"Let's test Spiritual Power first. We'll talk after that." Wu Changkong's eyes held a trace of helplessness, but he still changed the subject.
If he'd been acting according to his usual temperament, he would have coldly questioned Chen Ye.
But Chen Ye had the Heavenly Frost Sword, so their relationship was fundamentally different from his relationship with the other students.
In Wu Changkong's heart, Chen Ye was truly his disciple. After all, they now possessed the same Martial Soul.
If Wu Changkong died, the only person who might be able to pass on his Heavenly Frost Sword was the boy standing before him.
So under the circumstances, even the fair and cold Wu Changkong showed a certain degree of favoritism.
One by one, the students took the Spiritual Power test. Gu Yue scored the highest among the first few, reaching over 200 points.
At last, it was Chen Ye's turn. He walked up calmly, aware of Wang Jinxi and Zhang Ziyang watching him from behind.
Their gazes were complicated, but Chen Ye didn't care in the slightest. He simply placed his hand on the device.
"1,873 points..." Xie Xie swallowed, his face filled with indescribable shock.
He glanced sideways at the boy, who stood there calmly, his posture straight and tall.
His face bore a maturity that didn't belong to a nine-year-old.
"That Spiritual Power Level is terrifying! Wang Jinxi only has 19 points!" Xie Xie said, looking over at Wang Jinxi.
"Can you even handle the Rising Spirit Platform? Don't go in there and die right away!"
Xie Xie made no effort to hide his mockery. Anyone who picked a fight with his boss was picking a fight with him.
Hearing Xie Xie's words, Wang Jinxi looked over too. He feared Chen Ye, but he wasn't afraid of Xie Xie. His Soul Power Level was even higher than Xie Xie's.
But Xie Xie stood there without a care. "What? You want to take a swing at me? Go ahead and try. My boss is right behind me! Who do you have behind you?"
"You and Zhang Ziyang together wouldn't stand a chance against my boss!"
Xie Xie's voice was full of mockery. Wang Jinxi gasped for breath, his eyes reddening as he glared at Xie Xie.
Meanwhile, Zhang Ziyang fell silent for a moment, then patted Wang Jinxi on the shoulder. "That's enough. Don't start a fight. We're no match for him."
"We can just skip the Rising Spirit Platform. There's no need to keep targeting us like this."
There was resentment in Zhang Ziyang's voice. Chen Ye glanced at him, but his reply was exceptionally calm.
"I never said you couldn't go. And I haven't bullied you. I've only excluded you."
"If you can't stand me, then go and form your own team."
"Why should we? The school organized this!"
"Because my family paid for it. Otherwise, where do you think you'd have gotten the chance to go to the Rising Spirit Platform?"
Chen Ye's voice remained calm. As he listened, Wang Jinxi's hostility visibly subsided.
Zhang Ziyang was silent for a second. In the end, he said nothing. He simply pulled Gu Yue along and turned to leave.
Chen Ye didn't say anything more as they walked away. If they'd been getting along normally, he wouldn't have excluded them.
But since they'd already fallen out, and the other side had no intention of patching things up, he might as well see it through. It wasn't as if he'd lose anything.
Chen Ye was the sort who would yield to kindness but never to force. If someone wanted to play tough with him, he was happy to see who could hold out longer.
As for the strength test that followed, Tang Wulin scored the highest, with Xie Xie coming in second.
Chen Ye didn't take the test at all. His strength had exceeded the device's limit, so it couldn't measure him.
Even though the Chen Family had funded the purchase of the best testing equipment available, this thing still capped out at one ton.
Chen Ye couldn't reach a ton of strength in his normal state, but if he went all out, one ton wouldn't be enough to stop him.
After classes ended for the day, Chen Ye asked for leave and returned to the Chen Family home.
As soon as he arrived, he went straight to Chen Lei's study.
Chen Lei was sitting in the study reading. When he saw his son come in, he looked puzzled. "What are you doing back here?"
"Can't I come back to my own home?" Chen Ye rolled his eyes, a trace of helplessness in his expression.
"You know about the Evil Soul Master who invaded our school yesterday, right?"
"I do. Didn't one of your teachers take care of it?" Chen Lei looked slightly confused.
He knew the teacher named Wu Changkong. He was a Soul Emperor—neither weak nor especially strong.
"The problem is, that Evil Soul Master's main target was me. They may have already set their sights on me."
"Before he died, that Evil Soul Master might have already sent out the information. The secret of my Three-Life Martial Soul can't be kept anymore!"
"Three-Life Martial Soul? When did you get a third Martial Soul?" Chen Lei looked bewildered.
How had he not known his son had acquired a third Martial Soul?
But seeing Chen Lei's expression, Chen Ye couldn't be bothered to explain. "Starting tomorrow, have people keep watch near the school. If they spot anyone suspicious, they must report it to Old Zhang!"
"Then have Old Zhang join our school as a dorm supervisor and protect me personally!"
The reason the Evil Soul Master had managed to sneak in yesterday—and Tang San had been able to appear—was mainly because Old Zhang had been standing guard outside the school.
Old Zhang couldn't detect Evil Soul Masters with special abilities like that one. Even with the strength of a Soul Saint, he couldn't sense them at all.
"Sure, no problem. Are you staying home tonight? Should I have something special made for you? You look like you've gotten thinner out there."
"No need. I'm going back to my room. I might not eat dinner, so don't disturb me."
Chen Ye's tone was a little curt. He turned and went straight back to his room.
He raised his hand slightly, and the Chronospace Diary appeared.
The diary opened. As Chen Ye looked at its cover, his brow furrowed almost imperceptibly.
"I still wasn't prepared before. If Gu Yue learns about Tang San's Divine Sense too early, she'll start paying attention to him ahead of time."
"As for the diary, I've basically been writing about things that have already happened. If I keep this up, they won't trust it very much."
Chen Ye needed the female characters to believe in the diary to raise its trust level. If he kept writing only about things that had already happened,
then no matter how thoroughly he wrote about them, those female characters wouldn't trust him much more.
He used a Time Fragment again, and everything that had happened around him appeared in his mind.
Chen Ye lifted his hand slightly. Lines of text slowly appeared, but this time what he wrote was completely different from before.
[Tang Wulin's God King consciousness emerges, intending to kill Chen Ye, but Chen Ye forcibly suppresses it.] [...] [The Holy Spirit Cult receives word that one of its followers has died at Eastsea Academy. The Holy Spirit Cult plans to send an elder to take revenge.] [Tomorrow, at the Rising Spirit Platform, Chen Ye will lead people straight into the Intermediate Rising Spirit Platform area.] [...] [At the East Sea Soul Master Tournament, Chen Ye will defeat Shrek's team and take first place.]
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