Yu Xiaogang had never expected his Soul Skill to leave Tang San in such a state.
He hurried over and began examining Tang San.
When he saw that Tang San was still alive, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. He quickly picked Tang San up and took him to see the dean of Notting Academy.
As a Soul Ancestor, the dean was considered a strong expert in this small place. Perhaps he knew some healing-type Soul Masters.
Meanwhile, Li Ping'an found a hotel near the academy and rented a room.
He held a Soul Ring in his hand, feeling inexplicably nervous.
I should be able to absorb this Soul Ring, right? Li Ping'an thought.
Over the past year, he had studied and practiced Xiao Wu's Self-Created Soul Skill, learning how to use Soul Power and his meridians.
His Soul Power had constantly tempered his meridians, strengthening them in turn.
He had also trained his body without pause, so his physical constitution was decent.
This Soul Ring was over four hundred years old, and it wouldn't cause the Soul Shock associated with a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring. He felt he should be able to absorb it.
I'll risk it!
Li Ping'an released his Martial Soul. It was a thin, frail strand of Blue Silver Grass, like the weeds growing wild outdoors.
It was nowhere near as good as Tang San's Blue Silver Grass.
There was no helping it. Tang San had the support of the Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline within him.
As for Li Ping'an, his ancestors had probably eaten so much grass that their bloodline had been tainted. That was how he had awakened a Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
Li Ping'an crushed the bead. A yellow Soul Ring appeared, and he hurriedly brought his Martial Soul into contact with it.
The moment the Soul Ring touched his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, it transformed into an enormous surge of Soul Power and rushed into Li Ping'an's body.
The immense Soul Power rampaged through him, battering his meridians.
Fortunately, he had tempered his meridians over the past year, so the immense power didn't kill him outright.
Even so, the Soul Power made Li Ping'an's body swell until he was a full size larger.
His skin could barely withstand the pressure. Beads of blood began to seep out.
At this point, it was too late for Li Ping'an to change his mind.
All he could do was guard his mind, stay conscious, and endure this wave of Soul Power.
After an unknown amount of time, the strange changes in Li Ping'an's body finally disappeared.
Beneath his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, a yellow Soul Ring pulsed faintly.
The Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul had grown thicker and more vigorous.
Its emerald-green color had turned into a gradient: green to pink, pink to white, then white to gold.
Those were the colors of the Nine-Heart Begonia flower. Li Ping'an's Martial Soul was so poor in quality that it had been greatly influenced by the Nine-Heart Begonia Soul Ring.
It finally worked! Li Ping'an let out a long breath.
He hadn't expected his aptitude to be so poor that absorbing his First Soul Ring would be this difficult.
Still, he had succeeded. With the help of a Soul Ring from a premium plant-type Soul Beast like the Nine-Heart Begonia, his aptitude could improve considerably.
My First Soul Skill is called Healing Light? Li Ping'an sensed.
I'll try it first!
At a thought from Li Ping'an, his Soul Ring lit up, and a pink glow enveloped him.
Within the glow, Blue Silver Grass leaves drifted down and merged into his body, restoring his injuries.
What a great skill. I'm a healing-type support Soul Master now! Li Ping'an thought.
There was no helping it. His Blue Silver Grass wasn't the Blue Silver Emperor. Trying to develop directly into a Battle Soul Master would be worse than improving the quality of his Martial Soul first!
He had absorbed a Soul Ring from a Nine-Heart Begonia Soul Beast not for the Soul Skill, but for the vitality of the Nine-Heart Begonia.
That way, he could make up for the flaws in his Blue Silver Grass and gradually promote his Martial Soul's evolution.
His Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul was weak, but highly malleable, with plenty of room to grow. It could even develop into a support-type Martial Soul.
That made sense. One of the Blue Silver Emperor's Soul Bone Skills was even called "Wildfire Never Dies; Spring Winds Bring It Back to Life"!
Even the emperor of the Blue Silver Grass could heal. Why couldn't his little Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul become a healing-type support Soul Master?
Besides, who says healing-type support Soul Masters can't fight?
At a thought, Li Ping'an's Martial Soul transformed into Blue Silver Grass vines and wrapped around the bed beside him. He gave it a hard tug, and the whole bed came off the floor.
I can use Tang San's Blue Silver Entanglement too!
This technique required exceptionally fine control over one's Martial Soul. He had to cultivate as if his tool Martial Soul were a part of his own body.
Li Ping'an had practiced for a whole year. Only recently, while studying mental-attack Soul Skills with Xiao Wu, had he gradually managed to master it.
However, unlike Tang San's Soul Skill, Li Ping'an's Blue Silver Entanglement relied on his Martial Soul itself.
Tang San, on the other hand, activated his Soul Skill using a copy of his Martial Soul formed from Soul Power.
Without the support of a Soul Ring, Li Ping'an's Blue Silver Entanglement still fell short of Tang San's.
After absorbing this Soul Ring, my Blue Silver Grass seems much tougher!
Before, his Blue Silver Grass might not have snapped with a single tug, but it probably wouldn't have been far off.
There was no helping it. That was simply how Blue Silver Grass was. Even after becoming a Martial Soul, it couldn't escape its natural weakness.
Still, Soul Masters could strengthen their Martial Souls step by step through cultivation.
Li Ping'an went to the bathroom and washed off the crusted blood before leaving the hotel.
Now that I've become a healing-type support Soul Master, it seems I can earn money with this and cultivate on the side.
Although he had a system to help him, he still wanted to earn some money himself to spend on cultivation.
Other resources were beyond his means for now. Even Whale Rubber, while not as expensive as it would be ten thousand years later, was still too costly for him.
Healing-type Soul Masters should make good money, right? Li Ping'an thought.
He put his plan into action and used the Wither-Flourish Art to disguise his Martial Soul.
Under the influence of the Wither-Flourish Art, even his own appearance changed. His handsome, youthful face became sallow.
With a little more disguise, only someone extremely familiar with him would recognize him.
Xiao Wu's Breath Concealment Technique probably doesn't disguise someone like this, does it?
Li Ping'an took stock of his appearance and was satisfied. Then he began looking for a clinic in the city.
In a small border town like this, unlike Heaven Dou City, healing-type Soul Masters were extremely rare.
Li Ping'an easily found a part-time job. No one gave him a hard time.
Even if someone had ill intentions toward him, they wouldn't be able to trace his identity after he used the Wither-Flourish Art to conceal his aura.
Ten Gold Soul Coins a month for the clinic position, plus a cut for each treatment. Not bad!
The monthly fee wasn't high because he was only a One-Ring Soul Master and had little room to negotiate.
Most of his earnings would come from his cut.
If patients wanted the best treatment, wouldn't they have to slip him a red envelope?
Compared with Tang San working as a blacksmith at Shi San Blacksmith Shop, this income should be pretty decent, right?
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