Moreover, his soul power was much stronger than before, flowing through his body with remarkable smoothness.
As his soul power circulated, an unprecedented sense of strength spread throughout his body, as though something inside him was undergoing a transformation.
“There is hope.”
Lin Yuan’s spirits lifted.
He immediately immersed himself in cultivation, enjoying the sensation.
Before long, he entered a state of deep meditation.
The afterglow of the setting sun streamed through the gaps in the window, scattering specks of light across the tidy room.
Inside the room, Lin Yuan sat naked in the bathing tub, his hands folded together and his eyes tightly shut.
His breathing was steady and powerful.
The bathing tub was filled with pale green liquid.
As it gently rippled, it reflected faint, strange glimmers of light.
Lin Yuan’s chest rose and fell slightly.
Each breath followed an extremely steady rhythm.
As his cultivation continued, the pale green liquid in the tub gradually began to release faint streams of vapor.
The vapor carried a slight green tint.
It slowly rose before seeping through Lin Yuan’s pores and entering his body.
As the vapor entered his body, Lin Yuan’s smooth skin seemed to take on the delicate luster of warm jade.
Sensing the increasingly abundant soul power within him, a faint smile appeared on Lin Yuan’s face.
When the final wisp of vapor entered his body, Lin Yuan opened his eyes.
His face was filled with satisfaction as he murmured to himself, almost intoxicated by the result.
“This session of cultivation was at least equivalent to seven or eight days of hard cultivation.”
“The only problem is that it takes at least four days, perhaps even seven days or longer, for this green liquid to form.”
“Otherwise, this cheat would be completely outrageous.”
“But it doesn’t matter.
Yan Beifei isn’t the only transmigrator.”
“And the Palm Heaven Bottle can increase the age of plants.”
“Yan Beifei was able to obtain innate soul power through it.
Since my martial soul is also a plant-type martial soul, it should work for me as well.”
With this thought, he released his martial soul.
To his surprise, the stalk of his Lone Bamboo martial soul had become much thicker.
Its bark had turned dark green, faint patterns had appeared across its surface, and its branches had become much denser.
“A 100-year-old Lone Bamboo!”
Lin Yuan’s eyes immediately lit up.
Over the past few days, he had spent quite a bit of time reading books about soul beasts.
As a soul beast with the same species as his martial soul, Lone Bamboo had naturally received his special attention.
He had learned that 10-year-old Lone Bamboo looked almost no different from ordinary bamboo.
Only after reaching a hundred years would Lone Bamboo’s appearance begin to differ from ordinary bamboo.
And his current Lone Bamboo martial soul matched the characteristics of a 100-year Lone Bamboo perfectly.
“Let’s see how much faster my cultivation has become.”
Lin Yuan closed his eyes again and entered a meditative state.
He discovered that his cultivation speed had increased by at least twice compared to before.
This filled him with immense satisfaction.
A 10-year-old Lone Bamboo becoming a 100-year-old Lone Bamboo had already provided such a tremendous cultivation boost.
If it reached 1,000 years, 10,000 years, or even 100,000 years…
Wouldn’t that be completely heaven-defying?
“The problem of my slow cultivation speed has been temporarily solved.”
“Next, I need to think about obtaining my soul ring.”
“There are several 10-year-old Lone Bamboos on the mountain behind Bamboo Ridge.
My father’s first soul ring came from there.”
“When the time comes, all I need to do is use the green liquid from the Palm Heaven Bottle to accelerate their growth.
Then I’ll be able to obtain the soul beast age I want.”
“There’ll be no need to take the risk of entering the Soul Hunting Forest.”
“The most important thing I should consider now is increasing my soul ring absorption limit.”
“Relatively speaking, the easiest way to increase the limit of what my body can withstand is whale rubber.”
“It’s time to go home.”
With that thought, Lin Yuan quickly got up and put on his clothes.
From the soul tool ring, he took out several 100-year medicinal herbs that Yan Beifei had cultivated before his death and wrapped them in cloth.
After tidying up his room, he locked the door, picked up the bundle, and headed straight toward the academy’s entrance.
“Lin Yuan, so you’re here!”
“Come on, hurry up!
Come with us and watch the fun.”
Two familiar voices came from behind him just as Lin Yuan left the dormitory building.
Lin Yuan turned around and smiled when he saw them.
“What kind of fun?”
The two people calling out to Lin Yuan were his two “best friends” from class.
One possessed two and a half ranks of innate soul power, while the other had three ranks, the same as Lin Yuan.
Among the first-year students at Nuoding Academy, they could also be considered geniuses, second only to Lin Tian, Tang San, and Xiao Wu.
“What else could it be?
Of course, Boss Xiao is fighting those work-study students from Dorm Seven in the back mountain.”
“Hurry up!
If we’re any later, we’ll miss the whole thing.”
When the three arrived at the small forest behind the mountain, Lin Yuan happened to see Lin Tian holding a lotus flower surrounded by rising blue flames in his palm.
A yellow soul ring was circling his body.
The lotus flower in his palm instantly split into eight pieces, transforming into eight sharp blades wreathed in flames.
They shot toward a werewolf surrounded by a white soul ring.
Their speed was astonishing, leaving trails of blue flames through the air.
The werewolf was none other than Xiao Chenyu after activating his martial soul possession.
Facing Lin Tian’s first soul skill, Xiao Chenyu was nothing more than a stationary target.
It didn’t take long before he was beaten until he was crying for his mother.
And this was still the result of Lin Tian holding back.
He was using the blunt ends of the blades and deliberately avoiding vital areas.
Otherwise, Xiao Chenyu’s fate would have been far worse than simply crying for his mother.
Even so, Xiao Wu and the other work-study students were delighted, cheering and clapping.
Xiao Chenyu begged for mercy several times during the beating.
But Xiao Wu loved watching the chaos and was determined to make things as troublesome as possible.
She kept shouting from the side that Lin Tian was doing a great job and that Xiao Chenyu deserved a lesson he would never forget.
As a result, Lin Tian ignored Xiao Chenyu’s pleas for mercy and put even more effort into his performance.
By contrast, Tang San, who was standing beside Xiao Wu, had a solemn expression.
His eyes remained fixed on Lin Tian as though he were silently calculating the difference between their strengths.
“Wow, that Lin Tian guy is amazing!
He actually has a 100-year soul ring, and he even defeated Boss Xiao.”
“Yeah.
Looks like Boss Xiao has really been beaten badly this time.”
Listening to the discussion of his two “best friends,” Lin Yuan said nothing.
His eyes remained fixed on Lin Tian, and a strange glint flashed through them.
“So this is Lin Tian’s cultivation technique?”
“It can actually make an ordinary lotus flower unleash such terrifying power.”
“I’m afraid the power of this cultivation technique is even greater than Tang San’s Mysterious Heaven Skill.”
Lin Yuan was pondering this when he was about to turn around and leave.
But then Xiao Chenyu’s cry for help came from the other side.
“Ah!
Lin Yuan, you three!
Go get a teacher and save me!”
His shout also attracted the attention of Tang San, Xiao Wu, and the others toward Lin Yuan and his two companions, who had been watching from a distance.
The two “best friends” immediately became afraid of getting themselves involved.
Worried that Lin Tian might target them later, they turned around and sprinted away.
Their expressions practically said, I didn’t hear anything.
I didn’t see anything.
Don’t call me.
Only Lin Yuan remained behind, the corner of his mouth twitching helplessly.
End of Chapter