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In the blink of an eye, three months passed peacefully, and the semester had already entered its final stretch.

Jing Shaoyu opened his eyes, his expression calm and his gaze as still as an ancient well. He withdrew his aura, rose from bed, and climbed down. His Soul Power had already reached level twenty-nine. He was only one step away from breaking through to level thirty and becoming a Spirit-type Soul Elder. He was fully confident that he could achieve the breakthrough before his tenth birthday.

After washing up, he pushed open the door and left the dormitory, running into Tang Wulin just as he was preparing to go for a run.

"Morning, Shaoyu," Tang Wulin greeted Jing Shaoyu with a smile.

"Morning." Jing Shaoyu returned the greeting with a smile.

"Wulin, are you going to have another chance encounter with that senior again?" Xie Xie emerged from the dormitory at that moment, his face full of teasing amusement.

"Get lost, you loudmouth!" Tang Wulin blushed and shoved Xie Xie, speaking irritably.

"Hahaha!" Jing Shaoyu and Xie Xie both burst out laughing.

Just as in the Original Work, Tang Wulin had met the lively and youthful school beauty, senior Ouyang Zixin, and begun his innocent first love. Well, it should have counted as a crush. Every morning, he went running around the track just so he could spend a little more time with Ouyang Zixin.

Tang Wulin was still thin-skinned at this point. With Jing Shaoyu and Xie Xie laughing behind him, he ran out of the Dormitory Building with a red face and headed for the Intermediate Department's track.

After three months, Tang Wulin's Soul Power had reached level sixteen, a full three levels higher than when Zero Class had first been established. The others could not help but sigh that having a low rank had its benefits.

Xie Xie's Soul Power had reached level twenty-two. He was still the only Zero Class member whose Soul Power was higher than Tang Wulin's, and the two of them firmly occupied the last and second-to-last spots in the class.

No sooner had Tang Wulin left than Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi emerged from their respective rooms.

Watching Tang Wulin's retreating figure, Wang Jinxi could not help showing a teasing smile as well. "Wulin is going for his morning run again? Sure enough, love makes people blind! Hehehe!"

Because his martial soul and Tang Wulin's bloodline had a mutually reinforcing relationship, Wang Jinxi had moved next door to Tang Wulin. Every night, the two cultivated face-to-face with only a wall between them. This meant that once the next semester began, Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi might have to transfer schools, just as they had in the Original Work.

Jing Shaoyu could do nothing about that. Whether Wang Jinxi chose to cultivate with Tang Wulin for the development of his own martial soul or transferred schools for the sake of his friendship with Zhang Yangzi, it was Wang Jinxi's own choice. Jing Shaoyu could not interfere.

"Jinxi, do you know what love is?" Zhang Yangzi asked.

"Uh..." Wang Jinxi was instantly at a loss for words. Then he said with an awkward grin, "Hehehe, I don't know, but the Class Monitor definitely does, right?"

As he spoke, Wang Jinxi looked at Jing Shaoyu. Jing Shaoyu could not help rolling his eyes. "You're the loudmouth here!"

Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, and Xie Xie immediately wore mischievous grins.

"What are you laughing about?" A cool voice came from behind the three of them. Their laughter stopped abruptly, as though their throats had been clutched shut. They all forcibly held it in. It was Gu Yue.

Although Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi had both reached level twenty-three in Soul Power, they were still as fragile as chicks before Gu Yue, whose Soul Power had reached level twenty-five. Gu Yue had a cold personality. Though they had spent over three months together, she showed different emotions only toward Jing Shaoyu and remained indifferent to everyone else. In addition, she was the vice-captain, so the other boys in Zero Class held her in great awe.

"We were talking about Tang Wulin," Jing Shaoyu said softly as he walked over to Gu Yue, took her little hand, and spoke.

Gu Yue's cold indifference was immediately dispelled by Jing Shaoyu's gentle warmth. Her expression softened slightly as well, and there was at least the faintest upward curve at the corner of her lips. Seeing this, Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, and Xie Xie all breathed sighs of relief. They exchanged looks and gave Jing Shaoyu admiring gazes.

As expected, it had to be the Class Monitor. He could melt an iceberg and make Big Sister Gu Yue smile!

"Morning, Little Yu Brother!" Xu Xiaoyan's energetic, playful voice rang out. The little girl came out of the dormitory with a beaming smile. When she saw Jing Shaoyu holding Gu Yue's hand, her expression stiffened slightly, but she quickly returned to normal. Ignoring the sight, she walked straight to Jing Shaoyu and took his other hand on her own initiative.

"Morning, Xiao Yan." What else could Jing Shaoyu do besides greet her with a smile?

The answer was to take the two girls to breakfast.

Xu Xiaoyan's Soul Power had now reached level twenty-four. Among the seven Zero Class Cadets, she ranked third, behind only Jing Shaoyu and Gu Yue.

After breakfast, everyone arrived at the Zero Class classroom and waited for class to begin.

Before long, Wu Zhangkong entered the classroom and brought the Zero Class Cadets some news.

"Teacher Wu, do we have to take final exams too?" Tang Wulin asked in surprise. Most of the others reacted similarly, aside from Jing Shaoyu and Gu Yue. Jing Shaoyu had known about it long ago, while Gu Yue simply did not care.

"You do." Wu Zhangkong answered in an even tone. "Your final examination will consist of two subjects. The first subject is the Spirit Ascension Platform."

The Spirit Ascension Platform? Upon hearing this, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Wang Jinxi, and Zhang Yangzi were somewhat surprised, but also delighted. Over the past three months, they had entered the Spirit Ascension Platform eleven times, gaining something each time. Tang Wulin had even completed his first spirit ascension during that period, so they were no longer unfamiliar with it.

That was why they were both surprised and delighted when Wu Zhangkong said the Spirit Ascension Platform would be part of their final examination.

"Teacher Wu, it won't be an ordinary Spirit Ascension Platform, will it?" Xu Xiaoyan asked. Her words confused several of the boys. What did she mean by an ordinary Spirit Ascension Platform? Wasn't a Spirit Ascension Platform simply a Spirit Ascension Platform? At most, there were Primary Spirit Ascension Platforms, Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platforms, and Advanced Spirit Ascension Platforms. How could there be an ordinary one? "Correct." Wu Zhangkong nodded. "This time, you will enter the Rioting Spirit Ascension Platform. The final examination requires you to remain inside the Rioting Spirit Ascension Platform for one full hour. Otherwise, you will fail the final exam."

"The Rioting Spirit Ascension Platform?" Tang Wulin and Xie Xie asked in unison.

Wu Zhangkong explained, "When the Spirit Ascension Platform was first constructed, the energy used within it was unstable, causing it to enter a rioting period twice every year. During those periods, the energy inside became extremely violent and chaotic, making the platform impossible to open.

"Later, as the Spirit Pagoda's Soul Guidance Technology continued to advance, the rioting periods gradually came under control and became a special phase of the Spirit Ascension Platform.

"During the rioting period, the Spirit Beasts inside the Spirit Ascension Platform become exceptionally active, their strength increases drastically, and the danger rises significantly. Their numbers also increase. Every time the Spirit Ascension Platform enters its rioting period, the Eighteen Pillars release three hundred admission slots. This time, the academy paid no small price to persuade the East Sea Spirit Transfer Pagoda to obtain seven slots. You must cherish this opportunity.

"During the rioting period, you may choose to enter the Spirit Ascension Platform as a team, with a maximum of seven members. That happens to match the number of people in our class.

"At that time, you will be transmitted in together. It will be time to test your team's cohesion and coordination.

"Remember, in the Rioting Spirit Ascension Platform, you will encounter not only Spirit Beasts, but also other Soul Masters entering the platform. They are equally dangerous to you.

"During the rioting period, after a Spirit Beast is killed, absorbing the Spirit Power it produces takes one hundred times longer than it does in a normal Spirit Ascension Platform. For example, killing the same ten-year Spirit Beast would require only one second to absorb the Spirit Power it produced in a normal Spirit Ascension Platform, but it would take one hundred seconds in the Rioting Spirit Ascension Platform.

"That means that if you leave the Spirit Ascension Platform during that time, that portion of Spirit Power will be absorbed by the nearest Soul Master.

"This is the most distinctive rule of the Rioting Spirit Ascension Platform."

Wu Zhangkong's explanation enlightened the Cadets, but Zhang Yangzi soon raised a question.

"Teacher Wu, doesn't that mean we can steal other people's Spirit Power?"

Wu Zhangkong glanced at him. "If you have the confidence and strength, of course you can take it from others. However, I need to remind you that the Soul Power limit of the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform is level thirty-nine, the peak of Soul Elder.

"Many level thirty-nine Soul Elders will choose to gamble on it, paying a heavy price to enter during the Spirit Ascension Platform's rioting period. So the opponents you may encounter will all be very strong."

"Teacher Wu, no problem!" Wang Jinxi patted his chest confidently. "With our team's strength, even if we face a level thirty-nine peak Soul Elder, we won't be afraid at all! Right, Class Monitor?"

"Yes." Jing Shaoyu nodded calmly.

"Three days from now, you will enter the Spirit Ascension Platform." Wu Zhangkong gave Jing Shaoyu a deep look. "You are off for these three days."

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