The Soul Fighting match had been no contest.
Tang San's Soul Ring was nearly four hundred years old, while Xiao Chenyu's was less than a hundred.
Tang San's Soul Power had also reached level thirteen, while Xiao Chenyu was only level eleven.
Even without using a Soul Ring skill, Tang San would still have been no match for him.
"So this is the power of Blue Silver Entanglement?"
"Maybe my teacher was right. There are no useless Martial Souls, only useless Soul Masters!"
"My Blue Silver Grass can also be cultivated into a powerful Martial Soul!" Tang San mused.
He withdrew his Blue Silver Grass. Xiao Chenyu hadn't been poisoned too badly, but he was still so numb that he couldn't move.
"Hmph! You call yourself a Lone Wolf? You're more like a pet dog!" Xiao Wu jeered.
Seeing Tang San win, the work-study students finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The days at Notting Academy would be different from now on. They wouldn't be bullied anymore; they could hold their heads high!
"Good doggy, hurry up and call me master!" Xiao Wu taunted.
Hearing Xiao Wu's words, Xiao Chenyu could only stammer incoherently.
He'd made a bet with Xiao Wu in front of so many people. If he went back on his word, he might as well leave the academy.
But if he really admitted he was Xiao Wu's dog and called her master, he might as well leave the academy anyway.
Xiao Chenyu came from the City Lord's Mansion and had seen more of the world than an ordinary student.
He'd realized the potential Tang San and Xiao Wu possessed, and didn't dare break his word and offend them.
So now he was caught between a rock and a hard place. All he could do was pretend the poison had gotten to him badly, close his eyes, and faint!
Once everyone had left, he could apologize to Xiao Wu. That way, he wouldn't lose too much face and might even have a chance to build a connection with her.
"Hmph, what a bore!" Xiao Wu stopped paying attention to Xiao Chenyu, who was pretending to be unconscious.
Seeing that the matter was settled, Li Ping'an quietly left the training field.
He'd been kicked by Ling Feng and suffered a minor injury. He'd also used up quite a bit of Soul Power, so he might as well go back and rest.
A few days later, in a small grove on the hills behind Notting Academy.
Li Ping'an held a stalk of Blue Silver Grass in his hand and cultivated. It was his Martial Soul, much thinner than Tang San's Blue Silver Grass.
Since Xiao Wu had led the others to defeat Xiao Chenyu and his group, Xiao Chenyu had arranged all the work-study students' odd jobs for them over the past few days.
With nothing else to do, Li Ping'an devoted himself to cultivation.
"An Artifact Martial Soul really is an Artifact Martial Soul. It can't be controlled as naturally as a Beast Martial Soul," Li Ping'an remarked.
He wanted to cultivate Tang San's Blue Silver Entanglement, but he'd found that an Artifact Martial Soul was difficult to control.
Still, all his efforts over the past few days hadn't been in vain. He'd gotten much better at controlling his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
And as he cultivated this way, he felt his spiritual power had improved a little too.
"Li Ping'an, I came up with it!" Xiao Wu shouted.
Over the past few days, whenever she had time, Xiao Wu had come here to cultivate and complete her Self-Created Soul Skill task.
"Xiao Wu, you mean a Self-Created Soul Skill?" Li Ping'an asked curiously.
As a Soul Beast in human form, Xiao Wu had every meridian unobstructed. Creating a Soul Skill was much easier for her than for Li Ping'an.
She nodded. "That's right. I came up with a Soul Skill. Do you want to learn it?"
"What kind of Soul Skill?" Li Ping'an asked.
He wasn't expecting much from Xiao Wu's Soul Skill. Without a Martial Soul to support it, it probably wouldn't be very powerful.
"It's a whole set of Soul Skills. I've named it Rabbit Fist!"
"Look. This is Rabbit Kicks Eagle, this is Rabbit Leaps Over Stream, and this is Lost Track Rabbit Fist..."
Xiao Wu demonstrated the moves for Li Ping'an one by one. She was clearly very pleased with her creation.
She'd created it based on the close-combat techniques she'd used back when she was still a Soul Beast, and it was fairly powerful.
Li Ping'an really is a child of destiny. If he hadn't reminded me, I would've forgotten this set of fighting techniques! Xiao Wu thought.
After transforming into a human, she'd only thought about Soul Ring skills and completely neglected the fighting techniques she'd used as a Soul Beast.
If she paired this Rabbit Fist with her Martial Soul, it would be even more powerful.
Li Ping'an was a little surprised too. He hadn't expected Xiao Wu to come up with such a complete set of fist techniques.
He'd only mentioned the idea of "beast-form fists" to her, yet Xiao Wu had created them based on her past as a Soul Beast.
"Xiao Wu, you're amazing!" Li Ping'an praised without holding back.
"Can I learn this Rabbit Fist?"
Xiao Wu nodded. "Of course!"
She wasn't worried about teaching it to Li Ping'an. Without a Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul, he would never be as good at using these techniques as she was.
Besides, Li Ping'an had helped inspire them.
As soon as Xiao Wu finished speaking, she heard the system's prompt: [The Child of Destiny's favorability toward you +3. Current favorability: 13!]
"My favorability went up?" Xiao Wu's eyes lit up.
She'd tried every trick in the book lately, but hadn't managed to raise it at all. She hadn't expected it to increase today.
Does Li Ping'an like genius beauties? I'll have to think of something! Xiao Wu mused.
As a Soul Beast in human form, she could increase her Soul Power simply by absorbing human vitality.
So she didn't need to cultivate at all. But now, she thought she might try cultivating Self-Created Soul Skills.
"Li Ping'an, I'll teach you how to circulate Soul Power for Rabbit Fist, along with the techniques for generating power with your body!"
"Sure, thanks for the trouble!" Li Ping'an replied.
There was still plenty of time, so Li Ping'an began learning Rabbit Fist from Xiao Wu, adding to his repertoire.
After all, these were the fighting experiences of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. They were nothing to scoff at.
But this set of Rabbit Fist techniques was much harder than Xiao Wu's earlier Soft Techniques.
Li Ping'an darted back and forth through the woods like a rabbit.
Before long, he'd used up all his Soul Power practicing Rabbit Fist.
"Xiao Wu, let's call it a day. I've run out of Soul Power!" Li Ping'an said tiredly.
"All right!" Xiao Wu said, a little disappointed.
She'd wanted to finish the task and claim her reward soon. Now it seemed she wouldn't get it until Li Ping'an learned the whole set of fist techniques.
The reward was two levels of Soul Power. Once she claimed it, she'd reach level fifteen.
A six-year-old at level fifteen would be enough to shock the entire Soul Master World.
"Xiao Wu, I've read in storybooks that some fist techniques can even launch spiritual attacks."
"Do you think you could create a fist technique like that?"
Li Ping'an didn't want to leave this tool idle, so he offered her another idea.
If Xiao Wu cultivated according to her original plan, her second Soul Skill would be Charm.
That was clearly a spiritual attack, which meant Xiao Wu had been gifted in that area even when she was a Soul Beast.
He might as well get her to develop that talent—and, preferably, teach it to him too.
Creating a fist technique like that should help train his spiritual power and prepare him to absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring in the future.
"Spiritual power?" Xiao Wu murmured thoughtfully.
She really did have talent in that area, but without Li Ping'an's reminder, she probably wouldn't have paid it much attention.
"I'll give it some thought! But I'm tired now. I need something tasty before I can think!" Xiao Wu said, her eyes gleaming as she watched Li Ping'an.
Li Ping'an couldn't withstand Xiao Wu's gaze and hurriedly said, "Come on, I'll treat you to something. We can cultivate after we eat!"
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