Spirit Hall Academy, Advanced Elite Class

Spirit Hall Academy symbolized the highest institution in the Soul Master World. Geniuses emerged in endless numbers, and the champions of every Soul Master Competition basically all went to the Martial Soul Hall Team.

The academy was located in the central area of Spirit City and covered an enormous area.

The Junior Academy, Intermediate Academy, and Advanced Academy were all included within it.

The Junior Academy mainly recruited six-year-old children. The admission requirement was Innate Soul Power Level 2 or above, and it primarily taught foundational theoretical knowledge.

If students failed to reach Level Fifteen Soul Power by the age of twelve, they would be forced to graduate.

After graduation, they could choose to take positions at Martial Soul Branch Halls across the land or join Spirit Hall's Soul Master Army.

Students who met the requirements could directly advance to the Intermediate Academy.

The Intermediate Academy was further divided into Normal Classes and Elite Classes.

Students whose Soul Power had reached Level Twenty or above and whose Soul Rings had the optimal configuration could directly enter the Intermediate Elite Class.

The Intermediate Academy primarily taught advanced theoretical knowledge.

At the age of fifteen, students whose Soul Power had reached Level Thirty could directly enter the Advanced Academy.

Those who failed to meet the standard would graduate directly.

The Advanced Academy only had Elite Classes, and its main curriculum focused on actual combat.

There were currently three classes: Advanced Elite Class One, Advanced Elite Class Two, and Advanced Elite Class Three.

The higher a class's ranking, the stronger its students were.

Students of Elite Class One would all have a chance to be selected as members of the Martial Soul Hall Team, representing Spirit Hall Academy in the All Continent Advanced Soul Master Elite Competition.

The highest-ranking students would even have a chance to become Spirit Hall's Golden Generation and receive a massive allocation of resources.

"Reporting in. I'm here to register."

At the entrance of Advanced Elite Class One.

Ji Xuan's clear voice carried into the entire classroom.

The students, who had been whispering among themselves, immediately fell silent. Every gaze focused on Ji Xuan.

Did that kid take a wrong turn?

Doubt rose in everyone's heart.

Ji Xuan looked to be only around ten years old. No matter how they looked at him, he did not seem capable of entering Elite Class One.

The Female Instructor on the podium glanced up at the Soul Guide Clock on the wall. It was 8:59. One minute remained before class began.

That kid had timed his arrival precisely.

"Come in. Give me your admission form." The Female Instructor's tone was flat, yet it carried a hint of a teacher's authority.

Ji Xuan stepped into the classroom and handed the admission form to the Female Instructor.

The Female Instructor's eyes swiftly swept over the form.

Information about Ji Xuan had caused a huge uproar at the Academic Affairs Office early that morning.

Seeing Ji Xuan's information again, she was still shocked inwardly.

But as an instructor, she could not lose her composure in front of her students. Her expression remained stern.

"No problem." The Female Instructor placed the admission form face down on the lectern. "Ji Xuan, find yourself a seat."

The students below immediately began discussing it.

"No way, that kid is really in our class?"

"Could he have gotten in through connections?"

Ji Xuan ignored their discussions and calmly walked to an empty seat in the last row.

In the middle of the classroom sat a girl with short hair cut to her ears. Her face was exquisitely beautiful and alluring, and a faint seductive aura seemed to radiate from her.

Two boys sat beside her.

One was tall and slender, with short white hair, an evil-looking yet handsome face, and an icy demeanor.

The other was burly, with striking fiery-red hair and several flame patterns on his cheeks.

The three were the Golden Generation of several years later: Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan.

From the moment Ji Xuan entered the classroom, Hu Liena's gaze had never left him. She felt a trace of curiosity toward him.

Seeing the Nana he loved staring at that kid the entire time, Yan asked unhappily, "Nana, why do you keep looking at that kid?"

Isn't he just a little more handsome than me?

He looks like he could be blown over by the wind.

Hu Liena withdrew her gaze and looked at Yan irritably. "What's it to you? And don't call me Nana. How many times have I told you?"

Yan was instantly silenced and turned to glare furiously at Ji Xuan.

Xie Yue said nothing, merely shaking his head slightly.

Yan had always liked his younger sister, but Nana had absolutely no feelings for him.

As Yan's good brother and Hu Liena's biological older brother, Xie Yue was caught in the middle and found it difficult to take either side. He truly did not know whom to help.

Ji Xuan keenly sensed a hostile gaze and looked up.

Isn't that Yan, that simp?

Why is he looking at me like that?

I don't think I've provoked him.

Ji Xuan looked away, not taking Yan's hostility to heart at all.

"Quiet."

The Female Instructor's voice instantly silenced the classroom.

She swept her gaze across the room and announced, "New student Ji Xuan, Eight Years Old, Level Twenty-Three Soul Power."

"Instructor Zhang!" Yan loudly questioned, "His age and strength clearly don't meet the requirements. Why is he allowed to enter Elite Class One?!"

"Yeah, Instructor Zhang, why?"

Once Yan spoke up, all the students wore dissatisfied expressions and indignantly echoed him.

At Spirit Hall Academy's Advanced Elite Classes, everyone had undergone challenge after challenge before entering Class One.

Why should this newly arrived brat be allowed to join directly?

Hu Liena's lips curved into a captivating smile, and her curiosity deepened. Eight Years Old, Level Twenty-Three, and directly admitted into Elite Class One... Interesting.

Back then, Bibi Dong had felt humiliated after Ji Xuan directly ignored and rejected her, so she had told no one about him.

Ji Xuan had also spent two years in secluded cultivation on Martial Soul Mountain, so Hu Liena naturally did not know him.

"Quiet!" Instructor Zhang shouted sharply.

"I know you all have your doubts, but..." Instructor Zhang looked meaningfully at Ji Xuan. "During this afternoon's practical combat class, you may challenge him freely."

The moment those words were spoken, the entire classroom fell silent. Everyone's gazes sharpened.

Yan in particular looked as though he wanted to slice Ji Xuan into a thousand pieces.

The morning's practical combat theory class quickly passed.

From two to five in the afternoon were all practical combat classes.

At that moment, all the Elite Class students had gathered in the academy's Fighting Arena, numbering roughly a hundred people.

The academy's Fighting Arena was enormous, with dozens of Arenas.

The academy encouraged everyone to compete with one another. Only the strong deserved more resources.

Elite students could challenge one another, but they could not go for the kill. After all, every person present was a future pillar of Spirit Hall.

During lunch, Ji Xuan had learned the challenge rules clearly:

All Advanced Elite students began with 100 points.

Anyone could challenge a student ranked higher than themselves, and the other party could not refuse.

If they challenged someone ranked lower than themselves, the other party could choose to refuse.

Everyone had to complete at least three upward challenges each month.

The winner gained 10 points, the loser lost 10 points, and in the event of a draw, neither side's points changed.

The top thirty on the overall rankings could qualify for Elite Class One. Classes were adjusted once every month.

On a distant wall of the Fighting Arena was a Soul Guide Screen that displayed everyone's point rankings in real time.

Ji Xuan looked toward the rankings:

First place: Xie Yue, 460 points,

Second place: Yan, 430 points,

Third place: Hu Liena, 400 points,

Thirtieth place: Zhang Ming, 320 points,

Ninety-fourth place: Ji Xuan, 100 points,

One hundred twelfth place: 10 points.

"Hey! New kid, do you dare get up there and fight?"