Nuoding Academy

Three months later.

On the road to Nuoding City, three clouds floated about a meter off the ground, with a person sitting on each cloud.

These three people were the village chief of Saint Soul Village, Old Jack, leading Su Ming and Tang San, who had awakened their Innate Soul Power this year, to report to the Primary Academy in Nuoding City.

Because their walking speed was slow, and coupled with Su Ming's training over the past three months, he could now easily control his Martial Soul.

Today was the day for reporting to the academy. Old Jack woke Su Ming up early. After packing his luggage, Su Ming and Old Jack went to Tang San's house together to call him.

As they walked out of the village and carried their luggage for a while, Su Ming summoned his Martial Soul and released three clouds, which he controlled to drag the three of them towards Nuoding City.

Su Ming recalled the practice over the past three months, and it was truly a bitter experience. The first Soul Skill had to be the ability to freely control one's Martial Soul.

After a few days of practice, he could already stand on his Martial Soul and fly freely. However, when he slightly used his Soul Power to increase the wind element, he didn't grasp it well the first time. The speed increased too much, and he fell to the ground with a splash.

Fortunately, he had the foresight to stay close to the ground, combined with his strengthened body and the healing of his Martial Soul, he wasn't injured.

After three months of practice, he could now use it skillfully. Coupled with the fact that using his Martial Soul for normal flight consumed very little Soul Power, he decided to fly there using his Martial Soul to arrive sooner.

After an hour of flying, the three quickly arrived at the gates of Nuoding City.

Dispelling his Martial Soul, they joined the crowd, underwent inspection, and then entered.

Nuoding Primary Soul Master Academy was located in the west of Nuoding City. Old Jack asked passersby a few times and finally arrived at the academy entrance.

From afar, they saw a tall archway made of solid rock, with two sturdy iron gates below, dark and clearly made of fine iron at first glance.

Above the archway were four large characters: "Nuoding Academy."

As the three walked to the main gate, a young man on duty asked, "What are you doing here? Do you know what this place is?"

Seeing the gatekeeper, Old Jack quickly handed over the proof he was holding.

"These are the two people from our Saint Soul Village who awakened their Innate Soul Power this year. One's Martial Soul is a cloud, and the other's is Blue Silver Grass."

Hearing that there were two people, the gatekeeper, though half-believing, took it.

"One has Innate Level 6 Soul Power, and the other has Innate Full Soul Power with Blue Silver Grass? How is that possible?"

"I've been a gatekeeper here for so many years. I've never seen Blue Silver Grass with Soul Power, let alone full Soul Power?"

The young gatekeeper was very unwilling to believe that Blue Silver Grass could have Soul Power, especially full Soul Power. Perhaps it was because he saw the other certificate, belonging to someone with Innate Level 6 Soul Power, that he didn't make things difficult for them as in the original story, nor did he show contempt and difficulty towards the country folk like Old Jack.

"Alright, you can go in," the gatekeeper said, handing back the certificates.

As they were about to bid farewell to Old Jack, they heard someone shouting from behind.

"Martial Soul Blue Silver Grass, Innate Full Soul Power?" A somewhat dejected middle-aged man ran over with excitement, snatched the two certificates without a word.

Opening the first certificate, he saw, "Su Ming - Martial Soul, Cloud, Innate Soul Power Level 6." Seeing that he only had Innate Level 6 Soul Power, Yu Xiao Gang's face showed a hint of disdain, which he quickly hid.

Su Ming knew who the middle-aged man running over was. Seeing him snatch the certificate, Su Ming stared intently at his face, wanting to see if it was him. He saw the expression on his face.

As expected, it was the same as netizens in his previous life had guessed: arrogant, dismissive, and he didn't even hide his expressions.

After reading the first certificate and realizing it wasn't the person he was looking for, Yu Xiao Gang, with a look of disgust, threw the certificate back into Su Ming's arms.

He then opened the other one. Upon seeing, "Tang San - Martial Soul, Blue Silver Grass, Innate Full Soul Power," a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

He turned and said kindly to Old Jack, "Old man, leave these two children to me."

Old Jack hesitated at the sudden appearance of the middle-aged man. The gatekeeper took the initiative to explain, "This is the 'Master' of the academy, a good friend of the dean. You can rest assured leaving the two children to him. Master will handle it properly."

Yu Xiao Gang seemed not to have heard the gatekeeper's mockery, looking at the gatekeeper with an expression of "You're good, I think highly of you," and nodded.

Hearing the gatekeeper's explanation, Old Jack no longer hesitated. "Then thank you, Master."

Seeing that Old Jack no longer hesitated, Yu Xiao Gang directly took Tang San's small hand and entered the academy, ignoring everyone else.

"Grandpa Jack, I'll go into the academy first. Walk slowly when you go back. I'll come back when I have a holiday."

Old Jack patted Su Ming's head. "Good child, I will. Hurry and go in."

Seeing Grandpa Jack leave, Su Ming also turned and ran into the academy. He quickly caught up to Tang San and Yu Xiao Gang, following behind them, wanting to see how Yu Xiao Gang would trick Tang San.

After walking a few steps, Yu Xiao Gang turned and pointed at Su Ming, saying, "The new student registration is in that building ahead. You go there yourself." He spoke with the commanding tone of someone ordering a subordinate, as if saying, "Don't bother me here, I have things to do, don't follow me."

Hearing Yu Xiao Gang's words, Su Ming was stunned. This Master's change of expression was too damn fast! But he quickly understood. He was probably afraid that Su Ming would disturb his important task of tricking Tang San.

"You go first," Yu Xiao Gang waved his hand, urging Su Ming to go quickly, then turned to Tang San with a smile and said, "As for you, Tang San, I have something to tell you."

Thinking of this, Su Ming didn't bother them anymore. Since he wasn't giving him a good look, Su Ming naturally wouldn't give him a good look either and headed straight for the registration area.

Although he really wanted to learn some knowledge about rare Soul Beasts from Yu Xiao Gang, judging by his expression, he clearly looked down on him.

He, a congenital half-level pig, actually looked down on my congenital level 6 cloud Martial Soul, hmph.

The plan to build a good relationship with "Gangzi" won't work, so he'll learn from "Gangzi" secretly. One cannot doubt that his knowledge reserve in this area is indeed something.

The new student registration was on the first floor of the teaching building. The people in charge of receiving new students were a middle-aged man and two young teachers.

Su Ming carried his luggage to the new student registration area and handed his certificate to the middle-aged teacher. The middle-aged teacher took the certificate and said to Su Ming, "My surname is Su, you can call me Director Su."

"Hello, Director Su. My name is Su Ming, from Saint Soul Village. My Martial Soul is a cloud, with Innate Level 6 Soul Power."

Hearing about the cloud Martial Soul and Innate Level 6 Soul Power, Director Su quickly opened the unactivated certificate and looked at it. After confirming it was real, he said to Su Ming with a smile.

"Innate level 6 Soul Power, very good talent."

Innate level 6 Soul Power, in a small place like Nuoding City, Soul Masters with only level 1-3 Soul Power upon Martial Soul awakening are already geniuses.

Director Su quickly finished the procedures for Su Ming.

"Alright, I've registered you. Your dorm is in Dorm 7. You can go settle in first. The opening ceremony is in a few days, and a teacher will notify you then."

Su Ming also received a standard Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy uniform. The white fabric looked very clean.

As soon as he finished speaking, another person entered. It was Tang San, who had already taken a master. Yu Xiao Gang did not follow him in, likely knowing that everyone mocked his title of "Master."

Thinking about it now, Tang San, a Soul Master with Innate Full Soul Power but a trash Martial Soul like Blue Silver Grass, was simply a tool tailor-made to prove his theories.

Without even greeting Tang San, Su Ming, carrying his uniform and luggage, walked straight towards the dorms.