Douluo Continent: Dragon's Journey Across the World

Chapter 7 The First Meditation

The disheveled man in black was Yu Xiaogang. Yu Xiaogang had been living at the school for the past few years and was a friend of the principal of Notting Elementary School.

However, over the years, Yu Xiaogang has only lived here and has never taught a single class to students. He has simply closed the door to read books and analyze data on his own.

Even if Yu Xiaogang's strength was poor, he was still a level 29 Soul Master. In addition, he received a subsidy of ten gold soul coins from the Spirit Hall every month, so he lived a pretty carefree life.

Today happened to be the day the academy was recruiting students, and Yu Xiaogang and the principal were chatting together. Director Su was also reporting on the situation of the new students admitted this year.

Director Su glanced at the foreshadowing, and as if he had thought of something, he couldn't help but laugh: "Master, today's enrollment situation is quite coincidental. There is actually a student whose martial soul is exactly the same as yours, also Luo Sanpao, but he named it Purple Gold Mastiff."

Yu Xiaogang, who had been quite relaxed, suddenly looked up upon hearing this: "How is that possible? How could there possibly be anyone else in this world whose martial soul is Luo Sanpao?"

Others may not know, but Yu Xiaogang, as Luo Sanpao's master, naturally understands that Luo Sanpao's martial soul is a mutation of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul; otherwise, there would be no Golden Iron Triangle martial soul fusion skill, Golden Sacred Dragon.

Moreover, in the entire Soul Master world, in terms of rarity, Luo Sanpao's Martial Soul is even rarer than those top-tier Martial Souls. How could there possibly be the same mutated Martial Soul in the world?

Director Su's expression also became somewhat serious: "Indeed, there is a child whose martial soul is the same as yours, but his name is Purple Gold Mastiff. Unfortunately, his innate soul power is only half a level, so I'm afraid his development in life will be very limited."

"Half-level innate soul power? That's too much of a coincidence."

Yu Xiaogang couldn't help but mutter to himself. Perhaps he had some doubts just now, but the half-level of innate soul power was something that couldn't be faked. Only a malicious mutation of the martial soul could produce the phenomenon of half-level innate soul power.

Principal Wu, who was standing to the side, seemed to have thought of something: "Master, this child's martial soul is the same as yours. If he focuses on cultivating soul power, his future will probably be very limited. Why don't we let this child specialize in martial soul research in the future? He can inherit your mantle."

Yu Xiaogang said with a disdainful look: "Not everyone can achieve what I have. Half a level of innate soul power can only mean that one's aptitude is really too poor. Such a person may not even be able to become a soul master."

Dean Wu: ?

Director Su: ?

After spending two days at the school, especially after the opening ceremony and the start of classes, Yang Ping'an finally obtained the meditation method he had been dreaming of.

During the school term, in addition to attending classes, students have an hour of work every afternoon to pay for their tuition.

Yang Ping'an was assigned to clean the playground, working for one hour each day, but this was purely a waste of his cultivation time.

After obtaining the meditation method, Yang Ping'an began to circulate his soul power according to the method's operating route.

As expected, his innate soul power was only half-level, and his aptitude was extremely poor. His meditation speed was as slow as a tortoise. After meditating for a whole night, he only felt a slight increase in his soul power. Judging from this cultivation speed, he might not even be able to reach the level of a Soul Master before graduation.

Moreover, according to the previous records of Luoding Elementary School, normal students can graduate once they become Soul Masters, but many people cannot graduate even after six years. These people are generally children with innate Soul Power of Level 1 or Level 2.

Moreover, during meditation, my body was noticeably blocked, which severely hindered the circulation of soul power. No wonder innate soul power often determines the upper limit of growth.

Especially in the same dormitory, there seems to be a comparison between different children. Those soul masters with higher innate soul power have a significantly stronger soul power around their bodies than those with lower innate soul power.

In particular, Yang Ping'an's soul power had only just completed one cycle, while some children with innate soul power at levels four or five had already completed several cycles. The difference was quite alarming.

Seeing this, Yang Ping'an felt a pang of bitterness. Based on his cultivation speed, even if he meditated day and night, he would probably only be able to increase his soul power by one or two levels each year, and graduation seemed like a distant dream.

As for medicinal baths, it's completely impossible for me given my current situation. It's not just a matter of not having the money; I don't even have the prescriptions for medicinal baths.

Only now did Yang Ping'an begin to understand why people from those major sects were becoming increasingly powerful. This included the accumulation of wealth, the cultivation of martial spirits, the knowledge of medicinal baths, and even the choices made in acquiring spirit rings.

From any perspective, Yang Ping'an has nothing right now. Moreover, he is not even a Soul Master yet, and he cannot even open the Soul Tool left to him by his parents. It's like starting from a bottomless pit.

Moreover, for a Soul Master, the body is truly everything; without a strong physique, one cannot possibly achieve any progress.

With this in mind, Yang Ping'an began to gradually plan his future cultivation path. In particular, he needed to resolve the issue of his work-study job as soon as possible. In addition, the accumulation of knowledge was also very important.

The learning at Notting Elementary School is relatively simple. Students attend classes in the morning and arrange their own time in the afternoon. This is a common arrangement in almost all Soul Master academies. Classes only take up a small portion of students' time; meditation, training, and self-study are the main activities.

The next afternoon, after finishing his work as a student, Yang Ping'an went to Nottingham City alone.

Even though Yang Ping'an is only six years old, he cannot be underestimated because he is wearing the Notting Elementary School uniform. After all, most children who can wear the Notting Elementary School uniform will become Soul Masters in the future.

Yang Ping'an wandered around Notting City several times. Although Notting City was a small city and not exactly prosperous, it still had a certain amount of life with people coming and going.

Finally, Yang Ping'an arrived at the entrance of a blacksmith shop. Looking at the blacksmiths inside, sweating profusely as they forged iron, Yang Ping'an was deeply moved.

Especially when Yang Ping'an summoned the Purple-Gold Mastiff, the Purple-Gold Mastiff opened its eyes for the first time, and even seemed to like the environment in the blacksmith shop.

Looking at the condition of the golden mastiff, Yang Ping'an knew that his guess was correct.

Luo Sanpao didn't have a fully formed Golden Sacred Dragon, so his Purple Gold Mastiff should be the same. Golden beast spirits are relatively rare. Normally, metal-attribute spirit masters mainly use weapon spirits, and only a very small number of beast spirits have metal attributes.

In the entire city of Nottingham, the place with the strongest metal element is the blacksmith shop.

Yang Ping'an walked all over Nottingham City that afternoon and saw many blacksmith shops. Only this blacksmith shop had relatively few blacksmiths, but business was still pretty good. There was even a sign at the door recruiting blacksmiths and apprentices, so it seemed that this place would be more suitable for him.

(End of this chapter)