Hundred-Year Lone Bamboo

Moreover, his Soul Power itself had grown by a great deal compared to before, flowing through him with remarkable ease.

As his Soul Power circulated, an unprecedented sense of strength spread throughout his body, as though something within him was undergoing a transformation.

"There's hope."

Lin Yuan was greatly invigorated and immediately began cultivating with considerable enjoyment.

He soon entered a meditative state.

The afterglow of the setting sun streamed through the gaps in the window, scattered flecks of light decorating the tidy room.

Inside the room,

Lin Yuan sat naked in a bathing barrel, cross-legged, his hands folded together, his eyes shut, and his breathing steady and powerful.

The barrel was filled with a pale green liquid. As it gently rippled, it reflected faint, unusual glimmers, making for a rather strange sight.

Lin Yuan's chest rose and fell slightly.

His breaths followed an extremely rhythmic pattern.

As he continued cultivating, the pale green liquid in the barrel gradually released wisps of faint vapor. The vapor carried a slight green tint as it slowly rose, then slipped into the boy's body through the pores of his skin.

As the vapor entered his body, Lin Yuan's smooth skin seemed to emit the delicate luster of warm jade.

Seemingly sensing the increasingly abundant Soul Power within him, a faint smile appeared on Lin Yuan's face.

When the final wisp of vapor entered his body, Lin Yuan opened his eyes. His face was full of satisfaction as he murmured to himself in fascination:

"One afternoon of cultivation is worth at least seven or eight days of hard training. It's just a pity that this green liquid takes at least four days, perhaps seven days, or even longer to form."

"Otherwise, this cheat would be absurdly overpowered."

"But it doesn't matter. Yan Beifei isn't the only transmigrator."

"Besides, the Heavenly Vial can also increase the age of plants."

"Since Yan Beifei could generate Soul Power out of thin air, it should be useful to me as well, given that we both have plant-type Martial Souls."

With that thought, he released his Martial Soul.

To his pleasant surprise, the stalk of his Lone Bamboo Martial Soul had become thicker. Its bamboo skin had turned deep green, faint dark patterns had appeared along the surface, and its branches had grown dense and lush.

"Hundred-Year Lone Bamboo!"

Lin Yuan's eyes immediately lit up.

Over the past few days, he had read quite a few books about soul beasts.

Since Lone Bamboo was a soul beast identical to his Martial Soul, it naturally became the focus of his attention.

He had learned that a Ten-Year Lone Bamboo looked little different from ordinary bamboo.

His previous Martial Soul had belonged to that category.

Only after reaching a hundred years would a Lone Bamboo's appearance become distinguishable from ordinary bamboo.

And his current Lone Bamboo Martial Soul perfectly matched the traits of a Hundred-Year Lone Bamboo.

"Let's see how much my Soul Power cultivation speed has improved."

Lin Yuan closed his eyes again and entered a meditative state. He discovered that his cultivation speed had increased by at least twice compared to before.

This left him extremely satisfied.

The leap from a Ten-Year Lone Bamboo to a Hundred-Year Lone Bamboo had already provided such a tremendous cultivation boost.

If it advanced to a thousand years, ten thousand years, or even a hundred thousand years, becoming a Ferocious Beast... wouldn't that be heaven-defying?

"For now, the problem of slow cultivation has been solved. Next, I need to consider obtaining a soul ring."

"There are several Ten-Year Lone Bamboos on the back mountain of our Bamboo Ridge. My father obtained his first soul ring there."

"When the time comes, I only need to use the Heavenly Vial's green liquid to accelerate their growth, and I can obtain a soul beast of whatever age I need."

"There'll be no need to risk going to Soul Hunting Forest."

"What I should focus on now is raising my soul ring absorption limit."

"Relatively speaking, the easiest thing to raise my soul ring absorption limit right now is Whale Rubber."

"It's time to head home."

With that thought, Lin Yuan quickly got up and dressed.

He took several hundred-year medicinal herbs that Yan Beifei had cultivated before his death from his Soul Tool ring and wrapped them in cloth.

After tidying up the room, he locked the door, picked up the bundle, and headed straight toward the academy gates.

"Lin Yuan, so you were here."

"Come on, hurry up and join us to watch the show."

Just as Lin Yuan stepped out of the dormitory building, two fairly familiar voices sounded behind him.

Lin Yuan turned around, saw who had come, and smiled. "What show?"

The two people calling out to Lin Yuan were the two close friends he had gotten along well with in class.

One had Innate Soul Power of level two and a half, while the other had Innate Soul Power of level three, the same as him.

Among the first-year freshmen at Nording Academy, they could be considered talents second only to Lin Tian, Tang San, and Xiao Wu.

"What else could it be? Boss Xiao is having a fight with those work-study students from Dorm Seven on the back mountain."

"Come on, hurry up. If we're any later, there won't be anything left to watch."

When the three arrived at the small forest on the back mountain, Lin Yuan happened to see Lin Tian holding a lotus wreathed in rising blue flames in his palm, with a yellow soul ring circling his body.

As the soul ring on his body lit up, Lin Tian waved his hand. The lotus in his palm split into eight, transforming into eight flame-wreathed blades that descended upon a werewolf with a white soul ring circling his body.

They moved so quickly that they left trails of blue flame in the air.

The werewolf was none other than Xiao Chenyu after Martial Soul Possession.

Facing Lin Tian's first soul skill, Xiao Chenyu was nothing more than a living target.

Within moments, he was beaten until he wailed for his mother.

That was only because Lin Tian was holding back, using the blunt edges and avoiding vital areas.

Otherwise, it would not have been as simple as crying for his mother.

Even so, Xiao Wu and the other work-study students applauded with delight.

Xiao Chenyu begged for mercy several times, but Xiao Wu loved a spectacle and feared no chaos. She kept shouting from the side that Lin Tian should hit harder and teach Xiao Chenyu an unforgettable lesson.

As a result, Lin Tian ignored Xiao Chenyu's pleas for mercy and put even more effort into his performance.

In contrast, Tang San, standing beside Xiao Wu, wore a grave expression. His gaze remained fixed on Lin Tian, as if he were secretly estimating the gap in strength between himself and Lin Tian.

"Wow, Lin Tian is incredible. He actually has a hundred-year soul ring, and he even defeated Boss Xiao."

"Sigh, looks like Boss Xiao has really fallen hard this time."

Listening to his two close friends discussing it beside him, Lin Yuan said nothing. He merely stared intently at Lin Tian, a strange glint flashing through his eyes.

"Is this Lin Tian's cultivation technique? It can actually make an ordinary lotus unleash such terrifying power."

"The power of this technique is probably far above Tang San's Mysterious Heaven Skill."

As Lin Yuan pondered this, he was about to turn and leave when Xiao Chenyu's cry for help rang out from the other side. "Ah! Lin Yuan, you three, hurry and get a teacher to save me!"

That shout also drew the attention of Tang San, Xiao Wu, and the others to Lin Yuan's group watching from afar.

Those two close friends were terrified of getting themselves involved and being targeted by Lin Tian in the future. They turned around and ran off at full speed.

They looked as though they were saying, I didn't hear anything, I didn't see anything, don't call me.

Only Lin Yuan remained behind, the corner of his mouth twitching.