#9The boy holding an eggAI Model: gemini-3.0-flash
Chapter 9: the boy holding an egg
As a consequence, all the Work-Study Students' tasks were taken over by the group of students led by Xiao Chenyu.
Yet, the Work-Study Students continued to receive their wages as usual.
This could be considered a small price Xiao Chenyu paid for losing to Tang San... To this, Xiao Chenyu was quite willing.
Even as the son of the City Lord, he was unwilling to offend Tang Sanand Xiao Wu, who both possessed a hundred-year spirit ring in their first spirit ring slot.
A Genius Spirit Master with Innate Full Spirit Power who could obtain a hundred-year spirit ring for their first spirit ring was clearly not someone he or his father could afford to offend.
This turn of events saved Lin Mo quite a lot of time, allowing him to focus more of his energy on spirit power cultivation and spending time in the library.
After half a year of cultivation, his spirit power Rank had already reached rank 9.
Although the effects of the Elementary Calm Mind method were barely satisfactory, combined with the passive boost from the little fire dragon egg, the spirit power cultivation speed of his Innate Level Six talent showed signs of faintly surpassing the speed of an average Innate Full Spirit Power Spirit Master. Hmm... Academy canteen, first floor.
"Lin Mo, are you and Tang San skipping class again?"
Xiao Wu sized up Lin Mo and Tang San, a hint of envy inevitably flashing in her eyes as she spoke in a bored voice.
"No," Lin Mo shook his head slightly and said, "I've already tested out of the cultural classes, and the current Spirit theory courses are too superficial. I'd rather spend my time in the library studying on my own."
"I'll just study with my teacher," Tang San paused for a moment and whispered.
He was currently the only outlier among the many students of Nuoding Academy. Although he was officially a student there, he was usually taught by Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang.
Regarding this phenomenon, the Dean of Nuoding Academy turned a blind eye, tacitly allowing Tang San and Yu Xiaogang's behavior.
Tang San remained a member of Nuoding Academy.
This was also due to some small selfishness of his own. After all, Tang San's talent was evident; even without guidance, he would surely become a Genius who would leave his name in the history of Nuoding Academy in the future.
Keeping Tang San in Nuoding Academy was purely beneficial for them. In the future, they might even use the opportunity of Tang San entering an Intermediate academy to make Nuoding Academy famous.
All they had to pay was the daily Work-Study Student wage of ten bronze coins. It could be said to be a highly profitable deal.
"I really envy you guys..." Xiao Wu said helplessly as she took the last bite of her meal.
She had already mastered the Elementary Calm Mind method taught in the morning's two theory classes, even earlier than Lin Mo.
Moreover, even without the help of a Calm Mind method, with the foundation brought by being a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beastcultivating anew, her cultivation speed would never be inferior to most Innate Full Spirit Power geniuses.
As for the other part, the knowledge regarding Spirit Beasts, that was even less of an issue for her.
If she weren't worried about exposing her identity, Xiao Wu would have loved to correct the obvious mistakes made by the teachers who taught Spirit Beast knowledge.
What gave her a headache were the cultural knowledge courses; she couldn't escape those even if she wanted to.
To her, those classes sounded like gibberish.
She didn't understand why anyone would force a little bunny to learn how to read.
"I'm finished eating, so I'll be leaving first..."
Lin Mo picked up two stacked trays, stood up, and looked at Xiao Wuand Tang San. "Could you two help cover for me again tonight? I won't be returning to the dormitory..."
"Are you going to Cultivate in the academy's back mountain again?" Tang San stopped his chopsticks and asked with a slight frown.
"Yeah."
Lin Mo nodded. "The environment there suits me well. My cultivation speed there is much faster than in the dormitory."
"Go ahead, go ahead. After all, I'm your Sister Xiao Wu, aren't I?" Xiao Wu waved her hand and spoke nonchalantly.
"But you, eating so much every day, won't you have any problems?" Xiao Wu glanced at the stacked trays in Lin Mo's hands.
"You can eat two or three people's portions by yourself, and you finish your food even faster than we do with just one portion. Aren't you afraid of indigestion?"
"Don't worry, that definitely won't happen," Lin Mo said with a smile. "If I didn't lack money, I could eat even more."
He wasn't exaggerating. After Awakening the Heart Body Martial Soulwhich included blood, his heart was already much stronger than others'.
Just like the Main Body Martial Souls of other Spirit Masters, once a Main Body Martial Soul awakens, the corresponding body part is strengthened.
Lin Mo's heart and blood were naturally no exception. Moreover, it wasn't just his heart; his other internal organs also received significant benefits. The most direct manifestation was a substantial increase in his digestion and absorption abilities.
The village chief's initial generosity helped him through the most difficult early period. Later, after gaining the right to enter and leave the library freely, he found a part-time job.
With Director Su's permission, he got a new job organizing books in the library, which was much easier than the Work-Study Student job but paid the same.
This allowed him to barely maintain a financial balance.
These changes made Lin Mo increasingly curious: could the next stage of his Heart Body Martial Soul's evolution be his internal organs?
However, this was just a pure guess on Lin Mo's part. Before the second spirit truly evolved...
The only thing he could be sure of currently was that the final stage of the heart Spirit's evolution would definitely be the entire body.
But as for the exact steps, he wasn't very clear... After saying goodbye to the two, Lin Mo summoned the little fire dragon egg again, held it in his arms, and strode out of the canteen.
Heading toward the academy's back mountain, his spirit power Rankhad already reached the peak of rank 9. In two days at most, he would be able to complete the Breakthrough in one go.
For others, rank 10 spirit power was the prerequisite for obtaining their first spirit ring, but for Lin Mo, hunting for a spirit ring was secondary. The most important thing was the hatching of Charmander.
This was why Lin Mo wanted to leave the dormitory and go to the secluded back mountain to Cultivate. The hatching of Charmander was extremely important to him, and he couldn't be disturbed by anyone!
The others in the canteen had long since grown accustomed to this scene.
They also knew that among the new Work-Study Students at Nuoding Academy this year, there was an oddball like Lin Mo, who had awakened a quite good Innate Level Six Soul Power but possessed such a Waste Martial Soul.
They couldn't see what use this Spirit had; it couldn't be eaten, and it couldn't fight... As for touching it? Lin Mo never let anyone else touch his Spirit.
In many people's eyes, Lin Mo's Spirit was even inferior to the Blue Silver Grass awakened by Tang San. At least Blue Silver Grass could exhibit considerable combat power in Tang San's hands.
Thanks to his behavior of wandering around the academy holding an egg, many people already called him the boy holding an egg.
As for whether there was teasing or mockery in those words, only they themselves knew.
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