"By the way," Electrolux reminded, "that little dragon's soul in your Spiritual Sea, how do you plan to deal with it?"
"The Silver Dragon Wolf?" Zhu Ziyang was startled and fell into deep thought, as he truly hadn't considered this matter.
"That little dragon sacrificed herself to you, becoming your spirit ring, yet her soul remained completely intact. This makes this old man curious," Electrolux said. "According to what I said before, her soul should have dissipated between heaven and earth during the sacrifice and transformed into your Spirit Ability. However, the reality is not so. We should thoroughly research whether this is due to its commonality as a 100,000-Year Soul Beast, or a characteristic caused by the sacrifice."
"This..." Zhu Ziyang stammered, unsure how to answer.
"It's alright, no need to rush your answer. You have plenty of time to think, after all, this little dragon's soul is still very weak. It will probably take five to ten years of your nurturing for her to awaken," Electrolux said, seeing Zhu Ziyang's predicament, and couldn't help but laugh, explaining, "Moreover, her state has given me an idea, which might add more fun to your World."
"Oh?" Zhu Ziyang became curious, looking at Electrolux with inquiring eyes.
"Haha~" Electrolux chuckled and said, "Don't rush, I only have a vague idea. It's not too late to tell you after I've sorted out my thoughts and confirmed its feasibility."
"Is that so? Alright then." Zhu Ziyang could only wave his hand.
After ending his conversation with Electrolux, Zhu Ziyang left the spiritual space, sat silently on his bed, zoned out for a while, then rallied his Spirits and closed his eyes to sleep.
Why not cultivate?
The answer was obvious; he had just emerged from over a month of meditation, so he naturally needed a period of rest. Cultivation couldn't always be intense; it required a balance of tension and relaxation, otherwise, too much would be counterproductive and easily lead to problems.
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The next day, Zhu Ziyang uncharacteristically slept in until Jiang Nannan walked into his dorm with breakfast, and he finally woke up.
He finished breakfast and went to the classroom with Jiang Nannan.
"Huh? Where's Tang Ya? Why isn't she with you?" Zhu Ziyang asked curiously after they walked out of the dorm building.
"Bei Bei is back. She and Bei Bei went to the classroom first," Jiang Nannan said.
"Bei Bei is back? That fast?" Zhu Ziyang was clearly surprised.
"Xiao Ya said that Bei Bei's elders had already found a Spirit Beast for his third spirit ring, just waiting for him to break through," Jiang Nannan recalled as she answered. "So, when he reached level 30, he went straight home and didn't bother to search for a Spirit Beast."
"I see." Zhu Zi Yang couldn't help but sigh, "Is this what a family with a legacy of tens of thousands of years is like? spirit ring solidification also has its advantages!"
"Indeed!" Jiang Nannan echoed, the girl recalling their experience of searching for their third spirit ring, which made her feel even more deeply.
Classroom one.
Zhu Ziyang surprisingly saw a student who was clearly not from their class, Xu Sanshi.
After the freshman assessment, Xu Sanshi, as a defense-type Spirit Master, was undoubtedly assigned to Class Two, the defense and agility-attack system.
At this moment, Xu Sanshi was sitting beside Xue Weiwei, eagerly saying something, while Xue Weiwei smiled and nodded occasionally.
"Ziyang, long time no see!" Zhu Ziyang ignored Xu Sanshi and went straight back to his seat, then saw Bei Bei looking at him with a smile.
"Long time no see." Hearing Bei Bei's greeting, he also nodded. They hadn't seen each other for over two months. "By the way, congratulations on breaking through to the Spirit Elder realm."
"Thank you." Bei Bei thanked him, then his eyes filled with fighting Spirit, saying, "Ziyang, how about we fight again? I want to know how big the gap is between us?"
"Alright, I'll accompany you." Facing Bei Bei's challenge, Zhu Ziyang did not refuse, saying, "When?"
"After class, in the Spirit Fighting Zone, how about it?" Bei Bei immediately said excitedly after getting a positive answer.
Soon, the news of Bei Bei challenging Zhu Ziyang spread like wildfire among the first-year classes, so much so that all the first-year students, including the teachers, knew about it and eagerly anticipated it.
As the champion of the freshman assessment, Zhu Ziyang's strength as a Spirit Elder was already well-known to both teachers and students. And although Bei Bei was only the third-place finisher in the freshman assessment, his Spirit was the legendary Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, which had a long-standing reputation. Coupled with rumors that Bei Bei had also reached Spirit Elder and had just obtained his third spirit ring, the excitement for this first-year Spirit Elder battle instantly reached its peak.
As soon as class was dismissed, the classroom in Class One was surrounded by people, eagerly looking inside.
"Why are there so many people? Do they all know about Brother and Bei Bei's challenge?" Jiang Nannan looked at the crowded classroom in shock, wondering, "But there are too many people! Did everyone in the first year come?"
"Hehe!" Tang Ya, beside her, laughed a little embarrassedly and said, "I only told Xu Sanshi, I didn't expect it to spread throughout the entire grade."
"Xiao Ya, what can I say about you?" Jiang Nannan heard this and immediately looked at Tang Ya with annoyance, saying with a slight rebuke.
Tang Ya could only smile awkwardly.
"Everyone, make way!" Zhu Ziyang and Bei Bei exchanged glances, smiled helplessly at each other, then pushed through the crowd together, shouting loudly.
Hearing Zhu Ziyang and Bei Bei's shouts, the students blocking the doorway immediately made way. This was the number one person in the first year, after all, and they couldn't afford to offend him.
Zhu Ziyang and Bei Bei, who successfully walked out of the teaching building, headed towards the Spirit Fighting Zone, followed by Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya, and behind them was a vast procession of first-year students, at least one or two hundred people. Such a grand sight immediately attracted the attention of students from other grades. Conformity and curiosity led them to unconsciously join the procession, so much so that by the time they arrived at the Spirit Fighting Arena, the queue behind them had expanded to three or four hundred people, including not only white school uniforms but also many yellow and purple school uniforms, and even a few black ones.
Such a display made the Spirit Fighting Zone administrators dare not be negligent and quickly processed the Spirit Fighting procedures for Zhu Ziyang and Bei Bei.
The two walked into the Spirit Fighting Arena and stood opposite each other. A referee teacher appeared between them.
The Spirit Fight was about to begin.
"Hey, hey, who do you think will win between Zhu Ziyang and Bei Bei?"
"Does that even need asking? Of course, it's our class monitor!"
"Exactly, exactly! The class monitor was the freshman champion. Back then, Bei Bei couldn't even beat the class monitor with two people, let alone one now!"
"But I heard that Bei Bei also broke through to Spirit Elder! He has the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Spirit, and I heard that Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Spirit Masters' strength undergoes a qualitative change after reaching three rings!"
"Tch! So what? The class monitor will win!"
"..."
"What should I do? Nannan, I suddenly regret it." Tang Ya listened to the discussions around her and immediately made a long face, regretting.
"I told you to control your mouth, now look what happened? You're reaping what you sow, aren't you?" Jiang Nannan gloated.
"How annoying, you're still laughing!" Tang Ya said angrily, "How do you know Zhu Ziyang will definitely win against Bei Bei? Bei Bei is already level 32!"
"Just watch, Brother is also making progress," Jiang Nannan said with a proud smile.