Mr. Hun

Mu Chen broke through his realm smoothly, without the slightest obstacle. After spending two days consolidating his cultivation, he took a Teleportation Spirit Array from Mu Territory to Northern Spirit City and returned to the Academy.

He did not grow arrogant because of his increased realm. Instead, he cultivated even more diligently—meditating, studying Spirit Arrays, or practicing spirit arts.

While he was engrossed in cultivation, the quotas for the Five Great Academies were also distributed.

Aside from five ordinary quotas, Northern Spirit Academy received a special seed-level quota.

The Five Great Academies' quotas were divided into three tiers. The lowest tier was the ordinary quota, while the second tier was the seed-level quota obtained by Northern Spirit Academy. The highest tier, the core quota, could only be obtained by the most dazzling geniuses on the Spirit Road.

All the spirit academies throughout Hundred Spirit Heaven combined only had twenty such quotas. Northern Spirit Academy obtaining one left the Academy's teachers somewhat bewildered.

Some clever people also connected Mu Chen, the only person in a hundred years to be expelled from the Spirit Road, with this seed quota. They believed he might have drawn the attention of the Five Great Academies.

Once the news spread, everyone in Northern Spirit Academy qualified to compete for a quota raced against time to improve their combat abilities.

Mu Chen was no exception. With more than a month remaining, under Teacher Mo's guidance at Northern Spirit Academy's East Academy, he selected two spirit arts: the Spirit Shadow Step and the Spirit Emperor Finger. One was a middle-grade Spirit-tier movement art, while the other was a lower-grade Spirit-tier finger technique.

Teacher Mo of the East Academy was extremely satisfied with this student. In order to keep the seed quota in the East Academy, he personally served