Beginner Spirit Ascension Platform

"All right, the enrollment procedures are done. That nearly wore me out!"

Liu Yuxin had run up and down like a diligent little bee, helping the two of them complete their enrollment procedures. She was drenched in sweat from exhaustion.

"Thank you, Senior Sister Yuxin!"

Lin Xuan thanked her.

"It's nothing, it's nothing! Oh, right, here are your dorm keys. From now on, if you two junior brothers run into any trouble, you can come find Senior Sister in Class 1 Grade 1 of the senior division!"

Liu Yuxin handed the two sets of keys to Lin Xuan and Tang Wulin. Before leaving, she even gave them a playful wink.

The dormitory building was right behind the teaching building, and the two quickly arrived downstairs.

"I'm in 101. What about you?"

Lin Xuan checked his dorm number, then turned to Tang Wulin.

"I'm in 205."

Tang Wulin spoke with some disappointment.

He had been hoping to share a dorm with Brother Xuan!

"Then I'll head up first!"

Lin Xuan dragged his luggage toward the dormitory.

Click!

After opening the dorm door, Lin Xuan pulled his luggage inside. Perhaps because he had arrived early, the dorm was currently empty.

The dorm had traditional bunk beds, six beds in total. Near the door stood a large three-tier storage cabinet.

Lin Xuan looked around and ultimately chose a top bunk near the balcony.

"Looks like I'll have to clean up first."

Lin Xuan climbed up for a look. It was a complete mess, and the bedboard was covered in a thick layer of dust. After touching it once, one of his hands was black as coal.

He first went to the bathroom to fetch a basin of water and wiped everything down inside and out.

Then, after clearing away all the "treasures" the previous upperclassmen had hidden in every crack and crevice of the bed, Lin Xuan finally spread his bedding over it.

Even after Lin Xuan had settled in, no one else arrived.

Bang!

After locking the dorm door again, Lin Xuan tucked the key into his pocket and left the school.

He planned to head to the Eastsea Spirit Pagoda first and use his Beginner Spirit Ascension Platform card.

"Driver! Stop!"

Lin Xuan casually hailed a Soul Tool taxi by the roadside.

He had to admit, this Soul Tool Technology looked quite futuristic. These cars basically floated above the road, somewhat resembling the maglev trains from his previous life.

"Handsome lad! Where are you headed?"

The driver rolled down the window and asked Lin Xuan.

"The Spirit Pagoda! Are you going?"

Lin Xuan replied.

"Sure, get in! Oh, and remember to buckle up. The Federation's inspections have been strict lately."

The driver opened the door while reminding Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan raised an eyebrow, his expression turning strange. He wondered whether they checked helmets here too.

A few minutes later, Lin Xuan arrived beneath the Spirit Pagoda of Eastsea City.

As the Federation's second-largest city along the Eastsea coast, Eastsea City's Spirit Pagoda stood over a hundred stories tall. Compared to it, the Spirit Pagoda in Aolai City was practically a beggar's hovel.

The Eastsea Spirit Pagoda stood over four hundred meters tall, towering above the surrounding skyscrapers. There were another seventeen Spirit Pagodas of this scale across the continent.

These eighteen Spirit Pagodas were also known as the Eighteen Sky Pillars, which showed just how powerful the Spirit Pagoda was.

The moment he stepped inside, Lin Xuan felt the sheer extravagance of the Eastsea Spirit Pagoda.

The first floor of the Spirit Pagoda was a guidance hall. The floor was paved with dark-gold stone, while massive stone pillars supported a circular dome dozens of meters high.

This dark-gold stone existed only in the deep sea, making it extremely difficult to mine. It was more expensive than gold, yet here it was merely ordinary floor tile.

If no one had been watching, Lin Xuan would have wanted to pry up a couple of pieces to take home. That was all cold, hard cash.

A massive mural surrounded the hall, depicting the scene of Huo Yuhao confronting Di Tian.

Above the vast army of soul beasts loomed a black dragon so immense it blotted out the sky. Its cold eyes gazed down upon the human city below. It was already a colossal city, yet beneath the beast tide, it was like an egg beneath an overturned nest, hanging by a thread.

Yet in such a desperate situation, a man stood alone in midair above the great city, confronting the endless beast tide ahead. With his own strength alone, he blocked the soul beast army outside the city walls.

Though ten million stood against him, he pressed on!

The Spirit Pagoda truly knew how to build atmosphere with its carvings, and Lin Xuan felt his blood boil just looking at it.

But when he thought of Huo Yuhao being toyed with at Tang San's whim, Lin Xuan's balls went ice-cold. Being controlled by someone else was something he could never accept.

Just imagining your own wife being made to wear a chastity lock... sheesh...

"Move aside! A good dog doesn't block the road!"

As Lin Xuan was lost in thought, a cold-faced young man suddenly shoved him hard from behind.

"Come on, sis!"

After pushing Lin Xuan aside, the cold-faced man turned and shielded a blue-haired girl with twin ponytails as he led her inside.

Lin Xuan looked at the cold-faced man and frowned. Most of his excitement over the Spirit Ascension Platform vanished in an instant.

"What are you looking at? You were standing in the doorway blocking the way. What? Kid, you want to fight me?"

Seeing Lin Xuan's expression, the cold-faced man's face darkened. He raised a hand and gestured threateningly.

"Big brother, let's go!"

The blue-haired girl beside him gave Lin Xuan an apologetic glance, then hurriedly pulled the cold-faced man into the elevator.

"Country bumpkin!"

Before leaving, the cold-faced man shot Lin Xuan a provocative glare.

What the hell did I do to deserve this?!

Lin Xuan looked utterly innocent. The Spirit Pagoda's entrance was dozens of meters wide, yet those two just had to take his path.

That cold-faced guy practically had two words written all over his face: Come at me, bro!

Wow, the drop rate for idiots in this fantasy world really was high!

That guy had better not let him catch an opportunity in the future, or he'd make sure he learned why flowers were so red!

"Hello, sir. You look unfamiliar. Is this your first time at the Eastsea Spirit Pagoda?"

At that moment, a short-haired woman in a moon-white cheongsam noticed Lin Xuan at the entrance and quickly approached him.

A faint smile rested on her face. Her tone was gentle and composed, and her bearing elegant, making people feel very comfortable.

"Which way is the Beginner Spirit Ascension Platform?"

Lin Xuan quickly put the incident out of his mind. Business came first. He took out the credential card for the Beginner Spirit Ascension Platform and showed it to the Cheongsam Woman.

"Sir, the Beginner Spirit Ascension Platform entrance is underground. Just take the dedicated elevator on the far left. There are staff members below to guide you!"

Upon seeing the card in Lin Xuan's hand, the Cheongsam Woman's expression turned serious, and her attitude became even more respectful.

Someone so young who had obtained qualification for the Spirit Ascension Platform was clearly not someone she could afford to neglect.

Lin Xuan froze for a moment.

That brother and sister seemed to have taken that elevator just now.

Whatever!

Lin Xuan stopped thinking about it. After entering the elevator and pressing the button, a sensation of weightlessness came from beneath his feet. It took a full three minutes before the elevator finally stopped.

This place was probably three or four hundred meters below ground!

Lin Xuan made a rough estimate.

After leaving the elevator, he found himself in a metal hall dozens of meters wide. The surrounding walls were made of special metals, densely covered in countless lines.

At the rear of the hall stood a metal passageway covered in sheets of golden material, guarded by more than a dozen staff members.

"Come with me!"

After Lin Xuan handed his card to one of the staff members, the man led him into the metal passageway.

After traversing the long corridor, Lin Xuan and the staff member took another elevator and eventually arrived in a sealed chamber.

The walls of the chamber were covered with electronic screens displaying images of green forests, with human figures occasionally moving across them.

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