The Glory of the Sun and Moon in the Peerless Tang Sect

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The two chatted amiably all the way. After having dinner together in the cafeteria, they parted ways in the freshman dormitory area.

Xu Zihuang nodded with a gentle smile to Ning Tian as she entered the girls' dormitory, but his heart remained completely calm.

Ning Tian is destined to sink deeper and deeper into trouble in the future.

When Xu Zihuang returned to the dormitory, Tuoba Yu was still leaning against the table between their beds, flipping through the books he would need for class the next day, as was his usual habit.

Just as he looked at Xu Zihuang and was about to say something, a jade bottle containing a dark blue pill was tossed towards him.

Tuoba Yu took the jade bottle in a daze. The pill inside was none other than the Xuan Shui Pill that Xu Sanshi had given to Xu Zihuang.

Xu Zihuang smiled and said first, "Yun'er and I both obtained a soul bone. You can keep this Xuan Shui Pill. It's not like you'll be the only one without anything. Anyway, this Xuan Shui Pill is of no use to me."

Tuoba Yu met Xu Zihuang's gaze for a long time, then smiled freely.

"Then I won't stand on ceremony with you. I'll take this Profound Water Pill when I have a chance, and then I'll take the Soul Ascension Pill after the medicinal power has been refined for a while. It shouldn't be a problem for my soul power to increase by two levels."

"By the way, are you planning to fuse with that 30,000-year-old Fear Dragon's head soul bone? Do you want me to protect you tonight?"

"Not for now. I'm going to take that Soul-Elevating Pill first. You can cultivate on your own later." Xu Zihuang took off his school uniform and put it in the wardrobe. Then he sat cross-legged on his bed, took out the walnut-sized Soul-Elevating Pill and put it directly into his mouth.

A burst of green liquid erupted in his cavity, and an extremely rich aroma gushed out from the elixir.

The dormitory room was instantly filled with the pure fragrance of nature, like a garden of flowers. Xu Zihuang felt his mind clear up and all the pores on his body open up, and an indescribable feeling spread throughout his body.

A faint bluish-green light gradually appeared on their bodies, and a rich, refreshing aura lingered in the room. The Snow Maiden on the balcony also unfurled its branches and leaves, shimmering with a soft white light.

Xu Zihuang possessed innate full soul power, and his meridians were incredibly clear and unobstructed, so the medicinal power of the Soul Ascension Pill was almost completely unaffected. Under the effect of the Soul Ascension Pill, his soul power was increasing at an astonishing rate.

Seeing that Xu Zihuang had entered a meditative state, Tuoba Yu understood and got up to hang a "Do Not Disturb" sign outside the dormitory door.

He glanced at Xu Zihuang with emotion, then took out the Xuan Shui Pill and swallowed it, slowly refining its medicinal power with his own soul force.

After the freshman assessment, Xu Zihuang's life at Shrek Academy returned to normal.

The next morning, when Class One started, Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu returned.

Zhu Lu was granted special permission to enter Class One because she and Dai Huabin possessed a martial soul fusion skill.

However, Dai Huabin did not show the obvious hostility towards Xu Zihuang as he had during the freshman assessment. Instead, he focused on his training and kept a low profile.

After the Martial Soul Department courses ended, Xu Zihuang would also go with Ning Tian to the Soul Guidance Department to learn how to make and use Soul Guidance Devices for an hour.

Of course, his focus was still on cultivating his martial spirit.

Because he already had a certain foundation in the creation and use of soul tools, he didn't go to the soul tool area with the intention of learning. Instead, he planned to lay the groundwork in advance, appropriately showcasing his talent in core magic array inscription, so that he could legitimately create soul tools on his own in the future.

Even so, it still shocked Fan Yu time and time again.

Xu Zihuang attributed all of this to his unique spiritual attribute martial soul, the Golden Eye. Indeed, possessing the Golden Eye martial soul gave him a natural advantage when learning to inscribe core formations.

Of course, he didn't come away empty-handed from the Soul Guidance Department. Although Shrek Academy's Soul Guidance technology was outdated, it had a comprehensive range of Soul Guidance Devices. In this academic year, he had become proficient in using almost all types of Soul Guidance Devices.

In the blink of an eye, autumn has passed and winter has come, and winter has gone and spring has arrived; eight months have already gone by.

Xu Zihuang's first year at Shrek Academy was drawing to a close. Next came the holiday. Shrek Academy always had a month-long holiday each year. This month wasn't for students to relax and travel. Instead, it was for them to integrate and master what they had learned in the previous eleven months, and to diligently practice. After the month-long break, there would be the entrance exam. Students who failed the entrance exam would be directly eliminated.

Therefore, the annual rest period is actually the most arduous and busiest time for most students.

Chapter 112 Breaking Through Level 38

Shrek Square in front of the teaching building for freshmen of the Martial Soul Department.

Mu Jin, Wang Yan, and another robust middle-aged male teacher stood in the center of Shrek Square.

Two yellow, two purple, and three black spirit rings—a total of seven—pulsed slowly around the middle-aged male teacher, with the black sixth spirit ring gleaming with a profound light.

Under his control, a dense, earthy-yellow light enveloped the entire outer area of ​​Shrek Square. The space in this area seemed to be distorted.

Students from Class 1, dressed in white school uniforms, were running laps around the outer perimeter of Shrek Square.

The vast majority of trainees were covered in sweat and staggering.

Drops of sweat began to soak the track. Several female trainees with weaker physical abilities even fell down with a thud, struggling to get up, but they couldn't manage it.

In the end, it was Mu Jin who took action and led them away from the track under the amplified gravity.

Wang Yan, meanwhile, was writing something on the folder in his hand.

All classes in the School of Foreign Languages ​​have a physical education class once a week, and the freshman class is no exception.

With the end of the semester approaching, this physical education class serves as a simple assessment. While the results aren't as crucial as the promotion exams, this assessment is still one of the factors considered in determining whether these first-year students can advance to the second year.

This is particularly evident in the first and second classes of freshmen.

The two classes, Class 1 and Class 2, encompass almost all types of Soul Masters. Shrek Academy cultivates traditional Soul Masters, prioritizing physical fitness, which is completely different from the Soul Masters of the Sun Moon Empire, who only focus on Soul Power level.

It's not that having strong physical attributes guarantees becoming a top-tier expert, but a Soul Master with weak physical attributes is basically destined to never become a top-tier expert.

As more and more trainees who had reached their limits were taken off the track by Mu Jin, only a dozen or so of the original sixty-plus trainees in Class One remained.

Xu Zihuang, with his upright posture, was at the very front. Compared to the others, he seemed much more relaxed.

Enjoying the privileges of a core disciple of the Martial Soul system, he ate only the finest ingredients every day, ensuring ample nutrition. Eight months passed, and he grew even taller, his shoulders and back becoming broader, but not in an exaggeratedly bulging way; rather, his muscles were completely concealed within his body.

The most obvious manifestation of this is that his bone and muscle density far exceeds that of his peers, and his physical fitness is now even stronger than that of a typical Soul Emperor. Moreover, after taking the Soul Ascension Pill and undergoing eight months of arduous training, his soul power has now reached the peak of level thirty-seven.

At the Soul Venerable level, increasing one's soul power from level 35 to the peak of level 37 in eight months is already quite impressive.

However, it's important to know that after being baptized by Elder Mu's radiant aura on Seagod Island, he practically leaped an entire level, his original soul power already at the peak of level thirty-five. After consuming the Soul Ascension Pill, he broke through to level thirty-six in one fell swoop.

In other words, in these eight months, his soul power has increased by less than two levels. And this is with the help of that silver scale.

This is the problem that top-tier attribute Soul Masters will inevitably encounter between levels 30 and 70.

Following closely behind was Dai Huabin, whose cultivation level was second only to Xu Zihuang among all the students in the first freshman class.

Dai Huabin was not hindered by his ultimate martial soul; his soul power improved rapidly in just eight months. During the freshman assessment, he already possessed a soul power of level thirty-two, and now he has broken through to level thirty-five.

He stared intently at Xu Zihuang's retreating figure. After that crushing defeat, he buried his resentment deep in his heart and trained desperately, hoping to one day surpass Xu Zihuang.

Back then, Xu Zihuang completely overwhelmed him with his personal strength. Even if he was unwilling, he had to admit that Xu Zihuang was indeed stronger than him.

That crushing defeat might not have been a bad thing for him.

Following him were Wang Dong, Tuoba Yu, and Wu Feng.

If we were to categorize all the freshmen in Class 1 into tiers based on their talents, Xu Zihuang would undoubtedly be in a class of his own, while Dai Huabin and Wang Dong would be in the next tier.

Wang Dong's second soul ring is at the thousand-year level, and his talent is actually better than Dai Huabin's, only his soul power level is a little lower.

Although Tuoba Yu's martial soul, the White Armored Earth Dragon, is inferior to Dai Huabin's White Tiger and Wang Dong's Goddess of Light Butterfly, his soul power is as high as level twenty-nine, second only to Xu Zihuang and Dai Huabin.

The reason he was able to break through five levels of soul power in just eight months was not only due to the effects of the Profound Water Pill and the Soul Ascension Pill, but mainly because he shared a dormitory with Xu Zihuang and was nourished by the rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth for a long time.

He gradually realized that his rapid improvement in soul power was likely related to Xu Zihuang, but since Xu Zihuang didn't mention it, he tacitly refrained from asking.

After spending a whole year together, he undoubtedly came to regard Xu Zihuang as his friend, a friendship that came from the bottom of his heart.

While Wu Feng's soul power level is similar to Tuoba Yu's, and the Red Dragon Martial Soul is of higher quality than the White Armor Earth Dragon Martial Soul, the difference in the increase in physical attributes is not obvious.

Overall, the three of them were traveling at roughly the same speed.

Following them were Huang Chutian, Cao Jinxuan, Zhou Sichen, Zhu Lu, Cui Yajie, and Xiao Xiao, among others whose soul power cultivation was among the highest in the class.

The last one still persisting on the track was Huo Yuhao, whose soul power level was only fourteen.

Unlike the others, Huo Yuhao was only barely managing to stay upright; even taking a single step was extremely difficult.

Mu Jin frowned as she approached Huo Yuhao and spoke softly.

"Huo Yuhao, if you feel you've reached your limit, you don't need to keep going. Continuing will only damage your body."

She never showed any prejudice against Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao just because they were selected as seeded players by Zhou Yi. On the contrary, she always treated them all equally.

Huo Yuhao has a strong will, but unfortunately, the gap in talent cannot be bridged by hard work alone.

No matter how hard Huo Yuhao tries in this physical fitness test, he will definitely fail the upgrade assessment if his soul power does not reach level 20.

His vision went black, and it felt as if a fire was burning in his chest. Huo Yuhao felt parched. His whole body was soaked in sweat and felt sticky, making his steps incredibly heavy.

But when asked by Mu Jin, he firmly shook his head.

Seeing that Huo Yuhao was determined to do so, Mu Jin had no choice but to give up.

She turned around and nodded to the middle-aged male teacher.

The middle-aged male teacher understood and adjusted his soul power, increasing the gravity amplification once again.

Huo Yuhao's bones cracked and popped, his eyes rolled back, and he lost consciousness.

His stubbornness is pointless.

Just as he was about to fall to the ground, Mu Jin waved her right hand, and her powerful soul force propelled Huo Yuhao's body away from the track, which was shrouded in gravity amplification.

Seeing this scene, some of the freshmen from Class 1, who had been struggling to keep going and were sitting by the track panting and resting, couldn't help but make sarcastic remarks.

"I thought Huo Yuhao was really that great, but it turns out he was just putting on a brave face."

Apart from a few students with calm and composed temperaments, many others echoed the sentiment to some extent.

Their soul power level was far higher than Huo Yuhao's, but they couldn't hold on any longer. Doesn't that mean they are not even as good as Huo Yuhao?

They would never admit to this.

Huo Yuhao's cultivation level was the lowest in the class, and he was usually withdrawn. Some students who were neutral on the matter admired Huo Yuhao's willpower, but they obviously couldn't speak up for Huo Yuhao, who was unlikely to pass the entrance exam, and thus offend their classmates.

this is the truth.

After a while, the middle-aged male teacher increased the gravity amplification level once again.

The Star Luo Empire squad leader that Xu Zihuang encountered also used the Gravity Amplification Soul Skill on him, but even though it's the same Gravity Amplification, the performance of a ten-thousand-year Soul Skill is fundamentally different from that of a thousand-year Soul Skill.

The middle-aged male teacher's sixth soul skill was more oppressive and more precisely controlled.

Of the remaining eleven, Xiao Xiao, Cui Yajie, and Zhu Lu, whose physical abilities were relatively weaker, quickly succumbed to the increased pressure and were pulled off the track by Mu Jin.

Next up are Huang Chutian, Zhou Sichen, and Cao Jinxuan.

Zhou Sichen mustered his last bit of strength and shouted towards Mu Jin, "Huff—, huff—, Teacher Mu, I...I can't hold on any longer, quick—"

For some unknown reason, when Mu Jin brought the three of them out, she deliberately didn't help Zhou Sichen mitigate the impact of the fall. Zhou Sichen landed heavily on the ground, wincing in pain.

Cao Jinxuan, standing next to him, put his right hand on Zhou Sichen's shoulder with a strange smile, whispered something, and then, disregarding his exhaustion, laughed so hard he almost fell over.