Douluo, my martial soul is a mushroom

Chapter 1: Soul Awakening, Preliminary Study of Fungal Soul

"Fluorescent mushroom, level 5 soul power."

"Little friend, do you want to join our Spirit Hall?"

"I'm sorry, Master Soul Master, I don't want to leave home."

"Oh! Never mind then."

Ming Yongqiu felt a little regretful.

The innate fifth-level soul power is a very rare talent. There is a chance to cultivate it to the Soul King level. It is even rarer for a food-type soul master to have this innate soul power, and it is very worthy of being included in the Spirit Hall.

But it is natural for children to be unwilling to leave their parents. Forcing them to take them in will not have any good results. It is likely to make the children bear a grudge, and it will be a disaster for them when they grow up.

The Spirit Hall is a serious organization and would never do something like kidnapping a child.

——Anyway, this child must go to school. The only junior soul master academy nearby is the Notting City Soul Master Academy. It won’t be too late to recruit this child in the name of the Spirit Hall after he graduates. The next village is the Holy Soul Village. I don’t know if I can find another good seedling.

Ming Yongqiu packed up his awakening items, bid farewell to the village chief, and walked towards the Holy Soul Village.

The soul master left and the village chief came to Chi Ping.

"Xiaoping, you have the talent to become a soul master. Our village happens to have a place for a work-study student at Notting College. Do you want to go?"

Chi Ping nodded and showed a sincere smile: "Thank you, Grandpa Village Chief, I will study hard to become a soul master and will never let the village down. When I graduate, I will definitely repay the village!"

"Good boy."

The village chief stroked his beard and laughed happily, and in his heart he couldn't help but praise his decision to take in the child five years ago.

"Go home. Grandpa will take you to Nottingham in two days."

……

Chi Ping, a time traveler, his soul traveled across time and space, without any cheats.

Five years ago, he traveled to the Douluo Continent and was found as a one-year-old abandoned baby outside Xiaoyun Village in Fasno Province, southwest of the Tiandou Empire. He was adopted by the village chief Chi Tianping who came to the city to purchase seeds for spring farming.

He is six years old this year and has awakened his martial spirit, the fluorescent mushroom.

Two days ago, the village chief sent him to the Notting City Junior Soul Master College to study as a work-study student.

……

——How to develop mushroom martial spirits? According to the theory of the previous life, mushrooms belong to fungi and have two forms, mycelium and fruiting bodies. Mycelium includes spores and monokaryotic hyphae developed from spores, while fruiting bodies are various fungi found in nature, some of which are edible and some are poisonous and cannot be eaten.

——First, you need to figure out whether the mushroom martial spirit is only the fruiting body, or includes all forms of mushrooms. If it only includes the fruiting body, then you should just be a food logistics. If it is the latter, then the road ahead will be much broader. Whether you are a true lord or a fungus, a mushroom king or a demon king, it all depends on this step.

In the seventh dormitory, which was exclusively for part-time students, Chi Ping sat on his bed, holding a plump, white and very cute fluorescent mushroom in his hand, controlling his soul power to accelerate its evolution.

Fluorescent mushrooms are similar to Agaricus nitida. Because they have a slight affinity for light elements, they can absorb the light of the stars and the moon and emit fluorescence at night. They are a very common and delicious ingredient.

Chi Ping has been a human in two lifetimes, and his mental willpower is much stronger than that of ordinary people. After learning the method of soul meditation in the academy, he quickly mastered the trick of controlling soul power without any guidance.

The martial soul and soul power are closely related, and the use of soul power can change the state of the martial soul. Weapon soul masters use soul power to strengthen the martial soul, beast soul masters use soul power to amplify the martial soul when the martial soul is possessed, and plant soul masters control the growth of the martial soul. These are all using soul power to change the state of the martial soul. This should be an instinct, just like clenching a fist to exert force.

However, this change is slow.

It took Chi Ping half an hour to open the cap of the fluorescent mushroom. He didn't even know whether this was the natural development of the fluorescent mushroom or the result of the influence of soul power.

——No wonder soul masters rely on soul skills to fight, it is too slow to control soul power by oneself. In the original novel, Tang San’s first soul skill is entanglement, which is to control the rapid growth of blue silver grass and entangle the enemy like a rope. But judging from the speed at which I control the growth of fluorescent mushrooms, it is estimated that within a few hours, it is impossible to make the blue silver grass less than ten centimeters high form a noose that can trap the enemy’s movement!

Chi Ping had a flash of enlightenment in his mind.

——Perhaps it will be different for higher realms, but soul masters at lower realms may only be able to rely on soul skills to control their martial souls! Continuing to input soul power into the martial soul, Chi Ping concentrated on it, not wanting to miss any changes in the martial soul.

When you focus, time seems to stretch.

I don’t know how long it took, but a white mist-like substance floated down from under the mushroom cap.

——These are spores!
Chi Ping cheered in his heart.

——Great! It’s a fungus, not an edible mushroom!

"Xiao Pingzi, what are you doing? Why are you so happy?"

A head came up to Chi Ping and looked at the white mushroom in Chi Ping's hand curiously.

Chi Ping pushed the round head away and wondered, "Boss Wang, why are you looking at me instead of meditating to become a soul master?"

Boss Wang, whose full name is Wang Wen, is the eldest of the part-time students in Dormitory 7. He has a spirit wolf character and has just entered the sixth grade with a spirit power of level nine.

Working students must be born in poor families. They are considered outliers in the soul master academy where most of the students come from wealthy families. They are also disadvantaged outliers and are more easily bullied in the feudal era with low moral standards.

If the weak want to avoid being bullied, they must stick together for warmth.

The boss system of Dormitory 7 was born. The boss is respected by all the working students and can command them to a certain extent. He does not need to participate in labor, and the daily food expenses are shared by all the working students. In return, the boss must have the strongest force and must stand up to support the bullied working students when others bully them.

When every working student enters the school, the boss and everyone else will give him a warning, in order to better manage him and prevent the new working students from offending people they cannot afford to offend because of their youthful vigor.

When Chi Ping joined Dormitory 7 two days ago, he was almost beaten up by Wang Wen. It was only when he demonstrated his identity as a food-type soul master that he was spared this beating.

It is an unspoken rule that logistical support personnel do not participate in fighting.

Even without this unspoken rule, Chi Ping was going to slide down to his knees.

Chi Ping doesn't have a golden finger. Letting him face a twelve-year-old kid is just asking for a beating!
"Isn't this caring about you?"

Wang Wen was very satisfied with Chi Ping's attitude, especially the words about breaking through to become a soul master, which made him very happy. He was now at level nine, and in a few months he would be able to break through to level ten, obtain soul rings, and become a soul master!

"Do you have any questions about meditation? Tell me, boss. I will tell you everything I know!"

Wang Wen thinks highly of Chi Ping, not only because of his sweet words, but also because of his talent and food-related martial spirit.

The first soul ring of the food-type soul master will choose a recovery soul skill, whether it is to restore soul power or treat injuries, it is of great significance to improve the situation of the working students. It can greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the working students.

Especially since Chi Ping's innate soul power has reached level five, it is estimated that he will be able to become a soul master within two years, and he can become a new support for his part-time students after graduation.

Wang Wen is responsible for all the working students, so he naturally takes care of Chi Pingduo.

Wang Wen changed the topic to cultivation, and Chi Ping followed suit.

"Boss, can you tell me how to speed up the soul power here?"

Ikehira pointed to the area where his right shoulder rested against his collarbone.

The martial arts soul training method taught by Notting College may be simple and not profound, but it is a complete practice after all, including a whole set of methods such as meditation, absorption, and operation.

The fact that he was able to master it in two days already shows how talented Chi Ping is. However, he still lacks proficiency and understanding of some details.

"Here, you can move your soul power a little to the right..."

Wang Wen has practiced for five years longer than Chi Ping. With Wang Wen's experience, many of Chi Ping's doubts were easily solved.

(End of this chapter)