Borsalino's Mimicry Training Environment [Please Collect]

"Then there's obtaining Soul Bones through other means."

"First, buying Soul Bones with money. Of course, that method only exists in theory."

"Once Soul Masters obtain a Soul Bone, they choose to absorb it immediately. Any Soul Bones kept because their attributes were unsuitable are traded for other items. No one is foolish enough to trade a Soul Bone for money. Even if someone did, the price would be astronomical."

"Of course, aside from these legitimate methods of obtaining Soul Bones, there is also an illegitimate method." Master paused here, his gaze gradually sharpening. "For example, murder and robbery."

"Murder?" Zhang Yang's hand paused, and he frowned.

What was going on today? Why was everyone telling me to kill people?

Master looked at Zhang Yang. "Soul Bones may come from Soul Beasts, but they are ultimately used by people. Moreover, unlike Soul Rings, Soul Bones can be taken by force. Therefore, under certain special circumstances, murder and robbery can also be a good choice."

"Of course, if you truly intend to do that, you must act swiftly and cleanly, leaving behind no traces. Otherwise, endless trouble will come after you in the future."

"Furthermore, this method still cannot guarantee the Soul Bone will remain intact, nor can it guarantee that its attributes will suit you. It can also easily create deadly enemies, so I do not recommend it."

After discussing it with Master for quite some time, the two of them summarized the methods most likely to help Zhang Yang obtain Soul Bones, along with their order of priority.

For Zhang Yang, the first choice was naturally slaughtering Soul Beasts. Not only could he obtain Soul Rings, but the chance of a Soul Bone dropping was also much greater.

Next was killing Soul Beasts above his level to obtain Soul Bones. Given the special nature of Zhang Yang's Soul Skills, this method actually had a fairly high chance of success as well.

Buying Soul Bones with money was practically hopeless. Zhang Yang was dirt poor, so where would he find that kind of money?

As for killing people to seize their Soul Bones, that could only be a last resort.

In addition, Master told Zhang Yang to visit the nearby major cities during this period and try cultivating in different places. Perhaps he would find a Mimicry Training Environment suited to the Borsalino Martial Soul.

After returning to his Dormitory, Zhang Yang summoned the three-meter-tall Borsalino for the first time in a long while. He planned to use this method to stimulate his fragmented memories of Borsalino and find a suitable Mimicry Training Environment.

Taking out a sheet of paper, Zhang Yang began organizing his memories.

Borsalino, originally named Polusalino, was an admiral at Marine Headquarters, a Logia-type Glint-Glint Fruit user, elusive in temperament, an adherent of "Ambiguous Justice," and commander of the Marine Science Unit.

Zhang Yang strained to recall everything, the pen in his hand moving continuously with his memories. Before long, he had filled the entire sheet of paper.

Once he had roughly organized his memories, Zhang Yang switched to a different-colored pen and began marking the key points on the page.

First was [Marines].

Zhang Yang took out a new sheet of paper and began writing terms such as [Seaside], [Warship], [Office], [Conference Room], and [Dock].

Next was [Glint-Glint Fruit].

So Zhang Yang wrote down [Outdoor] and [Sunny Place].

Then, as though picking apart individual words, Zhang Yang marked the character [ape]. Then he wrote down [Forest].

Zhang Yang spent half a day testing things in the forest and on rooftops bathed in sunlight, but there was no effect at all. His cultivation speed neither increased nor decreased and was no different from usual.

While cultivating in the forest, Zhang Yang could not help recalling the times he had cultivated in Soul Hunting Forest several years ago and in Star Dou Great Forest a few months earlier.

Soul Hunting Forest and Star Dou Great Forest were both sparsely populated places. If an environment suitable for cultivating the Borsalino Martial Soul was somewhere people gathered, then cultivating in such places should have made him feel his cultivation speed slowing down.

Yet the truth was that he had not noticed any difference whatsoever.

This discovery made Zhang Yang breathe a sigh of relief.

After dinner, Zhang Yang and Ma Hongjun headed to Suotuo City together. Ma Hongjun went to deal with his Evil Fire problem, while Zhang Yang went to a Clothing Store.

The owner of the Clothing Store was a Middle-aged Man in his fifties. Although the shop was filled with ready-made clothing, it also accepted custom orders.

Zhang Yang summoned Borsalino and asked the shop owner to rush out a set of clothes identical to Borsalino's.

Although a Mimicry Training Environment had nothing to do with a Soul Master's clothing, Zhang Yang decided to have an outfit made just to be safe.

For the sake of the money, the Clothing Store owner accepted the job.

After obtaining Zhang Yang's measurements, as well as the colors and style of the clothing, the owner said that even if he worked overtime, it would take a week to finish it.

"Then I'll come pick it up in a week."

After leaving the Clothing Store, Zhang Yang went to a Calligraphy and Painting Shop and asked the Mounter there to mount his calligraphy piece as soon as possible.

It was a large calligraphy piece, two and a half meters long and one meter wide. Written on it were the words: [Indecisive Justice].

As a Marine admiral, Borsalino upheld "Ambiguous Justice," and a calligraphy piece bearing those words hung in his Office.

Zhang Yang had written this Japanese calligraphy himself. After all, he had once worked on Chinese scanlations for One Piece, so he naturally knew Japanese. Unfortunately, he could not perfectly reproduce the exact calligraphy. Too much time had passed, and Zhang Yang had already done his best.

Zhang Yang wanted to test whether an Office was a Mimicry Training Environment, so when decorating Borsalino's Office, he intended to recreate it as faithfully as possible.

In Zhang Yang's plan, the Office would not only have the appropriate calligraphy and paintings hanging on the walls, but would also contain a Desk and Chair, an Ashtray, and several extinguished cigarette butts.

If it really worked, Zhang Yang would also change the room's style to Japanese Style, replace the door with a Paper-covered Wooden Sliding Door, and turn the floor into Tatami.

While the props were being prepared, Zhang Yang's cultivation also broke through, reaching level 33.

This gave some comfort to the increasingly anxious Zhang Yang.

A week later, the clothes were finished, the calligraphy had been mounted, the Desk and Chair had been bought, and details such as the Ashtray were all ready.

Zhang Yang completely emptied out his Dormitory, cleaned it thoroughly, and then began arranging it according to his ideas.

He placed the Desk and Chair directly opposite the door, hung "Ambiguous Justice" facing the entrance, then arranged newspapers, a Teacup, a Teapot, an Ashtray, and cigarette butts in places that looked natural.

After looking around the newly transformed room once more, Zhang Yang nodded in satisfaction. The "Ambiguous Justice" behind him and the newspapers and Teacup on the Desk were especially perfect finishing touches.

With everything prepared, Zhang Yang sat cross-legged on the Desk and gradually entered a cultivation state.

Then Zhang Yang felt the difference in cultivating after decorating the room.

Compared with before, his cultivation speed today had truly increased at a visible rate. If quantified, it was roughly 1.8 times his usual speed.

One point eight times. One day was equal to nearly two days. That increase was terrifying.

Like a miser who had learned his wages had doubled, Zhang Yang was so excited that he could barely contain himself. He wanted nothing more than to cultivate for ten days straight and properly experience the wonder of 1.8 times speed.

However, Zhang Yang forcibly suppressed his excitement, withdrew from his cultivation state, and prepared to put on the custom-made clothes.

A dark blue shirt, a purple tie, a double-breasted yellow pinstriped suit, white square-toed leather shoes, and a huge Justice cape draped behind him.

After changing into the outfit, Zhang Yang turned left and right before the mirror. No matter how he looked at it, something felt off.

After changing clothes, Zhang Yang sat cross-legged again and entered his cultivation state.

Before long, Zhang Yang opened his eyes helplessly. His cultivation speed was still only around 1.8 times normal. The expensive custom-made outfit did nothing to help his cultivation.

Zhang Yang sighed. "What a pity."

After changing back into his own clothes, Zhang Yang sat at the Desk and was just about to resume cultivating when the door was pushed open with a bang, revealing a lovely figure.

Zhang Yang looked at the newcomer in surprise. "Rongrong? You're back? Why didn't you stay home for a few more days?"

Ning Rongrong wrinkled her delicate nose and snorted. "I was afraid that if I stayed two more days, I'd only come back to collect your corpse."

Since everything had already been settled and Zhang Yang had agreed to all three trials, Sword Douluo straightforwardly told Ning Rongrong about it, only concealing Xiao Wu's involvement.

"Grandpa Jian really is something. He clearly promised me nicely, saying, 'Since you truly like him, Rongrong, I approve,' then rushed to the academy overnight to bully him."

Hearing Ning Rongrong get angry on his behalf, Zhang Yang felt deeply pleased. He smiled casually. "Sword Douluo was concerned about you. It's understandable."

Ning Rongrong waved her hand. "Forget it, let's not talk about that. More importantly, why did you arrange your room like this? You even threw the bed and everything outside. And why is that calligraphy behind you so strange? It looks like meaningless scribbles."

"I arranged the room like this because it can increase my cultivation speed. I just tested it, and the increase was a full eighty percent."

Ning Rongrong suddenly understood. "Oh, a Mimicry Training Environment."

Zhang Yang nodded. "That's right. Yesterday, I found an Office in a hotel in Suotuo City and cultivated there. I discovered that my Soul Power increased very quickly, so I brought back all the Office decorations."

"An Office?" Ning Rongrong asked curiously. "What hotel would allow you to cultivate in its Office? And even let you empty the whole Office?"

Zhang Yang chuckled. "Money really can do whatever it wants."

"What the hell are you smiling about? How could you be so stupid as to agree to such harsh conditions?" Just hearing the condition of becoming a twenty-year-old Soul King made Ning Rongrong feel despair.

"It's fine. Isn't it just level 51? It might have been hard to say before, but now it's different."

"I've already found a Mimicry Training Environment that suits me. As long as I cultivate diligently, that trial really won't be much of a problem for me."

Since Zhang Yang's Dormitory had been turned into a Mimicry Training Environment, he could only move the furniture outside into another room at the academy.

Upon learning that Zhang Yang had found a Mimicry Training Environment suited to him, everyone became very interested and came in groups to inspect the room.

Much like Ning Rongrong, everyone was curious about the calligraphy piece, so Zhang Yang had no choice but to muddle through another explanation.

Because Zhang Yang had moved his bed out of the Dormitory, after satisfying his curiosity, Dean Flender shamelessly asked Zhang Yang to pay rent for the room.

"Rent?" Zhang Yang said in surprise. "Dean, I set up a Mimicry Training Environment in my own Dormitory. Why would I need to pay rent?"

Before money, Flender had no dignity as a teacher whatsoever. He argued confidently, "Who said this is your Dormitory? Your bed has already been moved to another room, so this is no longer your Dormitory. You're occupying one of the academy's vacant rooms, so of course you have to pay rent."

Faced with Flender's shamelessness, Zhang Yang was speechless. "Dean, you've already finished touring my Mimicry Training Environment, so you should pay an admission fee. Not much, the same price as the rent."

"You need an admission fee just to visit a Mimicry Training Environment? Kid, you're even worse than me." Flender glared. "The entire academy belongs to me. Shouldn't you pay an admission fee too?"

"I'm a student of the academy. Can you really charge me admission?" Zhang Yang shrugged. "I don't care about that. If you ask me for rent, I'll ask you for an admission fee."

Master said helplessly from the side, "Flender, save yourself some face. The academy should have been responsible for this Mimicry Training Environment in the first place."

Flender retreated in defeat.