300 kilometers northwest of Zhen Sheng City.

The night was silent, with a full moon hanging high.

The lake surface was vast and boundless, seemingly a giant smooth obsidian, embracing the stars and the bright moon.

In the woods along the shore, insect chirps rose and fell, and occasionally night-active Spirit Beasts, fish in the lake, disturbed the water's surface with ripples.

This place lies at the heart of the Mirror Heart Lake Spirit Beast Protection Area, though it's close to Zhen Sheng City, it remains tranquil and quiet.

This is because it belongs to the Spirit Alliance's Zhen Sheng Sub-Alliance's Spirit Beast Protection Area.

Even if a Spirit Master needs to pass through, they must try to avoid disturbing the ecosystem here.

However, this natural harmony was muted in an instant by an invisible force.

The insect chirps abruptly stopped, the fish scattered in all directions, even the giant turtle like an island and the snakes over ten meters long were no exception, as if sensing some absolute majesty.

The lake surface remained calm, even the wind seemed to hold its breath, as though all sounds were suppressed by that massive presence, leaving only the occasional gentle ripple of the lake water.

Finally, at the lake's center, a large bubble slowly rose, popped with a soft "gloop," scattering fine water droplets in all directions.

At the deepest part of this boundless lake, where light could not reach, in a dead silent abyss, a pair of enormous eyes slowly opened.

They were deep blue vertical pupils, like two impeccably sharp cut gems, cold and majestic.

With a deep breathing sound, the water around it quietly parted, large amounts of sediment being stirred by the weak currents, floating in the lightless lake bottom.

The enormous body, several tens of meters long, slowly swayed, its slender tail gently sweeping across the lake bottom, stirring a deep current, slowly swimming upwards.

In a moment, the pitch-black rugged scales surfaced, followed by the ancient and solemn face of the Eastern Dragon Race, with two antlers curving backward shimmering with a jade-like glow under the moonlight.

The wings adhered to the sturdy scales slowly unfurled, water flowing down the enormous wings like waterfalls.

The Dragon births nine sons.

The fourth son, Pulao, similar in form to a dragon, known for its roar, possesses divine power.

A shadow loomed over the lakeside, this dragon figure raised a forepaw, scratching a dark scale near its ear.

In the silent night sky, a cheerful female voice rang out.

"Sub-Alliance Leader, I've already handed your scale to Lin Guang, and he's agreed to join our Spirit Alliance."

Lei Wanting laughed, "This junior of mine truly is an impressive person."

The dragon figure lifted its head, gazing at the golden full moon hanging high, with a glimmer in its enormous deep blue dragon eye.

Yet, for a long time, this Dragon King showed no desire to continue speaking, as if forgetting Lei Wanting was even there.

"...Sub-Alliance Leader?"

After some time, it seemed to come to its senses, a deep voice echoed across the lake.

"That's good."

"Thank… you."

After speaking, without waiting to say more, it abruptly sank below the water, merging its large body into the lake, leaving the somewhat dazed Lei Wanting.

She hurriedly shouted, "Ah?! Wait! Sub-Alliance Leader, I still want to ask something—"

The lake surface showed no response.

"Hey!!"

"I always wondered why those trouble-averse people kept making me contact… Pulao is completely senile!"

...

September 1st.

In other words… school was starting.

Just like on Earth in the past life.

But now, there was no longer any surprise for such a trivial matter, given such a massive world, a day was still twenty-four hours, a year still 365 days.

The universe is so vast, you can always find two similar leaves.

Blue Star and past life Earth have many similarities, sharing similar astronomical and geographical cultures.

For some unknown reason, even after that great change, when the true starry sky vanished, the calendar still aligned, and summer and winter holidays remained so brief.

Of course, no matter how long the vacation time is, students always feel it's not enough.

However, for Lin Guang and most of the Experimental School's students, summer breaks differed little from regular days, at most transitioning from attending classes at school to renting Meditation Rooms and Training Rooms, or attending external tutoring classes.

Those who wish to achieve something as Combat Spirit Masters, to become individuals who can roam the Wilderness, respected in the eyes of ordinary people, must have such awareness.

Morning.

It seemed the principal wasn't present at the school, so the opening ceremony ended with a brief speech from the director of teaching.

The students quickly returned to their classrooms from the square in front of the teaching building, simultaneously waiting for the first class to begin.

Indeed, some quietly chatted about their summer experiences, but the overall atmosphere of the class felt heavier compared to usual, even Wang Dawei, sitting near the podium, seemed uncharacteristically quiet, resting his chin on his hand, lost in thought.

Yet, in truth, most of the classmates, in their silence, focused their gaze on a particular person.

A boy wearing black-framed glasses, reading a paper book, sitting in the penultimate row by the window.

His slightly messy black hair, high nose bridge, sharp features, and outrageously handsome face.

Of course, he wasn't a stranger to them.

It was just surprising to see him here.

Finally, someone couldn't hold back and asked, "So Lin Guang, why are you attending class?"

Lin Guang closed the reference book filled with dense complex theories and knowledge, looked up, "I'm a student, of course, I come to class."

The person awkwardly laughed, "Feels like except for the joint exams, we haven't seen you for half the semester… occasionally glimpsing you at the training ground entrance."

"I was quite busy." Lin Guang shook his head with a smile, "But today is the first day, so I thought I'd come and see everyone and take a break."

As soon as he said this, the classroom's atmosphere suddenly became lively again.

Realizing Lin Guang wasn't distancing himself due to his status and accomplishments, classmates began bombarding him with various questions and topics.

Lin Guang responded to each with a smile.

…Just like before.

In truth, with Lin Guang's potential and learning, attending classes in the classroom no longer provided much help to him.

But for him, seeing classmates and teachers wasn't about lowering himself or being pretentious, it was a form of relaxation and leisure.

Even if the lecture was boring, he could take out the complex theoretical research books that Miss Kaiwen found for him, books that would make Vishdair faint at first glance.

Soon, the class bell rang, and the homeroom teacher, Ouyang Wei, coughed and entered the classroom, everyone quickly returned to their seats.

"Starting today, you are sophomores."

He glanced at Lin Guang and continued, "In our class, the average level of everyone's initial Spirit Beasts has reached level 18, and quite a few of you have experienced your first evolution, a stark contrast to your selves from a year ago, marking you among the best of your peers."

"But—!"

Ouyang Wei suddenly intensified his tone, "Don't be misled by this surge of power, thinking life will always go smoothly, and don't become envious or restless upon seeing someone else gain opportunities."

Today was the first day of school, yet the seats weren't all occupied; this was the source of the class's initial somber mood.

This meant some students had left this class.

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