Nouding Academy

Biodata

Campus and student life

• Dorm Seven houses work-study students, including Xu Yuan, Xiao Wu, Tang San, and Wang Sheng. Its custom calls for a newcomer to fight for the position of dorm leader; Xu Yuan declines 1.
• Work-study duties are assigned by teacher Mo Hen, who explains the consequences of shirking them. Wang Sheng and the other residents later offer to cover Xu Yuan and Xiao Wu’s work 4 5.
• Student rivalry exists between Dorm Seven’s work-study students and noble students. The dorm residents hope Xu Yuan and Xiao Wu’s strength will help end their mistreatment 5.
• Facilities mentioned include a cafeteria with a second floor, a sports field, teaching buildings, and Yu Xiaogang’s office. A grove and Back Mountain lie behind the academy 5 14 15 22 23.

Staff and associated figures

• Dean / headmaster — A Level 42 Soul Ancestor who allows Yu Xiaogang to remain as a guest adviser. He later settles Yu’s unpaid 200-Gold-Soul-Coin auction bid 11 12 14 20.
• Director Su — Intervenes when students and teachers publicly mock Yu Xiaogang, vouches for Yu’s wish-auction bid, and confirms his breakthrough to Level 30 14 15 17.
• Mo Hen — Teacher who explains work-study obligations to Dorm Seven 4.
• Yu Xiaogang — Guest adviser and Tang San’s teacher. Wang Sheng says he has never taught the students a class; his failed Soul Hunting expedition makes him a target of ridicule at the academy 4 14.

Notable events

• Wish auction: Xu Yuan auctions a monthly use of his Wish-Granting Tree on the sports field. Yu Xiaogang wins with a 200-Gold-Soul-Coin bid and wishes to reach Level 30. Director Su verifies the result before the assembled teachers and students 15 17.
• Sports-field incident: Yu’s wish also changes his Martial Soul into a pig-like possession form. When he activates his first Soul Skill, the resulting blast strikes Tang San and threatens others on the field. Yu subsequently enters indefinite seclusion, after which the academy returns to normal 18 19 20.
• Soul Hunting support: After Wang Sheng reaches Level 10, a teacher arranges for him to accompany Director Su to the Soul Hunting Forest. He returns with a hundred-year First Soul Ring 24 25.