Chapter 17: A Purple Trait—Wandering Thoughts

"Speaking of Fire Dragon, your old man and that guy were classmates back in the day."

"Lately, he's been nagging me nonstop, asking if you'd be interested in enrolling at his academy."

"He asked me to pass the message along and get your thoughts."

"But now that you've already made your decision, I guess I'll have to turn him down."

Lin Ye beamed with pride and satisfaction.

His son's talent was so outstanding that academies had begun competing for him.

"Feng'er, in a few days the Five Elements Academy is hosting a major gathering."

"Do you want to go?"

Lin Ye puffed up his chest, eyebrows raised in smug confidence.

"A big gathering of the Five Academies? What are you going for, Father?"

Lin Feng looked at his father, cheeks full of food, and asked with a puzzled expression.

"What do you mean, what for?"

Lin Ye cleared his throat dramatically.

"Your father is now a member of the Academic Committee at Blazing Academy."

He pursed his lips and shook his head slightly, glowing with pride.

"Academic Committee?"

"How come I never heard you mention this before?"

Lin Feng was so shocked, he nearly spat out the soup he was drinking.

Madam Lin hurriedly patted his back with concern.

"It's just an honorary position, nothing more than a title."

"It's really all thanks to that immortal-grade herb you gave me—helped me break through to the Soul Douluo level."

"Of course, your father's talent is obvious to your mother and you alike."

"When that old Fire Dragon heard I broke through, he insisted on offering me the position."

"I tried to refuse—but he wouldn't take no for an answer."

Lin Ye chuckled at Lin Feng's stunned expression, waving his hand as if to downplay the matter, though pride still radiated from his face.

Breaking through to Soul Douluo and being offered a committee seat—certainly a point of pride.

When Lin Feng heard mention of that "immortal-grade herb," he nearly burst into laughter again.

Apparently, his father still believed his breakthrough was due to that so-called miracle herb.

But in truth, it was because Lin Feng had secretly refreshed his traits.

And that herb?

It was nothing but regular black rice mixed with some tonic herbs to aid vitality and kidney health.

He'd even added some special ingredients to mimic the flavor of a rare herb.

And the taste?

Hmm… he'd never actually tried it.

Lin Feng finally couldn't hold back anymore and let out a snicker.

Back then, in order to make it convincing, he somehow managed to recreate that kind of funky smell. Not exactly pleasant…

Still, medicine was medicine. And now his father's strength was on a completely different level.

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[Lin Ye]

[Gender: Male]

[Innate Soul Power: Rank 9]

[Martial Soul: Flaming Sun Three-Headed Serpent (High-Tier)]

[Soul Power: Rank 82]

[Traits: [Martial Soul Fusion] (Green), [Purple Flame Dragon Charge] (Green), [Exceptional Talent] (Purple)]

Due to years spent away from home, Lin Ye had only managed to unlock one purple trait thus far—though his innate soul power was an impressive Rank 9.

As for [Martial Soul Fusion], it was a lower-tier trait that allowed for fusion with a compatible partner.

[Martial Soul Fusion]: You may fuse your martial soul with a closely bonded individual. Once selected, the partner cannot be changed.

Naturally, Lin Ye's fusion partner was Lin Feng's mother. With Lin Feng's secret help, she had also reached the Soul Emperor level.

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"Feng'er? Feng'er?"

"What are you grinning about again?"

"So… are you going to the Five Elements Academy gathering or not?"

Lin Ye scratched his head, confused.

Over the years, since his son awakened his martial soul, he'd witnessed too many surprises to count.

First came the meteoric rise in soul power, then the martial soul's evolution, not to mention all the miraculous herbs and pills.

At this point, both Lin Ye and his wife had stopped questioning Lin Feng's strange moods. Maybe that's just how geniuses were—beyond their understanding.

"I'll go. It's been a while since I've seen Uncle Fire Dragon—I kind of miss him."

Lin Feng smiled, shaking off his laughter and replying seriously.

Truthfully, he was more interested in seeing the younger generation of the Five Elements Academy.

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On the third day of his break, Lin Feng arrived at his scheduled Trait Refresh Day.

"System, refresh traits."

[Ding! All traits have been refreshed. Please choose or retain traits as desired.]

Sigh, no critical hit this time?

Gold-tier traits really are rare…

Lin Feng skimmed through the refreshed list quickly. For core traits like [Emperor Flame Nine-Headed Dragon], [Universal Fusion], and [Soul Ring Grants Bone], he opted to retain them.

But one newly refreshed trait under the gravity domain caught his attention:

[Wandering Thoughts (Purple)]:

Your every movement triggers imagination in others, leading them to overinterpret your actions.]

"Hmm, that one's kind of fun. System, select it."

Lin Feng locked in [Wandering Thoughts], and as for [Gravity Domain]—he let it go. After all, he still had seven other traits to rely on.

Then came the final slot: the one reserved for the Trait Copy function.

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[Conform to Heaven's Will (Gold)]:

You follow the will of the heavens. All children of destiny will become your allies.]

[Devil Fruit (Gold)]:

You will randomly obtain the power of a Devil Fruit, without any side effects.]

[Fire God's Divinity (Gold)]:

You qualify for the trial of the Fire God—one of the seven elemental deities. Gain an additional 20% affinity with the Fire God's divinity.

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Conform to Heaven's Will… So he'd end up as Tang San's teammate?

If there was one like this, then there must also be a Defy Heaven's Will trait out there, right?

That was the one Lin Feng was truly curious about.

He wasn't interested in becoming a chosen one's sidekick. Pass.

Devil Fruit? Isn't that from One Piece?

And random? Bah— even a dog wouldn't eat a random Devil Fruit.

What if he drew some trash ability? That'd be a huge loss.

And don't give him that line about "no bad Devil Fruits, only bad users."

A good fruit could make you powerful with minimal effort.

A bad one? Even with ten times the effort, you'd still lag behind.

If you're going to get stronger, why not start with a good one?

And don't even bring up weird ones like the Human-Human Fruit that turns animals into people.

What's the point?

Pure meme material.

Same goes for that tired saying, "There are no useless martial souls, only useless soul masters."

Bullsh*t.

The guy who said that—the Grandmaster—only ever took in Tang San, a dual martial soul prodigy. Clearly biased by talent.

As for the Fire God's Divinity—

"Just a first-rank god? Not interested."

Lin Feng shook his head.

His goal wasn't a mere elemental god.

He wanted to be a God King.

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