Tang San went to the library, while Li Tian arrived at the Academic Affairs Office.
“What?”
Director Su looked at Li Tian, utterly bewildered.
You just started your first year, and you already want to apply for early graduation?
Alright.
Theoretically, it was possible, as Li Tian’s spirit power Rank had already reached graduation standards.
As for cultural classes.
He could self-study that stuff in a bit of time, after all, there were only three classes a day.
Not much information.
“You weren’t tricked by that Grandmaster, were you, preparing to leave with him?”
Director Su looked at Li Tian, half-believing, half-doubting.
“What? The Grandmaster is leaving?”
Li Tian was stunned; had the butterfly effect already occurred so quickly?
“Then it doesn’t seem so.”
Director Su saw that he genuinely didn’t seem to know and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Tian asked, “Is the Grandmaster leaving Nuoding City?”
Director Su briefly explained the situation; in short, Yu Xiaogang had been expelled.
Li Tian immediately found it amusing.
Although Director Su wasn't clear on the details, for Notting Dean to choose to expel him.
It showed that Notting Dean was truly disheartened.
He wondered what that guy had done to make a friend, who was willing to support him unconditionally, so disappointed.
Director Su asked, “Why do you want to graduate early?”
Li Tian explained, “I heard that Advanced Soul Master Academy has something that can speed up a Spirit Master’s Cultivation, and I want to see if I can be exceptionally admitted.”
Director Su thought for a moment, “With your Genius, there is indeed that possibility.”
Innate full spirit power was rare across the entire continent.
As long as Li Tian didn’t go to an Academy that only accepted noble children, he indeed had a chance to be exceptionally admitted.
Director Su had also heard of the simulated Cultivation environment.
He didn't know the specific effects, but accumulating little by little, a little faster was always better.
The short-term effect might not be obvious.
Over years of accumulation, surpassing Geniuses of the same Rank by three or four spirit power Ranks should still not be difficult.
Otherwise, that thing would be useless.
Director Su said, “Alright, in that case, I won’t stop you.”
“However, this isn’t something I can decide.”
“You go back first; I’ll go find the Dean, and we’ll notify you once we’ve discussed it.”
“There shouldn’t be any major problems.”
Li Tian said, “If it really doesn’t work, you can tell the Dean to temporarily help me apply for a leave of absence.”
“When I turn twelve, I will write back to inform you of my Rank.”
“At that time, you can issue the graduation certificate and publicize it according to my Rank then.”
Director Su’s eyes lit up.
This new brain was indeed effective; he hadn’t thought of such a solution at first.
“Alright, then you go back first.”
Li Tian left the office, and Director Su, in a pleasant mood, whistled as he headed towards the Dean’s office.
Evening.
Tang San arrived at Yu Xiaogang’s dormitory, his gaze chillingly fixed on the still unconscious Yu Xiaogang.
He had spent the entire afternoon in the library.
After asking the librarian, he had looked through many targeted books.
Targeted at what? Naturally, Yu Xiaogang’s theories.
He discovered that Yu Xiaogang’s theories bore a strong resemblance to much of the information released by Spirit Hall.
Only slightly altered.
And these alterations weren’t too significant; it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say it was plagiarism.
Of course, not entirely.
There were also some things Tang San couldn’t find the source of, but they were all worthless.
Like the Spirit simulation theory.
Just as Li Tian said, any Spirit Master with a spirit ring could absorb it; it was just common knowledge.
The key lay in whether it was compatible.
Facts proved that the first spirit ring Yu Xiaogang chose for him was not that compatible.
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say it wasted one of his spirit ring slots.
This made the anger in Tang San’s heart impossible to suppress, and he felt an urge to kill him.
This dog.
For his own selfish desires, he used him for experiments, and such common-sense experiments at that.
He had already courted death.
Tang San wondered if he should add something to him; after all, he was already poisoned by the Datura Snake.
Adding something to kill him, no one should suspect him.
After all, he was just a six-year-old child now, and he had previously shown him great respect.
“I… what happened to me?”
Just as Tang San was hesitating, Yu Xiaogang suddenly woke up.
This made Tang San immediately retract the killing intent in his heart.
“Teacher, you’re awake?”
Tang San immediately stepped forward, his face full of concern, all previous murderous intent completely hidden.
“Little San, I’m still alive?”
Yu Xiaogang scanned the room, looking at Tang San with some surprise.
Tang San nodded, saying nothing more.
Because Tang San hadn’t foolishly stayed in the Spirit Beast forest like in the original story, Yu Xiaogang didn’t attribute his rescue to him.
He only assumed that Tang San had taken him to seek medical attention in time, which allowed him to survive.
“Little San, did you succeed?”
Yu Xiaogang suddenly seemed to remember something, looking at Tang San with anticipation in his eyes.
“Uh…”
A hint of killing intent flashed in Tang San’s eyes, but it disappeared in an instant.
“I don’t know if it counts as success.”
Yu Xiaogang hastily asked, “Elaborate, let me analyze it for you.”
Tang San informed him of the effect of his first Spirit Ability.
Yu Xiaogang’s eyes gleamed, and he excitedly said, “You’ve gained both poison and toughness; this is exactly as I predicted, how can it not be considered a success?”
Tang San said, “But my first Spirit Ability is Binding.”
Yu Xiaogang asked in confusion, “What’s wrong with Binding? Isn’t this the control Spirit Ability we wanted?”
Tang San: “…”
Yu Xiaogang’s single sentence left him speechless; did this guy genuinely not know or was he pretending not to know?
“Teacher!”
Tang San exclaimed, “Don’t you know that Binding is just a basic application method for vine-type Spirits?”
“Uh…”
Yu Xiaogang’s expression was slightly awkward; he had been so focused on excitement that he hadn’t remembered this point for a moment.
Seeing his expression, a hint of dissatisfaction appeared in Tang San’s eyes.
This dog was indeed a good-for-nothing; even Li Tian, who had only been at the Academy for three months, knew this information.
Yet he didn’t know.
And he still dared to call himself a Grandmaster; wasn’t his shamelessness a bit too much?
“Little San!”
Yu Xiaogang also noticed the dissatisfaction in Tang San’s eyes and quickly explained, “You need to know that toughness and poison were our initial goals; everything else is secondary.”
“While the manifestation of Binding might be a bit lacking, it won’t affect the Play of the poison and toughness.”
“Moreover, given the quality of your Blue Silver Grass, it’s difficult to obtain a perfect Spirit Ability regardless of what spirit ring you absorb; there’s no such thing as a perfect Spirit Ability for a Spirit Master.”
“No matter what kind of Spirit, what kind of spirit ring, or what kind of Spirit Ability, there are always flaws, just like Li Tian’s Thousand Machine Umbrella.”
“Its ever-changing characteristic is very strong, incredibly strong, but there are only nine spirit ring slots. What good is it if he can transform into many more Spirits?”
“Our initial goals were only toughness and poison, and now that both of these attributes have been obtained, it proves that my theory is correct.”