Chapter 94: Special Class, Yan the Simp, Annoying Beyond Measure!
To be honest, during her tenure, due to a shortage of personnel and Tang Hao indirectly helping her, she had turned a blind eye to the deaths of certain high-ranking officials in various branch halls.
Many of the deceased high-ranking officials were Qian Xunji's subordinates, so she felt nothing about their deaths; in fact, she found it greatly satisfying!
However, it was a bit much that talented commoner Soul Masters who wanted to join Spirit Hall were being killed!
Currently, it was still a small-scale issue and hadn't caused much stir, but in a few years, would the commoners outside think Spirit Hall was an ominous place—fearing assassination and thus refusing to join?
Now that she held significant power, she was ready to dispatch Spirit Hall's experts to pursue and kill Tang Hao the moment he showed himself.
She could say she had been utterly benevolent towards Tang Hao.
Qian Daoliu probably had the same idea, using Hu Bai's enfeoffment as a Saint to see if it could draw out some hidden rats.
Spirit Hall Academy.
After Bibi Dong escorted Hu Bai and the two others to the entrance, she had Xie Yue lead them inside.
Xie Yue had spent two years in the academy and was quite familiar with the situation inside; he knew who the candidates were—those who had signed confidentiality agreements and consumed Whale Rubber, all of whom possessed Innate soul power of level seven or above!
Hu Bai knew that as the Supreme Pontiff, Bibi Dong had many matters to attend to, so he didn't try to keep her longer.
"Second Brother, I'll take you two to meet them," Xie Yue smiled. "I already brought Na Na to meet them last time."
Hu Liena pouted, very displeased. "Brother, we're not going to see that person again, are we? It's so annoying."
Hu Bai's eyes darted around, and he patted Hu Liena's head, saying, "What's wrong? Is someone bothering you?"
Xie Yue shook his head helplessly. "Your sister has caught someone's eye. He's been relentlessly pursuing her after just one meeting."
"I should have told you before— in my grade, I was the number one person. After I left, he became the number one."
Hu Liena quickly said, "Exactly! It's Yan. He's not even as handsome as my two brothers, yet he wants to pursue me. We're only a few years old now; we should focus on cultivating!"
Hu Bai looked at Xie Yue and said, "Since that person is bothering Na Na so much, Big Brother, why didn't you do anything?"
Xie Yue helplessly waved his hand. "That's the frustrating part. Originally, we two were rivals, but after he learned Na Na was my sister, I instantly became his brother-in-law. His attitude—how should I put it?—is overly good. I want to make a move, but I have no way to start."
"And it's said that Yan's backer is a fire-attribute Titled Douluo Elder, but I've never seen him. Second Brother, you're quite familiar with Spirit Hall's Elders. Have you seen an Elder with a fire-attributed Martial Soul?"
Hu Bai: ...
He somewhat understood why Xie Yue was so troubled. Yan's attitude was so good; he was just constantly simping, and there was no reason to beat him up.
Moreover, his backer was an Elder, so some face had to be given.
However, the only Elder he knew with a fire-attributed Martial Soul was Ling Yuan, right?
"Hmph, Big Brother, if you won't get revenge for me, then fine! Now that my strength has improved, I'll deal with him myself!" Hu Liena clenched her small fists and gestured in the air.
The last time they met, that person named Yan was only a Soul Grandmaster. Their soul power levels should be similar now.
But don't forget—what she was best at was mental control. She could guarantee that Yan wouldn't be able to unleash a single Soul Skill!
Hu Bai smiled and nodded. "Alright. Anyway, this time we came to the academy not only to meet some people but also to issue challenges."
Soon after, Xie Yue led Hu Bai and the others to a classroom.
This classroom was different from the others; it had fewer than twenty students and was a newly established Special Class.
It was essentially a class where talented students were gathered for teaching, and resources would be more concentrated.
For example, some resources within the academy were currently only available to those in the Special Class, and Whale Gel was one of them.
There were currently two ways to obtain Whale Rubber: one was a fixed monthly quota given to these students by the academy, with the quality of the Whale Rubber determined by class ranking—the stronger the individual, the higher the quality of Whale Rubber received.
The second way was to purchase it with points obtained by completing tasks issued by the academy, with an 80% discount.
Ordinary students could also earn points by completing tasks, but some resources were unavailable for purchase.
It's worth noting that points could be exchanged for gold coins, but gold coins could not be exchanged for points.
After all, Spirit Hall Academy wasn't entirely composed of commoner Soul Masters; there were quite a few Soul Masters with backgrounds.
However, no one would be foolish enough to exchange points for gold coins; it was very uneconomical.
The moment they entered the classroom, Hu Bai could feel many eyes on them, and he keenly sensed that there seemed to be Soul Ancestor powerhouses in this class?
"Big Brother, didn't you say that after you left, the most powerful person was Yan? How come I'm sensing several Soul Elder and even Soul Ancestor auras?"
After absorbing the Tianmeng Iceworm's soul ring and Soul Bone, his own mental power had greatly improved. As long as the strength gap wasn't too large, he could roughly determine the opponent's strength by the slight outward aura.
"It was like that originally, but then this Special Class was established, gathering excellent students from various grades in the academy, from high-level Soul Ancestors down to Soul Masters," Xie Yue quickly whispered, explaining.
Hu Bai also nodded slightly.
Whale Rubber was most helpful to Soul Masters before the Soul King level; after Soul King, it wasn't as effective unless it was Whale Rubber that was tens of thousands of years old.
But that kind of Whale Rubber was extremely rare itself, and Spirit Hall couldn't be so generous as to just take it out.
Unless the person had made significant contributions, it was generally kept in the treasury.
This Special Class gathered outstanding talents below level fifty, and all of them were strong contenders for the purple record badge.
"Na Na, I heard you and your brother went to hunt Soul Beasts. Are you finally back?" A red-haired young man excitedly ran over as soon as he saw Hu Liena, which made Hu Liena frown slightly.
Then, the red-haired young man saw that beside Hu Liena, there was not only Xie Yue but also a white-haired young man he had never seen before. That 'exquisitely beautiful face' that was handsome beyond compare struck Yan's heart for a moment.
Yan shook his head in an unpromising manner, looked at Hu Bai's face for a few seconds, felt like he had seen this person's appearance somewhere before, and then looked at Hu Liena's face.
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