Three Years Later, Current Strength

Time flew by, and three years passed.

At the entrance of Eastsea Elementary Academy.

Xu Yue held Xu Xiaoyan's hand as they walked toward the roadside.

A blonde girl was waiting there quietly for the two of them.

It was none other than Mu Xi.

"Sister Mu Xi!" Xu Xiaoyan waved excitedly.

"Sister Mu Xi, sorry to keep you waiting! The graduation process today was a bit tedious, so it took some extra time."

Xu Yue smiled and reached out to take Mu Xi's hand, but she rolled her eyes and nimbly dodged him.

"Hmph!" Mu Xi lifted her chin slightly and reached out to hook her arm through Xu Xiaoyan's.

Xu Yue didn't mind this scene at all; in fact, he was happy to see it.

At this moment, Xu Xiaoyan looked at Xu Yue and suggested with a sweet smile, "Brother A-Yue, now that we've finally graduated, let's go shopping."

"Not today!" Xu Yue looked at the anticipation in Xu Xiaoyan's eyes, but still shook his head in refusal.

"I still have training to finish today."

"Oh, right, today is your weekly spear technique practice." Mu Xi remembered upon hearing this and nodded.

"Alright then." Xu Xiaoyan looked a bit disappointed.

"Studying is already so tiring, why do you have to take so many extra classes, Brother A-Yue?"

Xu Yue looked at Xu Xiaoyan's lack of ambition and felt a sense of frustration that she wouldn't live up to her potential.

He reached out to ruffle her soft blue hair and said dotingly.

"Your talent is clearly quite good, Xiaoyan. Jin Xi and the others have already broken through to become Soul Grand Masters, yet you're still at level nineteen."

"If it weren't for my supervision, would you only be at level sixteen or seventeen right now?"

"But cultivation is just so tiring," Xu Xiaoyan said pitifully. "And besides, don't I have you, Brother A-Yue?"

However, seeing the gradually serious look in Xu Yue's eyes, she quickly shook his arm and added.

"Don't be like that, Brother A-Yue. I promise you, I will definitely break through to become a Soul Grand Master before school starts."

Seeing Xu Xiaoyan's earnest promise, the serious expression on Xu Yue's face finally dissipated.

It wasn't that he wanted to force Xu Xiaoyan, but her temperament was truly a bit lazy.

Even though she had awakened her Star Staff Martial Soul with his help, she still couldn't muster any interest in cultivation.

According to the original timeline, she wouldn't have been anywhere near the level of a Soul Grand Master even months later when she joined the Zero Class.

Her current level was already the result of his three years of diligent supervision.

"As long as you can break through to become a Soul Grand Master during the break, I'll set aside a day to take you shopping..."

Noticing the gaze from someone else, Xu Yue added, "...and of course, Sister Mu Xi will come too."

"Really?!" Xu Xiaoyan's beautiful eyes lit up, and she nodded as quickly as a pecking chicken.

"Of course it's real!" Xu Yue nodded sincerely. "When have I ever lied to you?!"

"If I break my word, then let me... let me treat you both to a seafood feast, and I'll eat it with you too!"

Hearing this, Xu Xiaoyan gasped.

Eastsea City was by the sea, and seafood was one of its signature specialties, but having grown up in Eastsea City, Xu Yue disliked it intensely—one could even say he loathed it.

Even when they went to Snack Street, he would unconsciously frown at the smell of teppanyaki squid.

"Xiaoyan, you're too easily satisfied!"

Mu Xi said from the side as if giving a warning.

"A simple shopping trip is enough to dismiss you; if he sells you off in the future, you'll probably even help him count the money."

"Let's go shopping, just us girls, and stop worrying about him."

Hearing this, Xu Xiaoyan puffed out her cheeks, pouted her pink lips, and thought to herself.

What do you mean I'm too easily satisfied? You say that as if you could refuse Brother A-Yue yourself, Sister Mu Xi.

Seeing that the time for his extra class was approaching, Mu Xi and Xu Xiaoyan were still reluctant to wave goodbye to Xu Yue.

He took a taxi to the foot of a tall building.

Xu Yue swiped his card to enter the door with practiced ease and stepped into a training room.

The training room was extremely spacious, covering about a thousand square meters.

On the wall in the center.

A single, large character, written in an ancient style yet imbued with a sharp, piercing aura, stood out prominently.

Break!

Just this single word, even to someone who knew nothing about spear techniques, felt like a surge of momentum rushing toward them.

If an ordinary person were to stare at it for too long, their eyes might even suffer damage.

This was an extra training session that Xu Yue had requested from his teacher, Leng Yaozhu, ever since he broke through to become a two-ring Soul Grand Master.

At first, Leng Yaozhu did not quite understand, but she did not refuse either; instead, she utilized the connections of the Phoenix Family to find an eight-ring Soul Douluo expert to instruct him.

This man's Martial Soul was none other than the Soul-Breaking Spear, the inherited Martial Soul of the Breaking Clan, which had been one of the four affiliated clans of the Clear Sky Sect twenty thousand years ago.

Since then, in addition to Mecha, Battle Armor, and forging, Xu Yue had added another training regimen focused on weaponry.

And at this moment, Xu Yue's Soul Power cultivation was...

Level 34 peak! Soul Elder!

Having just graduated from the Primary Academy, reaching the level of a Soul Elder—which was the standard requirement for graduating from an Intermediate Academy—was simply shocking to hear.

If it weren't for the fact that his dual Ultimate Attributes impacted his cultivation speed, offsetting the boost from his perfect simulated cultivation environment, leaving him with only the speed of a normal Innate Full Soul Power, he would have been confident in reaching the four-ring Soul Ancestor level before the start of Eastsea Academy.

That was just his Soul Power level; Xu Yue's achievements in other areas were equally astonishing.

In terms of forging, all kinds of techniques were already well-understood and mastered.

He had already completed Fusion Forging at the Spirit Forging level over a year ago.

Now, he could be rated as a top-tier Grandmaster Blacksmith at the peak of level six within the Blacksmith Association.

If it weren't for the fact that the requirements for Soul Forging were too high, and his current spiritual power, Soul Power, and other factors were far from meeting the criteria, he could have even forcibly attempted to reach the Saint Blacksmith level.

Of course, Mu Chen still understood the principle that the tallest tree in the forest is the first to be broken by the wind.

Therefore, on the surface, he only gave Xu Yue a rating of a level three Master.

However, even at just level three, it still caused a stir within the association, directly breaking the record set by the Divine Blacksmith Zhen Hua.

He was hailed by many Grandmaster Blacksmiths as the next Divine Blacksmith.

As for Mecha and Battle Armor, there had also been progress, but there was no need to go into detail one by one.

He stepped into the depths of the Training Ground, where a middle-aged man was sitting cross-legged.

"Teacher Yang, I'm here!" Xu Yue bowed slightly and called out.

Although they were both called teachers, there was a difference between them.

Teachers like Mu Chen and Leng Yaozhu were more like masters, belonging to a deeply bonded relationship.

Yang Xiong, who stood before him, was more like a normal teacher from a Primary or Intermediate Academy.

However, Xu Yue treated him with equal respect.

Yang Xiong opened his eyes and looked at Xu Yue, unable to help but sigh inwardly.

Ever since he was invited by Leng Yaozhu a year and a half ago to set aside half a day each week to teach Xu Yue spear techniques, the total time spent had been little more than a month.

Yet, in such a short time, Xu Yue had cultivated the Soul-Breaking Spear Technique he taught to perfection.

In terms of depth of study, he was already no less proficient than Yang Xiong himself.

"Xu Yue, today should be the day you graduate from the Primary Academy, right?" Yang Xiong asked.

"Yes, Teacher Yang!"

"It seems our time as teacher and student is coming to an end here."

Yang Xiong rose from the ground, his eyes gradually sharpening.

"Come, let us have our final graduation assessment today; let me see to what realm you have practiced the Soul-Breaking Spear."