The four of them quickly left the Xingdou Great Forest.
On the road, Su Yu walked briskly. This third soul skill was even more satisfying than he expected.
After absorbing the soul ring, Su Yu's Blue Silver Grass met his expectations and took another step forward. The life attribute exploded, becoming the main attribute of his Blue Silver Grass.
The effects brought by the soul ring perfectly inherited the characteristics of the Bursting Heaven Pepper.
Firstly, in terms of passive enhancement, the recovery speed of Su Yu's Blue Silver Grass's life force greatly increased.
Note that this is the recovery of life force, not the recovery of the Blue Silver Grass.
Moreover, as Su Yu's cultivation level increases, the life force limit of the Blue Silver Grass will also increase significantly.
Secondly, regarding the active effects, the soul ring of the Bursting Heaven Pepper granted Su Yu explosive power. Using the third soul skill—Burst Mark, he can achieve an all-around enhancement, with an increase of thirty percent.
Of course, such an enhancement comes with conditions, requiring the consumption of Life Marks, which are marks condensed from life force. Each mark requires a large amount of life force to condense.
Additionally, because the explosion uses life force, it results in significant aftereffects, leading to a weakened state.
However, both the consumed life force and the weakened state can recover rapidly. This also inherits the characteristics of the Bursting Heaven Pepper.
Life force recovery and the weakened state recovery are relatively fast, but the condensation of the marks takes a longer time.
Currently, as a Soul Venerable, Su Yu can condense three marks.
After absorbing the soul ring, he naturally has one Life Mark. To condense the second Life Mark, Su Yu estimated it would take ten days, and the third mark may take fifteen days to continue condensing!
Condensing from nothing, the first mark takes about five days.
So far, Su Yu's three soul rings all primarily enhance the life force attribute while simultaneously adding extra abilities.
The first soul skill restores soul power recovery state.
The second soul skill purifies oneself, eliminating negative states.
The third soul skill bursts forth.
The combination of the soul skill effects aligns well with Su Yu's main focus on increasing life force, which is very satisfying.
And the effects of these three soul skills are all built on the strength of the Blue Silver Grass's life attributes.
As Su Yu delves into the life attributes of the Blue Silver Grass and subsequent soul rings enhance the life attributes of the Blue Silver Grass, the effects of these soul skills will gradually reach the top tier within the same level!
...
"Brother Su, are you really not coming with us to Shrek Academy?"
"Yeah, Su Yu, your age and soul power level completely meet the admission criteria for Shrek Academy."
Beibei, Tang Ya, and Huo Yuhao did not understand Su Yu's decision.
They intended to make one last effort to persuade Su Yu, to save his life path.
Going to Shrek Academy is the best way to maximize one's potential!
Su Yu shook his head and declined their kindness once again.
"No, I've already set a goal for myself."
The four parted ways.
Su Yu headed west.
While Beibei, Tang Ya, and Huo Yuhao headed towards Shrek Academy.
...
The relations between the Sun and Moon Empire and the Xingdou Empire were tense.
The border situation between the two was severe.
However, there are some perilous paths that can be traversed.
Firstly, trading caravans need to circulate between countries, and complete isolation is impossible.
Su Yu joined the latest trading caravan from the Hall of Myriad Households, and with them, he crossed the border.
"Brother Su, this is one thousand Golden Soul Coins, consider it my personal sponsorship for you. It's not much, but it should be enough for your living in Mingdu."
Su Yu held a letter in his hand, along with a card containing one thousand Golden Soul Coins.
Mingdu is the most prosperous place in the Sun and Moon Empire, and the trading caravan's destination was also here, as only here can one obtain enough rare goods to resell to the Xingluo Empire.
After arriving in Mingdu with the trading caravan, Su Yu went straight to the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy.
Sun and Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy.
Many students and parents were in line for registration, all in an orderly manner. Su Yu also obediently queued at the end, as queuing is a good moral character.
The line was long, estimated to take most of the day, so Su Yu took advantage of the time to continue his cultivation.
He immersed his mind internally, manipulating his Soul Power to spread as widely as possible inside his body, perceiving the distribution of his meridian positions.
Although the meditation technique and the body tempering technique improved his cultivation speed, Su Yu was still not satisfied.
The body tempering technique, although forming a complete cycle, was only pieced together without any particular skill involved, and Su Yu was constantly trying to find special routes for the soul power to operate.
Just like the casting of a soul skill, soul power operates in a specific manner to exert unique effects.
Furthermore, each segment of his body's meridians corresponds to a unique operation method, which can augment the effects and properties of soul power.
Su Yu had already initially discovered a structure.
Running soul power from here can attract the surrounding Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi. In other words, integrating this step into the body tempering technique will allow him to draw primordial energy faster.
He only needed to find another structure to accelerate the absorption of primordial energy, and the effects of the body tempering technique could be greatly enhanced!
During his exploration, time flew by.
Before he knew it, the queue ahead had reached its end, and it was finally Su Yu's turn.
"Hello, sir, I want to apply to the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy."
The supervising teacher glanced at Su Yu's chest, not seeing the certification badge of a soul guide. Then he glanced at Su Yu's hands and eyes.
He didn't seem like someone who had wielded an engraving knife.
His expression was dull, even less likely to have engraved a core array.
In plain sight, the supervising teacher's attitude changed. Not exactly cold, but at least his initial enthusiasm diminished significantly.
"You're not a soul guide?"
"No, I want to apply for the Martial Soul System in our school."
Su Yu had already researched before coming, and his goal was to first enter the Martial Soul System and then apply for a transfer during the freshmen assessment.
"Have you practiced with soul-guiding devices?"
Although Su Yu had previously owned a third-level soul-guiding device dagger, he had not practiced with it. Later, he even sold the soul-guiding device.
He shook his head.
The supervising teacher sighed.
"You have neither studied soul guide knowledge nor used soul-guiding devices. On what basis do you wish to join the Royal Soul Guide Academy?"
"Sir, do you think I am qualified to join the academy this way?"
Su Yu spoke as he released his Martial Soul.
The Blue Silver Grass, teeming with life, emerged from his palm, with one yellow and two purple soul rings floating outside his body, pulsing rhythmically.
After the baptism of three soul rings, Su Yu's Blue Silver Grass had undergone a complete transformation.
Although its shape could still be recognized as Blue Silver Grass, its inner essence had changed dramatically.
The Blue Silver Grass featured dense purple patterns and sparkling starlight dots, embodying an explosive life force.
Even without Su Yu's activation, a rush of abundant life force came forth, bringing joy to both body and soul.
"Soul Venerable!"
"Millennium Second Ring!"