Qian Renxue Arrives in Notting City!

Behind Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, by the lake!

Luo Fan sat cross-legged, with nine Wood Clones lined up in succession, each meditating.

At Soul Power Level 18, with Luo Fan himself and his Wood Clones, there were ten of them in total. That meant his Soul Power improved at ten times the speed of an ordinary person.

In other words, at the same level, Luo Fan possessed far more Soul Power than normal people.

Otherwise, Luo Fan's Soul Power Level would have risen even faster!

Still, things were already impressive enough.

He could rise by one level every month or so. Such speed would leave anyone stunned.

"I did it! I did it..." Just then, a cheer suddenly rang out from the lake.

It was Xiao Wu!

Having followed Luo Fan all this time, Xiao Wu had wanted to train the Rasengan. Luo Fan had told her to wait until her Soul Power broke through Level 20 before trying it, but the exercises of climbing trees and walking on water had no Soul Power requirement.

Thus, she had been learning those two techniques as well these past days.

For one thing, they could improve her control over Soul Power.

For another, they would ensure that she would no longer be constrained by terrain in the future.

Xiao Wu knew full well just how practical these two techniques were.

"Congratulations!" Hearing Xiao Wu's cheer, Luo Fan opened his eyes. Seeing that she was indeed standing steadily atop the lake, he smiled and congratulated her.

"Hehehe, thanks, Brother Fan!" Xiao Wu happily thanked him upon hearing his congratulations.

But with that smile, the moment her attention slipped, Xiao Wu lost her balance and fell straight into the lake.

When she crawled out of the water, she was soaked from head to toe, her clothes clinging tightly to her body!

"Y-you're not allowed to look..." Feeling how thoroughly soaked her clothes were, making her practically no different from being naked, Xiao Wu hurriedly covered herself and shouted with a crimson face.

Hearing that, Luo Fan rolled his eyes and turned his gaze elsewhere!

She was just a six-year-old little runt. What was there to look at?

Even if he wanted to look, he would at least look at an adult beauty!

But then, thinking of his current body, which was only six or seven years old, Luo Fan helplessly shook his head!

Forget it. It was far too early to think about that now. He should at least wait another decade or so until he was an adult, right?

Xiao Wu ran back to the dormitory in embarrassment to change her clothes, while Luo Fan continued cultivating.

When Xiao Wu returned after changing, she was carrying a bundle with her.

"Brother Fan, I came to say goodbye. During this two-month holiday, I want to go home and take a look too," Xiao Wu said reluctantly as she came before Luo Fan.

"Mm, go ahead." Luo Fan understood that she wanted to return to the Star Dou Forest.

After saying goodbye, Luo Fan appeared calm on the surface, but with even Xiao Wu, the last person from Dorm Seven, gone, he still felt a little empty inside.

His mind was unsettled, so meditation naturally yielded half the results for twice the effort. Luo Fan simply stopped cultivating and thought to himself, I wonder when Spirit Hall will manage to find out where the Void Escape Beast is.

Originally, he had thought that with a hundred or so Wood Clones working alongside him to form Rasengans, he could completely hunt his second Soul Ring alone!

But after seeing his second awakened skill, Luo Fan understood that the difficulty of his second Soul Ring was not whether he could defeat it, but whether he could find it.

And after finding it, whether he could keep it from escaping!

What Luo Fan needed to unlock for his second soul skill was the Summoning Technique: Rashomon!

In the original work, this was indeed a ninjutsu belonging to the First Hokage.

Once Fivefold Rashomon was unleashed, even the Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball could be easily blocked.

It was a defensive skill!

Yet what Luo Fan cared about most was not Rashomon, but the Summoning Technique!

Though it was a defensive ninjutsu, it belonged to the spatial category.

If Rashomon was a car, then the Summoning Technique was equivalent to a driver's license!

Put simply, once he obtained his second Soul Ring, it would be like passing his driver's test. The Hashirama Template would directly gift him Rashomon, a car for his driver's license to put to use!

But once he had a driver's license, he did not necessarily have to sign a contract with Rashomon alone, right?

Could he perhaps sign contracts with other soul beasts as well?

Luo Fan felt there was a good chance!

As for contract summoning-type skills, after carefully analyzing the matter, Luo Fan naturally set his sights on soul beasts with spatial abilities. They were the best fit for him.

And the Void Escape Beast was the target Luo Fan considered most suitable for himself.

Thus, Luo Fan had asked Su Yuntao from the Spirit Hall Branch in advance to help him investigate the whereabouts of Void Escape Beasts!

In the blink of an eye, a month and a half passed.

Most people at the academy had left for the holiday. Even there were only a few teachers left, with mainly staff remaining to handle routine cleaning and maintenance!

During that month and a half, Luo Fan's Soul Power had long since reached Level 19, and he was getting ever closer to the Level 20 threshold.

This made Luo Fan somewhat anxious!

If he reached Level 20 but still could not find any trace of a Void Escape Beast, would he be stuck there indefinitely?

Forget it. Void Escape Beasts were the top priority. Failing that, any other soul beast with spatial attributes would do!

He could not seriously remain stuck for half a year or a year over a single soul beast, could he?

While Luo Fan had been single-mindedly focused on increasing his Soul Power these past days!

On the other side, at the Spirit Hall Branch in Notting City, its bishop was bowing respectfully to a young man today.

"Bishop of the Notting City Spirit Hall Branch, greetings to Your Highness the Second Prince. May I ask what orders Your Highness has in visiting our Notting City Spirit Hall Branch?"

Standing before the bishop was a youth who looked twelve or thirteen, handsome and noble. He was Xue Qinghe, the second prince of the Heaven Dou Empire. (At the beginning of the original work, Xue Qinghe was already the crown prince, but it was never explicitly stated that he was the eldest legitimate son. For the sake of the plot, I have made him the second prince before he became crown prince. It is a minor adaptation that can still be justified.)

Of course, in truth, he was Spirit Hall's young mistress, Qian Renxue. However, a bishop in a remote place like Notting City was not qualified to know Qian Renxue's true identity.

"Mm, I was originally setting out to hunt my third Soul Ring in the Star Dou Forest. But before leaving, I recalled Platinum Bishop Salas mentioning that there was a genius in Notting City named Luo Fan? So I made a slight detour to take a look," Xue Qinghe, disguised as Qian Renxue, answered casually.

Hearing Xue Qinghe's words, the bishop's face tightened slightly as he cursed his superior inwardly!

A supreme genius like Luo Fan should naturally be recruited into Spirit Hall by every possible means. Why had Lord Platinum Bishop been so loose-lipped, revealing such top talent even to His Highness the Second Prince?

As usual, after finishing a day's cultivation, Luo Fan left the academy and found a restaurant.

The academy was on holiday, so naturally the cafeteria was closed as well. Luo Fan could only solve all three meals outside the academy at restaurants.

"Boss, bring me ten bowls of noodles first!" Luo Fan said.

With the Hashirama Template, coupled with more than ten Wood Clones cultivating alongside him, Luo Fan possessed the same bottomless appetite as Naruto.

Eating ten or so bowls in one meal could almost only be considered enough to take the edge off his hunger!

"What an appetite, little brother!" Inside the restaurant, a handsome and noble-looking youth of twelve or thirteen was clearly drawn by the amount Luo Fan had just ordered and took the initiative to greet him.