Breakthrough to Soul Master, First Soul Skill

Yu Xiaogang had never expected that his own soul skill would end up leaving Tang San in such a state.

He hurriedly stepped forward to check on Tang San's condition.

Seeing that Tang San was still alive, he finally let out a sigh of relief, quickly scooped him up, and went to find the Notting Academy Academy Dean.

As a Soul Ancestor, the Academy Dean was considered quite powerful in this small place; perhaps he would know of some healing-type soul masters.

On the other side, Li Ping'an found a hotel near the academy and rented a room.

Li Ping'an held a soul ring in his hand, feeling inexplicably nervous.

Should I be able to absorb this soul ring? Li Ping'an wondered to himself.

Over the past year, he had studied and practiced Xiao Wu's Self-Created Soul Skill, learning how to utilize soul power and his meridians.

His soul power had constantly tempered his meridians, and they had been significantly strengthened as a result.

Furthermore, he had been exercising his body without pause, so his physical constitution was not lacking.

Since this was a soul ring of just over four hundred years and did not involve the soul shock of a ten-thousand-year ring, he felt he should be able to absorb it.

"Go for it!"

Li Ping'an released his martial soul—a thin, weak strand of Blue Silver Grass, no different from the weeds in the wild.

Compared to Tang San's Blue Silver Grass, it was inferior in every conceivable way.

There was no helping it; Tang San's body was bolstered by the bloodline of the Blue Silver Emperor.

As for his own body, he figured his ancestors had simply eaten too much grass, polluting his bloodline, which led to the awakening of this Blue Silver Grass martial soul.

Li Ping'an crushed the bead, and a yellow soul ring emerged; he quickly used his martial soul to make contact with it.

Once the soul ring touched the Blue Silver Grass martial soul, it immediately transformed into a massive surge of soul power, rushing into Li Ping'an's body.

This immense power rampaged through his body, colliding violently within his meridians.

Fortunately, he had tempered his meridians over the past year, so he wasn't instantly crushed by the sheer force of the soul power.

Even so, Li Ping'an's body began to swell from the impact of the energy, his entire frame expanding by a full size.

His skin even began to struggle under the pressure, beads of blood seeping out from his pores.

At this point, even if Li Ping'an wanted to turn back, there was no longer any opportunity to do so.

The only thing he could do was keep his mind steady, maintain his focus, and endure the onslaught of this soul power.

He did not know how much time had passed, but the strange symptoms on Li Ping'an's body finally vanished.

Beneath his Blue Silver Grass martial soul, a yellow soul ring pulsed with a faint, rhythmic light.

That strand of Blue Silver Grass had become thicker and was now brimming with vitality.

Its emerald green color had shifted into a gradient, transitioning from green to pink, then from pink to white, and finally from white to gold.

This was the color of the Nine-Heart Begonia flower; Li Ping'an's martial soul quality was so poor that it had been heavily influenced by the Nine-Heart Begonia soul ring.

"It finally worked!" Li Ping'an exhaled a long, stale breath.

He hadn't expected his aptitude to be so poor that even absorbing his first soul ring would be this difficult.

But fortunately, he had succeeded; with the compensation of a top-tier plant-type soul beast ring like the Nine-Heart Begonia, his aptitude could be improved significantly.

"My first soul skill is called Healing Light?" Li Ping'an sensed.

"Let me test this skill!"

With a thought from Li Ping'an, the soul ring lit up, and a pink radiance enveloped him.

Within the light, leaves of Blue Silver Grass drifted down and merged into his body, restoring his injuries.

"A great skill; I can now consider myself a healing-type support soul master!" Li Ping'an thought to himself.

There was no other choice; his Blue Silver Grass wasn't the Blue Silver Emperor, so rather than trying to develop into a battle soul master, it was better to improve his martial soul quality first!

Absorbing the soul ring of a Nine-Heart Begonia soul beast wasn't for the sake of this skill, but for the vitality of the Nine-Heart Begonia itself.

This would allow the defects of his Blue Silver Grass to be mended, step by step promoting Martial Soul Evolution.

His Blue Silver Grass martial soul was weak, but its plasticity was high and its room for growth was vast; it could actually be developed into a support-type martial soul.

However, this was normal; the Blue Silver Emperor's soul bone even possessed a soul skill called 'Wildfire cannot burn it out, the spring breeze brings it back to life'!

If even the emperor of the Blue Silver Grass could heal, why couldn't he, with his own small Blue Silver Grass martial soul, serve as a healing-type support soul master?

"Besides, who said a healing-type support soul master can't fight?"

With a thought, Li Ping'an's martial soul transformed into Blue Silver Grass vines, wrapping around the nearby bed, and with a forceful tug, he actually pulled the bed up.

"I've mastered Tang San's Blue Silver Entanglement too!"

The secret to this move required extreme control over one's martial soul, treating the tool-type martial soul as an extension of one's own body.

Li Ping'an had practiced for a full year, and only recently, while researching mental attack soul skills with Xiao Wu, had he finally managed to bring it to fruition.

However, unlike Tang San's soul skill, his Blue Silver Entanglement relied on the physical form of his martial soul.

Tang San, on the other hand, relied on soul power to manifest replicas of his martial soul when activating his soul skills.

Without the enhancement of a soul ring, his own Blue Silver Entanglement was ultimately a cut below Tang San's.

"After absorbing this soul ring, my Blue Silver Grass seems to have become much tougher!"

In the past, his Blue Silver Grass would have been as good as snapped with a single tug.

There was no helping it; that was the nature of Blue Silver Grass. Even after becoming a martial soul, it could not escape its inherent weakness.

Fortunately, soul masters could cultivate step by step to strengthen their martial souls.

Li Ping'an went to the bathroom, washed the blood scabs from his body, and then left the inn.

Now that I've become a healing-type support soul master, it seems I can earn money with this while cultivating on the side?

Although he had the system's assistance, he still wanted to earn some money on his own to fund his cultivation.

As for other resources, like Whale Rubber, while it wasn't as expensive as it would be ten thousand years later, it was still beyond his current means.

Healing-type soul masters should be very profitable, right? Li Ping'an thought.

No sooner said than done, Li Ping'an circulated the Wither-Flourish Art to disguise his martial soul.

Even he himself, under the influence of the Wither-Flourish Art, transformed from a handsome youth into a sallow-faced soul master.

Looking like this, and with a bit more dressing up, he reckoned only those extremely familiar with him would be able to recognize him.

Xiao Wu's Breath Concealment Technique shouldn't have this kind of disguise effect, right?

Li Ping'an felt satisfied after checking his state and began searching for a medical clinic in the city.

This small border town was not like Heaven Dou City; here, healing-type soul masters were a rare existence.

Li Ping'an easily found a part-time job, and no one gave him any trouble.

Even if someone harbored ill intentions toward him, after he used the Wither-Flourish Art to conceal his aura, no one could track his identity or origin.

"A monthly retainer of ten Gold Soul Coin, plus a commission for every treatment—not bad at all!"

The retainer wasn't high, but that was because he was only a one-ring soul master with little room to negotiate.

However, his income would primarily come from commissions.

If patients wanted the best treatment, wouldn't they have to slip him a red envelope?

Compared to Tang San working at the Shi San Blacksmith Shop, this income should be decent, right?