Spiritual Academy Youth, Life Simulator

Great Thousand World, Hundred Spirit Continent.

Northern Spiritual Realm, Northern Spiritual Academy.

It was noon. The blazing sun hung like fire, its scorching rays pouring down from the sky and setting the entire Northern Spiritual Academy ablaze with activity.

As the number one academy in the Northern Spiritual Realm, the Northern Spiritual Academy had always been fiercely competitive. Especially over the past two years, it had recruited many outstanding students, making the competition even more intense.

In the western district of the Northern Spiritual Academy lay a vast training ground, dotted with numerous arenas.

At that moment, the central arena was surrounded by a dense sea of people.

"Your strength is too weak, your spiritual energy too scattered, and your coordination too poor. After two years of cultivation, is this all you can do?"

On the arena,

A youth in blue robes, no more than fifteen or sixteen years old, stood with one hand behind his back, facing three opponents alone. Using only one hand, he spoke in a lecturing tone.

He moved like an agile ape, his right arm sweeping like a brush flinging ink, leaving streaks of afterimages through the air. He swung, pushed, and slapped... effortlessly blocking the attacks of the three people before him.

At that moment, the black-haired youth leading the trio charged forward and jabbed with a finger. Dark spiritual energy surged from his body, and domineering black light flashed around his fingertip like lightning.

A powerful fluctuation erupted.

"Oh? You were hiding your cultivation level. Not bad, Mu Chen. You've learned to conceal your strength."

"Unfortunately, mid-Spiritual Movement Stage is still far from enough..."

The blue-robed youth raised a brow and chuckled. Immediately after, an even more powerful aura burst from his body, far surpassing that of the youth before him.

His arm stretched like an ape's limb, and an incomparably fierce surge of force suddenly formed beneath his fist. Then he threw a punch!

Boom!

The black-haired youth's expression changed drastically. He had no time to alter his move and could only tilt his body in an attempt to avoid the fist. Even so, he was sent flying.

Seeing this, the other two instantly halted their charge and retreated a step in unison. They hurriedly waved their hands. "Lu Ge, we're done fighting. You're already at the peak of the Spiritual Rotation Stage, while we're only at the early Spiritual Movement Stage. We can't beat you. We really can't."

Lu Chen, the blue-robed youth known as Lu Ge, shook his head and laughed. "You lot should learn from Mu Chen. The more setbacks he faces, the braver he becomes. If you give up so easily, when will you ever reach the Divine Soul Stage?"

The two youths exchanged glances and could not help but smile bitterly. One of them said, "Lu Ge, your standards are too high."

"Most people in our academy are still at the Sensing Stage, sensing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth."

"Who knows how many still can't draw spiritual energy into their bodies and break through to the Spiritual Movement Stage. As for the Spiritual Rotation Stage, where one condenses the spiritual energy within the body into a wheel, only you and Liu Mubai have reached it so far."

"Fine, then. How boring..."

Lu Chen curled his lips. Since transmigrating here, he had begun cultivating at the age of six. After ten years, he had only barely reached the peak of the Spiritual Rotation Stage.

He had thought he was already slow, but unexpectedly, these useless fools at the Northern Spiritual Academy were even slower. After cultivating for ten years, they were still stuck at the second stage.

Was cultivation really that difficult?

Couldn't anyone do it with hands?

At that moment, Mu Chen, who had just been sent flying, patted the dust from his clothes and walked over.

The youth's eyes were bright and clear as water. Though he had clearly been defeated, he looked excited as he eagerly approached Lu Chen. "Lu Ge, what spiritual art did you use for that punch? After being hit, I felt like every bone in my body went numb, almost like..."

"It's a Vibration Fist I created myself. When fighting an enemy, it uses spiritual energy vibrations to send a vibrating force into their body, shaking their bones and temporarily robbing them of their combat ability."

"You want to learn it? Trade me a low-grade Spirit Grade offensive spiritual art."

Lu Chen spoke with an indifferent expression.

The Great Thousand World was vast and boundless. Cultivation methods used for training and combat were generally called spiritual arts, broadly divided into cultivation spiritual arts, body-tempering spiritual arts, offensive spiritual arts, defensive spiritual arts, and so on.

These various spiritual arts were roughly divided into three ranks: Mortal Grade, Spirit Grade, and God Grade. Each rank was further divided into low, middle, and high grades.

Over the past ten years, although he had never encountered a spiritual art above God Grade, he had figured out the principles behind cultivation spiritual arts.

They were nothing more than drawing spiritual energy into the Qi Sea, then using vibrations to fully unleash the power of spiritual energy.

In the cultivation terminology of the Great Thousand World, these vibrations were known as Spiritual Energy Amplitude. The more layers of amplitude there were, the higher-grade the cultivation method became.

Generally speaking, high-grade Mortal Grade spiritual arts could reach five layers of amplitude, low-grade Spirit Grade ones could reach ten layers, middle-grade Spirit Grade ones fifteen layers, and so on.

Lu Chen had spent a full ten years sensing this Spiritual Energy Amplitude, and it had long been etched into his bones. Combined with the inspiration he gained while studying other offensive spiritual arts, he had naturally created a spiritual art comparable to a low-grade Spirit Grade one—the Vibration Fist!

"A Spirit Grade spiritual art?"

Mu Chen smiled bitterly and could no longer bring himself to ask. His Mu Territory was one of the foremost powers in the Northern Spiritual Realm, yet it possessed only three Spirit Grade spiritual arts.

Meanwhile, Lu Ge had casually created one himself. Comparing people truly could drive one to death from frustration.

"Don't make that face. Creating spiritual arts takes a lot of brainpower, you know. In these ten years, I've only created this one spiritual art. I can't just give it away for free. How about trading a Divine Soul Pill for it?"

Lu Chen blinked and said with a beaming smile.

"Lu Ge, you must be joking. How could our Mu Family have a Divine Soul Pill? If we had one, we would have used it long ago. With your talent, you'll break through to the Divine Soul Stage soon enough. Why would you need pills..."

Mu Chen shook his head, truly unsure how to evaluate Lu Ge.

Although he had not been chosen by the Spiritual Road because he lacked a Spiritual Meridian, his comprehension was exceptional, and his cultivation speed was unrivaled within the Northern Spiritual Academy. In Mu Chen's opinion, even those so-called "Kings" and "Emperors" of the Spiritual Road might not gain any advantage against Lu Ge.

"Then forget it. I'm going to cultivate and strive to break through to the Divine Soul Stage soon. This stage is interesting too. After breaking through, you can actually refine Spirit Beast essences. How fascinating."

Lu Chen waved his hand, turned, and headed toward his residence.

After transmigrating into this life, he had neither father nor mother. He had been raised by an elderly couple since childhood, but by the time he was ten, they had already passed away. He did not have many hobbies in this life. He only cultivated.

The instant Lu Chen turned around, his vision suddenly blurred, and a pleasant mechanical voice rang out in his mind.

Ding! The Future Life Simulator has been bound!

Current simulation attempts: one. A simulation may be started. Start now?

A cheat?

Lu Chen frowned and grumbled inwardly, With talent like mine, I actually still need a cheat?

Start the simulation?

The pleasant voice echoed through his mind again. Lu Chen narrowed his eyes and silently replied, Don't start it.

Then he quickened his pace toward his residence.