Chapter 58

"Teacher Chu Min."

Xifan's voice came from the side. His wheelchair had been found, and Molin was pushing him over. He had just witnessed the scene and saw Chu Min's final smile. Compared to the fleeting, hard-to-read look in her eyes yesterday, the satisfaction in this smile was quite clear.

Chu Min turned to look at Xifan and Molin, her expression already back to normal. The four students from the Fengcheng Academy in the Gorge Peak District finally gathered in front of her. Chu Min's gaze swept over the four of them, and they were all looking at her. They were full of curiosity about this teacher; even a fool could see that she must have many stories to tell.

But Chu Min clearly had no intention of introducing herself in detail. After her gaze swept over the four, she said, "I am Chu Min. I will be guiding you for the next month."

"Ah?" Molin was surprised.

"Do you have a problem with that?" Chu Min looked at Molin, her eyes suggesting that if he dared to say "no," he would be immediately killed.

"No, not at all," Molin hurriedly said, then glanced at Xifan in a daze.

The two of them had just been analyzing Chu Min's current depressed state, thinking she might not be interested in accepting them. But they didn't expect her resolve to change so firmly. She was still depressed yesterday, but today it was as if she had become a different person.

What could be the reason?

It couldn't possibly be Guo Youdao's arrangement; she had thrown away his letter without even looking at it, clearly not taking him seriously.

Was it because of Lu Ping and Su Tang?

Xifan thought, since Chu Min only had a special look and smile for them two, she must have been moved by them. Then, she immediately shook off her depression. This also showed her strong willpower; whether she wanted to be depressed or to be motivated, it was just a matter of her decision, and others couldn't influence her.

While Xifan was analyzing Chu Min, she was also staring at him, as if seeing through his thoughts. She said, "Don't overthink it. For the next month, you must focus all your attention on cultivation. Otherwise, you will only have a dead end at the Soul Pointing Assembly at the end of the month."

After saying this, she specifically pointed at Lu Ping: "Including you."

"Really?" Molin was surprised.

"Because your state and techniques are absolutely terrible. If you maintain this level, even if you have ten times your current Soul Power, I can still kill you with just one finger," Chu Min said.

"That's an exaggeration, right?" Molin continued to exclaim, speaking up for Lu Ping.

"As for the three of you," Chu Min seemed to completely ignore Molin's voice, "you need to quickly achieve the Sixth Heaven of Soul Power. Before that, I assume you already understand what the Soul of Valor is. The Soul of Valor..."

"Wait, wait, wait!" Molin exclaimed again, "Are we already starting our cultivation?"

"If you interrupt again, I'll kill you!" This time, it wasn't just a look; Chu Min issued a real warning, and Molin immediately shut up.

But Chu Min didn't let him stay quiet: "Since you love to talk, then you answer. What is the Soul of Valor, in a certain form?"

"A certain form" was an imprecise reference but a rigorous description. Because the Soul of Valor is the Soul of Valor, the Soul of Rush is the Soul of Rush. People, for the sake of understanding, have given them another meaning through their association with the human body. The Soul of Rush is associated with vision, the Soul of Echo with hearing, the Soul of Qi... and so on.

This assigned meaning is what is referred to as "a certain form." Because it has become a convention, this term can be omitted, and many people use simpler terms like eyes, ears, nose, tongue, hands, and heart to refer to the six types of Soul Power.

But Chu Min didn't do that; not only did she not, but she also emphasized these four words.

However, the meaning of the question remained the same, and so did the answer.

"The Soul of Valor is memory," Molin answered.

Rush, Echo, Qi, Pivot, Power, and Essence, the six souls are the six senses, and the seventh soul, the Soul of Valor, is memory.

This is not some profound secret; even many ordinary people can recite the meanings of the seven souls fluently and explain why the Soul of Valor is the ultimate goal of the six souls: because what people see, hear, smell, taste, touch, and think about will eventually become memory, and the Soul of Valor is memory.

The principle is so simple that many ordinary people can sense a bit of Soul Power, but they ultimately don't break through or reach a realm. The difference lies in the four words "a certain form."

Vision is the Soul of Rush in a certain form.

Hearing is the Soul of Echo in a certain form.

But if you say vision is the Soul of Rush and hearing is the Soul of Echo, that's incorrect.

And the true manifestation of this error is the realm of penetration.

"Perception realm is about enhancement and improvement. But starting from the realm of penetration, you enter a new field: mastery," Chu Min said.

"What is mastery? The ability cultivated in the realm of penetration is mastery. To have this mastery, you first need to understand what you can master."

"Seeing farther, hearing more clearly, having more strength? These are not mastery; they are just improvements of your existing abilities. So, what is true mastery?" As Chu Min spoke, her right hand suddenly moved.

"Is the Soul of Qi just about smell, just about making your nose more sensitive? Of course not. The Soul of Qi can control air currents." As she spoke, a ball of air slowly gathered in her palm.

"Is the Soul of Rush just about vision, just about seeing farther and more clearly? Think carefully, what do you actually feel when you 'see'? For example, color." As she spoke, the ball of air in her palm gradually took on a color, quickly turning as red as fire.

"Is the Soul of Power just about strength and speed? Is the information your hands and feet can feel limited to these? Can you not also sense weight through touch?" As she spoke, the ball of air in her palm suddenly sank, as if completely pressing down on her palm. Chu Min raised her hand, and the red ball of air drew an arc, landing at Lu Ping's feet with a dull thud. The ball of air burst, and a small pit appeared on the ground.

Chu Min looked at Lu Ping: "Your Soul Power is at the realm of penetration, but can you do this kind of basic mastery?"

Basic mastery?

Xifan and Molin's faces turned green. What kind of basic mastery is this?

In a moment, Chu Min demonstrated the realm of penetration for three types of Soul Power, indicating that her realm was at least at the level of three souls penetrating.

Three souls penetrating!

This is not as simple as one soul penetrating plus another soul penetrating plus another soul penetrating equals three souls penetrating. Otherwise, there would have been someone on the continent who had all six souls penetrating.

Each additional soul penetrating increases the difficulty of cultivation and the final strength exponentially, not in a simple arithmetic progression.

How strong is this woman?

Molin, who had originally just joined in for the fun, now had some expectations.

(The previous chapter lost its formatting, I don't know what happened... heartbroken. How will this chapter turn out? I'm so worried...)

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