"Three?"Bai Wushang raised an eyebrow.


    "Yes. It''s truly unbelievable. I''ve worked here for over ten years, and this is the first time I''ve seen something like this. Three Self-Awakened students in the same cohort... it''s incredibly rare..."The slightly balding staff member scratched his head and said, slightly embarrassed:"If it''s convenient, I need to verify your soul power value and actual age, and also create a basic file for your bonded beast for our records. Is that alright with you?"


    "No problem," Bai Wushang agreed readily.


    "Please follow me." The staff member stood up and politely led Bai Wushang, taking him to a room on the second floor.While going upstairs, he explained, rambling slightly:"Young man, don''t blame me for making this so complicated. If the verification passes and confirms your status as a Self-Awakened, the academy will grant you the highest tier of resource support for new students, lasting for three months. That''s quite a considerable fortune, so being thorough is always the right way to go."


    "Understood, understood." Bai Wushang nodded, then asked with some surprise, "Does the academy really divide new students into different ranks? What are the specific criteria?"


    "I can''t reveal too many details, but simply put, every new student receives three months of free resource support from the academy. This resource allocation is divided into four tiers, from lowest to highest: C-tier, B-tier, A-tier, and S-tier.""Among these, tiers C, B, and A correspond to students whose initial soul power is at the early, mid, and late stages respectively, while S-tier corresponds to Self-Awakened students..."


    The staff member had a tendency to be chatty, and once he started talking, he couldn''t easily stop:"As for what specific resources, you''ll find out when the time comes... Sigh, normally, encountering one Self-Awakened every two or three years is the norm. The past few years have already been unusual, but this year, there are actually three! Three! The academy is really going to be in chaos..."


    "Um... that''s a dead end ahead..." Bai Wushang stopped and couldn''t help but interrupt him.


    "Ah, sorry, sorry! I was just focused on talking. This way, this way!"


    Inside a room of about a hundred square meters, various instruments, large and small, were displayed, looking as dazzling as a shop. Two or three staff members were meticulously wiping and maintaining the equipment.Upon learning that Bai Wushang needed verification as a Self-Awakened, the staff members exchanged surprised glances. However, Bai Wushang was satisfied with their professionalism; they didn''t waste time with unnecessary words and immediately brought out the required instrument—a Soul Power Crystal Ball.


    It was a white crystal ball about the size of a human head, pure white like jade, without a single flaw, and looked very expensive.Bai Wushang gazed at it for a moment, and a sense of warm familiarity washed over him. He couldn''t help but recall the person who had adopted him at the age of six, nominally his adoptive mother.


    "Back when I was just a little kid, I used to mess around with these instruments in her lab, treating them like toys...""...Speaking of which, if she hadn''t suddenly written to me, telling me she was now working at Shanhai Academy and suggesting I study here, I might have gone to the Crimson Dragon Royal Academy... After all, that''s nominally the number one academy, personally backed by the royal family of the Da Qian Dynasty...""I wonder how she''s doing now. Once I''m settled in, I should find some time to visit her..."


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    While Bai Wushang was musing internally, his hands didn''t stop. He skillfully pressed his palm firmly against the crystal ball and channeled his soul power without reservation.The white crystal ball burst into brilliant light, illuminating completely almost instantaneously. Two lines of text appeared in the center:


    [Soul Power Value: 10086][Physiological Age: 16 years old]


    The staff member who had brought him in read the data several times, then looked up, bewildered, and asked doubtfully:"The soul power value for the peak Spirit Scholar level, doesn''t it only need to reach 7000? Is this instrument broken? How could it be so much higher?"


    "Couldn''t be. We''ve used it so many times these past two days without any issues..."Another staff member was also stunned, muttering, "A soul power value over ten thousand... doesn''t that correspond to the soul power level of the initial Soul Servant stage?""Why don''t we try it again?" the third staff member suggested tentatively.


    Five minutes later.


    [Soul Power Value: 10120]


    Staring at the first line of text in the center of the Soul Power Crystal Ball, the throats of the staff members present felt dry. They turned their heads and stared intently at Bai Wushang, as if sizing up a monster.


    "What are you doing?"Bai Wushang took a step back calmly. Their blatant stares felt like they were trying to strip him bare; it was quite unnerving.


    "Young student, do you realize you''ve just broken a record upon entering the academy? In the hundred-plus years since the academy''s founding, this is the first time a Self-Awakened student''s initial total soul power has rivaled that of someone at the initial Soul Servant stage. You''re simply... incredible!"


    Bai Wushang''s eyes darted slightly. He asked cautiously, "What does that mean? So am I considered peak Spirit Scholar or initial Soul Servant stage?"


    One staff member smacked his lips repeatedly, speculating:"Still peak Spirit Scholar... Perhaps because your constitution is special, your soul power capacity far exceeds others at the same level. So, your current total soul power reserves at the peak Spirit Scholar stage have already broken the threshold for the initial Soul Servant stage, but there''s definitely still a gap in quality...""However, once you truly break through to the initial Soul Servant stage, your total soul power might be equivalent to someone else''s mid-stage. Always having deeper soul power than others at the same stage... that would be terrifying..."


    "Sounds good." Realization dawned on Bai Wushang, and he smiled. "So, does this mean my verification is passed?"


    "Of course!"The staff members nodded like chicks pecking rice. One of them put on an eager smile:"Student, could you summon your bonded beast so we can record it? It''s an academy regulation to create files for Self-Awakened students for record-keeping and research purposes..."


    Hearing this, Bai Wushang lowered his gaze, gently patted the round bulge beneath the front of his clothes, and called out:"Milky Way, wake up!"


    The name "Milky Way" was something Bai Wushang had thought of on his way here, inspired in a flash. The main inspiration came from the Moon Rabbit''s beautiful, silver-white eyes, which easily brought to mind the vast, brilliant expanse of stars. That''s why Bai Wushang named her Milky Way, hoping she could shine with her own beautiful radiance forever, like the endless stars in the night sky.


    "Ji Gu???"First, a pair of pinkish rabbit ears poked out, followed by the little creature poking out its small, bewildered head. It stared blankly at Bai Wushang with wide eyes, not understanding how it had gained a new name just by taking a nap.


    The staff members scrambled to get closer, their eyes wider than Milky Way''s, staring in disbelief."Long, tubular ears, a short, tufted tail, fur as white as snow, silver-white pupils like stardust, a crescent moon mark between the eyes... If I''m not mistaken, this should be a Moon Rabbit?""Old Zhang, be bold! Drop the ''should be''!"