Revelation of the Way of Heaven

Friday finally arrived, and Qin Xiaochuan felt both nervous and excited. After finishing two classes in the morning, he asked Ma Qichao to take his textbooks back to his dormitory, and then he went to the registration point for the Department of Spiritual Studies alone.

As soon as he stepped out of the classroom, he received a message. Opening it, he saw it was from Xia Ruoyi, which read: "You've decided to major in Spiritual Studies?"

"Mm," Qin Xiaochuan replied without offering further explanation, knowing that she wouldn't read anything he said now. He figured he'd better wait a while before trying to coax her.

Just as he was about to put his phone away, another message came in. It was from Han Kexin, with an angry and eye-rolling emoji.

After Qin Xiaochuan exchanged the code with her, she immediately sent a message: "Has your spiritual power reached level 2 yet?"

"No," he replied decisively, then sneered as he put his phone in his pocket, letting her suffer at the hands of her rhinoceros beetles for the past ten days.

The registration point for the Department of Spiritual Studies is located in the department's teaching building. Unlike other departments that share classrooms, the Department of Spiritual Studies has its own independent teaching building, which is generally only accessible to students from the Department of Spiritual Studies. This is one of the reasons why the Department of Spiritual Studies has always been considered quite mysterious by others.

Registration was organized by several students from the Department of Spiritual Studies Student Union. When Qin Xiaochuan arrived at the registration point, there were only a dozen or so people in line. This is one of the advantages of choosing the Department of Spiritual Studies. You see, there are at least hundreds of people applying to other departments, and for popular majors, there are even thousands of applicants. The sheer number of people queuing up is terrifying.

Because each major has a limited number of places, many people have to go to the registration point before dawn to queue up and wait, just to get a better major. Those who go late and are at the back of the line may have to wait all day before it's their turn. And if the quota is full, they have to queue up again. That would be incredibly tragic.

Qin Xiaochuan was now spared the trouble of queuing. He looked at the dozen or so people in front of him, and soon one person came out from inside. It would only be a few minutes before it was his turn.

Just as he was looking ahead, he suddenly saw a familiar figure at the place where spiritual power was being tested.

Su Chen, I didn't expect him to be here. I wonder if he came here specifically to see Qin Xiaochuan make a fool of himself.

Just as Qin Xiaochuan saw Su Chen, Su Chen also spotted him in the crowd, then walked over with a smile and said to Qin Xiaochuan, "I didn't expect Junior Brother Qin to actually enroll in the Department of Spiritual Studies."

Qin Xiaochuan didn't want to bother with someone like him, so he sneered and said, "Senior Su is really busy. How come I see you everywhere?"

"I'm really not busy today." Su Chen shook his head, then said with a cold smile, "It's just that I heard you say you were going to choose the Department of Spiritual Studies, so naturally I had to come and see. I remember you spoke very confidently that day, so today's spiritual power test shouldn't... have any problems, right?"

When he said his last sentence, his smile widened, and his eyes almost narrowed into slits.

He must have nothing better to do. Qin Xiaochuan was too lazy to argue with him any longer, so he said coldly, "Since you care so much, just stay and watch from the sidelines."

Su Chen sneered again, and just as he was about to speak, a man in a yellow T-shirt walked over from the registration area. He glanced at Qin Xiaochuan first, then asked Su Chen, "Su Chen, who is this junior?"

"Oh, a junior I recently met."

"My name is Wei Feng, president of the student council of the Department of Spiritual Studies. Welcome to the Department of Spiritual Studies." The man introduced himself. Qin Xiaochuan thought that the reason he was so polite was probably because he thought he was Su Chen's friend.

"My name is Qin Xiaochuan, and I'm from the Archaeology Department," Qin Xiaochuan replied politely.

When he heard about his major, Wei Feng was visibly taken aback, and then looked at him a few more times.

"Our junior Qin is really amazing!" Su Chen suddenly said loudly. His voice once again attracted the attention of everyone registering in the room. Even the person in charge of registration couldn't help but look at him. Some of them who knew him walked over directly.

"Oh, really?" Wei Feng immediately became curious after hearing his words, after all, Qin Xiaochuan's major had already piqued his interest.

"Of course." Su Chen smiled broadly, then deliberately asked the others, "Do you know what Junior Qin told me?"

"What did you say?" someone immediately asked from beside him. What Qin Xiaochuan didn't know was that the Department of Spiritual Studies always valued strength, and Su Chen was ranked among the top three in the Department of Spiritual Studies. So his words had whetted everyone's appetite, and even the student council president, Wei Feng, couldn't help but look at him expectantly.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Su Chen suddenly sneered and then slowly said, "Junior Brother Qin once told me that since I could pass this spiritual power test, then he must be fine."

As soon as he said that, everyone present immediately understood that this junior had offended Su Chen, and he had come today to embarrass him.

Therefore, those who knew Su Chen's strength immediately sneered, while those who signed up either gloated or looked at Qin Xiaochuan with sympathy. As for Wei Feng, he probably felt that he had been tricked by Su Chen, and frowned slightly.

"Do you know what the most crucial point is?" Su Chen's trick didn't end there.

"What?" they all asked at the same time.

Su Chen looked coldly at Qin Xiaochuan, his contempt evident on his face, and then slowly said, "The most crucial thing is that his major is ancient mythology research."

"Pfft~" As if a movie had finally reached its climax, the people in the classroom could no longer hold back and burst into laughter. For a moment, the entire classroom was filled with unrestrained laughter. Even the freshmen who had originally sympathized with Qin Xiaochuan couldn't help but shake their heads with laughter after hearing about the major.

When a person loses all sense of shame, the evil in human nature will be laid bare, and when a group of people commit evil together, the concepts of shame and morality cease to exist.

Qin Xiaochuan clenched his fists tightly, not out of anger, but out of pity—pity for their ignorance and their stupidity.

Good and evil are relative. If everyone does evil, there will be no evil. However, if even one person among the crowd remains clear-headed, then those who do evil will immediately be exposed. At this time, besides the victim Qin Xiaochuan, there is also Wei Feng who remains clear-headed.

Wei Feng chose to remain silent, which emboldened these people even more.

Qin Xiaochuan sneered, then gave Su Chen a deep look, followed by a glance at the others, before coldly saying, "Do you know how ugly you all look right now!"

The laughter stopped abruptly, and everyone in the classroom was stunned. They all focused their attention on Qin Xiaochuan. When Qin Xiaochuan looked at them one by one, their expressions changed in various ways: some were angry and embarrassed, some tried to remain calm, and some looked ashamed.

Su Chen, of course, belonged to the former category. Enraged, he finally tore off his last veil of pretense. He glared fiercely at Qin Xiaochuan and said with a sneer, "We're just laughing at you, laughing at your overestimation of yourself. What can you do to me?"

Qin Xiaochuan was speechless. To be honest, for someone as utterly despicable as him, remaining silent was the only option he had.

Just a moment ago, Qin Xiaochuan had arrived at the spiritual power testing area. The spiritual power test here also uses a spirit testing stone, but this spirit testing stone has been modified with modern electronic equipment. As long as the person being tested inputs spiritual power into the spirit testing stone, the level of spiritual power will be directly displayed on the screen.

The person responsible for recording the scores was probably the third person from earlier; throughout the test, they avoided eye contact with Qin Xiaochuan. Qin Xiaochuan wasn't actually angry with this type of person, because everyone makes mistakes; the key is to acknowledge and correct them.

But Su Chen was completely different. Seeing Qin Xiaochuan remain silent, he became even angrier. When Qin Xiaochuan placed his palm on the spirit-testing stone, he sneered, "To be honest, someone as overconfident as you deserves to be laughed at. Do you really think that someone like you, who studies ancient mythology, can pass the spirit power test..."

His words were abruptly cut short again, because an incredulous voice suddenly came from directly in front of him: "His spiritual power has actually reached level 3."