CHAPTER 96: CHAPTER 89: NINE-STAR CITY REVIVAL PLAN: REIGNITING GLORY 3

During the chat, Cai Yuanji suddenly remembered the matter and started gossiping.

"Yes." Zhang Shi nodded and said, "The Spirit Academy sent people to check and confirmed the quota."

Cai Yuanji and Qin Hao immediately felt envious.

As the National Academy of the Cangling Ancient Country, the Spirit Academy naturally holds a particularly high status.

A saying is popular among the people:

Suffering to get into Spirit Academy brings glory to ancestors for eighteen generations.

The Spirit Academy is extremely picky about the talent and quality of Spirit Beasts and has very strict assessments for Beastmasters.

After all, there are no weaklings at the Spirit Academy.

Because of this, the average civilian can basically say goodbye to this academy. Good Spirit Beasts are controlled by influential forces and rarely flow into the market. Even if a civilian can evolve a decent Spirit Beast, it would exceed the enrollment level.

Of course, historically, there have been special admissions of students, but they are extremely rare.

Because of such a strict system, someone like Lin Chen bringing a Plowhorn Beast might get rejected right at the registration stage.

This era is just so cruel, even though the Spirit Academy knows there are talented Spirit Beasts among the people.

However, they have no need to take risks.

They would rather choose Spirit Beasts with strong bloodlines than gamble on the future of a civilian Spirit Beast.

"I wonder if Ning Tian will succeed?" Qin Hao said, "Our Jiuxing City hasn’t had anyone enter the Spirit Academy for a long time."

"Hard to say, I used to think he would definitely get in, but now I’m not so sure." Zhang Shi looked at Lin Chen and laughed heartily.

Lin Chen let out a bitter smile, but he felt confident about Ning Tian.

And even if he doesn’t get into the Spirit Academy, Ning Tian’s future wouldn’t be bad at all.

Time passed quickly, and a month went by. Xiaobai spent most of the latter half of the month daydreaming, so it didn’t train much.

Lin Chen saw that its foundation was pretty much solid, so he let it resume training.

Luckily, Xiaobai is a hardworking ox, willing to endure hardships. Training on both sides, it had no complaints and even enjoyed it.

....

As time moved to the latter half, many Inner Courtyard students’ Spirit Beasts experienced breakthroughs, the cultivation environment here is indeed good.

Xiaobai also finally broke through again on the forty-fifth day, reaching Level 14.

Thanks to it, Lin Chen also advanced to Level 7.

"Alright, next you shouldn’t meditate but continue to train Spiritual Power." Lin Chen said.

He wanted Xiaobai to relax a bit, but Three Thousand Cyan Wus was borrowed, and once the Secret Realm was over, it had to be returned.

Xiaobai was aware of this, so it didn’t dare slack off.

The Little Fox, however, kept staring at the Spirit Spring, looking pitifully at Lin Chen.

"Goo~~"

Let me level up, please, I’m begging you.

Lin Chen pondered for a while, the Little Fox had been cooking every day and honing its skill, Super Fireball, so letting it upgrade now wasn’t impossible.

"Go ahead."

Before Lin Chen even tossed it in, the Little Fox directly dove into the water.

While it entered the meditation state, Lin Chen reminded it to stop training at Level 8, otherwise it would be fined.

Upon hearing the fine, the Little Fox got nervous, didn’t dare slack off, and quickly nodded.

Its Coin Bank had finally grown a little, and losing even a penny would be heartbreaking...

By the fiftieth day, the Little Fox had indeed made a breakthrough and happily sought out Lin Chen.

"Alright, here’s a hundred as a reward." Lin Chen said, patting its head as it acted cute.

"Goo goo!"

The Little Fox was delighted and quickly returned to being a chef.

During its time here, it leveled up by three levels, which was quite impressive because it only stayed less than ten days, not even a sixth of the time.

Xiaobai’s speed was also top-notch, spending half the time meditating, and it leveled up twice as well.

Qin Hao and Cai Yuanji also leveled up twice because their Spirit Beasts spent most of the time soaking in the Spirit Spring.

On the fifty-fifth day, Xiaobai soaked in for the last five days, giving up daydreaming, as the opportunity was rare.

Lin Chen returned the Three Thousand Cyan Wus to Murong Xue.

This time, Murong Xue was very amicable towards Lin Chen, chatting and laughing.

"...What’s up with her?" Lin Chen asked Zhang Shi.

"The world of bootlickers, how would I know?" Zhang Shi shook his head.

On the sixtieth day, the two-month Small Secret Realm concluded, and everyone could exit.

"Students, how do you feel?" Tang Xuehai didn’t come, and a mentor was outside to greet them.

The expressions of the second-year students were rather peculiar.

This time, the harvest was not bad, but...

The reputation of the Inner Courtyard was ruined.

Previously, the first-year students were captured by Lin Chen, and now...

The second-year students were also ensnared.

...

Soon, the news of Lin Chen and his group coming out spread throughout the Inner Courtyard, and many people thought Ning Tian was more abnormal. Unexpectedly, they were greeted with another news:

"What? Lin Chen’s Plowhorn Beast defeated Ning Tian’s Windborne Serpent?"

Ye Yun and other first-year students were extremely surprised.

It was one thing for them to lose, but Ning Tian lost as well.

"This is good, they won’t laugh at us now." Chen Tao was quite optimistic; after all, Lin Chen and Ning Tian were both anomalies, so whoever won was normal.

The news quickly spread to the third-year students, and these senior and junior students were discussing it, planning whether to strike and find a chance to suppress Lin Chen.

"Forget it, if we make a move, it’ll be even more embarrassing." Someone shook their head and rejected the suggestion.

Losing face for the first year and second year was one thing, but if the third-year veterans made a move, winning wouldn’t be honorable.