"Class dismissed." Long Yuan said with a faint smile, then left.
Lin Fan watched Long Yuan's retreating figure, admiration and approval in his eyes.
That morning's lessons had taught Lin Fan a great deal.
Long Yuan had explained everything thoroughly and clearly, and his examples had been too numerous to count.
Even Bibi Dong, who had sat in on the lesson, had stayed completely focused throughout the morning's theory class, immersing herself in the lecture.
"Senior Brother, let's go eat." Bibi Dong rubbed her flat tummy, looking eager.
Long Yuan's lesson had been excellent, but Bibi Dong cared even more about eating!
Lin Fan nodded. After such an intense morning of studying, even his stomach was starting to protest.
After lunch, Lin Fan returned to his dormitory and began controlling his Star Seeds.
Since today was Long Yuan's first time teaching, he had gone on a little longer than usual, leaving Bibi Dong unable to attend even her practical class.
At that moment, a dark green bracelet encircled Lin Fan's left wrist. As he cultivated, the special energy within it subtly altered his cultivation and control.
Lin Fan could feel the purple-black Star Seeds becoming easier to control and more obedient to his will.
At this rate, he would be able to link all seven Star Seeds in fewer than five days!
Filled with anticipation, Lin Fan spent the entire afternoon controlling his Star Seeds.
Even after such a long time, he only began to feel a little tired.
But that amount of fatigue wasn't enough to make Lin Fan stop.
After dinner, Lin Fan returned to the dormitory to cultivate again.
Sunlight streamed through the curtains and fell across Lin Fan's face.
Lin Fan woke from his cultivation, feeling refreshed as he stretched.
After spending the first half of the night controlling Star Seeds and growing rather tired, Lin Fan had switched to cultivating Soul Power.
Cultivating Soul Power was different from controlling Star Seeds. After all these days of cultivation, Lin Fan had long since grown used to treating it as sleep.
The sun and moon revolved, and a day passed in the blink of an eye.
Knock, knock, knock.
Someone knocked on the dormitory door. Lin Fan opened it and saw Bibi Dong looking unhappy.
Seeing her like that, Lin Fan couldn't help smiling. "Who upset my junior sister?"
At that, Bibi Dong pouted and said angrily, "Senior Brother, those fourth-years all bullied me!"
Then she told him what had happened in practical class.
In practical class, all the students in Fourth Year, Class One, were One-Ring Soul Masters, and their innate talent was among the best in the fourth year.
Some of the especially talented students had already reached Soul Power levels seventeen or eighteen.
They also had plenty of combat experience. Even with Bibi Dong's advantages in Soul Rings and physical strength, she had ultimately been defeated by those students with higher Soul Power.
At Martial Soul Academy, the most important thing was that power and influence didn't count for much!
Everything else was fair here. Everyone had the same access to food, rare treasures, and the like.
If you were strong, you were strong. Even a student from an ordinary background who had fought their way up had no need to worry about revenge from an influential student they had offended.
That was because retaliation would bring no benefit to the influential student! They would be punished accordingly!
And the most important thing was that Bibi Dong hadn't even released her Martial Soul!
After hearing her out, Lin Fan smiled faintly. "It's fine. You haven't released your Martial Soul yet, have you?"
"If you release your Martial Soul and use your Soul Skill, you'll definitely be able to beat them."
At that, Bibi Dong's pretty face scrunched up, and she looked reluctant. "But, Senior Brother, I don't want other people to know that my Martial Soul is the Death Spider Emperor. It's so ugly!"
"How is it ugly? It's terrifying!"
Lin Fan smiled faintly and coaxed her. "Maybe when they see your Martial Soul, their legs will start shaking and they'll be scared stiff?"
"Really?" Bibi Dong believed him, her face full of anticipation.
Just imagining the students who had beaten her in practical class being frightened when they saw her Martial Soul made her grin with glee.
"Of course. When has your senior brother ever lied to you?" Lin Fan pinched Bibi Dong's soft cheek, looking utterly confident.
"Then I'll believe you, Senior Brother. I'll show them how powerful our Spirit Hall is in practical class later!" Bibi Dong said confidently.
After theory class, Lin Fan returned to his dormitory and continued controlling his Star Seeds.
Inside one of the Soul Fighting Arenas at Martial Soul Academy.
The arena was enormous, set aside specifically for students from the Primary Soul Master Academy.
If students had a grudge against each other, they could settle it here in a Soul Fighting match.
More importantly, this arena had been built specifically for students' practical classes.
At that moment, over three hundred students sat in the stands of the arena where the fourth-years held their practical classes.
Below the stands were four Soul Fighting platforms, each only fifty meters long and wide.
They were meant for One-Ring Soul Masters to fight on, and that much space was more than enough!
At that moment, Bibi Dong sat in the waiting area with a mysterious smile, watching her opponent for the day.
Three seats away from Bibi Dong sat a boy about one and a half meters tall, with long black hair and the refined appearance of a scholar.
"Bibi Dong, how does it feel to have been beaten by my underling yesterday?" the refined boy asked with a laugh, a teasing glint in his eyes.
The news that Qian Xunji had brought Bibi Dong to the academy so openly had spread long ago.
Because of what happened on Bibi Dong's first day at the academy, everyone had learned that the two of them were now disciples of the current Saint Child.
What kind of genius must someone be to become the current Saint Child's disciple?
And what an honor it was to defeat a disciple of the current Saint Child!
"Just you wait. You're bound to lose today!" Bibi Dong replied with a disdainful smile, a sly glint flickering in her eyes.
Just thinking about what was about to happen made Bibi Dong laugh to herself.
To the others, it looked as though Bibi Dong had been beaten silly the day before. Why else would she be grinning like that?
"Mo Dong wins!"
"Next match: Bibi Dong versus Chen Pi!"
The practical-class teacher for Fourth Year, Class One, spoke from the platform, his voice carrying clearly to everyone.
Bibi Dong eagerly hopped down from the waiting area and went straight onto the platform.
Seeing this, the refined boy, Chen Pi, smiled faintly. A pair of wings appeared on his back.
He flew slowly toward the platform and finally landed.
The practical-class teacher seemed to be used to Chen Pi's routine by now. He merely said, "Begin."
"Bibi Dong, are you still not going to release your Martial Soul today?" Chen Pi asked from where he stood, without making a move.
"As you wish!"
Bibi Dong smiled faintly, and a sinister aura began to emanate from her.
"Death Spider Emperor, Martial Soul Possession!"
Soul Power surged, and Bibi Dong instantly completed her Death Spider Emperor Martial Soul Possession.
Purple-black carapace covered her body, marked with the Death Spider Emperor's distinctive poisonous spines and dark patterns.
Four ghostly green compound eyes emerged beside her rosy cheeks.
Her legs became a huge spider abdomen, from which eight hideous, spiny legs extended. Her hands turned into black sickles, while a cold poison and aura of death swirled around her.
At that moment, the sinister aura around Bibi Dong seemed to take physical form. The aura of death and evil spread across the entire arena.
Even the students in the stands who saw what was happening were so horrified that their hair stood on end!
"T-The Death Spider Emperor!" Chen Pi stared at Bibi Dong's current appearance in terror, his face deathly pale.
The deathly aura rushing toward him made it feel as though he couldn't breathe.
It wasn't just fear. His own Martial Soul was practically a cat before Bibi Dong's Death Spider Emperor was a mouse!
His White Jade Bird had wings, but couldn't stay airborne for long.
And against the Death Spider Emperor, it was thoroughly suppressed!
Even though Chen Pi's Soul Power was four levels higher than Bibi Dong's!
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