Chương 4: Incredible Cultivation Speed: Level 2 in 3 Months

The next morning, Su Chen opened his eyes at the first crow of the rooster.

He got up quietly, got dressed, pushed open the back door, and walked towards the grove behind the village.

Su Chen chose a clearing surrounded by bushes, sat down cross-legged, and began to circulate the cultivation method that came with the Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul.

He didn't know what the technique was called.

When his martial spirit awakened, a profound piece of information was directly imprinted in his mind, as if it were innate.

Once it started operating, the energy of heaven and earth flowed into his body from all directions, like rivers flowing into the sea.

fast.

very fast.

It was so fast that even Su Chen himself felt it was unreal.

Fifteen days later, Su Chen opened his eyes from his cultivation and habitually checked the system panel.

[Host's current soul power: Level 15.] He froze for a moment.

He rubbed his eyes and looked again.

"Level 15?"

"That's not right." Su Chen frowned and asked the system, "System, did you miscalculate my experience points? I was only level 14 half a month ago, and I'm level 15 today?"

[System check shows everything is normal, please do not doubt it.]

"Normal my foot..." Su Chen muttered, but he didn't delve into it and continued to close his eyes and cultivate.

Another half month passed, The system displayed that the soul power had changed to level sixteen.

"Isn't this cultivation speed a bit too heaven-defying?"

Level 17, Level 18...

Faced with such a rapid level increase, Su Chen was completely numb.

He no longer even checked his soul power panel every day. Instead, he would go to the grove to cultivate every morning, go home for lunch, continue cultivating in the afternoon, and go to sleep at night, just like clocking in for work.

The villagers only knew that Su Chen was a quiet boy who rarely went out. Occasionally, someone would see him entering or leaving the grove behind the village, but they just assumed he was going out to play.

No one knew he was practicing cultivation.

No one knew just how terrifying his cultivation speed was.

Three months later, Su Chen sat cross-legged on the bed, closing his eyes and looking inward.

Soul power surged through his meridians like a mighty river, filling his level 20 vessel and even showing signs of overflowing.

That's the bottleneck.

At level 20, you need to absorb a second spirit ring to continue leveling up.

Su Chen opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of stale air.

"It's been three months."

He counted on his fingers: "When I awakened, my innate full soul power was level ten. The system reward allowed me to level fourteen, and then I cultivated for three months to level twenty... So in reality, my own cultivation results were level six, from fourteen to twenty?"

On average, it takes half a month to advance one level.

Su Chen fell silent.

"System, am I a genius?"

[The host's current cultivation speed far exceeds the average level of their peers. Would you like to view comparative data?]

"No."

"The speed should be about the same. Both the protagonist Tang San and I need spirit rings."

Su Chen pondered for a while.

Hunting spirit beasts to obtain spirit rings?

He remembered that in the original work, Soul Masters usually needed to hunt Soul Beasts whose Martial Soul attributes matched their own.

The Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul belongs to the top-tier offensive type, and theoretically requires a soul ring from a strength-type, dragon-type, or offensive-type soul beast.

However, there are no suitable Soul Beast Forests near Nottingham City.

The nearest Soul Hunting Forest is hundreds of kilometers away, and with his current strength—a six-year-old level 20 Soul Warrior—it would be too conspicuous for him to hunt Soul Beasts alone, even if he could defeat them.

more importantly……

He didn't want to go alone.

It's not that I'm afraid of danger, but I feel it's unnecessary.

Su Chen leaned against the headboard, his fingers unconsciously tapping on his knees.

Notting Academy…

he murmured.

He remembered that in the original story, Notting Junior Soul Master Academy had two important characters.

Xiao Wu. A 100, 000-year-old soul beast in human form, the Soft-Boned Rabbit, and one of the future female protagonists.

Yu Xiaogang. Known as the "Master of Uselessness," he possesses top-notch theoretical knowledge, but his actual strength is only level twenty-nine.

Both of these people are excellent sources of shock material.

I wonder what Master Yu's expression would be if he knew that someone had created the first ring in a thousand years?

The corners of Su Chen's mouth rose slightly.

"If we go hunting soul beasts now, we might miss our first encounter with them. Besides, Xiao Wu's identity is special... I'm quite interested in her."

He paused, then thought of something else.

"The system can also reward spirit rings. Maybe I'll shock a few people in the academy and get my second spirit ring right away. Why bother hunting it all myself?"

Su Chen nodded and made his decision.

"No rush. Let's go to Notting College and see how things go."

He temporarily put aside the matter of his second spirit ring and turned his attention back to his daily training.

Although level 20 is a bottleneck, cultivation is not entirely useless. Soul power can continue to accumulate, and after absorbing the second soul ring, this accumulation will be directly converted into a higher level.

On the eve of the start of the school year at Notting Junior Soul Master Academy.

The next morning, just as dawn was breaking.

Jack was waiting at the village entrance, driving a dilapidated horse-drawn carriage.

Some dry grass was laid out on the vehicle to serve as seats.

Seeing Su Chen and Tang San arrive, Jack gestured for the two to get in the car: "Let's go, it's a long way, it'll take most of the day."

The carriage swayed and rattled as it drove out of Holy Soul Village.

In the afternoon, the carriage entered Nottingham.

The carriage bumped along the way and finally stopped in front of the gate of the Notting City Junior Soul Master Academy.

Old Jack jumped down from the driver's seat, dusted himself off, and carefully pulled out a certificate stamped with the Spirit Hall's seal from his pocket, a hint of pride on his face.

"We're here, this is it."

"Notting Academy, the best Soul Master Academy in the entire Notting City. It is an honor for our Holy Soul Village that the two of you can study here."

Su Chen jumped off the carriage.

He looked up at the academy gate—two iron gates were tightly closed, and the words "Notting Junior Soul Master Academy" were engraved on the lintel. The characters were already somewhat faded, but the imposing presence remained.

Tang San followed closely behind, carrying a small bundle on his back, his eyes sparkling with anticipation.

Old Jack, holding the certificate, walked towards the guardhouse with a smile.

A middle-aged man with a pointed snout and monkey-like face peered out of the guardhouse window.

"Sir, I've brought my two children to register for school."

Old Jack presented the certificate with both hands, speaking respectfully.

The gatekeeper didn't take it, but instead sized up Old Jack.

He then looked at the two children behind him.

They were all dressed in coarse cloth, washed until faded, clearly from a poor, remote area.

The gatekeeper frowned and waved his hand impatiently: "Go away! Notting Academy isn't a place just any Tom, Dick, or Harry can get in. You poor wretches, you think you're even worthy of applying?"

Old Jack's smile froze on his face, and he quickly explained, "Brother, we have proof from the Spirit Hall; this child has innate full soul power..."

"Innate full soul power?" The gatekeeper sneered, his voice rising a few decibels.

"Him? Get lost, don't block the way. If you don't leave, I'll have your men kick you out!"

After saying that, he spat on the ground and turned to retreat back to the window.