“Then you’d better be prepared to spend a fortune.”
Su Yuntao smiled.
He was genuinely happy for Lin Yuan.
“Congratulations, Ah Yuan.”
“Uncle Yuntao, thank you.”
Lin Yuan had always respected Su Yuntao’s character, so his gratitude was sincere.
After issuing Lin Yuan his martial soul certificate, Su Yuntao escorted the father and son downstairs.
When they returned home, they saw Yan Beifei walking out of their family’s medicinal herb shop.
He still didn’t spare the father and son a single glance.
Lin Yuan’s mother, however, noticed the complete lack of disappointment on their faces and excitedly asked,
“Did he awaken soul power?”
“Yes, Mom.”
Lin Yuan answered with a smile.
His father added proudly from the side,
“Our Ah Yuan is much more talented than I was.
He has an innate rank 3 soul power.”
“Rank 3?
He actually has innate rank 3 soul power!”
“My son!
My good son!”
Lin Yuan’s mother was just an ordinary person.
The moment she heard that her son possessed innate rank 3 soul power, she immediately opened her slender arms and pulled him tightly into her embrace.
His mother wasn’t exactly a peerless beauty, but she was a well-known beauty in the surrounding villages.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t have married his father, a soul master.
Her embrace was warm, and perhaps because she had spent years dealing with medicinal herbs, her body carried a faint herbal fragrance.
But Lin Yuan’s mind was that of an adult, so being hugged like this still felt somewhat awkward.
He quickly said,
“Mom, I saw someone come in just now.
Did they buy something?”
“He didn’t buy anything.
He came to sell something.”
His mother released him.
“That little boy just now brought me a 100-year-old wild ginseng.
I bought it from him for ten gold soul coins.”
The moment she started talking about business, a shrewd glint appeared in his mother’s eyes.
She then told him the entire story.
In short, she had bought the old ginseng at an extremely low price.
In exchange, she had agreed to keep an eye out for whale rubber for Yan Beifei.
Lin Yuan’s mother was merely a rural medicinal herb dealer.
She had no idea what whale rubber was.
But to secure the deal, she had agreed anyway.
This made Lin Yuan even more certain that Yan Beifei was a transmigrator.
At the same time, the old ginseng he had mentioned caught Lin Yuan’s attention.
Su Yuntao had previously said that he had tested the soul power of everyone in Emperor Soul Village.
Yet Yan Beifei claimed otherwise.
Clearly, the latter had been lying.
So the question was…
How had he managed to give his martial soul soul power?
And where had he obtained such a rare 100-year-old wild ginseng?
That wasn’t something a child should have been able to produce.
Could he have cultivated some kind of technique?
Or perhaps he possessed a cheat ability capable of accelerating the growth of plants?
After thinking it over, Lin Yuan felt the latter possibility was more likely.
“I just hope he doesn’t have some kind of system.”
Now that Lin Yuan had discovered him, he could no longer blame him for shooting a fellow transmigrator in the back.
If Yan Beifei discovered that Lin Yuan was also a transmigrator, he certainly wouldn’t let him off either.
This was a life-or-death struggle.
But before anything else, Lin Yuan needed to embark on the path of cultivation.
And unless absolutely necessary, he still shouldn’t reveal his identity.
Having made up his mind, Lin Yuan looked at his father.
“Dad, teach me how to cultivate.”
“Come on.
Let’s go to the courtyard.”
Lin Kun froze for a moment.
Clearly, he hadn’t expected his son to be so eager to cultivate immediately after awakening his martial soul.
Still, being willing to work hard at cultivation was a good thing.
The two quickly arrived in the courtyard.
“Sit cross-legged like me.”
As he spoke, Lin Kun sat down cross-legged.
Lin Yuan copied his posture.
“Close your eyes, clear your mind, and focus on sensing the flow of soul power inside your body,” Lin Kun instructed.
“What next?”
Lin Yuan quickly sensed it.
“Focus your mind and guide the flow of soul power inside your body, making it circulate faster.”
Lin Yuan concentrated and followed his father’s instructions, using his mind to guide and accelerate the flow of soul power within his body.
Seeing that his son had entered the proper state, Lin Kun reminded him,
“Finally, circulate it throughout your entire body.
But remember, if you feel pain anywhere, don’t force yourself.
Otherwise, you could get injured.”
“Mm.”
Lin Yuan gave a soft response.
He couldn’t help sighing inwardly at how crude this cultivation method was.
No wonder his father was almost thirty before he finally reached rank 20 and became a Soul Grandmaster.
For the next half a month, aside from eating and doing his daily hundred push-ups, hundred squats, hundred sit-ups, and ten-kilometer run, Lin Yuan devoted all his time to cultivating his soul power.
In the end, his soul power barely increased.
However, because he often went out in the morning when few people were around, he became thoroughly familiar with Nuoding City.
…
After going around in circles, the day Nuoding Academy opened its doors finally arrived.
Nuoding Academy had very strict rules.
All students who enrolled were required to live on campus.
Early that morning, Lin Kun put on the badge representing his status as a Soul Grandmaster.
Carrying two sets of bedding and two sets of toiletries, he brought Lin Yuan to Nuoding Academy to register.
When the gatekeeper saw the Soul Grandmaster badge on Lin Kun’s chest, he naturally didn’t dare stop them.
He didn’t even bother checking Lin Yuan’s soul master certificate before letting them enter.
Registration and dormitory arrangements were completed in one smooth process.
Since Lin Yuan wasn’t a work-study student, he was assigned a two-person dormitory.
It had soft beds and even a private bathroom.
The conditions weren’t much worse than those at home.
This suited him perfectly.
After all, in the original story, there were only two work-study students in this year’s intake: Tang San and Xiao Wu.
If another transmigrator recognized him, he’d really have nowhere to cry.
Lin Kun paid six years of tuition for Lin Yuan in one go and also reserved the entire dormitory.
Before leaving, he said,
“The old village chief came to see me a while ago.
He said that child Lin Tian would be coming here as a work-study student and asked me to look after him.”
“I feel sorry for that kid, so I spoke with Director Su from your academic affairs office and reserved this dormitory.
From now on, he’ll live with you.”
“I’ve already prepared the bedding and daily necessities.
There’s one set for each of you.”
“And here are ten gold soul coins.
That’s your food money for this entire school year.
If you run out, just come home and ask for more.”
“I’ve met that kid before.
He’s very proud and independent.
If you try to give him money, he won’t accept it.
Just take him along whenever you go to eat.”
“Okay, Dad.”
Lin Yuan agreed immediately.
But as he watched his father leave, his feelings became complicated.
His father really was a kind and honest man.
But being kind and honest was one thing.
That didn’t mean the other person would necessarily appreciate it.
After all, how many transmigrators could possibly resist the temptation of sharing a bed with the little rabbit?
Even if someone could resist Xiao Wu’s beauty, how could they possibly resist the three 100,000-year soul rings and 100,000-year soul bone she represented?
“Whatever.”
“Let’s see which of us transmigrators can survive until the end.”
Thinking this, Lin Yuan quickly cleaned the dormitory.
He then took a shower, changed into the uniform of Nuoding Academy, and cultivated for a while.
Seeing that it was getting late, he headed toward the area near the school gate to wait.
Near noon, Lin Yuan didn’t see Lin Tian.
Instead, he saw two outsiders approaching—a boy and an old man.
End of Chapter