2 The first day of the school starts

Wang Wei' academy lessons finally started, when he came to the gates he ran into another boy that was around his age. "Hello my name is Wang Wei what is yours?" he said with a great smile on his face. "Long Yue the boy replied" he had a slim build and was also pretty handsome just like Wang Wei.

After talking for a while Long Yue asked: "So what is your soul form, mine is the holy leopard." As Wang Wei stood in astonishment of the amazing soul form he said "Mine is the red snake" while he hid his face because he felt ashamed.

"Really? My father used to say that no matter the soul form ones potential wasn't bound to it." Long Yue replied with a gentle smile on his face.

"But it is known by everyone that it is one of the weakest soul forms. The only thing good about me is that I can cultivate soul energy."

"So what. Who knows what lies ahead in your life. Come on let's go class is about to start" Long Yue said as he walked to the academy building.

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"Welcome to your first day in the academy I'm your teacher Li Yun I will teach you until you graduate from this academy." The teacher of the class was a woman who was in her mid 30's but because of her beauty, one would easily mistake her for 20 years old.

"Okay let's begin with soul jewels. A soul jewel is a jewel that a soul beast drops when it is killed. A soul expert can choose to absorb the soul jewel and with that gain a special ability that will help them in combat. If you kill a holy beast you will get a light jewel the lighter a jewel the stronger it is. When you kill an unholy beast you will get a dark jewel the darker a jewel the stronger it is. Whether you are suited for hunting holy or unholy beasts depend on your soul form. Wang Wei, for example, has the red snake as soul form it is not as strong as normal ones but he can choose which one he wants to hunt. But Long Yue, for example, has the holy leopard which gives him no choice but to hunt holy beasts."

"Teacher you say hunt holy beasts but isn't that a sin according to their name?"

"No, it isn't a sin. They were called holy beasts because they give light soul jewels and unholy beasts give dark soul jewels. It is just a name these beasts don't have any powers. Also a person that has nine soul jewels but has an unholy soul form will still be called a heavenly god. Now that I have explained that let me tell you about the requirements of getting an approval letter for your next academy. You will attend this academy for seven years if you can achieve the level of chi apprentice then you will get an approval letter for your next academy. So I advise you to cultivate with all your might. Okay, let me tell you the technique to meditating."

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"Hey, Wang Wei!" Wang Wei turned around and saw it was Long Yue who said these words. "Hey what's up?" he said in return.

"I wanted to invite you to my place and practice martial arts together. My father teaches martial arts at our dojo so I wanted to invite you to practice together with me."

"Martial arts? Why would I practice that? Isn't my time better spend cultivating?"

"Don't you know? In the world of soul experts, you can incorporate martial arts into your fighting technique. There are a whole lot of different martial arts I practice jong martial arts it's a combination of multiple martial arts but there is also boxing, kung fu and all sorts of martial arts. There are also body enhancements in special martial arts ."

"Really? Okay, I'll come with you but I still need a lot of time to cultivate soul energy. We need to reach 10 levels to reach chi apprentice and since I have a weak soul form my progress will be slower than yours."

"I know don't worry about that while practicing a martial arts you are also training your meridians a little bit so cultivating will go easier."

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They arrived at a dojo which had written on the door: Long family dojo.

"Father I'm home I brought a friend who is interested in learning martial arts!"

"Really you'll have to introduce me then." A large bald muscular man walked into the room.

"Hello, my name is Long Chen. I'm Long Yue' father and I teach martial arts here. It is a tough sport do you think you're ready for it?"

"I think so." Wang Wei replied.

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"Welcome home." As Wang Wei returned his mother greeted him with a big smile and a nice meal.

After training with Long Yue Wang Wei was absolutely exhausted so a nice warm meal was exactly what he needed. When he finished eating he went to his room to start cultivating. He used the method that his teacher taught him and his class. As to be expected his progress was pretty slow but he still felt the level of soul energy in his body rising. Although it wasn't much it was still something.

'It will be very difficult to reach chi apprentice before I graduate' Wang Wei thought to himself. But he refused to give up.