"Teacher, I only have a spirit, no spirit ring!" Su Xing said as he revealed his spirit.
"…It's him!"
"The guy who wanted to be Grandmaster's disciple!"
As soon as Tang San and Xiao Wu saw Su Xing's spirit, they immediately recognized him. They had thought he looked familiar, and now they remembered. However, they only recalled his spirit and the rejection by the Grandmaster, but they couldn't recall his name.
"A coin spirit?"
"No spirit ring? I'm sorry, but you can't join Shrek Academy."
Teacher Li Yusong shook his head regretfully after hearing Su Xing's words.
"Although I don't have a spirit ring, I'm not a Spirit Scholar. I am a Level 27 Spirit Grandmaster!"
"Can't I still pass?"
Su Xing smiled faintly, releasing his spirit power pressure without showing any disappointment or anger.
"How is this possible?"
Sensing the spirit power that exploded from Su Xing, even though Li Yusong couldn't verify if it was exactly Level 27, it was clear that it was at least Spirit Grandmaster-level. He was stunned.
"Level 27? Without a spirit ring?"
"That's impossible! He only had innate spirit power of Level 3. How could he advance so quickly?"
Tang San and Xiao Wu were equally shocked and couldn't comprehend it. Not only them, but Dai Mubai and the others standing nearby were also surprised, including Ning Rongrong.
"He... he doesn't have a spirit ring? How is that possible?"
Of all the people, Zhu Zhuqing, who had been traveling with Su Xing, was the most shocked. She knew Su Xing's strength, especially his powerful soul skill, the Railgun. But now she was being told that Su Xing didn't have a spirit ring. Where did his soul skills come from then?
Did he create them himself?
That was even more shocking!
"Without a spirit ring, how did you reach the level of Spirit Grandmaster?" Li Yusong asked Su Xing in disbelief.
"It's simple. I didn't want the spirit ring, so I blew it up!" Su Xing shrugged, showing a nonchalant attitude.
"You blew it up…"
Blew it up! Blew it up! Blew it up!
Everyone who heard this felt like they were dreaming. He didn't want the spirit ring, so he blew it up? That's the most important thing for a spirit master! How crazy and reckless was this guy?
For a moment, no one could speak.
"So, what's the decision? Can I pass?" Su Xing, satisfied with their reactions, finally asked Li Yusong.
"Y-Yes, you pass. I'm letting you through on my part, but whether you pass the rest is up to you!"
Li Yusong looked at Su Xing with a complex expression and nodded. He had many questions he wanted to ask.
How would Su Xing continue to cultivate without a spirit ring?
How would he fight without a spirit ring?
How would he pass the next exams without spirit skills?
But in the end, Li Yusong suppressed his curiosity and didn't ask further. After all, he still had more students to recruit.
"Mubai, take them to the next test," Li Yusong instructed Dai Mubai.
"Understood, teacher!"
Dai Mubai shot a deep look at Su Xing, then addressed the group of students who had just passed, "Follow me."
Dai Mubai disliked Su Xing, and Su Xing didn't care for him either. Catching Dai Mubai's glance, Su Xing gave a mocking smirk.
Su Xing then moved next to Zhu Zhuqing. "Surprised I don't have a spirit ring?"
Zhu Zhuqing quickly moved a little farther away from him.
"Yes, I'm surprised. Without a spirit ring, did you create that soul skill of yours?"
She hadn't wanted to talk to him, but her curiosity got the better of her.
"Take a guess..."
Su Xing chuckled without giving her a direct answer. Instead, he turned his attention to Ning Rongrong nearby. She was pretty, but she wasn't his type.
"…" Zhu Zhuqing was speechless.
She noticed that Su Xing's attitude toward her had changed. He was now acting as if she didn't exist, focusing instead on other girls.
She should have felt relieved that he wasn't pestering her anymore, but instead, she felt irritated. It wasn't jealousy—no way. It was just that the person who had always had his eyes on her suddenly shifted his attention elsewhere, leaving her feeling abandoned.
Anyone would feel upset.
"Damn it!"
Although Su Xing and Zhu Zhuqing hadn't continued their conversation, just seeing them together was enough to enrage Dai Mubai, who was walking ahead, causing his fists to clench tightly.
"Mubai, are you okay?"
Tang San, noticing something wrong with Dai Mubai, asked with concern.
"I'm fine!" Dai Mubai gritted his teeth, trying to maintain his composure as he shook his head.
But he didn't look fine at all.
Since they had just met, Tang San decided not to ask further.
"Brother, can spirit rings really be blown up?"
"Do you know how he advanced so quickly?"
Xiao Wu, showing no concern for Dai Mubai, whispered to Tang San.
Although Xiao Wu didn't mention names, Tang San knew she was talking about Su Xing.
"I don't know. As far as I know, this has never happened before. Only he would know how he did it," Tang San replied, shaking his head, equally curious.
"Maybe the Grandmaster would know," Tang San added, thinking that Yu Xiaogang would have answers.
"Yeah, the Grandmaster would definitely know!" Xiao Wu agreed with a smile.
…
"We've arrived. Line up and take turns. This is where your spirit power levels will be tested," Dai Mubai said as they arrived at the second stage of the exam. There were already a few students ahead of them waiting to be tested.
Originally, Dai Mubai had planned to skip ahead to the fourth stage for Tang San and the others, but given his foul mood, he abandoned that idea.
Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing all quickly passed the spirit power test.
Two were Level 29, one was Level 26, and one was Level 27, leaving the other students in shock.
The teacher administering the test could hardly contain his joy, grinning from ear to ear.
While the others marveled at their levels, Zhu Zhuqing and the rest were focused on Su Xing.
They wanted to see just how strong Su Xing, the one who had explosively destroyed his spirit ring, really was.
Without saying much, Su Xing accepted the crystal ball for testing from Zhu Zhuqing and injected his spirit power into it.
A brilliant blue glow lit up, and the number 27 appeared in the center of the crystal ball.
"Oh my god, another one at Level 27!"
"They're all under 13 years old. How do they cultivate like this?"
"They must be monsters!"
"…"
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T/N - Don't worry, MC would stop simping for Zhuqing soon