Three months of school life passed quickly.
Early one morning, Village Chief Jack, along with Luo and Tang San, set off for the Notting City Junior Soul Master Academy.
Su Yuntao had originally intended to take Luo to the Spirit Academy, allowing him to enjoy better treatment.
However, Luo had a specific plan in mind and declined the offer, asking instead for a work-study certificate from Notting Junior Academy.
During this period of dedicated cultivation, Luo's soul power level broke through again, successfully advancing to level eight.
Simultaneously, the spherical "ROOM" space of the Op-Op Fruit significantly expanded, its radius increasing by nearly four meters, now reaching a vast area of approximately eighteen meters.
Initially, Luo's cultivation progress was relatively slow.
This was mainly due to the small size of the initial "ROOM" space, resulting in a relatively low concentration of heaven and earth energy that could be gathered and controlled, thus limiting the speed of cultivation.
However, for some reason, perhaps because Luo's physical constitution was relatively poor,
the amount of heaven and earth energy that could be contained within his body was always less than one-hundredth.
Before a large amount of spiritual energy could be converted into "experience points" to increase his soul power, it would quietly dissipate from his body and vanish into the world, much to Luo's regret.
Luo guessed that his true innate soul power was definitely not as high as level seven. The reason he was at level seven during the initial test was mostly due to the cultivation he gained after awakening the Op-Op Fruit's ability.
After all, although his Yama Martial Soul sounded very imposing, it was actually just a rusty katana.
And the amount of innate soul power a soul master possessed was clearly significantly related to the quality of their Martial Soul.
In other words, a person's innate soul power level also determines the quality of their martial soul!
And the quality of a martial soul is essentially a manifestation of a person's innate aptitude!
A high-quality martial soul naturally results in higher innate soul power, better innate aptitude, and faster cultivation progress!
The best example is Grandmaster, whose martial soul "Luo Sanpao" is actually the "Golden Sacred Dragon"—that is, the "Light Sacred Dragon" martial soul.
It's just that because Grandmaster's innate soul power was only half a level, his martial soul "Luo Sanpao" failed to transform, becoming a "farting pig"?
Or perhaps—it's because his martial soul "Luo Sanpao" failed to transform that Grandmaster's innate soul power was only half a level?
The relationship between martial soul quality and innate soul power is clearly an extremely complex issue.
But regardless, the reason Grandmaster has never been able to break through to level 30 in his life is definitely because his martial soul quality—that is, his innate aptitude—is simply too poor!
Luo can't research this now; he can only wait until his strength increases before he can devote the time to studying it.
At this moment, Luo and his companions had arrived at the main gate of Notting Junior Soul Master Academy.
Unsurprisingly, they were harassed by the gatekeeper.
As the saying goes, "It's easier to deal with the King of Hell than with his underlings," these petty people, once they have a little power, will constantly try to squeeze some advantage out of others.
Luo had, during a period in his previous life, experienced firsthand how these people harassed others.
Originally, Village Chief Jack had planned to take out two copper soul coins from his inner pocket, intending to use them to quell the trouble and hand them to the gatekeeper for peace.
However, upon seeing Village Chief Jack's submissive and humble demeanor despite being harassed, Luo's heart blazed with rage.
Without hesitation, he summoned his martial spirit, raised Yama high in his right hand, and pressed the sharp tip of the blade precisely against the gatekeeper's throat. He warned in an icy tone,
"If you say another word, I'll cut your head off! Now, get out of my way!"
Before he finished speaking, Luo took a small step forward, and the tip of Yama's blade instantly left a thin, long gash on the gatekeeper's neck.
A trickle of blood gushed from the wound on his neck, dripping to the ground, accompanied by a chilling, stinging pain.
Seeing this, Tang San, hiding nearby, quietly retracted his concealed sleeve arrow, a strange glint flashing in his eyes as he looked at Luo.
"Gulp!"
The gatekeeper felt the cold touch on his throat, and in terror, he involuntarily swallowed, fine beads of sweat forming on his forehead.
He still harbored some resentment, wanting to retaliate with a few more words and teach these three country bumpkins a lesson.
But the moment he met Luo's cold, icy, narrow eyes, all his courage vanished, leaving him too terrified to utter a single word.
Just as the gatekeeper was caught in a dilemma, a hoarse, deep voice suddenly rang out from the side.
"Enough, stop it."
This voice reached Luo's ears, and he immediately realized that it was the Grandmaster who had come to their rescue.
So, Luo slowly lowered the Yama he was clutching, stepped aside, and remained standing.
Although the Yama martial soul was still present, the imposing aura emanating from Luo had subsided considerably.
Grandmaster then stepped forward, carefully examining the Spirit Hall credentials in Luo and Tang San's hands.
After confirming everything was in order, he turned and cast a stern and authoritative glance at the gatekeeper, a brief but powerful warning that sent a chill down the gatekeeper's spine.
With everything settled, Grandmaster led Luo and Tang San through the academy's gates.
Along the way, Grandmaster constantly inquired about Luo and Tang San, focusing primarily on Tang San, only asking a couple of casual questions about Luo.
Luo could tell that Grandmaster had taken a liking to Tang San and wanted to take him as his disciple.
However, with Luo acting as a "third wheel," Grandmaster couldn't openly reveal Tang San's secret of possessing twin martial souls.
So, Luo looked up at the master and tactfully asked,
"Master, do you know where the shop selling bedding is in the academy? I want to buy two beddings before reporting to the registrar's office; I didn't bring any today."
The master forced a smile onto his stiff face.
He pointed to a place not far away and said, "The shop is over there in the academy. Just follow this road and you'll get there. They sell almost all kinds of daily necessities."
Then, the master pointed out the locations of the registrar's office and the work-study dormitory to Luo, before pulling Tang San to a secluded corner, preparing to accept him as a disciple.
Luo, meanwhile, touched the six silver soul coins in his pocket and headed towards the shop.
He had let Village Chief Jack spend the gold soul coin Su Yuntao had given him, leaving him with nine silver soul coins and three bronze soul coins.
Luo kept six silver soul coins for his own living expenses and gave the rest to Village Chief Jack.
After all, Village Chief Jack had raised him from childhood; if he became successful, he certainly wouldn't forget this grandfather.
(End of this chapter)