The Troublesome Heart Separation Control Was So Easy to Improve?

Everyone followed Wu Zhangkong down the path behind the teaching building and arrived before a building they had never seen before.

The building was not tall, only three stories, entirely silver-white, with faint Soul Power fluctuations rippling across its surface.

A sign hung above the main entrance.

"Spirit Ascension Platform."

Ning Rongrong stopped, raised her head to look at the sign, then glanced at the tightly shut metal door beside her. Her heart stirred with excitement, but she quickly remembered something.

"That's not right..."

Ning Rongrong frowned.

"Teacher Wu just said that the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform only allows Soul Masters below four rings to enter."

"Then Sister Wu Siduo and Sister Dai Yun'er..."

She glanced at Wu Siduo and Dai Yun'er beside her.

Both of them were Four-Ring Soul Ancestors.

That meant they could not enter.

"Then will Zhuqing and I be the only ones teaming up next?"

Ning Rongrong thought to herself, her expression somewhat complicated.

It was not that she looked down on Zhu Zhuqing.

Zhu Zhuqing looked young, but her Soul Power Level was higher than Ning Rongrong's, and she had more combat experience as well.

Teaming up with Zhu Zhuqing would definitely not be a loss.

But...

"Zhuqing's thighs aren't as thick as Sister Wu Siduo's and Sister Dai Yun'er's..."

Ning Rongrong sighed. With Wu Siduo and Dai Yun'er around, she would definitely have had an easy time.

After all, not every team was as absurdly overpowered as Tang Wulin's.

Now that both powerful backers were gone, she could only rely on herself.

Just as Ning Rongrong's thoughts were running wild, Wu Zhangkong spoke.

"Those above four rings will not participate in this Primary Spirit Ascension Platform experience."

"You will go to the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform."

Wu Siduo nodded, her expression unchanged, while Dai Yun'er answered with a smile.

Ye Zhi and Luo Guixing also gave slight nods, indicating that they understood Wu Zhangkong's instructions.

Ning Rongrong's gaze fell upon the four of them. Their class had twenty people in total, and the four Four-Ring Soul Ancestors accounted for one-fifth of them. Ning Rongrong truly had never seen an academy this terrifying.

Especially since they all seemed to be around the age of newly enrolled students, yet there were already four Soul Ancestors among them.

Ning Rongrong came from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and knew something about Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Some people there were already in their twenties before becoming Four-Ring Soul Ancestors.

But compared to the people at this academy, they were simply too weak.

Wu Zhangkong's voice sounded again.

"Next, the remaining sixteen people will form teams of four. Choose your own teams."

"Once your teams are formed, enter the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ning Rongrong's eyes lit up again.

"Teams of four... choose our own teams..."

Her mind raced.

"Tang Wulin's team also has four people."

"Our team has four people too."

"Now that Sister Wu Siduo and the others are leaving, both sides are short two people..."

"Wouldn't that mean we can form one team perfectly?!"

Ning Rongrong's eyes curved into crescents.

"Clinging to Tang Wulin's thigh would be pretty great too!"

Just as she was about to walk toward Tang Wulin, Wu Zhangkong took something else from his Soul Tool.

They were round, golden pearls that gave off a gentle glow.

Each was the size of a thumb, smooth as a mirror, with faint streams of light flowing within.

With a wave of Wu Zhangkong's hand, twenty Golden Pearls floated out of his hand and hung neatly in the air.

Each stopped before its designated person.

Ning Rongrong stared blankly at the Golden Pearl floating before her.

What kind of strange technique was that?

She knew that Wu Zhangkong's Martial Soul was ice-attributed, but what had that technique been?

Of course, compared to Wu Zhangkong's technique, what concerned Ning Rongrong more was the object floating before her.

"Th-this is?"

She stretched out her hand and carefully caught the Golden Pearl. It felt warm and smooth in her palm, like a piece of warm jade. Its texture was delicate, carrying a faint chill. She had never seen anything like it.

"There are far too many things in this academy that I've never seen before..."

Ning Rongrong muttered inwardly.

"Soul Tools, pills, Soul Spirits, Battle Armor..."

Could this be a pill too?

Ning Rongrong could not help wondering as she examined the round Golden Pearl before her.

She glanced at Zhu Zhuqing beside her.

Zhu Zhuqing had also taken her Golden Pearl and was studying it with her head lowered. Those black eyes of hers were likewise filled with curiosity.

Wu Zhangkong's voice rang out.

"This is a Golden Pearl."

"It has another name: Mermaid's Tears."

"It is formed from the tears shed by a Sea Princess in extreme sorrow."

"Each one contains a portion of a Sea Princess's spiritual origin."

"Its value is immeasurable."

Ning Rongrong's pupils suddenly constricted.

"Mermaid's Tears?"

"A Sea Princess?"

"Spiritual origin?"

She had never heard any of those terms before.

But she understood the words "its value is immeasurable."

Wu Zhangkong continued.

"An ordinary person, even a mortal without Soul Power, if they obtain a Golden Pearl..."

"Will not only gain intelligence and become exceptionally clever."

"They will also have their spirit nourished, extending their lifespan and allowing them to live to a hundred."

Ning Rongrong sucked in a breath.

"Extend one's lifespan? Live to a hundred?"

"A single pearl can do that?"

She lowered her head to look at the Golden Pearl in her hand and suddenly felt that it weighed heavily in her palm.

"Something this precious... the academy is just giving it to us?"

Ning Rongrong recalled the Storage Soul Tools, Mystic Water Pills, Soul Ascension Pills, and black steamed buns they had received before...

Every one of them was a treasure rarely seen in the outside world.

"Just how rich is Shrek Academy...?"

She thought to herself.

"The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is already the richest sect in the world, but even we aren't this extravagant..."

Wu Zhangkong's voice pulled her back to reality.

"Now, place the Golden Pearl against your forehead."

"Guide its energy into your Sea of Spirit."

Ning Rongrong hurriedly did as instructed. She pressed the Golden Pearl against her forehead. A cool sensation spread from between her brows, and the next moment, a clear energy flowed from the Golden Pearl, gentle yet vast.

It was like a trickling stream, yet also like a mighty river.

That energy slowly flowed through her forehead and into her Sea of Spirit.

Ning Rongrong closed her eyes and felt the energy moving within her.

There was no pain, no discomfort, only an indescribable sense of ease.

Like parched earth receiving sweet rain.

Like a cool breeze sweeping through a scorching summer day.

The Golden Pearl's light gradually merged into her Sea of Spirit.

She could feel her spiritual power growing.

Her previously blurry senses became clear.

Her previously sluggish reactions became sharp.

All the Golden Pearl's energy merged into her Sea of Spirit.

Ning Rongrong opened her eyes, a flash of delight crossing them.

"My Heart Separation Control..."

She thought to herself.

"With the spiritual power from the Golden Pearl, it can improve by at least one level!"

The Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda's Heart Separation Control was extremely demanding in its operation, but after receiving the nourishment of the Golden Pearl, Ning Rongrong discovered that her grasp of Heart Separation Control had risen to another level.

Even with diligent training, advancing Heart Separation Control by another stage would have required endless time. Yet now... it had improved so easily?

Ning Rongrong had never experienced anything so wondrous before, and the corners of her lips unconsciously rose.

She glanced at Zhu Zhuqing beside her.

Zhu Zhuqing had also finished merging with the Golden Pearl. She stood with her eyes closed, sensing the changes in her Sea of Spirit.

A faint trace of joy appeared on her usually cold face as well.

The others were the same.

Wu Zhangkong looked at everyone and nodded slightly.

"The Golden Pearls have been fully merged."

"Now, form your teams."

"In a quarter of an hour, enter the Spirit Ascension Platform."