All Under Heaven as Bait, Only You and I Hold the Rod

This elder of the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy had a certain degree of bad taste.

Of course, perhaps it was not merely a certain degree of bad taste.

It was absolute bad taste!

After everyone had touched the Stone Tablet.

More precisely, everyone in the area under his charge.

As for whether the examiners in the other areas possessed the same level of bad taste as he did, no one knew. Putting himself in their shoes, Lu Yuan guessed this was probably an isolated case. Otherwise, the atmosphere of the Myriad Heavens would have long since been led astray.

So what utterly heartless thing had this elder of the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy done to earn such an assessment from Lu Yuan?

The answer was simple!

"Now that all of you have received your ratings, I shall continue."

"According to the rules, all students below Level Four will ultimately be eliminated. In other words, the vast majority of you will lose your qualifications to enter the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy. Only a small number will escape this fate."

"Of course, there is no need to panic."

"Your level is not fixed."

"The method of raising it is not difficult. You only need to kill various spirit beasts, or obtain Heavenly Material Treasures containing spiritual energy. The mark on your forehead will automatically absorb some of that spiritual energy, allowing it to level up—from Level One to Level Two, from Level Two to Level Three, all the way to Level Nine."

"However, that is merely the most basic method."

"There are many ways to raise your level."

"What I just described is simply the safest."

"As for the fastest method, it is to seize the spiritual energy within the marks of others. This will let you raise your level at an