Blue Silver Grass Strategy (Douluo Dalu Fiction)

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"Place your hand on this crystal ball~"

In the Academic Affairs Office on the first floor of the Main Teaching Building, a middle-aged teacher with a slightly balding head handed a blue crystal ball to Ling Yi. His face was calm as he spoke slowly.

"Sure~" Ling Yi nodded obediently, extending her small, white hand and placing it on the crystal ball.

Just like during the Soul Power Awakening Ceremony when her innate spiritual power was tested, a powerful suction force emerged from within the crystal ball, drawing Ling Yi's soul power into it.

Instantly, the crystal ball lit up with a brilliant blue light, starting from a single star-like point and spreading until a third of the crystal ball was emitting a faint blue glow. The light then stopped spreading.

"Hmm?"

The middle-aged teacher, upon seeing this, was taken aback. His gaze darted between the crystal ball and Ling Yi's face, then turned to look at the Soul Power Certificate on the table. He didn't forget to inject his own soul power into the crystal ball to push Ling Yi's hand away.

Feeling the soul power that had been drawn into the crystal ball return to her body in an instant, Ling Yi lowered her eyes and looked at the now non-glowing crystal ball. She thought to herself: 'This crystal ball is clearly a Soul Conductor, used as a tool to test soul power. But since it can draw a soul teacher's soul power into it and then return it almost undamaged in the blink of an eye, could it be used as a soul power storage device? Something like a Blue Potion Recovery?'

"Ling Yi~" The middle-aged teacher spoke, interrupting Ling Yi's thoughts.

"Teacher~" Ling Yi focused on the enrollment process, responding humbly.

The middle-aged teacher picked up the Soul Power Certificate from the table and glanced at it again. His tone was tinged with curiosity as he said, "Your Soul Power Certificate states that your innate spiritual power, which awakened when you were six last year, was only half a level. But now your soul power has reached over level three. In just one year, such a rapid improvement... tsk tsk tsk..."

"Teacher~" Ling Yi didn't show any signs of nervousness or distress at his words. She smiled innocently and said, "I don't know why this happened either. Uncle Yan Bin, who presided over my Soul Power Awakening Ceremony, was also puzzled..."

"Yan Bin?" The middle-aged teacher, hearing this unfamiliar name, was somewhat skeptical. Although he hadn't heard of him, since he presided over the Soul Power Awakening Ceremony, he must be a low-level officer at the Soul Temple.

Ling Yi's next words confirmed his assumption.

"Yep~" Ling Yi scratched her head and introduced, "Master Yan Bin is an officer at the Soul Temple in town~"

Pausing here, Ling Yi gave the middle-aged teacher and the other teachers who had noticed her a moment to absorb the information before continuing, "Later, Uncle Yan Bin came to our village and stayed at my house for a few days to observe how I trained..."

Hearing this, the three or four teachers around the admissions desk in the Academic Affairs Office perked up their ears and listened attentively.

Here, Ling Yi spread out her right hand but didn't summon her martial soul. She continued, "After about a week, Uncle Yan Bin told me that it might be because my martial soul is 'Blue Silver Grass' and the environment in our village, which is full of 'Blue Silver Grass,' unconsciously matches a state called 'Mimetic Cultivation,' which is why I have such a fast training speed..."

"Mimetic Cultivation?" The middle-aged teacher and the other teachers around him couldn't help but frown.

This term wasn't unfamiliar to them. According to Ling Yi's account, what Officer Yan Bin had mentioned was likely a 'Mimetic Cultivation Environment.'

However, the problem was that in the entire Waterwood Principality, there were only three known 'Mimetic Cultivation Environments.'

The only one open to the public was the Botanical Academy, the only high-level soul teacher academy in the principality. Even then, it was only available to elite students.

"Worthless Soul Power 'Blue Silver Grass' has this advantage?"

One of the teachers suddenly muttered, rousing the others from their thoughts.

Ling Yi, who also heard this, didn't feel angry or disappointed by the term 'Worthless Soul Power.' She maintained her innocent expression and looked at the middle-aged teacher, saying, "Teacher, I practiced in the dormitory last night, and it was much slower than in my village..."

As she spoke, a shy and embarrassed look appeared on her face. She continued, "Well... can I plant some 'Blue Silver Grass' beside my bed in the dormitory?"

"Plant 'Blue Silver Grass'?" The middle-aged teacher was taken aback by Ling Yi's request.

Ling Yi's face showed a bit of fear that he might refuse, and she quickly added, "Just... in bamboo cups or small flower pots..."

"It won't take up much space, and... it won't affect the other students~"

Seeing Ling Yi's expression, the middle-aged teacher chuckled and shook his head. Before Ling Yi could speak again, he raised his hand, handed her the Soul Power Certificate, and said, "Sure, go ahead and plant it. As long as it doesn't affect the other students and doesn't create a mess, it's fine—"

"Great!" Ling Yi's eyes lit up with joy. She extended both hands to receive her Soul Power Certificate and replied with a smile, "Thank you, teacher. Don't worry, I'll be careful not to affect the other students and won't make a mess..."

"Alright~" The middle-aged teacher waved his hand, lowered his head, and filled out a form on the table. "Registration is complete. Remember to go to the first floor of Building Three to update your accommodation information~"

"Take this time to familiarize yourself with the campus. In about a week, classes will start. If you want to plant your 'Blue Silver Grass,' do it soon so it doesn't interfere with your studies..."

"Sure, sure~"

Ling Yi bowed slightly to the middle-aged teacher and said, "Well, teacher, goodbye—"

Then she bowed to each of the other teachers around her, politely saying, "Goodbye, everyone~"

Faced with such a polite and well-behaved Ling Yi, the teachers in the Academic Affairs Office, though not all responded with kind smiles, at least didn't give her cold looks.

And for the newcomer Ling Yi, that was enough.

...

As they watched Ling Yi leave, the five teachers in the Academic Affairs Office remained silent for a moment, each pretending to go about their business.

After a while, the middle-aged teacher in charge of admissions raised his head, looked around, and smirked. "Alright, stop pretending. What do you think?"

As he spoke, he held up the newly filled-out enrollment form for Ling Yi and waved it in front of everyone.

"What can we think?" Someone responded indifferently, "According to what the kid said, a Soul Temple officer has already verified it. The situation is as it is, nothing to say about it..."

"In the end, it's just 'Blue Silver Grass'~"

"Exactly~" Another agreed, "Everyone knows that 'Blue Silver Grass' grows everywhere in the countryside. If the kid's martial soul is 'Blue Silver Grass,' it makes sense that he trains faster in an environment with lots of 'Blue Silver Grass,' which fits the 'Mimetic Cultivation Environment'..."

"But that only applies to someone with a 'Blue Silver Grass' martial soul. I can't exactly keep a bunch of leopards for my 'Green Light Leopard' martial soul, right?"

Hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.

Indeed, if 'Mimetic Cultivation Environments' were so easy to create, they wouldn't be so rare on the Douluo Continent. Only those with significant resources could possess them.

As for the possibility that Ling Yi was lying, no one considered it. First, Ling Yi's behavior and her young age of seven made them predisposed to believe her. Second, everything she said could be easily verified. The distance from Beikouhe Town to Wood Plant City was a day's journey for an ordinary person, but for soul teachers, it took only one or two hours.

"Truly a lucky kid~" someone commented.

Someone else, unconvinced, said, "So what? It's still just 'Blue Silver Grass'!"

"Even if it's 'Blue Silver Grass,' he still has a chance to reach level ten and become a soul teacher..." the previous person couldn't help but counter, "Our academy admits dozens of new students each year, but after six years, less than half of them successfully become soul teachers!"

"..."

(End of Chapter)