One year and three months later.
On the peak of a small mountain behind Nuoding City, a child wearing a cyan martial arts uniform sat cross-legged, facing the strong wind. Dots of cyan light emanated from his body, indicating he was in meditation cultivation.
After a long time, as the sky gradually darkened, the child opened his eyes, let out a long breath, and said, "I've finally raised my soul power to level 10. Now I can go hunt for my first soul ring."
This child was naturally Mo Hui. In just over a year, his soul power had increased from level 3 to level 10.
This speed was even faster than Mo Hui had expected. Under normal circumstances, a soul master with innate level 3 soul power would be doing well to increase by two levels in a year, but Mo Hui's speed was nearly three times theirs.
There were many reasons why Mo Hui's soul power increased so quickly, but the main ones were as follows.
First, Mo Hui's diligent cultivation. Aside from eating and studying, Mo Hui was basically always meditating and cultivating. The amount of time he spent meditating each day was generally more than double that of other students.
Second, Mo Hui had researched the relationship between the excess energy received after Bobo ate and retracted into his body and the body's soul power capacity, and he had perfected this special method of improvement.
Because it was very similar to how a soul master absorbs a soul ring, Mo Hui called it the Soul Ring Absorption Simulation Method.
Through a year of practice, Mo Hui had gained an unusual amount of experience with the sudden increase in energy within his body, which would be helpful when absorbing a soul ring.
Third, through a year of study, Mo Hui had gradually optimized the Bobo Meditation Method. Now, the speed of improvement with the Bobo Meditation Method was 20% faster compared to the original version, not inferior to the meditation methods that come with innate soul power level four or five soul masters.
As for the last point, it was the environment Mo Hui was currently in.
Mimicry cultivation grounds were a cultivation method from the original work. The principle was to simulate an environment similar to one's martial soul to increase cultivation speed.
At first, Mo Hui thought the most suitable place for Bobo would be somewhere with many birds, so he cultivated at several chicken farms and pigeon farms.
But after cultivating for a few days, Mo Hui found that the effect was only slight, very weak.
Later, through continuous attempts, Mo Hui finally determined Bobo's attribute: Wind!
In fact, Mo Hui should have realized this earlier. Bobo's attribute in the Pokémon world was Normal/Flying, and Flying translated to the Wind attribute in the Douluo Continent world.
After learning this, Mo Hui finally found his current location. The wind here was strong, and cultivating here could increase Mo Hui's meditation efficiency by 20%.
"It's time to go back, or it won't be good if Nuoding City closes its gates."
With that, Mo Hui stood up and, channeling his soul power, ran towards Nuoding City.
As a border military city, Nuoding City naturally had a curfew. If he didn't get back before the city gates closed, Mo Hui would have to spend the night outside the city.
Mo Hui was quite helpless about this. After all, Mo Hui was only a seven-year-old child. The night outside the city was still quite dangerous for him. Otherwise, if he stayed here to cultivate all the time, his level could increase even faster.
Mo Hui was very fast. With the boost of soul power, Mo Hui's physical fitness was now comparable to an adult's, and he quickly returned to Nuoding Academy.
Upon returning to the academy, Mo Hui immediately told Mo Hen the news of his breakthrough to level 10.
"What! Your soul power has already broken through to level 10!?"
Upon hearing this news, Mo Hen was shocked, yet at the same time, he felt it was somewhat expected.
He and the academy's teachers and students had all witnessed Mo Hui's efforts over the past year. In just one year, Mo Hui had not only finished all the courses for the sixth grade but had also read most of the books related to martial souls in the academy.
In their eyes, Mo Hui was not only an undeniable genius but also frighteningly diligent.
They had been teaching for so many years and had never seen a student who didn't even sleep at night, dedicating all that time to cultivating soul power. Even the most hardworking work-study students slept at least six or seven hours a day.
But Mo Hui didn't. Over this year, Mo Hui's sleep time was minimal. He was either studying knowledge or meditating and cultivating.
In such a situation, the teachers couldn't help but sigh: If only other students were like Mo Hui, they wouldn't have to wait until the sixth grade for some to still not graduate. Three years would be enough for these children to become soul masters!
The only pity was that innate level 3 soul power was still a bit low. Otherwise, becoming a Soul Sage or even a Soul Douluo wouldn't be a dream in the future, and even a Titled Douluo wasn't out of the question.
"Yes, Uncle Mo Hen, I'm already level 10."
Mo Hui nodded and said.
If he had something like a system, then he could lie low, after all, the system could solve some resource problems, and he just needed to cultivate in peace.
But the problem was he didn't. He had to show his talent, let others see his value, so as to attract others' attention and make them invest in him.
Only when others saw him could Mo Hui get enough resources.
The current situation didn't allow Mo Hui to pretend to be weak and catch others off guard. Without external resources, Mo Hui might actually become weak while pretending.
Whenever he thought of this, Mo Hui couldn't help but envy Xiao Yan. The other party had Yao Lao teaching him the sideline of alchemy. If he knew alchemy, would he still need to worry about resources? He could just lie low until he became a Titled Douluo before coming out.
"Whew~ I understand. The new students are enrolling these few days, and the teachers are quite busy. In a couple of days, I'll gather a few teachers to help you hunt for a soul ring in the Soul Hunting Forest!"
After a moment, Mo Hen calmed himself down and said to Mo Hui.
"Okay, I understand. By the way, Uncle Mo Hen, I have a question about meditation..."
After a long time, Mo Hen finally saw off his nephew, who had a strong thirst for knowledge. Looking at Mo Hui's departing back, Mo Hen couldn't help but murmur:
"This nephew of mine, his future achievements might exceed our imagination!"
...
The next afternoon.
"Little San, that's Nuoding Academy. When you're at the academy alone, you must listen to the teachers and never leave the academy without permission. When the semester ends, Grandpa Jack will come to pick you up."
Old Jack looked at the gate of Nuoding Academy not far away and instructed Tang San, who was beside him.
Tang San nodded upon hearing this, and then, led by Old Jack, arrived at the gate of Nuoding Academy.
As soon as Old Jack and Tang San reached the gate, they were immediately stopped by the young gatekeeper, "What are you doing? Is this a place where country folk like you can come?"
Looking at the shabby clothes on Old Jack and Tang San, the young gatekeeper's eyes couldn't help but flash with a hint of disdain and contempt.
Old Jack quickly said with a smile, "This young brother, we are from Holy Soul Village. This child is the work-study student our village sent this year. Please tell us, what procedures do we need to complete?"
"Another work-study student!?"
Upon hearing the words 'work-study student', the young gatekeeper's expression immediately changed. The scene with Mo Hui over a year ago was still vivid in his memory.
"Do you have proof? Let me see."
Due to the precedent of Mo Hui, the young gatekeeper's voice became a little gentler, but after taking the proof handed over by Old Jack, his expression immediately became somewhat strange.
"Blue Silver Grass, innate full soul power, this must be fake, right?"
•••••••••••••••••••••
Notes: This novel is AI-translated, so updates are slow. If you like it, let me know it motivates me to update faster since I don't earn from it.