After dinner, Lin Hao and Xiao Wu returned to the lodging Dean Liu Erlong had arranged for the seven Shrek students.
Each of them had a separate courtyard.
The courtyards stood at the edge of the forest within Blue Tyrant Academy, very close to the one where Dean Liu Erlong lived.
Lin Hao and Xiao Wu naturally had two courtyards between them, but since they were a couple, they stayed together.
So they went to the courtyard Dean Liu Erlong had arranged for Xiao Wu.
In the bedroom, Xiao Wu sat cross-legged on the bed, already absorbing the fifty-thousand-year-old Iceburst Bear Left Arm Bone they had acquired through a trade with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
Lin Hao kept watch beside her.
Lin Hao hoped the Soul Bone Skill it granted Xiao Wu would be the Iceburst Bear's innate ice-element Explosion Skill, something like the rare inherited Iceburst Technique of the Ice Jade Scorpion Clan.
When Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Xiao Wu, and Tang San had absorbed their Soul Rings, they had already confirmed that a Soul Master could use their will to alter the Soul Skill inherited during absorption.
But Lin Hao genuinely did not know whether a Soul Master could use their will to change a Soul Bone Skill while absorbing a Soul Bone.
Time slipped by, minute after minute. In the blink of an eye, three two-hour periods had passed.
Lin Hao, who had been watching her closely, noticed the fluctuations of Soul Power around Xiao Wu gradually settling.
The next moment, Xiao Wu opened her eyes.
"Xiao Wu, what Soul Bone Skill did the Iceburst Bear Left Arm Bone give you?"
"Was it an ice-element Explosion Skill?"
Xiao Wu smiled and nodded at Lin Hao.
"Brother! This fifty-thousand-year-old Iceburst Bear Left Arm Bone gave me the ice-element Explosion Skill you talked about. I named it Iceburst Technique!"
"Not only that, it also raised my Soul Power by two levels."
"I'm at level thirty-seven now!"
"I never thought a Soul Master's will could change not just the Soul Skill inherited from a Soul Ring, but the Soul Bone Skill inherited from a Soul Bone too."
Lin Hao smiled back.
"Haha! Looks like a Soul Master can use their will to alter anything external they absorb."
"Xiao Wu, you must be the first person to absorb this fifty-thousand-year-old Iceburst Bear Left Arm Bone since it dropped. Otherwise, it couldn't have raised your Soul Power by two levels."
"Brother, you're so good to me."
At the tender look in Xiao Wu's eyes, the Evil Fire inside Lin Hao flared up.
The next moment, Lin Hao pounced on her.
Before long, their clothes were scattered everywhere.
Looking down at Xiao Wu, naked beneath him, her cool beauty tinged with shyness, Lin Hao lowered himself onto her.
Their bodies moved together.
First one was on top, then the other.
The sounds continued until late into the night. Only then did Lin Hao fall fast asleep, holding an exhausted Xiao Wu in his arms.
The next day was mild and sunny, with clear skies stretching in every direction.
After getting up and washing, Lin Hao and Xiao Wu had breakfast with Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun.
The six of them went together to the door of Academic Director Shu Yin's office.
Although they had left Shrek Academy, Teacher Zhao Wuji's Gravity Crush training was still extremely useful.
So over breakfast, the six had agreed to ask Academic Director Shu Yin whether any of Blue Tyrant Academy's teachers possessed a Soul Skill similar to Teacher Zhao's Gravity Crush.
Lin Hao went in to ask on their behalf while the other five waited outside.
Lin Hao knocked three times: knock, knock, knock.
"Come in!"
Lin Hao went in but left the door open.
Academic Director Shu Yin smiled as soon as she saw him.
"Student Lin, what can I do for you?"
Lin Hao did not beat around the bush.
"Teacher Shu Yin, I wanted to ask whether any of our academy's teachers have a Gravity Suppression-type Soul Skill."
"When the six of us trained at Shrek Academy, a teacher put us through Gravity Suppression training!"
Hearing the request, Shu Yin carefully considered the Martial Souls and Soul Skills of every teacher currently at Blue Tyrant Academy.
After going through them all, she realized they truly had no one.
"Student Lin, none of Blue Tyrant Academy's current teachers have such a skill."
"But the Gravity Suppression training you did at Shrek Academy does sound excellent. With Blue Tyrant Academy's reputation, it shouldn't be hard to recruit a Soul Master with a Gravity Suppression Soul Skill. It will just take some time."
"A month at most. Within a month, I'll have a teacher with a Gravity Suppression-type Soul Skill in place and get your training started as soon as possible."
"You can head back for now!"
Lin Hao nodded.
"All right! Thank you, Teacher Shu Yin!"
Lin Hao had just stepped out of the office when he turned back.
He had remembered someone in Heaven Dou City who possessed a Soul Skill that could apply pressure.
Tai Long's father. Tai Long's grandfather.
In the original story, Tai Long's grandfather, Tai Tan, had used sheer pressure to force out Tang San's External Soul Bone, the Eight Spider Lances, and even his Second Martial Soul, the Clear Sky Hammer.
And the Strength Clan's Martial Soul was the Great Strength Gorilla, a classic Power Attack System Martial Soul.
High attack, high damage, but slow.
A Gravity Suppression-type Soul Skill ought to be standard for a Martial Soul like that.
"Teacher Shu Yin, I just remembered our fellow student Tai Long. His Martial Soul is the Great Strength Gorilla, and he comes from the Strength Clan. His father, Tai Nuo, seems to have a Soul Skill similar to Gravity Crush."
"Could you discuss it with Tai Long and see if his father would come to Blue Tyrant Academy as our Gravity Crush training teacher?"
"Tai Long..."
Shu Yin murmured the name and quickly recalled what she knew about him.
"All right! I'll arrange it right away!"
Not long after Lin Hao and the others left, Academic Director Shu Yin came out of her office and found Tai Long.
After asking him a few questions, she confirmed that his father, Tai Nuo, did indeed possess a Gravity Crush-type Soul Skill.
Tai Nuo's fifth Soul Skill, Gravity Suppression, created a small gravitational field that increased the burden on an enemy's body and slowed their movement.
It was almost exactly like the Gravity Crush training Lin Hao had described.
So Shu Yin hurriedly took Tai Long out of Blue Tyrant Academy. Dean Liu Erlong had instructed her to meet the six students' training requests whenever possible, and to wait until she returned if she could not.
After Shu Yin and Tai Long reached the Strength Clan, she discussed the matter with Tai Nuo.
Tai Nuo eventually agreed to come to Blue Tyrant Academy and teach the Gravity Suppression training course.
Less than a full day after Lin Hao and the others had made their request, Academic Director Shu Yin had secured a teacher for their Gravity Crush training.
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