Revelation of the Way of Heaven

Silence. The entire place was completely silent.

When the person responsible for recording the scores announced Qin Xiaochuan's results, everyone stared at him in disbelief.

"Impossible!" Su Chen shouted out what everyone was thinking.

Level 3 innate spiritual power—what does that mean? Since the establishment of the Department of Spiritual Studies at Mingde University, only one person has ever achieved this: Wei Feng, the student council president of the Department of Spiritual Studies. However, Wei Feng entered Mingde University with the highest score in the entire school. Qin Xiaochuan, on the other hand, had a college entrance examination score that was almost the lowest in the entire school.

"Something must have gone wrong. Senior Wang, have him test it again. I don't believe his spiritual power has reached level 3." Su Chen said to the person recording the results. He was practically spitting fire in his eyes when he looked at Qin Xiaochuan.

"This..." Senior Wang hesitated, after all, there was no such rule in the department, and he had no right to request a retest.

However, as soon as Su Chen said this, everyone else echoed him, and no one present believed the result.

Qin Xiaochuan felt a little uneasy. In fact, he knew his own strength. After ten days of cultivation, his spiritual power had only just reached level 2.

The reason he got a level 3 score was because he cheated. The method was simple: he first diluted the spiritual power in the magic ring to level 3 in his body, and then released it onto the spirit-testing stone. Naturally, the score was level 3.

He originally did this just to annoy Su Chen, but now it seems he's gone too far. If they find out he's suspected of cheating, he might never be allowed into the Department of Spiritual Studies again. What's more troublesome is that if they investigate further, Qin Xiaochuan really doesn't know how to explain himself.

Because the crowd was so indignant, Senior Wang couldn't refuse, so he said apologetically to Qin Xiaochuan, "Why don't you retest it, Junior Qin, so that they can be completely convinced?"

Qin Xiaochuan frowned slightly. Although his score was questionable, the reason they made him retake the test was because they were targeting him. No, he couldn't give in. He had no choice but to make a scene and maybe he could get away with it. So he said angrily, "Everyone takes the test once, why do I have to take it twice? You're deliberately targeting me, aren't you?"

"What's wrong? Don't dare to retest? I told you your score was definitely fake, maybe it was just a temporary malfunction of the machine," Su Chen said with a sneer.

Fortunately, they didn't suspect that Qin Xiaochuan was cheating. But then again, without a magical artifact like the Witch Ring, it would be impossible to cheat, so they couldn't possibly realize that it was actually a human error.

Thinking of this, Qin Xiaochuan suddenly had a plan. If he really had to retest, he would use his true level. He would rather be ridiculed by these people than expose his witchcraft ring, otherwise it would be troublesome.

"Junior Qin, you should retake the test, otherwise you'll have a hard time getting along in the Department of Spiritual Studies." Senior Wang said, glancing at the people who kept shouting. Qin Xiaochuan understood what they meant; if he didn't retake the test today, these people would probably make things difficult for him in the future.

Qin Xiaochuan was conflicted. On one hand, he really didn't want to expose his witch ring, but if he didn't retest it, it would inevitably arouse their suspicion, and they might accidentally discover the secret of the witch ring in the future. On the other hand, he didn't want to be ridiculed by them again, which was bound to happen after the retest.

Just as he was engaged in a fierce ideological battle, a voice suddenly came from behind the crowd: "Since the establishment of our Department of Spiritual Studies, there has never been a rule requiring retesting."

The crowd paused for a moment, then turned around to look at the source of the voice. It was Wei Feng who had spoken.

Wei Feng was the president of the student council of the Department of Spiritual Studies, so his words naturally carried weight, and for a moment everyone fell silent.

"But, Senior Wei, his spiritual power is really..." Su Chen was, after all, an elite of the Department of Spiritual Studies, and he was on good terms with Wei Feng, so he was not afraid of his identity.

"Do you really think that everyone with innate spiritual power at level 3 needs to be retested?" Wei Feng asked Su Chen softly, his voice indifferent, revealing neither joy nor sorrow.

Su Chen was taken aback. Even though Wei Feng's tone was devoid of any personal emotion, his meaning was very clear: Wei Feng was also at level 3 of innate spiritual power. If Su Chen doubted his level, he would be doubting Wei Feng's level.

Su Chen was very upset. Not only him, but everyone was surprised that Wei Feng would speak up for a freshman he had just met. Moreover, judging from his tone, he seemed to be somewhat dissatisfied with Su Chen, probably because of Su Chen's malicious mockery of Qin Xiaochuan earlier.

But these were things Su Chen could never have imagined, so he could only feel endless frustration in his heart.

Su Chen finally stopped speaking, and everyone else naturally remained silent as well. Qin Xiaochuan passed the spiritual power test without any major incident.

After passing the spiritual power test, he could go straight back to his dormitory and then select courses online. Just as he was about to leave the classroom, Wei Feng suddenly called him back.

Qin Xiaochuan looked at him questioningly, and the other man smiled at him and said, "Can I talk to you?"

Qin Xiaochuan nodded, and then Wei Feng led him out of the classroom.

Although it was the first day Qin Xiaochuan met Wei Feng, he still had a very high level of goodwill towards him. Although he was tall and was the president of the Spiritual Studies Department Student Union, he was approachable, unlike students from other departments who became bureaucratic and put on airs as student union presidents.

The two sat down on a bench in the campus garden, and Wei Feng asked, "Why do you want to major in spiritual studies?"

Qin Xiaochuan was stunned. He hadn't expected the other party to ask him this question. How was he supposed to answer? He couldn't very well tell the other party the truth.

"Mysterious," he said with feigned seriousness.

"Huh?" Wei Feng looked at him, puzzled.

"I find the field of spiritual studies mysterious." Qin Xiaochuan nodded at him.

Upon hearing this, Wei Feng couldn't help but stare intently at him for a long while before asking him seriously, "Do you think I'll believe that?"

Qin Xiaochuan couldn't help but smile; he himself didn't actually believe this reason.

"So what exactly is the reason?" Wei Feng looked at him casually. Although his gaze was indifferent, Qin Xiaochuan could feel a kind of pressure. It seemed that he was not the president of the Spiritual Studies Student Council for nothing.

"I heard that you can learn some superpowers in the Department of Spiritual Studies," Qin Xiaochuan told him. This reason was true, because Han Kexin wanted him to study the Department of Spiritual Studies in order to make him stronger.

"That's right, that's true." Unexpectedly, Wei Feng confirmed his statement. "And that's why I wanted to talk to you."

Qin Xiaochuan looked at him, puzzled. He then asked Qin Xiaochuan again, "Before you decided to study spiritual studies, did you know what courses were offered in the department?"

"I don't know," Qin Xiaochuan answered honestly; he really hadn't looked it up.

"To tell you the truth, the courses in the Department of Spiritual Studies are divided into two levels: low-level and high-level. The low-level courses teach us how to use spiritual power, which is a superficial application, such as traditional Chinese medicine, divination, and astronomy. The high-level courses are completely different."

Wei Feng paused here, clearly indicating that the important part was about to begin. He continued, "The advanced courses are a completely different world. Here, the use of spiritual power is mainly for combat, which is what you call superpowers. In addition to learning how to use spiritual power, we can also learn legendary spells."

After saying these words, Wei Feng stared intently at Qin Xiaochuan, probably hoping to find excitement, longing, or disbelief on the latter's face. However, he was disappointed, because Qin Xiaochuan had already witnessed the magic Wei Feng had mentioned, which should be the same flame that Han Kexin had cast in front of him.

"That sounds good." Qin Xiaochuan nodded, pretending not to see his furrowed brows, and then said to him, "But I still don't understand why Senior Wei told me all this."

Wei Feng looked at him with a puzzled expression, then said helplessly, "The reason I'm telling you this is so that you can choose more advanced courses when you select your courses."