A Coincidence Created by Gu Yue

"Next, Gu Yue." Wu Zhangkong ignored Zhang Yangzi and Yun Chen, calling Gu Yue's name directly.

Gu Yue stepped forward and put on the metal helmet used for testing. However, her gaze deliberately swept over Yun Chen.

A moment later, Gu Yue's Spiritual Power score appeared. Seeing the number—184—everyone's expressions became somewhat strange.

Seeing the looks in their eyes, Gu Yue was also a little puzzled. It was only after a moment that she realized this seemed a little too coincidental.

As the Silver Dragon King, Gu Yue's pride would not allow her to admit defeat. Especially after tying with Yun Chen, she was even less willing to lose to him in the Spiritual Power test. Thus, she loosened some of her own restrictions and raised her score.

Originally, she had only wanted to score higher than Yun Chen, but she had completely forgotten to consider whether doing so would seem a little too coincidental. After all, there was a saying in the human world: if something was too coincidental, then it was no coincidence at all.

Fortunately, Xie Xie and the others truly only felt that it was too much of a coincidence. They absolutely did not believe anyone could control their own Spiritual Power. But Yun Chen was different. He knew Gu Yue's background. As the Silver Dragon King in human form, let alone controlling her own Spiritual Power, even if she somehow produced Divine Sense right now, Yun Chen would not find it strange.

Of course, this was only Yun Chen's guess. The current Gu Yue was still unable to wield the power of Divine Sense.

"You two have cultivated your Spiritual Power quite well. If you proceed step by step, fusing with Soul Spirits should not be difficult for you," Wu Zhangkong commented. "However, the rest of you need to pay more attention to your Spiritual Power, especially Wang Jinxi. You must focus on improving yours."

"You are already Two Rings Soul Grandmasters. With your talent, it will not take long to reach Level 30. At that point, you will face the choice of ascending your Spirit or fusing with a second Soul Spirit. However, as students of Class Zero, you will receive strong support from Eastsea Academy. One of those benefits is a quota to enter the Spirit Ascension Platform."

Upon hearing Wu Zhangkong say this, Xie Xie immediately asked excitedly, "Teacher Wu, does the academy really have quotas for us to enter the Spirit Ascension Platform!?"

Wu Zhangkong nodded. When Long Hengxu had initially approached him and asked him to become Class Five's homeroom teacher, Wu Zhangkong had scoffed at the supposed resource allocation that could rival Shrek Academy. Yet when the academy truly began implementing the plan, its investment genuinely surprised him.

Access to the Spirit Pagoda's Spirit Ascension Platform was restricted. Many Soul Masters might never enter even once in their entire lives. Yet Eastsea Academy had reached an agreement with the East Sea Spirit Pagoda, providing Class Zero students with one opportunity to enter the Spirit Ascension Platform every week. That kind of investment was not mere empty talk.

Xie Xie and the others were extremely excited upon learning this. Even for families like theirs, entering the Spirit Ascension Platform once was very troublesome. Yun Chen and Xu Xiaoyan had only been able to enter back then because Father Xu had called in favors. It was also because he had called in favors that Xu Xiaoyan had been able to bring a Small-power Soul Guidance Bomb into the Spirit Ascension Platform. But because of that incident, the Xu Family had also paid a maintenance fee. Otherwise, Xu Xiaoyan might have been blacklisted by the Spirit Pagoda.

Watching them celebrate, Yun Chen moved closer to Gu Yue. "By the way, can my core disciple entry chances be accumulated? During the previous break, Senior Sister dragged me off to practice forging, so I had no time to go."

Gu Yue asked blankly, "How would I know?"

"Aren't you the deputy tower master's disciple? You should know a lot. Help me ask, will you?" Yun Chen said.

"Mine can accumulate, but I don't know about yours," Gu Yue answered.

Hearing that answer, Yun Chen rolled his eyes. Still, there was nothing he could do. As a core disciple, he definitely could not compare with Leng Yaozhu's personal disciple.

"Enough. Set aside the matter of the Spirit Ascension Platform for now. Your information has already been tested. Next, I will arrange the most suitable cultivation methods according to your individual situations. Return to the classroom first."

With that, Wu Zhangkong strode out on his long legs. Xie Xie and the others snapped out of their excitement and immediately followed him.

The afternoon class was still practical sparring, but this time Wu Zhangkong did not participate. Instead, he had everyone pair up and spar with one another.

Under these circumstances, Yun Chen naturally could not continue pairing with Xu Xiaoyan. If the two of them sparred, Xu Xiaoyan would only be beaten into the ground.

Thus, Wu Zhangkong arranged for Xie Xie to be Yun Chen's opponent. Xie Xie happened to excel at explosive attacks, and Wu Zhangkong wanted to see whether Yun Chen could deal well with such an opponent.

But Wu Zhangkong had not expected Xie Xie to be utterly terrified right now. Facing Yun Chen, he was scared out of his wits. If he had not known this was only a spar, Xie Xie would have turned around and run without hesitation.

Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi had no objections. The two often sparred with each other anyway. Xu Xiaoyan, on the other hand, did not seem very afraid when facing Gu Yue. However, with her current two Soul Skills, she could only cause Gu Yue a little trouble.

Especially her second Soul Skill, which could directly interrupt the elements Gu Yue was charging. Even though Gu Yue had placed mental protection on herself, she could not stop Xu Xiaoyan, who could draw upon Star Power during the day. The guaranteed-hit effect gave even the Silver Dragon King quite a headache.

However, drawing upon Star Power during the day consumed Xu Xiaoyan heavily. After only a few exchanges, she decisively conceded defeat, then ran to the edge of the field and sat down to rest. Seeing her like this, Gu Yue was helpless. Having been controlled once and had her skills interrupted three times, she was full of pent-up resentment.

"Say, are you going to fight or not?" Yun Chen asked helplessly as he watched Xie Xie circle around him with the Light and Dark Dragon Daggers in hand.

"What's the rush? I'm looking for an opening!" Xie Xie replied.

He said that aloud, but inwardly he was panicking badly. He claimed to be looking for an opening, yet in his eyes, Yun Chen was full of openings, as though he had no defenses at all.

But Xie Xie knew very well that this guy was baiting him! Baiting him into attacking, baiting him into falling for it!

The two had been locked in a stalemate for several minutes, and even Wu Zhangkong, watching from the side, was beginning to lose patience. Xie Xie, meanwhile, could feel his stamina declining. After all, he had constantly maintained a high speed, afraid that Yun Chen would seize an opening and counterattack.

In the end, Xie Xie could only pick out what appeared to be the best opening and prepare to give it a try. Gripping his martial soul daggers tightly in both hands, Xie Xie suddenly changed direction and cut into Yun Chen's blind spot.

But before he could thrust out his daggers, Yun Chen's blood and qi suddenly erupted, directly blasting Xie Xie into the air!