However, meditation isn't something you can do all the time. It requires concentration, and prolonged meditation depletes mental energy. Daily practice time is limited, and the stronger one's mental energy, the longer the practice can last.
Furthermore, some advanced techniques can restore mental energy, like the future Sea God Tang San, who transmigrated with the advanced technique—the Mysterious Heaven Skill—which Wang Teng greatly envied.
But being envious was useless; that was Tang San's lifeblood, and he wouldn't hand it over even if he were beaten to death. Besides, Tang San had a powerful father, a formidable figure capable of beating the former Pope of the Spirit Hall; Wang Teng, with his weak arms and legs, dared not provoke him.
Around noon, his mental energy was nearing its normal limit, and Wang Teng ended his meditation. At the dinner table, Li Chan piled food into Wang Teng's bowl, creating a small mountain that was almost overflowing.
"Teng'er, eat up!"
Seeing his mother's gentle smile, Wang Teng wanted to stop her, but he swallowed his words.
"Alright, stop chopping, there's almost no room left!"
Fortunately, Wang Chengkun spoke up.
"Teng'er, how was your first cultivation session?"
"Not bad, my soul power should reach level 10 in about ten days." When he awakened his innate soul power before, strictly speaking, it was more than level 9, not far from level 10. Plus, with the 'experience' gained from dungeons, his cultivation speed was quite fast.
"Good! My son truly deserves to be titled!"
'Titled to be titled' came from Wang Chengkun's mouth again.
Upon hearing 'Titled to be titled,' Wang Teng's face immediately fell. Could we please not mention this?
Of course, Wang Teng dared not say this aloud. After all, his mother held the top spot in the family, his father was second, and Wang Teng could only rank third. Fortunately, his younger brother Wang Chong was at the bottom, which was at least some consolation. If Wang Teng dared to object, he would probably get a good beating.
Especially since his mother, as a support-type Soul Saint, possessed the first Soul Skill, Healing, a healing-type Soul Skill, his mischievous younger brother, Wang Chong, had suffered quite a few beatings from her.
After being beaten, a use of the first Soul Skill, Healing, would immediately restore him to his lively self.
Therefore, in Wang Chong's eyes, his father was clearly a 'bully,' and his mother an 'accomplice.' After dinner, Li Chan took out a bracelet and handed it to Wang Teng.
"Teng'er, this bracelet is a storage Soul Tool. It has 10 cubic meters of space inside. You can use it!"
"A storage Soul Tool?" If it weren't for the system's inventory, Wang Teng would probably be very happy, but with the inventory, this thing wasn't very useful.
However, it was better than nothing, since the inventory could only hold a limited number of items; one inventory slot could only hold one item.
"Thank you, Mother!"
"Hmm, by the way, the Heaven Dou Royal Junior Academy starts next month. Are you going to enroll?"
"Uh! I don't want to go!"
Just kidding, Wang Teng didn't want to be a model student. In his previous life, Wang Teng was a notorious academic failure; the mere thought of class gave him a headache. Besides, although Wang Teng's appearance was still that of a child, his soul was that of an adult, and he couldn't play with children. Moreover, there were other ways to learn; staying at home was better.
The Heaven Dou Royal Academy was divided into junior, intermediate, and advanced levels. In the original story, only Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling could be considered geniuses in the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team; the others were just there to make up the numbers.
Furthermore, Wang Teng's talent was good, and with his cheat-like abilities, he simply couldn't find teammates who could keep up with him at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
It was estimated that only Qian Renxue, who had awakened a god-level martial soul: the Six-Winged Angel, and possessed innate level 20 soul power, could catch up with his advancement speed at full speed.
Entering the Heaven Dou Royal Academy wouldn't bring any real benefits, probably just picking up girls? Wang Teng shook his head. Girls? They're all fleeting!
"Women will only slow down my sword-drawing speed!"
Although Wang Teng's martial soul wasn't a sword, that was the gist of it.
He didn't know why, but Wang Teng, who was a lecherous old man in his past life, now had absolutely no interest in finding girls. Was it because his body hadn't fully developed and his hormones weren't secreting yet?
Hmm, that was possible!
"Alright, since that's the case, I'll find you a tutor."
Li Chan thought for a moment. Although the Heaven Dou Royal Academy was supposedly the official academy of the Heaven Dou Empire, its strength and atmosphere were truly lacking.
The students were mostly lazy, and her precious son might really neglect his cultivation if he went there. Especially since it recruited mostly decadent noble children who only knew how to loaf around all day, Li Chan looked down on them.
Although his family was now part of the nobility, Wang Chengkun's marquisate wasn't inherited; it was earned through his strength and military achievements, unlike those corrupt nobles.
It was better that Wang Teng didn't go to the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy, lest he neglect his cultivation. However, not studying was definitely not an option; she didn't want her son to become illiterate.
Fortunately, her family wasn't short of gold soul coins, so hiring a tutor wasn't a problem.
...
The next morning, Wang Teng first completed the two dungeons for the day before having breakfast.
After learning about the effects of 'experience,' Wang Teng canceled his previous physical training. After all, without special methods, ordinary training wasn't very effective. Even weight training was the same—exhausting and ineffective.
The enhancement effect from gaining 'experience' by defeating monsters was significantly stronger than self-training, so Wang Teng immediately canceled it. Li Chan acted quickly, finding Wang Teng a tutor the very next day.
After breakfast, Li Chan brought a tutor to Wang Teng's courtyard, with Wang Chong following along. Clearly, teaching one child was one thing, so she brought the mischievous Wang Chong along as well.
Poor Wang Chong, he got a head start on the sea of knowledge. Li Chan then introduced them:
"Teng'er, this is the teacher I found for you, Teacher Xu Yue. This is my eldest son, Wang Teng."
Wang Teng glanced at Xu Yue; she was in her early twenties and quite pretty.
'These days, even tutors need pretty young ladies with good looks?'
But Wang Teng wasn't that superficial; looks were irrelevant! Although he didn't know what level of Soul Master Xu Yue was, Wang Teng sensed the Soul Power fluctuations emanating from her, clearly indicating that this tutor was also a Soul Master.
In the Douluo Continent, female Soul Masters, due to their Martial Souls and Soul Power, are generally quite beautiful. Moreover, the higher their Soul Power level, the more stunning their appearance!