Chapter 24 - Evaluation Begins!

Three months have passed since the incident with Ma Xiaotao.

During this period, Mo Xie made great progress in his training and studies. During the first month, Mo Xie focused all of his time on learning about Spirit Tools and improving his sword intent domain. Because of his efforts, Mo Xie managed to blend his Ultimate Ice and Fire elements into his domain and reached the level of small success.

As for array integration, Mo Xie still needed a little more work. His progression in Spirit Tools was also extremely smooth. Knowing how to create arrays benefited him a lot in creating Spirit Tools, so in the three months that Mo Xie spent studying how to create them, he reached the level of a second-class Soul Engineer. Of course, this information was kept secret by Fan Yu to avoid problems and threats to Mo XIe.

But during his studies he encountered several problems with the academy's knowledge of Spirit Tools.

"It's very inefficient!" The arrays used as the core, the inner and outer shell… There were several problems with their builds. With his knowledge of arrays and memories of more advanced technologies that Old Du left behind, Mo Xie's foundation of Spirit Tools was far better than anyone in Shrek and even in the Sun and Moon Empire.

Mo Xie introduced this knowledge bit by bit to Fan Yu, as if it were just occasional discoveries so he wouldn't be asked where this knowledge came from. Because of his 'occasional discoveries', the academy's basic knowledge of Spirit Tools creation was slowly improving. Thanks to this, Mo Xie was able to secure even more metals to continue his research and creations. Being a disciple of Fan Yu helped a lot in this problem.

Mo Xie also managed to break through to Rank 37 in the second month and was one step closer to completing the second level of his cultivation technique and metamorphosing his body, taking his physique to an even higher level.

He thought Ma Xiaotao would look for him a few days after the incident, but he still didn't see a trace of her during that time. It seems that, having suppressed the evil flames, she must have been training in the inner courtyard. But he thought she would soon find him to help quell the flames once more. With that, he could make Yan Shaoze owe him a favor.

Mo Xie was now in his class listening to Zhou Yi explain the content of the assessment that would start tomorrow. In those three months, many students ended up being expelled, leaving their class with just 67 people. However, the students who stayed improved tremendously.

With their involvement with the Ma Xiaotao incident, Yuhao and Wang Dong did not gain a soul advancement pill from the academy and therefore their spiritual power was not equal to that of the original story, with Wang Dong reaching Rank 23 and Yuhao reaching Rank 15. Bei Bei seemed to have given him yet another Mysterious Water Pill and this made him reach his current level with his hard work after fully absorbing the effectiveness of both pills and consolidating his Rank.

"Mo Xie, pass these papers on to your colleagues." Zhou Yi commanded in a dry tone.

While Mo Xie handed over the papers, Zhou Yi continued to explain.

"Only those who pass the assessment will be able to continue cultivating at the academy until the exam at the end of the year. After you pass, you will be divided according to your abilities. Write the direction you want for your cultivation and give it to me later."

"As far as your assessment is concerned, it will be a fight in teams of three people. It doesn't matter if you are a spiritual master of the support or food system, everyone will have to fight during the assessment. The teams were made to avoid the injustice of a spiritual master from the support system having to fight someone from the assault system."

"Spirit Tools have brought many changes to this world, and one of them is to allow spirit masters without combat skills to produce destructive force during a fight. And for that, you need to refine your skills and senses during a battle."

Zhou Yi explained each part of the assessment before continuing. "Now we will be dividing the class into teams. The first team will be Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao."

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong practically stood up at the same time and they both looked at each other happily. The other person who got up with them was a small girl in the front row. She had a delicate and cute appearance. She looked blushing into Wang Dong's handsome face before turning and bowing her head.

"The second team will be…"

"The third team…"

Zhou Yi looked and sounded very authoritative, but after she finished announcing the division of teams, every student in the class seemed to have been relieved of a heavy burden.

"As only one of you is left, the last team will be Mo Xie alone." Zhou Yi concluded.

Mo Xie smiled and didn't care. With his current strength, he could wipe out all the first year students without a problem. His classmates didn't pay much attention either. During those three months, Mo Xie let them form groups to challenge him, and the result was a crushing defeat. They understood his strength, even if they didn't know his limit, so it was no surprise that he could do the assessment by himself.

"I will give you one day to prepare. The assessment will start tomorrow afternoon, so make sure to do enough preparations. All are dismissed! Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, you three stay."

The rest of the students left after handing over their papers, leaving the three of them in the room with Zhou Yi. Mo Xie also turned in his role and said goodbye to Zhou Yi. She didn't say anything either, because she knew he wouldn't have any problems. But she still warned him to show his strength and put on a show for people watching the assessment.

Mo Xie just nodded with a wry smile. It looked like Professor Zhou was really going to make trouble for him if he didn't do something big.

Mo Xie was walking through the academy when he spotted Xu Sanshi beside Ma Xiaotao. Now that she wasn't in her crazed state, he finally had time to observe her and couldn't help but admire her.

She had a well-proportioned, slender body with very exaggerated, firm and luxurious peaks. Her long blood red hair matched her red clothes. Her rosy red eyes were charming and he could tell with certainty that her face was extremely beautiful even if she wore a veil to cover it.

Her waist was extremely thin, with that thinness continuing down to her thighs, where she suddenly arched. Her legs were perfectly straight and round, while at the same time a strong aura of youth that emanated from her senses assaulted her.

"Sister Xiaotao, look, I found him!" Xu Sanshi pointed to Mo Xie and after Ma Xiaotao paid him no more attention, he escaped.

'Mo Xie, don't blame me for being ruthless! If you survive this trial I promise to treat you to a meal.' Xu Sanshi felt increasingly sorry for Mo Xie for having caught Ma Xiaotao's attention. After some time getting acquainted, he had become a good friend of Mo Xie, but he couldn't resist this sister, so he just sold him out. Xu Sanshi was the very definition of a disloyal friend.

Mo Xie seemed to understand Xu Sanshi's thoughts and couldn't help but look at him with disdain. But he soon ignored him and turned his attention to Ma Xiaotao.

"Does this senior sister need something?" Mo Xie asked.

"You must have recognized me by now. My name is Ma Xiaotao and I was the person who attacked you at Sea God Lake. I want to thank you for helping me that day." Ma Xiaotao spoke in a slightly grateful tone. But Mo Xie realized she was trying to keep her expression cold.

"No problem! It was also good training for me and I wasn't hurt, so big sister Xiaotao doesn't have to worry." Mo Xie nodded with a smile. "If that's all, I'll be back now!"

"Wait! I've not finished yet." Ma Xiaotao said quickly. "I need you to train with me and help me suppress my evil flames again." Knowing how important Mo Xie's martial soul was to her, Ma Xiaotao did not hesitate to ask Mo Xie for help.

Mo Xie looked at her for a while before answering, "It's not a problem for me, but you'll have to wait until my evaluation is over. I can help suppress your flames for a few days, and after I pass the freshman evaluation we can start training."

Ma Xiaotao sighed with relief and nodded. She was prepared to negotiate with Mo Xie if he refused, but was glad the other party was so cooperative.

Mo Xie took her to the forest near Sea God Lake before asking her to sit down. He sat cross-legged behind her and placed a hand on her back.

Mo Xie used his Ultimate Ice and Fire for an hour to suppress Ma Xiaotao's evil flames before stopping.

"Senior sister Xiaotao, I can only do this for now. You can come look for me after the evaluations are over." Mo Xie said and stood up.

Ma Xiaotao felt her flames, which had signs of getting out of control, calm down and couldn't help but feel happy. It was so much that she couldn't help but hug Mo Xie.

The unexpected turn of events caught Mo Xie off guard and he couldn't help but blush for a moment. Ma Xiaotao had fun seeing this and said: "Little brother Mo Xie, I'll look for you later!"

Ma Xiaotao then flew to the inner courtyard, leaving Mo Xie alone in the forest.

Mo Xie shook his head and went to the Spirit Tools Department.

The next day soon arrived and the evaluation was about to begin.