Tang San: You Are Already on the Path to Death!

A year later.

On the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, a handsome youth controlled Blue Silver Grass that danced through the air.

Under his control, the Blue Silver Grass continuously shifted into various forms.

"Blue Silver Binding!"

"Blue Silver Piercing!"

"Blue Silver Wooden Bolt Wall!"

"..."

Countless massive strands of Blue Silver Grass moved at the youth's command, sometimes transforming into incomparably resilient cages that firmly trapped enormous boulders.

At other times, they stretched taut one by one, becoming terrifyingly sharp spikes that pierced towering ancient trees.

Then they layered atop one another, forming a thick and sturdy wall.

It combined offense and defense, with endless variations.

That youth was undoubtedly Jiang Yu.

Over the past year, Jiang Yu's soul power had steadily risen from rank fourteen to rank eighteen.

Aside from cultivating his soul power, he spent most of his time developing various techniques for Blue Silver Grass.

Jiang Yu had developed all of these techniques based on the Wood Release ninjutsu from the anime of his previous life.

In this world's terms, they should count as self-created soul skills.

At the beginning, developing these soul skills had indeed been fraught with difficulties.

Jiang Yu simply could not freely manipulate his soul power, much less control the Blue Silver Grass he summoned.

But he soon thought of a solution.

Since soul power was also a form of energy, could he try the cultivation methods from anime?

He acted as soon as he thought of it. Jiang Yu first tried gathering soul power in his feet and began climbing trees using the most basic method of walking.

Once climbing trees had become as easy as walking on level ground, Jiang Yu began gathering soul power beneath his feet and attempted to walk across water.

And it actually worked. This method of cultivating soul power was genuinely effective.

After a period of training, Jiang Yu could now completely control the Blue Silver Grass he summoned.

These strands of Blue Silver Grass were like extensions of his own arms, able to transform into all kinds of attack forms at will.

By now, Jiang Yu's Blue Silver Grass attacks had begun to resemble Wood Release to some extent.

Whenever he thought about how Tang San had specifically absorbed a soul ring just for "Blue Silver Binding," Jiang Yu found it rather laughable.

"Phew! I've completely absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline energy!"

"The energy fluctuations of the soul bone have also been completely concealed!"

"It's time to leave this place and return to Notting Junior Soul Master Academy!"

After finishing his training, Jiang Yu made his plans.

Although Jiang Yu had already left Notting Junior Soul Master Academy, he had yet to receive his graduation certificate.

Without it, he would be unable to enter a higher-level soul master academy.

The reason Jiang Yu had not immediately returned after obtaining his first soul ring was, first, because he had not fully absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline energy within his body, leaving his aura mixed and chaotic.

Second, the aura of the hundred-thousand-year soul bone on his body had not yet been fully concealed.

If he had gone back then and been discovered by Hammer Tang, he might have been smashed to death on the spot with a single hammer.

But after this year, Jiang Yu had completely integrated the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline energy into himself. The soul bone's aura had also completely vanished, merging with his flesh and blood.

Now, as long as Jiang Yu did not use the soul skill of the soul bone, no one would be able to discover that he possessed one.

With that thought, Jiang Yu briefly packed up and headed toward Notting Junior Soul Master Academy.

A week later, Jiang Yu returned to Notting Junior Soul Master Academy and went straight to the Academic Affairs Office.

When the director saw Jiang Yu, he froze in shock.

Jiang Yu had vanished without a trace for an entire year. Many teachers had assumed he had already died while hunting soul beasts.

Jiang Yu merely stated that he had gone out to train and hunt for a soul ring.

Now that he had successfully obtained one, he had come to apply for graduation.

After hearing this, the director did not think much of it and immediately processed Jiang Yu's graduation application.

Just as Jiang Yu stepped out of the academic building, he ran into three people head-on.

Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, and a bouncing Xiao Wu.

Upon seeing Jiang Yu, Yu Xiaogang was also greatly startled and could not help saying, "Jiang Yu! It's you!... You're not dead?"

It was no wonder Yu Xiaogang thought so.

Jiang Yu had been a working student, yet he had disappeared for an entire year.

In Yu Xiaogang's eyes, Jiang Yu must have encountered danger while hunting soul beasts and died in some unknown corner.

Yu Xiaogang had even used Jiang Yu as an example several times, warning Tang San that he absolutely could not be like Jiang Yu—that his own theories were the most correct.

Only by cultivating according to his theories could one become a powerful Soul Master.

That was why Yu Xiaogang was so shocked to see Jiang Yu here now.

"Hmph, even if your whole family died, I still wouldn't die!"

Jiang Yu shot Yu Xiaogang a glance and snapped back irritably.

The moment those words came out, Yu Xiaogang's face turned the color of pig liver, ugly beyond compare.

However, before Yu Xiaogang could lose his temper, Tang San beside him flared up first.

Tang San took a sharp step forward and stood directly in front of Jiang Yu, shouting, "Apologize! Apologize to Teacher right now!"

"Exactly! How can you talk to Grandmaster like that?" Xiao Wu put her hands on her hips and chimed in from the side.

"Apologize? What am I apologizing for?" Jiang Yu sneered disdainfully. "He cursed me dead first. Am I not allowed to talk back?"

"Get the hell out of my way!" Jiang Yu's voice turned cold, utterly impolite.

The instant he saw Tang San, Jiang Yu had already silently used Blue Silver Grass to sense the surroundings.

Tang Hao was not in the academy.

Since that was the case, Jiang Yu had no need to be polite to these people.

"Damn it!"

Tang San's fury was completely ignited by Jiang Yu's words.

According to the Tang Sect's rules in Tang San's heart, once an enemy had earned the right to die, one must never show mercy. Otherwise, one would only bring endless trouble upon oneself.

Now that Jiang Yu had humiliated his teacher to his face, he had already earned the right to die!

"First Soul Skill, Blue Silver Binding!"

With a thought from Tang San, the yellow hundred-year soul ring beneath his feet lit up. Countless Blue Silver Grass vines erupted from the ground and surged toward Jiang Yu.

"Hmph, I've been waiting for you!"

"Blue Silver Descent!"

At the exact moment Tang San unleashed his soul skill, Jiang Yu activated his own first soul skill as well.

In an instant, a brilliant purple halo rose from beneath Jiang Yu's feet!

Countless Blue Silver Grass plants burst forth wildly around Jiang Yu, dense and layered, easily blocking Tang San's "mommy binding."

"What!? My Blue Silver Grass was actually blocked!"

Tang San's mind went blank as he stared at the vibrant, extraordinarily tough Blue Silver Grass before Jiang Yu.

Yu Xiaogang beside him was completely dumbfounded, staring fixedly at the soul ring beneath Jiang Yu's feet.

"Th-this is... a purple soul ring... a thousand-year soul ring!?"