Participating Academy

Upon hearing Bibi Dong's words, everyone answered in unison without any hesitation, "Yes, Your His Holiness the Pope!"

Bibi Dong glanced at them, nodded in satisfaction, and then looked at Jun Xuehan, saying, "The academy you are participating in is Blazing Gloom Academy. You can go directly to the Blazing Gloom Academy Heaven Dou City."

"Blazing Gloom Academy is an academy that has secretly pledged allegiance to our Spirit Hall, so you can rest assured while you are in the Blazing Gloom Academy." The last sentence was transmitted to Jun Xuehan by Bibi Dong, so Zhu Zhuqing and the others were unaware of it.

"Teacher, you've thought of everything so thoroughly," Jun Xuehan said respectfully, looking at Bibi Dong before her.

"There's not much time left before the competition. After deducting travel time, you only have about two days to rest. If there's nothing else, go back and pack your things. Meet at the academy gate in two hours." Bibi Dong glanced at everyone before getting up and walking out of the meeting room.

Jun Xuehan stood up, bowed respectfully to Bibi Dong, and said, "Respectfully seeing off Teacher!"

The others also bowed to Bibi Dong and said, "Respectfully seeing off His Holiness the Pope."

After listening to their conversation, Bibi Dong turned and nodded slightly to Jun Xuehan before walking straight out.

After Bibi Dong left, the rest of the people also left the conference room to prepare what they needed. Only Jun Xuehan and Zong Ming remained in the conference room.

Zong Ming looked at Jun Xuehan ahead, slowly walked forward, and said, "Jun Xuehan, it's been a long time."

Hearing Zong Ming's words, Jun Xuehan looked Zong Ming up and down and calmly asked, "Who are you?"

He recognized Zong Ming somewhat, but for a moment he couldn't quite place him.

"You don't even recognize me? We spent a year together in the Training Camp, and now you can't even remember who I am?" Zong Ming chuckled, his voice full of nonchalance.

Back in the Genius Training Camp, his relationship with Jun Xuehan, while not exactly good, was certainly not bad either.

"Zong Ming, the Crazy Zong?" Jun Xuehan asked tentatively, as if she had just realized something, after hearing Zong Ming's reminder.

"Haha, it's really not easy to get the current His Holiness the Pope's disciple to remember my name," Zong Ming said with a hint of sarcasm.

"I rarely remember the names of the people I've lost to, and if you think about it, it's been eight years since we graduated from the Training Camp," Jun Xuehan said nonchalantly.

"Yes, it has been a full eight years. Things have changed, but your name is still hanging at the very top of the Training Camp sign." Zong Ming nodded slightly, agreeing with Jun Xuehan's words.

"However, your strength has only increased by a modest amount in these eight years, only twenty-three levels in eight years," Jun Xuehan said softly, her arms crossed over her chest.

"Hey, how much has your Soul Power increased in these eight years?" Zong Ming looked at Jun Xuehan with some dissatisfaction. In eight years, he had advanced from Soul Grandmaster to Soul Ancestor, which was already considered genius. Even in the Spirit Academy, he was a top-tier member of the second tier.

"Not much, just over forty levels higher." Jun Xuehan glanced sideways at Zong Ming.

When he left the Training Camp, he was a level 22 Soul Grandmaster. Now his Soul Power is at the bottleneck of level 60. But Jun Xuehan was already at the bottleneck of level 60 before absorbing the Ice Empress's Soul Ring. So after adding the Soul Ring, he himself doesn't know how many Soul Skill he has.

So roughly speaking, it's around level 40.

"You've leveled up forty levels. In these eight years, have you been cultivating without sleep or food, without rest at all?" Zong Ming's eyebrows twitched wildly. Eight years to level up forty levels, that's an average of five levels per year.

He believed that Soul Grandmaster could advance five levels in a year, but as Soul Power increases, the required accumulation of Soul Power also increases. Therefore, it was basically impossible for Jun Xuehan to increase her Soul Power at this rate.

"Sleepless and non-stop? You're overthinking it. I even managed to take a trip. How could I possibly be sleepless and non-stop?" Jun Xuehan chuckled lightly, her voice full of indifference.

"Then how did you cultivate? Your Soul Power has increased so quickly." Zong Ming asked with great curiosity.

"Simply put, there are two points: talent and diligent practice." Jun Xuehan held up two fingers and waved them in front of Zong Ming.

"Alright, alright, I know you're a genius," Zong Ming said, somewhat speechless.

Jun Xuehan's answer was essentially the same as no answer: talent and diligent training are essential for Soul Master.

"Let's go. Let's go to the academy gate first and wait for the rest of you to gather. We'll head straight for the Heaven Dou Empire." Jun Xuehan smoothed the strands of hair that had fallen across her forehead and walked directly out of the conference room.

Seeing this, Zong Ming followed Jun Xuehan directly outside.

Zong Ming asked softly, "Don't we already have a first-tier team in our Spirit Hall? Why do we need to form a new team?"

"Although we are both quite strong, we have no teamwork whatsoever. If we were to fight in the All-Continent Elite Soul Master Tournament, we would be at a great disadvantage."

In Team Battle, if the two sides are evenly matched, then teamwork becomes crucial. In fact, with good teamwork, defeating a stronger team is not impossible.

Jun Xuehan put her hands behind her back and said, "No need for cooperation. If you're weaker, you can basically crush them with Zhu Zhuqing around. As for those who are about the same strength as you or stronger, I can handle them all by myself."

"As for why we're creating a team, you can guess, but there's one thing you must remember: we're not representing the Spirit Hall this time, so the Spirit Hall's identity must never be revealed."

"If anyone tells anyone, they'll really be thrown into the Maze Grand Canyon. That's not a good place. It's said that a top expert at the Titled Douluo level once perished in the Maze Grand Canyon."

Upon hearing this, Zong Ming asked in astonishment, "Titled Douluo has fallen? Is that true? Titled Douluo are at the pinnacle of the continent, how could they fall so easily?"

Jun Xuehan shook her head slightly and said, "I don't know, it's just hearsay. As for whether it's true or not, I have no idea. After all, I've never been to the Maze Grand Canyon."