Six Years

In Spirit City, as the registration procedures were completed one by one, the four of them received their respective evaluations.

Chen Ye was rated Grade A.

Xiao Wu received a Grade B rating.

Tang San and Chen Yue received Grade C and Grade D ratings respectively.

Chen Yue did not really care about having the lowest rating.

After all, she had come with her brother. As long as he was around, no one could do anything to her.

For that reason, Chen Yue remained quite cheerful.

Xiao Wu, meanwhile, felt even more fortunate.

The living conditions here, even at a junior academy, were nothing like those large shared dormitories where eight or nine people were crammed together.

There were no beds packed tightly together, nor were boys and girls housed together, leaving almost no personal privacy.

The dormitories here were standard two-person rooms, usually shared by two students.

According to the arrangements, Chen Ye and Tang San were assigned to the same room.

Xiao Wu and Chen Yue were assigned together.

Chen Ye was quite satisfied with these living conditions—he could even say that he approved of them.

After all, the environment here truly was excellent.

Although they only received five gold soul coins each month, that was enough for ordinary cultivation resources.

Moreover, due to its location, the soul power here was far denser than outside.

Better still, they could head directly into the Star Dou Forest to hunt soul beasts.

And so long as one was willing to pay, or displayed sufficient talent,

teachers would lend a hand, hunting soul beasts for free to help them obtain suitable soul rings.

Chen Ye did not particularly need that.

When he reached level twenty, if he wanted to obtain a thousand-year soul ring, he would still need to enter the forest and hunt personally.

Still, compared to Notting City, everything here was vastly superior.

Once all the arrangements had been settled, they officially began attending classes there.

Besides the regular curriculum, there were also theoretical lessons concerning matters such as faith in Spirit Hall.

Chen Ye had no interest in that, but he did not argue against it either.

He needed this opportunity to support his continued cultivation until he became truly strong.

And this kind of near-ascetic life was dull.

Other than attending classes, Chen Ye devoted nearly all his time to cultivation, immersing both body and mind in it at every moment, seeking only a higher level of power.

Compared to Chen Ye's relentless cultivation, Chen Yue, Xiao Wu, and Tang San were far more easygoing.

Tang San also cultivated seriously, but because of his arm, he was quite dispirited during the first year or two, only beginning to desperately catch up later on.

Xiao Wu and Chen Yue both had carefree personalities.

Both had proper ratings and received one to two or three gold soul coins each month to support themselves.

They could not afford expensive cultivation resources, but daily cultivation posed no problem at all.

And since neither of them could stay idle for long, over the past few years, they had wandered all around Spirit City while continuing to cultivate earnestly.

As time passed second by second, six years went by in the blink of an eye.

Early morning.

Spirit City, Spirit Junior Academy.

Chen Ye appeared very calm as he looked at the graduation certificate in his hand.

He had never been someone who liked to waste time or act without preparation.

When doing anything, he was accustomed to planning three steps ahead for every one he took.

Over this period, the talent he had displayed had already caused quite a stir throughout Spirit Junior Academy.

After all, he was only twelve years old, yet his soul power had already surpassed the three-ring level.

It was talent bordering on the terrifying.

At the age of twelve, reaching two rings was already quite impressive.

Yet this youth before them had entered the three-ring realm in only six short years.

This had greatly shocked the academy's teachers, as well as its headmaster.

Thus, along with his graduation certificate came a direct recommendation letter granting him admission to Spirit Academy without examination.

The letter also recommended Chen Yue.

If Chen Yue had merely ridden on his coattails and followed him into Spirit Junior Academy when they first arrived,

then from this point onward, with Chen Ye having broken through to three rings, he would draw the attention of many throughout the younger generation.

However, Chen Ye did not really care about any of that.

Because his true strength had already broken through to four rings.

Though he had only broken through recently, he was already a genuine four-ring Soul Ancestor.

Even for ordinary people—even the powerful of Spirit Hall—this was a level they could only reach in their twenties or thirties.

Yet he had already entered this realm at the age of twelve.

And all four of his soul rings were thousand-year rings.

In truth, his fourth soul ring could already have accommodated ten thousand years.

It was simply that he could not yet defeat a ten-thousand-year soul beast.

So he had still hunted a thousand-year soul beast, keeping all four of his soul rings at dark purple.

Each one had been precisely stopped at nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine years.

Only one step away from ten thousand years.

If he wanted all four soul rings to break through to ten thousand years at once, he had to personally kill a ten-thousand-year soul beast.

Whether he hunted it alone or killed it by some other means did not matter.

But for now, he was firmly stuck at this step.

Although his situation had already attracted quite a bit of attention, the difference between ordinary light-purple soul rings and dark-purple soul rings was not great, and no one would deliberately notice the subtle changes in his soul ring colors.

But once all his soul rings turned black, the pressure belonging to ten-thousand-year soul beasts would draw enormous attention when released.

Before Chen Ye possessed strength sufficient to truly establish himself, he was unwilling to expose this.

Just as he was considering these matters, a girl walked over and draped an arm around his shoulders.

Chen Yue blinked and looked at her brother, then tilted her head slightly to glance at Xiao Wu beside them.

Xiao Wu was also standing there, dressed in a light blue-green casual outfit.

Compared to her in the original timeline, Xiao Wu had become much more mature by now.

Her gaze fell on Chen Ye, the emotion in her eyes shifting slightly before she slowly lowered her head.

Seeing Xiao Wu's expression, Chen Yue blinked.

But when she looked at her brother's indifferent gaze, she ultimately said nothing and merely took a step back.

"Brother, the two of us have already received our admission notices from Spirit Academy."

"I wonder whether Sister Xiao Wu can get in. I heard Spirit Academy's assessments are very difficult."

As Chen Yue spoke, she winked at Chen Ye.

Hearing Chen Yue's words, Xiao Wu lowered her head slightly and did not answer.

Chen Ye glanced at Xiao Wu, his expression exceptionally calm.

"Your Sister Xiao Wu has already broken through to two rings. Becoming a two-ring Soul Master at this age means her talent is not low. It could even be called quite remarkable."

"If she still cannot get into Spirit Academy with her talent, then Spirit Academy must truly be rotten to the core."

After saying that, Chen Ye gave Xiao Wu another glance.

He seemingly did not understand why she had specifically come over just to have him offer a few encouraging words.

Still, he did not say anything more.

Hearing Chen Ye's words, Xiao Wu silently nodded.

She did not disturb the two of them any longer.

Hearing Chen Ye's encouragement—or rather, knowing that she could succeed—was already enough to satisfy her.

So she calmly turned and left.

Only the brother and sister remained, standing there quietly.