After giving that shameless Dog System a thorough scolding, Su Yuan couldn't help wondering what use Abyssal Spiritual Power might have in actual combat.
If it greatly heightened an enemy's physical sensitivity, their tolerance for pain and all kinds of negative effects would plummet.
Maybe even a shallow cut would turn into unbearable agony.
They might even lose focus and be unable to settle down to fight just from the friction of their clothes against their skin.
Of course, there were also the masochistic types who got more excited the more it hurt.
Hey, hey! The more you talk about it, the more this sounds like an adult game setting!
All things considered, the Abyss Dharma Vein did more good than harm for Su Yuan.
The only downside was that he had to be careful not to accidentally heighten the physical sensitivity of the women around him. Otherwise, they'd arrest him for being a creep.
After sorting out the pros and cons of Abyssal Spiritual Power's effect on its targets' physical sensitivity, Su Yuan turned his attention to something else Chen Nuoyi had said.
The hand that had come into contact with Abyssal Spiritual Power had started moving on its own!
What was going on?
Could Abyssal Spiritual Power be a top-tier Variant Spiritual Power with two special effects?
At the very moment the thought crossed his mind, Su Yuan felt a sudden spark of insight.
He realized that if he calmed down and focused, he could sense and control the Abyssal Spiritual Power that had invaded Chen Nuoyi's body!
For example...
With a thought from Su Yuan, Chen Nuoyi's right pinky twitched on its own, startling her.
"Su Yuan, the spiritual power you sent into my hand just controlled my finger!"
Chen Nuoyi looked at Su Yuan, her bright eyes filled with surprise.
"Yeah, I accidentally controlled it just now."
Su Yuan felt a little embarrassed.
But inwardly, he was already cursing.
You really are something, System. As if making the target more physically sensitive weren't enough, my Abyssal Spiritual Power can control their body too!
Once the Abyssal Spiritual Power completely corrupted an upright and unyielding female knight, wouldn't he be able to pose her in one hundred and eight different ways while she angrily shouted at him?
Maybe he could even unlock the crowd-pleasing special voice line: "Hngh, just kill me!"
Holy crap! What kind of demon king behavior was this? System, you'd wandered into the wrong story, hadn't you?!
But I'm a good person!
Dog System, I really appreciate you slandering me like this!
Su Yuan felt that if he had a Saint Fall Degree, it would probably have reached 82% by now, with the remaining 18% sent to the Dog System in 666 installments!
Fortunately, Chen Nuoyi was still inexperienced. She hadn't realized how problematic those two effects of Abyssal Spiritual Power were and instead said sincerely:
"Su Yuan, either of these two special effects in your spiritual power is incredibly rare."
"A Dharma Vein that can condense such top-tier spiritual power definitely deserves to be called a top-tier Dharma Vein. I just don't know when you awakened it. I never noticed anything before."
Although Su Yuan had never mentioned his Dharma Vein, Chen Nuoyi's family background meant she'd understood the change in his aptitude as soon as his spiritual power had erupted.
Su Yuan scratched his cheek and said:
"Uh, well, I only awakened it recently. I just converted all my ordinary spiritual power into Variant Spiritual Power."
"Then congratulations. With a top-tier Dharma Vein like that, your chances of getting into one of the Top Ten Immortal Dao Academies have gone way up."
Chen Nuoyi smiled. Then her aura suddenly surged to Qi Cultivation Level 6.
"For the rest of our time, I'm going to give you some serious extra training and bring out all your potential!"
At that, Su Yuan immediately perked up and assumed a solemn stance.
"Bring it on!"
Over the next hour, Su Yuan got beaten black and blue all over again, but his martial arts improved tremendously.
He felt that he'd mastered the Rising Sun Fist.
He'd only just reached the major mastery stage, but that was still good enough to put him among the top students in the class. It was just that Chen Nuoyi was so strong she couldn't tell.
There was a martial arts class tomorrow, so he'd have the perfect chance to see how he measured up against the other students.
Along with his martial arts improvement, Su Yuan had also gained a thorough understanding of his Abyssal Spiritual Power.
It was far more domineering than he'd expected. Even Chen Nuoyi, a powerful Eighth Layer of Qi Cultivation expert, couldn't stop it from surging into her body and invading her.
Fortunately, Chen Nuoyi's cultivation was profound enough to keep driving the Abyssal Spiritual Power out of her body. Otherwise, the scene would have been too beautiful to imagine.
And if he fought someone at the same level, unless they managed to avoid being touched by Su Yuan altogether, once Abyssal Spiritual Power made contact, their defeat would be like a burst dam: unstoppable.
After the tutoring session ended, Su Yuan said goodbye to Chen Nuoyi and returned to his room in the rented apartment.
There were still a few hours before school, but Su Yuan had no interest in sleeping. Instead, he eagerly began cultivating. He wanted to see how fast he could cultivate now that he had the Abyss Dharma Vein.
He wanted to experience what it felt like to be a genius.
Taihua High School's Basic Breathing Technique, activate!
More than three hours flew by.
As the sky began to lighten, Su Yuan slowly opened his eyes, a flash of brilliance passing through them.
Before he started cultivating, his cultivation score had been around 57.8.
After more than three hours of hard work, his total spiritual power had increased by a full 0.6, reaching 58.4!
Rounded off, he was just one step away from Qi Cultivation Level 6.
His cultivation speed was already almost as fast as it had been when he rented an artificial spiritual root. Was this what the world of geniuses was like?
No wonder other people his age were at the Eighth or Ninth Layer of Qi Cultivation, while he'd been a lowly Fifth Layer of Qi Cultivation student.
Before, Su Yuan would have thought it was unfair of the heavens. But now...
Being a genius really felt great.
"I wonder how fast I'd cultivate now if I used an artificial spiritual root too."
Su Yuan was filled with anticipation. Once he got to school, he'd rent a spiritual root for a few hours and give it a try.
Off to school!
Before long, it was noon again. Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi headed to the cafeteria kitchen as promised. There was no need to mention how they'd fought their way through the crowd after class and reached the kitchen first.
The kitchen staff had already set aside a serving window for them, with a sign advertising Dragon Scale Roasted Goose and its price.
They'd also slapped a massive half-price discount across the huge price tag.
"The wind's especially rowdy today..."
"Look! The new item at the window next door is half price!"
Not long after Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi had put on their hats and masks and taken their places at the window, students began streaming into the cafeteria, their eyes sweeping over the food like tigers that hadn't eaten in a week.
In an instant, quite a few of them spotted the cafeteria's new item: Dragon Scale Roasted Goose.
Many students were tempted when they saw the huge half-price discount, but the price was still sixty yuan even after the discount, so they hesitated to come closer.
"Fellow cultivators—cough, I mean, classmates, hold up!"
Seeing several interested students glance at the price and turn to leave, Su Yuan couldn't let that stand.
"Whether you buy it or not is another matter. Why not first watch today's ingredients put on a show?"
As he spoke, Su Yuan pulled out an eerie, yin-laden bell in front of the students and gave it a gentle shake.
"Clang—"
At the clear chime, a reddish-brown roast goose wearing a chef's hat and carrying a carving knife strapped to its wing hopped out from behind Su Yuan.
Yes, it literally hopped, just like a hopping corpse.
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