A Pill That Can Even Alter Innate Soul Power?

Shrek Academy, training field.

Tang Wulin walked up to Wu Zhangkong, smiled at him, and said, "Teacher, I finished."

Wu Zhangkong gave a slight nod after hearing Tang Wulin. Tang Wulin had picked this up faster than anyone else in the entire class.

Just then, Wu Zhangkong took a transparent bottle straight out of his soul device, and his movement quickly drew the attention of everyone else on the training field.

Of course, their attention had first been drawn by Tang Wulin. After all, everyone else was still struggling, yet Tang Wulin had actually been the first to complete the training.

The bottle in Wu Zhangkong's hand was not large, only about the size of an adult's fist. It was completely transparent, and inside were two pills.

Although they were in the same bottle, the two pills did not look the same.

The two pills were completely different in appearance.

Ning Rongrong's brows furrowed slightly. She had grown up in the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, but she had never seen this kind of round, lustrous bead before. (In Douluo One, pills were basically never mentioned; the things that appeared and were called pills were all made by Tang San. Most things in Douluo One were taken directly, or were medicinal liquids.)

Could they be some kind of treasure?

Everyone's gazes soon fell on Wu Zhangkong as well, wondering whether he would give some kind of explanation.

Of course, even though Wu Zhangkong had not said anything, the moment everyone's eyes landed on the two pills, they could not help being drawn to them.

Wu Zhangkong did not keep them in suspense. He directly held up the bottle in his hand.

"These two pills—one is called a Soul Ascension Pill."

His finger tapped against the wall of the bottle, pointing to the pill on the left.

"The effect of the Soul Ascension Pill is to increase soul power. Judging by its medicinal effect, one Soul Ascension Pill is roughly equivalent to all the soul power a soul master needs to rise from rank thirty to rank thirty-one. In other words, if you are a rank-thirty soul master, after taking this pill, you can directly break through to rank thirty-one."

After hearing Wu Zhangkong's words, everyone could not help freezing. Instinctively, they took a few steps forward, wanting to see more clearly.

Zhu Zhuqing stood rooted to the spot, completely stunned. Directly raising someone by one rank—one pill could do that? Really?

One had to know that directly increasing soul power by one rank could save a great deal of cultivation time. For those with poor talent, it could even be worth several years of bitter cultivation.

"Each soul master can only take one in their lifetime. Taking a second one has almost no effect."

Wu Zhangkong continued speaking.

But... even if one could only take one in a lifetime, it was still incredibly terrifying.

Ning Rongrong's gaze moved from the Soul Ascension Pill to the pill on the right.

Since the Soul Ascension Pill was already this precious, what about the other one?

Anything that could be placed in the same bottle as it, no matter how she thought about it, could not be some simple pill, right?

"This one is called the Mystic Water Pill. For soul masters below rank twenty, the Mystic Water Pill can increase soul power by at least one rank. But its main function is not to increase soul power. Rather, it cleanses the tendons and marrow, removes impurities from the body, nourishes the meridians, and raises cultivation potential. Its effect is roughly equivalent to... raising a person's innate soul power by one rank. Of course, for people whose innate soul power is above rank eight, it is merely icing on the cake." (In the original work, the effect on those with extremely good talent was not great; here, it is set at innate rank eight.)

Once he finished saying this, the entire field fell silent, their minds buzzing.

What had Wu Zhangkong just said?

Raising innate soul power by one rank?

One had to know that innate soul power was a gift decided at birth. The higher one's innate soul power, the faster one cultivated, and the higher one's future ceiling.

This was common knowledge everyone on Douluo Continent knew. Moreover, unless one had endless resources, trying to close that gap was extremely difficult.

Yet now, someone was telling them there was a kind of pill that could raise innate soul power. Even if it had limitations for those with innate soul power above rank eight, how many people present had innate soul power above rank eight?

Luo Ziyan's mouth fell open. This time, she could not say a single word. Her innate soul power was not high, only rank five. If she could obtain this Mystic Water Pill...

She did not dare think any further. This thing was far too precious.

As for Wu Zhangkong's words, no one had the slightest doubt. After all, when it came to this sort of matter, Wu Zhangkong had absolutely no need to deceive them.

Of course, something like this could be called extremely precious. It was absolutely impossible for it to be handed out casually.

Everyone's gazes remained fixed on the bottle in Wu Zhangkong's hand, their faces full of envy.

Wu Zhangkong placed the bottle directly into Tang Wulin's hand.

"This is your reward."

When everyone saw this scene, they could not help feeling even more envious. This was Tang Wulin's reward, which meant this reward had been given because Tang Wulin was the first to complete the training objective.

Ning Rongrong thought to herself that no wonder this academy dared guarantee it could turn ordinary people into monsters. So it had such heaven-defying resources. At this moment, she was also looking eagerly at that pill. It really made one envious.

If only she could raise her innate soul power again. Although Ning Rongrong's talent was already quite good, who would ever mind having even better talent?

"Teacher, I'd like to ask, what are the conditions for obtaining this kind of pill? Will we have another chance to obtain this kind of pill in the future?"

Zhu Zhuqing directly asked the question. This pill was extremely important to her. If she had this pill, her cultivation would certainly rise to another level.

The others were also looking at Wu Zhangkong now, wondering what kind of answer he would give.

Would it be very difficult?

But no matter how difficult it was, they had to work hard. After all, this was something that might change their fate. Joining this academy was the first step toward changing their fate.

Wu Zhangkong was also very clear about what everyone was thinking right now.

"Anyone who completes the training objective before dark can obtain these two pills."

As he spoke, Wu Zhangkong once again took bottle after bottle of pills from his storage soul device.

Luo Ziyan's eyes went even wider than before. Her mouth opened as if she wanted to say something, but she swallowed the words back down.

A boy stammered out, "Th-this many?"

"Even if everyone gets a share, there will be more than enough."

After hearing Wu Zhangkong's words, the training ground exploded into commotion.

"Oh my god, this is a huge opportunity. No way—next, I have to be the next person to complete the target!"

"You can do it!"

Everyone quickly ran back to their positions, picked up their soul cannons, and began training. They had already been serious at the start, but now, after seeing those two pills, their focus rose by a huge margin.

Even Ning Rongrong hurriedly turned her attention back to training. She had to get those pills!

[Detected an increase in key figure Ning Rongrong's recognition of Shrek Academy as Monster Academy!]

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[Detected an increase in key figure Zhu Zhuqing's recognition of Shrek Academy as Monster Academy!]

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[Detected an increase in ordinary figure Luo Ziyan's recognition of Shrek Academy as Monster Academy!]

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