Formal Enrollment

For lower-level students, the academy focused on teaching foundational knowledge and cultivating Soul Power, helping them establish a solid foundation as Spirit Masters. For higher-level students, the academy provided more advanced and specialized courses, such as advanced Spirit Master techniques and Martial Soul Fusion Skills, to further improve their strength.

This curriculum not only met the learning needs of students at different levels but also ensured their steady progress along the path of a Spirit Master. Through systematic study and training, students could gradually improve their strength and lay a solid foundation for their future careers as Spirit Masters.

What a scientific and well-rounded school system and curriculum. No wonder this is a proper academy. So what the hell is Shrek Academy? Someone actually chose to enter that kind of place!

As he read the introduction to Heaven Dou Royal Academy in the student handbook, Xu Yang marveled at how it truly lived up to its reputation as the number-one academy in the Heaven Dou Empire. At the same time, he was utterly baffled. Why would anyone choose Shrek Academy? Aside from its teaching staff, it had nothing else. It could not compare to a proper Advanced Soul Master Academy at all.

In the Original Work, if Tang San and the others had not later seized Blue Tyrant Academy, they probably could not have grown so quickly.

As for Grandmaster's training, it had no scientific basis whatsoever. He did not even use Soul Power for Weighted Running. How could he possibly pass off such rudimentary training methods? If Tang San had not later looted all the Immortal Herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, those people probably would have long since suffered hidden injuries from their high-intensity training and been unable to make any further progress.

Even Xu Yang had relied on his First Soul Skill absorbing Eastern Purple Qi, along with the Healing Spirit Masters and physicians within the sect, to avoid hidden injuries. What did Shrek have? Nothing at all. How could it possibly avoid them completely?

After finishing the student handbook, Xu Yang arrived at Heaven Minor Class One.

There were quite a few students in the classroom. One girl with green eyes and purple hair caught Xu Yang's attention. She was not the most beautiful girl there, but her short hair gave her a heroic air that possessed a unique charm.

What truly drew Xu Yang's attention was the girl's identity. If he remembered correctly, there seemed to be only one person on the entire continent with such features: Dugu Bo's granddaughter, Dugu Yan, the Poison Douluo.

At that moment, Dugu Yan was chatting with a blue-haired girl. The two were extremely close.

At the back of the classroom sat a boy with short black hair, his arms folded across his chest. Even while sitting there, he radiated an arrogance carved into his very bones. His identity was obvious—he was Yu Tianheng of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

I didn't expect these people to enter Heaven Dou Royal Academy so early. What a surprise!

After guessing their identities, Xu Yang was secretly shocked, especially by Yu Tianheng's appearance. Sending him here so early made it clear that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had made the same choice as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect: they intended to rely on the Heaven Dou Empire and jointly resist Spirit Hall.

Xu Yang nodded at the few of them before finding a seat by the window.

After Xu Yang entered, everyone who knew his identity turned to look at him, especially Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan. Both of them had learned about Xu Yang through their family intelligence networks.

So this is Xu Yang, the disciple Ning Fengzhi took in? The rumors say he possesses Innate Full Soul Power. With the help of Whale Rubber, he not only absorbed his Soul Rings beyond their limits but also reached the Soul Grandmaster level in just two years.

Damn it! If the effects of Whale Rubber had not been discovered so late, I could have absorbed my Soul Rings beyond their limits too and obtained a Millennium Second Soul Ring!

Thinking of Xu Yang's age and strength, Yu Tianheng clenched his fists. Ever since the effects of Whale Rubber had been discovered, his clan had arranged for him to successfully absorb an eight-hundred-year-old piece of Whale Rubber, considerably improving his physical constitution. He naturally knew how astonishing its effects were.

When we have Practical Combat Class later, I'll definitely test his skill properly. I want to see whether the disciple trained by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is stronger, or whether my Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan is stronger!

Yu Tianheng's eyes were filled with fighting spirit as he looked at Xu Yang.

Xu Yang shuddered. He turned and saw Yu Tianheng staring at him with a combative expression, instantly realizing that the man's pride had probably been provoked and he wanted to have a proper fight with him.

Xu Yang had the same intention. It was the perfect opportunity to test the strength of the continent's number-one Beast Spirit, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's martial soul.

"Hey, my name is Dugu Yan. Are you the Xu Yang Grandpa mentioned?! You don't look like much to me. You're just a tender little pretty boy!"

Just as Xu Yang and Yu Tianheng were staring at each other, the purple-haired girl walked over and pointed at Xu Yang, speaking with clear displeasure.

"Miss, you don't look much older than me either. If I'm a pretty boy, then what does that make you?" Xu Yang withdrew his gaze, turned toward Dugu Yan, and asked with a teasing retort.

"You..."

Dugu Yan was furious and did not know how to respond. She stomped her foot, returned angrily to her seat, and glared daggers at Xu Yang.

Xu Yang did not glare back. Instead, he raised his eyebrows at Dugu Yan before turning his head toward the window.

Dugu Yan was so angry her teeth itched. She did not understand why her grandfather wanted her to get to know Yu Tianheng or Xu Yang. He said he was not forcing her, but she could tell that he truly hoped she would choose one of the two. Yet both of them were jerks. Neither was any good. One was unbearably arrogant, while the other had infuriated her the moment they met.

Why is this so difficult for me? It's all Grandpa's fault!

Xu Yang naturally had no idea that Dugu Bo wanted Dugu Yan to get close to him and Yu Tianheng. At that moment, he was boredly staring at the training field outside the window, emptying his mind. A strand of consciousness guided his Soul Power to temper his Meridians, allowing it to seep into the skin, muscles, bones, and even every cell deep within his body, causing them to slowly undergo change. This change was the evolution of life.

"Yanzi, don't be angry. Just ignore him. If that doesn't work, wait until Practical Combat Class and teach him a proper lesson." Seeing Dugu Yan's furious expression, her close friend Ye Lingling consoled her.

Only two Nine Heart Begonia Spirit Masters could exist in each generation. Only after one died could another possibly appear among their descendants. As the continent's most elite Healing Type Soul Masters, the decline of the Nine Heart Begonia Clan was certainly related to their sparse population, but it also had a great deal to do with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Spirit Hall.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's exclusion of them in its struggle for the title of the continent's number-one Support Spirit, Spirit Hall's direct suppression, and even its pursuit and slaughter of them—all of these were reasons the Nine Heart Begonia Spirit Masters had nearly been wiped out by this generation.

If not for the protection of the Heaven Dou Empire, she probably would have been killed by Spirit Hall as well.

Therefore, Ye Lingling had no favorable impression of Xu Yang, a disciple of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. She even felt somewhat hostile toward him. In her view, even if Xu Yang's Soul Power had reached level twenty-three, he could not possibly be Dugu Yan's opponent. After all, the lethality of Poison Soul Masters at lower levels was something other Spirit Masters could not compare with. As long as you were struck by a mouthful of poison, you were basically nothing more than a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.