Legend of the Dragon King: I really didn't mean to provoke them!

I was so tormented that I felt like I was about to die on the spot.

It was all because Wu Changkong gave the order that the responsibility for the theoretical knowledge of soul beasts was directly assigned to him.

At first, Xie Xie was full of confidence, saying that it was just a matter of talking about the characteristics, habits, and weaknesses of soul beasts, nothing to worry about.

But when he actually started teaching, he realized what despair truly meant.

Especially that old Wang next door!!

"Old Wang, remember this clearly: the Human-Faced Demon Spider's first eight legs are highly venomous, and its abdomen is weakly defended. It is vulnerable to fire and powerful offensive skills. Prioritize attacking the eye sockets and the area where the abdomen connects. Do you understand?"

Wang Jinxi nodded solemnly: "I understand!"

Xie Xie breathed a sigh of relief and closed the illustrated guide. "Okay, repeat what I just said."

Then, Wang Jinxi's mind went blank for a moment, and he couldn't utter a single word for a long time.

Xie Xie: "..."

He took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the urge to go berserk.

"Think about it again, think about it carefully."

"It's that human-faced demonic pearl that eliminated you the first time we entered the Spirit Ascension Platform, and that ultimately threatened me, Tang Wulin, and Gu Yue!"

Upon hearing Xie Xie's words, Wang Jinxi suddenly realized: "I know, I'm afraid of you, Xie Xie!"

Xie Xie's lips twitched violently.

That sounds like a lot of respect for him, but it doesn't relate to any of the knowledge points at all!

Tang Wulin, standing to the side, was in no better shape.

"Tang Wulin, look at this."

Xie Xie's finger landed on the page of the encyclopedia featuring the Crystal Bear.

"The first one we encountered was a thousand-year-old crystal bear. It was an earth-type bear with high defense, slow speed, and was good at area-of-effect shocks. Its core weakness was the spine at the back of its neck."

"Therefore, the correct approach is to flank and restrain the target, and find an opportunity to break the crystal on the spine."

Tang Wulin nodded seriously and picked up his pen to write it down in his notebook.

Xie Xie leaned closer to take a look and almost fainted on the spot.

People usually take notes on the key points, but this person wrote a whole bunch of long, rambling notes:

Crystal bears are very hard; hitting them hurts, they're very resilient, and suitable for strength training. Next time you encounter one, treat it like metal and hit it a few times to get a feel for it, then finally use the Golden Dragon Claw with your teammates to break the crystal.

boom--!

Xie Xie slammed his hands on Tang Wulin's desk, making the soul beast illustrations on the desk shake.

"I told you to write down how to handle this, what kind of nonsense did you write down?!"

Tang Wulin blinked, looking completely innocent: "I just learned this from real combat experience. When I hit it with a hammer last time, it really helped me develop my resilience..."

"Resist pressure my ass!"

Xie Xie finally couldn't hold back anymore, slumping into his chair with a look of utter despair. "You haven't learned a single thing of the serious knowledge I taught you!"

Wang Jinxi whispered in defense, "I've learned my lesson. If I run away, I'll run. But I feel safer when I see you..."

"Don't worry about it!"

Xie Xie frantically grabbed his hair, looking up at the sky with a face full of despair.

"You two aren't just slow to understand, you're completely oblivious to everything about spirit beasts! If you keep teaching me like this, I'll be driven crazy by you two before the spirit beasts even kill me!"

"Waaaaah... Gu Yue, I don't want to play with them anymore, waaaaah..."

Finally, Xie Xie clung to Gu Yue, crying like a boiling kettle, wiping his snot and tears all over Gu Yue.

Normally, if Xie Xie dared to do that, Gu Yue would have already fired a fireball at him.

But now, Gu Yue is finding it hard to bring herself to do it.

That's terrible, really terrible.

Fortunately, the dance teacher didn't entrust this matter to her back then, otherwise she would be the one going crazy now.

"Pfft, cough cough, it's okay, it's okay..." Gu Yue suppressed a laugh while comforting Xie Xie, gently patting his head.

"You're laughing at me too!"

"I didn't pfft..."

"You still say you didn't?!"

"I really didn't. My friend Di Tian had a baby, and I'm happy for him."

Zhang Yangzi, the only one with a normal thought process, has already drowned in the ocean of soul beast knowledge, waiting for Xie Xie to rescue him.

"What, you think I can't play in this house without you?!"

Life went on noisily, day after day.

The five of them would enter the Spirit Ascension Platform once a week, where the brutal training allowed their strength to increase rapidly.

Every night, the five of them would meditate together at the agreed time.

Xie Xie is already acting as the sandwich filling in the middle.

In just three months, the five people were transformed without even realizing it.

Gu Yue has already reached the peak of level nineteen, and is only one step away from entering the realm of a second-ring Great Soul Master.

Tang Wulin has also reached the peak of level sixteen, and is not far from level seventeen.

Thanks to Xie Xie, Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi both reached level 23, and Zhang Yangzi's darkness attribute purity also increased by a level compared to before.

Xie Xie is still far ahead.

With a soul power level of 26, he is still the strongest individual combatant in the team, and can even survive alone in the Spirit Ascension Platform for three or four hours.

Before we know it, the end of the first semester of first grade is approaching.

Looking at the five transformed individuals, Wu Changkong rarely raised his head in approval, saying, "Yes, you've all worked so hard lately, and you've made progress."

The group's eyes lit up instantly; they had actually been praised?

It's important to understand that getting positive affirmation and praise from Wu Changkong is extremely difficult.

Over the course of a whole month, Xie Xie, the most outstanding of the five, was praised only twice, and each time he was put down after the praise.

The joy on everyone's faces hadn't even had time to spread—

Wu Changkong raised one hand indifferently, his index finger and thumb gently touching, the fingertips almost touching, leaving only a thin, almost invisible gap.

"Just a tiny bit."

His tone was so casual, as if he were talking about the weather, that it instantly suppressed the smugness that had just surfaced in the group.

But Xie Xie didn't care.

The universe at your fingertips, those who know, know!

Wu Changkong put his hands back into his trench coat pockets, his eyes sweeping over the five people indifferently. "Now, you can start preparing for the final exams this semester."

"Teacher Wu, are we going to have a final exam too?" Tang Wulin asked in surprise.

"Yes, it is necessary," Wu Changkong said calmly. "And it will be even more difficult."

"Your final exams will consist of two subjects. The first subject is to survive for one hour in the Ascension Platform."

Zhang Yangzi couldn't help but say, "This is too easy!"

Even the usually silent Wang Jinxi nodded and said, "Yes, Teacher Wu, Brother Xie's record is at least four hours."

“Yes, Teacher Wu, we are already able to do that,” Tang Wulin said.

Even Gu Yue's words carried a hint of helplessness, "They don't come out when they should, and it's annoying to wait for them."

Xie Xie did not speak.

Because the Ascension Platform is indeed dangerous during riots.

However, Guangzai and Yingzai haven't made any business in a long time, and they're constantly wailing in his spiritual sea.

Guangzai: People, I need food, I need food!

Shadowy Boy: I'm starving!

Xie Xie: Okay! Stop howling! I'll take you guys to eat right now!

Chapter 69: Everyone Has a One-Sided Love Affair, But Everyone Is a Prodigy

"I'm not talking about an ordinary Ascension Platform."

"You are about to enter the Ascension Platform, which is currently in a period of turmoil!"

Tang Wulin asked in surprise, "Teacher, what does 'rioting Spirit Ascension Platform' mean?"

He had never heard of this before, but it sounded like a special state of the Ascension Platform.

Before Wu Changkong could give a signal, Xie Xie explained quite naturally: "When the Spirit Ascension Platform was first established, there were two periods of turmoil every year because the internal energy was unstable."

"Later, with the development of technology, the riots at the Ascension Platform gradually became controllable, and instead became a special characteristic."

"During the riot period, the soul beasts in the Spirit Ascension Platform will become very active, their numbers will increase, and their danger will rise. But similarly, the Spirit Ascension Platform during the riot period is also a very suitable place for cultivation."

Wu Changkong nodded, "That's right, you are going to the Spirit Ascension Platform during the riot period. You need to survive inside for an hour to pass the test."

Xie Xie then explained to the four of them the changes brought about by the upheaval period at the Spirit Ascension Platform.

After listening to Xie Xie's explanation, Zhang Yangzi's eyes lit up, and he slammed his right fist into his left palm. "If that's the case, then wouldn't it mean we can also steal other people's spiritual power?"

"Sure, as long as you have the ability," Xie Xie said.

Zhang Yangzi sidled up to Xie Xie and said with a grin, "Hey, even if I don't have that, Brother Xie, you definitely do."

Xie Xie propped up Zhang Yangzi's head and pushed him away.

"Please get out of here."

"okay!"

"Enter the Spirit Ascension Platform in three days," Wu Changkong said. "You're all on holiday for these three days. Make your own arrangements. get out of class dismissed!"

A full three-day holiday!

Xie Xie and Zhang Yangzi were the first to cheer.

Since joining Class Zero, I've had very few holidays.

Sometimes, even on weekends, if you fail in any aspect, Wu Changkong will drag you out for extra practice, regardless of whether you fail the theory or the practical application.

Xie Xie received the most extra training.

According to Wu Changkong, training content should be tailored to the individual.

Xie Xie, being the strongest of the five, had the most intense daily training volume and content, which was also precisely within his limits.

"Tang Wulin, shall we go eat braised beef in a pot?" Xie Xie put his arm around Tang Wulin's neck.

Ever since he complained about the declining quality of the school's food, he hasn't eaten in the cafeteria much; frankly, he's just tired of it.

Tang Wulin has somehow learned to cook, and now Tang Wulin prepares his lunch every day. In the evening, he goes to Wu Changkong's place for dinner. Both of them are quite good cooks.

But Xie Xie just can't forget that mouthful of braised beef.

Zhang Yangzi pulled Wang Jinxi over and said, "It sounds delicious, why don't you bring me and Lao Wang too?"

Xie Xie rolled his eyes. "Go away, I didn't call you."

Zhang Yangzi laughed heartily, "Bring us along, Lao Wang and I will treat you."

As he spoke, he nudged Wang Jinxi in the chest with his elbow.

Wang Jinxi nodded, "Yes, Yangzi and I will treat."

"Hey, that's more like it." Xie Xie's face immediately lit up with a smile. "Old Zhang, let me tell you, braised beef in a clay pot is a must-try on the snack street."