Having heard the assessment rules, every genius focused with utmost seriousness, determined to earn higher ratings during the mission.
Seeing the fighting spirit blazing in the youths below, Qian Xunji was greatly satisfied. He said loudly, "Good, that's the spirit. You have one week to prepare. One week from now, you will head to the Tianyang Mountain Range."
"Yes!"
Qian Xunji then offered the group more words of encouragement. Afterward, Qin Ming and the others left the Pope Palace and returned to Martial Soul Hall Academy.
In the dormitory, Qin Ming took out the mirror-like Soul Tool issued by the academy and opened the Exchange Points shop. He still had over sixty Exchange Points left, and he planned to spend all of them before heading to the Tianyang Mountain Range.
After the incident with the Fire Demon Spirit, Qin Ming had become especially concerned with obtaining protective equipment to preserve his life.
He currently had three life-saving treasures: the Gangyang Flower Yue Guan had given him, the Golden Small Sword Qian Daoliu had given him, and the Life-Bound Feather of Azure Luan's martial soul that Azure Luan had given him, which could be used for escape.
Both the Gangyang Flower and the Golden Small Sword were one-use items. The Golden Small Sword in particular—if he used it on an enemy who was not very strong, Qin Ming felt that it would pain him to death. Therefore, he wanted to strengthen his own defenses as well.
Qin Ming browsed to the armor section of the Exchange Points shop, where countless items filled the page.
After picking through them for a while, Qin Ming ultimately chose an inner armor forged from the armor plates of a ten-thousand-year Rock-Armored Rhinoceros. Its listed price was exactly sixty Exchange Points.
The Rock-Armored Rhinoceros was a