Chapter 12 Verification

　　"Three?"

　　John Smith raised an eyebrow.

　　"Yes, it's quite rare. I've been working here for over a decade and this is the first time I've encountered this situation. It's incredibly rare to have three self-awakeners in the same cohort..."

　　The balding staff member scratched his head and apologized.

　　"If it's convenient, I need to verify your soul power level and actual age, and establish a basic file for your lifebound beast. Is that alright with you?"

　　"No problem," John Smith agreed readily.

　　"Please follow me." The staff member stood up and politely led John Smith to a room on the second floor.

　　As they climbed the stairs, he continued to explain.

　　"Young man, don't blame me for making it so complicated."

　　" If your verification is successful and your identity as a self-awakener is confirmed, the academy will provide you with the highest level of resources for new students for a period of three months. This is a significant amount of wealth, so it's better to be careful."

　　"I understand," John Smith nodded, slightly surprised. "Does the academy still differentiate between new students? What are the specific standards?"

　　"I can't reveal too much about the detailed standards, but in simple terms, every new student can enjoy the academy's three-month resource support for free. "

　　"This resource allocation is divided into four levels, from low to high: C, B, A, and S."

　　"Among them, CBA correspond to the students with initial, intermediate, and advanced soul power levels respectively, while S corresponds to self-awakeners..."

　　The staff member had a potential for being talkative, and he didn't stop talking: "As for what specific resources are available, you'll know when the time comes... "

　　"Hey, generally speaking, it's normal to have one self-awakener every two or three years. It's been abnormal in the past few years, and now there are three this year! The academy is really going to be in chaos..."

　　"Um... It's a dead end up ahead..." John Smith stopped in his tracks and couldn't help interrupting him.

　　"Oh, sorry, sorry. I was too busy talking. Here, this way!"

　　The room was about a hundred square meters and filled with many instruments of various sizes, resembling a shop.

　　Two or three staff members were meticulously cleaning and maintaining the equipment.

　　After learning that John Smith needed to undergo self-awakening verification, the several staff members exchanged a surprised glance.

　　However, John Smith was satisfied with their work ethic and they didn't waste any time, immediately taking out the necessary equipment – the soul power crystal ball.

　　It was a human-sized white crystal ball, pure white like jade, without any flaws, and it looked very expensive.

　　John Smith stared at it for a moment, feeling a warm sense of familiarity, and couldn't help but remember the woman who had adopted him at the age of six, who was his nominal stepmother.

　　"When I was just a kid, I used to play with these instruments in her lab..."

　　"...come to think of it, if she hadn't suddenly written me a letter, telling me that she was working at the Shanhai Academy now and recommending that I come here to study, I might have gone to the Chilong Royal Academy..."

　　"after all, that's the first academy in name, supported by the royal family of the Nordia Dynasty..."

　　"I wonder how she's doing now, maybe I'll visit her when I'm settled in..."

　　John Smith thought to himself, but his hands didn't stop, and he expertly pressed his palm against the crystal ball, unleashing his soul power without reservation.

　　The white crystal ball lit up in a burst of light, almost instantly, and two lines of text appeared in the center:

　　[Soul Power Value: 10086]

　　[Bone Age: 16 years old]

　　The staff member who led him in looked at the data several times, raised his head with a look of confusion, and asked:

　　"Isn't a soul power value of 7000 enough for peak Spirit Master level? Is this device broken? Why is it so much higher?"

　　"I don't think so, I've been using it so much these past few days, and I haven't noticed any problems..."

　　Another staff member was also a little stunned, murmuring, "If the soul power value exceeds ten thousand, it corresponds to the initial level of a Spirit Servant, right?"

　　"How about we try again?" the third staff member tentatively suggested.

　　Five minutes later.

　　[Soul Power Value: 10120]

　　Looking at the first line of text in the soul power crystal ball, the throats of the staff members present became dry, and they turned to stare at John Smith as if they were examining a monster.

　　"What are you guys looking at?"

　　John Smith calmly took a step back, their naked eyes looking as if they wanted to strip him bare, which was very creepy.

　　"Do you know that you just broke a record when you entered the academy...in over a hundred years of the school's history, the first self-awakened student with an initial total soul power that can rival that of a Spirit Servant level student, you're simply...amazing!"

　　John Smith looked around carefully and asked, "What do you mean? Am I a peak-level Spirit Master or just at the beginning level of Soul Apprentice?"

　　A staff member kept licking his lips and speculated, "You're still a peak-level Spirit Master... maybe it's because your physique is special, your soul power capacity under the same level is far higher than others. "

　　"So now your total soul power reserve has broken through the dividing line of the beginning level of Soul Apprentice, but there must be some gap in quality..."

　　"But when you truly break through to the beginning level of Soul Apprentice, maybe your total soul power will be equal to others' mid-level, and your soul power will always be deeper than others at the same level, which is scary..."

　　"Sounds good." John Smith realized and then smiled, "So does that mean I passed the test?"

　　"Of course!"

　　Several staff members nodded like chicks pecking at grain.

　　One of them accompanied him with a hospitable smile, "Excuse me, can you summon your contracted spirit beast for us to record? According to the college regulations, records must be kept for autonomous awakeners for research purposes..."

　　Hearing this, John Smith lowered his eyes and lightly patted the round bulge under his shirt collar, shouting, "Galaxy, wake up!"

　　"Galaxy" was the name that John Smith came up with when he was on his way here.

　　The main inspiration came from the silver-white beautiful pupils of the moon rabbit, which easily evokes thoughts of the glittering stars in the sky.

　　So John Smith named it Galaxy, hoping that she could shine like endless stars in the night sky, forever blooming with her own beautiful brilliance.

　　"Chirp, chirp???"

　　First, a pair of pink bunny ears stretched out, then the little one poked out its bewildered head and looked at John Smith with big eyes, not understanding how it got a new name after just taking a nap.

　　Several staff members rushed to gather around, staring at it with eyes bigger than Galaxy's.

　　"Tube-shaped long ears, cluster-shaped short tail, pure white fur like snow, silver-white pupils like star bands, crescent moon mark on the brow... if I'm not mistaken, this should be a moon rabbit?"

　　"Noah Cooper, be a little more bold and remove the word 'should'!"