The Martial Soul Skeleton, in Douluo Continent's Bone-Changing Susanoo

Chapter 8 Notting Junior Soul Master Academy (Part 4)

One week later.

Notting Junior Soul Master Academy.

Class 1, first floor of the teaching building.

Teacher Mohenmo is standing on the podium giving a lecture to the students.

Some of the students in the audience were daydreaming, while others were taking notes.

Xia Liang and Lin Xiao listened attentively to the lecture.

Xia Liang, in particular, has a memory of the original work. After listening to Teacher Mo's theoretical knowledge, he can apply what he has learned to other situations. His learning efficiency is much higher than that of other students, and what he learns is more solid.

After taking a sip of water, Teacher Mo stood on the stage and looked at each student.

"I've been teaching for a week, and now you should all have a general understanding of the prestigious profession of Soul Master, right? That's all for the basic knowledge about Soul Masters. Next, I'll focus on teaching you about Soul Beasts. Does anyone know what Soul Beasts are specifically?"

One student stood up and answered, "Soul beasts are animals with soul power."

"Not bad. However, you're only half right." Teacher Mo looked at the student who answered the question and explained seriously, "Not only animals, but also plants with soul power are a type of soul beast. Apart from us humans, other creatures with soul power can actually be called soul beasts. To define whether something is a soul beast, you only need to see if a soul ring is generated after death."

"A ten-year-old soul beast produces a white soul ring. A one-hundred-year-old soul beast produces a yellow soul ring, a one-thousand-year-old soul beast produces a purple soul ring, and a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast produces a black soul ring."

Although Xia Liang already knew the relationship between a soul beast's cultivation level and the color of its soul ring from the original work, he still listened intently.

It is said that this Teacher Mo used to be a member of a mercenary group, making a living by hunting soul beasts for others.

Since they are Soul Masters who specialize in hunting Soul Beasts, they must have seen many different kinds of Soul Beasts.

Listening to Teacher Mo explain the knowledge about soul beasts is definitely more insightful than learning it from books.

Whenever Teacher Mo mentioned a soul skill that a soul beast might possess, Xia Liang would take notes very carefully.

He remembered that in the original story there was a Soul Master with a sausage-shaped martial soul named Oscar.

In order to obtain a soul skill with combat capabilities, Oscar embarked on a journey to find soul beasts.

Finally, due to a lack of knowledge about spirit beasts, the fifth spirit ring was wasted before a sixth spirit skill that could provide combat ability was found.

If Oscar has a wealth of knowledge about spirit beasts, he will be able to obtain the spirit skill he wants when he gets his fifth spirit ring, and the spirit skill of his sixth spirit ring will be even more overpowered.

Each soul ring of the Skeleton Martial Soul requires a soul skill in a superimposed form.

To achieve this, we must learn from Oscar's experience and acquire extensive knowledge about spirit beasts.

The theory classes are held before 10 a.m.

After the clock strikes ten, students from different grades will go to the academy's playground in batches for practical combat training.

The instructors for practical training classes are usually the main teachers of the class. The main content of practical training classes is fighting martial spirits, as well as simple physical exercises.

It wasn't until noon that lunch break and lunchtime arrived.

Xia Liang, Lin Xiao, and Wang Sheng, along with other roommates from Dormitory 7, went to the cafeteria for a meal.

The cafeteria is inside the teaching building, and you have to walk across the entire playground.

At this moment, the students who had just finished their practical training on the playground were all heading towards the cafeteria in the teaching building.

Xia Liang, Lin Xiao, and others mingled in the crowd and lined up in an orderly fashion to enter the cafeteria to get their meals.

The cafeteria has two floors, with three hundred seats in the main hall on the first floor alone.

The elite students and teachers usually eat on the second floor.

Students without money or connections are on the first floor.

As soon as Xia Liang entered the first floor of the cafeteria, he felt some gazes drawn to him from the second floor.

One of my roommates said that most of the students who were casting glances at me were from aristocratic families, and the leader was named Xiao Chenyu, who was the aristocratic student who liked to bully the work-study students the most. Never make eye contact with him, or you'll get harassed.

With the rib defense provided by his Skeleton Martial Soul, Xia Liang felt that even without much combat experience, he could easily defeat Xiao Chenyu and the others.

But before he could protect himself, he didn't want to be the first to speak out, so he adhered to the principle of "if I can live a life of ease, I will live a life of ease" and didn't get involved in these meaningless struggles.

In a corner on the second floor of the cafeteria, Yu Xiaogang sat alone. His lunch was plentiful, but he didn't touch his chopsticks. His gaze had been fixed on Xia Liang, who had just sat down to eat on the first floor.

If a child from a rural area has parents who are not reclusive experts, then the fact that they possess the talent of innate level five soul power is most likely due to a benign mutation of their martial soul.

After a week of observation, Yu Xiaogang became convinced of this. During several practical training sessions, he intentionally went for walks on the playground to observe Xia Liang's state when using the Skeleton Martial Soul.

The moment the Skeleton Martial Soul is released, a sinister aura of death will appear.

This child named Xia Liang seems to resemble Ghost Douluo, an elder of the Spirit Hall, in some ways, but he is probably not Ghost Douluo's illegitimate son.

What puzzled Yu Xiaogang was that ribs should be able to act like a shield to block attacks and have a certain degree of defensive capability.

Xia Liang's skeleton martial soul ribs were only the size of a palm, and seemed so fragile that they would crumble at the slightest touch, not at all like a means of defense.

Could it be true, as the Martial Soul Proof says, that the rib-shaped Skull Martial Soul is a cripple?

Yu Xiaogang thought this was impossible; a rib the size of a palm should be able to shrink and enlarge freely after being properly controlled.

When ribs are enlarged to the point of covering the entire body, they might not only serve as shields but could also be worn as protective coverings.

If the gigantic ribs could be fitted onto other people, it would be equivalent to group defense.

I wonder how hard and tough these ribs are, and whether they can be developed into a defensive Soul Master.

Looking at Xia Liang sitting down to eat, a strange light flashed in Yu Xiaogang's eyes. He had always wanted to cultivate an ordinary soul master into an unparalleled genius in order to prove his theory.

Xia Liang, who came from the countryside, had innate level 5 soul power, but he was still far from being a genius.

If we help him discover the defensive talent of his Skeleton Martial Soul and cultivate him into the strongest defensive Soul Master on the continent, we can definitely dispel the doubts people have about him.

Those who belittle their own theories will also be silenced forever.

Ring ring ring.

The afternoon classes have ended.

Lin Xiaohe, Wang Sheng, and the others rushed to their respective assigned cleaning areas.

Xia Liang, as usual, returned to his dormitory, changed into a chef's outfit, and then headed to the fish-shaped rice restaurant.

Unlike ordinary restaurants, the ingredients used in the fish-shaped rice restaurant all come from ten-year-old soul beasts.

Fish such as crucian carp, grass carp, and perch, after becoming soul beasts, are not only larger than ordinary fish, but their flesh is also more tender and delicious. Moreover, the soul power contained in their flesh can become the best nutrients for the human body.

The meat of these fish-like spirit beasts is extremely expensive, and generally only nobles can afford it.

Therefore, fish-shaped rice restaurants primarily catered to the nobility and were often located in areas with aristocratic private schools.

Walking straight down the street, Xia Liang soon entered the upscale district and saw a high-end restaurant.

A whale-shaped plaque hangs at the entrance of the restaurant, which is very lively inside, with almost everyone coming and going dressed in luxurious clothes.

The upscale restaurant in front of us is Yusho Restaurant. Since they introduced a dish called Cold Mixed Crucian Carp, the restaurant's business has become increasingly prosperous.

Standing dozens of meters away, Xia Liang could smell the various aromas of fish. He hadn't had dinner yet, and his stomach suddenly growled.

There are two advantages to working part-time at a fish-shaped rice restaurant.

The first benefit is naturally that you can get a considerable income.

The working hours are from 6 pm to 11 pm. The part-time chef position involves working about six hours a day and earns fifty copper soul coins.

If the restaurant meets its daily revenue target, there are additional bonuses to be earned.

(End of this chapter)