#67 - Aim for the Silver Badge
“My requirements for you are simple: obtain the Silver Soul Badge before graduating from the Junior Academy.”
“Moreover, for you, I approve of you having free access to the academy. You can even choose not to attend the morning classes.”
Bai Yan's proposal granted Quan Yi the greatest degree of freedom. Skipping classes and freely entering and exiting the campus—it was hard to imagine these words coming from the strict Teacher Bai Yan.
However, Bai Yan had made this decision after careful consideration.
Firstly, she was well aware that Quan Yi's knowledge reserves far exceeded the Junior Academy's teaching progress.
Secondly, Quan Yi possessed a level of self-discipline that even she herself lacked.
This was a conclusion Bai Yan had reached after a year of observation.
If it were Huo Wu, she would have considered it further, but with Quan Yi, she could rest assured completely.
Trust comes from understanding. If anyone understood Quan Yi the most, it was indeed Bai Yan.
Quan Yi lacks nothing right now except practical experience, and in the time ahead, Bai Yan hoped to hone Quan Yi's combat skills and experience through the Soul Arena.
The Soul Arena?
The teacher's arrangement was unexpected, but Quan Yi was actually prepared for it, considering Huo Wu's precedent.
However, obtaining the Silver Badge was not as simple as it sounded.
“Understood, Teacher.” Although there was pressure, Quan Yi did not retreat, but chose to face the challenge and accept the teacher's proposal.
Seeing Quan Yi accept the proposal so readily, Bai Yan nodded in approval. Then, she began to arrange things for Huo Wu.
“As for Huo Wu, I know you are on the verge of a breakthrough, so I hope you can focus on cultivating your soul power this semester. After your breakthrough, go to the Soul Arena with Quan Yi to hone yourselves.”
Bai Yan had witnessed Huo Wu's progress firsthand.
Especially the improvement in combat skills was particularly dazzling, even no less than Quan Yi's.
It was no wonder, as Huo Wu often had to cooperate with Quan Yi to fight the powerful Bai Yan in combat training.
Among them, the weakest Huo Wu often faced greater pressure. Enduring a year of such high-pressure combat training, her progress was conceivable.
Her fire control ability, physical fitness, combat literacy, and willpower had all improved significantly.
“Yes, Teacher.”
Of course, Quan Yi knew the priorities. Soul power cultivation and physical training were the parts Quan Yi valued most, and he would not neglect them even without the teacher's reminder.
“Alright, that’s all I wanted to say. You may leave.” Seeing that Quan Yi understood her meaning, Bai Yan was completely relieved.
Walking out of the office, Quan Yi and Huo Wu's expressions changed, becoming more determined.
With the teacher's arrangements, Quan Yi and Huo Wu each had their own goals for the current stage.
“Xiao Wu, I'll wait for you ahead.”
“Don't worry, it won't be long.”
After bidding farewell to Huo Wu, Quan Yi returned to the dormitory, sat on the chair, and began his own thinking.
The Soul Arena?
Indeed, fighting only one person is not beneficial for increasing combat experience. Only by colliding with different Soul Masters, different Martial Souls, and different Soul Skills can Quan Yi's combat experience be enriched.
Quan Yi began to recall the rules of the Soul Arena.
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The relevant rules of the Soul Arena are simple and clear: the winner accumulates one point, and the loser loses one point.
The badge represents one's level in the Soul Arena.
There are eight levels in total, and the Silver Badge ranks third from the bottom in the Great Soul Arena.
But this does not mean that the difficulty of obtaining the Silver Badge is very low.
Because to obtain the Silver Badge, one needs to accumulate 1000 points.
Moreover, the Soul Arena also restricts the number of battles a Soul Master can participate in each day.
One-on-one, two-on-two, and team battles can only be participated in once per person per day.
From this, it can be seen how difficult it is to obtain the Silver Badge, which is also why Teacher Bai Yan specifically limited the time to before graduation.
Five years—this was the time stipulated by Teacher Bai Yan.
It seems long, but it is actually very short, totaling only a little over 1,800 days.
Fortunately, however, Quan Yi discovered a rule that was beneficial to him.
That is the winning streak rule.
After winning five consecutive matches, starting from then on, Quan Yi will gain ten times more points for each win. After winning ten consecutive matches, the points gained will increase tenfold again.
Thinking of this, Quan Yi had a preliminary plan in mind.
The next day, for the first class of the new semester, Quan Yi did not rush to the Soul Arena but came to the classroom.
Quan Yi still read books and studied knowledge diligently, just like in the first semester.
In the following days, even months, Quan Yi still appeared in class as always, without even stepping out of the campus.
Quan Yi's performance was as if he had forgotten his agreement with the teacher.
Of course, Quan Yi's performance did not mean that Quan Yi had given up on the agreement with the teacher.
He was actually accumulating his strength.
Quan Yi had great confidence in his strength.
But going to the Soul Arena now was still too early.
Because he had just broken through not long ago and had not yet fully adapted to the Great Soul Master realm.
Moreover, the battles in the Soul Arena are between Soul Masters of the same level.
If Quan Yi went now, he might encounter Soul Masters of the twenty-eighth or twenty-ninth level in the Soul Arena.
With a difference of six levels, if Quan Yi encountered a Soul Master who restrained him, even Quan Yi would not have the confidence to win.
Although he was very confident, he was not so conceited as to be able to sweep everyone with the strength of the twenty-third level.
Moreover, this is a big city, and the level of the Soul Arena is also very high. There are also students from the Blazing Academy and the Wind Spirit Academy nearby, and the quality of the Soul Masters is extraordinary.
Quan Yi still needed to accumulate his strength well.
He planned to challenge after raising his soul power to the twenty-fifth level.
Quan Yi was very confident in improving his soul power, believing that he could do this in less than a year.
To do a good job, one must first sharpen one's tools.
Therefore, Quan Yi was not anxious.
By the time he reached the twenty-fifth level, Quan Yi would still have a lot of time left, and he would also have more strength to realize his winning streak plan.
However, even so, in the eyes of outsiders, Quan Yi's plan could be described as extraordinary.
Quan Yi's plan meant that he was confident that he could sweep all Great Soul Master-level Soul Masters at the twenty-fifth level.
How conceited was that?
However, Quan Yi was not talking nonsense. In the process of adapting these days, he had deeply understood his strength.
Moreover, Quan Yi also had various advantages that other Soul Masters did not possess: two Soul Rings that exceeded the age limit by at least four hundred years more than many Soul Masters.
The bonus of the Soul Rings, coupled with the top-level Martial Soul with innate full soul power and a powerful body, gave Quan Yi the confidence to win.
