Eric bid farewell to Green Stone Village and embarked on the long and arduous journey to the Mystical Spirit Academy.
Along the way, he traversed through dense forests, climbed over steep mountains, and crossed turbulent rivers.
In the forests, various strange spiritual plants emitted charming light.
Some twinkled like stars, some burned like flames, and some drifted like faint shadows.
Eric curiously observed these spiritual plants, and his awe for the wonders of the Mystical Spirit Continent grew deeper in his heart.
At the top of the mountains, the cold wind howled past, making his clothes flutter, but his gaze became even more resolute, which was his persistent pursuit of the future.
In the rivers, the currents were raging and powerful, with hidden spiritual power vortices.
Eric carefully applied the spiritual power manipulation techniques he had just grasped and thrillingly passed through one obstacle after another.
After months of strenuous trekking, Eric finally caught sight of the outline of the Mystical Spirit Academy.
It was located on a vast plain and surrounded by a powerful spiritual array.
The array flashed with dazzling light, like a huge protective shield, separating the academy from the outside world.
The academy's buildings were magnificent. Towering spires soared into the sky, and huge spiritual crystals were embedded on their tips.
The spiritual power radiance released by the crystals illuminated the entire academy.
Inside the campus, there were shady trees and blooming flowers everywhere.
Various rare spiritual plants could be seen everywhere, and they formed a beautiful and magnificent picture with the well-arranged buildings.
Eric approached the academy gate with excitement and nervousness.
On both sides of the gate, two huge stone-carved spiritual practitioners stood.
Their gazes were majestic, as if examining every person who came to study.
As soon as Eric reached the gate, an old man in a splendid tutor's robe came forward.
The old man had white hair but was hale and hearty, with wisdom and kindness in his eyes.
He smiled and said to Eric, "Young man, welcome to the Mystical Spirit Academy. I'm Tutor Carl. I'll show you around here."
Eric respectfully saluted Tutor Carl and said, "Hello, tutor. My name is Eric. I'm from Green Stone Village. I'm very glad to come to the Mystical Spirit Academy."
Tutor Carl led Eric into the academy and walked along the wide blue stone avenue.
On both sides of the road, students came and went.
They were dressed in various kinds of clothes.
Some were from prosperous towns and their clothes were exquisite and gorgeous.
Some were from remote mountain villages and their clothes were simple and plain.
But there was a passion for spiritual power cultivation in their eyes.
Tutor Carl introduced as they walked, "The Mystical Spirit Academy is one of the top institutions on the Mystical Spirit Continent.
Excellent students from all over gather here.
The academy is divided into multiple faculties, including the Spiritual Skill Faculty, the Spiritual Array Faculty, the Spiritual Pharmacy Faculty, the Spiritual Source Faculty and so on.
Each faculty has its own unique teaching content and research direction.
You can choose according to your interests and talents."
Eric was fascinated and full of expectations for future studies.
They came to the student dormitory area.
The buildings in the dormitory area were neat and beautiful.
Small buildings were surrounded by green trees.
Tutor Carl arranged a dormitory for Eric and told him to have a good rest and get ready for the upcoming entrance test.
Eric entered the dormitory.
The room was not large but was decorated very warm.
There was a comfortable bed, a desk, a wardrobe, and a window.
Through the window, one could see the beautiful campus scenery outside.
Eric put down his backpack, sat on the bed, and secretly vowed in his heart that he must study hard in the Mystical Spirit Academy and live up to the expectations of his parents and the villagers.
The day of the entrance test finally arrived.
The test site was located in the central square of the academy.
The square was already crowded with people.
Students gathered in groups, nervously discussing the test content.
Eric stood in the crowd, took a deep breath, and tried to calm himself down.
He knew that this was the first hurdle for him in the Mystical Spirit Academy and he had to go all out.
The test began.
The first test was the spiritual power perception test.
A middle-aged spiritual practitioner with a serious expression walked forward, holding a spiritual crystal that emitted a strong spiritual power fluctuation in his hand.
He held up the spiritual crystal and said, "Dear students, this spiritual crystal contains spiritual power of multiple attributes. You need to perceive the attributes and intensities of the spiritual power and say them out loud."
After saying that, he released the spiritual power of the crystal.
Instantly, a powerful spiritual power fluctuation swept across the whole field.
Eric immediately activated the Spiritual Source Insight ability of the Spiritual Source Awakening System.
In his vision, the spiritual power in the crystal was like colorful threads, clearly showing their respective attributes and flow paths.
He said without hesitation, "This spiritual crystal contains spiritual power of three attributes: fire, water, and wind.
Among them, the fire attribute spiritual power is the strongest, the water attribute is the second, and the wind attribute is the weakest."
His answer was accurate, and the students around him cast surprised glances at him.
The next test was the spiritual power manipulation test.
The tester placed a huge spiritual power ball in the center of the square and asked the students to inject spiritual power into it and change the shape and color of the ball.
Eric walked forward, stretched out his hands, with his palms facing the spiritual power ball.
He concentrated his mind, mobilized the spiritual power in his body, and slowly injected it into the spiritual power ball.
With the assistance of Spiritual Source Insight, he precisely controlled the flow of spiritual power.
Under his manipulation, the spiritual power ball gradually turned into the shape of a spiritual bird spreading its wings and about to fly, and its color also changed from the original white to a gorgeous seven-color.
There was a warm applause from the audience, and even the tester's face showed an approving smile.
The last test was the spiritual skill display test.
Eric recalled the encounter with the spiritual crystal in the cave behind Green Stone Village and the spiritual skills he had practiced alone afterwards.
He stood in the center of the square, with his feet apart and his hands forming seals.
He chanted incantations.
As his chanting sounded, a beam of light formed by the convergence of spiritual power shot out from his palm.
The light was like a sharp long sword, cutting through the sky and accurately hitting the target at the end of the square.
After the test, Tutor Carl walked up with a big smile and said, "Eric, you did extremely well. Your talent and potential make me very optimistic. I believe that under the cultivation of the Mystical Spirit Academy, you will surely become an outstanding spiritual practitioner."
Eric successfully passed the entrance test and officially became a member of the Mystical Spirit Academy.
He started a tense and fulfilling study life. Every early morning, he would get up early and go to the academy's training ground for spiritual power cultivation.
On the training ground, students were displaying their own spiritual skills, and the colorful spiritual power lights intertwined, forming a spectacular scene.
Eric constantly explored and experimented in his cultivation.
He used the Spiritual Source Insight ability of the Spiritual Source Awakening System to observe other students' spiritual skill displays, learn their techniques and experiences, and then combined his own understanding to create his own unique spiritual skills.
In class, Eric listened carefully to the tutors' explanations.
The tutor of the Spiritual Skill Faculty introduced in detail the principles and application methods of various spiritual skills, from basic attack spiritual skills to advanced defense spiritual skills, from single-target attack spiritual skills to group attack spiritual skills.
Each spiritual skill opened Eric's eyes.
The tutor of the Spiritual Array Faculty demonstrated various magical spirit array,including defensive spiritual arrays, offensive spiritual arrays, and auxiliary spiritual arrays.
Eric was attracted by the mystery and power of spiritual arrays.
He spent a lot of his spare time studying spiritual arrays and trying to decipher their mysteries.
The courses of the Spiritual Pharmacy Faculty also benefited Eric a lot.
He learned about the medicinal values of various spiritual plants and the methods of refining spiritual medicines, and also learned how to distinguish the qualities and attributes of spiritual plants.
Besides studying and cultivating, Eric also made many like-minded friends.
On the training ground, he met a girl named Lillian.
Lillian was a talented student in the Spiritual Skill Faculty.
Her spiritual skill display was agile and graceful, like a dancing fairy.
Eric often sparred with her in spiritual skills. In the sparring, they learned from each other and made progress together.
There was also a student named Tom.
He came from an ancient family and had a profound research on spiritual arrays.
Eric exchanged insights on spiritual arrays with him and learned a lot of precious knowledge about spiritual arrays from him.
However, Eric's excellent performance also brought some troubles.
There were several aristocratic children in the academy.
They were arrogant because of their powerful family backgrounds and domineered in the academy.
They were jealous of Eric's favor from Tutor Carl and his reputation among the students. So they colluded secretly and planned a conspiracy, wanting to make Eric look bad in a practical combat drill and suppress his arrogance.
Eric was completely unaware of these conspiracies.
He still focused on his own study and cultivation.
In a practical combat drill class, the tutor divided the students into groups for confrontation drill.
Eric's group was arranged to fight against the group where those aristocratic children were.
After the battle started, Eric launched the first attack.
He displayed a new spiritual skill he had created.
A powerful spiritual power shock wave swept towards the other group.
However, those aristocratic children were well-prepared.
They joined hands and displayed a powerful defensive spiritual array and easily withstood Eric's attack.
Then they started to counter-attack.
Using the powerful spiritual skills passed down by their families, they launched a fierce attack on Eric's group.
Eric's group gradually got into trouble and other members were injured one after another.
Eric was anxious.
He knew that if he couldn't reverse the situation as soon as possible, their group would lose this drill.
Just then, Eric suddenly had an idea.
He remembered a solution he had learned when studying spiritual arrays.
He concentrated his mind, mobilized the spiritual power in his body, and drew a small spiritual array under his feet according to a specific route.
This spiritual array interacted with the other side's defensive spiritual array and generated a powerful interfering force. Under the effect of this force, a flaw appeared in the other side's defensive spiritual array.
Eric seized the opportunity and launched another attack.
He exerted his full strength and a dazzling spiritual power light broke through the other side's defense and hit one of the aristocratic children.
That aristocratic child was hit and flew backwards and fell heavily on the ground. The other aristocratic children were panicked when they saw this.
Eric took the opportunity to lead his group to counter-attack and finally successfully reversed the situation and won this practical combat drill.