Profound Ice Dragon Soar! Challenging the Heaven Ranking!

Bing Tianxiao casually spun his ice-blue halberd in a dazzling flourish, then stored it away in his Mustard Seed Bracelet.

"Let's stop here for today. We can spar more every day from now on and build up our teamwork."

Luo Li shot him an annoyed glare, sheathed the Luoshen Sword, and could not be bothered to entertain his self-serving nonsense.

Still, she did not refuse Bing Tianxiao's invitation to spar.

"Enough messing around."

Bing Tianxiao's expression grew a little more serious. "I need to take a look at this Divine Technique."

As he spoke, he flipped his palm over, and an ice-blue Jade Slip appeared in it.

This was his trump card-type Divine Technique—Profound Ice Dragon Soar.

Bing Tianxiao sent a thread of soul perception into the Jade Slip and carefully read the opening information.

A moment later, he opened his eyes, slightly raised a brow, and muttered aloud:

"To cultivate this technique, one must use frigid energy or ice-attributed heavenly treasures as spiritual energy replenishment.

Draw the cold energy into the body, condense ice into the form of a dragon..."

After reading the cultivation requirements, Bing Tianxiao grinned.

"The requirements are pretty demanding. No wonder its power is so overbearing. But..."

The smile on Bing Tianxiao's face suddenly froze.

"I don't seem to have any decent ice-attributed heavenly treasures on me at all."

He slapped his thigh in frustration and sighed. "What a blunder, what a blunder! I actually forgot to raid the treasury before leaving home.

Well, this is great. Even the cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice. I have the Divine Technique but no way to cultivate it."

A trace of amusement flashed through Luo Li's eyes as she softly asked, "Then what do we do now?"

"It's fine. I have my own brilliant plan!"

An idea struck Bing Tianxiao, and he pulled out a crystal-clear Spirit Value Card.

"We're students of Northern Cang Spirit Academy now, after all. If we run into trouble, we ask the academy!

They say the Spirit Value Hall has everything under the sun. It should have what I need."

As he spoke, he infused a thread of spiritual energy into the Spirit Value Card.

A faint glow immediately spread across the jade card's surface, and a translucent light screen appeared before him.

It was densely packed with exchange information for all kinds of heavenly treasures, spiritual arts, and spiritual artifacts available in the Spirit Value Hall.

Bing Tianxiao skillfully filtered the screen using keywords such as "ice attribute," "body tempering," and "Dragon Blood."

His gaze rapidly swept through the entries.

Before long, his eyes lit up, and he snapped his fingers excitedly.

"Found it!"

He pointed at several lines on the screen.

"Ice Breath Grass contains extremely pure frigid energy, making it perfect as a medium for drawing cold energy into the body. And this Mysterious Spirit Crystal Marrow can be used to condense the form!"

"The most important one is this!"

Bing Tianxiao heavily tapped the final line on the screen. "Dragon Blood-type Spirit Beast Essence Soul!"

Luo Li's cool gaze swept over the total price listed at the bottom of the screen.

A hint of helplessness flickered in her glass-clear eyes.

"Ice Breath Grass costs eight thousand, Mysterious Spirit Crystal Marrow costs fifteen thousand, and even the cheapest Dragon Blood-type Spirit Beast Essence Soul costs thirty thousand...

That means we need at least fifty-three thousand Spirit Value points in total."

She paused slightly. Her tone remained calm, but she went straight to the heart of the matter. "The two of us only have fifteen thousand Spirit Value points from our freshman rewards combined. It is nowhere near enough to buy these."

The excitement on Bing Tianxiao's face immediately stiffened, and he coughed twice to hide his embarrassment.

But he quickly came up with an idea.

"Come on! I thought it was something serious!"

Luo Li quietly looked at him without speaking, but her eyes clearly said: What are you up to this time?

"Watch me!"

Bing Tianxiao chuckled, raised the Spirit Value Card in his hand, and sent spiritual energy flowing through his fingertips as he rapidly swiped across the screen.

The interface shifted, and a massive ranking list flickering with dazzling golden light and exuding endless pressure suddenly appeared in the air!

Northern Cang Spirit Academy's Heaven Ranking!

"For freshmen who've just enrolled, the quickest and most straightforward way to earn their first pot of gold is to climb the rankings for rewards!"

A wild curve rose at the corner of Bing Tianxiao's lips.

"We're new here, so let's keep a low profile and start with a small goal."

His finger paused on a rather auspicious number.

"888th on the Heaven Ranking, Zhao Wuji. He'll do!"

Seeing how eager he looked, Luo Li's cool eyes flashed with a trace of helplessness.

This was called keeping a low profile?

A freshman who had just enrolled was directly challenging a senior student on the Heaven Ranking.

If word got out, the entire Northern Cang Spirit Academy would probably explode.

"Are you sure?" Luo Li asked lightly.

She knew that Bing Tianxiao was now at the late Heaven Integration Realm. With the depth of his spiritual energy, he was capable of suppressing anyone below the top thousand.

"Of course I'm sure!"

Bing Tianxiao casually tossed his Spirit Value Card into the air and caught it, excitement gleaming in his eyes.

"This Heaven Ranking is practically an ATM tailored for me!"

After saying that, he wasted no more words. Taking a deep breath, he set the Ice Spirit Meridian within his body roaring into motion.

Bzz—!

An incomparably terrifying, frigid spiritual energy erupted from his body in an instant, like a slumbering Ice Dragon awakening!

The surrounding temperature plummeted. Visible ice crystals even condensed in the air, and Luo Li had no choice but to circulate her spiritual energy to resist the biting chill.

Boom!

The spiritual energies collided violently in midair, producing a deafening muffled boom.

The golden characters representing Zhao Wuji trembled violently, as though they were struggling with all their might against Bing Tianxiao's domineering, peerless frigid spiritual energy.

However, the resistance lasted less than three seconds.

Crack!

With a crisp shattering sound, the golden characters exploded, turning into countless specks of light that scattered through the air.

Immediately afterward, the Heaven Ranking's light screen flickered violently. The spot that had originally belonged to Zhao Wuji—

Was replaced by three wild, sweeping dark-blue characters:

Bing Tianxiao!

At the same time, the Spirit Value Hall, every major training ground, and even the freshman and senior student districts throughout the Northern Cang Spirit Academy—

Every light screen connected to the Heaven Ranking emitted a piercing buzz at the same moment.

Countless people stared in shock at the suddenly altered ranking in midair.

"Holy shit! The Heaven Ranking changed?!"

"Someone took 888th place? Who's Bing Tianxiao? Never heard of him!"

"Wait! That aura... it came from the freshman district?!"

"A freshman knocked a senior student off the Heaven Ranking right after enrolling?! Where the hell did this monster come from?!"

The entire Northern Cang Spirit Academy instantly erupted into an uproar!

Yet Bing Tianxiao, the one responsible, paid no attention at all to the commotion outside.

He was happily staring at the long string of numbers that had surged on his Spirit Value Card.

"Hahaha! I'm rich, I'm rich!"

Bing Tianxiao smugly waved the Spirit Value Card in his hand and raised his brows at Luo Li.

"See that? This is the proper way to get rich! Come on, let's go spend!"

The corner of Luo Li's eye twitched slightly as she looked at his nouveau riche expression.

"Let's go."

She spoke softly and turned toward the Spirit Value Hall.

Although this guy always caused earth-shattering disturbances, he... didn't seem so bad.