7: School

At this moment, inside a simple house.

Ye Yan hid in his room, excitedly looking at a backpack full of Martial Spirits.

With so many Martial Spirits, if nothing unexpected happened, that orange Martial Spirit would be among them.

Ye Yan activated his Origin Qi, slowly drawing on his Mental Energy, and began to sense the abilities within them.

This was a special ability he had mastered in his previous life; relying on his Mental Energy, he could sense the abilities of some lower-quality Martial Spirits.

For higher-quality abilities, he was currently powerless.

This could also be considered a type of Martial Skill, but it was a rather special Mental Martial Skill, requiring one to first perceive one's own Mental Energy to master it.

Achieving this was not so easy, as Mental Energy was not an existence that could be easily detected.

Although Mental Energy existed within everyone, comprehending it required a certain talent, a solid foundation, and a bit of luck.

In his previous life, Ye Yan only comprehended the existence of Mental Energy by chance at the Fourth Rank, and then came into contact with Mental Battle Skills.

However, relying on his experience from his previous life, Ye Yan successfully comprehended Mental Energy at the First Rank.

Although it was very faint, it was indeed present.

And besides Mental Energy, he also had the cultivation-type Battle Skills he mastered in his previous life that could enhance Mental Energy.

This beginning was much better than his previous life.

At this time in his previous life, he seemed to still be striving to enter a top Spirit Master academy, but in the end, he failed the entrance exam.

Later, if it weren't for a chance encounter where he bought a special green Battle Spirit from a wandering Spirit Master, he would not have had the Opportunity to rise.

Now with such a good start, in this life, he would definitely be able to reach the Ninth Rank in a shorter amount of time, and even have hope of reaching the legendary Tenth Rank.

With an excited heart, Ye Yan began to sense the ability of the Gray Battle Spirit in his hand.

It wasn't it.

Ye Yan switched to another, continued to sense, and it still wasn't it.

Ye Yan remained patient and continued to sense.

No, no, no...

Until the very last one.

Ye Yan looked at the last Gray Battle Spirit in his hand, feeling a bit excited.

If nothing unexpected happened, the Gray Battle Spirit in his hand would be that orange Battle Spirit, Slayer of Shadows.

With an excited heart, Ye Yan sensed its ability.

However, something unexpected happened: the last Battle Spirit was also not that orange potential Battle Spirit.

Ye Yan immediately calmed down, then checked all the Gray Battle Spirits to confirm there were no issues, and then began to ponder the discrepancy.

Currently, there were only two possibilities: one, his memory from his previous life had an error, and he was looking in the wrong place.

However, he remembered it very clearly, because he had envied it for a long time back then; even if there was an error, it would be incorrect information.

The other possibility was that a change had occurred in this life, and someone had taken that Battle Spirit in advance.

'Lu Qianyuan? Could it be him?'

The first person Ye Yan thought of was Lu Qianyuan, because Lu Qianyuan gave him a different feeling.

Completely different from the weak, insignificant person he remembered from his previous life.

Ye Yan suddenly recalled that in his previous life, Lu Qianyuan seemed to have disappeared around these few days, but he wasn't close to Lu Qianyuan, so he hadn't cared.

If his memory wasn't mistaken, Lu Qianyuan might also disappear these few days, and then his clue would be cut off.

Although it was also possible that someone else took it, Ye Yan's intuition told him that Lu Qianyuan was the most suspicious.

Now he didn't even know where Lu Qianyuan's home was, so even if he wanted to find him, he wouldn't have the Opportunity.

He could only wait until Lu Qianyuan went to school tomorrow to ask him, to see if he could get any useful information.

For now, he would continue to Cultivate and improve his strength.

Ye Yan closed his eyes and began to activate his Battle Skill to enhance his Mental Energy.

Strong Mental Energy had many benefits; if Mental Energy was strong enough, one could even directly draw in the surrounding Origin Qi to merge with oneself, rapidly increasing one's strength.

However, Ye Yan couldn't do this yet; to achieve this, Mental Energy had to be extremely powerful.

...

The next day, Lu Qianyuan slept until noon before getting out of bed.

He picked up his phone and saw several missed calls; two were from his homeroom teacher, Li Hong.

The remaining few were from an unknown number, and someone had sent a friend request, with the name Ye Yan.

Lu Qianyuan ignored all of them; things like attending class were not worth his excessive concern, his own comfort was the most important.

Anyway, his previous self was just a poor student, and attending class or not had no impact on his grades, consistently occupying the bottom three in the class, unshakeable.

His talent was too poor, efforts were half-effective, so bad grades were normal.

Lu Qianyuan simply washed up, then bought a pile of snacks and ate them on the way.

By two in the afternoon, Lu Qianyuan arrived at school.

It was just time for class, so Lu Qianyuan entered the classroom, went to his seat, and began to take a nap.

In the class, he was no different from an insignificant person; even coming so late, no one would care.

Now everyone was concerned about the grand examination, hoping to shine in the grand examination three months later, thereby entering a top Spirit Master academy, leaving this remote place, and changing their Heaven-Defying fate.

His previous self was originally one of these hardworking students.

Hoping to change his Heaven-Defying fate through his own efforts, and rise to become a superior person.

Heaven was fair; his previous self worked very hard, so it sent him this cheat, but unfortunately, his previous self couldn't hold on to it.

Lu Qianyuan wasn't very concerned about his previous self's wishes; he would improve his strength, but he wouldn't work himself to death like his previous self.

If asked, it was because he had a cheat, completely unconcerned.

Just as Lu Qianyuan was about to sleep, a figure came to his side.

"Classmate Lu Qianyuan."

Lu Qianyuan ignored him and continued to sleep.

"Classmate Lu Qianyuan."

Seeing that Lu Qianyuan ignored him, Ye Yan called out again.

Seeing that Lu Qianyuan still ignored him, Ye Yan had no choice but to give up; anyway, it would be practical combat class later, and Lu Qianyuan couldn't stay in the classroom to sleep.

Since Lu Qianyuan was here, he would have time to ask him slowly later.

At this moment, Ye Yan also breathed a sigh of relief; if Lu Qianyuan had died, then his clue to that Battle Spirit, Slayer of Shadows, would have been completely cut off.

Fortunately, Lu Qianyuan was back, and he still had an Opportunity.

After waiting for a moment, the class bell rang.

The tall practical combat teacher, Luo Gang, entered the classroom, his imposing figure filled with pressure.

"Everyone, gather at field number three; the last five people will be punished with a five-kilometer long-distance run."

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately rushed out, only Lu Qianyuan remained lie on his desk, sleeping.

Ye Yan specifically observed Lu Qianyuan, and seeing that he had no intention of getting up, some doubt appeared in his heart.

According to his memory, although Lu Qianyuan's talent was extremely poor and his strength was at the bottom, his attitude towards studying was never ambiguous.

Although his practical combat scores were very poor, he never thought of giving up.

Unfortunately, his talent was too poor, his strength progressed slowly, and his grades were basically at the bottom.

And Lu Qianyuan's current performance was clearly very inconsistent with what was in his memory.