that he could raise his Soul Power Level in the shortest possible time.

Most importantly, the strength of his soul and spiritual power had successfully reached the Peak Soul Ancestor level!

In other words, absorbing a Ten Thousand Years Second Soul Ring was no longer much of a problem in terms of his soul and spiritual power.

What he needed to focus on next was raising his Soul Power Level!

During this time, he was also confident that he could raise the Purple Demon Eye to the Mustard Seed stage. By then, his spiritual power would be able to break through to the Five-Ring Soul King level!

Hearing this, a satisfied expression appeared on Tang Hao's face as well.

This trip to Sunset Forest had yielded far more than expected.

His son's strength had improved in every aspect, making his future path even smoother.

"Very good. This is not a place to linger. We'll leave immediately."

Tang Hao spoke decisively.

Now that the Seven-Colored Spirit Nurturing Fruit had been taken, its exotic fragrance would gradually disappear, but there was no guarantee that it would not attract other powerful beings.

Tang San nodded. After standing, he carefully dug up the Seven-Colored Plant, whose glow had dimmed considerably after losing its fruit, along with some of the spirit soil around its roots. He placed it in a Jade Box. "This plant itself is also a treasure. It may prove useful in the future."

This was even better than the Morning Light Glazed Flower. If they found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye in the future, they could place it there to cultivate.

The father and son did not linger any longer. Before night had fully fallen, they swiftly left the valley and silently merged into the vast forest sea, just as they had when they arrived.

Their figures vanished into the depths of the dense forest, leaving only the clear spring gurgling on, reflecting the last streak of sunset in the sky.

Tang San's cautious path of growth continued to extend forward, steady and resolute.

The future was quietly drifting in a direction completely different from the Original Work.

After the trip to Sunset Forest, Tang San and Tang Hao quietly returned to Nuoding City.

After sending Tang San back near the academy, Tang Hao once again disappeared into the shadows. He needed time to further stabilize his Level Ninety-Five realm, while secretly searching for suitable Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, Whale Rubber, and other items for Tang San.

For a long time to come, Tang San would focus on raising his Soul Power Level and rarely leave the academy.

Tang San, meanwhile, returned to his regular and fulfilling academy life with abundant gains.

This time, his goal was incomparably clear: to devote himself wholeheartedly to raising his Soul Power to Level Twenty while refining the various Tang Sect Secret Arts to an even greater degree of mastery.

The dormitory, classroom, cafeteria, and small woods on the Back Mountain... these four places made up Tang San's entire life for the next several months.

He declined all unnecessary socializing and activities.

To outsiders, Tang San seemed to devote almost all his time to cultivation, training with a diligence that bordered on madness.

He even gained the nickname of cultivation maniac!