There was still a month before the official start of the school year.
Yet You Chen wasn't in a rush to complete the task related to Yu Xiaogang.
There are times to hurry and times to take things slowly.
You Chen understood the principle that being too impatient and hasty can lead to mistakes.
While he made decisions decisively, his execution was always meticulous and cautious.
With about half a month until the Nordin City Junior Academy officially opened, Xiao Wu had completed her enrollment and moved into the school dormitory.
However, she wasn't staying in the original Seven Dormitory from the story.
She entered through the proper channels, paying for her admission, and now lived with other students of the same grade.
You Chen had already informed Xiao Wu that due to the younger age of the students at the Junior Academy, the dormitories were unisex.
He made it clear beforehand, so she wouldn't come running back to him for help if she couldn't adjust to dorm life.
Some noble children were unaccustomed to school dorms and chose to live at home while attending as day students.
Xiao Wu, seeking distance from You Chen, naturally claimed she didn't mind.
After sending Xiao Wu to school, You Chen began his official duties.
According to the branch's rotation policy, he only needed to be on duty for less than two weeks each month. He also had privileges to take leave or adjust his schedule.
These were perks of his position as a yellow-robed steward.
However, the branch hall master, who was also a yellow-robed steward, was different. As the hall master, although his working hours were more flexible, he needed to be present at Spirit Hall daily.
In return, his authority, salary, and resources were significantly higher.
It's a matter of responsibility matching power.
Overall, the work at the branch was quite leisurely.
Most of the minor tasks were handled by white-robed stewards. As a yellow-robed steward, You Chen only needed to get involved in major issues like rogue soul master incidents or beast invasions.
Currently, Spirit Hall was at the peak of its prestige, with few rogue soul masters daring to act recklessly.
Thus, the only issues requiring You Chen's attention were beast disasters the city lord couldn't handle and needed Spirit Hall's assistance for.
Nordin City was remote, and such disasters were rare, occurring only once in several years.
This meant that during his workdays, You Chen was mostly idle, simply changing locations for his cultivation.
You Chen's daily cultivation routine could be divided into the following aspects:
1. Increasing soul power level.
2. Training in soul power manipulation.
3. Physical training, including practicing "Cloud Movement Fist."
4. Enhancing mental power, primarily through "Mind Splitting Soul Refinement Technique," supplemented by "Soul Intimidation Technique."
5. Practicing "Breath Concealment Technique."
6. Researching the martial spirit's essence power.
Every day of You Chen's life was filled with a rigorous cultivation schedule.
For an ordinary person, such an intense regimen would be overwhelming, even for a day or two, and maintaining efficiency would be challenging.
But You Chen was different.
Not to mention his extraordinary mental power.
These six cultivation tasks weren't necessarily conducted separately.
Many tasks could be interwoven, even merging and complementing each other.
This was where the "Mind Splitting Soul Refinement Technique" came into play.
Through multitasking, You Chen could train soul power, physical strength, and mental power—the trinity of essence, energy, and spirit—simultaneously without interference.
Of course, the "Mind Splitting Soul Refinement Technique" wasn't without costs and couldn't be used continuously without interruption.
Besides the increased mental power consumption, it also depleted an energy type soul masters had never defined—"mind power."
In simple terms, overusing this technique would result in mental fatigue, even if mental power was still sufficient.
Without moderation, one might even develop a severe mental block...
Based on You Chen's experience, the upper limit of "mind power" seemed related to mental will. However, it was elusive and hard to quantify, even for You Chen.
He only knew that willpower didn't increase with mental power but did so faster with stronger mental power.
Given You Chen's level of mental power, his willpower was naturally not low. As long as he didn't overuse the technique, there were no significant issues.
During this period, his most noteworthy achievements were in two areas.
From the Wind Summoner, You Chen acquired his fifth soul skill, "Dragon's Roar."
This was a purely offensive skill, and You Chen's tests confirmed its power, befitting its 24,000-year age.
Even when released singly, it posed a threat to a six-ring Soul Emperor.
The soul skill was one aspect, and the soul ring also provided enhancements to his martial spirit.
Soul rings, regardless of being among the first three, could alter the martial spirit.
The first three rings typically brought fundamental changes, while the fourth, fifth, and sixth rings generally enhanced existing capabilities.
In a sense, the latter is the "norm."
The former, where the soul ring's enhancement is like "increasing volume" and adding new features, is atypical.
You Chen's fifth soul ring leaned towards the conventional.
It brought two main changes to the Star Skeleton Dragon martial spirit.
Firstly, a micro-organ storing energy appeared in the dragon's maw, evolving to better unleash the fifth soul skill.
Secondly, a thin membrane formed on the martial spirit's skin, reducing air resistance and enhancing You Chen's speed. This was an evolution aligned with the Wind Summoner's traits.
These subtle evolutions did enhance the Star Skeleton Dragon's strength, but their score remained within the existing range, not achieving a qualitative leap.
In fact, the physical attribute enhancement from the soul ring itself currently surpassed the martial spirit changes.
However, You Chen was focused on something else.
The enhancement of wind-based power satisfied him, but his ultimate goal was to experience "shooting sound speed" through self-created soul skills, grasping the Stardust Dragon's essence power!
While his control over the martial spirit's essence hadn't reached the next stage, progress was evident.
Now, for You Chen (I), he could preliminarily execute simplified versions of his first three pre-ten-thousand-year soul skills without relying on soul rings, using only the martial spirit's innate power!
Yet... this wasn't solely a result of simulating shooting sound speed through self-created soul skills.
There was also the "Breath Concealment Technique"!
Considering Tang Hao's presence, even with a 99% chance of inaction against him, You Chen instinctively sought better ways to hide from someone possibly appearing nearby.
This urgency transformed into pressure and motivation, leading to significant diligence in the "Breath Concealment Technique" during this period.
He fully tapped into his potential.
Although he hadn't reached the minor success level in its practice, You Chen discovered the hidden benefit of the technique during this process.
It was the training of soul power control!
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