"Excellent, our Nuoding Academy has produced another genius!"
After the shock, Director Su patted Mo Hui's shoulder and laughed heartily.
Although Mo Hui had previously shown cultivation speed and learning ability that surpassed his peers, it was ultimately not as intuitive as this powerful spirit skill.
In Director Su's decades of teaching career, he had encountered cases where students had fast cultivation speed in the early stages but later faded into obscurity.
They either had bad luck and acquired an ordinary spirit skill, or their mindset was damaged after entering an intermediate spirit master academy, leading to direct decline, or their spirit had reached its limit, causing their cultivation speed to gradually lag behind their peers.
But after witnessing Mo Hui's first spirit skill, Director Su could already foresee the rise of a genius.
Mental decline? Director Su had never seen a student as determined as Mo Hui. Mo Hui's extremely disciplined behavior was something even he, a sixty-year-old middle-aged man, couldn't achieve, let alone a student.
Trash spirit ring? A three-hundred-year-old Gale Demon Wolf, and such a powerful spirit skill. Even if Mo Hui's subsequent spirit rings were slightly worse, it wouldn't matter.
Poor spirit combat power? Bobo gave Director Su the feeling that it was not weaker than those powerful spirits.
The only thing that could stop Mo Hui from advancing was the restriction of innate spirit power, but given Mo Hui's diligent efforts, becoming a Spirit Elder was basically guaranteed, a Spirit Ancestor was highly probable, and reaching Spirit King in his lifetime was not impossible.
One must know that the dean of their Nuoding Academy was only a Level 42 Spirit Ancestor.
"Xiao Hui, congratulations!"
Li Ya also offered her congratulations.
However, the happiest among the three was Mo Hui's uncle, Mo Hen. Years of supporting Mo Hui had finally paid off. A nephew who could steadily become a Spirit Elder and even had hopes of becoming a Spirit King made him see the rise of their family.
"I have to thank Teacher Li Ya and Director Su for this. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to obtain such a good first spirit skill," Mo Hui replied with a smile.
Of course, the person Mo Hui was most grateful to in his heart was his uncle Mo Hen. If it weren't for his uncle, Director Su and Li Ya would never have taken leave to help him obtain a spirit ring, let alone hunt this three-hundred-and-fifty-year-old Gale Demon Wolf for him.
Without Mo Hen's strong support, the best-case scenario would be waiting for the academy's unified arrangement for hunting spirit rings. The teachers, seeing his amiable demeanor and some talent, might help him find an ordinary hundred-year wind-attribute spirit beast to absorb, but that would be it.
After this, the four of them rested briefly before embarking on the journey back to Nuoding Academy.
Half a day later, just before the curfew, the four of them returned to Nuoding City.
"Xiao Hui, we'll go back to rest. If you have any questions, you can find me on the top floor."
After returning to the dormitory building, Mo Hen and the other two separated from Mo Hui, while Mo Hui headed towards the direction of Dormitory Seven.
"Mo Hui, you must have obtained a spirit ring too, let's have a fight!"
As soon as Mo Hui pushed open the door to Dormitory Seven, Tang San eagerly stepped forward, staring at Bobo on Mo Hui's shoulder, his eyes full of fighting spirit.
After absorbing the four-hundred-year Man-faced Demon Spider under Yu Xiaogang's guidance, Tang San was full of confidence that he could defeat Mo Hui. Thus, upon seeing Mo Hui return, he immediately challenged him to a fight.
He wanted to prove that Yu Xiaogang's theory was the best and that Mo Hui's refusal to become Yu Xiaogang's disciple was a huge mistake.
However, upon hearing Tang San's words, the joy Mo Hui felt from obtaining his first spirit ring instantly vanished.
He even felt a little numb. Fight? If I win, will I be lectured by that stingy Douluo again?
Just as Mo Hui was thinking about how to refuse Tang San, a sudden flash of inspiration struck him, and an idea came to mind.
Mo Hui said indifferently, "You can challenge me, but you have to prove you're qualified to challenge me. After all, you were defeated by me before."
Hearing this, Tang San immediately clenched his fists and said in a deep voice, "How do I prove it?"
"It's not difficult!"
Suddenly, Mo Hui pretended to look around and then stopped at Xiao Wu, saying, "If you can defeat her, I'll give you the chance to challenge me."
Tang San would definitely not use hidden weapons against Xiao Wu, and if Tang San didn't use hidden weapons, relying solely on his trash Blue Silver Grass and his so-called first spirit skill, it wouldn't be easy to defeat Xiao Wu.
"Xiao Wu?"
Seeing that Mo Hui had designated Xiao Wu, a hesitant look appeared on Tang San's face.
Tang San didn't really want to fight Xiao Wu. After all, Xiao Wu looked so fragile, and it wouldn't be good if he accidentally injured her during the fight.
Because of Mo Hui's arrival, there was no longer a struggle for leadership, so Tang San didn't know Xiao Wu's true strength, only that Xiao Wu also had innate full spirit power.
But Xiao Wu, upon hearing this, blinked her eyes. "Xiao San, are you fighting me? It sounds like fun, hurry up and come."
"Alright then."
Hearing Xiao Wu say this, Tang San made up his mind. At most, he would just go easy on her. With his Tang Sect's precise control over power, he shouldn't injure her.
However, would things really turn out as Tang San wished?
"Bobo~"
A quarter of an hour later, Bobo looked at Mo Hui, who was meditating and cultivating, and yawned, feeling a bit bored.
There was nothing he could do; Tang San lost the fight against Xiao Wu, and he didn't get a chance to appear.
The next day, at the Nuoding City Spirit Hall branch.
"Your spirit power has actually reached level twelve. It seems the spirit ring you absorbed has a high age!"
In the Spirit Hall's testing room, Mathew Nuo looked at the light on the crystal ball, a little surprised.
However, having witnessed Tang San directly breaking through to level thirteen before, Mathew Nuo wasn't too surprised, but he still subconsciously extended an invitation to Mo Hui: "Little fellow, are you really unwilling to join the Spirit Hall?"
"Sorry, Grandpa Mathew Nuo, I don't want to join the Spirit Hall for now, and I'm already studying at Nuoding Academy."
Mo Hui shook his head, refusing the invitation.
"Alas~ That's a pity!"
Hearing this, Mathew Nuo sighed. Since the other party had already enrolled in Nuoding Academy, he couldn't force him, and his bargaining chips weren't enough either.
A while later, when Mo Hui came out of the Nuoding City Spirit Hall branch, he had an extra badge forged by the Spirit Hall specifically to prove his spirit master identity, and a gold spirit coin, in his hand.
Mo Hui looked at the gold spirit coin, his eyes shining. He had finally obtained the subsidy belonging to spirit masters.
His cultivation consumption exceeded his expectations. After more than a year, his two and a half gold spirit coins were almost depleted. If he didn't get this Spirit Hall subsidy, he would have to ask Mo Hen for living expenses.
"Only a level twelve spirit master?"
At this moment, Mo Hui recalled the scene where his spirit power was tested at level twelve and couldn't help but sigh, "It seems that when absorbing spirit rings in the future, I still need to absorb those with higher ages."
Don't underestimate just one level, but this saved Mo Hui at least several months of cultivation time. Cultivation after level ten is far from as easy as before level ten. Previously, Mo Hui could increase by seven levels in one year and three months, but now it would be quite good if Mo Hui could increase by three levels in the same amount of time.
Moreover, after this attempt, many of Mo Hui's previous concerns were dispelled.
Mo Hui was actually quite hesitant to absorb spirit rings beyond his level like in other novels, fearing that he would explode and die due to excessive energy when absorbing the spirit ring.
When Mo Hui read novels in his previous life, there was a plot that left a deep impression on him. The male protagonist and a small squirrel discovered a spiritual fruit tree at the same time. The male protagonist ate a spiritual fruit from the tree and entered the Qi Refining stage, thus beginning his immortal cultivation path and gaining eternal youth, while the small squirrel only took a bite of the same spiritual fruit but exploded and died on the spot.
Even after transmigrating, Mo Hui never thought of himself as the chosen one. He was more likely to be that little squirrel, who could lose his life if he wasn't careful.
Therefore, Mo Hui had always been very cautious in his actions and would never do anything without confidence.
But this practical experience put Mo Hui's mind at ease, because during the process of absorbing the spirit ring, Mo Hui didn't experience any turmoil. He had experienced similar situations hundreds of times within the past year; this time was just a bit more intense.
Mo Hui even felt that even if the age of this Gale Demon Wolf increased by another one or two hundred years, it wouldn't pose any threat to him.
Thinking of this, Mo Hui thought to himself:
"It seems I can be bolder with my next spirit ring."