Su Cheng slowly opened his eyes.
After all, he already had experience absorbing a ten-thousand-year soul ring. Although this time the leap in age was much greater, his innate talent spoke for itself, and his research into the body had reached a grandmaster level. The entire process went extremely smoothly.
Holding the Longevity Sword, Su Cheng silently sensed his current state.
"Level nineteen. Absorbing a soul ring beyond my current year limit raised my cultivation by about three levels. If that's the case, the martial soul's initial strength should be above level fifteen. Compared to Xiao Xue's Six-Winged Angel martial soul, it's not that far off."
Under these combined conditions, the instant he completed the attachment of his first soul ring, Su Cheng broke through to level nineteen.
However, early-stage soul power cultivation was not difficult to begin with. Even relying purely on his own training, with his current aptitude, reaching this level wouldn't take much time.
What he needed to do next was to properly adapt to his body, nourish his spiritual power, and wait until everything fell naturally into place. Once he broke through to level twenty, he could attach his second soul ring.
Adapting to the body was a step that could not be skipped.
After undergoing the completed simulation's transformation, extremely subtle changes had appeared in his bodily structure, making it more suitable for exerting strength and for combat.
Although Su Cheng had an extremely deep understanding of the human body and could easily perceive where the changes were,
many details were still not fully mastered. Only sufficient practical experience could bring everything to perfection.
At this stage, soul power improvement naturally took priority. But sharpening the blade did not delay the chopping of wood—having a clear understanding of every detail of the body was equally helpful for solidifying the foundation.
Soon after, the first soul ring on the Longevity Sword lit up.
"First Soul Skill: Bearing Virtue Like the Earth."
As the soul skill was activated, the Longevity Sword instantly became slightly heavier. At the same time, Su Cheng felt as if he had fused with the earth itself, waves of warmth surging up from beneath his feet.
If previously the land had felt like a broad-minded elder who treated all children equally, then now the earth seemed to have become a loving mother, wishing she could give all her affection to him alone.
A faint smile appeared at the corner of Su Cheng's mouth. "A good soul skill."
Just as he had expected, the soul ring from the Mountain-Stabilizing Earth Dragon of Genshan Town had given him an auxiliary enhancement skill.
After activation, it increased his strength by twenty percent and his endurance and toughness by fifty percent, while slightly reducing his speed. However, if he remained grounded, the enhancement effects would double, and the speed reduction would disappear.
Although a sword was clearly an offensive weapon, the first soul ring Su Cheng attached granted a defensive-oriented auxiliary soul skill. Yet he was very satisfied with it.
After all, the path he walked was never one of extreme offense.
Of course, stacking extreme attack on a sword-type weapon was not wrong either, but the nature of his martial soul had already determined that such a route was not suitable for him.
If it were a martial soul like the Seven Kill Sword, Su Cheng would absolutely throw caution to the wind and focus single-mindedly on sharpness, pushing offense to the extreme.
But the Longevity Sword was not the Seven Kill Sword—it emphasized balance.
Moreover, with this soul skill's support, the effect of his sword-bracing stance would be further enhanced.
Without exaggeration, even if someone of the same level used a one-ring Clear Sky Hammer and fully charged the Chaotic Splitting Wind Hammer Technique, he would still dare to try blocking it.
After obtaining the soul ring, Su Cheng quietly returned to the academy.
Regarding his advancement to a soul master, he made no announcement at all.
In truth, the academy's teachings were of little importance to him. The reason he chose to stay in Notting City was mainly to have a foothold. He was very familiar with the Hunting Soul Forest, making it ideal for early-stage development.
Once he reached three rings, completely resolved the hidden dangers of sword intent, and achieved a breakthrough in spiritual power, he would be able to leave this place and head to the imperial capital.
By then, it would be just right to begin the next simulation.
When he entered Dorm Seven, the few people inside immediately fell silent, the room becoming instantly quiet.
Xiao Wu in particular avoided his gaze, clearly still carrying some psychological shadow.
On the contrary, Tang San appeared very calm when their eyes met, and there even seemed to be a hint of provocation hidden in his gaze.
Su Cheng was first a little surprised, then quickly understood the other's thoughts.
It was probably because Tang San had just attached his first soul ring, his strength greatly increased, and he felt that the previous situation could no longer happen again.
Meanwhile, Su Cheng's sword intent had improved somewhat, and he had advanced to soul master. Although the pressure on his sea of consciousness was still heavy, at the very least his aura would no longer leak out casually.
With one rising and the other falling, in Tang San's perception, Su Cheng's sense of threat naturally seemed much weaker.
Su Cheng didn't care about it.
He truly didn't want to be entangled with Tang San any further. That Tang Hao lurking in the shadows was simply too troublesome to deal with.
Besides, he was also eyeing Tang San's ten-thousand-year soul bone. In the future, it would just be a matter of each using their own means—there was nothing more to say.
This time he had returned to pack up his things. In fact, aside from the academy credentials, there wasn't really anything to pack.
With money in hand, Su Cheng also didn't plan to continue living in the work-study student dormitory. Here, whether it was mixing medicinal agents or revealing his martial soul cultivation, nothing was convenient.
As he left, Tang San looked at his retreating figure, his lips moving slightly, but in the end he still didn't speak.
Because at that moment, he recalled what his teacher had once told him:
"You were never from the same world. The gap between him and you will only grow larger and larger."
In fact, it wasn't only Tang San who had Su Cheng on his mind. As Su Cheng walked along the road, he was also thinking about how to handle Tang San in the future.
This kid was naturally hostile to the Spirit Hall and was also someone who liked currying favor with the imperial nobility. In the future, he would definitely clash with Qian Renxue.
Su Cheng's education from his previous life meant that he had no fondness for the Spirit Hall—but he had even less fondness for the nobility.
He had neither the leisure nor the desire to carry out any kind of reform. But Qian Renxue was, after all, the Angel God's designated successor of the Spirit Hall. Even if it was just for Xiao Xue's sake, he would have to do something about Tang San in the future.
As for how exactly to do it, for now he only had a rough idea.
The most critical points were still twofold: figuring out what was really going on with the Asura God behind Tang San, and determining just how powerful the so-called "child of destiny's" luck truly was.
"Still need to find an opportunity to test him."
He thought silently.
In this calm, a year quickly passed. During this time, Su Cheng advanced to the realm of a two-ring Grand Soul Master. During the academy holidays, he also returned once to Wangsu Village, giving a large sum of gold soul coins to Village Chief Wang Pan, who had always taken care of him.
One day, as he was walking back to his residence after eating at the cafeteria, a voice suddenly came from behind him.
"Su Cheng, do you dare to spar with me?"
Su Cheng turned his head and looked at Tang San in surprise. Beside him, Xiao Wu had her head lowered, making it impossible to see her expression.
Over the past year, the two of them had kept strictly to themselves, practically strangers to each other. Why had Tang San suddenly come looking for him just a few days after the new term started?
What Su Cheng didn't know was that Tang San did this purely for Xiao Wu's sake.
He had noticed that Xiao Wu was still afraid of Su Cheng.
With his experience from a previous life, Tang San understood clearly that if this continued, it would be bad for Xiao Wu's future cultivation and could easily give rise to a heart demon.
His thinking was simple.
Since Xiao Wu was his younger sister, and he had already sworn that he would never let her suffer even the slightest harm again,
then this heart demon—
he would personally shatter it with his own hands!
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