After only an hour had passed, not even a speck of dust was left under the meticulous scrutiny of Sai Joshi's Spirit Eyes. Although everything in the dorm room was still in-place, there was now a sort of fresh smell to it. Sai Joshi didn't plan on buying any sort of bedding for himself, since the wooden bed was already enough for someone like him, who devoted all of his hard work to cultivating.
He felt a bit hungry, so he enquired about the dining hall's location. After buying the cheapest lunchbox from the student convenience store, he went to the dining hall.
Each year-group had a dining hall that belonged to them, which were located behind the dormitory. When Sai Joshi walked into the freshman dining hall, he was astonished. At that moment, there weren't many people in the dining hall, making it appear extremely spacious. There wasn't even a single table; it was an entirely empty place. There was only a washbasin used to wash one's hands and tableware. The inner parts of the dining hall had windows that one could buy food from, with price tags outside them. There were a total of eight windows that increased in price from right to left, and all served different dishes.
There were actually no seating areas in the dining hall? The dining hall's entrance even had the words 'No food is allowed to be taken from the dining hall. No exceptions.' written on it.
After a brief moment of astonishment, Sai Joshi walked towards the right-most window to buy the cheapest available food, which was stir-fried vegetables and white rice. However, he still devoured the food despite its quality. For him, having something to eat was already extremely good. Furthermore, the food's price was extremely cheap; it was only two copper coins. With his monthly income of one gold coin, he could eat for the entire month as long as he was frugal with his money.
Whilst eating, Sai Joshi observed the dining hall. He discovered that the most expensive window's food was actually priced in gold spirit coins. That was something that he didn't even dare to imagine.
After quickly finishing his mealy, Sai Joshi returned directly to his dorm. Like the saying goes, the clumsy bird needs to fly into the forest earlier. He understood the difference between himself and the other students, so he naturally couldn't waste any time.
After sitting in a cross-legged position on the sturdy wooden bed, Sai Joshi quickly entered a meditative state, and started cultivating the Mysterious Heaven Kally Skill.
Although his cultivation speed was far slower, he'd already improved quite a bit compared to the past. After changing his cultivation technique to the Mysterious Heaven Kally Skill, he could now at least feel a slight improvement in his cultivation as he cultivated, which was much better than his previous state. Furthermore, after the few days of cultivation that he'd done during their journey back, his originally chaotic and impure spiritforce had already completely turned into that of the Mysterious Heaven Kally Skill. There was one effect of the Mysterious Heaven Kally Skill's spiritforce that was extremely useful for him—the Mysterious Heaven Kally Skill would nourish his passageways when he circulated it. Although he couldn't see much improvement currently, that it would definitely improve his physique in the long run.
Sai Joshi had already planned his time out well. Every day, he'd cultivate the Purple Heavenly Eyes in the morning, then spend two hours practicing the Controlling and Capturing Dragon, Ghostly Shadow Steps, and the Mysterious Control Hands, as well as some grappling techniques. As for the rest of his time, other than the time he spent eating, he'd use all of it to cultivate the Mysterious Heaven Kally Skill.
Spiritforce was the foundation of a spirit master. Currently, he had to use as much of his as he could to cultivate the Mysterious Heaven Kally Skill.
"Oh, this skill isn't bad at all. It's indeed quite suitable for your current state. You humans are really skilled!" When Sai Joshi had just entered his cultivation state, everything he saw suddenly turned white. The voice of the Staedream Iceworm also echoed out; he'd been brought back to his spiritual sea.
Sai Joshi was slightly surprised as he called out, "Brother Skydream?"
The Stardream Iceworm's lazy voice echoed out, "Your body's condition has changed a lot during the past few days. You've finally gotten a good start. Your body's endurance has also been gradually increasing. Not bad, not bad. The abilities that you're cultivating are suitable for you, especially this meditation skill, and that eye training skill. The four spirit skills I've given you have indeed received benefits from them. You must practice using these spirit skills constantly, especially the last one. It should be very effective when combined with your eye training technique. You've obtained a basic spirit-attack skill. All in all, your condition, as of now, is slightly better than I had predicted."
"Brother Stardream, I'll definitely put a lot of effort into cultivating." After hearing the Stardream Iceworm's voice, Sai Joshi reaffirmed that he'd truly merged with a million-year soul beast, and that he hadn't been dreaming.
The Stardream Iceworm then said, "I'm tired, thus I need to rest for a period of time. You should just follow your current cultivation method. When you break through, and you need a second soul ring, I'll naturally wake up. At that time, the ice-type martial soul that I bestowed you with should be able to become a full-fledged spirit. It'll cause your strength to have a qualitative leap."
Sai Joshi replied, "How can I find you if I need to?"
The Stardream Iceworm said, "If you encounter any danger that you're unable to escape, I'll naturally help you out. Don't worry, I can only live while you're still alive! Alright, I'm going to sleep…"
The white light vanished, and Sai Joshi woke up from his meditation. To his astonishment, he found that the sky out outside had already turned completely dark.