53: Chapter 53 Who is the Teacher?

The figure of Professor Yi had just disappeared at the laboratory entrance.

Lu Mengmeng crowded under the peach tree, standing on tiptoe to count the fruits: "One, two, three, four... Boss, this little tree actually has one hundred and twenty-three peaches!"

Lin Mo ignored her, his gaze falling on the soil at the base of the peach tree.

The surface was covered with a layer of silver-gray powder. Pinching a bit between his fingertips, he could actually feel a faint fluctuation of Soul Power.

"What kind of fertilizer is this?" he muttered to himself.

Su Xiaoxiao crowded over, pointing at the metal plate nearby: "It says 'Soul Condensing Soil' on it. It's made by grinding exotic beast bone powder mixed with Soul Power crystals."

"It's generally used to plant some high-grade medicinal herbs!"

She paused, then whispered, "I've seen it in books."

Lin Mo's eyes lit up: "Little Fox, not bad, you even know this?"

Su Xiaoxiao lowered her head with a blushing face: "Just... looked at it casually."

Mu Liuli stood to the side with her arms crossed.

Watching Lin Mo squat on the ground studying the soil, then flipping through the cultivation records on the metal plate, his serious appearance did not look like the rascal from yesterday.

"Hey," she couldn't help but speak up, "Professor Yi said we only need to water, fertilize, and count the quantity. We don't need to study these, right?"

Lin Mo looked up and smiled at her.

"Looking more and learning more never hurts."

He pointed at a slightly wrinkled peach: "This one is almost ripe, but the Soul Power fluctuation is a bit scattered. It was likely affected by the rain a couple of days ago."

Mu Liuli raised an eyebrow.

She had also noticed that peach earlier but hadn't thought deeply about it.

This guy looked unreliable, but his observation skills were quite sharp.

After Lu Mengmeng finished counting the fruits, she ran over and bumped Lin Mo's arm: "Boss, stop studying the soil. Professor Yi has already left. Shall we secretly pick one to taste? Just one!"

"You dare!" Lin Mo knocked her on the head, "Forgotten what Professor Yi said? Want to pack your bags and leave?"

Lu Mengmeng covered her head and muttered: "Just saying..."

Niu Dachun smiled honestly: "I think Brother Mo is right. We should just work hard and not make any more mistakes."

The five had a clear division of labor.

Niu Dachun was responsible for pressing the switch to water, Lu Mengmeng and Su Xiaoxiao counted the fruit quantity, and Mu Liuli recorded abnormal situations.

Lin Mo, meanwhile, held the book "Basics of Spirit Plant Cultivation" given by Professor Yi.

While comparing the content in the book, he wandered around the garden, occasionally squatting down to observe the soil or touching the leaves.

Time reached eight-thirty.

"Boss, are you done? It's almost time for the meeting set by Teacher An."

Lin Mo finished reading the last page and closed the book.

"Let's go! Let's see what arrangements Teacher An has for today."

Regarding spirit plants, Lin Mo had gained some understanding.

He planned to find some related books in the library when he had free time.

The five of them strolled to the small grove from yesterday.

At this moment, Teacher An Nuolan and a mentor around her age were waiting.

"Yo, you lords, you finally arrived!"

Seeing them, Teacher An Nuolan teased with a playful smile on her face.

"Hehe, good morning, Teacher An!"

As for the other one, because Lin Mo didn't know her, he was just stunned by the other party's beauty.

Teacher An Nuolan smiled and pointed to the female mentor beside her: "Let me introduce you. This is Teacher Shen Yao. Her Martial Soul is an A-grade 'Wind Whisper Bow', a level 48 Soul Ancestor. She is the exclusive Martial Soul guidance teacher assigned to your team by the academy. From now on, she will lead you together with me."

Teacher Shen Yao was wearing a neat, athletic outfit, her long hair tied into a high ponytail, with a sense of dashing spirit between her brows and eyes.

An exclusive Martial Soul guidance teacher for a small team—this was not a configuration an ordinary team could have.

It showed how much the Dean valued their team.

"Hello, Teacher Shen Yao!"

The five greeted politely.

"Hehe, hello to you too. I heard that yesterday you made Teacher An Nuolan so angry she wanted to flip the table?"

Lu Mengmeng stuck out her tongue and shrank behind Lin Mo.

Lin Mo quickly cupped his hands: "Teacher Shen, you're joking. We are just... a bit lively."

"Lively is good." Teacher Shen Yao raised an eyebrow, "A lifeless team won't go far."

"Hehe, Teacher Shen, insightful!"

Teacher An Nuolan glanced at Lin Mo, who was looking at Teacher Shen Yao with a lecherous gaze.

"Alright, stop buttering her up. Now, start telling Teacher Shen Yao about your Soul Skills and strength, so she can advise you on which aspects to guide."

As she spoke, Teacher An Nuolan paused and pointed her finger at Lin Mo: "Lin Mo, you go first."

"Oh, oh, my Martial Soul is a Fire Stove, level 20 Soul Master, with two innate Soul Skills, which are Gravity Imbuement and Telekinetic Soul Control..."

Lin Mo didn't hide anything and directly stated all of his Soul Skill abilities.

As Lin Mo spoke, Teacher Shen Yao and Teacher An Nuolan's expressions gradually changed from calm to shock and surprise.

Teacher An Nuolan thought that it was no wonder this kid could fly into the sky like a firework yesterday; it turned out he had two such perverted innate Soul Skills.

Without either of these two innate Soul Skills, he wouldn't be able to fly.

Meanwhile, Teacher Shen Yao frowned deeply: "You, are you sure your Martial Soul only has C-grade aptitude?"

"Yeah, the Martial Soul Association appraised it. Is there a problem with that?"

"No, no..." Teacher Shen Yao shook her head repeatedly, feeling something was very wrong.

"These two innate Soul Skills of yours shouldn't appear on a C-grade Martial Soul. And your acquired Soul Skills, why are they all above the Profound Grade? This is too weird!"

She was considered a somewhat experienced Martial Soul guidance teacher, yet she had never seen someone as strange as Lin Mo.

But Lin Mo couldn't agree with her questions: "Teacher Shen, your thinking is wrong. Surely you know that my Martial Soul, like Lu Mengmeng's, underwent an acquired mutation, right?"

"Yes, yes, what about it?" Teacher Shen Yao tilted her head and asked.

She had indeed looked into the three of them.

It could be said that the Martial Souls of these three had all changed from the records at the time of awakening.

This was also why the Dean thought the three of them were strange.

"He, the problem lies right there. Because the acquired mutation changes based on the proportion of attributes at the time of mutation, not the Martial Soul grade..."

"Ah, there's such a theory?"

Teacher Shen Yao was attracted by Lin Mo's novel way of thinking.

Lin Mo began to explain some of his own theories to her.

A strange scene suddenly appeared at the scene.

Originally, Teacher Shen Yao was supposed to teach the five of them, but it ended up with Lin Mo getting more and more excited as he spoke, while the other six listened attentively.

"Alright, after finishing the correlation between Martial Soul grade and innate Soul Skills, next we will talk about the correlation between Martial Soul grade and Soul Skill grade!"

"But before I say it, you'd better take notes. This is crucial for when you awaken Soul Skills in the future."

"Oh, oh, oh!" Including Teacher An Nuolan and Teacher Shen Yao, the six of them took out their pens and notebooks one after another.

"Ahem, the level of the Soul Skill grade, actually, only has a correlation with the Martial Soul grade, but it's not big. The main factors are the Martial Soul strength and physical fitness, and also the upper limit of the Soul Skill grade that the Soul Skill slot can withstand..."

Everyone listened more and more intently, their eyes becoming brighter and brighter, completely forgetting the fact that Lin Mo was a student.

Until Lin Mo finished speaking about the Soul Skills.

"Alright, that's all for the basic knowledge regarding Soul Skills. You should contemplate it well; it might be helpful when you awaken Soul Skills in the future. This class ends here. Class dismissed!"

"Goodbye, Teacher... uh?"

Everyone shouted habitually, and then the air suddenly became quiet.

Wait, who is the teacher?