Revelation of the Way of Heaven

After registering, Qin Xiaochuan began learning his new skills. Because his spiritual power had been raised to level 5 and his Heavenly Soul had been repaired, his mind was now clear and sharp. The B-level skills that he used to find difficult to learn had become very easy.

He originally thought it would take at least one or two weeks to learn a B-level skill, but now it seems that it will only take four or five days. In this way, mastering these two skills before the exam is not a problem at all.

Qin Xiaochuan first tried to use the Earth Embrace on the hill behind the teaching building. Two giant, yellowish-brown hands, each the size of an umbrella, emerged from the ground and embraced a boulder.

Unfortunately, the two giant hands disappeared before they could reach the boulder. After all, this was his first time using the skill, and there were still many imperfections in its execution, which is why this happened.

He tried casting the skill again using the level 8 spiritual power in the witch's ring. Two more yellowish-brown giant hands appeared on the ground. However, these two giant hands seemed to be no different from the previous ones. Qin Xiaochuan frowned. Before he could think more about it, he saw the giant hands quickly grab the boulder and then disappear again.

He immediately understood that the skill's amplification effect was reflected in the skill's operating speed.

Indeed, Earth Embrace cast with level 8 spiritual power is twice as fast as a regular Earth Embrace in terms of grabbing the target.

In fact, the speed at which the Earth Embrace grabs its target is quite fast. It can grab ordinary ability users without much problem, but it is more difficult to grab ability users who have undergone special physical training.

Because superhumans who have undergone special physical training possess reaction speed and agility that ordinary people cannot match. The moment the giant hand of Earth Embrace appears on the ground, the opponent may have already dodged far away.

But now, with the Earth Embrace amplified by level 8 spiritual power, its operating speed has doubled. Even those special ability users need to be careful. Of course, the premise is that they must know in advance that Qin Xiaochuan's Earth Embrace is different from ordinary people.

For the next few days, he either practiced his skills or did physical training, and finally he had to meditate. In addition to class time, he was busy almost every day.

These days were fulfilling and enjoyable, allowing him to unconsciously forget his pain and immerse himself in the joy of continuous progress.

Of course, his drastic change really scared the other two guys in the dorm. They thought he was too devastated and couldn't think straight, so he was torturing himself and numbing himself by working hard. As a result, the two became very generous and even spent a lot of money to treat him to meals in turn to comfort him.

Qin Xiaochuan was happy to accept their generosity and didn't tell them the truth. He thought to himself, "I've been ripped off by you guys so badly before, but this time I can finally get my money back with interest."

Time flies, and before we knew it, it was the day before the selection competition. Today, the teacher gathered all the participants in an auditorium in the teaching building. The main purpose was to explain the rules of the selection competition and to determine the order of each person's competition.

A total of twelve people signed up for the competition. Although everyone was enthusiastic about it, most of them were aware of their own limitations and preferred to watch the competition from the audience.

What Qin Xiaochuan didn't know was that a week earlier, a list had been circulating in the Department of Spiritual Studies, listing who was most likely to participate in the final competition.

Wei Feng was naturally at the top of the list. As for Qin Xiaochuan, there was no suspense whatsoever; no one even mentioned him. Moreover, before today, apart from Wei Feng, no one knew that he had registered.

The reason he didn't tell anyone else about his registration was that he didn't want to attract unnecessary gossip.

Qin Xiaochuan looked around the auditorium. Except for one person, everyone else was a familiar face. Sure enough, all the people on the list were here. Of course, Su Chen was on the list.

As for the person he didn't know, Wei Feng told him that his name was Jiang Yongshan, and he wasn't a student in the Department of Spiritual Studies, but he was an inner disciple of the Kongtong Sect before he enrolled.

Upon hearing Wei Feng's words, Qin Xiaochuan immediately understood that the other party's situation was the same as Guo Shiyi's. In that case, Guo Shiyi should also be qualified to participate. Moreover, with her level 6 spiritual power, participating in the Asian Supernatural Ability Exchange Competition would definitely not be a problem for her. Qin Xiaochuan did not understand why she did not participate.

Qin Xiaochuan took a chance to secretly open his third eye and look at the people in the arena. Apart from him, there were three people with spiritual power level 5: Wei Feng, Jiang Yongshan, and Han Dong, who ranked first in the second year. The others were all with spiritual power level 4. So, barring any unforeseen circumstances, he would have no pressure in passing this selection.

Just then, he saw Su Chen walking towards him. Qin Xiaochuan knew that a verbal argument was inevitable before the official competition.

"The younger generation is truly surpassing the older generation. I didn't expect there to be freshmen participating in this competition." When Su Chen walked up to him, he once again showed his signature smile. "Junior Qin, you're completely disregarding us seniors."

Qin Xiaochuan felt that although this person had a sharp tongue, his ability to mock people was truly first-rate. Every time, he could turn someone into the target of everyone's criticism with just two simple sentences. This showed that the other person must have received a good upbringing, otherwise it would be impossible for him to reach this level.

However, he didn't care about becoming the target of everyone's criticism, because with his current strength, he really didn't take these senior students seriously. But being surrounded by a bunch of people wasn't a comfortable thing either, so he replied with a smile, "It's clearly Senior Su who underestimates himself, otherwise why would he be so afraid of a freshman?"

Su Chen sneered, not arguing with him, but saying meaningfully, "I think Junior Qin is just like me, wanting to be each other's rivals in the competition. We'll have to have a good contest then."

Qin Xiaochuan smiled and said, "Of course, I would love to have a fair and square competition with Senior Su, rather than doing something shady behind the scenes."

Upon hearing this, Su Chen's face immediately showed anger, but he didn't say anything. After all, saying certain things would only make him lose face. So he didn't say anything, but just gave Qin Xiaochuan a cold smile and walked away.

After Su Chen left, Wei Feng frowned and walked up to Qin Xiaochuan, asking, "How did you offend Su Chen? He's not someone to be trifled with."

Qin Xiaochuan smiled at him and said nonchalantly, "You're wrong. It wasn't me who offended him, but him who offended me."

They stayed in the auditorium for nearly ten minutes before Xu Yafen and Ge Zishen walked in from outside. Xu Yafen was the head of the Wudang faction, while Ge Zishen was the head of the Kongtong faction. They were also the hosts for this selection competition.

Ge Zishen was a short, middle-aged man, about the same height as Xu Yafen. He was usually stern and rarely smiled. Although he and Xu Yafen co-hosted the competition, Xu Yafen did most of the talking, while he stood quietly to the side, his cold gaze occasionally sweeping over them.

Qin Xiaochuan used his Heavenly Eye to check the spiritual power within the two individuals. Both of them possessed level 6 spiritual power, which made him even less worried. As long as their spiritual power did not reach level 7, he could use the spiritual power within the Witch Ring without restraint.