Xiao Wu's Notice, an Evening Duel Appointment

After leaving the Spirit Hall Branch, Bai Ge had already searched in the direction of Nuoding Academy while looking for a High-End Restaurant.

So after giving up the search, Bai Ge quickly returned to Nuoding Academy.

Upon entering Nuoding Academy, Bai Ge headed straight for Class One on the first floor of the Main Teaching Building.

There were not many people along the way. It was noon, and the sun was blazing, so hardly anyone would be outside under the scorching heat. Since class was about to begin, almost all the students had already entered their respective classrooms to wait for the lesson.

By the time Bai Ge reached the classroom, Tang San was already there.

Unlike Bai Ge, who had been searching aimlessly, Tang San had a clear target: an ordinary Blacksmith Shop. Tang San had quickly found one, but there was not enough time, so he could only wait until school was out that evening to apply for work.

When Bai Ge arrived at the classroom, he was rather late, and there were barely any good seats left. He could only choose a seat near the middle of the Back Row.

As Bai Ge walked toward his seat and passed Tang San, Tang San gave him a pitying look, leaving Bai Ge somewhat baffled.

But he quickly found out why.

The moment Bai Ge sat down in the Back Row, a large group of Girls immediately gathered around him eagerly. They surrounded Bai Ge one after another, asking him to show off his Martial Soul again. If possible, they even hoped Bai Ge could personally guide them in cultivating their Martial Souls.

Bai Ge was practically covered in black lines.

Were the girls of Douluo Continent really this precocious?

Showing off his Martial Soul was one thing, but personally guiding them? He was just a little kid. What did he know? What could he possibly teach them? Their intentions clearly lay elsewhere. They were obviously just coveting his looks!

He had never expected that Bai Ge would one day receive the same Protagonist treatment as Sasuke from a certain ninja anime. He could not help feeling deeply moved.

But sentiment was sentiment. In the end, Bai Ge still refused them with righteous conviction.

On one hand, Bai Ge refused to guide their cultivation on the grounds that Martial Soul cultivation was a personal matter that others could not help with, and that he himself did not know much, so he could not guide them. On the other hand, Bai Ge used the fact that class was about to begin as an excuse to decisively send the girls away.

What a joke. If they had been Top Grade little lolis or something, Bai Ge would definitely have politely agreed right away. Even if he could only look and not touch, at least they would have been pleasing to the eye!

But they all looked utterly ordinary, and some were even downright ugly, yet they wanted his personal guidance? Keep dreaming! Was Bai Ge that kind of person?!

They were merely lovestruck girls coveting his looks. Bai Ge would not do something foolish just to satisfy some inexplicable vanity!

The girls were deeply disappointed by Bai Ge's refusal, but with class about to start, they could only obediently return to their seats.

Very soon, the male Teacher arrived and began the lesson.

Nuoding Academy's curriculum was vastly different from that of some schools Bai Ge had attended in his previous life. The schools from his previous life often had a great many subjects to study, but very few of them were truly useful in the future.

As for the schools on Douluo Continent, Bai Ge had only attended the village school in Sacred Soul Village, so it was difficult for him to judge. But judging from Nuoding Academy alone, the guiding principle of schools on Douluo Continent was undoubtedly practicality above all else.

At Nuoding Academy, there were only three main courses: Meditation Practice, Spirit Beast Studies, and finally Continental Chronicles.

These three major courses were offered in the lower, middle, and upper grades respectively. Of course, if students wanted to learn about them in advance, they could visit Nuoding Academy's library and look them up themselves.

Nuoding Academy also had several supplementary courses, including Continental Language, which was somewhat like the language classes Bai Ge had taken in his previous life; Heaven Dou History, which need not be explained, as it had clearly been compiled by the Heaven Dou Empire to consolidate its rule; as well as Physical Education, Music Appreciation, and the like.

There was naturally no need to explain Physical Education. As a future Soul Master, good physical fitness was essential. Moreover, because Soul Masters occupied the highest social class on Douluo Continent, as long as they were not too Useless, they could basically become Nobles in the future.

And as Nobles, they could not lack refined taste, or they would be ridiculed by other Nobles. Thus, for the sake of their students' bright futures, Nuoding Academy had put considerable thought into it.

But although supplementary courses were necessary, they still had to take a back seat compared with Meditation Practice, the most important and fundamental subject for Soul Masters, especially for newcomers like Bai Ge and the others, who had only just stepped through the door of Soul Master cultivation.

Of course, Bai Ge and Tang San did not need to study the Meditation Practice methods of Douluo Continent, because they possessed better cultivation techniques. But for the other students, the importance of Meditation Practice methods was beyond question.

The academy would not force them, however, because for Soul Masters on Douluo Continent, crude Meditation Practice methods were ultimately secondary. The most important factors in a Soul Master's cultivation were still the level of their Innate Soul Power and the strength of their Martial Soul.

For example, when comparing a student with Level One Innate Soul Power to a student with Innate Full Soul Power, even if the Level One Innate Soul Power student mastered the Meditation Practice method taught by the Teacher perfectly, given roughly the same cultivation time, that student could never catch up to the one with Innate Full Soul Power.

Of course, the outcome of such a comparison was rather obvious, but for Soul Masters, cultivation ultimately depended primarily on talent.

Bai Ge possessed the best talent, the best cultivation techniques, and a knowledgeable, excellent Teacher who could teach him about Soul Masters. With these three conditions, it was easy to see that Nuoding Academy was not particularly useful to Bai Ge.

Of course, some of the things Bai Ge possessed could not be revealed openly, and he also needed a platform to conceal his exceptional nature. Therefore, Bai Ge still needed to continue attending Nuoding Academy.

But that did not stop Bai Ge from doing his own things while the Teacher was teaching. After all, Nuoding Academy did not evaluate students through classroom discipline, but by examining the improvement in their cultivation each year.

Since the graduation requirement for a Primary Soul Master Academy was to become a Soul Master, Bai Ge could actually apply to graduate already with his current strength. But there was no need for that.

Even attending an Intermediate Spirit Master Academy would not help Bai Ge. Besides, if he stayed at the Primary Soul Master Academy, he had heard that Nuoding City held a League Tournament between Primary Soul Master Academies every year. Perhaps he could obtain some benefits there, so there was no need for Bai Ge to insist on graduating.

It was just that if he earned money in the future and drew some items that required him to live outside the academy, then if the academy refused to relax its rules for him, Bai Ge would have no choice but to apply for graduation.

After all, living in a communal dormitory with so many students was far too inconvenient. Bai Ge had too many secrets. It was fine for now, since the things he drew were all knowledge-related and took up no space. But if he drew some special rewards in the future, remaining at the academy would become far too inconvenient.

The male Teacher continued lecturing at the front, while Bai Ge, as usual, read books by himself below, or occasionally, when inspiration struck, secretly circulated the Jade Brightness Skill and the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill to conduct a few experiments.

Soon, more than half an hour passed. With a ringing chime, school was finally over.

After school, all the students streamed out of the classroom. Only Bai Ge and Tang San remained seated unhurriedly, because they had no intention of going to the Cafeteria. Instead, they planned to head out again to handle their own affairs.

"Hey, Tang San, Bai Ge, where did you go at noon today?" Xiao Wu suddenly came over as Bai Ge and Tang San waited for all the students to leave the classroom.

"We went to Spirit Hall to register as Soul Masters," Tang San explained.

"Register as Soul Masters? What use is that?" Xiao Wu asked, somewhat confused.

"I don't know whether it is useful to others, but it will definitely be useful to you. Once you register as a Soul Master, you can receive a Soul Master subsidy of one Gold Soul Coin from Spirit Hall every month," Bai Ge said with a smile as he looked at the puzzled Xiao Wu.

"Ah! We can receive one Gold Soul Coin? No, I have to go register too!" Upon hearing Bai Ge's words, Xiao Wu was instantly shocked and hurriedly prepared to leave the academy to register as a Soul Master at Spirit Hall as well.

But just as she turned around, Xiao Wu suddenly stopped. She nimbly turned back and stuck out her tongue.

"You almost led me astray. Asking you that just now was only incidental. I mainly came to notify you that us Work-Study Students have a Duel Appointment this evening."