Banning the Hunting of Light Flash Rabbits!

Xu Tinglan had thought his roommate had taken the wrong medicine, actually confronting him for the sake of a strange girl whose identity they did not even know.

So it turned out his little head had occupied the high ground of intelligence.

Xiao Hongchen picked up a glass of juice, his face filled with melancholy.

"Ah, so this wasn't heartbreak?"

"The moment I saw her, my heart started pounding. My chest was completely empty because my heart had jumped into my throat."

Xu Tinglan looked at his roommate with disdain.

That girl was indeed stunningly beautiful. Even he had subconsciously stared for a moment, but there was no need to act like this, was there?

"You reminded me of my cousin."

Xiao Hongchen raised a brow.

"What, is he as handsome, dashing, and deeply devoted as I am?"

Xu Tinglan shook his head.

"No. He's a simp too."

The silver-haired boy's expression froze instantly. He used his hat to cover his face and gave an awkward laugh.

"Do you know who she is?"

"No."

"I don't know either. Could she be a new student this year? How come I've never seen her before? She's way too beautiful."

"Ask your grandfather. Your grandfather is the dean."

"If Grandpa finds out I went to bother him, such a busy man, just to ask about a girl, he'll definitely tear me apart."

"Really?" Xu Tinglan looked at him skeptically. "Just say you're contributing to the continuation of the Hongchen Family."

The silver-haired boy's eyes lit up. He put his hat back on and hurried out of the cafeteria.

"Dear Xu, you really are a genius."

After he left,

Xu Tinglan inadvertently recalled something.

That girl's Sun Moon Black Card seemed to be the same model as his. Could she be the descendant of some important figure from the Offering Hall?

He shook his head and stopped dwelling on it.

After eating, Xu Tinglan took a walk near the academy before heading to the Experimental Zone.

He thought to himself.

Soul Tools really were useful. If I hadn't had the Soul Tool Armor my godfather gave me, I would definitely have been injured by that Soul Emperor.

Especially since that guy's claws were coated in deadly poison.

That armor increased my strength and defense by around ninety percent. Compared to ordinary soul masters, it practically made me a pure stat monster.

Still, Thousand Forging armor can't be integrated into my body yet. Spirit Forging would be much more convenient.

But Spirit Forging wasn't so easy.

At the very least, it required Soul Power at the four-ring level. Moreover, every attempt at Spirit Forging consumed tremendous mental energy. If it failed, not only would one be mentally exhausted, but the rare metal would be ruined outright.

The amount of rare metal required just to practice Spirit Forging was terrifying.

That was why he had never attempted Spirit Forging until now.

He had simply continued improving his proficiency in Thousand Forging.

What comforted Xu Tinglan was that rare metals in this era were not yet as expensive as they would become in the future.

Inside the Forging Workshop.

Xu Tinglan swung his forging hammer with complete focus. Silver light filled the entire furnace, like a cold moon carved into the air.

The moon shone brightly amid sparse stars.

"First Grade Thousand Forging!"

The young man let out a long breath, weariness flickering in his eyes.

It had taken him six months to progress from creating Thousand Forging for the first time to reaching First Grade Thousand Forging.

First Grade Thousand Forging was also called Semi-Spirit Forging. Although it still could not be integrated into his body, the enhancement gap in each component was only two percent.

Xu Tinglan also knew that his energy was limited.

Thus, he focused solely on Spirit Forging Yin Attribute Metal and did not touch metals of any other attribute.

With guidance from the Father of Soul Tools, his profound Soul Ancestor cultivation, and abundant Yin Attribute rare metals at his disposal, he had managed to achieve First Grade Thousand Forging in such a short time.

He had always sold his completed forgings, then forged more.

The cycle continued endlessly.

Xu Tinglan could not help but sigh.

The advantage of being in the era of the Peerless Tang Sect was that no one competed with him in the market for Hundred Forging and Thousand Forging metals.

As a result, their prices were extremely high.

If his godfather had not supported him from behind the scenes, the profits alone would have been enough to make Lin Jiayi, a Level 8 Soul Engineer, green with envy.

Rare metals, by comparison, were practically as cheap as cabbage.

Yet blacksmiths ten thousand years later who wanted to attempt Spirit Forging would need to take on loans spanning decades before they could possibly afford enough metal materials.

That was assuming they had the repayment ability of a Saint Craftsman.

If they were merely a Level 6 Blacksmith, they might have to work for the Forging Association their entire lives to repay the debt.

Xu Tinglan examined the Deep Sea Silver in his hand.

Then he sat on the sofa and closed his eyes to rest.

There was only one thought in his mind now: before the Continental Youth Tournament began, he would attempt Spirit Forging!

By then, he would be around fifteen years old.

He had two years to attempt Spirit Forging. Even with enough rare metals and sufficient cultivation, he did not have much confidence.

Spirit Forged Soul Tool Armor would be enough to enhance his Soul King cultivation to the level of a Soul Saint.

No amount of cultivation could achieve that.

At the thought of this, light returned to Xu Tinglan's eyes, and his fighting spirit surged anew.

To him, forging was a process of tempering his body and mastering his Soul Power. It was also a way to relax apart from meditative cultivation.

It worked his muscles and kept him from sitting for too long.

Xu Tinglan stored the metal he had forged into his Soul Tool.

He lay on the bed beside his private Forging Workshop and slept quietly for four hours. Once the time was up, he sat back up and resumed meditating.

Although soul masters could use meditation to replace sleep,

Xu Tinglan felt that sleeping was still better for physical development, and he felt more refreshed upon waking.

Every weekend, he would even sleep for more than ten hours until he woke naturally.

It was a habit left over from studying in his final year of high school in his previous life.

The night passed without incident.

After breakfast the next morning, he went to the classroom.

Xu Tinglan was now also a Level 4 Blacksmith, though he only knew how to make one kind of close-combat Soul Tool: swords.

He did not even look at any other blueprints.

His specialization was extremely lopsided.

Jiang Nannan, on the other hand, had learned quite a lot. She had studied both long-range and support Soul Tools, and not merely dabbled in them.

Whenever she studied, she became so absorbed that she forgot to eat and sleep.

Meng Hongchen lightly tapped him on the shoulder.

"Long time no see. What have you been busy with lately?"

Xu Tinglan turned around and looked at her.

"Cultivating, of course. So I don't run into another rabid dog that bites people at random. Why are you in Fourth Grade? Aren't you a Fifth Grade student?"

The girl clasped her hands behind her back, hesitation flashing through her wine-red eyes.

She quickly smiled. "I came to see Jiang Nannan and share something interesting with her."

Jiang Nannan looked up from her book.

Her fair finger pointed at herself.

"Me?"

"Mm-hmm." Meng Hongchen nodded.

"I heard that some student recently wanted to obtain a divine skill from a Light Flash Rabbit too. In the end, their third Soul Ring skill was glowing."

"That's hilarious!"

The girl laughed loudly, her laughter bright and carefree.

Jiang Nannan let out a soft laugh and gently tucked the hair by her forehead aside.

Xu Tinglan's lips curled upward as he pressed on.

"What effect did it have? Don't tell me it could really only glow. And there was actually such a 'heaven-defying' soul skill?"

It was worth mentioning that Jiang Nannan's third Soul Ring skill had been obtained by hunting a Light Flash Rabbit, exactly as he remembered.

The soul skill was Teleportation.

Xu Tinglan still remembered.

When the Sun Moon Academy teachers had learned of it, their expressions had been beyond shocked. Their mouths hung wide open, making them look especially comical.