Spiritual Power Test

To Ye Xinglan, Shrek Academy's honor stood above everything else. She would never allow anyone to look down on Shrek Academy.

It was not just her. Most Shrek Academy students were like that.

Shrek Academy had truly done an excellent job in this regard. It was clearly just an academy, yet it had given its students a stronger sense of belonging than most sect disciples felt toward their sects.

Even the Spirit Pagoda, another top-tier organization, could not compare to them in this respect.

Ye Xinglan glanced at Xia Yi and said to Xu Lizhi with some disgust, "Do you know who you are? As a Shrek Academy student, don't you think it's beneath you to mingle with these country bumpkins?"

"Sister Xinglan, I was wrong, but I'm so hungry! Look, if I don't eat my fill, I won't have the strength to go back with you, right?" Xu Lizhi said timidly. Whenever he saw Ye Xinglan, he was like a mouse seeing a cat, hardly daring to breathe.

Hearing that, Ye Xinglan's gaze fell once again on Xia Yi, Gu Yue, and Tang Wulin. "Were you the ones who lured him out here to eat?"

Ye Xinglan's brows shot up. In her eyes, Xia Yi and the others must have had some ulterior motive for calling Xu Lizhi out, considering they were from Shrek Academy.

Xia Yi rolled his eyes at her and ignored her. Turning toward the kitchen, he called, "Boss, are our yellow croakers ready yet?"

"They're ready. I'll bring them right out," the owner said as he carried out two yellow fish, each more than half a meter long.

The moment the yellow croakers were served, their enticing aroma spread through the air.

Xu Lizhi's eyes immediately went wide.

Ye Xinglan quietly swallowed as well. Though she had eaten plenty of delicacies, Shrek City was inland after all, and it rarely had the unique seafood delicacies found in coastal cities like Skysea City.

Looking at Tang Wulin, Xu Lizhi, and Ye Xinglan, the owner kindly asked, "Would you like me to split them up for you?"

Earlier, he had worried that Xia Yi and Gu Yue might not be able to finish two extra-large yellow croakers. Seeing Tang Wulin and the others appear, he finally understood what was going on.

"No need. They can just watch!" Xia Yi said. Ignoring Ye Xinglan, who was secretly swallowing, and Xu Lizhi, whose eyes had gone blank, he lowered his head and began eating with gusto.

"Hey, do you have no gentlemanly manners at all?" Ye Xinglan snapped. A flash of sword light from her Stargod Sword swept past her fingertips, instantly slicing the yellow croaker in Xia Yi's bowl, along with the huge platter beneath it, into two halves.

Without waiting for Xia Yi's consent, she directly carried the larger half over.

Then she split it in two again, handed the larger portion to Xu Lizhi, pulled over a chair, and began wolfing down the food herself.

"This isn't good, is it, Sister Xinglan?" Xu Lizhi's mouth twitched slightly. After all, they had only just met Xia Yi.

They could not even be said to know each other, since neither side even knew the other's name.

And they were just stealing his food like this.

Anyone who did not know better would think they were bandits.

"This is the price of looking down on Shrek Academy." Ye Xinglan also felt it was somewhat inappropriate, but she simply could not stand Xia Yi. Who did he think she was? He had actually made her stand there and watch him eat.

She was determined to teach Xia Yi a lesson.

What surprised Gu Yue was that Xia Yi did not react at all. After finishing the remaining small portion of yellow croaker in a few bites, he turned and left.

"He can even endure that? Coward!" Ye Xinglan felt somewhat disappointed. She had originally planned to wait for Xia Yi to make the first move, then use that as an excuse to teach him a lesson.

So that Xia Yi could see the difference between Shrek Academy and ordinary academies.

Xia Yi's silent endurance immediately ruined her plans.

Seeing Xia Yi leave, Gu Yue also rose and followed him.

Only after the two had left the restaurant did Gu Yue reveal a strange smile and look at Xia Yi. "Did you forget to pay the bill?"

"Isn't someone else paying?" Xia Yi smiled back at her.

"True! In any case, this little money is nothing to Shrek Academy students." Gu Yue nodded with a smile.

What they did not know was that neither Xu Lizhi nor Ye Xinglan had brought any money that day.

After leaving the restaurant, Gu Yue took Xia Yi to the Spirit Pagoda in Eastsea City. That was the main reason she had sought him out that day.

Ever since coming to the human world, she had wanted to know how much Spiritual Power Xia Yi, who had gained sentience after only ten years, possessed.

But during the previous month, Xia Yi had rushed to the Blacksmith Association every day after school to study Forging with Mu Xi.

She had never had the chance. Tomorrow was the Heaven Sea Alliance Grand Competition, and Gu Yue was eager to find out exactly how much Spiritual Power Xia Yi possessed.

Skysea City was one of the continent's eighteen first-tier cities, and its Spirit Pagoda was also one of the Spirit Pagoda organization's eighteen major branch towers. These eighteen large Spirit Pagodas were known as the Eighteen Sky Pillars.

This Spirit Pagoda could be seen from far away. It was over a hundred stories tall and more than four hundred meters high. Even among the towering buildings of Eastsea City, it was a landmark structure.

The Spirit Pagoda's base was angular and covered an enormous area. Every ten floors upward, it narrowed inward until it reached the spire at the top.

Even at night, its majestic grandeur could still be felt.

"If even a branch tower is like this, just how enormous must the Spirit Pagoda headquarters, the place known as Tianling Tower, be?" Xia Yi sighed.

"Won't you find out once you go to Shrek City someday?" Gu Yue smiled.

As soon as they entered the first floor of the Spirit Pagoda, they were stunned by its magnificent interior decor. The floor was paved with dark-gold stone, covered in dazzling natural patterns. Huge stone pillars supported a dome dozens of meters high, while the gorgeous colored murals on those pillars and the dome were even more breathtaking.

These murals were splendid and magnificent. Every Spirit Pagoda had them, and they were all identical, recording the life of Huo Yuhao, the first-generation master of the Spirit Pagoda.

"May I ask if there is anything I can help you with?" As soon as Xia Yi and Gu Yue entered the Spirit Pagoda, a staff member came forward.

"We would like to test our Spiritual Power," Gu Yue said, taking out a card and handing it to the staff member.

When the staff member saw Gu Yue's card, his expression immediately became respectful. "Miss Gu Yue, please follow me."

Led by the staff member, Xia Yi and Gu Yue arrived in a room full of modern-looking equipment.

"Miss Gu Yue, please wait a moment. I'll go invite a Spirit Master right away," the staff member said respectfully.

"There's no need. We can do it ourselves. You may leave," Gu Yue shook her head. She was very curious about just how abnormal the Spiritual Power of a small Soul Beast like Xia Yi, who had gained sentience after only ten years, would be after his Transformation.

At the same time, she did not want Xia Yi to be exposed before the Spirit Pagoda's upper ranks.

After the staff member left, Gu Yue motioned for Xia Yi to sit in a metal chair. A helmet-like metal device descended from above, connected by metal arms, and covered his head.

"Don't be nervous. Relax your whole body. You may feel slightly dizzy later, but that's normal. Just relax," Gu Yue instructed.

"Alright." Xia Yi nodded. He was also curious about his own Spiritual Power.

As Gu Yue pressed the switch, a faint humming sound arose. Soft white light began glowing outside the metal helmet, and Gu Yue looked toward a Soul Guidance Screen beside it, where data began flickering across the display.

The numbers jumped rapidly at first. After a while, the data gradually stabilized, and a trace of surprise appeared on Gu Yue's face.

"One hundred eighty-three. Spirit Connection Realm." Gu Yue took a deep breath. Her own Spiritual Power was around two hundred eighty.

That comparison might not seem obvious, but Gu Yue remembered that when her Soul Power had been at rank twelve, her Spiritual Power had only been around one hundred fifty.

In other words, at the same level, Xia Yi's Spiritual Power was even stronger than hers, the Silver Dragon King's.

Meanwhile, a Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster like Xie Xie only had Spiritual Power in the fifties or sixties.

"Let's go." Gu Yue took a deep breath. Only after deleting the record of Xia Yi's Spiritual Power test did she leave the Spirit Pagoda with him.