The next morning.
Before Xu Yue had withdrawn from meditation, Mu Xi's knock on the door startled him awake.
After Awakening Day, regardless of whether they possessed Soul Power, everyone had to enter a Primary Academy for compulsory education under Federation law.
Although those with Soul Power and those without it were assigned to different classes, the purpose was ultimately to teach ordinary people knowledge.
In that regard alone, the unified Douluo Continent was far superior to the continent of ten thousand years ago, when nations stood divided and conflicts never ceased.
Even if progress had been a little slower, progress was still progress.
Soon, accompanied by Yuan Bao'er and Mu Xi, Xu Yue arrived at Eastsea City Primary Academy.
The brief opening ceremony ended.
Xu Yue also found his seat in the classroom.
At the start of the school year, the students were still somewhat unfamiliar with one another, and the atmosphere was slightly restrained. But they were young, after all, and hushed chatter still rose and fell throughout the room.
At that moment, a young man entered through the front door, walked onto the podium, and rapped his knuckles against the desk.
Knock, knock!
"Hello, students. I'm Li Hu, and for the next three years, I'll be guiding you through your Primary Academy life."
He swept his gaze across the room before it settled on a little boy in the front row. "Let's start with you. Introduce yourself."
The boy who had been called on sprang to his feet.
"Hello, Teacher. My name is Feng Xiao. My Martial Soul is the Gale Demon Wolf, and I have Level Five Innate Soul Power."
After saying that, he lifted his chin and cast a rather smug glance at the classmates behind him.
"Not bad." Li Hu smiled and nodded. "You'll certainly become an outstanding Soul Master in the future. Take your seat."
Next came Feng Xiao's deskmate, followed by the other students.
"Hello, Teacher, my name is... Level Three Soul Power..."
"My name is... Level Two Innate Soul Power..."
As Xu Yue listened to his classmates introduce themselves, he nodded inwardly.
Although Eastsea City was not a major city in the Sun Moon Federation, it was already considered a regional center. The caliber of students recruited by this Primary Academy was indeed quite good.
When it was the turn of two boys in the front row, one of them spoke loudly.
"Hello, everyone. My name is Zhang Yangzi. My Martial Soul is the Dark Phantom Eagle, and beside me is my childhood friend, Wang Jinxi. His Martial Soul is the Bone Dragon King."
"We both have Level Nine Innate Soul Power!"
After saying that, he shot Feng Xiao a slightly provocative glance.
"Level Nine Innate Soul Power?! And there are two of them?!"
"That's amazing!"
The classroom immediately erupted in astonished cries.
Children born on Douluo Continent understood, no matter how young they were, what Level Nine Innate Soul Power meant.
It represented the potential to challenge for the rank of Title Douluo, perhaps even Super Douluo. To them and even to the families behind them, such existences were impossibly distant.
After Zhang Yangzi sat down, another person stood up.
"Hello, everyone. I'm Wei Xiaofeng. My Martial Soul is the Green Shadow Snake, and I have Level Eight Innate Soul Power."
Wei Xiaofeng sat down. After several more students, it was finally Xu Yue's turn.
Facing everyone's gaze, he rose calmly.
"Hello, everyone. My name is Xu Yue. My Martial Soul is the Star of Eden. I'm a Level Thirteen one-ringed Soul Master."
The instant his words fell, the entire classroom sank into dead silence.
Even Li Hu on the podium froze, staring blankly at Xu Yue as the form in his hand slipped onto the desk.
A moment later, the room exploded into uproar.
"A Soul Master?! You've got to be kidding!"
"Is this really Eastsea City?!"
"O-okay, Xu Yue, please sit down first." Li Hu came back to his senses, his voice slightly stammering. "The students behind you may continue with their introductions."
After the entire class had finished introducing themselves, most of their gazes remained fixed on Xu Yue.
At that moment, they felt as though they were witnessing the rise of a future powerhouse on the Continent Wind and Cloud Ranking. This might have been the closest they would ever come to such a figure in their lives.
"In that case, Xu Yue will serve as our Class Monitor. What do you all think?"
Li Hu looked around. Seeing no objections, he turned to Xu Yue, his eyes filled with curiosity. "Xu Yue, what do you think?"
Xu Yue nodded lightly and did not refuse.
It was just being Class Monitor in primary school. No big deal.
"Very well. Let's take out our books and turn to page—"
Before Li Hu could finish, the communicator on his body suddenly rang.
After hurriedly answering it for a moment, he closed his book.
"Please wait a moment, everyone. I'll be right back." With that, he quickly left.
The moment Li Hu disappeared through the doorway, murmurs burst through the classroom. More than ninety percent of the discussion centered on Xu Yue.
In the front row, Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi turned around at the same time.
Zhang Yangzi was the first to ask curiously, "Class Monitor, you obtained a Soul Ring so quickly. Could it be that you have Innate Full Soul Power?"
Wang Jinxi looked at his childhood friend as if he were an idiot. "Yangzi, isn't that obvious? If he didn't have full Soul Power, how could he absorb a Soul Spirit right after awakening?"
Wei Xiaofeng, beside them, also leaned over and asked curiously.
"Class Monitor, I've never heard of your Star of Eden Martial Soul. Is it a mutated Martial Soul?"
Xu Yue merely nodded lightly at the three of them.
Being in the same class as the future Eastsea F3 when they were young did indeed surprise him.
Judging by their talents alone, the three of them were not inferior to the members of the protagonist's group.
They simply had not caught that tailwind for various reasons.
Just then, Xu Yue frowned slightly as he sensed approaching footsteps outside the door.
"Quiet!"
A sharp call rang out, and the entire class instantly fell silent.
At that very moment, Li Hu walked in with a timid little girl with light blue hair.
Her features were exquisite, and she looked as delicate as a doll—an absolute beauty in the making.
She was Xu Xiaoyan, whom Xu Yue had run into at the Spirit Pagoda parking lot.
However, judging by her appearance, she seemed quite unaccustomed to being the focus of so many eyes.
"Xiao Yan, introduce yourself to everyone," Li Hu said gently.
"Hello, everyone. I'm Xu Xiaoyan. My Martial Soul is the Star Wheel Ice Staff, and I'm a Level Eleven one-ringed Soul Master."
Another Soul Master!
For a moment, everyone's gaze focused on her in unison, making Xu Xiaoyan instinctively shrink behind Li Hu.
"Xiao Yan, I'll take you to your seat," Li Hu said in a lowered voice.
Xu Xiaoyan shook her head instead. She extended her little hand and cautiously pointed ahead.
"Can I... sit beside that big brother?"
Her fingertip pointed directly to Xu Yue's side.
The day's lessons were nearing their end.
With the authority of the Herrscher of Reason, Xu Yue's learning speed was astonishing.
While the teacher lectured, he had already flipped through nearly all the books that had been handed out, memorizing their contents in full.
Suddenly, a soft sensation came from his right arm.
Xu Yue looked over and saw Xu Xiaoyan beside him.
She was gently poking him with the pad of her pale index finger, her movements exceptionally cautious.
"What is it, Xiao Yan?" Xu Yue asked with a smile.
"Um... Class Monitor..." Xu Xiaoyan bit her pink lip, gathered her courage, and spoke. "After school... can I invite you out for a walk?"
Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Wei Xiaofeng, who had been listening in with pricked ears, instantly widened their eyes.
On the first day of school, the Class Monitor was already going on a date with a girl?
Naturally, Xu Yue did not interpret it as they did.
This was most likely related to the Star of Eden.
The Absolute Certainty attribute of the Star Wheel Ice Staff was among the best of star-type Martial Souls, no weaker than the Star Crown Martial Soul of the Xu Clan's main branch. It was not surprising that it had sensed his Star of Eden.
Meeting Xu Xiaoyan's expectant gaze, he smiled and nodded.
"Sure."
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