Spirit Hall Academy

Golden Crocodile and Jin Yan, the grandfather and grandson, were utterly bewildered as they listened to the two argue back and forth.

Golden Crocodile could not help looking at Qian Daoliu. "Big Brother, what's going on?"

Qian Daoliu chuckled before finally explaining.

It turned out that while Golden Crocodile had taken Jin Yan to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for a Soul Ring, Bibi Dong had come by.

After hearing that Jin Yan had awakened his martial soul, she had personally sent over an admission notice from Spirit Hall Academy, intending for him to enroll there.

"Little Yan, in the end, it depends on what you want. Whether you go or stay, you decide for yourself," Qian Daoliu said.

At that, the two people who had been arguing also turned to look at him.

After thinking it over, Jin Yan said, "I'll go to Spirit Hall Academy."

Of course, he knew that entering Spirit Hall Academy would mean living under Bibi Dong's watchful eye. Nearly every move he made would be monitored by her.

But his reasoning was simple. Spirit Hall Academy had practically become Bibi Dong's personal domain. Not only the students—even many teachers had no idea the Worship Hall existed. The talented graduates of the Martial Soul Academy also went directly into Bibi Dong's service, taking up posts at lower-level Spirit Halls.

Jin Yan felt it was necessary to befriend some young geniuses. His plans for the future would need their support.

As for privacy, Jin Yan had not thought much about it. Although enrolling in Spirit Hall Academy would certainly mean boarding there, if he wanted to return, who could stop him? Bibi Dong had countless matters to deal with every day. Could she really monitor him at all times?

With that in mind, Jin Yan arrived at Spirit Hall Academy the next day.

Spirit Hall Academy had no guards. Like some universities in his previous life, it was extremely open. As long as one possessed Soul Power, one could enter.

As for ordinary civilians, sorry—Spirit City had rules. Only Soul Masters could enter the city. Civilians without Soul Power did not even have the chance to enter the city, much less the academy.

Jin Yan entered the academy without any trouble.

Spirit Hall Academy was enormous. It was an integrated academy spanning junior to advanced levels, with every facility one could need. It would not be an exaggeration to say that this was the academy with the most complete facilities and the best teaching quality on the entire continent. Even the imperial academies of the two great empires fell far short of it.

It was not only the teaching quality here that was exceptional—the students' quality of life was also excellent. Heaven Dou Royal Academy was an aristocratic academy, and its living conditions were certainly not bad, but even it could not compare to this place.

Yet despite that, the academy had very few parasites like those found at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

That had to do with the academy's educational system.

Those who could come to Spirit Hall Academy were undoubtedly geniuses from various regions across the continent. To enter Spirit City Junior Academy, one needed at least Innate Soul Power Level Five.

Similar to the school advancement system from his previous life, the academy held assessments every year, known as the Academy General Examination. Only those with passing grades could advance to the next level of cultivation.

Those who failed either had their records sent directly back to their birthplace, or had to pay a large number of points.

Cultivating at Spirit City Main Academy was extremely inexpensive. Aside from certain living expenses, everything in the academy, such as cultivation resources, could be exchanged for with points.

In fact, daily necessities could also be exchanged for with points, but that was far too wasteful...

Advancement worked the same way. If one's grades did not meet the requirements for promotion, the missing score would be converted into points. One could use points to exchange for the chance to advance, and the academy was willing to give hardworking Soul Masters an opportunity.

If one still had points remaining upon graduation, they could be exchanged for needed items and taken away.

Of course, this system existed only at Spirit City Main Academy. Spirit Hall Academies elsewhere did not have such a system.

Jin Yan walked along the broad stone-paved path, with clusters of blooming flowers on both sides, and his mood brightened.

Since he had not informed anyone before coming, naturally no one had come to receive him.

He went directly to the academy principal's office.

Spirit Hall Academy actually had several principals. The junior academy alone had two or three, while the intermediate and advanced divisions had even more. Jin Yan was looking for the head principal, the person with the greatest authority in the academy. He usually stayed on the advanced Soul Master academy side. He was an eighty-ninth-level peak Spirit Douluo named Hella.

Principal Hella, who looked quite old, was a staunch supporter of Bibi Dong. In his youth, he had been a guard assigned by Qian Xunji to protect Bibi Dong. After Bibi Dong rose to power, he naturally became the principal of Spirit Hall Academy, with a status comparable to that of an elder at the Title Douluo level.

When Jin Yan knocked on his office door, he was wearing reading glasses and organizing the documents on his desk.

The elderly man did not look particularly kind. He swept his gaze over Jin Yan, and when he saw the fierce giant crocodile design embroidered with intricate patterns on Jin Yan's golden clothes, he more or less guessed his identity.

Sure enough, after taking Jin Yan's admission notice and seeing Bibi Dong's personal signature as Pope, he became even more certain of Jin Yan's identity.

However, he had no intention of making things difficult for Jin Yan. Though he was a steadfast supporter of Bibi Dong, he was not a fool. On the contrary, anyone capable of climbing to such a position under Bibi Dong was exceptionally shrewd.

He might still have some standing with Bibi Dong, but if he offended the grandson of that person from the Worship Hall before him—

Given Bibi Dong's ruthless methods, she certainly would not protect him!

Hella quickly completed Jin Yan's enrollment paperwork and placed him in Class One. Worried that Jin Yan might not know the way, he even specifically arranged for his secretary to lead him there.

Class One's homeroom teacher was a young woman who was quite youthful, with a pure and beautiful appearance.

She was in the middle of teaching when Jin Yan arrived.

The young female secretary called her out and informed her about Jin Yan's situation.

The young homeroom teacher glanced at Jin Yan, nodded at him, then turned and returned to the classroom.

"Students, we have a new classmate joining us today. His name is Jin Yan."

As she spoke, she beckoned Jin Yan over.

Jin Yan entered the classroom and glanced around. There were roughly thirty students in the class, but he did not spot anyone he knew.

He was currently six years old. Hu Liena and the others were five or six years older than him—actually, a little more—and were already sixth-year students, so naturally they would not be in this class.

"Jin Yan, introduce yourself."

Jin Yan was not nervous in the slightest. He calmly stepped onto the podium and gave a standard Soul Master salute to the class below. At a glance, it was clear that he had received an aristocratic education.

"Jin Yan. Martial soul: Golden Dragon Crocodile. Level seventeen attack-type Battle Soul Master."

After absorbing one thousand-year Soul Ring and three Soul Bones, Jin Yan's Soul Power Level had reached seventeen.

When Jin Yan announced his Soul Power Level, the students below showed no surprise.

This was not the first year. After Heral learned of Jin Yan's Soul Power Level and asked for his opinion, he had directly skipped Jin Yan ahead to Class One of the fourth-year attack-type division.

As the class with the best average talent in the entire year, nearly everyone in it had already broken through Level Ten, and there were even students who had become Soul Grandmasters. Jin Yan's Soul Power Level could only rank among the top ten in this class.

Furthermore, Jin Yan's appearance and height did not look like those of a six-year-old, so the students naturally assumed he was a transfer student about their own age.

In truth, transfer students like Jin Yan were a common sight at Martial Soul Academy.

In a sense, Martial Soul Academy had no fixed enrollment period. Students transferred in at all times, because geniuses enjoyed privileges wherever they went.