Chapter 47: Perseverance, Constant Dripping Wears Away the Stone

Qin Ming also stood stunned for a moment before saying, "Shi Quan, your attainments in martial soul cultivation are highly praised even by the Three Great Education Committees, and this matter was arranged personally by them; I am merely the messenger. You need not be modest; I believe in you."

"As for you few..." Qin Ming's gaze swept across the six of them.

He understood the temperaments of Yu Tianheng and the others—haughty and arrogant—and felt they needed some tempering, so he immediately asked, "Do you know what level Shi Quan's Innate Soul Power is?"

"Level eight? Level nine?" Based on Shi Quan's current soul power level, the few spoke up one after another.

"No, it is Innate Level One!" Qin Ming threw out another bombshell.

Including Yu Tianheng, the six members of the Heaven Dou Team wore expressions of disbelief.

Yu Tianheng looked at Shi Quan and said, "Teacher, you must be joking! Looking at him, he should only be ten-something years old, right? Innate Level One, how could his soul power level possibly have reached level twenty-two so quickly?"

"Hmph! Why would I lie to you! Shi Quan's Innate Soul Power is indeed level one, but relying on his own theoretical knowledge, he found a way to make his martial soul capable of growth, forcibly changing his talent. Everything he has now is something he achieved step by step through his own hard work. Furthermore, there is one more thing I forgot to tell you: Shi Quan is not yet eleven years old."

Listening to the bombshells Qin Ming dropped one after another, the six members of the Heaven Dou Team were slow to recover.

"How is this possible?" The gazes everyone turned toward Shi Quan became extremely complex.

"I know the facts are hard to believe, but I want to tell you that all of this is true. These were all personally verified by the Three Great Education Committees, so do you still have any objections?" Qin Ming's sharp gaze swept over the six of them.

The six of them shrank their heads in unison; they were still quite fearful of Qin Ming as a teacher.

Shi Quan rubbed his head; this Qin Ming was certainly straightforward, having gone and exposed all his secrets.

Judging by this posture, after joining the Heaven Dou Team, he probably wouldn't have any idle time.

He was already annoyed knowing he had to train Ning Rongrong, and now he had to guide six more, all of whom were haughty and arrogant—it would likely be even harder.

"But fortunately, there is still Qin Ming," Shi Quan thought to himself.

The training and studies of the Heaven Dou Team were led by Qin Ming, and the curriculum was also arranged by him. With Shi Quan joining the planning, he could at least facilitate his own cultivation to a certain extent.

With Shi Quan's addition, the team didn't hold any welcome ceremony; everything was extremely natural.

Afternoon.

Qin Ming also wanted to see what unique insights Shi Quan had regarding cultivation, so before Shi Quan and Yu Tianheng could chat much, he pulled him aside to discuss the follow-up cultivation plans and arrangements.

Although a bit helpless, Shi Quan also took this opportunity to gain a reason to deeply understand the six people's martial souls, especially Dugu Yan. Only then would it be more convenient to discover Dugu Yan's poisoning under the guise of cultivation guidance, thereby attracting Dugu Bo's attention and finding an opportunity to enter the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

However, the problem now was that he knew nothing about medicine or herbs. To get Dugu Bo to take him to the Medicine Garden, he had to find a good excuse.

Regarding the cultivation plan, after an afternoon of discussion, they only made a rough arrangement. At the same time, Shi Quan drew out all the fitness equipment and basic training gear like wooden dummies from his past life's memories and dumped them on Qin Ming to prepare.

Mainly, Shi Quan really couldn't stand these crude training grounds.

Dinner.

Besides daily training, the dining and chatting session was the easiest way to deepen the bond between teammates.

After confirming the arrangements, under Qin Ming's lead, Shi Quan followed the group to the dormitory.

In addition to the dorms arranged for every student, after joining the Heaven Dou Team, there was a dedicated collective dormitory for the team.

The group arrived at this very collective dormitory.

Calling it a dormitory, it was actually a large villa, or perhaps a luxury apartment complex would not be an exaggeration.

The dormitory was nearly ten meters high and had three floors. The first floor was a public activity area with a living room, kitchen, and dining room. The second and third floors were personal activity areas for students and teachers. Everyone had an independent room, and each room was over forty square meters, with very sufficient configurations.

There were over ten rooms in the dormitory.

So there were still many vacant rooms. Under Qin Ming's lead, Shi Quan helplessly chose another room on the third floor.

In one academy, he now actually had three places to live.

When the two returned to the first-floor hall, the other six were already seated at the dining table. Beside the table, a middle-aged man and woman in chef uniforms were placing dishes from a food cart onto the table one by one.

"Let's eat together, chat, and improve our relationship," Qin Ming patted Shi Quan on the shoulder and led him to sit in the center seat.

Shi Quan sat down with a smile, looked at the six of them, and said with a smile, "Everyone knows my age; I should be the youngest, so everyone can just call me Xiao Quan from now on."

"You can call me Tianheng, or you can call me Boss, or Captain; mainly, they all like to call me that," Yu Tianheng, as the leader of the team, spoke first.

"You can call me Yanzi."

"Call me Lingling."

The six responded one by one. Before long, everyone had finished speaking, the food on the table was set, and the two chefs pushed the cart away.

With a creak, the door was closed.

Only then did Yu Tianheng speak again, taking the initiative to ask, "Junior Brother Xiao Quan, what Spirit Beast did your second soul ring actually come from? Honestly, we are all quite curious. What kind of Spirit Beast could make the weak Blue Silver Grass become so hard that even a Strong Attack System Spirit Master of the same level cannot destroy it?"

"I was just lucky," Shi Quan replied with a faint smile. "This second soul ring came from a thousand-year-old Ink Jade Bamboo."

"Ink Jade Bamboo?" Qin Ming frowned as he looked at Shi Quan.

"Teacher Qin, what's wrong with the Ink Jade Bamboo?" Everyone looked at Qin Ming in confusion.

The six were clearly unaware of the drawbacks of absorbing an Ink Jade Bamboo soul ring, but as a teacher, Qin Ming clearly knew, so he explained the situation of the Ink Jade Bamboo to the six in detail.

Only then did everyone show expressions of sudden realization.

"Xiao Quan, I noticed that when you release your martial soul, it is still very soft; it seems there is no martial soul hardening?" Qin Ming asked in surprise and uncertainty.

"Perhaps it is because of my martial soul mutation," Shi Quan explained. "After my Blue Silver Grass mutated, its vitality became much stronger than ordinary Blue Silver Grass. Plus, Blue Silver Grass is inherently soft and weak by nature, so even after hardening, the change is not obvious."

"You are truly daring. If there had been the slightest accident, your martial soul would have been ruined," Yu Tianheng couldn't help but sigh, feeling a bit more recognition and admiration for Shi Quan in his heart. He then asked, "Xiao Quan, your second soul ring is a thousand-year one, so your first soul ring's age shouldn't be low either, right?"

"Yes, the age of my first soul ring is also over five hundred years," Shi Quan nodded.

Yu Tianheng confirmed, "Xiao Quan, your first soul skill should be Growth, right?"

"That's right."

"First soul skill Growth, second soul skill Hardening—can the coordination between soul skills be used like this?" Hearing Shi Quan's affirmation, a flash of amazement crossed Yu Tianheng's eyes. He thought to himself, "Using the first soul skill Growth to wrap the enemy, then using Hardening to control them; conversely, the hardened Blue Silver Grass can also be used for defense and attack. Control, defense, and attack in one—even though the two skills are not strong or even mediocre when taken individually, they can have such astonishing effects when combined?"

"These two soul skills combined seem a bit excessively strong," Dugu Yan also exclaimed, sharing the same thought as Yu Tianheng.

"The Blue Silver Grass grown through the soul skill is not only fast, but the consumption must also be lower than using soul power to nourish it. That is to say, unless someone uses soul power to knock back or shatter the Blue Silver Grass, the longer the time drags on, the more the Blue Silver Grass grows, and the harder it is to fight?" Yu Feng, on the other side, also spoke with his jaw dropped.

"More or less, but if someone can shatter the hardened Blue Silver Grass, that would be a different story," Shi Quan nodded.

As if thinking of something, Yu Tianheng asked again, "Xiao Quan, you seem to be able to control more than one strand of Blue Silver Grass at the same time? This seems to be something only the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Distraction Control can do, right? Are you from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect?"

Shi Quan shook his head, "I am not from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. I only learned about this Distraction Control a short while ago, and what I have is not Distraction Control."

He then explained again, "I reached today's effect by sensing my martial soul, treating the martial soul as a part of my own body, and then practicing through constant cultivation."

"From the moment I awakened my martial soul until now, I have been practicing the whole time."

Hearing this, Yu Tianheng was also stunned and sighed with emotion, "Xiao Quan, just this perseverance of yours is worthy of my admiration."

"Then can you control the dodging vines now?" Dugu Yan couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Almost ten of them," Shi Quan replied.

After Xiaomeng merged, Shi Quan's Mental Power was greatly enhanced, and his ability to control the Blue Silver Grass rose accordingly.

"Pervert." At this moment, even Dugu Yan had to admit that Shi Quan was truly formidable.

"He really is a pervert." Yu Feng, who was on the side, also clicked his tongue and said, "If I were to control these vines, I would have had a mental breakdown long ago."

"Perseverance wears down stone; Shi Quan being able to practice to his current level is inseparable from his years of accumulated practice." Qin Ming sighed with emotion, while his gaze swept over everyone, "Now you understand that there is a reason why Xiao Quan has been able to get this far. Xiao Quan's diligence and effort in cultivation are many times greater than yours; this is what you need to learn from."

"We understand." The six of them, including Yu Tianheng, responded in unison.

Seeing this, Qin Ming nodded with satisfaction and continued, "Alright, the food is starting to get cold. Everyone, hurry up and eat while it's hot; we can chat while we eat."

Consequently, everyone picked up their bowls and chopsticks and began to eat.