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The reason he is currently maneuvering between these forces is that he wants to diligently cultivate his strength and possess the ability to protect himself. It's still the same saying: if they don't provoke him, then everyone will be fine; if they do, then he can only strike with heavy blows.
Ending the idle chat, Shi Quan returned to his room.
Meanwhile, in another palace.
Xue Qinghe sat in an armchair, quietly listening to Frey's report from the past month.
"...Your Highness, this child's mind is already far beyond ordinary people. He absolutely cannot be regarded as a ten-year-old child. His wisdom can truly be called a Prodigy." Frey was serious and earnest.
Xue Qinghe nodded and said, "I understand. Captain Fu, you all have worked hard during this period. Take everyone and rest for a month. I will handle the rest."
"Thank you, Your Highness. Then your subordinate will take his leave." Frey bowed and retreated.
Xue Qinghe leaned back in the armchair, a faint smile on his lips, and said, "He is indeed a rare talent."
A tall, thin Elder walked out from behind Xue Qinghe and said, "There are many smart people, but very few like him. He is not only intelligent but also not arrogant about his talent, and he possesses a certain steadiness and shrewdness. He is one of a kind."
Xue Qinghe looked at the thin Elder and said, "Snake Lance Elder, what did that woman say?"
Snake Lance Douluo said, "For some reason, the Under the crown only sent people to monitor Shi Quan and did not try to win him over."
Xue Qinghe looked at Snake Lance in surprise, "Oh? That woman would give up on such a rare talent? That's not her character."
Snake Lance shrugged, "Who knows what the Under the crown is thinking? But it's also good; didn't this give Young Lord a chance? If this Shi Quan can be won over, he will definitely become a great help to Young Lord."
Xue Qinghe shook his head: "This Shi Quan is not that easy to win over. He appears smooth, but in reality, he has his own arrogance deep down. Otherwise, how could he have reached this point with only Innate Level 1 spirit power?"
Snake Lance smiled faintly and said, "Since Your Highness says so, you must have already thought of a solution, haven't you?"
Xue Qinghe smiled indifferently and said nothing more.
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On the other side.
Shi Quan finally had free time and prepared to check the System's rewards.
System Space.
Looking at the rewards opened from the Destiny Treasure Box, Shi Quan couldn't help but exclaim, "As expected of rewards opened by a villain, even the rewards can be called villainous."
Bloodline Extractor: Can extract the specified Bloodline from the target's body according to the host's requirements.
Note: This tool can only be used once. During extraction, the target must remain unconscious, otherwise the extraction will fail. After successful extraction, the target's Bloodline will disappear.
"Interesting. It can't be that it wants me to extract the Angel Bloodline, right? Not to mention whether it can succeed, if I dare to covet Qian Renxue, Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong won't let me go. This is troublesome, troublesome."
Shi Quan quickly shook his head.
Although this Bloodline Extractor is powerful and can directly plunder a specified Bloodline from others, it doesn't say whether the extracted Bloodline can be Fused.
Moreover, the Bloodline Extractor only extracts Bloodline, not Martial Spirit. Even if the extracted Bloodline can be Fused, there is still some uncertainty as to whether the Fused Bloodline can Awaken the corresponding Martial Spirit.
Furthermore, for the Bloodline Extractor to succeed, the Bloodline owner must be in an unconscious state.
However, those with powerful Bloodlines, whether human or Spirit Beast, are not weak.
Shi Quan also couldn't possibly use such a treasure to casually extract a useless Bloodline.
Under these multiple restrictions, his targets were suddenly narrowed down to just a few.
"No rush. Anyway, this Bloodline Extractor won't expire in the System Space, so I'll take my time." Shi Quan murmured in his heart, clearing his mind of Miscellaneous, then sat cross-legged and began to Cultivate.
The night passed uneventfully.
In the early morning, at the gentle call of the maidservant, Shi Quan walked out of the side room. After having breakfast with Xue Qinghe, he immediately got into the already prepared carriage and set off towards Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
Heaven Dou Academy is about twenty kilometers from Heaven Dou City, which is not far.
The carriage Xue Qinghe prepared was truly large, stable, and fast. In less than half an hour, Shi Quan could already see the mountain, nestled by a river, in the distance.
Shi Quan knew that Heaven Dou Royal Academy had a large area, was nestled by a river, and had a beautiful environment.
When he truly saw it, he couldn't help but feel shocked. Especially at this moment, the golden sunlight sprinkled on the mountainside, and against the backdrop of the golden light from the east, whether it was the lake at the foot of the mountain or the thousand-meter-high mountain covered with various plants, it all gave people a feeling of a paradise.
The carriage drove all the way to the foot of the mountain before stopping.
"Little Brother Shi, let's walk together. I'll also introduce you to the detailed situation of Heaven Dou Royal Academy."
As Xue Qinghe got out of the carriage, they ascended the steps leading up the mountain.
Breathing in the fresh air around him and stepping on the stone steps carved from white marble, Shi Quan couldn't help but exclaim at the extravagance. (Rich and inhumane - literally 'rich to the point of inhumanity', implying extreme wealth)
Each stone step had different Spirit Beast patterns, exquisitely crafted. These things, if taken out casually, could fetch a good price, but here they were only used as steps.
After entering the mountain, Shi Quan felt even better. The plants all over the mountain were like an enhanced version of Nuoding Academy's back mountain. The plants and natural creatures on this mountain were countless times more than those on Nuoding Academy's back mountain. If he were to Cultivate here, his Cultivation speed would increase significantly.
This is the so-called Cultivation resource. Although external facilities are not decisive, they play an auxiliary role that cannot be ignored. The accumulated effect of these aids over time is still very astonishing.
Along the way, Xue Qinghe introduced the scenery along the path while also explaining the situation of the Academy.
The distance up the mountain was only a few hundred meters, which was nothing for a Spirit Master.
Soon, the two arrived at the main campus area on the mountainside.
"The original work said that the layout here is somewhat similar to Tang Sect?" Shi Quan curiously surveyed the layout of the main campus area.
Walking into the outer courtyard wall and looking at the surrounding bungalows, Shi Quan curled his lips, "That's it? It seems Tang Sect is just so-so."
Led by Xue Qinghe, the two arrived before the largest building in the center of the main campus. Although it was still a single-story bungalow, the highest point of this building was a full ten meters, looking very magnificent.
After listening to Xue Qinghe's introduction, Shi Quan knew that this was their destination for this trip: the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Education Committee.
Before the two even reached the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Education Committee, they could already see three old men waiting at the entrance from afar.
"The Three Great Committee Members heard you were coming and are waiting for you." Xue Qinghe said with a smile.
"Three Great Committee Members?" Shi Quan also felt a bit excited in his heart. He was only a Spirit Grandmaster; how could three Spirit Douluo be waiting for him?
This lineup was too grand, wasn't it? This was truly being overwhelmed by favor.
Shi Quan quickly quickened his pace and bowed to the three Elders, "Junior Shi Quan greets the three Seniors."
"He is indeed a young talent." The slender, middle-aged Elder stepped forward and helped Shi Quan up.
Based on the descriptions in the original work, Shi Quan recognized at a glance that this Elder was Meng Shenji, one of the Three Great Committee Members. The Elder on the left should be White Treasure Mountain, and the one on the right should be Zhi Lin.
The main reason was that the physical characteristics of these three were too obvious: one was so thin he was only bones, one was burly, and the last one was not much different from a normal person.
If he couldn't recognize them, he'd have to dig out his eyes.
"No need to be so polite. From now on, you are a member of the Academy. When you arrive, it's like arriving at your own home. You can directly call me Teacher, no need to call me Senior. Let's go, come inside." Meng Shenji smiled and pulled Shi Quan towards the Education Committee building.
The moment Meng Shenji touched him, Shi Quan could feel a very subtle energy entering his body.
"A Quan, he's probing your strength." Xiao Meng reminded him in his mind.
"A Meng, he shouldn't be able to discover you, right?" Shi Quan confirmed again. In fact, he had already asked Xiao Meng before coming. He knew that if he wanted to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy, he would inevitably be inspected, but he hadn't expected it to be so soon.
"Don't worry, he won't be able to discover me." Xiao Meng said confidently.
"That's good." Hearing Xiao Meng say that, Shi Quan finally relaxed, pretending not to have noticed anything, and followed Meng Shenji into the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Education Committee.
After Meng Shenji clearly probed Shi Quan's situation, his eyes visibly brightened, and he nodded slightly towards White Treasure Mountain and Zhi Lin beside him.
Everyone sat down, guests and hosts in their places. Xue Qinghe first introduced Meng Shenji and the other two to Shi Quan.
Meng Shenji, seated in the center, then spoke with a smile, "Shi Quan, we have generally understood your situation, but I still want to see it for myself, so could you show us your spirit ring?"
"No problem, Teacher."
Shi Quan raised his right hand and summoned his Blue Silver Grass. Below him, one yellow and one purple spirit ring slowly rose.
"It really is a thousand-year spirit ring." Meng Shenji's eyes gleamed with light as he excitedly stared at the spirit ring below Shi Quan.
Zhi Lin, on the side, gazed at the Blue Silver Grass in Shi Quan's hand and murmured, "Blue Silver Grass can actually evolve into such a form."
"Shi Quan, let me see your strength." A sharp glint flashed in Zhi Lin's eyes. After smiling slightly at Shi Quan, the air around him suddenly twisted subtly.
Before Shi Quan could react, he clearly felt the air around his body seemingly solidify. A massive spirit power fluctuation surged forth, instantly pressing him down until even moving became difficult.
"The second wave of probing came so quickly?"
Shi Quan sighed helplessly in his heart, quickly circulating the Internal Energy within his body to resist the constantly invading force.
"Not bad!"
A sharp glint flashed in Zhi Lin's calm eyes. He knew Shi Quan's strength was around Level 21. He was very curious about how strong Shi Quan's endurance was, so he directly released Level 24 spirit power pressure from the start.
With only Level 21 strength, he could directly withstand Level 24 spirit power pressure, and he appeared to be handling it with ease. As expected of someone who could absorb spirit rings beyond their level...