Learning Self-Created Soul Skills

Li Ping'an was very pleased.

When it came to keeping Xiao Wu in line, he still had to rely on the system's rewards.

Besides, this fit the system's theme. It could issue related tasks without making Xiao Wu resent him.

"Xiao Wu, then let's begin. Teach me the Soft Technique you used before," Li Ping'an said.

"Okay!"

Xiao Wu tried a few more times and finally memorized the route Soul Power followed through her meridians, along with the techniques for exerting her muscles.

"Li Ping'an, Soul Power starts here, then flows through here..."

Xiao Wu told Li Ping'an what she felt, lightly tracing his meridians over his skin with her fingers to help him remember.

Li Ping'an tried circulating his Soul Power and actually found a channel where Xiao Wu's fingertip had passed.

Only, that channel was incredibly narrow, almost imperceptible, making it difficult to use his Soul Power to its fullest.

He would need to slowly widen these meridians before he could use his Soul Power to its fullest.

"So these are meridians?" Li Ping'an committed them to memory.

Without Soul Power or internal energy, meridians were like flowers seen through a fog, even if you had medical texts to study.

"How is it? Have you memorized it?" Xiao Wu asked.

Li Ping'an nodded. His memory was pretty good, and he had memorized Xiao Wu's Soft Technique.

"Since you've remembered it, hurry up and try it!"

Xiao Wu was looking forward to it, too. If she could teach her Soul Skill to someone else, could she learn other people's Soul Skills as well?

"Humans really are clever. To think they came up with a method like this!" Xiao Wu couldn't help admiring Li Ping'an's way of thinking.

"Okay!" Li Ping'an glanced at Xiao Wu. He had just received a system notification that her favorability toward him had increased by five points.

"My Soft Technique needs a target, so you can be my test subject!"

"Don't worry about hurting me. I'm a One-Ring Soul Master. You're only a first-level Soul Scholar—you won't hurt me!" Xiao Wu said.

Li Ping'an nodded, circulated his Soul Power into his feet, and burst forward.

He charged straight into Xiao Wu's guard and wrapped his arms around her.

Xiao Wu's self-created Soft Technique had many different throws, each with its own route for circulating Soul Power.

Li Ping'an held Xiao Wu and immediately activated his Soul Power, combining it with his physical strength as he threw her with all his might.

Xiao Wu hurriedly activated Martial Soul Possession. Her body went boneless, as if she were stuck to Li Ping'an. No matter how he tried to throw her with the Soft Technique, he couldn't bring her down.

If Xiao Wu used her first Soul Skill, Waist Bow, she might even throw Li Ping'an instead.

"What are you doing?"

Just then, a voice suddenly came from outside the forest.

"What class are you in, and what are your names? How can you be so shameless? You're so young, and you're already doing something like this!"

Li Ping'an, absorbed in practicing the Soft Technique, suddenly snapped back to his senses.

He looked over his shoulder and saw a young woman in a Notting Academy teacher's uniform hurrying toward them.

"Oh no, it's a teacher from the academy! Li Ping'an, let's run!"

Xiao Wu got off Li Ping'an and pulled him along as she ran.

The teacher wasn't very strong, and for a while, she couldn't catch up with Li Ping'an and Xiao Wu.

"This is outrageous! They're so young, and instead of studying, they're doing something like this here. I'm going to report this to the Academy Dean!"

The female teacher was furious.

She had been passing by the back hill when she heard some commotion up above, so she came to take a look.

Who would have thought she'd see a boy holding a girl and tossing her around in the forest? They were hugging so tightly. Anyone could see they were up to no good.

As a teacher, she knew better than anyone how precocious children with Martial Souls could be.

She didn't want them doing something they'd regret, so she hurried over to stop them. Who knew they'd manage to run away!

Li Ping'an and Xiao Wu circled around and returned to the dormitory.

"That scared me to death! That teacher really needs to mind her own business!" Xiao Wu said.

She didn't want to get caught by a teacher. If Notting Academy expelled her, she really wouldn't know what to do.

Xiao Wu remembered that the system had said a Titled Douluo was watching her.

"It's fine. We didn't do anything. We were just practicing Soul Skills!" Li Ping'an said.

Still, the teacher probably wouldn't believe that explanation. What Soul Skills could a Soul Master without a Soul Ring be practicing?

"This is bad, Big Sis!"

Just then, the door to Dorm Seven was pushed open, and a work-study student rushed in.

"Xiao Chenyu absorbed a Soul Ring and became a One-Ring Soul Master. He's got Wang Sheng cornered at the foot of the back hill!"

"Big Sis, hurry and save him!"

Xiao Wu glanced at Li Ping'an. When he nodded, she said:

"Who's so bold? Don't they know Wang Sheng is under my protection?"

"Lead the way. I'll go see this Xiao Chenyu for myself!"

"Right away, Big Sis!" the work-study student said.

Seeing that, Li Ping'an hurried after them.

He had just learned Xiao Wu's Soft Technique. Maybe he'd get a chance to use it and gain some experience with Soul Fighting.

Outside Nuoding City, a carriage was slowly making its way toward the city.

Inside, a pale-faced middle-aged man lay on the carriage, his breathing weak.

"Teacher, are you all right?"

The two travelers were Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, returning from the Soul Hunting Forest.

Yu Xiaogang shook his head. "I'm fine!"

"Xiao San, you've become a One-Ring Soul Master. You can register at the Spirit Hall Branch in Nuoding City."

"Once you've registered, you can collect a Gold Soul Coin allowance every month."

"An allowance from Spirit Hall?" Tang San's eyes flickered with interest.

"That's right. Once you become a Soul Master, you can collect one Gold Soul Coin a month from Spirit Hall."

"A Soul Grandmaster gets ten a month, and a Soul Elder gets a hundred!"

"That much?" Tang San was shocked.

He had worked hard on system tasks and only earned fifty Gold Soul Coins, yet Spirit Hall gave Soul Masters money every month.

"Teacher, why is Spirit Hall so generous? Why do they give us an allowance?"

What he really wanted was to learn more about Spirit Hall and figure out how to join, so he could catch the Pope's attention.

Besides, he already had a favorable impression of Spirit Hall.

"Hmph, it's just a way to win people over!"

"The allowances Spirit Hall gives Soul Masters come from the hard-earned money it collects from the Two Great Empires!"

"The Two Great Empires pay out all that money, and in the end, Spirit Hall gets the credit!" Yu Xiaogang said indignantly.

Tang San frowned. He had already formed the impression that Spirit Hall wasn't as bad as Yu Xiaogang made it out to be.

"Teacher, you're a Soul Grandmaster. Do you also have to go to Spirit Hall to collect your allowance?" Tang San asked.

Yu Xiaogang shook his head. "I collected mine a few days ago!"

The day he met Tang San, he had gone to Spirit Hall to collect his allowance.

Tang San's heart sank. He was very displeased with Yu Xiaogang for doing that.

The system was right. How could Teacher take Spirit Hall's allowance and still be so hostile toward it?

And even if Spirit Hall didn't take money from the Two Great Empires, would the empires give it back to the common people?