High-level martial arts: Long spear with black flames to suppress demons.

At this moment, a vast ocean appeared in Shen Chang'an's internal vision.

This is the symbol of the Five Realms: the Spirit Sea.

He roughly estimated that the vast ocean of liquid spiritual energy within his dantian was just over a hundred miles in diameter.

He hadn't interacted much with his colleagues in the other realms, and he wasn't quite sure how big other people's normal spiritual seas were.

But his spiritual sea is definitely strange.

The sky above the sea was not empty; rather, it was a scene of apocalyptic destruction, as if the end of the world had arrived.

Endless black flames churned and roared wildly in the sky. Every now and then, a wisp of black flame would fall and touch the surface of the spiritual energy sea below.

"laugh--"

The seawater was instantly evaporated by the terrifyingly high temperature, turning into pure spiritual energy that rose up and fed back into the sea of ​​fire above, making the rolling black flames burn even more violently.

Shen Chang'an slowly exited the state of internal vision, silently making plans in his mind.

After absorbing a full thousand mid-grade spirit stones, the area of ​​his spiritual sea only expanded by about one percent. Moreover, he felt that the edge of his spiritual sea was still bottomless, and he had not touched the so-called "limit" at all.

Every cultivator's spiritual sea has a different limit. Once the limit is reached, the spiritual sea will begin to collapse inward, eventually turning into a "spiritual abyss," which is the sixth realm of the middle five realms.

Shen Chang'an didn't plan to rush into a breakthrough; he wanted to expand his spiritual sea to its true physical limit before making any further plans.

"call......"

He let out a long sigh and slowly opened his eyes.

Just as I was about to take a breath of fresh air, a strong smell of dust hit my nostrils.

"Cough cough cough!"

Shen Chang'an choked and coughed repeatedly.

He looked closely and saw that the powder formed from a thousand spirit stones had turned the small, twenty-square-meter single dormitory room into a scene of heavy smog, a hazy gray, where even the ceiling light was barely visible.

He rushed over, scrambling and stumbling, and pushed open the dormitory door and balcony window, his hand forming a basic wind-based spell incantation.

A gust of wind swept through, blowing all the lime powder out of the room.

Shen Chang'an casually closed the balcony window, glanced at his phone screen, and saw that it was already past eleven o'clock.

"It's time to get some rest."

He stretched, lay back on the bed, and quickly fell asleep.

Just as I fell asleep, a feeling of weightlessness suddenly overwhelmed me, and my consciousness plummeted into a strange, grayish-white space.

The moment Shen Chang'an stepped into this dream world, the fatigue on his body vanished as if melting away ice and snow, and his spirit instantly returned to its peak state.

He stood up and expertly cast his gaze toward the distance.

That familiar, all-too-familiar black figure stood silently in the gray and white world.

What will we teach today?

Shen Chang'an was stunned for a moment, then immediately began to stretch his muscles and bones, which made a series of cracking sounds as he muttered to himself.

"bring it on."

After all, his terrifying close-combat instincts were all forged by this dark figure in his dreams hundreds and thousands of times, and he was already prepared to be beaten up.

However, unexpectedly, the shadowy figure did not launch a sudden attack as usual today.

It remained standing in the same spot, but slowly raised its right hand and casually waved it in mid-air.

"call--"

A ball of black flame suddenly ignited. But this flame did not dissipate; instead, it rapidly elongated and twisted in the air, eventually transforming into a line of burning ancient seal characters:

"Black flames have another wonderful use: they can burn away the demonic energy of the abyss and refine pure spiritual energy."

Shen Chang'an was stunned on the spot.

This was the first time in all these years that the shadowy figure had communicated with him in this way!

"Refine spiritual energy? You mean you can directly burn demonic creatures to aid cultivation?!"

Just as Shen Chang'an opened his mouth to ask for clarification, the black flames in mid-air shifted again, reforming into another brief warning:

"Be extra careful when venturing into the East Sea Rift."

The moment the words took shape, the entire gray-white dream space began to tremble violently without warning. The sky above, like a shattered mirror, cracked extensively, and large fragments began to fall.

The dream is about to collapse!

"Hey! Who are you?!"

Seeing the world around him rapidly collapsing, Shen Chang'an suddenly rushed forward two steps and shouted loudly at the dark figure.

The shadowy figure did not answer. Just a split second before the dream completely turned to dust, it slightly turned its head, and its faceless form gave him a deep look.

"Whoosh!"

Shen Chang'an suddenly sat up in bed, his chest heaving slightly.

The night outside the window was still deep. He picked up his phone and glanced at it; less than ten minutes had passed.

He lay back down on his pillow, closed his eyes, and tried to re-enter that space to get some answers. However, after tossing and turning for a while, his brain fell into a deep sleep, and he slept soundly until dawn, when the dark figure never appeared again.

......

The next morning.

Shen Chang'an scratched his messy hair, got out of bed to wash up, and muttered, "Never mind, I'll ask him in person next time I dream about it."

I had just put on the T-shirt when there was a knock on the door.

The door opened, and Ji Lin stood outside, neatly dressed, holding a textbook he'd somehow acquired: "Let's go! First period today, 8 AM, Principles of Management!"

"It's over."

Shen Chang'an uttered two words crisply and decisively.

Ji Lin's eyes widened, and he banged his folding fan loudly in his hand: "You skipped the first class of the semester?! So blatantly?"

"Required courses must be skipped, and elective courses must be skipped."

Ji Lin was stunned for a moment.

"Then management principles are a required course."

"These are all electives for me."

Shen Chang'an spoke with righteous indignation.

"What's there to be afraid of? Old Zhao specifically told me to skip more classes before he came. Anyway, it's useless to get a liberal arts degree."

Ji Lin thought it made perfect sense, but still straightened his collar: "That's true. But I still have to go to class. After all, it's the first day, and I need to find out if there are any pretty female or female students in the School of Economics and Management. Goodbye!"

Ji Lin had only been gone for two minutes when a small head peeked in from outside the door again.

It's Li Xiwan.

Today she wore a white cartoon T-shirt and loose light-colored shorts, revealing a section of her straight, shapely, fair calves.

She wore sneakers, with a glimpse of clean white socks peeking out from her ankles, exuding a fresh and energetic vibe unique to girls next door.

"Chang'an, are you... are you going to work at 8 AM?"

Li Xiwan blinked her bright eyes and asked softly.

"It's over."

"oh......"

Li Xiwan nodded obediently, but did not turn and leave like Ji Lin.

She stood with her hands behind her back, her toes lightly tracing circles on the floor tiles by the door, looking as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

After hesitating for a moment, she asked softly, "So... what are your plans for this morning?"

"I plan to take a stroll around the magic department's teaching area and familiarize myself with it."

Shen Chang'an answered casually.

After he finished speaking, he turned his head and saw that Li Xiwan was still loitering at the door, her beautiful almond-shaped eyes occasionally glancing at him.

Shen Chang'an was stunned for a moment.

He glanced at the girl still standing at the door and casually asked, "If you're free later... want to come along?"

Li Xiwan's toes, which were drawing circles on the floor tiles, suddenly stopped.

She looked up, her clear eyes instantly brightening, and an irrepressible, radiant smile appeared on her lips as she nodded firmly.

"OK!"