Grouping and Dormitory Competition

"Next, I'll explain your training assignments. Strong physical conditioning comes first.

Whether you want to absorb higher-year Soul Rings or unleash the power of your Soul Skills as much as possible, you need strong physical conditioning.

Do you know why Long Yu was able to defeat Xiong Tian so easily? Why he could even withstand Xiong Tian's first Soul Skill as a Soul Elder without using any Soul Skills himself? One very important reason was that Long Yu's physical conditioning far surpassed Xiong Tian's, allowing him to take Xiong Tian's first Soul Skill barehanded."

"Chief Instructor, then do those of us who are support-system Soul Masters not need to..." Several girls spoke up. In their eyes, support-system Soul Masters only needed to provide support from the rear.

"No. You are the ones who need to train your physical conditioning the most.

Soul Masters with superior physical conditioning have enormous advantages in speed and strength. Support-system Soul Masters need physical conditioning even more.

Once you encounter enemies, do you think they'll spare you support-system Soul Masters? On the contrary, you support-system Soul Masters will be their first targets," Lin Hao said sternly.

"Enemies? Who would dare oppose Spirit Hall openly?" A sweet female voice spoke up. She was quite pretty and gave off a delicate impression. At a glance, one could tell she was a support-system Soul Master.

"This is the last time I'll answer your questions. From now on, you only need to carry out orders without hesitation.

Although no one dares to directly provoke Spirit Hall openly, we still have hidden enemies.

These enemies in the shadows are powerful and have a complete organization. They are Spirit Hall's mortal enemies.

However, whenever those people appear, Spirit Hall quickly suppresses them. Once your strength is sufficient, you'll be qualified to learn more advanced secrets of Spirit Hall," Lin Hao said patiently.

"For the first month, you'll begin with cross-country runs while carrying weights. Aside from support-system Soul Grand Masters, the other Soul Grand Masters will carry twenty jin. Long Yu and Qian Ning'er will carry one hundred jin, while Soul Elder-level Battle Soul Masters will carry fifty jin.

Formal training begins tomorrow. I'll announce the specific route and other training programs tomorrow morning.

First, form teams. Other than those whose strength has reached the Soul Elder level being forbidden from teaming up with each other, everyone else may form teams freely. No team may exceed five members. Begin now! From now on, just carry out orders. Do not question my arrangements," Lin Hao said.

Afterward, the fifty-odd students began moving about, searching for people they knew or approved of.

Although they did not know why the most beautiful student also had to carry one hundred jin, they kept their mouths shut.

Only the Soul Elders were very dissatisfied. Wasn't Instructor Lin's arrangement implying that they men were inferior to a girl? Still, none of them said anything.

"Long Yu, would you be willing to join our team? We have one Soul Elder, and all our other members are above rank twenty-seven."

"Get lost. Long Yu, every member of our team is a Battle Soul Master above rank twenty-eight. Come be our captain and join us."

After witnessing Long Yu's strength, quite a few teams wanted this powerful little brother to join them.

Little? Being strong was all that mattered. Don't overthink it. But Long Yu still politely refused them, then walked toward "Qian Ning'er."

Long Yu smiled. "Qian Ning'er, I want to team up with you. Is that okay?" As he spoke, he looked at Qian Renxue's stunningly beautiful face and felt his heartbeat quicken.

Good heavens, I really can't handle a face like this.

Call it love at first sight, or call it lust at first sight—it was all the same! "Okay," Qian Renxue replied calmly.

Qian Renxue felt a little smug when she saw Long Yu's expression. Though Long Yu was a genius, hadn't he still fallen at her feet? Even though he was only six years old.

Wait, could I already be this beautiful? Is my charm really that great? No, Qian Renxue, how could you think such things?

After seeing the two form a team, the others also formed their own teams. Every team had the full five members, with at least one Soul Elder leading each one. Including Long Yu's team, there were eleven teams in total.

"Alright, it's all settled. I hope you remember your current teammates and help one another in the days ahead, because the training programs after running will all require your teams to complete them together," Lin Hao said.

"Now for dormitory assignments. The rule of our Genius Camp is that the strong come first. The best resources are allocated to the strongest.

The academy has dormitories of different grades: one Heaven-grade Dormitory, two Earth-grade Dormitories, and the rest are Human-grade Dormitories.

Naturally, the strongest teams will receive the best resources. Every week, teams will have one opportunity to challenge another team or be challenged. A challenged team may not refuse. The victorious team may move into the defeated team's dormitory and enjoy the corresponding resources.

Men and women will live separately. For now, each team may only send one Soul Elder-level student to represent them in battle and determine what grade of dormitory their team can occupy," Lin Hao said after sweeping his gaze over everyone.

"Now, I announce the beginning of the competition for the best Heaven-grade Dormitory.

Any captain who believes they are qualified to obtain the best dormitory and resources may step onto the stage. Anyone who disagrees may challenge them.

Do not think this is unfair to the first student to step onto the stage. If you want the best cultivation resources, you must display unrivaled strength. If you lose, it only means your strength is insufficient! Of course, I trust that the students of Genius Camp will not resort to petty tricks. Otherwise, I have the authority to send them back," Lin Hao said sternly.

Several captains exchanged looks, but no one dared to step up first.

"Since no one else is coming up, then I, Long Yu, will accept without ceremony. If anyone wishes to compete for the Heaven-grade Dormitory, Long Yu will be waiting here," Long Yu said, glancing around before stepping onto the stage without hesitation.

The Soul Power he had expended in the previous battle had already recovered. Long Yu could not help but marvel at the power of the Dragon God Martial Soul.

The ten captains below the stage exchanged looks, but still no one stepped forward.

The reason was simple. The chief instructor had just said that defeating one challenger was not enough; one had to remain standing on the stage the entire time.

Although Long Yu was very young, he had defeated Xiong Tian with only one Soul Skill. Clearly, none of them would fare much better against him.

Even if they could barely defeat Long Yu, how would they deal with the opponents afterward? If they lost, they might not even have the qualifications to compete for the Earth-grade Dormitories.

It would be better to directly give up on the best Heaven-grade Dormitory and compete for the Earth-grade Dormitories instead.

After a moment, Lin Hao finally said, "Since no one is challenging him, I announce that the Heaven-grade Dormitory for the first week belongs to Long Yu and Qian Ning'er's team." Lin Hao sounded somewhat dissatisfied.

They were elite students selected by Spirit Hall Academy, yet they did not even have the courage to issue a challenge.

"Long Yu, come down first. A-Fei, take the two of them to the Heaven-grade Dormitory."

The handsome middle-aged man from before led the two of them toward the buildings in the east.