"Haha." Arthur wiped the grease from the corner of his mouth. "Just take it as a joke."
He didn't say more, thinking about persuading Mu Ye.
He could wait until he was at level fifty or sixty to absorb a hundred-thousand-year soul spirit; it didn't matter.
But Gu Yue.
Since Gu Yue had suggested it, Arthur would still try his best to do it.
The waters here are deep; one can only say that those who know, know.
Seeing him relent, Mu Ye's tense expression softened. He pointed to the medicine pot in front of him. "At least you're sensible, kid. Hurry up and drink the medicine."
"Better to Cultivate with me first. Next, I'll teach you the Body Sect's Innate Secret Method. Even if you want to absorb a hundred-thousand-year soul spirit, you must wait until your Physical Body and Spiritual Power can steadily handle the weight of a hundred thousand years."
Arthur shook his head. "Let's wait a bit. I might have other things to do next."
Since he had reached level forty, he was going to focus all his efforts on tempering his Spiritual Power.
Mu Ye's brows furrowed again. "Other things? More important than Cultivating the Body Sect's Innate Secret Method?"
He stared at Arthur, his tone filled with a bit of confusion. "Do you know that this Innate Secret Method is the core Legacy of the Body Sect? You are currently in your golden age; you cannot afford any delays!"
Back then, he had been too distracted, which led to his current cultivation being stuck in the middle, neither here nor there.
Arthur's gaze was calm. "Teacher, I know what I'm doing."
Mu Ye stared into his eyes and didn't speak for a long while.
Through the anomaly during Arthur's previous Breakthrough, he vaguely guessed that the boy held a great secret.
So he didn't ask further and said in a heavy voice, "As long as you've thought it through. Come find me when you're done with your business, and I'll teach you then."
...In an outdoor training ground at East Sea Academy, Arthur lay on a chair, drinking a beverage and basking in the sun, feeling comfortable and relaxed.
The others in Class Zero were nearby, miserably taking a beating. Gu Yue and Na'er were no exception.
Having regained his fighting spirit and made a Breakthrough to Spirit Saint, Wu Zhangkong was like the strictest father to them.
Extremely terrifying.
"Refreshing—"
Arthur took a sip of his chilled drink and couldn't help but laugh out loud as he watched the Class Zero members being chased around in total chaos by Wu Zhangkong.
Gu Yue's elements condensed into a shield in front of her, but it was shattered by a casual sword strike from Wu Zhangkong, splashing ice shards all over her face.
Na'er relied on pure stats to maneuver around, yet she was still locked down by Wu Zhangkong's sword energy, her movements restricted everywhere.
The others were even more pathetic, all of them howling from Wu Zhangkong's blows.
Xu Xiaoyan, who was hiding at the very back as support, was almost moved to tears by the sight of her classmates' miserable state.
It was daytime, and without her Absolute Control, there wasn't much she could do to help. But even if she could use Absolute Control, she wouldn't dare use it on Wu Zhangkong.
Because she had tried it once in a previous battle.
After controlling him, the others took the opportunity to try and take Wu Zhangkong down in one go.
And then... Wu Zhangkong entered Phase Two.
Full Soul Power, full Spirit Abilities.
If he was in a good mood, he might even enter Phase Three, donning his Two-Word Battle Armor.
They really had no way out.
Arthur watched with great interest and twisted open a new bottle of chilled beverage. His leisurely appearance stood in stark and glaring contrast to the others' pathetic state in the field.
"Sigh... life..." Arthur would occasionally lament about life, looking very much like an elderly person in retirement.
In reality, he really was in "retirement."
He had originally wanted to temper his Spiritual Power, but upon careful inspection, he found that his Spiritual Power was automatically Cultivating and improving under the nourishment of the Ley Line.
The same went for his Soul Power.
With the red dragon furnace core, his Soul Power grew automatically with every breath, and its efficiency was many times faster than his own painstaking meditation.
For a moment, Arthur didn't know what to do.
After the training, Xie Xie walked over with a bruised and swollen face, shouting indistinctly, "Arthur, can't you lie down somewhere else?!"
"I'm getting beaten up over here, and you're just lying there so comfortably. It makes me feel terrible!"
Xu Xiaoyan also came over, her eyes still red. "Brother Arthur, please have some pity on us. Can you not watch from the sidelines during the next training? Every time you laugh, Teacher Wu gets even stricter."
For some reason, it was fine if Arthur just watched. But as soon as he laughed, Wu Zhangkong would immediately frown and increase the force of his blows.
Tang Wulin scratched his head. The current Arthur gave him a familiar feeling—the taste of confusion.
Gu Yue stared at Arthur for a moment and asked, "What happened? You look very confused right now."
"Confused, extremely confused!" Arthur's face turned serious as he suddenly sat up, looking very much in need of a beating. "Tell me, my Soul Power grows automatically, my Spiritual Power rises while I'm lying down... Right now, I do nothing but eat and sleep, or watch you guys get beaten up. This life is just too lacking in pursuit!"
Most importantly, Arthur was already destined to become a god. The position of Plane Master was, after all, a Divine Rank.
Now, as long as he continued to Cultivate step by step, he could become a god even if he couldn't create his own God Position.
Suddenly not needing to work hard anymore made him truly confused!
Xie Xie's face, which he had just finished rubbing, twitched again. If anyone else had said that, he would have thought they were just bragging.
But he truly believed Arthur's words.
In his eyes, Arthur was simply a player using cheats.
He immediately said with resentment, "You call this lacking in pursuit? We're Cultivating with our lives on the line, and you just have to lie there. If you're confused, then we should all just find a block of tofu and bash our heads against it!"
"Exactly, Brother Arthur!" Xu Xiaoyan blinked her red eyes, her tone full of envy. "If I could be like you, I'd wake up laughing in my dreams."
"Eh, don't say that. Lying down is also very tiring." Arthur lay back down with his hands behind his head, sighing as he looked at the white clouds in the sky.
"Oh, right. Gu Yue, how's the design for my battle armor coming along?"
"Can you do it or not?"
"If I can't, go find someone else." Gu Yue snorted coldly and turned her head away.
The topic was too high-level, and people's hearts were too impetuous.
Hearing that Arthur was already preparing his battle armor, the others were instantly filled with envy.
Xie Xie stared at Arthur, his Adam's apple bobbing, his face full of indignant resentment at the disparity. "battle armor? You're already making battle armor?"
When he had pestered Teacher Wu about battle armor back then, he was shut down with a single sentence.
"Talk about it after you Breakthrough to Spirit Ancestor."
He didn't know how long it would take to Breakthrough to Spirit Ancestor, and even then, that would just be the start of the work. To actually wear battle armor, he'd probably have to reach Spirit King.
Who knew how many years that would take.
But Arthur was already starting work on it.
As a little fangirl, Xu Xiaoyan gripped the hem of her clothes, her eyes full of stars. "Brother Arthur's battle armor will definitely be super powerful, right? And if Sister Gu Yue designs it, it will surely be both powerful and beautiful!"
"You overestimate me." Gu Yue said helplessly, "It still needs some time."
Designing battle armor was a very private matter; she naturally wanted to design Arthur's herself.
That's how it was in books—couples' battle armor was always made together.
But she couldn't help that this brute Arthur's progress was too fast; he was only ten years old.
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