It wasn't until dusk that Mo Hui, who had roughly toured the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, finally walked out with Ning Yuan leading the way.
After leaving the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Ning Yuan asked Mo Hui beside him, "Little brother Mo Hui, how did you feel about visiting the Heaven Dou Royal Academy today?"
"To be honest, it wasn't as good as I expected," Mo Hui replied truthfully.
Ning Yuan, upon hearing Mo Hui's words, burst into laughter. After a moment, he said, "It's not wrong for you to feel that way. The Heaven Dou Royal Academy is essentially a place the Heaven Dou Imperial Family uses to settle those noble children and keep them from causing trouble. It's normal for the students' quality to be a bit low, after all, you can't expect that group of idlers to truly cultivate seriously."
"Actually, given the relationship between our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, it wouldn't be impossible for all our disciples to enter the Heaven Dou Royal Academy. However, in reality, only a portion of our collateral branches join the Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Besides the fact that our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's cultivation conditions are not inferior to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, the main reason is the fear that the disciples within the sect will be influenced by the atmosphere of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy."
"Of course..." Ning Yuan changed the subject and continued, "There are actually excellent students in the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but the proportion is relatively small."
"So that's how it is."
Mo Hui nodded and asked Ning Yuan with some curiosity, "What about the standard of other advanced spirit master academies?"
"Other advanced spirit master academies..."
Ning Yuan pondered for a moment and replied, "That question is really not easy to answer. I can only say that each has its strengths. The Heaven Dou Royal Academy is relatively average in all aspects, having a bit of everything, but in every aspect, it's slightly weaker compared to other academies that specialize in certain areas."
"For example, the Five Elements Academy, they are stronger in their respective specialized attributes. Another example is the Plant Academy, which is stronger in plant spirit types. And then there's the Exotic Beast Academy, they have more experience with some strange beast spirit types."
"Overall, no one can completely suppress others in all aspects. If such an existence exists, it can only be that one!"
"Spirit Hall?"
Mo Hui guessed based on Ning Yuan's meaning.
"Yes, Spirit Hall!"
Ning Yuan said with a serious expression, "Spirit Hall possesses the largest collection of books on the entire continent, as well as the most spirit masters on the entire continent. If any academy could be strong in all aspects, it could only be the academy of Spirit Hall."
Hearing this, Mo Hui understood. In the original work, Spirit Hall was indeed the strongest. If it weren't for the sudden appearance of Tang San, that cheat, Spirit Hall's unification of the continent would have been almost inevitable.
Immediately after, Ning Yuan took Mo Hui to an inn in Heaven Dou City to stay.
Originally, Ning Yuan wanted to invite Mo Hui to be a guest at his home, but Mo Hui refused. Ning Yuan was an outer disciple of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, and his parents likely lived within the school's castle. It wouldn't be very convenient for an outsider to go in.
On the other side, after bidding farewell to Mo Hui, Ning Yuan happily arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.
"Xiao Yuan, why are you so happy?"
Ning Yuan's father saw Ning Yuan's joyful expression upon returning home and immediately asked with a smile.
Ning Yuan's father was named Ning Fengxu. He was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties, slightly refined and scholarly.
Upon seeing Ning Fengxu, Ning Yuan eagerly said, "Father, listen to me, I met a genius on this trip..."
Immediately after, Ning Yuan told Ning Fengxu everything that had happened along the way.
After listening, Ning Fengxu showed a thoughtful expression. "Listening to you, he really is a genius. By the way, what was the innate spirit power level of that child named Mo Hui?"
"Uh~ I'm not sure about that yet."
Hearing this, Ning Yuan scratched his head somewhat sheepishly, but then he said, "However, for him to be able to cultivate his spirit power to level 22 at the age of 10, his innate spirit power couldn't be low."
However, Ning Fengxu shook his head and said, "The level of innate spirit power is very important. From what you said about that child named Mo Hui just now, I found that he might have risen through diligent cultivation. His innate spirit power level might not be as high as you expected."
"This... it seems that's true."
After hearing Ning Fengxu's speculation, Ning Yuan said somewhat dejectedly, "Then are we still investing?"
"Of course we are, why wouldn't we invest?"
Ning Fengxu's eyes flashed. "If his innate spirit power is high, it means he has excellent talent and is worth investing in. If his innate spirit power is not high enough, then it means he has a tenacious character and can endure what ordinary people cannot. His future achievements won't be too bad, and he is also worth investing in!"
"However, even with investment, there are levels, and the level of his innate spirit power will determine how much we invest in him."
Although the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School was wealthy, their money was not endless. If Mo Hui's innate spirit power was low, then even if Mo Hui could achieve something in the future, his potential would be limited. Thus, the conditions they were willing to offer would naturally decrease.
The next morning, just as Mo Hui finished his meditation cultivation, a knock on the door came from outside.
"Little brother Mo Hui, are you awake?"
Mo Hui opened the door and saw that besides Ning Yuan, there was also a refined-looking middle-aged man beside him.
"This person's appearance is somewhat similar to Ning Yuan. Could he be Ning Yuan's elder?"
Mo Hui sized up the person in front of him and thought to himself.
At the same time, Ning Fengxu was also observing Mo Hui. Seeing that although Mo Hui was simply dressed, his spirit was good, he couldn't help but nod.
"Mo Hui, this is my father. You can just call him Uncle Ning."
After Mo Hui opened the door, Ning Yuan introduced him.
"Hello, my name is Ning Fengxu. If you don't mind, you can call me Uncle Ning!" Ning Fengxu said to Mo Hui with a smile.
"Uncle Ning."
After speaking, Mo Hui invited the two of them in.
After ordering a pot of tea from the waiter, Mo Hui asked Ning Fengxu, "Uncle Ning, is there something you need coming here so early?"
Mo Hui felt a bit strange inside. He had learned from Ning Yuan a few days ago that his father was a Spirit King above level 50, and his spirit was the number one support spirit in the world, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
Logically, as a mere Great Spirit Master at the moment, he shouldn't be important enough to alarm someone of the level of Ning Yuan's father.
Ning Fengxu took a sip of tea and didn't beat around the bush. He went straight to the point and said to Mo Hui, "Little brother Mo Hui, I wonder if you're interested in joining the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School?"