On the way back, a smile hung at the corner of Lin En's mouth.
"Gangzi, that's for fooling me earlier. Now I'll let you taste what it's like to ruin someone too. I really want to see rivers of blood flow between master and disciple..."
Lin En's eyes were deep and dark, as though he were waiting for a good show.
"Damn it, not even Tang San is a match for Lin En?"
Xiao Wu planted both hands on her hips and abandoned the idea of sparring with him. After all, judging from the fight just now, Lin En's martial soul was quite formidable.
Back at the dormitory.
Lin En continued sitting cross-legged on his bed, practicing the Basic Meditation Method. For now, he could only make do with it, but it should still suffice until he became a three-ring Soul Elder.
It would hold him back a little, but it would not leave him too far behind.
Elsewhere.
Yu Xiaogang took Tang San for treatment. Along the way, Tang San asked him about the subsequent cultivation methods for blue silver grass.
"San, your talent is no worse than Lin En's. Trust your teacher. Right now, the most suitable path for your blue silver grass martial soul is the control system."
"As long as you follow the cultivation path I've planned for you, there's still no telling who will be stronger in the future!"
Yu Xiaogang patted Tang San's shoulder as he spoke.
Hearing his teacher say this, Tang San fell silent for a moment. Deep down, he still yearned to follow the power attack system like Lin En.
But he also knew that a trash martial soul like blue silver grass could not possibly have any offensive power. It could only assist teammates with some control.
Teacher must be right. So what if blue silver grass is a trash martial soul? I still have my second martial soul!
Tang San could only console himself inwardly. He instinctively glanced at his left hand, then clenched it tightly.
With that, it was as though he had grasped the entire world!
Ever since awakening his martial souls, Tang San had kept his father's teachings firmly in mind: until he possessed sufficient strength, he must never reveal his second martial soul.
From his father's grave expression, he could tell that his second martial soul was certainly extraordinary.
His first martial soul, blue silver grass, was unimportant. Only his second martial soul, the hammer martial soul, mattered most.
At this thought, much of the frustration in Tang San's heart immediately dissipated, replaced by delight.
Even Teacher praised my talent. The third person with twin martial souls in all history! Blue silver grass is just some roadside weed. It doesn't matter!
After the commotion over their spar, Lin En and Tang San gradually drifted apart. Although they shared a dormitory, they had little to say to each other.
Xiao Wu, on the other hand, was carefree all day long, not looking at all like someone who wanted to avenge her mother.
Perhaps because the three of them were the same age, she was also more willing to spend time with them.
Seeing this, Lin En could not help wanting to snark.
Holy crap, have you already completely forgotten your avenging-your-mother character setup?
Truly worthy of being the place where the god of love fell, bestowing a love-addled brain equally upon every soul beast that took human form!
With Tang Hao watching Xiao Wu, Lin En did not dare have too much contact with her. It would be bad if he were judged to have a death wish.
The atmosphere in Dorm Seven became much more harmonious.
Xiao Wu collected her Soul Master allowance from Spirit Hall and soon repaid the money she owed Lin En.
Time passed little by little.
One year.
Two years.
Three years...
Until, on this day, Tang San's soul power level finally broke through to twenty.
He sought out Yu Xiaogang and told him the good news.
"Well done, San. You truly are my finest disciple."
Hearing that Tang San had broken through to level twenty so quickly, Yu Xiaogang was overjoyed and happily patted his shoulder.
"Teacher, should we go obtain a soul ring that can make my blue silver grass tougher?"
Tang San had not forgotten his original intention. He had always kept his crushing defeat by Lin En three years ago firmly in mind, so this time, he had come precisely to remedy the flaw of his blue silver grass being too fragile.
"I've already thought it through. Your blue silver grass is too fragile. It is time to improve its toughness."
Yu Xiaogang chuckled, one hand behind his back and the other stroking his beard, a faint trace of sleaziness in his smile.
"I know of a soul beast forest rich in lone bamboo soul beasts. This time, we'll go obtain a hundred-year Lone Bamboo Soul Ring for you."
"Hundred-year lone bamboo?"
Hearing Yu Xiaogang's words, excitement appeared on Tang San's face.
Teacher is so good to me. He actually asked around everywhere to find lone bamboo soul beasts for my sake. Sure enough, Teacher's cultivation path is the most correct one.
"Thank you, Teacher!"
Filled with gratitude, Tang San spoke to Yu Xiaogang.
Yu Xiaogang waved his hand, then seemed to think of something, his expression returning to calm.
"By the way, San, how is Lin En, who shares your dormitory, doing now? With no one guiding his cultivation, is he often fumbling around with his martial soul on his own?"
A trace of oddness crossed Tang San's face, and he shook his head.
"Teacher, Lin En works quite hard at his cultivation every day. He leaves early and returns late. I don't know what he goes out to do either..."
Hearing this, Yu Xiaogang felt immensely smug.
That's what you get for refusing to take me as your teacher. Now you're as frantic as an ant on a hot pan, aren't you? So unruly at such a young age. Serves you right!
Thinking of him, Yu Xiaogang could not help feeling a secret surge of anger.
He had originally thought that, during these three years, problems with Lin En's martial soul would send him begging everyone under the sun to take Yu Xiaogang as his teacher.
Yet despite waiting at the academy for so long, Lin En had never come to pledge his allegiance.
When they met at the academy, he wanted to display some of his bearing as the Grandmaster and offer him a little guidance.
But that boorish brat Lin En would not even give him the time of day, as though his title of "Grandmaster"-or "Grand Dampener"-were a joke.
Hmph, this boy is unfit to work with, a blind fool with eyes that cannot see. Refusing to take me as your teacher will be the decision you regret most in this life.
Yu Xiaogang seethed inwardly, even wishing Lin En would sink into ruin and become useless.
A classic case of wanting to destroy completely what one could not have.
Elsewhere.
In a grove outside Nuoding City.
"Sageross, keep going! Another hundred squats, and your strength will improve again."
Lin En stood to the side, cheering him on.
Sageross stood beneath the blazing sun, holding a boulder dozens of times his own size above his head.
He rose and lowered himself repeatedly, training hard.
At this moment, Lin En had become the most professional creature trainer, guiding Sageross's training.
Every day, he devised safe, reliable training plans, constantly drawing out every aspect of Sageross's potential.
Lin En knew that Sageross possessed tremendous potential. Only through hard training, day after day, could it be fully brought out.
A stone did not crack after ninety-nine blows but split on the hundredth. Yet he would not regard that as the result of the final blow alone, but rather the accumulation of the previous ninety-nine that completed the final, shattering strike.
Training creatures was the same.
Only through constant accumulation and refinement could all the fruits of previous efforts be displayed when the moment of eruption came.
"Saa-"
Sageross's eyes were filled with fighting spirit. Whatever training plan Lin En devised, he would complete it one hundred percent.
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