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Chapter 22: Crystal Ball
🕑 Added 2025-04-21 18:06:39 +0000 UTCHeaven Dou Royal Academy, top of the mountain.
A soul master must be in good condition when practicing, otherwise big problems will arise if he is not careful.
Therefore, during this time at noon, the entire academy’s simulated training ground will be closed to allow students to have enough time to rest.
It Is very rare for students to use their rest time to practice, of course, except for Lu Buliang and Yu Tianheng and his companions who had just reached the top of the mountain.
Lu Buliang originally planned to enter the light-filled room in the Dean’s Building to practice, but he never expected that Yu Tianheng and the others would follow him. Helplessly, he had to meditate in the open space on the top of the mountain and do some physical training.
Yu Tianheng was also meditating, Oslo and Yufeng were training in combat, Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan were trying to combine the stimulating poison of the Green Phosphorus and Red Poison with the healing ability of the Nine-Hearted Begonia to see if they could work out a trick that would put teammates in an offensive state without sacrificing physical strength.
The two brothers are fighting each other to enhance their body’s ability to fight.
Just like that, more than ten minutes passed quickly.
There wasn’t much progress in everyone’s cultivation. To put it nicely, they were not wasting any time in cultivation. To put it bluntly, they were wasting their precious lunch break time. Such cultivation obviously wouldn’t produce any good results.
Shi Gao walked out of the branch campus building and was about to go down the mountain to the cafeteria to eat when he found that there were still students practicing in the open space.
When he got closer, he saw that it was the class led by Qin Ming, which included Lu Buliang, Yu Tianheng and others.
“Hey, you little brats, are you bored? Just go back to the dormitory and rest after dinner. Why are you wasting your energy here?”
Hearing the rough voice, Lu Buliang, Yu Tianheng and others looked towards the voice at the same time. The person who spoke was the practical instructor Shi Gao.
“Shi Mo, Shi Mo, what’s wrong with you two?” Shi Gao came to the Shi brothers who were fighting and asked, “Are you itching for trouble? What are you fighting for?”
Shi Mo scratched his head, “Father. We are practicing.”
“Practice?” Shi Gao looked around at everyone in astonishment, almost laughing. “Can this level of training be considered practice? Have you been stimulated by something, and suddenly you are practicing like crazy? Can this be considered practice? You are clearly torturing yourself!”
“Teacher, we know this won’t have any effect.” Yu Tianheng responded, “However, if you persist every day, it will always help improve your strength.”
“It’s not helpful at all.” Shi Gao cursed, “Listen. Soul masters can’t improve their strength by blindly practicing. Soul power and martial soul. Both of these things require a strong mind to control. If you want to practice them, you must have abundant energy, so the lunch break is very important. Do you know why the mimesis practice is in the afternoon?”
Lu Buliang shook his head, and everyone else also shook their heads.
Shi Gao said seriously, “Because you have eaten enough and slept enough at noon, you will have the energy and strength to practice mimesis in the afternoon. Mimesis practice is much more helpful to soul masters than various practice resources. You are now using the noon time to practice, which seems to be very hard work, but it is an extremely stupid approach. Because the mimesis practice in the afternoon is the time for you to quickly improve your strength. You don’t eat or sleep at noon, not only wasting your rest time, but also delaying the mimesis practice in the afternoon. If this is not stupid, what is it?”
“The daily curriculum and training schedule are designed by the three education committee members. Why is the mimesis training field closed at noon and in the evening to allow students to have a good rest? Why are the theoretical and practical classes placed in the morning, while the entire afternoon is spent on mimesis training? These all make sense. As long as you follow the academy’s arrangements and practice, you will definitely grow faster than the soul masters of other academies. Being impatient and eager for quick success will only make you stumble everywhere.”
After listening to Shi Gao’s explanation, Lu Buliang finally saw the light. He was indeed anxious, because he didn’t have any cheats on him. If he wanted to pursue strength, he could only practice his martial soul and soul power down to earth, and also seize the opportunities mentioned in the original book.
“Teacher, I’m sorry.” Lu Buliang said apologetically. “It’s my fault. I made everyone follow me to practice meaninglessly.”
Shi Gao patted Lu Buliang’s shoulder, then looked at everyone and said with a smile, “If you understand, go eat quickly, have a good sleep at noon, and practice hard in the afternoon. Don’t do such stupid things in the future. Especially you two brothers, Shi Mo and Shi Mo, if a defensive spirit master wants to have a strong physique, eating is the first priority. If I see you two hungry again, I will beat you up when I get home!”
“——”
After lunch break, the bell rang on time, summoning all students to the college classroom or playground.
Under the leadership of Qin Ming, Lu Buliang, Yu Tianheng and the others walked straight up the stone steps towards the top of the mountain.
The afternoon classes were the same as usual, with training taking place in the mimesis field on the top of the mountain.
Breathing in the fresh air, the relaxed and refreshed feeling quickly woke Lu Buliang and others up from their lunch break fatigue.
Lu Buliang discovered that what Shi Gao said was right. Only by eating well and sleeping well and having abundant energy can one better practice mimesis.
The soul master's training process needs to be gradual. If foolishly practicing hard can make you grow quickly, if tireless practice can make you stronger, then how can Titled Douluos on the continent be so rare?
Everyone arrived at the top of the mountain and went to the mimic training ground that suited them.
Lu Buliang and Ye Lingling came to the grass mimesis field near the dean’s building together. It was a bush similar to a garden, with various flowers and plants growing on the grass. There was plenty of sunshine, and shadows of various buildings and plants, which was very suitable for the two of them to practice.
“Where did you go yesterday? I didn’t seem to see you around.” Ye Lingling asked curiously.
“I went to a place that is very suitable for practicing shadow martial spirits, and I will go there later. If you have any questions, I will ask you again. That’s all for now.”
After saying that, Lu Buliang turned into a shadow and swam towards the dean’s building, his destination being the room full of light inside the dean’s building.
Ye Lingling didn’t care about anything else. She found a place to sit down and started meditating and practicing.
Lu Buliang came downstairs to the dean’s building and changed back into human form from a shadow. Before leaving the light-filled room yesterday afternoon, he placed a very small stone in the corner of the room so that he could enter the room directly through the shadow of the stone.
Just as he was about to use his first soul skill, Shadow Locking, to lock onto the shadow of the stone, a gentle voice suddenly called out to him, "Lü Buliang."
Looking to the left, the person coming was Prince Xue Qinghe who had just walked out of the door of the Dean’s Building.
“I remember your name is Lü Buliang, right?” Xue Qinghe looked at Lü Buliang with a puzzled look on his face. “Why did you come to the dean’s building instead of going to practice?”
Lü Buliang said calmly, “I am practicing in the grass mimesis field near the Dean’s Building. Because there are many buildings nearby, there are many shadows. So I want to find out if there is an environment more suitable for my practice nearby.”
“So that’s how it is.” Xue Qinghe seemed to remember something, and took out a palm-sized transparent crystal ball from somewhere and came to Lu Buliang, smiling and saying, “This crystal ball. According to the blacksmith, it is forged with a top-grade material called light crystal iron and other rare materials, and it has the function of enhancing light. Shadows are produced by light, and I think this crystal ball will have a certain auxiliary effect on your cultivation.”
“When you practice mimesis, you can imagine this crystal ball as a crystal ball for testing soul power. Infuse soul power into it, and then place it in a place with light to make the light in that place stronger.”
As he spoke, Xue Qinghe handed the crystal ball to Lu Buliang and continued, “I just happened to find something like this in the Dean’s Building that is suitable for practicing shadow martial arts spirits, so I’ll give it to you.”
“Your Highness, I feel embarrassed.” Lu Buliang took the crystal ball and thought, how can I not accept it.
Xue Qinghe smiled lightly and said, “In the future, if there are any valuable cultivation resources, I will give priority to you. You are an elite student trained by the academy, and this is what you deserve. Lu Buliang, I am very optimistic about you, and I hope you will not disappoint me. If you need anything, you can also come to the dean’s building to find me. Qinghe will do his best to help you.”
“Okay.” Lu Buliang agreed readily.
“If you are free some other day, you can come to the Dean’s Building to drink tea and chat. We can just get along like friends, there is no need to be too restrained. I have to rush to the palace to discuss matters, so I’ll leave you now.”
After saying that, Xue Qinghe bowed slightly and left.
Watching the figure gradually going away, Lu Buliang thought to himself that what the original novel said was indeed correct. After Qian Renxue disguised herself as Xue Qinghe, she was very talkative, and her conversation gave people a calm and generous feeling.
It was very comfortable to chat with him. Not only did he not have the airs of a prince, but his approachable attitude was very easy to accept.
If he had not known in advance that Xue Qinghe was someone else in disguise, Lu Buliang would have thought that he was the real Xue Qinghe.
“He would suddenly give me a crystal ball that would help me cultivate my shadow spirit. Obviously, he had thought it through, right?” Lu Buliang stared at the crystal ball in his hand. “Whether he is Xue Qinghe or Qian Renxue, I can be sure of one thing. He is not attracted by me as a person, but by the uniqueness of the shadow spirit.”
“The second soul skill, Shadow Attack, can turn a person into a shadow and move freely in the shadow state, freely shuttle between shadows, and can also increase speed and attack attributes. Such a soul skill can greatly increase the team’s attack power when used in a team. And if used in an army, it will be an invisible black shadow army that kills people, which is enough to turn the situation in a national war.”
“Xue Qinghe also said that he would give me priority in the future when it comes to cultivation resources. Is he trying to show me favors so that he can recruit me? Who cares? The most important thing now is to improve my strength. As long as it helps me grow quickly, I will accept any favors.”
Putting aside all worries in his mind, Lu Buliang used his first soul skill, Locking Shadow, to lock onto the light-filled room in the dean’s building, then locked onto the stone shadow in the corner of the room, connecting his own shadow and the stone shadow into a passage.
Hiding into his own shadow, when Lu Buliang reappeared he had arrived at the light-filled room, but he still maintained his shadow form and overlapped with the stone shadow in the corner of the room. After a careful check and finding that there was no one inside or outside the room, he turned back into human form.
Looking at the transparent ceiling and then at the crystal ball in his hand, Lu Buliang thought to himself, with the ceiling enhancing the sunlight and the crystal ball strengthening the sunlight, it seems that today’s mimesis practice will be more effective than yesterday’s.
Lu Buliang came to the center of the room, sat cross-legged, held the crystal ball given by Xue Qinghe in both hands, and injected his soul power into the crystal ball.
The palm-sized crystal ball flashed with dazzling light, absorbing Lu Buliang’s soul power while increasing the light intensity in the room, turning the entire room white.
