Facing the gazes from the two teachers, Lü Buliang showed little change in his expression, but he was secretly delighted. He remembered that the original novel mentioned a character named Qin Ming.
The Heaven Dou Royal Academy had seven young students who were extremely outstanding in both Spirit quality and spirit power talent. They were Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, Oslo, Yu Feng, Shi Mo, Shi Mo, and Ye Lingling.
These seven formed the Heaven Dou Royal Academy First Team.
And this team was the most outstanding young Spirit Master team in the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and it was precisely the team led by Qin Ming.
After listening to the conversation between Qin Ming and the middle-aged teacher, Lü Buliang was almost certain that his plan to join the Heaven Dou Royal Academy had been realized.
Not only that, if he performed well, he might even be able to directly join the Heaven Dou Royal Academy First Team as a Support System Soul Master.
Then, he could learn about the Bi Lin Snake Venom and Dugu Bo from Dugu Yan, or use Dugu Yan as a stepping stone to meet Dugu Bo.
In that case, the plan to acquire the Immortal Herb would become a matter of course.
"You're Lü Buliang, right?" Qin Ming directly asked. "I heard your conversation with Teacher Sun just now. You said the unique thing about your Shadow Spirit is that it's an all-rounder Spirit, and your Spirit Abilities can control enemies or support teammates. Controlling an enemy's shadow to achieve a control effect, I can imagine that. But I can't imagine how your Shadow Spirit actually supports teammates?"
Lü Buliang cast aside all his fantasies about future plans and answered truthfully, "My First Soul Skill is called Shadow Lock. It can lock onto shadows within a certain range. Targets with locked shadows will have nowhere to hide; no matter how they try to conceal themselves, I can easily find them."
"My Second Soul Skill is called Shadow Assault. It can turn a target with a locked shadow into a shadow state, granting them the ability to freely move through shadowy areas for half an hour, with a distance limit of one hundred meters. During the shadow state, they can block enemy mental force detection, and their speed and attack attributes are increased by fifty percent. The shadow state can also immunize against any physical attack, but it cannot immunize against Spirit Ability attacks and abnormal status effects caused by elemental attributes such as paralysis, burns, frostbite, or poisoning."
Upon hearing this, Qin Ming and the middle-aged teacher exchanged glances, both seeing the surprise on each other's faces.
Before Lü Buliang could introduce the effect of his Third Soul Skill, Qin Ming was already excited. Allowing teammates to move freely in a shadow state for half an hour, with the ability to traverse shadowy areas within one hundred meters, and a fifty percent increase in attack and speed attributes?
Regardless of the team, once they received the support of this Spirit Ability, they would become a shadow legion, killing unseen by blocking mental force detection and moving like shadows, coming and going without a trace.
This was simply an extremely offensive support system Soul Skill; one could say that this Spirit Ability existed for assassination.
If this support system Soul Skill could be applied to a well-trained army, wouldn't that army be invincible and unmatched?
"Shadow Assault? If shadows are to launch a sneak attack, who could defend against it?" After a brief moment of contemplation, Qin Ming suppressed the shock in his heart, and the look in his eyes towards Lü Buliang had noticeably changed.
Lü Buliang smiled, "Teacher Qin, my Second Soul Skill can enhance the team's combat power. I believe that's the support effect you're looking for, right?"
Qin Ming didn't reply. He looked at the middle-aged teacher and said seriously, "Teacher Sun, Lü Buliang will be under my care. After I settle him in, I will apply for a special student quota with Committee Member Meng Shenji. I believe that such an outstanding genius will absolutely not be rejected by the Three Education Committee Members."
"Alright, then I'll trouble you." The middle-aged teacher picked up a data card from the desk and handed it to Qin Ming, then instructed Lü Buliang, "You just follow Teacher Qin. From now on, everything in the academy will be arranged by Teacher Qin."
Lü Buliang nodded and followed Qin Ming into the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
The moment he stepped through the academy gate, Lü Buliang's eyes were met with a wide forest path, paved with stone slabs and flanked by dense bushes.
After walking a distance behind Qin Ming, Lü Buliang arrived at a stone staircase. The staircase led towards the mountaintop, where various facilities like teaching buildings and dormitories were built into the mountain.
Walking straight up the stone steps, breathing the fresh air, Lü Buliang recalled memories of hiking with friends on Blue Star, filled with emotion. He thought, he would probably live on the Douluo Continent for the rest of his life.
Father, mother, friends, everything on Blue Star would no longer concern him.
A new life was about to begin.
"It's getting late. I'll take you to the dormitory building first and get you a room. From today on, you are a student of Heaven Dou Royal Academy."
As they walked, Qin Ming also arranged Lü Buliang's future daily life at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. "Academy dormitories are all single rooms. You are a special student, so all your living expenses are provided by the academy. Buliang, I hope you cultivate diligently and bring honor to the academy in the future."
Lü Buliang nodded, "I will."
Qin Ming continued, "I will explain the academy's rules and regulations, as well as the class divisions, to you tomorrow. Once you adapt to academy life, I will arrange for you to join Heaven Dou Class One as soon as possible, and then introduce you to the seven members of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy First Team."
Lü Buliang nodded again. He knew from the original novel that Heaven Dou Royal Academy divided classes and teachers by spirit power level, from low to high: Tianwei Class, Tianzhi Class, and Heaven Dou Class.
Whether students or teachers, those assigned to the Heaven Dou Class were undoubtedly the most outstanding existences in the academy. His cultivation talent might not be considered genius, but the team combat ability demonstrated by his Shadow Spirit was absolutely incomparable to that of any other genius.
"Alright, this is the dormitory building."
Halfway up the stone steps, two buildings more magnificent than luxury hotels stood on the mountainside.
Qin Ming introduced, "The dormitory division is simple: the left building is the male dormitory, and the right is the female dormitory. The dormitory allocation is also determined by rank, with the top floor of the dormitory building being the residence for Heaven Dou Class students. Below that are the Tianzhi Class, and then the Tianwei Class."
Lü Buliang was stunned by the two dormitory buildings, which rivaled luxury hotels, and asked curiously, "Can special students also live in such luxurious dorms?"
Qin Ming nodded, "Indeed. In a sense, the treatment for special students is even better than that of nobles, because everything is provided by the academy. Not only that, but they also receive a certain amount of gold coin subsidy every month. If you bring honor to the academy, that treatment will be multiplied several times."
"The academy is under the Empire's jurisdiction, right?" Lü Buliang asked softly, "If I receive so many benefits from the academy, does that mean I must join the Empire after graduating?"
Qin Ming shook his head, "Not necessarily. The Empire will not forcibly recruit any Spirit Master. It will only offer Spirit Masters various unimaginable benefits. Accepting these benefits is equivalent to joining the Empire. If you don't accept them, the Empire will not make things difficult for any Spirit Master. After graduation, you can choose to join the Empire or remain neutral."
"However, you are a talent cultivated by the Empire, deeply indebted to its benevolence. If you were to do anything to betray the Empire in the future, your reputation would certainly be affected."
"Whether or not to join the Empire, these are future matters and don't need to be considered now. You should now consider how to use the resources provided by the academy to quickly become stronger. Let's go, I'll take you to register first."
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After completing all registration procedures, Lü Buliang was assigned to Room Six on the top floor of the dormitory.
Whether it was the male or female dormitory, the top floor was always occupied by Heaven Dou Class students whose spirit power had reached level thirty or above.
According to Qin Ming, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy First Team both lived on the top floor of the female dormitory, while Yu Tianheng, Oslo, Yu Feng, Shi Mo, and Shi Mo, the five male students, lived on the top floor of the male dormitory, in rooms one to five respectively.
Lü Buliang arrived later, so he lived in Room Six.
The other rooms were the residences of other Heaven Dou Class students.
Qin Ming first took Lü Buliang on a tour of the teaching building on the mountaintop, then led him to the dormitory building on the mountainside to find his room.
Room Six on the top floor of the male dormitory building was easy to find.
The room numbers increased sequentially from left to right. Walking straight down the corridor to the left, Lü Buliang noticed that every dormitory he passed was dark. It was nighttime, and there were no lights inside any of the dorms; only the corridor lights were on.
Qin Ming spoke, "The academy's sports field and most of the simulated training grounds close before eight o'clock. Before eight, everyone is diligently cultivating, so you won't see anyone in their dorms."
Lü Buliang was slightly surprised, "Can even those noble students be so diligent in their cultivation?"
"The noble students living on the upper floors are all geniuses of the academy, naturally different from students on other floors," Qin Ming explained. "Geniuses also need to cultivate diligently. In the Spirit Master's world, what geniuses fear most is being surpassed."
"Alright, this is Room Six, your dormitory."
Arriving at the door of Room Six, Qin Ming took out a key and opened the door.
Stepping into the room and turning on the lights, Lü Buliang was astonished by the sight inside. It was a spacious room, easily fifty square meters, furnished with a large bed, complete with bedding. There was a cabinet beside the bed, a wall at the head of the bed, and a smooth floor at the foot.
Everything was so clean.
Lü Buliang thought to himself, this room was less a dormitory and more an apartment. On Blue Star, it would at least be a two-bedroom, one-living room, one-kitchen configuration, fully furnished.
"Holy moly, Heaven Dou Royal Academy really is something else! A few months ago, I was sleeping in a cave on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, and now I'm living in such a luxurious dormitory. Am I really not going to incur divine wrath?"
Lü Buliang sat on the bed and bounced a few times. The bed's elasticity was excellent, like a trampoline. It could probably sleep three people and felt very exciting when bounced on.
"From now on, you must wear your school uniform in the academy; it's a rule." Qin Ming placed the school uniform on the table, walked out of the room, and called, "Buliang, come out for a moment. I'll introduce you to your neighbors."