Imperial Sword Technique, Fateful Encounter

"Lin Chen, where's your hometown?"

"Lin Chen, what level are you now?"

"Lin Chen, where are we going?"

Xiao Wu was like a chatterbox, firing off one question after another.

"Can you be quiet?"

Lin Chen turned to look at Xiao Wu, his face filled with speechlessness.

If she'd been some stunning beauty, he definitely wouldn't have minded chatting with her, but little Xiao Wu was just plain noisy.

She hadn't been this kind of person in the original story.

Could it be because she saw him as one of her kind, so she'd let herself go?

"Alright."

Xiao Wu looked utterly unhappy, but she didn't dare defy Lin Chen.

She didn't want to be like this either.

Wasn't she only trying to get closer to him so she could stay alive?

Once Xiao Wu quieted down, Lin Chen immediately felt some peace.

He took Xiao Wu to buy two sets of bedding, towels, toothbrushes, and other daily necessities before leading her toward Notting Academy.

When Xiao Wu saw Notting Academy, her eyes lit up.

She'd originally planned to come to Notting Academy herself. She hadn't expected Lin Chen's plans to align with hers.

This was simply perfect.

Lin Chen brought Xiao Wu to the registration office, which was also the dean of studies' office.

There wasn't much worth mentioning about the process.

The dean of studies and his two assistants were merely shocked by Lin Chen and Xiao Wu's talent, and by Lin Chen's spirit power level.

It was worth mentioning that Lin Chen hadn't enrolled as a work-study student.

He had no desire to squeeze into a communal dormitory with work-study students, nor did he want to do any work-study jobs.

Naturally, Xiao Wu felt the same.

"How did you do it?"

After leaving the academic affairs office, Xiao Wu stared at Lin Chen in shock.

The age he'd written on his enrollment form was clearly six as well.

Level fourteen at six years old—wasn't that far too outrageous?

Even if a hundred-thousand-year soul beast in human form cultivated faster than human Spirit Masters when going all out, it shouldn't have been this much faster, right?

"If you don't want to become a Spirit Ring, put more effort into cultivating. If you ever become a burden to me, then sorry."

Rather than answering her directly, Lin Chen urged her onward.

The original story had clearly mentioned that hundred-thousand-year soul beasts cultivated faster after taking human form than human Spirit Masters, yet Xiao Wu's level had never surpassed Tang San's.

She'd taken human form for revenge, but he'd never seen her make any effort toward that revenge. From beginning to end, she hadn't even shown much determination to avenge herself.

Calling her a plot device wouldn't be an exaggeration.

Lin Chen had no intention of keeping a useless pretty face by his side.

"I will."

Xiao Wu had originally intended to slow her cultivation down appropriately based on the usual cultivation speed of Spirit Masters, so she wouldn't attract too much attention.

But now, there was no need for that.

Her soul beast aura was gone, and Lin Chen was standing in front of her anyway.

She could just cultivate without restraint.

Notting Academy didn't have many teachers or students, and most of its students were locals from Nuoding City who had no need to stay on campus, so there was only one dormitory building.

Lin Chen paid for the highest-tier accommodations and received two single rooms in return.

The dorm rooms were around twenty square meters. Not only did they have private bathrooms, but they also came equipped with soul-tool lamps, soul-tool water heaters, and more.

They were no worse than rooms in an upscale hotel.

They had simply been vacant for too long, leaving thick layers of dust everywhere.

"Clean the place up."

Lin Chen tossed Xiao Wu a towel, then took a small stool from the System Inventory and sat down in the corridor outside the dorm.

Xiao Wu didn't complain. She immediately got to work.

Only after seeing how efficiently she worked did Lin Chen feel at ease checking his rewards.

[Reward One: Record of Heavenly Materials. Contains the medicinal properties, harvesting methods, and other information for all heavenly materials, earthly treasures, plants, and herbs.]

[Reward Two: Random ultimate skill.]

[Reward Three: Storage Soul Tool. A Storage Soul Tool with one hundred cubic meters of space that can store unconscious living creatures.]

[Reward Four: System-Bestowed Spirit Ring ×1.]

[Reward Five: Damage Transfer Card. Can completely transfer all damage received onto a target. Even God King Rank attacks can be transferred.]

Looking at the five rewards, Lin Chen fell silent.

Why did he suddenly feel like the quality of the rewards had dropped?

Maybe it was because of the third reward.

After all, the System Inventory could also store unconscious living creatures.

It even preserved freshness.

No matter what was placed inside, everything would remain frozen in that exact second.

Put freshly cooked food into the System Inventory, and even if it was taken out ten thousand years later, it would still be freshly cooked.

There was no need for any special containers to seal in medicinal effects when storing immortal herbs.

System, I can understand getting a useless reward every now and then, but don't give me five useless rewards at once. That'd be disgusting.

Lin Chen didn't care whether the system would listen. Trying wouldn't cost him anything.

System, I choose one, two, four, and five.

As Lin Chen's thought fell, the System-Bestowed Spirit Ring and Damage Transfer Card were stored in the System Inventory, while a huge amount of information flooded into his mind.

Information on all kinds of heavenly materials and earthly treasures, even information on ordinary precious herbs, was poured into his mind in the form of memories.

The Star Anise Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot mentioned in the original story, as well as the Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma and Nine-Grade Dragon Ganoderma, were all included.

There was no splitting headache. Instead, he felt an inexplicable sense of comfort.

Lin Chen quickly mastered it all perfectly. He could now identify the effects and harvesting methods of any heavenly material, earthly treasure, or precious herb with a single glance.

Information about the random ultimate skill soon appeared in his mind as well.

Imperial Sword Technique: Control a sword with qi; the sword moved with one's will.

Nice.

Lin Chen had never expected to draw such an incredible ultimate skill.

It was the Imperial Sword Technique.

Though it wasn't as overpowered as the Imperial Sword Technique from xianxia worlds, simply being able to control a sword was enough to satisfy Lin Chen immensely.

After all, strength was only temporary, but being cool lasted a lifetime.

Not bad, not bad.

Lin Chen nodded in satisfaction and looked toward Xiao Wu, who had gotten herself covered in dust inside the room.

He had to admit, she was working quite hard.

At that very moment, Yu Xiaogang encountered Tang San in their fated meeting.

"Gifted and intelligent as well... it seems I must be persistent for once. After all, no matter what, you're the third person in a hundred years to possess Twin Martial Souls."

Tang San's expression changed sharply at those words.

He instinctively raised his right hand toward the other man, murderous intent already rising in his heart.

His father had said it before.

The fact that he possessed two Martial Souls absolutely could not be revealed to anyone.

This man had earned himself a death sentence.

"Are you curious why I know you possess Twin Martial Souls?"

As he spoke, Yu Xiaogang waved the work-study student certificate in his hand.

"It's because of this certificate."

"Others may not be able to see the flaw in it, but if even I couldn't, then I wouldn't deserve the title of Grandmaster."

As he said this, Yu Xiaogang unconsciously clasped his hands behind his back and slightly raised his chin, revealing an inexplicable confidence and pride.