Academy, bathhouse!
It wasn't Wang Li's first time coming here, but it was his first time taking a medicinal bath.
According to Elder Ling's explanation, the academy had its own supplier of medicinal herbs. For long-term, large-scale purchases like this, significant discounts could be obtained. The more students there were, the more herbs were needed, and the higher the discount. A medicinal soup costing twelve gold soul coins and a medicinal bath costing twenty-four gold soul coins would be a luxury completely unavailable outside the academy.
The bathhouse had a spacious area of five hundred square meters, divided into separate cubicles. Finding an empty spot, Wang Li walked in and casually closed the door behind him.
He first rinsed the wooden tub with clean water before opening the hot water valve. However, instead of normal hot water, a pale green liquid filled with a strong herbal scent flowed out.
"So this is a medicinal bath…"
Curious, Wang Li undressed and sat directly in the tub. Due to his "Vitality" trait and "Tenacity" passive ability, his body was already different from an ordinary person, so he hoped the medicinal bath would have some effect.
As he focused, warmth spread throughout his body. The fatigue accumulated from his recent training began to ease. The medicinal bath was indeed effective.
"Phew…"
Taking a long breath, Wang Li fully relaxed and enjoyed the moment of peace.
"Tomorrow, I'll continue training and strive to achieve triple focus as soon as possible!"
Technically, he was a first-year student at the academy, but he had never attended the first-year courses.
The three-stage training plan designed by Elder Ling was what truly helped him progress.
Time passed quickly, and three months later:
At the forest behind the academy!
Wang Li stood in place as thirty-six Blue Silver Vines split into three groups, rapidly weaving through the forest with extreme speed and agility.
Seeing this, Elder Ling's face showed a satisfied smile. In just three months, Wang Li had already reached the requirements of the first stage.
Elder Ling then shouted loudly,
"Wang Li, I'm releasing the Soft-Bone Rabbits. Your task is to catch them. Catching them one by one isn't enough. Each time, catch at least two, preferably more, and try to use the least amount of time possible!"
Catching multiple Soft-Bone Rabbits quickly tested Wang Li's eyesight, hearing, focus control, and mastery of the Blue Silver Grass.
Confidently, Wang Li replied,
"I understand, Elder Ling!"
Hearing this, Elder Ling waved, signaling the four teachers nearby to start. Each held a cage, and they walked around Wang Li, opening the cages.
In a short moment, numerous white shapes leapt out, scattering instantly.
Rabbits normally seemed unremarkable when crouched, but when picked up and pulled by the legs, their long, powerful legs were revealed.
As soul beasts, they moved even faster. Wang Li calmly scanned them, first counting the Soft-Bone Rabbits, then observing their escape directions and running speeds. Once he had full understanding, he struck swiftly.
If he couldn't catch even these relatively unskilled Soft-Bone Rabbits, how would he catch agile soul masters with battle experience in the future?
The Blue Silver Vines attacked from all directions, continuously capturing fleeing Soft-Bone Rabbits. Their danger awareness and evasion were decent.
In the first round, Wang Li caught four rabbits while sixteen escaped. He quickly organized a second round of capture…
Three more months passed!
After countless rounds of being released and recaptured, the Soft-Bone Rabbits still hadn't learned their lesson. As soon as the cage doors opened, they fled again.
In an instant, the Blue Silver Grass, spreading between the sky and ground like a giant net, activated, capturing all twenty rabbits and tossing them back into their cage.
Elder Ling, seeing this, nodded in satisfaction and said with a smile,
"Looks like we don't need the Soft-Bone Rabbits anymore. Send them directly to the cafeteria."
He then turned to the nearby students and said,
"Bai Chen, Meng Du, Qing Yi, Neil, Cang Nan, Lius, you are the student council members. Try catching him here in the forest."
"Don't underestimate Wang Li just because there are many of you. After six months of training, his abilities have improved tremendously. This forest is the perfect battlefield for his Blue Silver Grass martial soul."
Bai Chen, Meng Du, and the others acknowledged Wang Li's strength and respected his determination. One-on-one, they were no match for him. Even six-on-one, could they still not catch Wang Li?
They exchanged glances, quickly summoned their martial souls, and entered the forest, forming a semicircle to surround him.
Wang Li, hiding in the forest, scanned the six students. The goal of this training was clear: to make him fully utilize his martial soul and soul skills, prolonging his survival under six attackers.
Though he could have become the hunter himself, as a soul master facing six opponents, proper soul power allocation was critical.
Finally, four months later:
In the forest, Neil and Cang Nan were tied to trees with Blue Silver Grass, their expressions utterly helpless.
Not far away, Qing Yi, still with a human body and snake tail, was suspended in midair. Lius, the one with the highest defense, was also suspended alongside her.
Further ahead, Bai Chen had been wrapped tightly by Blue Silver Grass like a dumpling. In the forest's complex terrain, he could have used his stealth, but his paralyzing poison was ineffective against the Blue Silver Grass, completely countered.
At this point, only Meng Du still resisted. His battle axe could sever the Blue Silver Grass, but the energy cost was immense. Once his soul power was depleted, he too would be wrapped like a dumpling.
After easily defeating the six students, Wang Li emerged, controlling the Blue Silver Grass to release them.
Qing Yi regained her human form and said resentfully,
"This isn't six students surrounding the council president. This is the president attacking us six. Blue Silver Grass is everywhere. No matter what we do, we lose."
Wang Li smiled slightly.
"Thank you all for the practice. From now on, it won't be necessary. I've broken through to level twenty soul power. Soon, I'll apply to the dean to hunt soul beasts and obtain soul rings."
In fact, Wang Li had likely reached level twenty soul power two or three months earlier. He chose to wait until completing the third stage of training.
Two hundred experience points had raised his soul power by two levels: one from the soul master stage and one from the soul practitioner stage, which consumed different amounts of experience.
The remaining level-three soul power was achieved entirely through Wang Li's own cultivation.
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