Delicious Fried Rice

Three days passed in a flash. After Plante and his son left Spirit City, they seemed to vanish without a trace. Naturally, they no longer dared to trouble Gu Chen. And with Thousand Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo present, Gu Chen killing someone openly in Spirit City was no longer a big deal.

On the evening of the second day, Gu Chen followed the proper procedures to collect the Paper Crane and Mystic Iron Wire he had commissioned from the blacksmith shop, then paid the remaining Gold Soul Coins.

At this time, Thousand Jun Douluo arrived at the inn as promised to take Gu Chen and Gu Yuena to enroll at Spirit Academy.

"Spirit Academy is located on the outskirts of Spirit City. It is a large Soul Master Academy occupying no less than a third of Spirit City's area. It has places such as simulated cultivation environments. For you two, Dragon Valley would be more suitable," Thousand Jun Douluo said as he led them to the entrance of Spirit Academy.

The four massive titanium-gold characters, "Spirit Academy," were deeply imprinted on a metal wall made of sinking silver. Beneath them was the emblem of Spirit Hall's highest-ranking token.

"Sixth Consecrator, these must be the Gu Chen and Gu Yuena you mentioned?" At the school gate, a middle-aged man with reddish-brown hair hurried over when he saw Thousand Jun Douluo.

"Dean Juesheng, Gu Chen and Gu Yuena will be in your care," Thousand Jun Douluo said.

Dean Juesheng clasped his hands in salute toward Thousand Jun Douluo and repeatedly agreed. "Rest assured, leave them to me. At Spirit Academy, their potential will be developed to the fullest extent."

Thousand Jun Douluo nodded. After giving Gu Chen and Gu Yuena a few instructions, he rose into the air and flew away.

"I have heard about your spirit rings as well. If the rumors are true, then you are truly peerless prodigies, talents found only once in ten thousand," Dean Juesheng said. "With your talent, you absolutely cannot be buried. I have already informed the teachers. You will skip the Human Character Class and Earth Character Class and enter the Heaven Character Class directly."

"What do the Human Character Class and Earth Character Class mainly teach?" Gu Chen asked curiously.

"The Human Character Class and Earth Character Class mainly focus on cultivation and Soul Master knowledge, while the Heaven Character Class focuses on actual combat and honing the students' fighting abilities. Students may either form teams to spar with one another or apply to have academy teachers serve as sparring partners," Dean Juesheng explained.

"After you collect your uniforms, go place your things in your respective dormitories, then come back to me," Dean Juesheng said after leading Gu Chen and Gu Yuena to the academic affairs office and having them collect their uniforms and dormitory keys.

Gu Chen nodded, then separated from Gu Yuena and headed to his own dormitory.

Spirit Academy's dormitories were all double rooms. Since it was currently the noon break, Gu Chen's roommate was already sitting inside resting.

"Eh, are you my new roommate?" As soon as Gu Chen opened the door, he saw a boy about five feet three inches tall with a baby face looking at him curiously.

"Yeah. My name is Gu Chen." Gu Chen nodded. He had a favorable impression of such a cute roommate.

"Hello, hello! My name is Luo Chen. I'm a student of Heaven Character Class One. My spirit is the Food System Spirit, Fried Rice." Luo Chen smiled and extended a hand toward Gu Chen.

Inspect Luo Chen's attributes, Gu Chen said to the system inwardly.

"Ding!"

System Character Panel:

Character: Luo Chen

Age: 12

Strength: 200

Spiritual Power: 750

Bloodline: Human Bloodline 100%

Level: Level 29 Soul Grandmaster

Spirit Rings: Yellow, Yellow

Loyalty: 20%

Overall Evaluation: A Food System Spirit with relatively high development potential and certain value. However, he is overly kind-hearted and is easily taken advantage of in life.

"How is this loyalty rating divided?" Gu Chen asked the system.

"Ding!"

"Loyalty below 10% indicates hatred toward the host. Loyalty from 10% to 15% is equivalent to strangers. From 16% to 40% is equivalent to friends who have met by chance. From 41% to 50% means good friends. From 51% to 60% means willing to serve the host. From 61% to 90% means loyal to the host. From 91% to 99% means willing to brave mountains of blades and seas of fire for you. At 100%, they will follow you through life and death. If you want them dead, they will not utter a single objection. The effect of the Enslavement Talisman is to forcibly raise the other party's loyalty to 100%."

"Mm." Gu Chen nodded.

This Luo Chen was not bad. He was worth recruiting.

Gu Chen thought.

Gu Chen shook his hand and said, "Gu Chen. Golden Dragon spirit, Level 41 four-ring Battle Soul Sect."

"What? Level 41? You look like you're only twelve too. How is that possible? Even I'm only Level 29!" Luo Chen cried out.

Gu Chen shook his head slightly. "Just one percent talent and ninety-nine percent hard work. By the way, can I see your spirit abilities?"

Luo Chen nodded. Two yellow spirit rings lit up behind him, and he seemed to mumble some kind of Spirit Incantation under his breath. Listening carefully, Gu Chen could make out phrases like, "I'd rather starve to death," "even if I jumped from here, I still wouldn't," and "ah, so delicious."

After mumbling the incantation, Luo Chen raised his baby-faced head and flipped his palm upward. A golden ball of light appeared in his hand. "First Spirit Ability—Delicious Fried Rice!"

A bowl of fried rice with full, lustrous color, crystal-clear grains, and a fragrant aroma appeared in Luo Chen's hand.

"My First Spirit Ability is Delicious Fried Rice. Its effect allows the Soul Master who consumes it, within ten minutes, to interrupt the release of half of a spirit ability or forcibly disperse their power without suffering backlash. At the same time, the Soul Master who eats Delicious Fried Rice recovers one percent of their Soul Power per second for twenty seconds, with no level restriction!" Luo Chen said proudly.

Gu Chen could not help feeling shocked. Wasn't this effect absurdly overpowered? But why had Spirit Hall's lineup not included him in the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Competition?

"That's an excellent ability!" Gu Chen said.

"Really? But they all say my ability is useless, that it doesn't do much," Luo Chen said, lifting his head as light flickered in his eyes.

"Useless? That only means they are trash who don't know how to use this kind of power," Gu Chen said disdainfully.

It was like how a top-ranked player could equip Flash and Interference and rack up pentakills, while bronze and silver players could only feed endlessly with the same abilities.

Gu Chen silently added inwardly.

"Alright, Dean Juesheng is still waiting for me. I'll head over first." After putting away his things, Gu Chen spoke to Luo Chen.

"Mm-hmm."

After meeting Gu Yuena outside the female dormitory, Gu Chen quickly found Dean Juesheng. At that moment, Dean Juesheng was speaking with a bald middle-aged man. When he saw Gu Chen arrive, he said, "Gu Chen, Gu Yuena, this is Spirit Academy's Dean of Studies. You may call him Teacher Lin."

"Teacher Lin," the two said.

Teacher Lin gave them a slight nod. "Gu Chen and Gu Yuena, correct? I have read your cultivation reports. You truly are talents found only once in ten thousand. Go to Heaven Character Class One. It is where all of Spirit Academy's elites are gathered, and there are only nine students so far."

Gu Chen nodded. He had not expected that he and Gu Yuena would be assigned to the same class as Luo Chen. It really was quite a coincidence.

"There will be a Heaven Character Class lesson this afternoon. Your roommates seem to be students from Heaven Character Class One as well, so have them take you to class when the time comes," Dean Juesheng said.

Gu Chen could not help glancing at Gu Yuena. He had not expected her roommate to be a student of Heaven Character Class One too.

Back in the dormitory, Gu Chen got straight to the point. "Luo Chen, Dean Juesheng said you should take me with you to class this afternoon."

"Hm?" Luo Chen looked at him in confusion.

"I was assigned to Heaven Character Class One too," Gu Chen explained.

Luo Chen looked at Gu Chen with surprise in his eyes. "What? You skipped the Human Character Class and Earth Character Class and entered the Heaven Character Class directly? Well, with your talent, you do have the ability."

"In one hour, Heaven Character Class One has a practical combat training class. Since you're so strong, let's team up then," Luo Chen suggested.

Gu Chen nodded. "Sure."

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