In terms of soul master cultivation.
Su Wuyan, this Super Douluo, mainly focused his instruction of Arthur on combat.
With years of battle experience and the perspective of a Super Douluo, Su Wuyan integrated his own martial soul, soul skills, and various combat techniques.
He created a supreme technique.
Flashfall Star.
This was a pure combat technique. Its greatest characteristic was overwhelming the weak with strength.
Attacking the enemy's weaknesses with one's own strengths.
Fast against slow, strong against weak, high against low.
These respectively represented the three aspects of speed, power, and martial soul characteristics. As long as one had even a slight advantage over the enemy in any of these areas, even just a hair's breadth, this technique could seize that tiny opening and expand it infinitely.
However, Su Wuyan hadn't perfected this technique yet, since he'd only created it in recent years.
His purpose was to amplify his light attribute's natural advantage against evil soul masters.
There were still many shortcomings, but it was more than enough for Arthur to study for a long time. Once his perspective broadened in the future, he could use it as a foundation to create his own supreme technique.
With each day filled so fully, time flew by.
Three years later.
East Sea City Blacksmith Association.
Strange dialogue drifted from one of the rooms.
"Arthur, will eating this really improve my forging skills?"
"Stop talking and keep eating."
If Mu Chen were here, he'd probably turn red with fury and burst in to give Arthur a beating.
This little punk was tricking his daughter again.
"I can't, can't eat anymore, I'm stuffed."
"Tsk, if you can still talk, you can still eat. Keep going, I've got plenty more."
Arthur held the processed whale rubber, stuffing piece after piece into Mu Xi's mouth.
"Your technique is already pretty good, you just don't have enough strength. This whale rubber will improve your physical condition."
"Once your strength increases and you practice a bit more, you'll be ready to aim for third-rank blacksmith."
Under Arthur's encouragement, Mu Xi's forging had improved by leaps and bounds these past few years. She'd now reached the threshold of third-rank blacksmith.
"Speaking of which, I don't get it. Your teacher can clearly see this issue, so why doesn't he give you whale rubber?"
After swallowing the whale rubber, Mu Xi didn't notice the unnatural flush rising on her face at all. She asked in confusion, "Dad says I'm still too young, that eating whale rubber would have bad effects?"
"That's it?"
Just the side effect of aphrodisia, no big deal. Arthur said dismissively, "I'll secretly bring you some from now on, it'll be fine."
"Absorb this batch first. Next time I'll bring you some thousand-year whale rubber, and when the thousand-year stuff stops working, I'll get you ten-thousand-year."
"My uncle's got loads of this stuff."
Sitting cross-legged, Mu Xi prepared to circulate her meditation technique to absorb the medicine's power.
At the same time, she asked bashfully, "Arthur, why are you so good to me? Even though, even though I treated you that way before..."
After initially being crushed by Arthur's talent, Mu Xi had given him trouble almost daily, competing with him in every aspect of forging. Even though she lost every time, she refused to accept it.
"Because I'm bored." Arthur didn't give her any sweet talk, choosing to tell the truth instead.
"Cultivating every day is too boring. It's actually pretty interesting when you come to pick fights with me."
He'd never taken Mu Xi's provocations to heart before. They were just a kid's stubborn pride. Besides, he found it quite entertaining to rile her up each time until she was fuming.
"Just because of that?"
"What else?"
Mu Xi fell silent, puffed up her cheeks with a huff, and began concentrating on absorbing the whale rubber.
Arthur beside her paid no mind, raising his spirit and focusing completely to prevent any accidents during her absorption process.
Arthur understood what Mu Xi meant. After years of spending time together, the girl had developed feelings for him.
But he chose to ignore it.
After all, he was only nine years old.
Mu Xi was only thirteen.
Little brats should just enjoy their childhood and cultivate their soul power. Why were their heads full of romance and love?
This damned romance-obsessed continent.
The room fell quiet. As she continued absorbing the whale rubber, Mu Xi increasingly felt her whole body burning up.
The whale rubber's side effects were kicking in.
After finishing the absorption, Mu Xi opened her eyes. Her head felt dizzy and confused, not understanding what was happening to her body. She only felt parched and dry-mouthed.
"Water... no, not just water..."
Spotting Arthur beside her, her eyes grew hazy as she reached out, following her heart's impulse.
But Arthur had been prepared for this. He clapped his hands together and shouted, "Great Waterfall Technique!"
Waves mysteriously surged forth in the room, washing over Mu Xi in surge after surge.
Arthur's soul power level had now reached rank 32. It should have been higher.
But he had an ultimate attribute, and cultivating after soul power level 30 became slower, greatly reducing his leveling speed. He'd been stuck at rank 32 for quite a while.
His Holy Lance martial soul had also, just like when he first condensed his soul ring, automatically condensed special soul rings at levels 20 and 30, granting him control over water and fire elements respectively.
Though he didn't know the reason, it was incredibly useful.
The water flow washing over Mu Xi was a manifestation of his water element control.
As for "Great Waterfall Technique," he had just shouted it off the cuff.
Under the first wave's washing, Mu Xi's mind went blank.
The second wave brought her back to clarity.
The third wave, after she came to her senses and realized what had just happened, made her shout through her embarrassment while enduring it.
"Stop! Sto, glug glug, stop it!"
Hearing this, Arthur's mind stirred.
The waves disappeared layer by layer.
The water stains remaining in the room proved that everything just now had been real.
Soaked through, her thin, cool clothes clung tightly to Mu Xi's body, revealing her slender waist.
Her blonde ponytail had been scattered by the water, and droplets slowly trickled down her fair, tender skin.
Oh?
Arthur couldn't help but stare for a few moments.
"I'll, I'll go change clothes." Mu Xi covered her flushed face with both hands and ran out.
"Yo, that speed improved quite a bit."
Arthur mused that with a few more intense sessions like this, Mu Xi's strength should reach the level for Thousand Refinements.
But Mu Xi's focus was completely different from Arthur's.
She finally understood why her dad wouldn't let her use whale rubber.
Under the side effects, she'd just had all sorts of indescribable thoughts about Arthur.
And this was just ordinary whale rubber.
Arthur said he'd give her thousand-year and ten-thousand-year varieties later.
What would she become then?
Her mind was full of garbage.
After Mu Xi changed clothes, dried her hair, and returned, the two fell into an awkward silence in the room.
The girl was embarrassed by what had just happened.
The boy was simply thick-skinned and had zoned out.
"Um, Arthur, you're going to East Sea Academy in a few days, right?" Mu Xi found a topic to break the silence.
"You're not going straight to Shrek Academy? With your abilities, you'd definitely qualify."
"Too early." Arthur shook his head. "I'll wait a bit longer."
Shrek Academy was still worth visiting.
It was the largest gathering place for talent in the entire Federation.
Whether for teaching resources or expanding connections, going to Shrek was a good choice.
Of course, mainly Arthur had nowhere else to go, so he could only build his own force.
His goal was to eliminate all evil soul masters.
There were problems within Spirit Pagoda. Qiangu Dongfeng was colluding with the Holy Spirit Cult. If he continued staying at Spirit Pagoda, it would bother him.