Douluo Continent: Heaven rewards diligence, Tang San's defenses are breached by liver damage.

"What is your martial soul, and what level is your innate soul power?"

The sudden question made Lin Chuan pause slightly, his eyes showing a strange expression.

The man's expression froze, clearly realizing he had acted too hastily.

"It's okay if it's inconvenient to say."

"It's not inconvenient at all. My martial soul is a bow, and my innate soul power is level five."

Lin Chuan withdrew his gaze and spoke calmly.

"His innate soul power is only level five? What a pity..."

The man murmured to himself, his heart filled with regret.

Without saying anything more, he turned and left on his own.

"Yu Xiaogang?"

Lin Chuan also guessed the other party's identity, which is why he did not choose to hide his martial soul and innate soul power.

After all, given Yu Xiaogang's status, he could easily find out the truth.

It seems that something about him has piqued the interest of this 'master'.

Unfortunately, his ordinary martial soul and mediocre innate soul power made this 'master' abandon a certain idea, which was a great help.

However, Yu Xiaogang's behavior is not as pleasant as it sounds.

"There are no useless martial spirits, only useless soul masters... Heh."

That's kind of funny!

……

Early the next morning.

Lin Chuan put on his school uniform and sat in a classroom.

Work-study students and regular students gathered together, but they were all freshmen who had just enrolled this year.

Xiao Wu sat down next to Lin Chuan as if they were old friends. As for Tang San, he was nowhere to be seen. He must have already gone to the Soul Hunting Forest with Yu Xiaogang to obtain his first soul ring!

At that moment, a woman in a gray robe pushed open the door and entered. She came to the front of the podium, her gaze sweeping over everyone, her words soft yet confident.

"My name is Eileen, and I will be your mentor from now on. I hope we can get along well."

"Without further ado, let's begin our first lesson: how to cultivate soul power through meditation."

Eileen began explaining the specific meditation methods to everyone.

Specifically, one connects with the energy of heaven and earth through meditation, absorbing it into the body, while simultaneously circulating the soul power within the body in a regular manner to refine this energy and accumulate soul power.

This process is called absorption.

Lin Chuan listened attentively and began to try it out according to Eileen's instructions.

[You diligently practiced meditation once and gained some results: your soul power increased slightly, and your meditation proficiency increased by 1.]

It really works!

Feeling his soul power circulating throughout his body and slowly growing stronger, Lin Chuan's eyes lit up.

Chapter 5 Deceiving Xiao Wu

The hill behind Nottingham College.

Lin Chuan sat cross-legged, his eyes closed, his chest rising and falling slightly.

With each breath, white mist rose continuously from above.

A surge of heat flowed through his body. Under Lin Chuan's control, his soul power began to circulate regularly, refining the heat flow into pure soul power.

Even so, a significant amount of energy still flows out of the body.

[You diligently practiced meditation once and gained some results: your soul power increased slightly, and your meditation proficiency increased by 1.]

……

About an hour later.

Lin Chuan slowly opened his eyes and let out a long sigh.

"Sure enough, the absorption efficiency of the Spirit Refining Rice has increased, but it still can't be completely refined yet. It's a pity to lose so much energy for nothing."

Even if you learn meditation techniques, the results still won't meet your expectations.

It's unknown how effective the "Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record" that Tang San cultivates will be.

Unfortunately, all we can do is think about it. If things had gone according to the original plan, even Xiao Wu wouldn't have received the instruction, let alone an outsider!

Moreover, Tang San didn't have a very good impression of Lin Chuan.

The casual banter during their first meeting left a very deep impression on each other.

"Forget it, ordinary meditation is fine. For others, the increase in cultivation speed may not be obvious, but it's different for me. As long as my proficiency increases, the cultivation speed will get faster and faster. It just takes a little more effort!"

Lin Chuan was not discouraged.

The one thing he has plenty of right now is time.

In addition, being able to see your progress in real time makes this feeling incredibly addictive.

All I can say is that I've been working myself to the bone and can't stop!

Name: Lin Chuan

[Soul Power]: Level 7

[Blessing]: Diligence is rewarded by Heaven (Blessing from the will of the Blue Star; you reap what you sow, and your efforts will surely be rewarded).

[Technique]: Soul Power Meditation Technique LV2 (3/100)

【技能】：箭术·基础（497/1000）、枪法·基础（487/1000）、刀法·基础（422/1000）、拳法·基础（533/1000）、身法·基础（688/1000）……

With the help of the Spirit Refining Rice, Lin Chuan had already increased his soul power by two levels in just half a month.

The concern was that his body couldn't handle it, so he needed to refine one grain at a time. In addition, he couldn't fully absorb the energy from the Spirit Refining Rice. Otherwise, his soul power would probably be more than just level seven.

Even so, at this rate, it won't be long before he reaches level ten.

However, it won't be as fast as you might imagine.

In other words, Tang San went to the Soul Hunting Forest to hunt for his first soul ring, and Tang Dachui would definitely be secretly protecting him. Only with no one spying on him could Lin Chuan dare to be so bold.

But I can only cultivate in a secluded place.

Once Tang San returns, he might not be able to be so high-profile.

Even if Tang Dachui doesn't keep an eye on Notting Academy all the time, and even if Lin Chuan is just a nobody who might not attract their attention, it still concerns his life and fortune. Even if there's only a one percent chance, he absolutely cannot be careless.

"This can't go on forever; we need to come up with a solution."

Lin Chuan fell into deep thought.

Perhaps I should find a way to make money and then move to live alone outside Notting College.

"Xiao Chuan, I've finally found you! What are you doing here all alone in such a remote place?"

As I was lost in thought, a light and cheerful voice came from behind me.

Looking up, I saw Xiao Wu running towards me at top speed, arriving in front of me in the blink of an eye.

'I've hidden all this way, how could you still find me?'

Looking at the clingy girl, Lin Chuan felt a little helpless.

"How did you come?"

"It's not that Tang San isn't here, and those guys like Wang Sheng are too boring, so I had no choice but to come and play with you!"

Xiao Wu stood with her hands on her hips, gazing at Lin Chuan with her cheeks slightly puffed out.

"So you're saying I'm not welcome?"

"Of course not, it's just that you don't have anything to do? I don't have time to play with you, I still need to cultivate my soul power!"

Lin Chuan doesn't have the leisure to waste time playing.

"Ah, all you know is cultivation!"

"Why not?"

Lin Chuan's gaze remained calm as he softly asked a question.

"Xiao Wu, why did you want to become a Soul Master?"

"Forehead……"

Xiao Wu was stunned for a moment, and then fell silent.

The girl's eyes were visibly red, and she bit her lip slightly.