School, But Only Two Hours a Day.

Martial Soul Academy is truly worthy of being one of the three best academies on the continent.

Although it does not compare to the two Royal Academies of Star Luo and Heaven Dou in terms of architecture, the spirit masters here, whether students or teachers, far surpass those of any other academy.

The minimum requirement for admission is an Innate Soul Power of level five.

Teachers must have at least the cultivation of a Soul King, and even then, they can only serve as preschool instructors for introductory-level classes.

Graduates of Martial Soul Academy can obtain employment directly from Martial Soul Hall upon graduation.

If their grades are excellent and they possess Soul King cultivation upon graduation, they can become Purple-robed Bishops directly, serving as the masters of branch halls in mid-sized cities.

However, the best part is that once enrolled in Martial Soul Academy, whenever a student reaches a cultivation bottleneck and requires a soul ring, Martial Soul Hall will dispatch spirit masters to guide them in obtaining the most optimal soul rings.

Compared to all of this, Lu Fan is more concerned about matters regarding his future cultivation.

He looks at Hu Liena beside him, Xie Yue standing calmly behind him, and Yan, whose face is written with jealousy, and asks, "Senior Sister, Senior Brothers, why don't you introduce me to how cultivation works here?"

Seeing Lu Fan take the initiative to ask, the three of them naturally have no reason not to answer.

"Actually, it's nothing much," Hu Liena says with a faint smile. "For theory classes, we have teachers of at least Soul Emperor rank coming to lecture us. Every week, committee members of Soul Douluo rank also come to guide our cultivation. Practical combat classes involve taking us to the Soul Beast Forest, or perhaps having us hunt down Fallen Ones. Sometimes they even have us spar with high-level teachers, but most of the time, we are left to cultivate in our own suitable Mimicry Cultivation Environments."

"Class time is generally only from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM, but the school does have a mandatory requirement to cultivate soul power for at least six hours every day; consider that our homework."

"However, since you are Elder Chrysanthemum's disciple, I suspect those committee members won't be able to give you much better advice than what you're already getting, so you should just listen to Elder Chrysanthemum."

Hu Liena adds.

Lu Fan nods.

Such a cultivation schedule is actually quite reasonable.

However, Lu Fan is somewhat surprised by the school hours.

Is two hours a day not a bit too short?

"Isn't only two hours of class a day a bit too short? The academies I've known don't seem to be like this."

Lu Fan voices the doubt in his heart.

Behind him, Yan laughs disdainfully: "How can those academies compare to us?"

"At this age, one should focus their energy on cultivating soul power. Whether it's theory or practical combat, their priority is far lower than cultivating soul power."

Lu Fan nods upon hearing this.

He feels that Yan is actually right about this.

After the age of 20, a spirit master's cultivation speed begins to decline.

Before 20, one should indeed spend more time cultivating soul power.

However, ordinary spirit masters are different from those with backgrounds.

Spirit masters with backgrounds can leave these things to be learned slowly later on.

With elders guiding them in the early stages, they can temporarily ignore these aspects.

But spirit masters without backgrounds need to enter society early, and these things become their capital for survival.

Xie Yue, standing to the side, adds: "If it's a mission like hunting down Fallen Ones or going to the Soul Beast Forest, it might last a bit longer, but we are usually notified of these in advance."

Lu Fan nods.

When they need to go out to execute missions, there will certainly be experts protecting them from the shadows.

It is even less likely that practical combat classes would actually involve life-and-death struggles.

Just listening to it, he doesn't feel it's particularly difficult.

Seeing the relaxed expression on Lu Fan's face, Hu Liena adds: "However, we are different from other students. We have a basic requirement that must be met: increasing our soul power by at least 2 levels every year. Furthermore, in terms of practical combat, we must be able to take on three spirit masters of the same level, or even one or two levels higher than ourselves, and these three spirit masters will definitely not include any support-type spirit masters."

"Increasing 2 levels a year is fine, but I've never actually tried the latter."

Lu Fan frowns.

Although back at Shrek Academy, Flender and Zhao Wuji would have him fight Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun all by himself.

But clearly, the difficulty was much lower than what Hu Liena described.

However, Lu Fan has confidence.

Dai Mubai, who is two levels lower than him, couldn't even break his defense.

He believes that even a power-attack spirit master two levels higher than him would struggle to break his defense.

But if three such fire-attribute spirit masters came at once, I don't think I could hold out either...

Lu Fan is struck dumb in his heart.

He fears nothing, except for fire attacks.

"It doesn't matter, though. In a year or two, I'll just find an opportunity to get my hands on the Immortal Herbs inside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well."

The three of them chatted while strolling, and soon they had finished touring the Martial Soul Academy.

Lu Fan nodded toward the three of them and said, "Thank you all. I'll head back to cultivate now."

With that, Lu Fan prepared to leave.

"Wait a moment."

Hu Liena called out to stop Lu Fan.

Lu Fan turned back, looking somewhat puzzled. "Is there anything else?"

Hu Liena asked, "I still don't know where you live."

Lu Fan thought for a moment and didn't hide it. "I live in the courtyard next to Teacher's."

Upon hearing this, Hu Liena smiled. "Then let's go together; I live in that area too."

Lu Fan nodded.

He wasn't surprised by this.

Clearly, the area where they lived belonged exclusively to Title Douluo.

Furthermore, it was the best area in Martial Soul City.

It wasn't about property prices or the bustle of the district.

Rather, the heaven and earth energy there was the most concentrated.

Cultivating in such a place would yield twice the result with half the effort compared to anywhere else.

Hu Liena was likely the same as him; she probably lived right next to Bibi Dong.

And since Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo were both Bibi Dong's confidants, they should be nearby as well.

Yan watched the two leaving together with a look of envy.

Xie Yue, standing to the side, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Let's go, brother. Stop looking; they're already out of sight."

After arriving home first, Lu Fan bid farewell to Hu Liena.

He had no intention of walking her all the way to her doorstep.

Hu Liena didn't say anything else this time; she simply nodded and left.

"Is something the matter?"

Lu Fan looked at the servant who was clearly waiting for his return at the entrance and asked.

The servant first bowed respectfully to Lu Fan. "Welcome home, Young Master."

Only then did he say, "Young Master, the matter that Elder Chrysanthemum arranged yesterday has been completed. I wonder if you would like to take a look?"

Lu Fan thought for a moment about what the man was referring to.

"Although your courtyard is equipped with a Mimicry Cultivation Environment underground, it is naturally far inferior to mine. In the future, just come directly to my place when you need to cultivate."

"Afterward, I will have people dig a tunnel underground so it will be convenient for you to come over directly when you cultivate in the future."

The words Yue Guan had spoken to him yesterday surfaced in his mind, and he finally wore an expression of realization.

He nodded to the servant. "Take me to see it."

"As you command."

The servant immediately led Lu Fan to the basement.