Enrolling at Martial Soul Hall Academy

Martial Soul Hall Academy covered a vast area, so its main gate was correspondingly enormous.

After entering through the academy gates, the first thing that came into view was a grand, sprawling six-story building with an imposing style.

That building was the teaching hall, which combined the functions of teachers' offices, classrooms, and an internal cafeteria.

Outside the teaching hall lay a thousand-meter track that encircled it.

The track was normally used for students' physical training or as punishment for those who made mistakes.

Behind the track and teaching hall stood five dormitory buildings.

Teachers and students who lived far away or did not wish to go home could apply to stay at the academy.

Behind the dormitories was the entire Simulated Cultivation Environment area, which occupied two-thirds of the academy grounds.

As Hu Liena linked arms with Le Ling and headed toward the teaching hall, she introduced the academy's general layout to her.

Once she had finished introducing the surroundings, Hu Liena said excitedly, "Little Le Sister, let me tell you—the food in our academy cafeteria is really delicious!"

"There's still half an hour before class starts. If you haven't had breakfast, you can go get something to eat."

Le Ling smiled and shook her head. "No need. I'm not hungry."

From last night until now, she had been so angry she was already full. Hungry, my ass!

"Alright."

Hu Liena said with slight disappointment, "Since you're not hungry, we'll take you to the new student registration office first, then head to the classroom."

Le Ling nodded.

Afterward, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan accompanied Le Ling into the teaching hall.

They arrived at the leftmost office on the first floor, where the three of them accompanied Le Ling as she registered as a new student.

After Le Ling filled out the new student form, the four of them headed toward the Great Deacon Class classroom.

Martial Soul Hall Academy did not divide classes by age, but by Soul Power Level.

The academy's admission requirements stipulated that students had to be at least twelve years old and have reached level thirty Soul Power before they could be accepted.

Those below level thirty who wanted to enroll had no chance of entering Martial Soul Hall Academy unless they possessed a rare martial soul or exceptional innate talent. Even pulling strings would not help otherwise.

The class division system was quite simple.

Levels thirty through forty belonged to the Great Deacon Class, levels forty-one through fifty belonged to the Sub-Bishop Class, and levels fifty-one through sixty belonged to the Main Bishop Class.

The names of Martial Soul Hall's classes were the same as the titles of its job ranks!

The main purpose of naming them this way was to give the students motivation!

After all, once they graduated, being able to work for Martial Soul Hall was not only an honor for Soul Masters, but also a rather good job.

Putting aside everything else, Martial Soul Hall paid more than the two great empires in terms of salary alone!

Therefore, most Soul Masters who graduated from Martial Soul Hall Academy went on to work within Martial Soul Hall.

At this moment, the four of them arrived at the Great Deacon Class classroom.

They had only just taken their seats when the class bell rang!

A man around fifty years old walked in through the classroom door. He was the teacher responsible for teaching the Great Deacon Class's soul beast practical combat lesson that morning.

"Hello, students. I heard that our class has a new student joining us today. Since we have a newcomer, I'll introduce myself first."

"My name is Lu Yuan. I am a level seventy-two Attack Type Battle Soul Saint, with the Heavenly Underworld Wolf as my martial soul. At Martial Soul Hall Academy, I am specifically responsible for teaching the Great Deacon Class's soul beast practical combat lessons."

"Which one of you is the new student who joined today? Please come to the podium and introduce yourself."

As soon as Teacher Lu Yuan finished speaking, the students seated in the classroom all turned in unison toward the beautiful young girl sitting beside Hu Liena.

Le Ling looked around eighteen because spiritual cultivators from the Five Elements Continent retained their appearance forever once they reached eighteen, never aging any further.

Thus, no one on the Douluo Continent knew her true age at all!

Le Ling stood and walked toward the podium.

"Hello, Teacher Lu Yuan."

She smiled politely at the teacher.

Beautiful, noble and poised, polite, and supposedly possessed a rather good martial soul as well!

Teacher Lu Yuan looked at the girl before him with a satisfied smile.

"Hello. Introduce yourself to the students."

Le Ling nodded, then turned to the students, who were all watching her curiously from their seats. "Hello, everyone. My name is Le Ling. I am a level thirty-nine Attack Type Battle Soul Venerable, and my martial soul is the Heavenly Fox."

After she finished introducing herself, the students began whispering among themselves.

None of them knew the legend of the Ten-tailed Heavenly Fox martial soul.

What they were mainly discussing was what relationship this new student had with Hu Liena, the Pope's disciple.

Moreover, Le Ling currently had the highest Soul Power Level in the Great Deacon Class. Hu Liena was level thirty-six, while both Xie Yue and Yan were level thirty-seven.

They had not expected another Rank 39 student to appear—and one whose martial soul was so similar to Hu Liena's.

So, all the students were extremely curious about Le Ling!

At that moment, Lu Yuan, standing behind Le Ling, quietly asked, "Student Le Ling, I heard the Dean say that your martial soul is the Ten-tailed Heavenly Fox?"

Le Ling smiled but did not answer.

She did not want to introduce her Ten-tailed Heavenly Fox martial soul, lest the spirit masters sent by the Five Elements Continent to hunt her down trace her whereabouts.

After all, her name in the Five Elements Continent was not Le Ling. She had given herself this name when she traveled through the Douluo Continent in the past.

Seeing that she merely smiled without speaking, Lu Yuan did not press further.

"Quiet!"

He stepped forward and said to the students, "This morning's soul beast practical combat class is about to begin. Please follow me to the training grounds."

With that, Lu Yuan clasped his hands behind his back and headed straight out of the classroom.

The students rose one after another and followed their teacher to the practical combat grounds.

Hu Liena quickly walked up to the podium, linked arms with Le Ling, and said, "Little Le Sister, let's go."

Le Ling nodded.

Xie Yue and Yan followed closely behind them.

After walking for roughly twenty minutes, they arrived at the outskirts of the Simulated Cultivation Environment area behind the academy.

Lu Yuan stopped and turned to the group. "This morning's soul beast practical combat class will take place in the Simulated Cultivation Environment."

"First, let me introduce the Simulated Cultivation Environment. It is a special place that optimizes martial soul cultivation by simulating the habitats in which soul beasts grow."

"The Simulated Cultivation Environment not only recreates soul beast habitats, but can also simulate the cultivation levels and abilities of various soul beasts. Training in such an environment over a long period can bring our martial souls into their optimal cultivation state!"

When they heard that it was a simulated location, one that could achieve the effects of the Star Dou Great Forest or Sunset Forest without being nearly as dangerous—

The students immediately grew excited!

Lu Yuan continued, "During the practical combat class, you may enter alone, in teams of two, or in teams of three. The assessment scores for one person, two people, and three people will differ!"

"I will watch every group entering the practical combat grounds from the observation point up there. If danger arises, I will intervene in time."

"Furthermore, every future practical combat class will count toward your final assessment score. So your performance during these classes is extremely important. Do you understand?"

The students answered in unison, "Understood!"

"Good!"

Lu Yuan swept his gaze across the students.

Finally, his eyes settled on the new student. "Student Le Ling, since today is your first day as a new student, you will open the class. Whether you fight alone or form a team is up to you!"

Le Ling nodded, stepped out from among the students, and said without hesitation, "I'll go solo!"

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