Chapter 21

But in the next moment, he became excited and roared. He felt his soul had merged with nature, giving him the illusion that he could absorb the spiritual energy in the air as easily as a whale absorbs water. This was not an illusion; his soul had fused with the innate soul power from the jade gourd, transforming into a soul of nature. His soul was composed of countless bizarre 'patterns,' forming a natural pattern array!

The formation of this soul of nature was all thanks to the inheritance jade slip. After the jade slip was shattered, it transformed into the most primitive natural pattern spirits, which rebuilt the hero's new soul.

Although the hero did not obtain the powerful pattern array within the jade slip, he gained a good starting point. The soul of nature would give him a heaven-defying innate advantage in understanding patterns! Because his soul was made up of natural patterns.

It is said that there are 3,650,000 natural patterns in the world, and the patterns used by ability users are drawn according to these natural patterns.

Although the hero's soul contained only 3,650 natural patterns, his understanding and cultivation of patterns were much easier than 90% of the so-called ability geniuses.

Completing the natural transformation marked the true entry into the path of natural transformation, but this was just a starting point. Without the assistance of the Life Transformation Pill, it would be unknown when he could understand the natural transformation on his own.

After the great transformation of his body, his strength did not increase. The Life Transformation only transformed life without enhancing strength.

The consumption required to complete the Life Transformation was enormous. After completing the natural transformation, the hero's body was like a dry well, with only a little internal breath remaining.

Before the ten-second local time stop ended, the hero reactivated Hua Yingxiong's living pattern. This time, his body, from the inside out, including the number of pores, was completely switched to Hua Yingxiong's. Even Hua Lao's all-powerful means could not detect any falsity.

At the same time as he returned to normal, the hero deliberately leaked the sudden burst of his soul pattern, creating the illusion of the soul pattern awakening. Even if his aura changes were isolated by the pattern beneath his feet, the awakening of the soul pattern was hard to conceal. A dazzling light flashed from his chest, and everyone seemed to see a pattern appear in the hero's soul through his body!

"Soul pattern awakening! This guy's ability has awakened!" Many people were shocked, and some even roared: "This is unfair! How can he awaken his ability just by getting injured once? It must be that Teacher Liu used some heaven-defying divine medicine to save him!"

No one noticed that the time in the Tianzhen Mountains had stopped for ten seconds, and all eyes were on the hero.

There were all kinds of gazes, including curiosity and disdain.

People outside could not hear or detect the movements within the isolation pattern, but the hero, inside the isolation pattern, sensed several unfriendly gazes from the distant forest. He recognized only one of them, Hua Yingnian, Hua Yingxiong's elder brother.

Among these people were Dasha, Ning Feng, and Wei Yingxiong, and the others were also familiar with them.

Some of the students standing in other corners of the valley occasionally cast their gazes on these people, and their backgrounds sparked some discussions.

"Don't keep staring, be careful not to anger these inner courtyard students," some students who feared trouble advised. Some who knew a bit more added, "That's right, these senior students from the inner courtyard are no joke. Look at the badges on their collars; they are probably reserve team members of the inner courtyard's combat team."

Upon hearing this, the more gossipy students wished they could see flowers on these people's faces. It was already hard to encounter an inner courtyard student out for a stroll, and now they could face reserve team warriors up close. Not satisfying their curiosity would be a disservice to themselves. Dasha felt very pleased with these gazes but, upon seeing the hero looking at him, disdainfully glanced at him and patted Hua Yingnian's shoulder, saying, "Fourth brother, that weakling has had a stroke of luck and was saved by Teacher Liu's overflowing compassion. You will have one more useless person to share resources with in the Hua family. I really feel it's not worth it for you."

Hua Yingnian, who ranked fourth in the reserve team, said disdainfully, "Since you say he's useless, to get resources in the Hua family, you need to show real ability. Even if his ability has awakened, this useless person with no competitiveness can only live off others."

For ability awakeners, the distance was so close that the sound of a needle falling could be heard. The word "useless" was deliberately sent by Dasha for the hero to hear.

Upon hearing the word "useless," the hero grinned at Dasha from afar but did not react excessively. Instead, he thought Hua Yingnian was very naive.

What is a traitor? Hua Yingnian, this little brat, is a perfect example.

After completing the natural transformation, the hero quietly practiced the first level of the Creation Heart Sutra to regulate his internal breath. His body was very empty, with no internal breath restored, and he lacked the strength to speak.

Seeing the hero sitting quietly to regulate his breath, Teacher Liu guarded him, not allowing anyone to disturb him. She did not bother with the gossip of the little brats. This was a necessary part of their growth.

The cultivation of the natural transformation path follows the laws of nature, using internal breath as the foundation. After regulating his internal breath to the tenth minor cycle, he finally restored 30% of his internal breath, feeling the pure yang energy circulating in his body, and the feeling of kidney weakness and back pain finally disappeared.

The hero opened his eyes and glanced at the distant Hua Lao, smiling inwardly: "The target has appeared."

Since he had alarmed Hua Lao to take action, he needed to advance his mission. This was a good opportunity to infiltrate the Hua family.

After regulating his breath, the hero thanked Teacher Liu without a word.

Teacher Liu came to the hero, touched his forehead, and connected with his mind. After a brief conversation, she said:

"Life masters suspend gourds in the world and are compassionate. I am content if you thank me. In return, you have given me a great opportunity. This cannot be measured by gratitude. Regardless of who you were in the past, present, or future, or what you have obtained, let me call you Master. You have inherited a powerful life path tradition from ancient times, and what you need is a master to guide you forward. I will do my best to help you reach the peak of the life path. But you must promise me one thing: be a person who can suspend gourds to save the world and be compassionate. There are too few strong people in this world with a compassionate heart."

The hero finally grinned and said, "I am originally a peasant, and I am more willing if you don't look down on me. To have such a good master is excellent. I am originally a good person, and I will not do anything that harms heaven and earth."

Teacher Liu was stunned for a moment, wondering if there were really such unmodest people in the world. The hero was completely unaware of this, as he had a turtle in his pocket that was even more unmodest and shameless.

The two communicated mentally for a few seconds, discussing many things and joking with each other.

Teacher Liu loosened her fingers on the hero's forehead and said, "Yes, follow this old man back to the Hua family. After returning to the academy, go directly to the dean's office, and someone will take you to the inner courtyard to find me. There are still two months before the next inner courtyard new student selection. As my personal disciple, you have the right to attend my lectures in my Green Willow Cottage. I will give you special treatment."

The hero felt something was not right. He had come to execute a mission and create an opportunity to infiltrate the Hua family, but now it seemed to have taken an unexpected turn. However, after some thought, he realized that he was now barefoot and needed to cherish every opportunity to become stronger.

Seeing the hero's silence, Teacher Liu thought the temptation was not enough, so she pointed to Lvying and said something that even the turtle was excited about: "This is your senior sister Lvying. If you join the life path, you will have many such beautiful and lovely senior sisters!"

Looking at Lvying's appearance and figure, the turtle, who had also completed the life transformation, almost roared with happiness and started pulling in the hero's pocket.

The hero could guess that the life path in the academy must be a path with many tigers and few rabbits. He felt bitter: "My Creation Heart Sutra is really a pit. I cannot break my body until I reach the second level of harmonizing qi and transforming essence. How many senior sisters will be desperate?"

The hero was conflicted: "My charm can sweep away a platoon. Isn't this sending me to harm young girls?"

To receive the oral and mental teachings of this powerful master, the hero, under Lvying's hateful gaze, said, "I will risk my life to enter the tiger's den!"

If the men outside the isolation pattern heard this, they would certainly fall to the ground or roar in frustration: "Heaven, this weakling is turning into a hungry wolf. He gets injured once and enters the inner courtyard, and he even joins the life path with more girls and fewer men. Why wasn't I the one injured this time?"

In the eyes of the hero, this would be seen as naked jealousy and hatred!

Although the people outside the isolation pattern could not hear their conversation, they could tell from Lvying's expression and the hero's smug smile that something was happening. Many boys wished they could dive into the isolation pattern to hear what was going on, making them itchy, angry, and frustrated. The hero did not care about these little brats.

Lvying could hardly accept it and was almost on the verge of breaking down: "It's fine for the master to take me as a disciple, and I will deal with him. But how can he suddenly become my senior brother?"

Teacher Liu, seeing her disciple's expression, transmitted a thought to her ear: "Child, I will tell you what happened when you return."

Lvying could only temporarily comply. If the master did not give a reasonable explanation, she would not call him "senior brother" and would deal with him every time she saw him. She had also heard some rumors about this weakling, but now she saw not a weakling but a hungry wolf with a hide thicker than a crocodile's.