58: Chapter 58 Joining Professor Yi's Laboratory

Two more hours passed.

With two muffled hums, the Soul Power fluctuations in the living room suddenly became scorching and sharp.

The Fire Kirin Blade behind Teacher An Nuolan suddenly erupted with flames a zhang high, and one of its Soul Skill slots lit up.

Cracked, earth-yellow patterns emerged on the blade, as if tempered with the weight of the earth.

Teacher Shen Yao's Wind Whisper Bow was the same; dozens of wind arrow phantoms glowed with a cyan-green light.

They hovered around her, humming and carrying an aura sharp enough to tear through the air.

"It worked!"

The two women whispered in unison.

Feeling the new power surging within their Soul Skill apertures, their fingertips trembled with excitement.

"So this is what an Earth-rank Soul Skill feels like!"

Lin Mo sat on the sofa, bored.

"Done… you should believe me now, right?"

Teacher Shen Yao walked over quickly and solemnly handed him a black card: "There are 20 million inside; I will make up the remaining 5 million in a few days."

Lin Mo was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand indifferently: "Fine, pay me when you have it."

"Lin Mo, this is mine." Teacher An Nuolan also handed over a card, looking a bit embarrassed, "There's only 35 million; I still owe you 15 million, so I'll owe it to you for now."

Lin Mo was stunned.

These two teachers looked so respectable, why were they so "poor"?

He waved his hand helplessly, signaling that he didn't mind.

At this moment, the looks everyone in the living room directed at Lin Mo no longer held the initial contempt, but only an indescribable awe.

This was no ordinary student; he was clearly a master capable of rewriting the landscape of Soul Master cultivation!

Teacher An Nuolan and Teacher Shen Yao exchanged a secret glance.

They both read the same thought in each other's eyes: they must bind this kid tightly to the academy and never let other forces poach him.

In the evening, after Lin Mo took the four of them to the Cultivation Garden to perform their labor service,

Teacher An Nuolan and Teacher Shen Yao rushed to the dean's office.

"Dean, our academy is about to take off!"

As soon as she pushed open the door, Teacher An Nuolan couldn't suppress her excitement, her voice trembling.

Dean Zhou Qingyuan put down the document in her hand.

She pushed up her glasses and looked at their flushed cheeks, a trace of curiosity flashing in her eyes.

"What's wrong? Looking at you two, did you find a treasure?"

Teacher Shen Yao walked forward quickly.

She recounted the events of the afternoon in full detail.

She didn't even leave out the details of how Lin Mo helped them awaken high-rank Soul Skills.

The reason they told Lin Mo was because they had received his permission.

Mainly because Lin Mo also wanted to be assigned a detached dormitory.

And as Dean Zhou Qingyuan listened, her brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

After Teacher Shen Yao finished speaking, she spoke slowly, her tone filled with disbelief: "You're saying... Lin Mo can not only help people specifically awaken high-rank Soul Skills, but can also do it with such precision?"

"It's absolutely true!" Teacher An Nuolan nodded repeatedly, "The Soul Skills we just awakened were both selected by Lin Mo, and their power is even stronger than we expected!"

Dean Zhou Qingyuan was silent for a moment, her fingertips lightly tapping the desk.

Her eyes gradually became sharp.

If this was true, then Lin Mo's value was likely a thousand times more important than she had imagined.

This was enough for the Eastern Martial Soul Academy to have a place among the major institutions.

And even... rewrite the rules of the entire Soul Master world.

"It seems we need to think carefully about how to keep this 'master'."

She spoke slowly, her voice carrying a hint of imperceptible excitement.

In the Cultivation Garden.

"What? Are you actually interested in cultivation, kid?"

Wearing a white lab coat and carrying a large iron hammer, Professor Yi followed behind Lin Mo, seeing him looking at the soil and then at the spiritual plants, looking like an old scholar.

She couldn't help but become interested.

"Hmm, I suppose so." Lin Mo nodded without turning his head.

If he didn't act like this, how could he attract this Professor Yi?

Look, it hadn't even been half an hour, and he had already lured this woman over.

"Look, then tell me, you've been looking here and there, what have you discovered?" Professor Yi became increasingly enthusiastic.

Lin Mo curled his lips: *Heh, that's exactly what I was hoping you'd ask!*

So Lin Mo rubbed his chin and pointed to a Jade Dew Peach tree with wilted leaves:

"Professor Yi, look, the Soul-Condensing Soil around the roots of this tree is spread too thick. Soul-Condensing Soil has high Soul Power density; it can ripen fruits in the short term, but if it's smothered for a long time, the roots will lack oxygen, just like a person who keeps a blanket over their head will find it hard to breathe."

He squatted down and pinched a bit of soil.

"And the exotic beast bone meal mixed into your soil hasn't fully decomposed; it carries a bit of cold, yin energy, which happens to suppress the Yang-Fire Soul Power that the Jade Dew Peach needs. No wonder these few trees bear so few fruits."

Professor Yi's pupils constricted; she was completely stunned.

"This, you discovered all of this yourself?" Professor Yi's voice went out of tune.

The large iron hammer in her hand hit the ground with a "clatter".

Lin Mo laughed inwardly but put on a calm and indifferent expression: "Yeah, I read that book you gave me this morning and pondered it a bit on my own. If you think it's wrong, just pretend I didn't say anything."

"Wrong? It's perfectly right!" Professor Yi grabbed his arm, her eyes shining like two lanterns, "Good kid, you really are a genius!"

"Hiss... Professor Yi, take it easy, you're hurting me!"

Lin Mo grimaced and struggled to free his arm; he hadn't expected this seemingly gentle female professor to have such great strength.

Until he caught sight of the half-person-tall hammer on the ground, and then he understood.

Perhaps the other party's Martial Soul attribute was inherently inclined towards strength.

Professor Yi finally came to her senses and quickly let go, her face full of apology: "I'm sorry, I was just too excited for a moment."

She steadied herself and looked at Lin Mo with burning eyes: "You kid, are you interested in joining my laboratory?"

"Laboratory? What is that for?" Lin Mo raised an eyebrow.

"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself."

Professor Yi smiled, her tone carrying a hint of pride.

"I am Professor Yi Nan, a special-grade professor at the Eastern Martial Soul Academy, and also the person in charge of the academy's Soul Power Laboratory. The potions and Soul Guidance Devices in the academy basically all come from our laboratory."

Lin Mo clicked his tongue inwardly.

She became a laboratory head at such a young age?

It seems this trip for "labor service" wasn't in vain; he had stumbled upon a formidable character.

He rubbed his chin and deliberately drew out his tone: "Soul Power research... that sounds quite interesting."

Yi Nan's eyes lit up, as if she had found a kindred spirit: "That's right, this Cultivation Garden is just a little thing I started on a whim, there are many other very interesting studies..."

She spoke more and more enthusiastically, and the more Lin Mo listened, the brighter his eyes became.

In that case, if he entered this laboratory, would he be able to come into contact with a lot of knowledge not available outside?

"Lin Mo is willing to join!"

Yi Nan didn't expect Lin Mo to be so sensible; her face immediately blossomed with a smile.

She just loved this kind of student who loved to delve into research.

"Ha, welcome to the team, student Lin Mo!"