Sixth Grade Graduation

Half a year later, when Yang Xiong returned to school, he felt that the entire class had changed a great deal. Everyone seemed to have matured considerably.

They were now twelve years old, and nearly all of them had become Soul Grandmasters. It was also time to start deciding their futures.

According to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's rules, some of them would remain at the school to continue studying. However, they would be reassigned to new classes based on their Soul Power and Martial Soul attributes.

After sixth grade, the curriculum basically corresponded to that of Intermediate Soul Master Academy and Advanced Soul Master Academy. The school would introduce more practical combat training, distinguishing between Support Soul Masters and Battle Soul Masters, as well as Attack System, Agility System, Control System, Defense System, and so on. After all, each type of Martial Soul Master required different training and combat experience.

The others would go to certain Advanced Soul Master Academies. For instance, Yang Xiong's older brother, Yang Wei, had gone to Purple Star Academy. There were also several intermediate and advanced Soul Master academies supported by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

The school conducted Soul Power tests for everyone, and the entire Class One had actually become Soul Grandmasters. Ning Rongrong still had the highest Soul Power, having reached an astonishing Level 28.

Yang Xiong had reached Level 26, making his Soul Power Level the highest aside from Ning Rongrong's. The others peaked at Level 25, including the student who had possessed Level Seven Innate Soul Power back then.

Yang Xiong roughly compared them and felt that probably not many people in Class One met Shrek Academy's admission standards, especially considering the practical combat assessment and the like. This showed just what kind of monsters Shrek recruited.

Seeing Yang Xiong, Ning Rongrong became somewhat interested. "Little Xiongzi, where did you run off to play all this time? I heard you went to Heaven Dou City. There's nothing fun in Heaven Dou City."

Yang Xiong was a little speechless. "Classmate Rongrong, I came back from Heaven Dou City ages ago. I've just been cultivating at home recently."

Upon hearing that, Ning Rongrong revealed a smug look. "You've been cultivating pretty quickly. You actually reached Level 26. Too bad this Young Miss is already Level 28. I'm impressive, right?"

Yang Xiong hurriedly replied, "Classmate Rongrong truly possesses exceptional talent. You deserve to be called the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's most gifted genius in recent years."

Although Ning Rongrong was rather playful and liked teasing people, her cultivation talent was indeed outstanding, and her performance was truly exceptional. She was worthy of being called a once-in-a-generation genius of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

Ning Rongrong continued, "You're always busy cultivating. You should play with us more, or you'll become far too boring."

Yang Xiong was speechless again. "My talent isn't that good. I can't compare to you. I still think cultivation is more important."

Ning Rongrong pouted. "I knew you'd say that. If Father hadn't told me to learn more from you, I wouldn't have bothered asking you to go out and play with me."

Yang Xiong said, "Sect Leader Ning thinks too highly of me. I'm just an ordinary disciple of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."

Ning Rongrong merely said, "Boring," and said nothing further. However, the way her eyes darted about made it seem as though she was plotting some crooked scheme.

Yang Xiong had no interest in worrying about that. He did not even have enough time to cultivate himself; how could he possibly have time to play with this Little Devil Girl? Besides, judging by the timing, she should soon be running away from home. The sect would probably be thrown into chaos then.

When he returned home for dinner, the family of four was gathered together for the rare occasion. In particular, Yang Wei had actually returned from school.

After dinner, Yang Xiong had originally planned to return to his room and continue cultivating, but his father, Yang Lin, stopped him.

"Little Xiong, don't rush off to cultivate today. Let's have the family sit down and talk properly."

Seeing that his father and the other two looked rather serious, Yang Xiong sat down as well.

Yang Lin seemed much more serious than usual. "Little Xiong, you should be considered ready to graduate by now. Have you made any plans for your future cultivation? Or do you intend to continue cultivating within the sect?"

Yang Xiong did not hesitate. "Father, I still plan to cultivate at home. The sect's resources and environment are both excellent, and there are even quite a few Simulated Environments. They should be enough for my current stage of cultivation."

Yang Lin shook his head. "Little Xiong, I know you work diligently at your cultivation, but you should also think about the future. Given your current Soul Power Level, you can normally already attend an Advanced Soul Master Academy."

Yang Xiong quickly said, "Father, I don't want to leave the sect. I don't feel like Advanced Soul Master Academies can teach me much anyway. I can learn more from the sect's library."

Yang Lin smiled. "Reading can indeed teach you many things, but what you see on paper and what you hear in reality are completely different. Sending you to an Advanced Soul Master Academy is partly so you can interact more with people your age, so that the path of a Soul Master's cultivation won't be too lonely. It is also so you can encounter more and broader talents. They may be of help to you in the future."

"Besides, if you can participate in the Soul Master Competition in the future, you'll receive greater recognition within the sect as well."

Yang Xiong could only feel speechless at those words. If he casually took out anything from his possession, the sect would probably worship him for it, not to mention that he possessed the supreme treasure of Martial Soul Evolution that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had always pursued.

However, he had no plans to reveal either the Yin-Yang Meditation Method or the Immortal Herbs at this stage. The matters involved were simply too significant.

The Yin-Yang Meditation Method was something he had created himself, and it was not yet perfected. Perhaps in the future, he would consider teaching it to his family, but only to his family. Yang Xiong had no intention of spreading something like this widely.

As for the Immortal Herbs Yang Xiong had hidden away, he did not even want to tell his family about them yet. Especially since his older brother Yang Wei was still at Purple Star Academy—letting even a little information slip could bring quite a bit of trouble.

Besides, this sect was not his family's. He was merely an ordinary disciple. With the contributions he had made to the sect in the past, he had already surpassed more than ninety-nine percent of its members.

At that moment, his older brother Yang Wei also spoke. "Little Xiong, I think you should come with me to Purple Star Academy. We can look after each other there, and with your Soul Power, you might even be able to participate in the Soul Master Competition with me."

His father, Yang Lin, had a different opinion. "Little Xiong, with your current Soul Power, I think you could attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy without any problem. Perhaps in the future, you could represent Heaven Dou Royal Academy in battle and bring glory to our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. You might even receive the sect's focused cultivation."

His mother, Sun Yu, was rather casual about it. Her son had possessed his own cultivation methods and ideas since childhood, so they had basically never needed to worry about him.

"Little Xiong, do whatever you want. Staying in the sect is pretty good anyway. At the very least, it's safe enough."

Yang Xiong: ...

Attending an Advanced Soul Master Academy was actually a common practice in the Soul Master world. Take Yu Tianheng and the others, for example—could Blue Lightning's environment possibly be worse than a school's? But the Soul Master world had always valued groups and sects, or rather, allies.