The Martial Soul Academy was located several miles outside Spirit City.
It consisted of the Primary Soul Master Academy, the Intermediate Soul Master Academy, and the Advanced Soul Master Academy.
At that moment, inside the dean's office of the Primary Soul Master Academy.
"Your Holiness the Pope, please rest assured. I'll keep you updated on Lin Fan's studies!"
"Mm."
Qian Xunji nodded faintly, then turned to Lin Fan. "Xiaofan, if you run into any problems later, feel free to ask Dean Zhu for help."
"All right, Teacher." Lin Fan nodded, a smile on his face.
Before long, Qian Xunji had left the Martial Soul Academy.
After seeing Qian Xunji off, Dean Zhu wiped the cold sweat from his brow and straightened his uniform. Then he sent someone to fetch Lin Fan.
The boy stood tall, his expression calm and composed. He was neither servile nor overbearing, showing none of the unease other new students felt.
Dean Zhu looked at him, a hint of admiration in his eyes. After all, the future Pope had personally instructed him to look after the boy, so he naturally wouldn't dare neglect him.
"Lin Fan, come take a walk with me. I'll explain the rules of our Primary Soul Master Academy, as well as the daily classes and cultivation schedule. Make sure you remember them, so you don't break the school rules later."
Dean Zhu spoke in a gentler tone and led the way out of the office.
Lin Fan smiled and nodded. "Sorry for the trouble, Dean Zhu."
The blazing sun passed overhead, and Lin Fan had made his way to the dormitory area.
The dormitories were separate apartment-style buildings, with single rooms, doubles, and four-person rooms.
Lin Fan returned to his single room. Its furnishings were simple: a large bed, a desk, a sofa, and a bathroom. There was nothing else.
At the Martial Soul Academy, the cafeteria served everyone the same food, and it was highly nutritious. There was no need to worry about making ends meet.
Those who came here were either descendants of Soul Masters or geniuses with Innate Soul Power of level three or higher.
Since school hadn't started yet, there were very few people on campus.
But in another two days, many would arrive.
To Lin Fan, more people meant more chances to earn emotion points.
Naturally, he began looking forward to earning emotion points two days later.
Lying on the big bed, Lin Fan's consciousness had already entered his spiritual world.
At that moment, seven Star Seeds were running wild around the purple-black Star Dust.
Lin Fan used his will to control them, trying to bring them under control.
But how could controlling Star Seeds be that easy?
In Versatile Mage, controlling Star Seeds was a difficult task. It took time and practice to connect all seven Star Seeds and cast a real spell.
After controlling them for who knew how long, Lin Fan began to feel mentally exhausted. When he opened his eyes again, he found that night had already fallen outside.
"Looks like controlling Star Seeds here isn't as draining as it is in the Versatile Mage world," Lin Fan thought.
In the Versatile Mage world, a newly awakened mage could only control Star Seeds for an hour each day before becoming mentally exhausted. If they ignored their limits and kept cultivating, it could lead to serious consequences.
But in Douluo Continent, Lin Fan reckoned he had already spent three hours controlling them, yet he only felt a little tired.
"Looks like the day I successfully cast my first spell isn't as far off as I imagined." Lin Fan smiled faintly and walked to the window. His eyes shone with lofty ambition.
"That summer, I too had an eternal heart that pursued the highest magic!"
"Though I didn't end up in the world of Versatile Mage, I can still learn magic here!"
"Just watch. I, Lin Fan, will become a Supreme Mage too, admired by all and held in awe!"
Lin Fan gazed down at the shadowy forest outside the window and listened to the cicadas. His heart surged with boundless excitement!
The Martial Soul Academy was especially lively today.
Groups of young men and women walked along the road to the main entrance.
They all wore the Martial Soul Academy's uniform, marking them as students there.
Inside the dorm room
At that moment, Lin Fan was cultivating cross-legged. After all this time, he still hadn't made much progress in controlling the Star Seeds.
Bringing the seven Star Seeds under control would take time and practice.
Although Lin Fan could spend several hours a day controlling them, he wouldn't waste all his time on it.
Moreover, after these two days of cultivation, Lin Fan could feel the Demon Element continuing to strengthen his body.
Lin Fan's physique was already much stronger than that of his peers.
With the Demon Element's help, he figured he could easily absorb a First Soul Ring that exceeded the limit for a first ring—a limit set by that useless Yu Xiaogang.
Lin Fan woke from his cultivation, washed up, and headed outside.
Before long, he arrived at the academy gate carrying a signboard.
The signboard read, "New Students, Follow Me."
"+121 positive emotion points from Wang Hu (curiosity)"
"+211 positive emotion points from Li Ke (curiosity)"
"+666 positive emotion points from Liu Yiyi (curiosity)"
(From now on, I won't specify the emotions unless there's a special need.)
As Lin Fan walked along, he saw the older students approaching him with curious, scrutinizing looks.
It was no wonder. On the first day of school in previous years, no new student like Lin Fan had ever held up a sign and led the other newcomers to register.
What made them even more curious were Lin Fan's unusual hair and eye colors, as well as his handsome, distinguished features.
"Little guy, I don't think I've seen you before. Are you a new student?"
A girl with waterfall-like black hair falling over her shoulders and fair, luminous skin walked up to Lin Fan and crouched down to ask.
Lin Fan looked at the girl, his face calm, though his eyes roamed all over her. "Yes, I'm a new student."
Seeing this, the girl blushed slightly and teased, "Little junior, you're so young and already looking at your senior sister with such lecherous eyes. Careful, or I'll bash your little head in."
As she spoke, she grabbed Lin Fan's head and vigorously ruffled his hair.
"All right, senior sister. I still have to greet the new students." Lin Fan slapped her hand away and quickly backed up several steps.
Seeing this, the girl stopped bothering him and waved her hand. "All right, I've punished you enough. Go do whatever you need to do."
Lin Fan nodded, then quickly ran off, muttering, "At least a C."
The girl hadn't heard what Lin Fan said and turned to leave.
Standing at the academy gate, Lin Fan watched as more and more people came and went. By then, there were already more than thirty people around him.
They were all new students, here to study at the Martial Soul Academy.
But in Lin Fan's eyes, they were all sources of emotion points—precious "heavenly treasures"!
A virtual screen appeared before Lin Fan, displaying the various sources of his emotion points.
In less than half an hour, Lin Fan had already earned over a hundred thousand emotion points.
If he had more time, a million wouldn't be a problem.
And more and more people were arriving now. At this rate, he might collect a million emotion points in just this one day!
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