First Meditation

The gatekeeper casually took the certificate and glanced at it, but his pupils instantly contracted. He cried out in shock,

"Y-yet another Innate Full Soul Power?"

"What's going on today? This is already the third Innate Full Soul Power! Could it be that Innate Full Soul Power isn't worth anything anymore?"

Hearing the gatekeeper's grumbling, Ling Yun couldn't help raising an eyebrow.

I'm the third Innate Full Soul Power? In other words, Tang San and Xiao Wu have already been here?

What a pity. He'd wanted to see how that useless Grandmaster, Yu Xiaogang, had fooled Tang San.

Thinking of this, Ling Yun smiled and said, "Sir, may I go in?"

"Mm, go on in, go on in."

The gatekeeper nodded, then pointed to a tall building. "That's the teaching building. Just go there to register."

"Okay, thank you, sir."

Ling Yun was just about to go in when Colin grabbed his shoulder. Then he took out five Gold Soul Coins, handed them to Ling Yun, and said,

"Ling Yun, keep these Gold Soul Coins safe. You can use them at the academy. Grandpa can't come see you every day, so from here on, you'll have to walk your own path."

"But Grandpa, these are far too precious. If you give me this money, what will you do?"

Ling Yun's expression changed. Five Gold Soul Coins, if he spent them sparingly, would last at least half a year.

"Heh heh, I'm the village chief of Five Elements Village. You think I'll starve to death? Keep the money, and become a Soul Master as soon as you can. Make your grandpa proud!"

"Mm, I will, Grandpa!"

Ling Yun nodded solemnly. After putting away the Gold Soul Coins, he entered the teaching building at Notting Academy and followed a teacher's directions to the administration office.

There was only one teacher in the office. After handing over the certificate from Spirit Hall, Ling Yun smiled and said,

"Hello, teacher. I'm here to enroll. This is my Martial Soul certificate."

The teacher took the certificate and glanced at it, looking quite surprised. "Oh? Another Innate Full Soul Power? I never expected three talented children with Innate Full Soul Power to arrive at our little Notting Academy in a single day. This is truly a great blessing."

As he spoke, the teacher's expression grew much kinder. Smiling warmly, he said, "Hello, young man. My surname is Su, and I'm the director of the administration office. You can call me Director Su.

"Come along. I'll take you to your dormitory."

"Okay, thank you, Director Su!"

With that, the two arrived at Dorm Seven. Director Su said, "Ling Yun, this is your dormitory. Also, this is for you."

As he spoke, Director Su took out a book and pressed it into Ling Yun's hands. "This is the academy's beginner meditation method. It'll teach you how to meditate and cultivate. Make sure you study it well."

"Yes, Director Su. I'll work hard!"

Ling Yun accepted the meditation method, then entered Dorm Seven and greeted his dormmates as a formality.

"Hello, everyone. My name is Ling Yun, and I'm a work-study student from Five Elements Village."

As soon as he finished speaking, he spotted a little girl with rosy cheeks. She was quite pretty, with a cute and innocent look.

There was only one girl in Dorm Seven. Without a doubt, she was the hundred-thousand-year-old hooligan rabbit, Xiao Wu.

After looking away from Xiao Wu, he turned to the ordinary-looking boy beside her and thought to himself, If I'm not mistaken, this kid must be Tang San, the protagonist of Douluo Continent.

While he was sizing up Tang San, Xiao Wu had already come over to him.

"Hello, I'm Xiao Wu. That's Wu as in dancing. I'm also the boss of Dorm Seven."

At this, Xiao Wu suddenly grinned. "Come to think of it, Dorm Seven has a rule: newcomers have to fight, and the winner becomes the boss. So, how about it? Let's fight!"

"No need. I'm not interested in being the boss. Sister Xiao Wu is much better suited for the position."

"Heh heh, at least you know what's good for you!"

Ling Yun's address of "Sister Xiao Wu" pleased her greatly. She immediately bounced away, hopping like a little rabbit.

Wait, she was a little rabbit.

Next, Ling Yun greeted the other students in Dorm Seven. When they learned that he had Innate Full Soul Power, they were all astonished—even Tang San and Xiao Wu.

After chatting with the children for a while, Ling Yun bought a quilt from a shop outside the academy. Then he took out the meditation method, ready to cultivate.

"So that's how it works. The meditation method uses the Martial Soul to absorb the energy drifting through the air, transforms it into Soul Power, and then the body absorbs it. It seems pretty simple..."

After reading through the entire meditation method, Ling Yun sat cross-legged on his bed and began his first meditation.

Perhaps the meditation method was too low-level, or perhaps it was because this was Ling Yun's first time meditating and cultivating. Either way, he couldn't find the knack for it.

It took a full hour before Ling Yun felt a faint trickle of energy flow through the pores in his skin and into his body.

Although this energy was extremely weak, he was sure it wasn't just his imagination.

Overjoyed, he hurriedly followed the instructions in the meditation method, compressing the energy and condensing it into his own Soul Power.

In the end, a thread of extremely faint Soul Power traveled along Ling Yun's meridians and flowed into his dantian, then disappeared.

Ling Yun understood. Because he had Innate Full Soul Power, his cultivation had already reached a bottleneck. Only after obtaining a Soul Ring would the thread of Soul Power he had just cultivated become apparent.

"A Soul Ring! I have to get my First Soul Ring!"

Ling Yun said. Whether to raise his cultivation or study the mysteries of the Five Spirit Lock, he had to obtain his First Soul Ring as soon as possible.

With that in mind, Ling Yun calmed himself and continued cultivating. As he meditated, he could clearly feel that his Soul Power possessed five attributes: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

The five elements generated one another. Not only did this strengthen his Soul Power, it also quietly tempered his body.

The night passed in a flash. Early the next morning, Ling Yun woke from his meditation and left the dormitory, heading to the administration office to find Director Su.

"Good morning, Director Su."

"Oh? It's Ling Yun."

Director Su smiled and greeted him. After all, he had Innate Full Soul Power, so Director Su remembered him well.

"Ling Yun, what brings you to see me so early?"

Ling Yun replied, "Director Su, I'd like you to take me to get my First Soul Ring!"

"Get your First Soul Ring?"

Director Su thought for a moment, then nodded. "No problem. There's a Soul Hunting Forest near Notting City. Let's get breakfast first, then set out!"

"Great!"

Ling Yun smiled. After thinking it over for the past two days, he had already decided what kind of Soul Beast to hunt for his First Soul Ring.

He was about to go to the cafeteria with Director Su for breakfast when someone shoved the office door open. A middle-aged man with an aged face and short-cropped hair walked in, followed by a little boy. It was none other than Tang San.

Seeing Tang San, Ling Yun guessed the middle-aged man's identity. It was that useless Grandmaster—Yu Xiaogang.