"Damn it!"
An utterly furious voice rang out from the dust.
Then a fiery-red figure abruptly shot out of it, attacking Yu Tianling again.
Fortunately, despite his fury, Yan had not used his Level 31 Soul Power and still kept it at Level 15.
Boom!
The same outcome played out again.
Yu Tianling caught Yan's fist, then hurled him away.
"Cough, cough!"
"I lost. I'll keep my promise and never appear before Nana again."
Yan struggled to his feet. After giving Hu Liena a long look, he left, looking as though he had lost his soul.
"Yan!"
Watching his old friend leave, Xie Yue hurried after him in concern.
"Senior brother, tell him I don't mind whether he interacts with senior sister. We're all from Spirit Hall. He just needs to speak more politely from now on."
Yu Tianling called after the departing Xie Yue, then calmly walked over to Hu Liena, as though he had not been the one dueling just now.
"Senior sister, let's keep looking around."
"Ah, oh, all right."
Unable to believe that Yu Tianling had completely crushed Yan, Hu Liena abruptly came back to her senses, and the two left together.
"Holy crap, that kid's so strong! He actually beat Yan that easily!"
"Pfft, that was only Yan at Level 15. If Yan had used his full strength, that kid definitely wouldn't have stood a chance."
"What are you talking about? That kid's still young. He'll definitely be even stronger in the future. Maybe by the time he's Yan's age, he'll be far stronger than Yan. Whatever, is he a new student at the junior academy this year? I've gone from a passerby to a fan!"
Even though the people involved had already left, the discussions about Yu Tianling never stopped. Through this battle, Yu Tianling had actually gained quite a few fanboys and fangirls-an unexpected turn of events.
After leaving the library, Yu Tianling also visited the teaching buildings of the junior, intermediate, and advanced academies, the Soul Fighting Arena, and the Mimicry Training Ground...
After a simple meal at the academy, Yu Tianling and Hu Liena left Spirit Hall Academy amid the gatekeeper's flattery and headed to the Pope's Palace to find Bibi Dong and begin their afternoon lessons.
In fact, Hu Liena was benefiting from Yu Tianling's good fortune. Bibi Dong was very busy; how could she frequently give her lessons?
"Tianling, I ordered people to search all of Spirit Hall's records, but they found nothing about twin martial souls being able to fuse. However, both of your martial souls are top-tier beast martial souls, and after fusing, they may very well have reached the level of a god-level martial soul. We absolutely cannot abandon our attempts at Martial Soul Fusion!"
Junior brother actually has twin martial souls too! No wonder he's so strong. Even Yan, with his Level 31 physique and rich combat experience, was no match for him.
Hearing her master's words, Hu Liena was astonished, but then felt that it made perfect sense.
Presumably, Bibi Dong had discovered that Yu Tianling's twin martial souls could fuse, which was why she had accepted him as her disciple and named him Holy Son, intending to bind him to Spirit Hall's camp.
"Yes, Master. That's what I think too. We should try every possible means to achieve Martial Soul Fusion."
Hearing Bibi Dong's words, Yu Tianling nodded in agreement, then offered his own conjecture.
"Back then, I only achieved a brief Martial Soul Fusion under your oppressive pressure, Master, and then I uncontrollably left the fused state. Could it be that Martial Soul Fusion will only happen when my life is in danger?"
"That's very possible. But if that really is the case, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to achieve fusion in the future."
Bibi Dong stroked Yu Tianling's head and spoke confidently.
She, Bibi Dong, was one of the Douluo Continent's foremost experts. Even she had only made Yu Tianling's martial souls enter a fused state by exerting her full strength...
"There's one other method that might achieve Martial Soul Fusion!"
Bibi Dong said as she looked at Yu Tianling.
"Immortal herbs!" ×2
Yu Tianling and Bibi Dong blurted it out simultaneously.
"Exactly."
Yu Xuanyu, you really did father a fine son!
The more Bibi Dong looked at Yu Tianling, the more satisfied she became.
"But immortal herbs can only be encountered by chance, not sought at will. For now, don't add soul rings to your second martial soul. Wait until your martial souls fuse, or until you become a Titled Douluo, before adding soul rings to your second martial soul. Your strength will inevitably increase tremendously then."
"Yes!"
Yu Tianling naturally understood the principle of leaving the second soul ring without soul rings for now, then adding nine Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings at Level 90 to gain tremendous strength. He nodded to show that he understood.
After resolving the martial soul issue, Bibi Dong began her formal instruction.
What she taught her two disciples that day was lethal combat techniques. Both were geniuses, so learning them was not difficult.
The days passed one by one.
Day after day, Yu Tianling lived this seemingly dull and tedious life.
In the mornings, he studied theory under Fei Situo, the dean of Spirit Hall Academy, and in the afternoons, he learned practical skills from his teacher, Bibi Dong.
In his spare time, Yu Tianling studied knowledge about soul beasts and soul masters while also learning about medicinal herbs from an apothecary brought in from Spirit Hall, so that he could obtain immortal herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Spring in the future.
Like a dry sponge, Yu Tianling voraciously absorbed this knowledge to enrich himself.
The only interesting thing during this period was that, after Xie Yue talked him around, Yan took the initiative to apologize to Yu Tianling. He also seemed to no longer like Hu Liena, and the group got along peacefully, their relationship growing better by the day.
Under the blow dealt by a monster like Yu Tianling, Hu Liena and the other two instead began cultivating even harder.
Finally, after five months, not only had Yu Tianling reached Level 20 and needed to obtain his second soul ring, but Xie Yue and Hu Liena had also both reached Level 30 and needed to obtain their third soul rings.
The dean's office at Spirit Hall Academy.
"Dean, I'm going to obtain my second soul ring this week, so I'm afraid I'll need to request some time off."
Yu Tianling spoke as he looked at this elder worthy of respect.
Over these five months, the dean had devoted himself wholeheartedly to teaching Yu Tianling in every respect, studying all the materials several times himself before teaching them to Yu Tianling.
In Yu Tianling's mind, this was something that scumbag Yu Xiaogang could never compare to. All Yu Xiaogang could do was provide others with books and mistaken ideas.
He even said there were no trash martial souls, only trash soul masters.
Then why had he never taken a soul master with a trash martial soul as his disciple? Why had he still taken Tang San, who had innate full soul power? Still, considering Tang San's personality, this really was a bitch paired with a dog-a match to last forever.
"Oh, Xiao Ling has already reached Level 20? You really are a genius."
Hearing Yu Tianling's words, Fei Situo could not help sighing in admiration.
Five levels in five months. That really was far too fast.
After all, even Tang San had only gained sixteen levels in six years.
"Then do you need the academy to send a teacher along?"
"No. Teacher said sending Ghost Elder and my maternal grandfather along would be enough. They'll also help senior sister and senior brother obtain their third soul rings while we're at it."
Yu Tianling shook his head and declined.
"His Excellency Ghost Douluo and Teacher Lin? That would certainly be enough."
Hearing Yu Tianling say that Bibi Dong was sending two people along, Fei Situo nodded in understanding.
Naturally, Fei Situo knew Lin Qingze. He was a very responsible new teacher and a Seven-Ring Soul Sage.
"All right, I'll approve your leave. I hope you find a suitable soul ring."
After confirming that there were no problems, Fei Situo approved Yu Tianling's leave with a wave of his hand.