The Generous Father Lin

"You'd better be prepared to spend a fortune, then." Su Yuntao smiled, sincerely happy for Lin Yuan. "Congratulations, A-Yuan."

"Master Su Yuntao, thank you." Lin Yuan had always respected Su Yuntao's character, and he sincerely thanked him now as well.

After issuing Lin Yuan's Martial Soul certificate, Su Yuntao saw the father and son downstairs.

When they returned home, they happened to see Yan Beifei, the boy from earlier, coming out of their herbal shop.

The other boy still did not so much as glance at the father and son.

Lin Yuan's mother, however, saw that neither of them looked the least bit dejected and asked excitedly, "Did you awaken Soul Power?"

"Yes, Mom." Lin Yuan answered with a smile.

Father Lin added from the side, "Our A-Yuan is far better than I was. He has as much as Rank Three Innate Soul Power."

"Rank Three? Rank Three Innate Soul Power? Son, my wonderful son!" Mother Lin was only an ordinary person. Upon hearing that her son possessed Rank Three Innate Soul Power, she suddenly spread her slender arms and pulled him tightly into her embrace.

His mother was not a peerless beauty, but she had still been a renowned pretty girl throughout the surrounding villages. Otherwise, she would never have married his father, a Soul Master.

Her embrace was warm. Perhaps because she had sold medicinal herbs all year round, she carried a faint herbal fragrance.

Still, Lin Yuan was an adult at heart, and being held like this felt rather awkward. He hurriedly said, "Mom, I saw someone come in just now. Were they buying something?"

"He wasn't buying anything. He was selling. That child just brought in a Hundred-Year Wild Ginseng, and I got it for only ten Gold Soul Coins."

At the mention of business, a shrewd gleam flashed in Mother Lin's eyes.

She released Lin Yuan and recounted everything that had happened in full detail.

In short, Mother Lin had acquired the wild ginseng at an extremely low price. In exchange, she needed to keep an eye out for Whale Rubber for Yan Beifei.

Mother Lin was merely a rural herb merchant and had no idea what Whale Rubber was.

But in order to secure the deal, she had agreed anyway.

This made Lin Yuan even more certain that Yan Beifei was a transmigrator, while the wild ginseng the other boy had mentioned also caught his attention.

Su Yuntao had said earlier that he had tested everyone in Emperor Soul Village for Soul Power.

Yet Yan Beifei had claimed he had not.

Clearly, the latter was lying.

So the question was, how had he given his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul Soul Power?

And he had even produced an exceedingly rare Hundred-Year Wild Ginseng.

That was not something a child should have been able to produce.

Had he cultivated some kind of technique, or did he possess some cheat that could accelerate plant growth?

After thinking it over, Lin Yuan felt the latter was more likely.

I hope it isn't some kind of system cheat.

Since Lin Yuan had already discovered him, he could hardly blame Lin Yuan for shooting a fellow countryman in the back.

If the other boy discovered that he was a transmigrator,

he certainly would not spare him either.

This was a struggle to the death.

But before that, Lin Yuan first needed to embark on the path of cultivation.

And unless absolutely necessary, he should not reveal his own advantages.

Having made up his mind, Lin Yuan looked at his father. "Dad, teach me how to cultivate."

"Come on, let's go to the courtyard." Father Lin froze for a moment, clearly not expecting his son to be so eager to cultivate right after awakening his Martial Soul.

Still, being willing to work hard at cultivation was always a good thing.

The two soon arrived in the courtyard. Father Lin said, "Sit cross-legged like I do."

As he spoke, Father Lin sat down cross-legged.

Lin Yuan copied him.

"Close your eyes, clear your mind of distractions, focus your spirit, and feel the flow of Soul Power within your body," Father Lin said.

"And then?" Lin Yuan quickly sensed it.

"Focus your mind and guide the Soul Power within your body, making it flow faster," Father Lin said.

Lin Yuan focused as Father Lin instructed, concentrating his thoughts to guide and accelerate the flow of Soul Power within his body.

Seeing that his son had already entered the proper state, Father Lin reminded him:

"Lastly, just circulate it throughout your entire body. But be careful—if you feel pain anywhere in your body, do not force yourself, or you'll be injured."

"Mm." Lin Yuan responded softly, unable to help sighing inwardly at how clumsy this cultivation method was.

No wonder his father had only barely reached Level Twenty and become a Soul Grandmaster when he was nearly thirty.

Over the next half month,

aside from eating and his daily exercise routine of one hundred push-ups, one hundred squats, one hundred sit-ups, and a ten-kilometer run, Lin Yuan devoted all his time to cultivating Soul Power.

His Soul Power did not improve much, but while there were few pedestrians in the mornings, he did become thoroughly familiar with Notting City.

After twists and turns, the day Nording Academy began its term finally arrived.

Nording Academy's rules were extremely strict. All students admitted to the academy had to live on campus.

Early in the morning, Father Lin put on the badge representing a Soul Grandmaster, carried two sets of bedding and two sets of toiletries, and brought Lin Yuan to Nording Academy to enroll.

When the gate guard saw the Soul Grandmaster badge on Father Lin's chest, he naturally did not dare stop them. He did not even inspect Lin Yuan's Soul Master certificate before letting them in.

Enrollment and dormitory assignment proceeded without a hitch.

Since he was not a work-study student, Lin Yuan received a double dormitory.

It not only had soft beds, but also a private bathroom. It was not much worse than the conditions at home.

This suited him perfectly.

After all, in the original story, this year's work-study students were only Tang San and Xiao Wu.

If some other transmigrator recognized him, he truly would have nowhere to cry.

Father Lin paid Lin Yuan's tuition for all six years at once and rented out the entire dormitory room.

Before leaving, he told Lin Yuan, "The old village chief came to see me some time ago. He said that child Lin Tian would be coming here as a work-study student and asked me to look after him."

"I thought that child had it pretty hard, so I spoke with Director Su from the Academic Affairs Office and rented this dormitory. From now on, he'll live with you."

"I've already prepared the bedding and daily necessities. You each have one set."

"Also, here are ten Gold Soul Coins. This is your food allowance for the school year. If it isn't enough, come home and get more."

"I've met that child. He's rather proud, so he won't accept it if you hand him money. Just take him with you when you go eat from now on."

"Okay, Dad." Lin Yuan agreed without hesitation.

But as he watched his father leave, his mood grew complicated.

His father was indeed a generous man.

But generosity was one thing; whether the other person would appreciate it was another.

After all, how many transmigrators could resist the temptation of sharing a bed with a rabbit?

Even if someone could resist the rabbit's beauty, they could not resist three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.

"So be it. Let's see which of us transmigrators can survive to the end."

With that thought in mind, Lin Yuan briefly cleaned the dormitory, took a bath, changed into Nording Academy's uniform, and cultivated for a while. Seeing that it was already getting late, he headed near the academy gate to wait.

Near noon, Lin Yuan did not see Lin Tian. Instead, he saw an old man and a young boy from out of town.