"Ten-year Lone Bamboo, and that counts as devil training? What a joke!"
Ao Yin noticed Yu Xiaogang's movements but did not care much. Let him be as strong as he pleased; the gentle breeze still swept over the mountain ridge.
"Want to catch up to me? Go argue with my sign-in system!"
Ao Yin simply ignored him. From then on, aside from nurturing his relationship with Xiao Wu, he signed in at Notting Academy every day, turning all of Tang San's destined fortune into sign-in rewards!
[Ding! Sign-in at Notting Academy successful. Congratulations, you have received a Tier 1 reward: Soul Power increased by 0.1 levels!] [Ding! Sign-in at Notting Academy successful. Congratulations, you have received a Tier 1 reward: Soul Ring age increased by 500 years!]
[Ding! Sign-in at Notting Academy successful. Congratulations, you have received a Tier 1 reward: Soul Power increased by 0.05 levels!] [Ding! Sign-in at Notting Academy successful. Congratulations, you have received a Tier 1 reward: Soul Ring age increased by 400 years!] [Ding! Sign-in at Soul Hunting Forest successful. Congratulations, you have received a Tier 2 reward: third Soul Ring, Blood Jade Spider!]
[Ding! Sign-in at Notting Academy successful. Congratulations, you have received a Tier 1 reward: Soul Power increased by 0.01 levels!] [Ding! Sign-in at Notting Academy successful. Congratulations, you have received a Tier 1 reward: Soul Ring age increased by 300 years!]
[Ding! Sign-in at Notting Academy successful. Congratulations, you have received a Tier 1 reward: Soul Ring age increased by 100 years!] [Ding! Sign-in at Notting Academy successful. Congratulations, you have received a Tier 1 reward: 100 Gold Soul Coins!]
[Ding! Sign-in at Notting Academy successful. You have received a Tier 2 reward: Appearance-Shifting Art (freely alter your appearance, voice, and Soul Ring colors)!]
Time flew by, and six years quietly passed in the blink of an eye!
During his first year after enrollment, bolstered by daily sign-ins, Ao Yin forcefully raised the age of his first Soul Ring, the Fire Glass Vine Serpent, all the way to a full ten thousand years!
In his third year, his second Soul Ring, the Six-Winged Frost Centipede, also became a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring!
In his fourth year, Ao Yin's Soul Power Level successfully broke through the level-thirty threshold, making him a Soul Elder.
He specifically went to the Soul Hunting Forest to trigger a sign-in, unexpectedly landing a top-tier Tier 2 reward and getting his third Soul Ring, the Blood Jade Spider, for free!
The initial age of this Soul Ring was nearly zero, and its color remained a pale white.
By the sixth year, through the day-after-day and year-after-year accumulation of sign-ins at Notting Academy, he had forcefully raised his third Soul Ring, the Blood Jade Spider, to the ten-thousand-year level as well!
On top of that, he had signed in and obtained a cultivation art—the Appearance-Shifting Art!
It allowed him to alter his appearance at will, change his voice, and even freely control the colors of his Soul Rings!
The only restriction was that the apparent age of his transformed Soul Rings could not exceed their true age.
Now, all three of Ao Yin's Soul Rings were Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings. He could freely switch them between white, yellow, purple, and black as he pleased!
If he did not use the Appearance-Shifting Art or deliberately disguise himself, his three Soul Rings would outwardly appear pale white, yellow, and pale white.
They looked utterly ordinary. No matter how one looked at him, he seemed like a completely unremarkable Soul Elder, yet his true foundation was terrifying beyond reason!
All three Soul Rings were genuine Ten Thousand Year black rings!
Their age continued to stack up day by day, slowly advancing toward hundred-thousand-year red Soul Rings!
After merely six years of signing in at the academy, Notting Academy's fortune visibly continued to decline, and the sign-in rewards shrank year after year.
The initial bonus of five hundred years had steadily decreased, and now he could only sign in for Gold Soul Coins each day!
Fortunately, after six years of accumulation, Ao Yin had undergone a complete transformation. His Soul Power Level had reached a terrifying level thirty-nine, and with three Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, he was only one step away from becoming a Soul Ancestor!
As for Xiao Wu, after six years, she remained a level-twenty-nine Soul Grandmaster. With two hundred-year Soul Rings in hand, she had already become the most sought-after prodigious genius in all of Notting Academy's junior division.
As for Tang San, under Yu Xiaogang's devil training, he had still reached level twenty-nine as a Soul Grandmaster despite losing his fortune.
It was said that, with the Master's help, he had even obtained a yellow Soul Ring over six hundred years old!
Like Xiao Wu, he had become a peerless genius student in the academy.
However, compared to Ao Yin, who had entered in the same year, they were instantly eclipsed.
At level thirty-nine as a Soul Elder, he crushed every genius in the academy.
Even though Tang San was unwilling to accept it, he had to admit that Ao Yin had... without question become the undisputed top graduate of Notting Academy's class!
Countless elite intermediate Soul Master Academies extended olive branches, scrambling to recruit this peerless genius under exceptional terms.
But Ao Yin did not even give it a thought before rejecting them all.
Behind Notting Academy, beneath the flowers and moonlight.
Xiao Wu's face was full of confusion as she softly asked, "Brother Ao, those intermediate Soul Master Academies are clearly all excellent. Why did you reject every one of them?"
"Xiao Wu, where do you plan to go after graduation?"
Rather than answering Xiao Wu's question, Ao Yin asked another.
"Wherever Brother Ao goes, Xiao Wu will go too!"
Xiao Wu nearly blurted it out. Over those six innocent years by Ao Yin's side, she had experienced the joy of being human.
"Good! Then let's go... to Shrek Academy."
"Shrek?"
Xiao Wu had never heard of this academy.
A faint smile curved Ao Yin's lips, but he did not explain further.
He knew clearly that Notting Academy's sign-in fortune had already been exhausted. It was time to find a new treasured ground.
Shrek Academy was his new land of fortune!
He gently moved aside Xiao Wu, who had been obediently resting against him, then rose from the vibrant flower field and lazily stretched.
"Xiao Wu, no more slacking off. You need to cultivate diligently, or you won't be able to keep up with me in the future."
Over six years, the once-childish little girl had already grown into a graceful young beauty, charming and lovely.
Yet her personality remained soft and clingy. She loved nothing more than resting against him, and once she lay down, she would stay there for most of the day.
The flower field was in full bloom, the moonlight was gentle, and the night was beautiful...
Ao Yin looked at the lovely girl beside him, and his heart stirred.
"Perfect. There's no one around, and the mood is just right. I'll accompany Xiao Wu in another proper round of training. After so long, I wonder whether Xiao Wu can now take my full set of... Awei's Eighteen Forms in one go?"
"You're awful!"
Xiao Wu's ears instantly turned red. Ao Yin's Awei's Eighteen Forms were incredibly formidable. Even though she had sparred with him for six years, she could never endure beyond the seventh or eighth form.
But Xiao Wu was competitive by nature. No matter what, she was determined to experience the entire set today!
Beneath the moon, they lingered together as they sparred intensely.
After several fierce and exhilarating battles, both of them were utterly exhausted. They lay side by side in the soft sea of flowers, breathing lightly, a thin sheen of sweat covering their skin.
Xiao Wu's cheeks were flushed, and her soft voice carried a touch of lazy sweetness. "Brother Ao is too strong... Let Xiao Wu rest properly for a while..."
Ao Yin froze at once.
He had clearly only been cultivating with Xiao Wu so that his martial skills could become more refined, yet her soft words somehow carried an indescribable, ambiguous charm that made his heart grow faintly warm.
His gaze still shifted uncontrollably to the side, falling upon the girl beside him.
He had to admit, Xiao Wu truly was a natural beauty. After six years of transformation, she had become increasingly radiant and captivating.
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