Chapter 207 - 189: Promotion

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Chapter 207: Chapter 189: Promotion ... Yan Xiaobao took out his student badge and infused it with a certain amount of Qi. Over the past few days, Yan Xiaobao had noticed that this badge possessed many hidden features, one of them being a personalized schedule. Although the schedule was customized, all first-year students had the same courses for the first few weeks before being grouped based on their talents or interests. The Royal Art Academy did not force students to attend lectures, but students who chose not to participate typically ended up unable to advance to the next year ahead of their peers. While there was no specific ranking that needed improvement, it was crucial for students to show some form of progress throughout the year and move forward with the rest of the class. Yan Xiaobao made his way toward the first peak that housed the dormitories and began to look around. There were still a few hours before classes began, so he decided to explore various buildings to familiarize himself with the different locations and determine which buildings would be useful and which wouldn’t. The first building he saw was the "Theory of Qi Teaching Building," where the first lecture was supposed to take place. Though a few students had already gathered at the entrance and inside, Yan Xiaobao saw no reason to wait around for hours when he could be exploring. The next building, titled "Cultivation Methods," held no interest for Yan Xiaobao. Though Lan Feng was both annoying and cunning, he had provided Yan Xiaobao with very powerful cultivation methods, which he was confident this academy couldn’t surpass. Instead, he quickly walked away. The next building was the "Martial Arts Skills Hall," and merely looking at it piqued Yan Xiaobao’s curiosity. The hall was open to students all day, and Yan Xiaobao gently pushed the door open to peek inside. The first thing that struck him was the lack of fresh air and the dim lighting. While the Skills Hall was a frequently visited place for students, everyone who entered held it in high regard, and the main doors were always kept shut to protect the many scrolls inside. As soon as Yan Xiaobao stepped in and closed the door behind him, the lights in the room suddenly brightened. The crystals, which were similar to the ones in the courtyard, emitted a soft glow, illuminating the previously dim room. "Do you really have to waste time here?" Lan Feng complained, casting a disdainful glance around. "I told you before, the Martial Arts Skills you get from places like this are severely lacking in quality." Nevertheless, Yan Xiaobao chose to completely ignore Lan Feng and began scanning the numerous shelves in the room. He picked up one of the scrolls and carefully opened it. The scrolls resembled the ones given to him previously by Rong Ming; this particular scroll described a skill that used Qi to create enough friction to ignite a small flame atop a candle. After a quick perusal, he noticed the system for categorizing skills. At the front of the room, all the Martial Arts Skills were arranged, with the center dedicated to the disciple-ranking skills and the far end to practitioner-ranking skills. Each grouping was further divided into attack skills, defense skills, and non-combat skills. Yan Xiaobao took his time browsing the various shelves before finally selecting a few skills to take with him. One of them happened to be the "Fire Spark" skill, which was ranked first among the beginner-level skills. The student badge automatically recorded any Martial Arts Skills taken out of the Skills Hall by students, which was why the hall could remain open all the time without requiring constant supervision from administrators or teachers. Should any student attempt to open the doors without their student badge, they would find them immovable no matter how hard they pushed. The Skills Hall also had a restricted room, but Yan Xiaobao found it sealed off and inaccessible. He had heard about this room from Rong Ming before. The academy stored all its highest-level Martial Arts Skills inside, and the only way to enter was by invitation from a teacher upon achieving a significant accomplishment in cultivation. Even the Rong twins and Gao Yan had only managed to enter it once in the last five years. After one final look around the hall, Yan Xiaobao quickly exited, noticing how his student badge shimmered with a silver glow before reverting to its original state. Yan Xiaobao couldn’t help but be deeply impressed by the student badge, which appeared so ordinary yet continually revealed new functions, proving it was far more than it seemed. "Stopping to gawk at a useless Memory Stone," Lan Feng complained from within the Qi Acupoint. "We don’t have much time left before classes start, so hurry up and find the Pills Hall! Though Lan Feng was still feeling some lingering pressure from the previous threat, he couldn’t stay quiet for long, and he was thrilled at the prospect of snatching up some pills to help bolster their levels without spending too much time refining Qi essence." Yan Xiaobao sighed. He knew he could scold Lan Feng again, but he himself was intrigued by these pills. His father, who came from this world, had spent his days hunting low-level medicinal plants around the edges of the Magic Forest, and from everything he had heard, the pills were capable of working miracles. That being said, Xu Yue didn’t have any actual knowledge about the pills. He could only guess they were made by combining medicinal plants, but how that was done remained a mystery. Yan Xiaobao began scanning the area for anything that might lead him to the Pills Hall that Lan Feng had mentioned. Finally, Yan Xiaobao found a building as large as the Martial Arts Skills Hall, with a sign at the entrance reading "Pills Outlet." Yan Xiaobao felt his heartbeat quicken, and he couldn’t help but grin foolishly. The chance to expand his understanding of these magical pills was exciting, but as he approached the door of the Pills Outlet, his smile froze.

Chapter 207 - 189: Promotion

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