Learning Self-Created Soul Skills

Li Ping'an felt very gratified.

Managing Xiao Wu really required the system's rewards.

Moreover, this aligned with the system's theme, allowing for the release of relevant tasks without provoking Xiao Wu's resentment.

"Xiao Wu, let's begin. You teach me your Soft Technique first," Li Ping'an said.

"Alright!"

Xiao Wu tried a few more times, finally memorizing the path of soul power flowing through the meridians and the technique for muscle exertion.

"Li Ping'an, the soul power starts here, then flows through here..."

Xiao Wu shared her sensations with Li Ping'an, gently tracing her fingers over his meridians to deepen his memory.

Li Ping'an attempted to circulate his soul power and truly found a channel where Xiao Wu's fingertips had passed.

However, this channel was extremely narrow and faint, making it difficult to utilize soul power to its full potential.

He would need to slowly widen these meridians to reach the peak of soul power application.

So this is what meridians are? Li Ping'an noted it down.

Without soul power or internal energy, even with medical texts, understanding meridians was like looking at flowers through a fog.

"How is it? Did you memorize it?" Xiao Wu asked.

Li Ping'an nodded; his memory was quite good, and he had committed Xiao Wu's Soft Technique to mind.

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

Xiao Wu was also somewhat expectant. If she could teach her own soul skills to others, could she perhaps learn theirs as well?

Humans are truly clever to have come up with such a method! Xiao Wu felt a sense of admiration for Li Ping'an's line of thinking.

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

"My Soft Technique requires a target to be executed. Use me for your practice!"

"Don't be afraid of hurting me. I'm a one-ring Soul Master; I won't be injured by a level one Soul Scholar like you!" Xiao Wu said.

Li Ping'an nodded. He circulated his soul power, applied it to his feet, and exploded with force.

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

Xiao Wu's self-created Soft Technique had many types of throws, each requiring a different path of soul power circulation.

Holding Xiao Wu, Li Ping'an immediately channeled his soul power and, coordinating with his physical strength, attempted a throw.

Xiao Wu hurriedly activated Martial Soul Possession, her body becoming as soft as if she had no bones. She seemed to stick to Li Ping'an, and no matter how he applied the Soft Technique, he could not throw her.

If Xiao Wu were to use her first soul skill, Waist Bow, she could even counter-throw Li Ping'an.

"What are you two doing?"

Just then, a voice suddenly drifted over from outside the forest.

"Which class are you from? What are your names? How can you be so shameless? Doing such things at such a young age!"

Li Ping'an, lost in the practice of the Soft Technique, was suddenly jolted awake.

He looked back and saw a young woman wearing the uniform of a Notting Academy teacher rushing toward them.

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

Xiao Wu hopped off Li Ping'an and pulled him along as they fled.

The teacher's strength was not high, and for a moment, she failed to catch up to Li Ping'an and Xiao Wu.

"This is simply outrageous! Not studying at such a young age and doing things like this instead—I must report this to the Dean!"

The female teacher was furious.

She had been passing by the back mountain when she heard movement and came up to take a look.

Who would have thought she would see a boy holding a girl and swinging her around in the forest? They were holding each other so tightly; it was clearly improper.

As a teacher, she knew better than anyone how precocious these children with martial souls could be.

She did not want these children to do something they would regret, so she had rushed up to stop them, only to have them run away!

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

"That scared me to death! That teacher is such a busybody!" Xiao Wu said.

She did not want to be caught by a teacher; if Notting Academy decided to expel her, she truly wouldn't know what to do.

Xiao Wu remembered what the system had said—a Title Douluo was watching her.

"It's fine, we weren't doing anything, just practicing a soul skill!" Li Ping'an said.

However, the teacher likely wouldn't believe that explanation. A Soul Master without a soul ring practicing a soul skill?

"It's bad, Big Sister!"

Just then, the door to Dormitory Seven was pushed open, and a Work-Study Student burst in.

"Xiao Chenyu has absorbed a soul ring and become a one-ring Soul Master; he's cornered Wang Sheng at the foot of the back mountain!"

"Big Sister, please, go save him!"

Xiao Wu glanced at Li Ping'an, and seeing him nod, she spoke:

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

"Lead the way. I'll go meet this so-called Xiao Chenyu!"

"Understood, Big Sister!" the Work-Study Student replied.

Seeing this, Li Ping'an hurried to follow.

He had just learned Xiao Wu's Soft Technique and thought he might have a chance to use it to gain a bit of combat experience.

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

Inside, a middle-aged man with a pale complexion lay weakly, his breath shallow.

"Teacher, are you alright?"

These two were none other than Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, returning from the Soul Hunting Forest.

Yu Xiaogang shook his head and said, "I am fine, my student!"

"Tang San, now that you have become a one-ring Soul Master, you can go to the Martial Soul Hall branch in Nuoding City to register."

"Once registered, you can receive a monthly subsidy of one Gold Soul Coin."

"A subsidy from the Martial Soul Hall?" Tang San's eyes flickered; he was quite interested in this.

"Indeed. Once you become a Soul Master, you can receive one Gold Soul Coin from the Martial Soul Hall every month."

"Soul Grand Masters receive ten, and Soul Elders receive one hundred!"

"That much?" Tang San was somewhat shocked.

He had worked hard to complete system tasks and had only earned fifty Gold Soul Coins in total, yet the Martial Soul Hall actually paid Soul Masters every month.

"Teacher, why is the Martial Soul Hall so kind as to give us subsidies?"

In truth, he wanted to understand the Martial Soul Hall to see how he could join and eventually catch the Pope's attention.

Moreover, he already felt a sense of goodwill toward the Martial Soul Hall.

"Hmph, it is merely a tactic to win hearts!"

"The subsidies the Martial Soul Hall distributes to Soul Masters are all paid for by the blood and sweat of the people collected from the Two Great Empires!"

"The Two Great Empires pay so much money, yet in the end, the Martial Soul Hall reaps all the good reputation," Yu Xiaogang said indignantly.

Tang San frowned. His initial impression was that the Martial Soul Hall was not as wretched as described.

"Teacher, you are a Soul Grand Master; do you also go to the Martial Soul Hall to collect your subsidy?" Tang San asked.

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

He had gone to the Martial Soul Hall to collect his subsidy on the very day he met Tang San.

Tang San's heart sank; he was quite dissatisfied with this behavior from Yu Xiaogang.

The system was right. How can Teacher take subsidies from the Martial Soul Hall while being so hostile toward them?

Besides, even if the Martial Soul Hall didn't take the money from the Two Great Empires, would the Two Great Empires really return it to the common people?