Chapter 103: The Youngest Spirit Grandmaster, The Opportunity for Breakthrough
Meanwhile, in the girls' dormitory next door.
Xiao Wu was sitting cross-legged on a soft, large bed, her two long rabbit ears trembling slightly.
The System's notification sound also echoed in her mind.
[Ding! Detected the person with the highest correlation to today's Host diary content: Xiao Wu.]
[Triggered Critical Hit Reward!]
[Congratulations to Xiao Wu for obtaining:]
[Significant increase in Space Affinity]
[mental force increase.]
[Leg Martial Skill: "Shadowless Kick" (Minor Achievement).]
In addition to that.
[Ding! Congratulations on owning the diary instance for two full years!]
[Reward: spirit power Rank +1!]
As a warm current surged into her body.
Xiao Wu felt a wave of comfort throughout her entire body, and her spirit power instantly broke through that thin barrier.
Rank nineteen became Rank twenty!
However, facing the increase in strength, Xiao Wu didn't show the slightest bit of happiness.
On the contrary, her exquisite face was filled with conflict and hesitation.
"Rank twenty..."
Xiao Wu looked at her hands and murmured to herself. If she were a human Spirit Master, upon reaching Rank twenty, she should be excitedly going to hunt Spirit Beasts to obtain a spirit ring right now.
But she was a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast in human cultivation; her spirit rings didn't need hunting, she only needed to condense them herself.
However, condensing a spirit ring herself didn't require going out, nor did it require help from others.
"If Brother Lin Yuan discovers tomorrow that I've reached Rank twenty but am not in a hurry to hunt for a spirit ring, he'll definitely find it strange, right?"
"And after I secretly condense the spirit ring myself, how do I explain its origin?"
"Say it fell from the sky?"
Xiao Wu hugged her knees, burying her face in the crook of her arms, her heart in a mess.
Before, she was always worried her identity would be exposed and she'd be killed and made into a spirit ring.
So she hid it carefully.
But now... "Brother actually knew long ago. He wrote it so clearly in the diary, even knowing I would Sacrifice myself in the future."
"He has been protecting me all along, even scolding Tang San to high heaven in the diary just to vent for me."
Thinking of the scene in the classroom during the day, where Lin Yuan held her hand to comfort her.
A surge of unprecedented courage and impulse welled up in Xiao Wu's heart.
"I don't want to hide it from him anymore."
"Since he's so good to me, since he knows everything..."
"Then why am I still pretending?"
...Ten thousand miles away, Sea God Island, Sea God Temple.
Beneath that towering Sea God statue, High Priestess Posey was sitting cross-legged.
She looked at the [Two-Year Anniversary Pity Reward: Method for Condensing a Soul Core] on the System panel, a flash of surprise in her eyes.
"Condensing an elemental Soul Core?"
"According to the method provided by the System, can it be condensed successfully now?"
She knew about Soul Cores; Lin Yuan had mentioned them in the diary before.
Different from the Soul Core condensation reward Bibi Dong received, Posey only received the method. Whether she could succeed depended on herself.
"In that case, let's give it a try."
Posey took a deep breath, mobilizing the vast, sea-like spirit power within her body and began to operate it according to the method in her mind.
Inside the Sea God Temple, blue light flared brilliantly!
The surrounding water elements converged frantically toward her Dantian.
A moment later.
With a soft hum, a deep blue crystal slowly took shape at Posey's Dantian, emitting heart-palpitating fluctuations.
Vast Sea Soul Core, complete!
Posey slowly opened her eyes. Feeling the ceaseless, seemingly infinite power within her body, her beautiful face showed a look of shock.
"Is this the Soul Core that will only appear ten thousand years later?"
"It really is a good thing!"
She felt that her strength was completely incomparable to before.
Now, she was at least fifty percent stronger than before!
This didn't mean her attack power had directly doubled.
Rather, with the support of the Soul Core, her spirit power recovery speed—her endurance—had reached a terrifying level!
Now, with this, even if she wasn't on the ocean, she had great confidence that she could defeat Qian Daoliu when facing him!
...The next morning.
Inside Heaven Dou Royal Academy, news of the conflict between Lin Yuan and Qin Ming in class had already spread like wildfire after a night of fermentation.
And as luck would have it.
On this very day, the Sect Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, Ning Fengzhi, brought Sword Douluo Chen Xin for a low-profile visit to the academy.
In fact, as early as Lin Yuan's first day of enrollment, Ning Rongrong had sent someone to deliver a letter back to the Sect.
It was just that Ning Fengzhi, as the Sect Master, had to handle Sect affairs and deal with the Imperial Family, so he only had time to come today.
The two had just finished discussing the defense of the Empire's borders with Emperor Xue Ye at the palace that morning.
As soon as the matter ended, they rushed to the academy without stopping.
Walking on the academy's scenic mountain path, Ning Fengzhi was in a rather good mood.
"Uncle Jian, this time we've come not only to see Rongrong, but most importantly to meet that young friend Lin Yuan."
"Rongrong praised him to the heavens in her letter."
Beside him, Chen Xin had his hands behind his back, and a rare smile appeared on his cold face: "Fengzhi, I really didn't misjudge the boy."
"In just over a year, he's already a two-ring Spirit Grandmaster."
"This talent is probably unprecedented in the history of our Douluo Continent, right?"
"The youngest Spirit Grandmaster..."
"This kid's future is limitless."
Ning Fengzhi also smiled and nodded, a flash of regret in his eyes: "It's a pity that such a peerless Genius is unwilling to join my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School."
"Otherwise, if nurtured well, his future achievements would definitely not be below yours, Uncle Jian! He might even touch that level."
Chen Xin shook his head helplessly: "I wanted to take him as a Disciple too."
"But he refused very bluntly, saying he has a mysterious teacher and doesn't wish to be bound by a Sect."
Speaking of this, a flash of reminiscence appeared in Chen Xin's eyes:
"Actually, at first, I didn't quite believe it, thinking it was just the boy's excuse."
"But from the insights Lin Yuan showed regarding the path of the spear, especially that pure Spear Intent, I believed it."
"One who can teach such a Disciple is definitely a peerless powerhouse living in seclusion."
"Just by chatting with him, my sword Dao cultivation, which had been stagnant for many years, actually showed signs of movement."
"A pity, it was still missing a little something; in the end, I didn't break through to Rank ninety-seven."
Chen Xin felt some regret.
At his Realm, wanting to break through one Rank was harder than reaching the heavens.
He felt that this missing opportunity might only be found through a life-and-death battle with a true powerhouse of the same level.
"I hope I can meet that mysterious teacher of his."
The two chatted as they walked and soon arrived at the Education Committee building.
They didn't have anyone announce them, but went straight in, wanting to inquire about Lin Yuan's current residence.
However, before they could push open the door, they heard a burst of angry roaring from inside.
It was the voice of Chief Meng Shenji.
"Qin Ming! You are muddled!"
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