59: It doesn't matter, I'll take action.

"Hehe, there's no hurry with the spirit soul," Shen Guyan chuckled. Before obtaining his second spirit ring, he had been accumulating and compressing his Soul Power. Once he obtained his second spirit ring, his true cultivation would also increase with the total accumulated Soul Power.

After being tested by specialized equipment, his current Soul Power compression rate was eight.

Once Soul Power reaches a certain level, quantity is no longer absolutely important; quality also matters, and the compression rate represents quality.

Simply put, two Titled Douluo of the same nine-ring Rank would be vastly different if one achieved their Soul Power through Heaven And Earth Treasure and the other reached Rank 90 through gradual self-Cultivation. The compression rate would differ by at least three degrees. The higher the compression rate, the more condensed the Soul Power, with each degree corresponding to a level.

Shen Guyan's Soul Power compression rate of eight degrees means that, although he only has one spirit ring, his Soul Power condensation is actually comparable to a Spirit Elder who Cultivates normally. If the two coefficients are multiplied, his actual level can be compared to a Spirit Grandmaster of Rank 27 or 28.

Therefore, for him, who possesses a large number of self-created Spirit Abilities, the second spirit ring is merely an additional skill.

After arriving at the teaching building, the group briefly said goodbye and headed to their respective classes.

Due to his young age, Shen Guyan was initially arranged by Zhang Zhenpeng to stay in the Elementary Department for a year, and then entered the Intermediate Department early with a perfect score in all subjects for his graduation exams.

Now, Shen Guyan is a student in the Second Year of the Intermediate Department, while the Zhou Twins and Wang Dongqi are in the Fifth Year.

Sea and Land Academy is a large academy, possessing qualifications for Elementary, Intermediate, and Advanced academies. Therefore, it is also divided into the Elementary Academy Department, Intermediate Academy Department, and Advanced Academy Department.

Intermediate and Advanced may seem like only one step apart, but in reality, the difference is vast. The Intermediate Academy provides compulsory education and does not charge tuition fees.

Sea and Land Academy is a pure Spirit Master academy. The Elementary Academy and Intermediate Academy together only occupy two-fifths of the area, but its essence lies in the Advanced Academy, which occupies three-fifths of the area.

As long as one is a Spirit Master and has a recommendation letter from an Elementary Academy within Hailu City and its surrounding towns, they can enter the Intermediate Academy here to receive Spirit Master education.

The Intermediate Academy has a six-year system, and by the time students graduate in their sixth year, absolutely no more than one-tenth of them will truly be able to pass the entrance exams for the Advanced Spirit Master Academy.

The Advanced Academy is no longer compulsory education; instead, admission is only possible through a series of rigorous examinations. Those who can pass into the Advanced Academy are the true elites. Legendary academies like Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy are true Advanced Academies.

If the Elementary Academy teaches the basic knowledge of Spirit and Spirit Masters, then the Intermediate Academy teaches how to apply this knowledge, how to utilize one's Spirit, and how to define one's future. It is only in the Advanced Academy that true advanced studies begin.

Upon arriving at the classroom, Shen Guyan went directly to his seat and slowly closed his eyes.

Shen Guyan's class was naturally the top Class One. He still chose the seat furthest back by the window. He could completely self-study the basic theoretical courses on Spirits; all he needed to do was meditate to improve his Soul Power Rank.

Initially, due to his hidden identity, Shen Guyan did not have the same privileges as he did at Beihai Spirit Master Academy. Whenever he meditated seriously, he would always be called upon by a disapproving teacher to answer questions.

However, after Shen Guyan consistently demonstrated the ability to infer other cases from one instance and achieved perfect scores in all subjects on written tests, no teacher ever bothered him about meditating in class again.

Currently, Shen Guyan's Soul Power Rank is still considered upper-middle among the entire Second Year, but it should not be forgotten that he is less than ten years old this year. As long as he obtains his second spirit ring, he will be an absolute standout even in the year above him.

These past few days, the learning atmosphere in Shen Guyan's Class One has been significantly more fervent than usual. This is because, every new academic year, various academies hold a competition, both for the Intermediate Department and the Advanced Department. The Intermediate Department of Sea and Land Academy has a total of six years, all of which participate in what is called the Class Promotion Competition.

The so-called Class Promotion Competition begins with the weakest class, which sends students to challenge others, and so on. If a challenge is won, the class prefixes are swapped.

That is to say, if Class Two defeats Class One, then Shen Guyan's Class One will no longer be the strongest class, Second Year Class One, but will be relegated to Second Year Class Two. The lower-ranked class confirms the number of challengers, and if they win, they can continue to challenge forward until they lose a match, challenging from First Year all the way to Sixth Year.

The highest honor is to become the Class One of that year. If a class continues to challenge and defeat higher-year classes, the participating class and Class Teacher will receive rewards for each victory in an inter-year challenge.

Last year, Shen Guyan was not selected as a participant due to his young age, and his Class One barely managed to retain its position as Class One. As for challenging higher-year classes, that was completely out of the question.

"In one week, the Class Promotion Competition will officially begin. I hope you can uphold the honor of Class One and win all challenges from other classes!" The Class Teacher's hands rested on the podium, her voice somewhat excited.

As far as she knew, not long ago, a third two-ring student appeared in Second Year Class Two, which had already broken the balance between Class One and Class Two. Last year, Class One's victory in the Class Promotion Competition was extremely hard-fought.

But now, among the three who represented Class One in the previous Class Promotion Competition, one has still not managed to Break through to Rank 20.

The gap, then, was enormous.

"Go Class One... Class One..."

Listening to the Class Teacher's pep talk, the response was sparse. After learning about the opponent's strength beforehand, the students' morale was clearly somewhat low.

"You are only eleven or twelve years old now, how can you lack such courage and fighting Spirit?" The Class Teacher clearly couldn't stand it and couldn't help but scold them.

"But teacher... the fighting styles of those three from Class Two... they're all wild types..." a student sitting in the front row muttered softly.

They still remembered that last year, even with a general advantage in Soul Power, Class One was somewhat intimidated by those hyped-up contestants from Class Two, which was why their victory was so hard-fought.

Hearing this complaint, the Class Teacher almost choked, but children of this age are quite fragile internally. Once a psychological shadow is formed, it's not something that can be overcome in a short time.

Moreover, their opponents this time were no longer what they used to be.

The Class Teacher took a deep breath, her gaze unconsciously falling upon Shen Guyan, who was sitting in the back seat.

Although she knew that Shen Guyan's self-study ability was unmatched in the entire grade, his attitude of ignoring everything outside still made her quite dissatisfied.

"Student Zhuo Tianya, are you interested in participating in this Class Promotion Competition?" The Class Teacher suddenly called out his name.

Hearing the long-unheard roll call, Shen Guyan slowly opened his eyes. He naturally knew about the Class Promotion Competition, and the rewards offered by Sea and Land Academy this time were astonishing. He was indeed interested in signing up.

"It doesn't matter, I'll make a move."