Cultivating Spiritual Power, His Strength Soared

After returning from Xian Lin'er's place, Zhou Yi called Qian Ran over to ask about the situation.

When she learned that Qian Ran had offended both Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi, she gave a wry smile. She had been worried about it, but when she heard that he had already become Xian Lin'er's disciple, she was dumbfounded!

Xian Lin'er was the Dean of the Soul Tool Department!

Her own husband, Fan Yu, was the Soul Tool Department's only Level 8 Soul Engineer. That was why she knew the people in the Soul Tool Department very well.

Actually, when it came to mastery of Soul Tools, neither the Dean of the Soul Tool Department, Xian Lin'er, nor Vice Dean Qian Duoduo was up to par. Whether they could even make Soul Tools at all deserved a question mark. Qian Duoduo was an uncertainty; Qian Ran did not know whether the original work had described it, and he could no longer remember those details clearly. But Xian Lin'er probably did not know how to make Soul Tools, right?

That alone showed how hopeless Shrek Academy's Soul Tool Department was.

But there was no helping it. They could not make Fan Yu the Dean of the Soul Tool Department, could they? Fan Yu was good at researching Soul Tools, but his strength was far too lacking. If he became dean, how could he possibly compete with Yan Shaozhe of the Martial Soul Department when it came to fighting for resources?

It was precisely Xian Lin'er's forcefulness that barely gave Shrek Academy's Soul Tool Department a little say.

Perhaps Mu En had seen how awkward the Soul Tool Department's position was, which was why he had appointed Xian Lin'er as its dean.

Her own student had become the disciple of her husband's immediate superior. Zhou Yi no longer knew what to say.

This fellow was far too monstrous!

How long had it even been since he enrolled?

He had made enemies of senior-year geniuses, offended the Inner Court Big Sister, become acquainted with the academy's dean, and become the Martial God Douluo's disciple.

Many people probably experienced less in their entire lives than Qian Ran had in this one month.

Even ninety-nine percent of fantasy novel protagonists probably did not have it this good, did they?

With Xian Lin'er around, Zhou Yi no longer worried that Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei would retaliate against Qian Ran.

"You still need to be a little careful of Zhang Lexuan. But she has a good temperament, so she probably won't make things too difficult for you." Zhou Yi did not know much about Zhang Lexuan. However, Zhang Lexuan commanded great respect in the Inner Court and was not the overbearing type.

"I know. Don't worry, Teacher Zhou." Qian Ran was not particularly afraid of Zhang Lexuan now.

The cultivation technique he had just received as a system reward for checking in with Xian Lin'er, the Control God Art, was a perfect Spiritual Power cultivation technique. If he cultivated it to its utmost, he could condense his Spiritual Power into all kinds of illusory objects to attack.

Besides that, he could control people's minds, and it even included sinister arts such as soul searching.

One could say it introduced all sorts of spiritual cultivation methods and means of attack.

As long as Qian Ran cultivated diligently and brought the Control God Art to great accomplishment, he probably would no longer need to fear Zhang Lexuan.

Zhang Lexuan had not broken through to Soul Douluo yet! Judging by her cultivation as a rank seventy-five Soul Saint, he would be able to handle her as long as he learned even the rudiments of Spiritual Attacks.

His Spiritual Power was now equivalent to that of a Titled Douluo. That was already quite terrifying.

Even if he could not bring out his full strength, dealing with Zhang Lexuan should not be a problem.

If he was lucky, he might even make Zhang Lexuan suffer a major setback.

Compared with Soul Skills visible to the naked eye, invisible Spiritual Attacks were even harder to guard against. Spiritual Power seemed to be a weak point for most Soul Masters, and the people of this world did not seem to have a habit of valuing its cultivation.

Over the following week, Qian Ran did not stir up any more trouble.

Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi had more or less recovered. When they heard that Xian Lin'er had taken Qian Ran as her disciple and Yan Shaozhe had taken Tang Ya as his, both fell silent for a long time.

Yan Shaozhe taking Tang Ya as his disciple already meant that she was not an Evil Soul Master. It was just that the presence she gave off could cause many misunderstandings.

Even a bystander could see that, with Qian Ran's help, Tang Ya had become an entirely different person. Bei Bei had already lost his chance to compete with Qian Ran.

Even in class, Tang Ya no longer showed Bei Bei a friendly face.

Bei Bei knew very well that Qian Ran was the man most suited to Tang Ya. He absolutely could not help her become this strong, nor could he get Yan Shaozhe to take her as a disciple.

But with the hatred of having one's wife stolen, how could anyone truly remain rational?

His Tang Ya, his future wife, had been taken away just like that.

If Qian Ran had not appeared, he would definitely have won Tang Ya over.

It was because Qian Ran had appeared that everything had been changed by him. Bei Bei felt some regret over not finding an opportunity to kill Qian Ran back in the Star Dou Great Forest. If Qian Ran had died, none of this would have happened.

Unfortunately, there were no ifs.

When Xu Sanshi heard that Yan Shaozhe had taken Tang Ya as his disciple, greed flashed in his eyes. Yan Shaozhe did not think highly of just anyone. Moreover, having Yan Shaozhe as her guarantor was enough to prove that there was nothing wrong with Tang Ya now. Then what about him? If he devoured that crystal chunk brimming with evil energy, what could he gain?

Actually, the best approach was to ask Qian Ran and Tang Ya about it. But those two were his enemies. How could they possibly tell him?

As the saying went, wealth and honor were sought amid danger. If he only refined and absorbed a little of what was inside, there probably would not be any major problems. If there were problems, he would stop.

That way, surely nothing would go wrong.

"If I'm lucky, perhaps I can break through to Soul Ancestor very soon." A vicious gleam flickered in Xu Sanshi's eyes. He would personally wash away the humiliation Qian Ran had brought him.

Not only had Qian Ran severely injured him, but he had also stepped on him just as he was about to lose consciousness.

He had also seen Qian Ran's strange, mocking smile.

This was simply humiliating!

As the Young Sect Master of the Xuanming Sect, how could he endure such humiliation? He would repay Qian Ran double for everything he had done to him!

For the rest of the time, Qian Ran kept cultivating diligently.

Perhaps Zhang Lexuan was cultivating in seclusion and still did not know that Qian Ran had beaten Bei Bei until he was gravely injured and unconscious. This also gave Qian Ran enough time to cultivate.

Qian Ran coasted through his daytime classes. During training, he tempered his physique with the Body Refining Technique, the cultivation technique the system had rewarded him with when he previously checked in with Jiang Nannan. He spent all his remaining time cultivating the Control God Art.

Not only Qian Ran, but even Qian Renxue was thoroughly won over by the cultivation technique he had produced, and she began cultivating it as well. Qian Renxue had never imagined that Spiritual Attacks could be unleashed directly, without using Soul Rings as a medium or consuming Soul Power. Her enthusiasm was high.

Over these past few days, she had more or less finished studying Electrolux's things and had been idle again, but now Qian Ran had given her something new. This made Qian Ran somewhat unhappy. He still wanted to see Qian Renxue put on black stockings and white stockings and perform a sultry dance for her. With Qian Renxue absorbed in her research, even the time she spent chatting with him had decreased considerably these past few days.

No, next time I get something good, I can't hand it over to Qian Renxue so readily. Unless she gives me some perks, she doesn't get to see it.

Only if Qian Renxue showed him certain things could he show her these treasures the system rewarded him with after checking in.

That was very reasonable, right?

Ever since he began cultivating Spiritual Power, the things the Control God Art taught him had truly broadened his horizons.

To put it this way, Qian Ran could basically perform all those Soul Skills of Huo Yuhao's Spirit Eyes Martial Soul in his own way. Even Spiritual Detection was no exception. And the effects Qian Ran produced were far stronger than Huo Yuhao's.

Qian Ran did not have much time. He wanted to quickly learn a trump card that could defeat Zhang Lexuan, so he found a section on Spiritual Power Object Manipulation.

Compared with the other obscure sections, Object Manipulation was much easier to learn. After all, things such as splitting the soul or condensing the Sea of Consciousness into a silver needle to attack enemies could not be learned in a short time.

Once he mastered Object Manipulation, he could even try Sword Flight. Why did it feel a little like being a sword immortal? Not bad, not bad. That was the kind of thing he liked.