Suddenly, Lu Tianyu spotted a shop specializing in braised meat. He remembered working there for a day and earning five copper soul coins.
Lu Tianyu glanced at Xiao Wu and an idea struck him. He walked up to the braised meat shop and said, "Hey, Boss Luke, give me three catties of braised rabbit meat and ten spicy rabbit heads."
The shop owner, Luke, habitually replied, "Alright, three catties of braised rabbit meat and ten spicy rabbit heads. Lu Tianyu."
Actually, Notting City wasn't very big, and Lu Tianyu had worked odd jobs in many places there.
When Luke recognized Lu Tianyu, he also noticed the badge on Lu Tianyu's chest that signified a one-ring Soul Master. He exclaimed in astonishment, "You...you've become a Soul Master!"
Lu Tianyu nodded slightly and said, "Yes, I just registered as a Soul Master today."
"Little Yu, I knew you'd amount to something! Everyone, listen to me!"
Luke, realizing what was happening, flashed a smile that sent a chill down Lu Tianyu's spine. He loudly proclaimed to the people doing business around him, "Our Lu Tianyu from Notting City is already a one-ring Soul Master!"
"What? Really?"
"I heard he starved to death a long time ago..."
"Luke, is it true? That little beggar Lu Tianyu can become a Soul Master?"
Lu Tianyu chuckled inwardly at the words around him, reaching out to take the braised rabbit meat and spicy rabbit head that the butcher had packed for him.
He tossed a gold soul coin in front of Luke, saying, "Keep the change, it's not a big deal." Then
, he turned to Xiao Wu with a flourish, saying, "Let's go, Xiao Wu, I'll treat you to something delicious today."
Hearing Luke's loud shout, many people gathered around. Several recognized Lu Tianyu, wearing the uniform of the Notting Junior Soul Master Academy and a one-ring Battle Soul Master badge on his chest.
At this moment, they all regretted not keeping Lu Tianyu in their shops.
Some, not even the owners, had even withheld his wages, while others had insulted and bullied him.
But Lu Tianyu completely ignored those around him. From the moment he arrived in Douluo Continent, he had never considered the small city of Notting his own.
Feeling the gazes directed at him, Lu Tianyu felt a pang of sadness, and a saying involuntarily came to mind: "
You weren't there for me when I was down, who are you to me now that I'm back?"
Xiao Wu quietly followed Lu Tianyu towards the Notting Primary Soul Master Academy, having overheard many surprising remarks from the shop owners in Notting City.
Once inside the academy gates, Xiao Wu said, "Brother Xiaoyu, so you really aren't a noble child. Your promise to treat me to a meal is off."
Lu Tianyu chuckled, "I wasn't before, but now I've become a Soul Master that those people envy. In the eyes of ordinary people, I'm already a noble."
Putting aside everything else, with a Soul Power level of fourteen at the age of seven, it's entirely possible for Lu Tianyu to cultivate to the Soul Emperor or Soul Saint level.
A Soul Saint-level Soul Master is a legendary figure throughout Notting City; for example, Tang San's Holy Soul Village was famous for having produced a Soul Saint.
Lu Tianyu and Xiao Wu returned to the dormitory area and found Tang San before going to find Master to try braised rabbit and spicy rabbit heads.
But when Lu Tianyu took out these dishes, Xiao Wu, who had been incredibly excited, immediately lost her interest.
Tang San finally got to eat the spicy dishes he was used to in his previous life, eating a spicy rabbit head in each hand while urging Xiao Wu to eat quickly as well.
As for Grandmaster, he only tasted a little before burying himself in his research again. In short, Lu Tianyu and Tang San basically finished off the three catties of braised rabbit meat and ten spicy rabbit heads.
After Lu Tianyu and Tang San cleaned up the bone fragments scattered on the ground, Grandmaster said to Lu Tianyu, "Xiaoyu, your martial soul is a body-type martial soul, so it will suffer more severe backlashes compared to other beast martial souls."
"From now on, you can no longer use your soul skills without restraint, and in addition to soul power, you must also focus on cultivating physical strength."
Lu Tianyu nodded after hearing Grandmaster's words and said, "Yes, Grandmaster."
"This is the cultivation plan I have drawn up for you. Starting tomorrow, you will cultivate according to the cultivation plan I have given you."
Grandmaster nodded and handed Lu Tianyu a thick notebook, speaking these words with utmost calmness.
Lu Tianyu respectfully accepted the notebook handed to him by the master and said in a deep voice, "Yes, Master."
The master nodded slightly and said, "Go back and rest well. I will check your cultivation progress in seven days."
Lu Tianyu and Tang San nodded in agreement and left the master's residence with Xiao Wu.
On the way, Xiao Wu glared at Lu Tianyu with great resentment, then ran away without paying any attention to Tang San.
"Little San, from now on I will cultivate under the master's guidance, just like you. Please help me in the future."
Tang San looked at Lu Tianyu with some confusion and said, "Master Lu, Little Yu, you are older than me, you entered school earlier than me, and you know more than me. I should be learning from you."
"Hey, hey, hey, that's not right. I should be learning from you."
In the end, Lu Tianyu and Tang San did not argue to a conclusion, and in the Douluo Continent, the accomplished are considered teachers.
Lu Tianyu's soul power was one level higher than Tang San's, so Lu Tianyu became Tang San's senior brother.
However, neither of them liked addressing each other as senior or junior brother, so they agreed to call each other by their nicknames.
Lu Tianyu first went to the academy's finance office to pay three years' tuition, allowing him to fully dedicate himself to his cultivation.
The master's training plan for Lu Tianyu was extremely comprehensive, with three sessions of soul power cultivation each day: morning, noon, and evening.
In the morning, he would study theoretical knowledge in the academy classrooms, and in the afternoon, he would engage in physical and combat training.
After six days of this training, the master would conduct an assessment of Lu Tianyu and Tang San, and then adjust the training plan for the next cycle based on the results.
With the master's guidance, Lu Tianyu's cultivation speed increased dramatically.
In just twenty-one days, he cultivated his soul power to level fifteen, and could now jump eight meters with a single use of Shave and use Moon Step twelve times without any aftereffects.
The most significant improvement was in the power of Tempest Kick; when Lu Tianyu first absorbed and refined his first soul ring, Tempest Kick could only maintain a certain level of lethality within five meters.
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Beyond this distance, the energy blade would spread out, forming a strong wind; beyond fifteen meters, it would only remain a gust of air.
When Lu Tianyu's soul power broke through to level fifteen, the energy blades kicked out by his Tempest Kick maintained a certain level of lethality within ten meters.
This result also proved that Lu Tianyu's claim of enhancing the power of soul skills through cultivation was feasible. However, no matter how Tang San cultivated his first soul skill,
its power never showed any significant change. Therefore, Grandmaster believed that only beast-type soul masters could enhance the power of their soul skills through later cultivation.
To verify this conjecture, Xiao Wu, who always followed Tang San around, was chosen as the experimental subject.
Xiao Wu's soul was a rabbit, a beast-type soul, and her first soul skill, like Lu Tianyu's Six Styles, relied on the soul master's own body to activate.
Unfortunately, Xiao Wu wasn't very enthusiastic about cultivation and would even drag Tang San to Notting City to play.
However, Xiao Wu's soul power growth rate was no slower than Lu Tianyu's, who was always diligently cultivating; for every level Lu Tianyu's soul power increased, Xiao Wu's soul power would also increase by one level.
After Tang San and Xiao Wu finished their school year, Tang San prepared to go home for a visit. Xiao Wu, upon hearing this, insisted on coming along. Unable
to resist Xiao Wu's persistent pleading, Tang San finally agreed. However, he immediately turned to Lu Tianyu, who was undergoing physical training,
hoping Lu Tianyu would accompany him and Xiao Wu to his home. Lu Tianyu, not wanting to be a third wheel, flatly refused.
Although Lu Tianyu was also curious about what Tang San's village was like, the thought of Xiao Wu and Tang San's affectionate interactions made him feel superfluous.
Unable to persuade Lu Tianyu, Tang San could only return to Holy Soul Village with a dejected expression. Meanwhile, Lu Tianyu went to Grandmaster's residence to ask about problems he encountered in his cultivation.
Grandmaster was very satisfied with Lu Tianyu's almost obsessive dedication to cultivation. For Grandmaster, the inability to cultivate was a lifelong regret, and he truly despised students with talent who squandered their time.
Therefore, he was very willing to answer and research Lu Tianyu's questions.
Just as Grandmaster Lu Tianyu was explaining techniques for dealing with control-type Soul Masters, there was a sudden knock on his door.
Grandmaster Lu Tianyu, who was giving a lecture, abruptly stopped, looked at his door with displeasure, and said coldly, "Come in."
In Notting Junior Soul Master Academy, only the academy's dean, Lu Tianyu, and Tang San would actively seek out Grandmaster Lu Tianyu.
Grandmaster Lu Tianyu disliked being disturbed during his lectures, but if someone came to see him, it must be for a reason.
Just as Lu Tianyu was about to open the door, it was opened from the outside.
Before Grandmaster Lu Tianyu and Lu Tianyu stood a burly, bearded middle-aged man wearing a tattered black cloak.
This man entered Grandmaster Lu Tianyu's room and lifted his cloak, revealing a pair of cloudy eyes that carried an unusually oppressive aura.
Lu Tianyu knew that this middle-aged man was Tang San's father, Tang Hao, who was also a Title Douluo powerhouse who had cultivated his Soul Power to level ninety or higher.
Just from their eye contact, Lu Tianyu felt the pressure from Tang Hao was even greater than the pressure of the Soul King-level dean of the Notting Junior Soul Master Academy unleashing his full soul power.
Grandmaster, upon seeing Tang Hao's face clearly, was suddenly overcome with emotion and blurted out, "Haotian..."
"Little guy, you go out first. I have something I want to discuss with you privately,"
Tang Hao suddenly interrupted, speaking slowly to Lu Tianyu in his magnetic voice.
Lu Tianyu turned to look at the trembling Grandmaster, who said in a trembling voice, "You should go back first."
After receiving the Grandmaster's reply, Lu Tianyu left the room. As he walked past Tang Hao, he felt his hands and feet trembling uncontrollably.
Only after closing the Grandmaster's door did Lu Tianyu feel much lighter. He finally exhaled a breath of stale air when he reached the sunlit playground.
Then, he involuntarily clenched his fists, thinking to himself, "Is this the pressure of a Title Douluo?
Just walking past him gives me the feeling of giving my all."
At this moment, Lu Tianyu was filled with an unprecedented interest in Title Douluo powerhouses, and at the same time, he made up his mind that he must also become a Title Douluo.
A breeze blew by, and Lu Tianyu felt a chill on his body. He realized that he was covered in cold sweat without even noticing.
He glanced again at the building where Grandmaster's room was located, then turned around and went to the woods where he usually did his physical training.
Originally, Lu Tianyu did not plan to train and rest today, but after meeting Tang Hao, he realized that he was still far from perfect.
Recalling the training content that Grandmaster had planned for him, Lu Tianyu immediately decided to double the amount. He
increased the number of push-ups, sit-ups, and squats from 100 to 200, and the daily long-distance run from 10 kilometers to 20 kilometers.
Moreover, he had to complete these basic physical fitness and physique training sessions within the same time frame. In the afternoon, he would also train in the three spirit skills: Shave, Moon Step, and Tempest Kick.
Physical skills are the most important aspect of his training. Think of those in anime who have mastered the Six Styles to an incredible degree; the same physical skill can have different variations depending on the practitioner. He himself must reach that level.
After more than a year of research, the master discovered that Lu Tianyu's martial soul didn't actually amplify the power of his soul skills as much as imagined.
Or rather, after Lu Tianyu's original martial soul was attached to another body, its most significant effect was enhancing his various attributes, giving him physique and physical abilities several times greater than ordinary people.
After absorbing the Vajra Ape's soul ring, Lu Tianyu could leave a six-centimeter-deep fist imprint on pectin when attaching his martial soul.
This indicates that Lu Tianyu's martial soul attributes were enhanced sixfold, and his reaction speed and defense were also enhanced sixfold.
This reminded Lu Tianyu of the method used in anime to judge the strength of Six Styles users, where a well-trained elite soldier was measured in units of ten units of strength.
A person who can fully master all six styles possesses at least 500 Dao Power, while Lu Tianyu's martial soul attribute after absorbing his first soul ring is equivalent to having 800 Dao Power.
Lu Tianyu decides that from now on, he will use Dao Power as the standard for judging the power of his martial soul, while soul power level will only be used to distinguish which title of Soul Master he is.