Xiao Yi raised his brow hearing Tang San words, turned and glanced in his direction.
'He noticed it; her body is flexible, but her kicks are very heavy. Although I can defeat her using force technique, it's not a life-and-death fight,' Xiao Yi thought to himself and then glanced at the empty bed without bedding.
"I need a bed sheet and quilt," Xiao Yi muttered thoughtfully, glanced at the other students beds around, then walked outside the dormitory, leaving the silent students around.
...
While walking inside the market of Nuoding City, Xiao Yi felt strange gazes from familiar people's around; he didn't care; he just bought the bedding and quilt, then returned to his dormitory.
"Xiao Yi, right, we want to go to the cafeteria; do you want to go with us?" Wang Sheng appeared behind him and asked, while Xiao Yi was adjusting his bedding,
Xiao Yi shook his head and refused without looking at him, "I have something to do; you can go."
Wang Sheng nodded and then walked away along with other students and Tang San.
While Xiao Yi sat cross-legged on the bed and raised his hand, looking at the white ivy in his hand thoughtfully, he is now thinking about ways to use this martial spirit.
"I have to visit the library if it's available in this academy and find out about the plant species that are suitable for my martial spirit," Xiao Yi muttered thoughtfully. He can absorb the animal soul ring like Tang San, but he doesn't want to destroy the martial spirit evolution directions.
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Two weeks later,
Xiao Yi is sitting on his bed while reading a book with images of different beasts and plant spirits.
"It seems the white lotus plant species is perfect for my first soul ring; it has unimaginable healing prowess along with mild hallucinations effects; it is used as medicine for illness while letting patients sleep peacefully."
Xiao Yi muttered thoughtfully, then he decided to choose white lotus plant species as his first soul ring. As for the age of the ring, he doesn't care; he can even evolve the soul ring later; after the first evolution, the soul ring will upgrade to a thousand years old.
"Xiao Yi, come on, the noble children are bullying the Xiao Wu and Wang Sheng." Instantly, a fellow working student appeared in the dormitory and informed loudly,
Xiao Yi glanced at his figure running away again. 'It seems Tang San and Xiao Wu got their first soul ring; it's been two weeks since I arrived in this academy; time will surely pass quickly.' He thought and then shook his head and walked outside the dormitory toward the academy grounds.
After looking at the Tang San fighting a boy from senior class, using his first soul ring efficiently, binding the opponent and paralyzing him with the poison effect his martial spirit got from the datura snake,
'He chose the control direction of the plant, but I will choose all three directions for my martial spirit: support, control, and attack, all of them,' Xiao Yi thought to himself, seeing the senior student was defeated, and then he apologized to the Xiao Wu.
After today, Xiao Wu became the elder sister of the whole academy. After watching the fun,
Xiao Yi turned around and returned to the dormitory.
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Next day,
Xiao Yi appeared beside the spirit hall building and then walked inside after telling the guards that he was here for the permission letter to enter the soul beast forest.
"How did you reach innate 10th level soul power so soon?" Ma Xiunuo asked in surprise, looking at Xiao Yi.
Xiao Yi raised his hand and showed him the white ivy. "I don't know why, but while practicing the spirit art you gave me, my martial spirit became like this, and I reached the bottleneck in just a few months."
Ma Xiunuo's brow furrowed, his expression becoming confused. After thinking for a while, no such scenario came to his mind. He shook his head and then said, "It's rare, but it's probably related to the evolution of your martial spirit; it may be because of that your soul power increased so quickly."
After speaking, he thought of some upper-level figures in the spirit hall he knew and muttered, "Maybe they will know something about it; by the way, who will help you hunt the soul ring?" Then he asked, looking at him,
Xiao Yi glanced at the confused and dazed expression on Ma Xiunuo's face, then he replied calmly, "I think my cultivation speed will soon slow down by a lot; probably this boost occurred just once. Anyway, a teacher in the academy will go with me for the soul ring hunt; I am just here for the permission letter."
Ma Xiunuo heard his reply and then nodded and said, "Wait for a while; I will bring the letter." After speaking, he walked inside the room and brought the permission letter with him, passing it to Xiao Yi.
"Little friend, be careful inside the forest," Ma Xiunuo reminded kindly.
Xiao Yi nodded, took the letter, thanked, and then left the spirit hall calmly.
'It seems brother is also a genius like his sister, but it's a pity; plant martial spirits have an unknown future.' Ma Xiunuo thought, looking at Xiao Yi back, and then shook his head. He is not optimistic about Xiao Yi's future.
Outside the spirit hall,
"I have already asked for a few days leave; there is no need to return to the academy," Xiao Yi muttered thoughtfully and then turned around and walked toward the carriage stop.
After boarding a carriage, he started traveling toward the soul-beast forest.
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After a few hours, he landed outside from the carriage,
"So this is the spirit beast forest established by the heaven dou empire,"
Xiao Yi muttered thoughtfully looking at the huge area covered by walls and fences; also, kingdom guards are securing the area. Then he walked toward the gate with a lot of crowds and hawkers around him; some are even selling beast items and skins.