Ten Thousand Trees Manor.
King Crow, with his hair neatly combed, was personally tending to the manor's flowers and plants.
He wanted to trim them all perfectly.
"Thank goodness the little junior hasn't been asking as many questions lately."
Only then could he take it easy like this.
The hair he'd lost before was even starting to grow back.
King Crow was in a great mood.
Suddenly,
He heard shouts coming from outside.
"Teacher, teacher..."
A person came rushing over.
"Xiuqi, what's wrong? A big incident? Some Black Society strongman causing trouble?"
"N-no, that's not it." Jiang Xiuqi gasped for breath, "Classmate Su, he..."
"What happened to him?!"
King Crow thought something had gone wrong and raised the large shears he was using to trim the flowers.
Jiang Xiuqi shuddered violently, his speech becoming much smoother.
"No, it's that Su Hao entered the Special Training Camp! He defeated the original 97th-ranked, Thunder Pool!"
King Crow: "???"
His expression seemed to say: Are you f***ing kidding me?
Jiang Xiuqi conveyed with his eyes: When I first found out, I felt the same way.
"Little Su's progress is this astonishing!"
King Crow knew Su Hao's actual...
Cough, judging by this, his understanding of Su Hao's strength wasn't comprehensive enough.
He had originally thought Su Hao would enter the Special Training Camp at the end of the second semester.
Now, it only seemed a semester faster.
But...
Once the seniors graduated, he'd almost be able to break into the top fifty!
The significance was completely different!
"You brought the battle recording, right?"
"Yeah."
Jiang Xiuqi took out a USB drive containing the battle footage recorded by the battle hall's cameras.
After watching it, King Crow really wanted to let out a 'holy crap.'
But with Jiang Xiuqi there, to maintain his teacher's dignity, he forced it down.
"He actually advanced the Fire Feather Stance."
He could naturally see that Su Hao's victory was largely due to proper tactics.
But if the spirit's combat power wasn't up to par, no matter how good the tactical arrangements, it would be useless.
And that Fire Crow...
Being able to take down the Purple Lightning Wing in just two seconds relied on that state of being wrapped in flames, like a blazing sun.
It was a secret technique he'd developed himself!
How many secret techniques had he developed now?!
"Given time, Little Su will likely leave behind quite a few school legacies."
...
The next day.
Jing Island University, high-level meeting.
King Bu, with his massively burly build, sat down with a thud on a specially made wide chair, looking at King Crow.
"Old Crow, your junior is something else."
"Of course (￣▽￣)ノ."
King Crow was shocked yesterday, showing off today.
King Bu snorted, "Get out, that's not you."
King Crow kept showing off.
And King Bu couldn't refute it.
Before long, the five kings still at school, eight first-level mentors, and two vice principals had all arrived.
Mentor Ma stood up and spoke.
Five minutes later.
"...That's how it is.
"Student Su Hao is already a member of the Special Training Camp, but it's temporarily not suitable to assign him a training camp assessment mission in the new world."
The kings and mentors discussed among themselves.
The assessment matter was easy to handle; just postpone it for now.
After next semester, once the new world training was complete, they could assign Su Hao a mission.
But...
"What if another Su Hao appears in the future?"
They couldn't keep disrupting the Special Training Camp's mission arrangements.
"I think we can move the training time forward."
A mentor spoke up, "The conditions are better now, and students are stronger with each cohort. We can completely schedule the training at the start of the freshman year.
"With mentors watching during training, even if freshmen's strength doesn't reach elite level, there won't be much danger in the wild.
"Besides, the college entrance exam has already been reformed. Freshmen all have wilderness survival experience. Our university should keep up with policy and moving the training time forward is entirely feasible."
The school's high-level continued discussing.
They felt it was indeed possible.
After all, times had changed.
If not for Su Hao's appearance, they might not have realized this.
The executive vice principal finally made the decision, "Alright, I'll pass the message to the principal. If he has no objections, starting from the next cohort, the new world training will be scheduled at the beginning of the first semester."
...
Su Hao still didn't know that he had single-handedly driven a reform of the school's teaching plan.
At this moment,
He was holding a Special Training Camp introduction booklet.
"The training camp's Oath Stone and Reality Illusion usage don't require credits, but... there's an allocated quota.
"I'm currently ranked 97th, in the 51~100 tier, with only one chance to study the stone per month and ten hours of Reality Illusion time."
Reality Illusion allowed all spirits to enter together.
But the chance to study the stone could only be used by one spirit.
"But it's said to be extremely effective, allowing spirits to make rapid progress in understanding oaths.
"Too bad the opportunities are so few!"
Both the stone and the crystal tower were treasures excavated from the new world.
They couldn't be artificially created.
They were far more precious than things like gravity rooms.
"Only by raising my rank can I get more time and opportunities.
"Those at the top also have some special rewards."
For example, students in the top thirty could receive a quasi-monarch spirit in its initial form.
They could also use this opportunity to commission the school to obtain a certain rare spirit.
Another example: maintaining a spot in the top three for over half a year.
They could ask two of the school's nurturing masters to personally design an advanced evolution plan for their spirit.
"But..."
Su Hao suddenly realized that it seemed... not very appealing to him.
How un-spirit-like!
"But the facility usage time and various big gift packages..."
That was a tiny bit appealing to him.
Su Hao was tempted.
But he had a good sense of reality in his heart.
"With my current strength, I can't even break into the top ninety, let alone the top fifty."
The booklet also had a rough introduction to the strength of the Special Training Camp students.
Here, since many people's spirits were stuck at the elite-level limit, they further divided the limit into upper, middle, and lower tiers based on combat power.
"Top fifty means at least having two upper-tier limit spirits and a complete tactical system."
He opened his panel again to analyze the combat power of the four Su family spirits.
"Fire Crow is probably middle-tier, of course... it hasn't developed to its limit yet.
"As for Dream Butterfly, it can only be considered lower-tier."
Su Hao rested his chin on his hand, analyzing.
Butterfly on the sofa heard the sound and looked over, her little face puffed up and eyes wide.
She shot him a question mark.
That Husky Lin also asked, "Xilu~?"
"You? You're not even in the ranks."
"Xilu o(╥﹏╥)o"
Husky Lin knelt down.
...
On the third day after obtaining the Special Training Camp spot.
Su Hao brought his four spirits, ready to experience the legendary Reality Illusion.
He arrived at the foot of the crystal tower.
Looking up, the tower was about eight or nine stories high, entirely made of crystal, with no visible seams.
There were staff inside the crystal tower.
Su Hao showed his student card, "Hello, is there a spot available now? I want to book a... half-hour illusion experience."
"Please follow me."
The staff member said, leading him to the third floor, in front of a room.
Su Hao saw that the room's door and walls were also made of crystal, but clearly different from the tower body, as if artificially constructed.
The staff member opened the door for him and reminded, "If you die in the illusion, you'll automatically exit and can't re-enter for 12 hours... but unused time won't be counted, rest assured."
Su Hao nodded.
He brought the spirits into the room.
The walls, floor, and ceiling were all crystal, gleaming brightly.
Butterfly stared intently, almost unable to look away.
And then...
Fog suddenly filled the room, growing thicker and thicker, completely enveloping them.
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**Spirit Illustration v0.10**
**[Gold]** Sword Slave → Sword Spirit → Sword Master Golden Armor Wearer → Golden Armor Warrior → Golden Armor Overlord Windup Doll → Windup Golem → Windup Spirit Bouncing Lion → Golden Roar Lion → Divine Martial Lion Horned Dragon → Swordback Dragon → Sword Emperor Dragon Bronze Statue → Golden Statue → Golden Buddha Thumb Monkey → Strong Gorilla → Great Ape Baby Kangaroo → Boxing Kangaroo → Champion Kangaroo Iron Scale Lizard → Steel Bone Dragon Lizard → Metal Tyrannosaurus Beetle → Steel Beetle → Steel Soldier Iron Feather Eagle → Steel Armor Eagle → Armored Dragon Eagle Baby Panda → Martial Panda → Arhat Panda . . **[Wood]** Pea Sprout → Pea Hero Blade Leaf Lizard → Blade Leaf Warrior → Wood Mantis: ① → Killer Mantis ② (Undiscovered Special Evolution Path) → Prayer Mantis (Wood) → Prophetic Saint Mantis Warrior (Undetermined) (Light) Silkworm Baby: ① → Rolling Cocoon → White Feather Moth ② → Six-Winged Flying Silkworm → Golden Winged Celestial Silkworm ③ → Dream Butterfly (Wood) → Fairy Butterfly (Wood Illusion) Fluff Ball → Fluff Monster → Fluff Giant Vine Snake → Flower Vine Snake → Flower Vine Demon Kappa → Lotus Leaf Kappa → Leaf Lotus God Moss Turtle → Thorn Turtle → Ten Thousand Vine Turtle Green Grass Sheep → Sheep Scholar → Sheep Horn Immortal Prairie Wolf → Forest Wolf → Wolf Doctor Kapok Owl → Sleep Owl → Night Dream Owl Bamboo Viper → Jade Snake → Azure Snake Needle Spider → Hunting Web Spider → Poison Hunter Spider Wooden Puppet → String Puppet (Wood Psychic) → Control Puppet (Wood Psychic) Spotted Mushroom → Poison Mist Mushroom → Explosive Mushroom Withered Leaf Locust → Plague Locust → Death Locust Moon Bud → Moon Dancer → Moon Queen Mission Bird → East Wind Falcon Little Lotus Leaf → Lotus Bud → Pure Jade Lotus Pen Spirit → Pen Elder → Pen Immortal Ginseng Baby → Ganoderma Lucidum → Long-Snout Monkey → Curly Baboon → Rainforest Giant Ape Little Flying Lion → Flying Leaf Lion → Forest Griffin . . **[Water]** White Head Turtle → Longevity Turtle → Prophecy Turtle Steam Lobster → Lobster Chariot Little Spring Spirit → Spring Spirit → Tide-Calling Spring Spirit Bubble Squid → Giant Squid → Squid King Salted Fish King → Giant Kun → Little Conch → Water-Covering Conch → Fairy Conch Green Water Frog → Giant Tide Frog → Sea Tide Frog King Sickle Crab → Blade Armor Crab → Giant Armor Crab One-Eyed Fish → Three-Eyed Fish → Six-Eyed Flying Fish Water Spirit Horse: ① → Water Cloud Horse → Cloud Water Dragon Horse ② (Blood Evolution) → Water Scale Beast → Water Qilin Ink Spirit → Ink Fish → Ink Dragon Little Water Crocodile → Swamp Water Crocodile → Poison Swamp Crocodile Dragon Little River Shrimp → Iron Tail Shrimp → Giant Cannon Lobster . . **[Fire]** Charcoal Little Turtle → Lava Turtle → Lava Dragon Turtle Firefly Bug → Candle Fire Butterfly → Blazing Fire Butterfly Flame Lizard → Giant Flame Lizard → Ember Dragon Baby Fire Chicken → Fire Crest Chicken → Flamingo Little Fire Crow → Fire Down Crow → Fire Crow Fire Pattern Dog → Two-Headed Dog → Three-Headed Dog Fire Piglet → Flame Pig → Demon Flame Pig Red Horned Cow → Blazing Cow → Raging Flame Bull Blazing Bat → Flame Bat → Explosive Flame Bat Flame Spirit → Fire Element → Fire Soldier Fire Spirit Horse → Fire Horse → Hell War Horse Volcanic Rock → Lava Monster → Lava Giant . . **[Earth]** Little Stone Elephant → Armored Elephant → Elephant General Big-Eared Rabbit → Whirlwind Rabbit → Tuzki Little Rolling Stone → Stone Monster → Stone Giant Mini Pig → Rumbling Pig → Shock Armor Pig King Long-Armed Ape → Strange Force Ape → Mountain Moving Ape Ground Hedgehog → Sword Thorn Hedgehog → Sword Thorn Assassin Little Clay → Clay Monster → Giant Strength King Kung Fu Dog → Ascetic Dog → Master Dog Little Earth Wolf → Earth Walking Wolf → Earth Shaking Wolf Teddy Bear → Muscle Bear → Tyrant Bear Colorful Scale Snake → Human-Faced Snake → Snake-Haired Demon Joint Bug → White Bone Centipede → Jade Bone Dragon Tumbler → Straw Hat Old Man Stone Spot Ghost → Stone Statue Ghost → Stone Statue Ghost Dragon Mountain God: ① → Earth Mother Priest → Earth Birth Spirit ② → Earth Guardian → Earth King Earth Pile Dragon → Back Tower Dragon → Nine-Story Tower Dragon (Earth Gold) Stone Lion: ① → House Guard Lion → House Guard Suanni ② → Evil-Averting Lion → Evil-Averting Lion Tiger Small Claw Scorpion → Red Armor Scorpion → Sandstorm Giant Scorpion Big Rock Ball → Mountain Rock Beast → Mountain Giant Beast Rock Young Dragon → Earth Rock Dragon → Earth Emperor Dragon Little Sand Sculpture → Sandstorm Sculpture → Sandstorm Giant Sculpture . . **[Wind]** Little Wind Horse → Wind Stepping Horse → Wind Chasing Pegasus White Feather → Wind Caller → Cloud Roller Roaring Tiger → Roaring Tiger → Wind Cloud Tiger Nest Bird → Wind Riding Bird → Roc Bird Swift Flying Dragon → Wind Wing Dragon → Sky Dragon Young Mountain Tiger → Winged Tiger → Crimson Fiend Qilin (Wind Fire) Wind Pattern Cat → Wind Pattern Tiger → Wind Wing Sky Pattern Tiger Whirlwind Bird → Hurricane Eagle → Global Eagle Wind Spirit → Wind Element → Wind Giant Little Wind Swallow → Wind Whisper Swallow → Mist Feather Swallow . . **[Thunder]** Electric Bug → Thunder Snake → Thunder Cloud Giant Python Rolling Beast → Electric Light Bear → Thunder Roar Electric Tail Bat → Sound Electric Wing Dragon → Purple Lightning Wing Little Electric Deer: ① → Lightning Deer → Thunder Deer ② → Spirit Light Deer (Electric Light) → Seven-Colored Deer (Electric Light) Electric Pig → Bombing Pig → Thunder Roar Pig King Electric Lion → Thunder Cloud Lion → Thunder Roar Lion King Electric Cat → Electromagnetic Cat → Lightning Leopard Cat . . (To be continued~) — Spirit Illustration v0.10 Unstable Version, compiled here for now. Everyone who contributed, claim your own, oh~ Finally, A new month, asking for a guaranteed monthly ticket (￣︶￣)↗