CH 07

The first class was nothing but ordinary, after the introduction, it took a toll on the teacher to calm the class; the kids were like on steroids after they heard the soul power rank of the previous three kids.

Then came our first theory class, the teacher talked a bit about soul master, sprite rings, and all the related information to them, then she gave us a new meditation technique, that was better than the one we had on the primary academy and with the teacher's help, we spent the remaining time practicing the circulation method of the technique.

As the classes finished, our teacher permitted the rest of the kids to leave " okay class dismissed, you three stay, the rest of you can leave"

Ye Yingrong waited for the rest of the kids to leave then said " you three are the best in class A, but talent without hard work is nothing in the whole federation, there were many geniuses that had much better talents than you but they were forgotten and were buried in the pages of history"

The teacher waited for her words to sink in then resumed" so you have to work hard, arrogance is the grave of geniuses, now we have some tests to do, follow me "

The trio followed the teacher in silence while mulling about Ye Yingrong harsh words, on the other side the teacher herself was panicking while thinking" was I too harsh on them, there are still kids, what if I hindered their future "

Su MIng, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi all had gone through a spiritual power test. The first was Wang Jinxi His spiritual power was quite low, a mere 18 points. next Zhang Yangzi's spiritual power was 41, which was also considered within the mid-level range of the Spirit Origin rank.

Both of their spiritual power levels had already stunned their teacher somewhat. However, this was mild compared to what Su Ming offered, Su Ming's spiritual power was 179, far above the Spirit Origin rank.

In ranking spiritual power, Spirit Origin was at the bottom. When the level of spiritual power grew above a hundred, it was considered having entered the second rank – Spirit Connection.

Silence. The room was enveloped in silence.

"Is… Is he even a human?" Zhang Yangzi muttered in shock, Wang Jinxi simply nodded to his friend, as he compared his results with Su Ming,

Ye Yingrong was the first to awaken from her stunned state "hmm next is the strength test, Zhang Yangzi, you start first "

Su Ming was thinking about the increase in his spiritual power, last time he tested was three years ago in the sprite pagoda and it was around 150, so it increased by thirty in three years, that about ten every year. he felt it was kind of slow.

That until he heard a bang, then looked at the strength test machine.

Bang! Left fist, 61 kilograms.

Bang! Right fist, 69 kilograms.

He felt like it acceptable for Zhang Yangzi considering he was an agility soul master, so he gave him a thumbs up to cheer him,

Then it was Wang Jinxi's turn, who walked up to the strength testing machine. He inhaled deeply,

And Bang! Left fist, 423 kilograms.

Bang! Right fist, 468 kilograms

Wang Jinxi had a smile on his face as he was satisfied with his results, then he gave Su Ming a challenging look to find the guy giving him a thump up, embarrassment crept up in his heart as he challenged a control-type soul master in strength.

Then it was Su Ming turn, had never tested his physical strength, so he was interested, and a little bit excited, Su Ming stood upon the machine and took a deep breath and controlled every muscle in his body to build up power, maybe he wasn't the strongest in the psychical aspects, but in muscle control, he was better the other two.

With a shout ,

Bang! Left fist, 312kilograms.

Bang! Right fist, 356 kilograms.

A rumble resounded throughout the room, stunning the other two students. Even Su Ming was surprised with his strength,

Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi were at a loss for words as they stood there in shock. Their expression gradually returned to normal, but a slight trembling in their hands could still be seen 'this guy is a monster'

"The testing is finished now. Today's tests were primarily on your body's abilities and don't represent everything. Martial souls are still crucial to Soul Masters,"

the teacher's words brought them out of their stupor.

Then continued, "Every new academic year, the academy has a grand tournament. There's one for both the intermediate division and the advanced division. Our intermediate division has a total of six grades, and all of them will be participating. This tournament is known as the Class Promotion Tournament."

" you three will be the representative of our class in the tournament, as our class is class A, we will be the last to compete, the tournament won't start until the next month, so I went you to train together as a team."

As the teacher dismissed us, we walked back in silence toward our dorms, I was the one who spoke first as we neared the dorms.

"I think we should get to know each other a bit, to better our teamwork"

The other two nodded as Wang jinx spoke" En, we should, I think we can head to my room as it is the closest, and discuss "

After we entered the room, took our seats and we started talking about our spirit skills, I got to know the two of them, it kind of nice talking with your peers, is this what friends do,

Su Ming kept the restriction of his spirit skills to himself and just gave a general effect of his skills, he was surprised when he heard about the spirit fusion between Wang jinx and Zhang Yangzi, as they finished their little talk it was already dinner time.

After having dinner with the two of them, Su Ming returned to his room and spent the night in meditation,

As the morning came, and after having a simple breakfast, the trio met at the sports field to begin their training, it was Su Ming idea after seeing the result of Zhang Yangzi yesterday. He proposed to train their physical bodies,

It was a fun training session for Su Ming who was used to train alone, but for the other two it was a torturing session

"Do you train like this every day " Zhang Yangzi mouthed with a strained breath,

Su Ming nodded "En since I was 6 years old"

The two were stunned at first, then they laughed as they said "now, we know why you are such a monster"

Su Ming half-smiled and said, " my grandpa said monsters are self-made, not born, now I think its time for classes ".

The two unfortunate souls grunted and moved their aching bodies to the class, especially Zhang Yangzi, who was supported by Su Ming all the way.

And like these days passed, as Su Ming schedule was full, waking at 6, training with Wang jinx and Zhang Yangzi, classes till evening, and every two days he had to go to Di Tianjin workshop and be hammered with mechs designing classes till late at night. that was until the class promotion tournament started.

Today was the first match between classes E and class D, the match was kind of boring it ended in the first 10 seconds with class E winning the match,

Class D participants lacked every aspect a soul master had, they were foolish, rush and lacked teamwork.

Su Ming looked at his two friends and said, " that was anticlimactic for a battle between soul masters, "

Zhang Yangzi nodded amusedly " en, but the boy from class E has a pretty mean punch "

Wang Jinxi, being his quiet self, merely nodded, The relationship between the trio became firmer, with their training, and spending time together.

Su Ming half smiled " what is it Yangzi, you are afraid of being punched through the stage like the other kid "

Zhang Yangzi granted and looked at Wang jinx " Nah, Jinxi will be there to take the punch for me "

"Right" that all that was said by their silent friend

Su Ming raised his hands and counted to five " hmm this is the fifth word you said today, Jinxi "

Zhang Yangzi showed a panicked face and said to Wang Jinxi, " don't tell me, that you know just these five words"

Annoyed by his friend's antics, Wang Jinxi rolled his eyes and sighed.------------------------------------------------------------------------------