Ma Xiaotao sat cross-legged on the floor.
She had willingly given Lu Heqiu the spot on the bed.
Lu Heqiu did not stand on ceremony. He sat on the edge of the bed and began cultivating as well.
But his cultivation was completely different from Ma Xiaotao's.
His cultivation speed was several times faster than hers.
It was not merely because his level was lower. The so-called bottlenecks that Soul Masters faced practically did not exist in Lu Heqiu's eyes. His immense Soul Power and spiritual power crushed every bottleneck.
Ma Xiaotao sat beside him.
She had assumed the seal inside Lu Heqiu would suppress her cultivation speed.
But when Lu Heqiu began cultivating,
Ma Xiaotao's lovely eyes shifted. In disbelief, she felt the changes within her body. Her Soul Power, which had been firmly suppressed by the seal, had not slowed at all—instead, it had received a boost beyond anything she could have imagined.
Compared with her usual cultivation speed,
the rate at which her Soul Power circulated now
had more than doubled!
"Eh!?"
"This is even better than a Mimicry Cultivation Environment?"
Ma Xiaotao opened her lovely eyes and looked toward Lu Heqiu. She could hardly wait to rush over and kiss him. She was no fool; she could sense what was boosting her cultivation speed.
When Lu Heqiu was not cultivating,
the circulation of Soul Power inside her was suppressed.
But once Lu Heqiu began cultivating,
her Soul Power, which should have crawled along at a snail's pace, actually circulated faster than usual!
"Wait a moment!"
"Don't start cultivating yet!"
Ma Xiaotao suddenly called out to Lu Heqiu.
Last time, she had only felt the effects of the seal once before hurrying off to Dean Yan's office. Yan Shaozhe had even scolded her for being too careless. Now that she had found the source of the problem, she naturally wanted to check it a few more times.
Lu Heqiu was interrupted, and a hint of displeasure crossed his face.
He knew the reason, of course.
His spiritual power had drawn all the surrounding spiritual energy toward him.
Naturally, cultivating near him was faster than usual. What was so strange about that?
If she cultivated inside the Golden Tree, it could do the same. Even Mu En could manage it. It was just that Mu En was injured and could not do it for a few children individually. The cost was too great.
It was not worth it.
And Lu Heqiu's spiritual power was even stronger than Mu En's.
Of course he could do all this without any trouble.
"Wait. Don't start cultivating until I say so!"
Ma Xiaotao told Lu Heqiu to stop.
She sat cross-legged once more and entered a state of cultivation.
Just as she had expected, once Lu Heqiu stopped cultivating, her Soul Power was suppressed again. Her cultivation speed was nothing like before; it was as if she had come to a complete halt.
"Start cultivating now!"
Ma Xiaotao called out to Lu Heqiu.
Lu Heqiu immediately began cultivating again, drawing the spiritual energy from all across Shrek City toward them. With their room as the center, not only Ma Xiaotao but many people in the building felt their cultivation speed increase.
They did not suspect anything, though. They just assumed they had some extraordinary talent and had suddenly opened up their meridians.
Ma Xiaotao opened her eyes again.
This time, she did not interrupt Lu Heqiu's cultivation. Instead, delighted, she entered a state of cultivation once more.
She could tell her teacher about the boost to her cultivation speed in a few days!
For now, she had to make the most of it.
With this kind of cultivation speed, she could enter the Titled Douluo realm at least ten years earlier!
The next morning.
The two opened their eyes almost at the same time.
In just one night, Lu Heqiu had increased his Soul Power by about half a level.
Even if he was only at the Soul Master level,
no one would believe it if they heard how quickly he had advanced.
Ma Xiaotao had benefited greatly as well. If Lu Heqiu had not stopped cultivating, she would have wanted to remain in that state for several months!
"You... seem to be faster than me?"
Ma Xiaotao looked at the aura around Lu Heqiu, which had grown stronger once more, and asked curiously.
The change in his aura was subtle, but from this close, Ma Xiaotao could still sense it. Lu Heqiu had not bothered to hide it, so it was not hard to notice.
"Yeah. A few times faster than you, I guess."
Lu Heqiu nodded and headed out of the dormitory building.
Ma Xiaotao sprang up and hurried after him, asking anxiously, "Where are you going?"
Without even looking back, Lu Heqiu rose into the air and flew toward the Martial Soul Department.
"To see Dean Yan."
"He said he'd arrange for teachers to give me lessons."
Ma Xiaotao was surprised to see Lu Heqiu fly through the air, but she still hurried after him. If she left his side, the Evil Fire within her could devour her in an instant.
The two flew one after the other toward Yan Shaozhe's office.
At that moment, Yan Shaozhe was in his office.
He had not slept at all the night before.
He had asked Du Weilun to recommend teachers from the Outer Academy, then combined that list with the teachers from the Inner Academy to pick three teachers for Lu Heqiu. All of them had extensive teaching experience.
Du Weilun had originally recommended Zhou Yi.
Although Zhou Yi had a terrible temper and liked to make herself up to look like an old woman,
there was no denying that the percentage and number of students who made it into the Inner Academy each year under her tutelage were the highest!
The number of students she expelled each year was also the highest in the Outer Academy...
Du Weilun was concerned, but there was nothing he could do.
He had originally planned to give her a token punishment by transferring her to the Outer Academy to teach new students.
But when the dean suddenly asked for a list of outstanding teachers, Du Weilun could only tentatively put Zhou Yi's name forward. If she was chosen, perhaps he could use the opportunity to get her to rein in her temper.
But Yan Shaozhe did not choose her. Instead, he picked a female teacher named Su Qingzhu. Compared with Zhou Yi, she was gentler. She had previously taught first- and second-year students, so she was just right for teaching Lu Heqiu.
Yan Shaozhe did not dare choose a teacher as hot-tempered as Zhou Yi.
A short fuse was only useful if you had the strength to keep your students in line.
Zhou Yi could suppress Outer Academy students with her Soul Emperor cultivation. But what about Lu Heqiu? Yan Shaozhe had no hope. Even a Soul Douluo might not be able to hold him down.
With just a single flash of his Soul Rings, anyone below Soul Saint would not stand a chance!
Two moves?
He could probably kill someone in one!
"You two are here?"
"Come, Heqiu, take a look at this list. If everything looks good, these three will be your teachers."
Yan Shaozhe sensed two figures rushing toward the door and immediately knew who they were.
Among all the students at Shrek,
only these two little rascals dared act so recklessly in front of him.
When Lu Heqiu walked in, Yan Shaozhe handed him the list to review and give final approval.
Lu Heqiu glanced over it.
There were only three teachers' profiles on it.
Two from the Inner Academy and one from the Outer Academy.
Su Qingzhu would teach the basic subjects in the Outer Academy. The two from the Inner Academy were...
Gong Changlong and Fan Yu!
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