Soul Power Level 12

"Xiao Wu? What are you doing here?"

When Mo Bai arrived at the Spirit Hall branch, he unexpectedly saw Xiao Wu, who shared the same dormitory as him.

Could she have come here for certification, just like him? But hadn't Xiao Wu become a Spirit Master several days ago?

"Mo Bai? Why are you here too?"

Xiao Wu was equally surprised when she saw Mo Bai.

"What else could I be here for? Of course, I'm here for Spirit Master certification!"

Mo Bai replied flatly, then asked, "What about you? What are you doing here? Shouldn't you have been certified long ago?"

"Of course not. Can't I come now?"

"And don't forget, I'm not only the boss of Seventh Room now—I'm the boss of every student in Nuoding Academy. You have to call me Sister Xiao Wu!"

Xiao Wu curled her lips, planted her hands on her hips, and glared adorably at Mo Bai, trying to force him to call her Sister Xiao Wu.

"You didn't call me boss when I was the boss before, so I don't have to call you that either!" Mo Bai's lips curled slightly as he retorted with perfect logic.

"I'm not wasting my breath on you. I still need to get certified as a Spirit Master!"

With that, Mo Bai waved a hand and entered the Spirit Hall branch ahead of her.

"You... jerk!"

Xiao Wu stomped her foot as she watched Mo Bai's retreating back.

"It's you. Your name is... Mo Bai, right?"

"Did you come here, like Tang San did a few days ago, to have your Spirit Master level certified?"

After Mo Bai entered, Su Yuntao, the Steward of the Spirit Hall branch who happened to be in the main hall, noticed him immediately. His eyes lit up as he questioned Mo Bai.

"Yes, Steward Su Yuntao!"

Mo Bai nodded in reply.

"Hmph, I'm here too!"

As soon as Mo Bai finished speaking, Xiao Wu's voice rang out as well. Clearly, she had followed right behind him after he entered.

"Xiao Wu, have you absorbed your first Spirit Ring too? What kind of Spirit Ring was it? How many years was it?"

When Su Yuntao saw Xiao Wu come in, his eyes lit up again. He immediately questioned her enthusiastically, even more warmly than he had questioned Mo Bai.

Mo Bai felt somewhat annoyed standing to the side. First, Tang San had been brought up in comparison to him, and then he had been cast aside because of Xiao Wu.

Damn it, this was infuriating!

Su Yuntao had truly forgotten Mo Bai for the moment. Xiao Wu was also a genius with Innate Full Soul Power whom he had personally awakened, and in his opinion, she had even greater potential than Mo Bai and Tang San.

Back then, Su Yuntao had directly invited Xiao Wu to join Spirit Hall.

However, Xiao Wu had refused outright. Now that he had seen her again, Su Yuntao naturally wanted to try and recruit her into Spirit Hall once more!

"You want to trick me into joining Spirit Hall again, don't you? No way!"

Xiao Wu was not foolish at all. Before Su Yuntao could even speak, she rejected him outright.

"Oh, right. The one Gold Soul Coin issued every month after Spirit Master certification—that comes from the Empire, right?"

Then, Xiao Wu asked Su Yuntao a question instead.

She had heard that the Gold Soul Coins distributed by Spirit Hall were provided by the Empire, which was why she had decided to come and have her Spirit Master level certified.

Otherwise, she would not have wanted to come to Spirit Hall for certification at all!

Spirit Hall was her enemy!

"Well, you could put it that way. But without Spirit Hall, the Empire wouldn't be willing to provide this money either!"

Su Yuntao did not deny Xiao Wu's words, though he also pointed out Spirit Hall's role in the matter.

Whenever someone asked, those of Spirit Hall would tell the truth. But if no one asked, they would not take the initiative to mention it.

"Then that's fine. We're here to have our Spirit Master levels certified, so hurry up and assess us!"

Xiao Wu smiled lightly upon hearing that, then urged him on.

"Are you really not willing to consider joining Spirit Hall?"

"If you join, we can..."

Even then, Su Yuntao was unwilling to give up and intended to keep persuading her.

"No! I said I don't want to join Spirit Hall!"

However Su Yuntao tried to persuade her, Xiao Wu simply refused.

Left with no choice, Su Yuntao led Mo Bai and Xiao Wu inside, where Vice President Ma Xiunuo of the Spirit Hall branch assessed their Soul Power Levels.

In the end, Mo Bai and Xiao Wu had the same Soul Power Level: both were Level 12!

From this, Mo Bai learned that plant-type Spirit Beasts really were comparatively weaker than animal-type Spirit Beasts. They had both absorbed Four-Hundred-Year Spirit Rings, yet Tang San had risen straight to Level 13, while he had only reached Level 12.

After completing the appraisal, Vice Hall Master Ma Xiunuo did not forget to invite Xiao Wu to join Spirit Hall, but Xiao Wu still refused firmly.

Vice Hall Master Ma Xiunuo had no choice but to turn and invite Mo Bai instead.

Do I have no pride at all?

Only after someone else turns it down does it come to me? I don't want it!

Mo Bai had some pride of his own as well, and he immediately refused outright.

"Xiao Wu, I noticed that you seem very resistant to Spirit Hall. Why is that?"

After collecting their subsidy money and leaving the Spirit Hall branch together, Mo Bai curiously asked Xiao Wu about it.

From the moment they entered the Spirit Hall branch, Mo Bai could tell that Xiao Wu was very opposed to Spirit Hall.

Could the faction behind Xiao Wu be an enemy of Spirit Hall?

"Yeah, I just don't like Spirit Hall!"

"What? Are you planning to join Spirit Hall? Then why didn't you agree just now?"

Xiao Wu clearly stated that she disliked Spirit Hall, then looked at Mo Bai scrutinizingly.

"No, didn't I refuse too?"

Spirit Hall really was a good place to go, but knowing that the little girl before him disliked Spirit Hall, Mo Bai naturally would not admit it, lest he make her dislike him.

After all, they still had to live in the same school, perhaps even the same dormitory, for many years.

"That's more like it. If Spirit Hall tries to recruit you again in the future, remember not to agree!" Only then did Xiao Wu smile.

After returning to Nuoding Academy, Mo Bai found an unoccupied spot, summoned his Blue Silver Grass martial soul, plucked off one of its leaves, and tried using it as a hidden weapon.

Whoosh—

The leaf instantly vanished from Mo Bai's hand, turning into a blue streak as it shot rapidly into the trunk of a tree.

Blue Silver Grass was blue, so naturally its trail was blue as well!

Thud—

After striking the trunk, the leaf sank three inches into the wood, with half of it piercing directly into the tree.

"Not bad. It really can be used as a hidden weapon!"

"Although firing hidden weapons also consumes Soul Power, it uses far less than a spirit skill!"

Seeing the damage caused by the Blue Silver Grass leaf, Mo Bai nodded in satisfaction.

Everything was just as he had expected. Although his First Spirit Skill was useless, the evolved Blue Silver Grass leaves were not. They had achieved the effect he wanted.

He could use them as ordinary hidden weapons!

After confirming the result, Mo Bai did not immediately return to the dormitory.

The Startling Feather Art had broken through, so he could continue cultivating his poison art, Jade Hand.

Mo Bai's Jade Hand was a poison art cultivated by absorbing poison from venomous creatures.

Previously, Mo Bai had cultivated it using ordinary venomous creatures, such as spiders, centipedes, venomous bees, and the like.

Once mastered, his hands would turn entirely jade-green when activated, like emerald jade. That was why it was called Jade Hand.

Beautiful, yet deadly!

Thanks to the readers [Heart Returns to Dream Li], [Void Galaxy], [Finality Meets Demon King at the Hour], and [Starting with a Bowl] for their rewards!