Finally Level 10

In fact, just as Ning Chuan had expected, Tang Hao sought out the Underground Casino that very night. He first questioned them about who had ordered them to frame his son. When he got no answers, he directly killed everyone in the Underground Casino, including Brother Dao.

It was not until the following morning, when Gamblers went there to place bets, that the massacre was discovered and the news spread.

Yu Xiaogang, who was buying provisions in the bustling market and preparing to head to Spirit City, felt an inexplicable sense of relief upon hearing the news. Since the Underground Casino had been wiped out, he no longer needed to make a special trip to Spirit City.

The loan incident passed.

Notting City returned to peace.

Ning Chuan was not the sort of person who caused trouble just because he had nothing better to do. Aside from the time he had schemed against Yu Xiaogang, his previous escapades had all been meant to solve his immediate problems, with a little troublemaking on the side.

Now that he lacked nothing, he naturally would not waste any more time that could be spent cultivating.

And so, Ning Chuan began living a fulfilling life.

Every morning, he got up and pushed his body through brutal training. In the mornings, he attended classes as usual and used his free time to meditate and increase his spirit power. In the afternoons, he went to the Academy Back Mountain Grove to practice swordsmanship and conduct combat training with Director Louise. At night, he read books, then meditated to increase his spirit power. Although studying cultural knowledge and practicing swordsmanship left him with far less time to meditate than he had had in Emperor Soul Village, every single day was incredibly fulfilling.

Correspondingly, Tang Hao, the Power Bank, was finally given some breathing room.

Otherwise, if Ning Chuan kept burning himself out like before, he would probably croak within a few years.

Under Louise's instruction, Ning Chuan learned her swordsmanship in a very short time and even surpassed her. Of course, while she came from a soul master family that possessed Sword Spirits, her swordsmanship itself was merely decent; she relied more on spirit skills. So afterward, he simply sought out other teachers for practical combat lessons.

During that time, Xiao Wu had also tried to challenge him to spar, but every time, she either could not find Ning Chuan anywhere or got stood up.

Before they knew it, nearly an entire school year had passed.

After cultivating diligently every day, Ning Chuan's spirit power had finally reached level ten.

"Little River, you truly are a genius. Your spirit power reached level ten so quickly. Even if those two people in the Academy with Innate Full Spirit Power cultivated, they probably couldn't compare to you."

Director Louise praised him as she held Ning Chuan's fair, soft, springy little cheeks.

Ever since taking him as her disciple, Louise had begun calling him that.

Though Ning Chuan did not like the nickname.

It reminded him of a certain disgusting fellow.

Feeling Louise's fragrance and softness, Ning Chuan's cheeks inevitably flushed. "Teacher, you should just call me Ning Chuan. Or Little Six is fine too. That's what everyone in our village calls me..."

"He's shy, he's shy... Our little River is getting shy..." Upon hearing that, Louise kneaded Ning Chuan's cheeks even more enthusiastically.

Only after quite some time did she finally let him go and ask seriously, "Little River, have you decided what spirit ring you want to add to your first spirit?"

Without hesitation, Ning Chuan replied, "I started considering that question a long time ago. Although my spirit is a sword, it contains the wood attribute, so I want to look for some plant-type Spirit Beasts." So far, he had yet to discover any lightning attribute in the Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword, let alone the Evil-warding Divine Lightning capable of countering evil arts and demonic techniques.

At the same time, Evil-warding Divine Lightning itself possessed immense destructive power and explosive effects.

If he could obtain it, it would absolutely become a trump card against those with evil-attribute spirits, spirit skills, or Soul Bone Skills.

It would be an even more perfect counter against a domain like the God of Slaughter Domain, which was no different from a demonic technique.

"Can you tell me why?" Louise asked in some surprise.

"Over the past year, I've read the many books Teacher gave me, and I also went to the Academy library to look through its materials. I discovered that the enhancement of a spirit is essentially a process of increasing its energy. If it absorbs energy with the same attribute as its own spirit, it will inevitably promote the spirit's evolution... Conversely, spirit ring rejection is likely to occur... For example, if you make a plant-type spirit absorb an animal-type spirit ring, spirit ring rejection will occur. This is also why plant-type soul masters have rarely absorbed animal-type spirit rings since ancient times..."

Ning Chuan rambled on, blurting out all sorts of theories he had read in that bastard Green Pepper's books in his previous life.

All of it was meant to persuade Louise to let him absorb a spirit ring with a higher cultivation age. As for spirit ring rejection, with the God-Level Side Effect System, he could ignore all side effects.

By the time Ning Chuan finished, Louise was already standing there in a daze.

Ning Chuan asked, "What's wrong, Teacher?"

"Nothing. We'll do as you say."

Louise shook her head. It was only then that she suddenly realized she might truly have taken in an extraordinary disciple. Not only had he surpassed her in swordsmanship in a short time, but he also had unique insights into soul master theory. Compared with her disciple, that bullshit master Yu Xiaogang, who had made his own disciple take out a Usurious Loan, was nowhere near as good.

And now, the only thing she could do to help him was hunt spirit rings for him.

"Alright, Teacher. When do we leave?" Ning Chuan asked.

"Although the Academy's annual unified spirit ring hunting day is only a few days away, the sooner the better. We'll leave tomorrow morning. But first, we need to report this to the Dean."

A moment later, the two arrived at the Dean's office. Yu Xiaogang was there as well, apparently drinking tea and chatting with Dean Jeno. Of course, Yu Xiaogang could not go three sentences without mentioning Tang San, indirectly boasting about his own theories.

"Director Louise, what is it?" Jeno asked.

Louise cast Yu Xiaogang a disgusted glance before saying seriously, "Dean, my disciple Ning Chuan has broken through to level ten. I plan to take him to the Soul Hunting Forest to obtain his First Spirit Ring."

"He reached level ten so quickly? Director Louise, it seems you've taken in quite a fine disciple."

Jeno knew that Louise had accepted Ning Chuan as her disciple. Not only he knew; all the teachers and students in the Academy knew. What many of them did not understand was why Louise, who was under thirty and already possessed thirty-seventh-level spirit power, with a bright future ahead of her, would take a disciple with only Innate Soul Power Half Level.

No matter how hard Ning Chuan worked, hard work could not make up for the gap in talent.

But now that Ning Chuan had raised his spirit power to level ten within a single school year, it was enough to silence everyone.

At those words, Yu Xiaogang also turned a curious gaze toward Ning Chuan.

"That is all thanks to his own efforts. Alright, Dean, if there's nothing else, we'll be leaving. Little River, let's go."

With Yu Xiaogang present, Louise did not want to remain there long. After greeting the Dean, she took Ning Chuan and left.

Once Louise had left, Yu Xiaogang frowned. "Dean, if I remember correctly, that child only had Innate Soul Power Half Level. How exactly did he raise it to level ten in such a short time?"