Half a Year Later, Year-End Bone Theft

After Li Ping'an cast his healing soul skill, Tang San slowly regained consciousness.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Yu Xiaogang nearby, asking with concern, "San, you're awake? How are you feeling now?"

Seeing Yu Xiaogang's face, Tang San was so startled that he shuddered, nearly reaching for the hidden weapons he had spent the past year crafting.

"Teacher, I'm fine!"

Tang San scanned his surroundings, trying to avoid Yu Xiaogang's gaze while checking where he was.

Earlier, he had been struck by Yu Xiaogang's soul skill, which had made the man look almost refined and handsome to him.

Now that he was clear-headed, he only felt nauseous and disgusted, unable to bear looking at Yu Xiaogang's face for long.

"Teacher, where is this?" Tang San asked.

Seeing that Tang San had truly recovered, Yu Xiaogang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

If anything were to happen to Tang San, his future plans to use the boy to make a name for himself across the world would be ruined.

"San, this is a medical clinic!"

"A medical clinic?"

Tang San circulated his Mysterious Heaven Skill to sense his own condition, discovering that the injuries caused by his previous deviation had actually healed.

Having spent a year with Tang San, Yu Xiaogang naturally knew what he was thinking.

"San, this is the healing-type soul master who treated you. Your injuries were cured by his soul skill."

Tang San realized, looking at Li Ping'an with a hint of surprise.

He's so young? Could he be like me, possessing Innate Full Soul Power?

"Many thanks for your assistance, Excellency!" Tang San sat up to express his gratitude.

Seeing that Tang San did not recognize him, Li Ping'an felt even more confident in his disguise.

"No need. Your teacher has already paid the treatment fee; I am just doing my job for pay!"

With that, Li Ping'an collected his commission for the day and clocked out.

Since Tang San had awakened and could circulate his Mysterious Heaven Skill to heal himself, there was no need for him to waste any more energy.

Watching Li Ping'an walk away, Yu Xiaogang sighed; he hadn't expected to misjudge someone today.

"San, as a soul master, sometimes you must rely on the strength of a team!"

"If you have a healing-type soul master as a partner, it will be of great help to your future path!" Yu Xiaogang reminded him.

Tang San nodded thoughtfully, "Teacher, I understand."

Li Ping'an changed his clothes, removed his disguise, and returned to Notting Academy.

He sat cross-legged on his bed, cultivating his soul power and feeling the changes since his breakthrough.

My cultivation speed seems to be much faster than before! Li Ping'an thought to himself.

He was confident that from now on, even without the system, he would not end up like Yu Xiaogang, stuck at level twenty-nine with no progress.

It seems absorbing the Nine-Heart Begonia soul ring was the right choice, though I am likely the only one who could ever obtain such a ring.

This type of plant-based soul beast was nearly extinct on the continent; others would never be able to find one.

Half a year later, at the back mountain.

Li Ping'an was learning a new Self-Created Soul Skill from Xiao Wu.

This soul skill involved the application of spiritual power, which Xiao Wu had derived from her second soul skill, Charm.

Since she didn't need to cultivate soul power, Xiao Wu had enough energy to research various self-created soul skills.

Moreover, unlike Feng Xiaotian, she wouldn't neglect her soul power cultivation because of her research.

"How is it? I'm amazing, right?" Xiao Wu waited for Li Ping'an's evaluation.

"Amazing! Truly worthy of being the boss of Notting Academy!" Li Ping'an gave her a thumbs up.

Xiao Wu's soul skill allowed him to perform spiritual attacks as well.

This skill was cut from the same cloth as Xiao Wu's Charm, though the effects were slightly weaker, it came with its own benefits.

The benefit was that when encountering an opponent with soul power far too high, while it might not have much of an effect, it wouldn't cause a backlash either.

Unlike when Xiao Wu used her Charm skill on Zhao Wuji and ended up knocking herself unconscious.

"What do you think I should name this soul skill?" Xiao Wu asked.

"Since you created it, you should naturally be the one to name it!"

"Then let's call it Charm Fist!"

Xiao Wu chose the name casually; since the skill was developed from her Charm soul skill, she named it accordingly.

As long as it's not called Haodong Fist, Li Ping'an thought to himself.

Li Ping'an silently used the system to increase his favorability rating toward Xiao Wu by a point.

[Congratulations to the host, the favorability of the Protagonist of Luck has increased by 1!]

[Current favorability is 30, reward obtained: Soul Power +2 levels!]

"Favorability has finally increased again!" Xiao Wu's eyes lit up, and she quickly claimed the reward.

Her soul power rose from level 24 to level 26.

Being level 26 at the age of eight was extremely rare among human soul masters.

Except for those with level 20 Innate Soul Power, no one could compare to her.

Xiao Wu snuck a glance at Li Ping'an, thinking to herself, This Li Ping'an is really hard to win over!

I wonder what kind of person he actually likes? Could it be that I'm not pretty enough? Xiao Wu felt a bit distressed.

She had originally thought she could easily manipulate Li Ping'an, but she hadn't expected it to be this difficult.

However, the benefits from the system rewards were too tempting, allowing her strength to improve much faster, and she was unwilling to give up.

Xiao Wu had not forgotten that there was still a Title Douluo hiding in the shadows, watching her.

Li Ping'an also received benefits; he shared in Xiao Wu's system reward, and his soul power rose from level 14 to level 15.

Over the past six months, Tang San had been a bit lackluster, only providing him with one level of soul power as a reward.

Xiao Wu, on the other hand, had brought him two levels of soul power, while his own cultivation had only increased his soul power by about one level.

"Xiao Wu, the academy is going on break soon. I'm going home for a trip. Do you have any plans?"

"Home?" Xiao Wu suddenly felt a bit envious.

However, she had already made plans for this break.

"Li Ping'an, I've broken through to level 20. I'm planning to take advantage of the break to go to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt a soul beast and absorb a soul ring!"

As she spoke, Xiao Wu winked at Li Ping'an.

She had only told Li Ping'an about becoming a Soul Grand Master.

To the outside world, she had been hiding her true strength, pretending to be a soul master of just over level 10.

The reason she revealed level 20 soul power this time was because Tang San had broken through to level 20 and was preparing to hunt a soul beast.

Xiao Wu's little brain whirred, and she came up with the idea of tricking Tang San into going to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt a soul beast.

She would also take the opportunity to go to the Star Dou Great Forest and see if she had a chance to run back into the depths of the forest.

Hmph, that detestable Title Douluo, when the time comes, I'll have Da Ming and Er Ming take action and see how you hide then! Xiao Wu thought.

"The Star Dou Great Forest? You must be careful!" Li Ping'an replied, playing along.

Li Ping'an was well aware of Xiao Wu's intentions; in fact, this plan was something Li Ping'an had slowly guided her to come up with.

If both Tang San and Xiao Wu went to the Star Dou Great Forest, Tang Hao would likely follow them secretly.

And Li Ping'an would take advantage of this time to go to that cave and steal the Blue Silver Emperor's soul bone.