At the entrance of Notting Academy.
One of the two gatekeepers, holding a Spirit Hall certificate, shook his head, his face full of disdain, as he looked at the old man and the young boy in tattered clothes in front of him, and said,
"Where did these beggars come from? They want to sneak into our Notting Academy. A trash Spirit like Blue Silver Grass, and you dare to claim to have ten levels of spirit power? Do you really think we brothers are fools?"
Saying this, he threw the Spirit Hall certificate back, waving his hand repeatedly and scolding,
"Take your fake Spirit Hall certificate and get out of here quickly, or don't blame us brothers for being impolite."
Old Jack, the village chief of Saint Spirit Village, fumbled to catch the Spirit Hall certificate, and explained with a bitter face,
"Two young brothers, this Spirit Hall certificate is absolutely real. It was issued to Little San by the Battle Spirit Master of Spirit Hall. If you let us in, the teachers in the academy will surely be able to tell the truth."
The gatekeeper's face changed, and he said furiously,
"Old man, who are your brothers? Get lost now, don't force us to kick you out."
Old Jack wanted to explain further, but the child beside him moved. Within that small space, a pulling force seemed to appear. The gatekeeper, unprepared, suddenly fell forward.
The child seized the opportunity, gripped the gatekeeper's wrist with one hand, preventing him from using his strength or resisting, then leaned his entire body in, striking the gatekeeper's stomach heavily with his elbow.
"Ouch!"
In just a moment, the gatekeeper was on the ground, groaning in pain, while a faint click sounded again from the child in front of him. The hidden sleeve arrow, pressed against his arm inside his sleeve, had disengaged its safety, seemingly ready to send the gatekeeper directly to his demise.
There were two gatekeepers. One was on the ground, and the other was furious, about to get rough with the old man and the young boy:
"Old thing, little thing, not only do you try to sneak into our Notting Academy, but you even dare to hit people! Let's see how I deal with you!"
Old Jack was completely stunned by the sudden situation, while the dark, thin child beside him had a naked killing intent in his eyes.
He had probably already determined the other party's path to death.
Just then, a cold voice came:
"Everyone stop!"
Both gatekeepers were stunned. One of them pulled the other gatekeeper up, and they stood to the side, behaving themselves, no longer daring to be disrespectful in the slightest.
Then a tall, thin middle-aged man walked over, with sunken cheeks and a stiff face. He walked up to the old man and the young boy, who were Old Jack and Tang San, and said solemnly,
"Elder, young friend, this is our academy's fault. May I see your Spirit Hall certificate?"
Old Jack was overjoyed by everything that had just happened. He quickly handed over the Spirit Hall certificate, then said eagerly,
"Teacher, this is our Spirit Hall certificate. Our Little San's Spirit is Blue Silver Grass, but he truly has ten levels of spirit power."
This tall, thin middle-aged man was, of course, Yu Xiaogang, who annually stayed here, hoping to find someone of humble origin but with excellent talent who could help him verify the ten core competencies of his Spirit.
After all, his theories were merely deductions based on existing knowledge, without any practical experience, and would never be accepted by major powers or Sects. To prove himself, he urgently needed a test subject, a guinea pig.
After carefully reading the Spirit Hall certificate, an indescribable excitement flashed in Yu Xiaogang's eyes. A Spirit like Blue Silver Grass certainly couldn't provide such high spirit power, so there was only one truth: this child had another Spirit, and it was a Spirit of extremely high quality.
He immediately reined in all his emotions, cleared his throat, and earnestly said to Old Jack and Tang San,
"No problem, this is a certificate issued by Spirit Hall. Elder, please entrust this child to me. I will take him to register at the academy."
Old Jack was certainly happy. He said to Yu Xiaogang,
"Thank you, Teacher. Everything is in your hands, Teacher."
And then he said to Tang San,
"Little San, you go in with this Teacher. Study hard and cultivate well."
Tang San secretly thought to himself, those two gatekeepers were lucky, otherwise blood would have flowed today. Then he lowered his eyes obediently and said,
"I understand, Grandpa Jack."
Yu Xiaogang also intended to leave a good impression on Tang San, so he turned his head to look at the two gatekeepers and coldly threatened,
"You dogs look down on people. If there's a next time, you won't need to stay."
The two gatekeepers also had some connections in the academy, but even with their relatives, they were still ordinary people. Facing Yu Xiaogang, a Spirit Master, they naturally dared not refute. They exchanged glances, could only admit defeat, and said in unison,
"Grandmaster, we understand."
Then Yu Xiaogang looked at Tang San, a stiff, expressionless face contorting into an awkward smile, and spoke in a gentle voice:
"Little San, I'll call you that for now. Come in with me."
Tang San glanced at Jack, then followed Yu Xiaogang through the academy gate.
At the same time, Wang Ping and Wang Li witnessed all of this. Wang Ping quickly pulled Wang Li and hurried towards the academy gate, saying,
"Xiao Li, let's go quickly too! That must be a teacher from the academy, and one with a very high status. By staying with him, we'll definitely be able to register smoothly!"
Wang Li, however, was not flustered in the slightest. He had been watching with great interest just now. This scene was too classic: Tang San, provoked at Notting Academy, became enraged and murderous.
Actually, just mentioning Su Yuntao's name should have solved the problem more easily and reasonably. After all, they were just two ignorant ordinary gatekeepers. Questioning the Spirit Hall certificate issued by Su Yuntao was questioning Su Yuntao, which was questioning Spirit Hall. They wouldn't dare not be scared witless.
Given Su Yuntao's identity and status, he was already a big shot that these two gatekeepers couldn't afford to offend.
Upon arriving at the Notting Academy gate, Wang Ping faced the two gatekeepers, handed over Wang Li's Spirit Hall certificate, and then pointed at Wang Li, saying,
"This is Wang Li from our village. This is the Spirit Hall certificate issued by the Battle Spirit Master of Spirit Hall after he came to our village to awaken his Spirit."
The two gatekeepers, who had been holding in a lot of anger, instantly had all their frustration vanish upon hearing "Battle Spirit Master of Spirit Hall." They looked at the Spirit Hall certificate and said with immense surprise,
"Another Blue Silver Grass, a Mutated Blue Silver Grass, and with three levels of spirit power? What's going on this year? One after another, they're all Blue Silver Grass."
Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, who hadn't gone far, also heard these words. Surprise flashed in Yu Xiaogang's eyes, and in Tang San's as well.
And the two gatekeepers, returning the Spirit Hall certificate, looked at the similar old and young duo, and could only wave their hands and say,
"You can go in. Don't run around… go directly to the academic affairs office to register."