Chapter 9: The Boy Holding an Egg
As a result, all the work study students' tasks were taken over by the group led by Xiao Chenyu.
Yet the work study students continued to receive their wages as usual.
This could be considered a small price Xiao Chenyu paid for losing to Tang San.
Xiao Chenyu was more than willing.
Even as the son of the city lord, he did not want to offend Tang San and Xiao Wu, who both had a 100 year Spirit Ring as their first Spirit Ring.
A genius Spirit Master with Innate Full Spirit Power, who could obtain a 100 year Spirit Ring as their first ring, was clearly not someone he or his father could afford to provoke.
This turn of events saved Lin Mo a great deal of time, allowing him to focus more energy on Spirit Power cultivation and spending time in the library.
After half a year of cultivation, his Spirit Power had already reached Rank 9.
Although the effects of the elementary Calm Mind method were only barely satisfactory, combined with the passive boost from the little fire dragon egg, the cultivation speed of his Innate Rank 6 talent showed signs of faintly surpassing an ordinary Innate Full Spirit Power Spirit Master.
Academy canteen, first floor.
"Lin Mo, are you and Tang San skipping class again?"
Xiao Wu looked Lin Mo and Tang San up and down. As she spoke in a bored tone, a trace of envy inevitably flickered in her eyes.
"No." Lin Mo shook his head lightly. "I already tested out of the cultural classes, and the current Spirit theory courses are too superficial. I'd rather spend my time in the library and study on my own."
"I'll just study with my teacher." Tang San paused, then lowered his voice.
He was currently the only outlier among Nuoding Academy's students. Although he was officially enrolled, he was usually taught by Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang.
As for this situation, the dean of Nuoding Academy turned a blind eye, tacitly allowing Tang San and Yu Xiaogang to do as they pleased.
Tang San still remained a member of Nuoding Academy.
There was also a bit of selfishness behind it.
Tang San's talent was obvious. Even without guidance, he would definitely become a genius who left his name in Nuoding Academy's history.
Keeping Tang San in the academy was purely beneficial to them. In the future, they might even use the chance of Tang San entering an intermediate academy to make Nuoding Academy famous.
All they had to pay was the daily work study wage of 10 bronze coins.
It was an extremely profitable deal.
"I really envy you guys…" Xiao Wu sighed helplessly and took the last bite of her meal.
She had already mastered the elementary Calm Mind method taught in the morning's 2 theory classes, even earlier than Lin Mo.
Moreover, even without a Calm Mind method, with the foundation of being a 100,000 year Spirit Beast cultivating anew, her cultivation speed would never be inferior to most Innate Full Spirit Power geniuses.
As for Spirit Beast knowledge, that was even less of an issue for her.
If she were not worried about exposing her identity, she would have loved to correct the obvious mistakes the teachers made when explaining Spirit Beasts.
What truly gave her a headache was the cultural knowledge course.
She could not escape that one even if she wanted to.
To her, those classes sounded like pure gibberish.
She did not understand why anyone would force a little bunny to learn how to read.
"I'm done eating, so I'll leave first…"
Lin Mo picked up 2 stacked trays, stood up, and looked at Xiao Wu and Tang San.
"Could you two help cover for me again tonight? I won't be returning to the dorm."
"Are you going to cultivate in the academy's back mountain again?" Tang San stopped eating and frowned slightly.
"Yeah." Lin Mo nodded. "The environment there suits me. My cultivation speed there is much faster than in the dorm."
"Go ahead, go ahead. After all, I'm your Sister Xiao Wu, right?" Xiao Wu waved her hand casually.
Then she glanced at the stacked trays in Lin Mo's hands.
"But you eat so much every day, won't you have problems?"
"You can eat 2 or 3 people's portions by yourself, and you finish faster than we do with just 1 portion. Aren't you afraid of indigestion?"
"Don't worry, that won't happen." Lin Mo smiled. "If I didn't lack money, I could eat even more."
He was not exaggerating.
After awakening the Heart Body Martial Soul with blood, his heart was already much stronger than other people's.
Just like other main body Martial Souls, once a main body Martial Soul awakened, the corresponding body part would be strengthened.
Lin Mo's heart and blood were naturally no exception.
Moreover, it was not only his heart. His other internal organs also benefited greatly. The most direct result was a major increase in digestion and absorption.
The village chief's early generosity helped him through the most difficult beginning.
Later, after he gained the right to enter and leave the library freely, he found a part time job.
With Director Su's permission, he took a job organizing books in the library.
It was far easier than the work study chores, yet it paid the same.
That allowed him to barely maintain a balance.
These changes also made Lin Mo increasingly curious.
Could the next stage of his Heart Body Martial Soul's evolution be his internal organs?
However, that was only a guess.
Before the second Martial Soul truly evolved, the only thing he could be certain of was this.
The final stage of the heart Spirit's evolution would definitely be the entire body.
As for the exact steps, he was still unclear.
After saying goodbye, Lin Mo summoned the little fire dragon egg again, held it in his arms, and walked out of the canteen.
He headed toward the academy's back mountain.
His Spirit Power had already reached the peak of Rank 9.
At most, in 2 days, he would be able to break through in one go.
For others, Rank 10 Spirit Power was the prerequisite for obtaining their first Spirit Ring.
But for Lin Mo, hunting a Spirit Ring was secondary.
The most important thing was the hatching of Charmander.
That was why he wanted to leave the dorm and cultivate in the secluded back mountain.
Charmander's hatching was too important to him. He could not allow anyone to disturb him.
The others in the canteen had long since grown used to the sight.
They also knew that among the new work study students at Nuoding Academy this year, there was an oddball like Lin Mo.
He had awakened a fairly good Innate Rank 6 Spirit Power, yet his Martial Soul was a Waste Martial Soul.
They could not see what it was good for.
It could not be eaten, and it could not fight.
As for touching it, Lin Mo never allowed anyone else to touch his Martial Soul.
In many people's eyes, Lin Mo's Martial Soul was even worse than the Blue Silver Grass awakened by Tang San.
At least Blue Silver Grass could show impressive combat power in Tang San's hands.
Because Lin Mo often wandered around the academy holding an egg, many people started calling him the boy holding an egg.
As for whether those words carried teasing or mockery, only they themselves knew.
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