School Starts, Harvesting Emotional Value

Martial Soul Academy is located about ten miles outside of Martial Soul City.

It is divided into the Junior Soul Master Academy, the Intermediate Soul Master Academy, and the Advanced Soul Master Academy.

At this moment, inside the office of the Junior Soul Master Academy's dean.

"Your Holiness, please rest assured, I will report on Lin Fan's progress in a timely manner!"

"Mm."

Qian Xunji nodded indifferently, then looked toward Lin Fan. "Little Fan, if you have any issues in the future, feel free to seek out Dean Zhu for a solution."

"Understood, Teacher." Lin Fan nodded, a smile gracing his face.

Before long, Qian Xunji had already departed from Martial Soul Academy.

After seeing Qian Xunji off, Dean Zhu wiped the cold sweat from his brow, straightened his academy uniform, and sent for Lin Fan.

The youth stood tall with a calm expression in his eyes; he was neither servile nor overbearing, showing none of the nervousness typical of other new students.

Dean Zhu looked at him with a hint of appreciation; after all, this was someone the future Pope had personally instructed him about, so he dared not be negligent.

"Lin Fan, walk with me. I'll tell you about the rules of our Junior Soul Master Academy, as well as the daily class and cultivation arrangements. Commit them to memory so you don't violate academy regulations later on."

Dean Zhu softened his tone and took the lead, stepping out of the office.

Lin Fan nodded with a smile. "I'll be troubling you, Dean Zhu."

As the bright sun passed overhead, Lin Fan's figure had already arrived at the dormitory area.

The dormitory area consists of independent apartment-style buildings, divided into single rooms, double rooms, and quad rooms.

Lin Fan returned to his single room. The facilities inside were simple: a large bed, a desk, a chair, and a bathroom—nothing more.

At Martial Soul Academy, the food provided by the cafeteria is standardized and of extremely high nutritional value, so there is no need to worry about basic survival.

Those who come here are either descendants of soul masters or geniuses whose Innate Soul Power reached level three or higher.

Because school has not yet started, there are very few people in the academy.

However, in another two days, many people will arrive.

For Lin Fan, more people means more opportunities to earn Emotion Points.

Naturally, Lin Fan began to look forward to the days of earning Emotion Points in two days' time.

Lying on the large bed, Lin Fan's consciousness entered his spiritual world.

In the spiritual world at this moment, seven unruly star seeds were circling around the purple-black stardust.

Lin Fan used his willpower to control them, attempting to bring them under his command.

However, controlling star seeds is by no means an easy task.

In the world of Versatile Mage, controlling star seeds is a very difficult process that requires the accumulation of time to successfully connect the seven star seeds and unleash true magic.

He did not know how long he had been practicing, but Lin Fan felt a sense of mental fatigue. When he opened his eyes again, he found that it had already turned dark outside.

It seems that controlling star seeds here is not as mentally taxing as it is in the world of Versatile Mage, Lin Fan thought to himself.

In the world of Versatile Mage, a newly awakened mage can only control star seeds for one hour a day before their mind becomes exhausted; if they continue to cultivate regardless of their mental state, it could lead to severe consequences.

But here on the Douluo Continent, Lin Fan estimated he had been practicing for three hours, yet he only felt a slight sense of mental fatigue.

"It seems the day I successfully unleash my first spell is not as far off as I imagined." Lin Fan smiled slightly, walked slowly to the window, and revealed his lofty ambitions in his eyes.

"That summer, I also had an eternal heart pursuing supreme magic!"

"Although I didn't go to the world of Versatile Mage, I can still learn magic here!"

"Just watch, I, Lin Fan, will also become a Supreme Mage, drawing the eyes of the masses and earning their reverence!"

Lin Fan looked down at the deep forest outside the window, listening to the chirping of cicadas, his heart feeling incredibly impassioned at this moment!

Martial Soul Academy is bustling with activity today.

Groups of two or three youths are walking along the main entrance road.

They are all wearing the uniform of Martial Soul Academy, signifying that they are students of the institution.

Inside the dormitory.

Lin Fan is currently sitting cross-legged in cultivation. After this period of practice, he still hasn't made much progress in controlling the star seeds.

To successfully control the seven star seeds requires the accumulation of time.

Lin Fan can practice for several hours every day, but he won't waste all his time solely on controlling the star seeds.

Moreover, after these two days of cultivation, Lin Fan can feel the Demon Element continuously strengthening his body.

One must know that Lin Fan's physical fitness was already significantly stronger than his peers.

Now, with the aid of the Demon Element, he believes that absorbing a first soul ring that exceeds the limit set by that good-for-nothing Yu Xiaogang will be more than enough.

Lin Fan woke from his cultivation, washed up, and headed outside.

Not long after, he arrived at the entrance of the academy carrying a plaque.

On the plaque were five large characters that read: "Freshmen, follow me."

"Positive emotion value (curiosity) from Wang Hu +121"

"Positive emotion value (curiosity) from Li Ke +211"

"Positive emotion value (curiosity) from Liu Yiyi +666"

(Emotions will not be recorded hereafter unless specifically required.)

As Lin Fan walked along, he could see the curious and probing gazes of the senior students coming toward him.

It was no wonder they felt this way; after all, on previous opening days, no freshman had ever held a sign to lead other newcomers to registration like Lin Fan was doing.

What made them even more curious was Lin Fan's unique hair color and eyes, as well as his remarkably handsome appearance.

"Little brother, I don't think I've seen you before. Are you a newly enrolled student?"

A girl with hair like a cascading waterfall draped over her shoulders and skin as white as jade walked up to Lin Fan, crouched down, and asked.

Lin Fan looked at the young girl before him with a calm expression, though his eyes were scanning her up and down. "Yes, I am a newly enrolled student."

Seeing this, the girl's face flushed with shyness, and she pouted coquettishly, "Little junior, you're so young yet you stare at your senior with such lecherous eyes. Be careful, or I'll bash your little head in."

As she spoke, the girl grabbed Lin Fan's head and began to ruffle his hair frantically.

"Alright, Senior, I still have to go pick up more freshmen." Lin Fan swatted the girl's hand away and quickly took a few steps back.

Seeing this, the girl didn't pester him further and waved her hand, saying, "Fine, the punishment is over. Go do whatever it is you need to do."

Lin Fan nodded and quickly ran off, muttering to himself, "At least a C."

The girl didn't hear what Lin Fan said and turned to leave.

Standing at the academy entrance, the crowd coming and going grew larger, and by now, there were over thirty people gathered around Lin Fan.

These people were all freshmen who had come to study at Martial Soul Academy.

Yet in Lin Fan's eyes, they were all sources of emotion value—invaluable "heavenly treasures"!

In front of Lin Fan, a virtual screen was displayed, showing the various sources of his emotion values.

In less than an hour, Lin Fan had already harvested over one hundred thousand emotion values.

If he had more time, reaching a million wouldn't be a problem.

Moreover, with more people arriving, if things continued at this rate, he might even collect a million emotion values in just this single day!