Chapter 47 - Helping in the Snow?

"Why should I give you my reward?"

Xiao Wu exclaimed in dissatisfaction.

"Because I did the work, so naturally, the reward should go to me," Zhou Qing replied nonchalantly, ignoring Xiao Wu's pitiful big eyes. "And don't look at me like that. I'm an advocate of gender equality. That means, even if you're a girl, if you try to morally blackmail me, I won't hesitate to punch you."

"You'll never get a girlfriend!" Xiao Wu retorted angrily, cursing at Zhou Qing.

"Maintaining a pure body is beneficial for soul power cultivation," Tang San suddenly interjected. As a disciple of the Tang Sect practicing Taoist techniques, he naturally understood the benefits of preserving one's purity for internal energy cultivation.

If one loses their purity and leaks essence...

Although it wouldn't affect the growth of soul power, the improvement in purity is likely to encounter obstacles.

Unless one practices a complementary dual cultivation technique, it wouldn't affect the cultivation; instead, it would make the internal energy more refined.

But unfortunately, the Tang Sect doesn't have such techniques.

Therefore, before mastering the Xuantian Gong, Tang San wouldn't let himself engage in relationships prematurely.

"You too, you'll never get a girlfriend," Xiao Wu shot back.

"Could it be that you're a young lady from a big family?" Zhou Qing looked at Xiao Wu suspiciously. "Sneaking out to work-study?"

"Impossible!"

Xiao Wu quickly denied.

"Then how come you don't know that only by working can you earn a reward?" Zhou Qing said matter-of-factly. "Only those noble young ladies and gentlemen, who are served by servants for everything, might not understand this."

"Of course, I understand!"

Xiao Wu now she understood. "I was just testing you."

This explanation was unconvincing.

Therefore, feeling a sense of shame, she immediately ran out to do the work-study tasks assigned by the academy.

Tang San, on the other hand, was preparing to find a blacksmith shop in the city.

Although he wasn't short of money now, having so much money couldn't be used openly in the short term. To prevent others from coveting it, he had to plan carefully.

Moreover, he had learned the Chaotic Cloak Hammering Technique, which could strengthen his physique. At the same time, he could ask the blacksmith shop owner for some discarded metal materials to reforge, for studying hidden weapons, soul tools, and so on.

Zhou Qing, however, first found Wang Sheng to inquire about the location of the academy library, intending to search for books related to soul beasts, soul masters, and soul tools.

The next day.

After the opening ceremony, the homeroom teacher for Zhou Qing, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and others was the same teacher who had welcomed them into the academy: Mo Hen.

The first lesson was teaching students to recognize characters.

For most work-study students from small villages, they couldn't read, so this was an essential course.

In terms of soul master cultivation, Mo Hen distributed the Wuhun Hall's published beginner meditation method, focusing on how to calm the mind.

Only with a calm mind can one be closer to their martial soul and perceive how the soul power operates within.

After class.

Before Teacher Mo Hen left, Zhou Qing raised his hand and asked, "Teacher, I'd like to ask, what's the difference between the intermediate and advanced meditation methods compared to the beginner one?"

"Essentially, there's no difference," Mo Hen, who remembered Zhou Qing's innate full soul power, replied. "The only difference is that the intermediate and advanced meditation methods have more complex diagrams of how soul power circulates in the human body, helping soul masters understand more clearly how soul power operates within."

"However, these diagrams in the intermediate and advanced methods were researched and summarized by countless soul masters in the Wuhun Hall. They can't be freely published. If you want to learn them, you'll have to join the Wuhun Hall."

"Thank you, Teacher. I understand," Zhou Qing said.

Zhou Qing and Tang San confirmed their previous guess: the intermediate and advanced meditation methods involved more meridians, allowing soul masters to more accurately determine the circulation route of soul power within their bodies.

Therefore, for soul masters with powerful martial souls, the importance of the intermediate and advanced methods wasn't significant. With the beginner method, soul masters could perceive their martial soul and obtain a unique cultivation path for their soul power. It's just that when soul power levels are low, the spiritual power is weak, making it impossible to fully control the technique.

The Wuhun Hall's beginner, intermediate, and advanced meditation methods were likely prepared for civilian soul masters, to help them progress step by step.

Later, Zhou Qing asked Teacher Mo Hen for leave, stating he needed to obtain a soul ring.

"You have innate full soul power, so you do need a soul ring. The earlier you obtain it, the sooner you can break through your current level," Mo Hen said. "But I still have to teach other work-study students. Before this semester ends, I might not be able to take you to obtain a soul ring. Generally, only at the end of the semester, when the holiday begins, do teachers take students who have reached a bottleneck to hunt soul beasts... I'll ask other teachers if they have time, but don't have high expectations. The Notting Junior Soul Master Academy isn't large, and there aren't many teachers. They have to teach students of all grades. As far as I know, among the senior students, except for Xiao Chenyu, no one has reached level 10."

Zhou Qing understood.

In Douluo Continent, once the teacher-student relationship is established, it's not as profound as that of a master, but it's still very close.

However, Mo Hen was just a teacher, serving as a guide to impart basic knowledge about soul masters and soul beasts. He wouldn't be as comprehensive as a true master.

Although he and Tang San had innate full soul power, one had the Blue Silver Grass martial soul, universally recognized as a useless martial soul, and the other had the Heart martial soul (circulatory system), which hadn't risen in this era and was probably also considered a useless martial soul, albeit a rare one.

Moreover, Zhou Qing and Tang San came from a small village, with no background or influence. Even if Mo Hen wanted to invest in them, he would have to wait until they demonstrated real talent.

Before their potential was realized, there were too many uncertainties.

Helping in the snow?

For teachers at a junior soul master academy who could only reach the Soul Sovereign rank in the future, they were more inclined to add flowers to the brocade.

Take the basic expenses for clothing, food, shelter, and transportation, for example. They were great soul masters, needing to cultivate themselves, consuming a lot of resources. Additionally, they had families to support, parents to care for, wives and children, etc. Even if they had spare money, they had to save it for emergencies.

Investing in a potentially talented child might yield success, but what if the child repays kindness with enmity?

Or what if the child grows up and forgets them, ignoring them completely? Wouldn't the investment be wasted?

Therefore, teachers at junior soul master academies wouldn't get.