Chapter 30: Practice With Xiao Zhan

Even though Su Wen felt hopeful about learning the Spirit Fusion Method ahead of schedule, he didn't feel overly eager.

After all, the foundation of the Spirit Fusion Method still relied on mastering one's own Spirit Skills.

'My talent only makes me slightly superior in controlling my own physical body and perceiving the Martial Spirit Space more easily, rather than directly controlling Spirit Skills.'

At most, Su Wen's talent could help him better and faster master his own Spirit Skills.

"Uncle Uncle, let's begin."

Although it is repeated practice, it is always more convenient to have the guidance of other people's experience in the direction of improvement and the application of the spirit skills

The best way to master a Spirit Skill is to use it.

And at this moment, Su Wen was learning Xiao Uncle's Fire Demon Tactics.

"Your physique is stronger than that of a Spirit Master of the same level in the attack department, which saves quite a bit of trouble."

After examining Su Wen's physical condition, Xiao Uncle was briefly shocked, but soon felt like there wasn't much of a problem.

He was almost getting used to it.

"Now that your physique meets the standard, you can try practicing Flame Fist. Once you can control the flames attached to your fists without harming yourself, you can continue to compress the flames, creating more explosive flames, increasing damage, and eventually compressing the flames to hit the enemy while also causing an explosion."

Flame Fist, Uncle Xiao's self-created Spirit Skill.

Although it seemed ordinary in its manifestation, it was ultimately a self-created Spirit Skill with extremely high growth potential. It wouldn't be restricted by the age limit of Spirit Rings. As the technique gradually improved, the eruptive power would always keep up with the pace of a Spirit Master's cultivation.

Unlike Spirit Ring Spirit Skills, which rarely remain effective regardless of a Spirit Master's level.

Especially for hundred-year Spirit Skills and lower.

Even if it's a enhancement skill, it often decreases with each advancement in rank. The truly exceptional are percentage increase Spirit Skills that can consistently maintain the same proportionate increase alongside the Spirit Master's level progression.

Of course, being exceptional isn't solely the credit of Spirit Rings or Spirit Skills; the cultivation and mastery development of the Spirit Master themselves are also crucial.

The cultivation of a Spirit Master isn't just about accumulating Soul Power.

"My Spirit Skill isn't as Uncle Uncle described, converting external spiritual energy into flames, but rather, it's about controlling the spiritual energy of the world and, with the slight affinity of my Martial Spirit to the fire element, developing the ability to transform flames."

In other words, Su Wen has a certain level of control over the spiritual energy of the world that is transformed into flames.

A brilliant purple book floated quietly in front of Su Wen's chest. Then, a flame rose out of thin air and gradually transferred to Su Wen's right hand.

"Resist the flames."

At the same time, Su Wen was also channeling his Soul Power to resist the damage of the flames to his right hand.

With his strong perception, he found the process of mastering this technique exceptionally smooth.

However, even so, it still took him a full two hours to stabilize the flames on his right hand.

"All show and no substance."

Although Su Wen's fist appeared to be enveloped in flames, in reality, the flames are merely attached to the fist, serving no purpose whatsoever.

In fact, there is no direct contact between the surface of the fist and the flames.

"To be effective in combat, Flame Fist must at least be practiced to the point of compressing the flames to generate explosive damage."

Su Wen realized he clearly has a long way to go.

"The flames need to merge into my hand, even completely assimilating with my right fist, to truly be considered attached."

This step still requires further exploration.

Another two hours passed.

Su Wen, with Soul Power shielding his right hand, is now able to make the fist come into full contact with the flames.

The morning passed by.

Instead of continuing to practice attachment techniques, upon Uncle Xiao's suggestion, Su Wen began practicing compressing the flames.

His control over the flames exceeded Uncle Xiao's expectations.

"Your Spirit Skill principle may be somewhat different from what Old Bai mentioned to have such strong control over the flames."

Despite being flames formed from the spiritual energy of the external world, they could be easily controlled.

"Uncle Uncle, perhaps it's because my Spirit Skill integrates my Spiritual Power into the spiritual energy of the world," Su Wen offered a reason to deflect.

"That could be," Uncle Xiao didn't delve further into Su Wen's explanation of his fire element control Spirit Skill.

As long as he could manipulate the flames, that was a good thing.

"Compressing the flames also requires technique, and the change in flame intensity can also be achieved through Soul Power."

Under Uncle Xiao's guidance, Su Wen began practicing the strengthening and compression of the flames.

Four hours later.

"Alright, let's call it a day for today. You can practice in the library of the academy tonight. The resources in the library of the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy may not be as good as those in the Saint Spirit Hall, but in terms of breadth and environment, they are better."

In short, the library here provides greater benefits for the cultivation of Book Martial Spirit Masters.

"Will that really make a difference?"

Uncle Xiao nodded and said, "It's natural. For Book Martial Spirits, a training environment that mimics the characteristics of books is more conducive and can increase you cultivation speed. Especially since the academy's library contains various miscellaneous books and some useless materials."

Saint Spirit Hall wouldn't store such random books in their archive, would they? On the contrary, the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy's library provided some entertainment for the students with these miscellaneous books.

Su Wen nodded.

So that's how it is.

With more types and quantity of books, the effect of mimicry will be better.

"Oh, by the way, Uncle Zhan, didn't I need to join the academy's combat team? When should I report for duty?" Su Wen remembered his 'official business'.

It can be said that Su Wen's most direct purpose in joining the Heaven Dou Royal Academy is to get close to Dugu Yan, and thereby get in touch with Dugu Bo, in order to obtain the Immortal Grass within Dugu Bo's Ice and Fire Twin Eyes.

"The Emperor combat team?" Xiao Zhan said, "Teacher Qin Ming, who is in charge of the team, has just finished training. Currently, neither the team members nor Teacher Qin Ming are in the academy. It will take about a week for them to return. I'll take you to report to Qin Ming when they come back."

Speaking of Qin Ming, Xiao Zhan also showed his admiration for him.

"Qin Ming is exceptionally talented. His Martial Spirit is a mutated Inferno Grey Wolf. He joined the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy five years ago. At that time, only 22 years old, he had already broken through to level fifty and obtained his fifth Spirit Ring, becoming a true Spirit King. Unfortunately, the fifth Spirit Ring is only nine thousand years old."

Although he is not among the top three in the Spirit Hall records, he is still in a very prominent position.

Even though the fifth Spirit Ring is not ten thousand years old, under the academy's strong cultivation, Qin Ming's cultivation speed has actually been faster. Now, after five years and with many aids, he has reached level fifty-nine, with the possibility of breaking through to level sixty at any time.

Once he breaks through and absorbs the sixth Spirit Ring, he will become a Spirit Emperor.

And if he can achieve this breakthrough within two years, he will be one of the top three youngest Spirit Emperors among the talented Spirit Masters recorded in the Spirit Hall!

Meng Shenji had also said that once Qin Ming breaks through, he would personally hunt down the most suitable ten-thousand-year-old Spirit Ring for him.

"I will be responsible for guiding your practice in controlling the fire element. As for Soul Power cultivation, you should listen to Qin Ming," Xiao Zhan said.

Su Wen nodded without expressing any opinion.

"The academy provides significant support for your training, and there's a specially prepared nutritious meal for dinner."

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