Lan Xuanyu was blasted away like a cannonball. Just as he was about to slam into the wall, a suction force came over him.
Lin Yuan yanked his right hand through the air, and in an instant, Lan Xuanyu was pulled back.
"Bro, I think my head's a little dizzy, and my body hurts a bit too."
"Don't worry. Dizziness is normal."
"Ow."
Lan Xuanyu instinctively clutched Lin Yuan's sleeve. His head was swimming, and he was a little unsteady on his feet.
Lan Xuanyu believed that if Lin Yuan had not held back, that self-created Soul Skill Lin Yuan had named Rasengan would not have merely sent him flying.
Instead, it would have passed straight through his flesh and struck his internal organs directly. Lin Yuan had only affected him with the external cyclone. That was practically merciful.
Lan Xuanyu watched Lin Yuan sit down on the floor, so he simply sat down as well, back to back with Lin Yuan, half-narrowing his eyes in imitation of him.
"Bro, you're so strong it doesn't even make sense. You haven't even revealed your Soul Ring yet. If you're this powerful, when will I ever surpass you and help you do the things you don't want to do?"
Lin Yuan: ...
Lin Yuan did not respond. He opened his right hand toward the refrigerator, and an ice pop he had made in his spare time from Life Fruit landed in his hand.
Lin Yuan snapped it in half down the middle and handed one piece to Lan Xuanyu.
"Eat."
"Thanks, bro." Lan Xuanyu took it and bit down hard.
As the sweetness mixed with a special fruity fragrance slid down his throat, his exhausted body instantly felt much more refreshed. This was simply an excellent ingredient for repairing the body!
Just then, a voice came from behind Lan Xuanyu.
"Once you've recovered, continue."
"Ah..."
Lan Xuanyu's eyes instantly went blank. He did not even notice the ice pop slipping from his hand.
"Just kidding." Lin Yuan pulled the ice pop back over and held it to Lan Xuanyu's mouth.
"Mm-hmm."
As he ate, Lan Xuanyu asked, "Bro, how did you do those two moves just now?"
"Which two?"
"That big ball I saw in the spiritual world, and that Rasengan."
"Oh, those two. They're not exactly secrets."
Lin Yuan took a sip from the thermos cup with a great white shark sticker on it and thought for a moment.
"The first one is rather troublesome to explain. Just think of it as my spiritual power being able to affect others through rhythm. You can't learn that one. As for the second..."
Lin Yuan thought for a moment, then nodded.
"I think you should be able to learn it."
"Really?!"
Lan Xuanyu shot to his feet at once, his eyes shining as he looked at Lin Yuan.
"Mm. It isn't that hard. The details depend on your spiritual power and how well you control the elements."
"To be honest, although in my eyes your spiritual power isn't worth even one strand of mine, compared to others your age, you can barely be called a genius. So during the training I'll be giving you next, your elemental control should improve."
Lan Xuanyu listened in utter confusion. Even his mother, Nan Cheng, had never said these things to him.
"Bro, then what should I do first?"
Lin Yuan thought for a bit. "First, gather the water element in your hand."
"Oh." Lan Xuanyu nodded and obediently did as he was told. Silver-Patterned Blue Silver Grass appeared in Lan Xuanyu's palm.
"Wrap the Blue Silver Grass around your arm. That shouldn't be hard for you, right?"
"I'll try."
Lan Xuanyu focused his mind. The Blue Silver Grass that had originally been climbing up from his palm instantly curled over, starting from his fingers and winding all the way around his entire arm.
"Actually, your water-element control should allow you to condense water into ice. For condensing water into ice, you can refer to classical nucleation... Forget it, you probably wouldn't understand. The Rasengan just now counts as a self-created Soul Skill. In the process of mastering Rasengan, you should naturally master condensing water into ice as well."
Lan Xuanyu nodded in a daze. He was too young and had no idea just how exaggerated the words "self-created Soul Skill" truly were, or what kind of genius they represented.
But the one thing Lan Xuanyu knew was that no genius could compare to his bro, and he would not allow a genius who surpassed Lin Yuan to appear.
Very soon, Lin Yuan took over a bag of balloons, pulled one out, filled it with tap water, then twisted it shut and tossed it to Lan Xuanyu.
"Remember, use your own Soul Power and spiritual power to control the water flow, making it move irregularly until it bursts the water ball. Once you do that, the first stage of learning will be complete."
"It's that simple?" Lan Xuanyu said in confusion.
"Mm, it really isn't difficult." Lin Yuan hugged his thermos cup. After all, back then, he had only had a flash of inspiration and created Water Vortex. It probably wasn't... too hard, right?
He did not even have an elemental martial soul. Could a Soul Master with an elemental martial soul really not manage it?
No way, right? No way?
There couldn't really be some idiot who couldn't do it, right?
Just before Lan Xuanyu was about to begin training, Lin Yuan suddenly called a stop. "Wait!"
Under Lan Xuanyu's puzzled gaze, Lin Yuan grabbed the Silver-Patterned Blue Silver Grass and aimed it at a water cup. In less than five seconds, he had filled the cup to the brim before letting go of the Silver-Patterned Blue Silver Grass.
"All right, keep going." Lin Yuan collapsed onto the sofa, unwilling to move, yet still forced himself to wave a hand.
Lan Xuanyu: ...
Lan Xuanyu focused his mind on the balloon again and began trying according to his own understanding.
And reality proved that there really were people who couldn't do it.
For example, Lan Xuanyu. This little Dragon God spent an entire day on it and still failed.
By nighttime, he could only barely control the water flow inside the balloon to extend outward, but he still couldn't make it break through. In the end, he looked pitifully at Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan: What exactly is so hard about this?
Wasn't it just one move here, one move there, and done?
Lin Yuan held back the urge to complain and spoke in a tone that he tried to make as understandable as possible for Lan Xuanyu:
"Uh, a drop of water may seem weak, but as long as you accelerate it to a hundred meters per second, it's basically no different from a needle. Of course, I'm not saying you absolutely have to reach that kind of acceleration. This is just a direction to think in."
That night, in the master bedroom.
On a large bed two meters wide and three meters long, Lin Yuan rested his head on his arms, his eyes slightly narrowed.
He looked at the stars in the sky, pondering his battle with Lan Xuanyu today.
His first Soul Skill: Universal Pull. As his understanding deepened, it was no longer as simple as dragging objects over. For instance, during the day, the water element Lan Xuanyu had used against him had its control seized in almost an instant.
Though those water elements had not been willing to submit to him...
If they had been willing to submit, it should have been even easier.
But that should have fallen within the scope of elemental martial souls.
That was probably one of the reasons elemental martial souls were so uniquely blessed. They were born with an extremely high affinity for the elements, unlike him, this tyrant.
Lin Yuan mocked himself inwardly.
Lan Xuanyu lay beside Lin Yuan. After knowing Lin Yuan for so many years, this was the first time Lan Xuanyu had stayed at Lin Yuan's house.
"Bro, do you look at the stars every night?"
Lin Yuan came back to himself, remembering there was still a little brat beside him.
Lin Yuan nodded and said easily:
"Mm."
"Isn't it boring?"
Lin Yuan raised his hand and pointed at the brightest star in the sky, saying lightly:
"Not really. I can see that star flickering, firmly holding on to the other stars. Isn't that process interesting?"
"Oh."
Lan Xuanyu didn't really understand what he was seeing or what he was hearing, but he somehow felt that when Lin Yuan said those words, he was very serious. Not lazy, but very serious.
"Then, Bro, I'll watch with you," Lan Xuanyu said subconsciously.
"No need at all. Forget it, it's too late now. Let's just sleep. Don't forget, you're enrolling tomorrow. During the day, I already spoke with Teacher Qiu Yuxin. Mm, she'll be teaching your class."
"Oh. Good night, Bro."
Lan Xuanyu stopped forcing it, and in the blink of an eye, he fell asleep.
Under the night, Lin Yuan even heard Lan Xuanyu muttering in his dreams, "Bro, I'll definitely be stronger than you in the future. Whatever you don't want to do, I'll definitely help you do it..."
Lin Yuan: ...
You can want to get stronger all you like, but can you fucking not use me as your banner?
The next day, Lin Yuan made a soul communicator call to Lan Xiao.
He informed Lan Xiao that he would take Lan Xuanyu to register, and naturally, Lan Xiao had no objections.
Lin Yuan was a major celebrity of Tianluo Academy, not to mention that this time, he had represented Tianluo Academy and ruthlessly crushed Tiandou Academy's arrogant attitude.
Having Lin Yuan take Lan Xuanyu there was much more impressive than Lan Xiao taking Lan Xuanyu there himself.
Lin Yuan took Lan Xuanyu and squeezed onto public transportation. Very soon, the two of them arrived at Tianluo Academy.
Since today was the start of the school season, the registration center was packed with parents, a sea of people.
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