It didn't even take Ning 10 crystals to reach the Essence Manifestation realm. With just 9 crystals in a little over a month, he reached the Essence Manifestation realm, reaching the required rank to enter the Interschool competition.
He had done it the night before his day off, so he was free the rest of the day to do whatever he wanted.
And there was nothing he wanted more than to learn a skill.
As soon as he woke up and ate something, he rushed to the Skill shop in the academy, where one could purchase skills using their credits.
Ning had managed to amass a total of 45 credits by now, so he really hoped he got something good with that sort of money.
He had prepared for this moment also by studying what was possible and what he could do.
The most important thing he realized was the advantage that he had against every other Essence user out there. That was the fact that his Essence was incredibly pure, with almost no elemental alignment.
