Quasi-Soul Elder

But he did not lose heart.

His teacher had fought Dugu Bo many times.

There should be a way.

Besides, Lu Fan planned to make time to return to Shrek Academy.

Dai Mubai having the status of a prince was one thing.

But Ma Hongjun and Oscar—

even without Immortal Herbs, one had Innate Level 9 Soul Power, while the other had Innate Full Soul Power. Both were geniuses with the potential to become Titled Douluo.

Even if he did not recruit them to his side,

he still had to prepare in advance and could not let Tang San, an outsider, take them away.

If the two of them were willing to leave with Lu Fan for Spirit Hall in the future,

then if Lu Fan obtained Immortal Herbs later, these two brothers would definitely get a share.

But if they were unwilling, Lu Fan would not force them. They would each walk their own path from then on.

When the Soul Master Tournament came around, if Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost, the two Titled Douluo, went to intercept and kill them, he would no longer interfere.

"No, without Immortal Herbs, Shrek Academy could never advance from the Heaven Dou Division."

"Without the benefits of Immortal Herbs, Shrek Academy would definitely lose to Red Fire Academy, Godwind Academy, and even Skywater Academy."

"They might even have trouble getting past Canghui Academy."

"Then Xiao Wu's identity as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast probably won't be discovered so quickly."

Lu Fan pondered inwardly.

In fact, that was not necessarily a bad thing.

If she were discovered too early, she would most likely fall into Bibi Dong's hands or be sacrificed to Tang San.

Either way, it would be difficult for Lu Fan to gain anything from it.

If that moment came later, perhaps in the future he could make her his seventh or even eighth Spirit Ring.

A 100,000-year Spirit Ring would be enough to make him ignore any mismatch in attributes.

As for what he should do next,

there was only cultivation and raising his Soul Power.

What surprised Lu Fan, however, was that

for quite a long time afterward,

Bibi Dong actually never summoned him

to ask what was going on with his Spirit Ring.

That made Lu Fan feel rather strange.

But he did not dwell on it.

Without enough strength, there was no point in thinking too much.

Time always passed quickly when cultivating.

Before long, half a year had passed.

The New Year was approaching.

The academy was about to begin winter break as well.

Over those six months,

with the new and better Mimic Cultivation Room, medicinal meals containing at least hundred-year soul beast meat and Hundred-Year Whale Rubber every day, along with the medicinal baths Chrysanthemum Douluo specially prepared for him,

Lu Fan's Soul Power rose by three levels in just half a year.

He became a Quasi-Soul Elder.

And he was not even ten years old yet.

If Gangzi, whose Soul Power had only broken through Level 29 by the age of fifty, found out, he would definitely shout, "Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

At the same time,

after half a year,

Hu Liena and the other two had all broken through Level 40 and become Soul Ancestors.

Each of them had also risen by two levels,

going from Level 39 to Level 41.

However, one of those levels had been gained entirely through absorbing their Spirit Rings.

Lu Fan would be able to do the same when he absorbed his third Spirit Ring.

And he would be absorbing beyond his limit.

His second ring had already been a Thousand-Year Spirit Ring. Absorbing a three- or four-thousand-year ring as his third would definitely not be a problem.

The Soul Power fed back to him should raise him by two levels without much difficulty.

"If I keep cultivating at this pace, then by the next Soul Master Tournament, I should be able to break through to Soul Ancestor even without taking Immortal Herbs."

A thirteen-year-old Soul Ancestor was already terrifying enough.

And if Lu Fan took Immortal Herbs, and more than one of them,

then becoming a Soul King might not be impossible either.

Martial Soul Academy.

"What a pity I'm already a Soul Ancestor. Otherwise, I really would have liked to wait until you became a Soul Elder and absorbed your third ring before having a match with you."

Yan looked at Lu Fan with a grin.

Xie Yue beside him had the same thought.

He had always wanted a fair fight against Lu Fan at the same level.

But delaying his own cultivation for something like that

would definitely not be worth it.

Lu Fan merely chuckled in reply. "There will be a chance."

To be honest,

among the Golden Generation trio, in a one-on-one fight at the same level, Yan was the only one Lu Fan needed to be somewhat wary of.

The other man's Flame Lord possessed both fire and earth attributes.

It had the ability to launch wide-range fire attacks.

That really did counter Lu Fan to some extent.

But there was nothing to be done about that.

No one was perfect, let alone a martial soul.

But for Lu Fan,

that kind of countering relationship would not last long.

Once he reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well,

he would absolutely not miss the Ice and Fire Body Tempering.

By then, his Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum would gain immunity to fire and ice.

At the same time, it would completely make up for his shortcomings as a plant-type Soul Master.

Hu Liena smiled faintly. "Your Soul Power should be close to Level 30 as well. Try to break through to Soul Elder before the next semester begins."

Lu Fan nodded.

He had broken through Level 30 only this morning.

The others still did not know.

They thought he was only at Level 29.

If he said that he had already reached Level 30, he would definitely give the others a huge shock.

Even the powerful Golden Generation, after deducting the four or five levels granted by their four Spirit Rings, had cultivated for ten years and averaged only around three and a half levels per year.

Lu Fan had risen ten levels in a single year.

His Thousand-Year Spirit Ring had given him an increase of more than two levels.

Also, because it was his first time taking Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber, its effects had been excellent and helped raise him by over one level.

That meant he had gained nearly four levels without doing much cultivation at all.

He had raised two levels in around half a year.

Then, under Chrysanthemum Douluo's care,

Lu Fan had crossed five levels in another half year.

It was truly astonishing.

Of course, that was only because Lu Fan's cultivation was still too low at present.

And because he had not taken much in the way of supplements before,

his body was easy to nurture.

It would become somewhat difficult to achieve such results later on.

Not only because the higher one's Soul Power, the harder it became to advance.

His body would also develop resistance to medicine.

Those medicinal baths made from relatively ordinary herbs would find it difficult to improve him much further.

Of course, it was not all bad news.

According to Chrysanthemum Douluo's bone examination,

the physical improvement Lu Fan had gained over the past half year was fully comparable to what others would gain in two or three years.

Lu Fan could no longer be considered merely around ten years old.

In terms of his body alone, he was already no weaker than a sixteen- or seventeen-year-old youth.

The benefits brought by this change were also extremely obvious.

He could persist in meditation cultivation for longer each time.

His body could also absorb the energy of heaven and earth more fiercely.

Normal Soul Masters with Innate Level 8 or 9 Soul Power, or even Innate Full Soul Power, could only begin cultivating at around fourteen or fifteen.

But Lu Fan had four or five extra years of this kind of rapid Soul Power growth compared with them.

Lu Fan estimated inwardly

that if he did not take Immortal Herbs next year,

then relying on himself alone, including the gains from absorbing Spirit Rings, he would probably only break through to around Level 36 or 37.

That was still an extremely terrifying advancement speed.

"I should still take the Immortal Herbs as early as possible. The sooner I take them, the sooner I enjoy the benefits. After the New Year, I'll find an opportunity around summer vacation."

Lu Fan thought to himself.

After greeting the Golden Generation trio, he returned home to wait for Yue Guan.

Yue Guan had told him

that he had to inform him when it was time to hunt for a Spirit Ring.

It seemed that Yue Guan had long ago prepared the soul beast for Lu Fan's third Spirit Ring.

Lu Fan had previously told Yue Guan

that his third ring could not be any lower than three thousand years,

and that he wanted to challenge one around four thousand, or even five thousand years old.

Yue Guan had agreed readily at the time.

He simply had not told Lu Fan exactly how old that soul beast was.