Early the next morning.

Lin Guang stepped out of the taxi and arrived at the entrance of the Zhen Sheng City Education Bureau.

The Zhen Sheng City Education Bureau is a landmark building in Zhen Sheng City.

It is located in the city center, adjacent to the elegant white city government building next door, and its scale exceeds it significantly.

The entire Education Bureau is grand and expansive, with the main building composed of three modern high-rises clad in glass curtain walls, interconnected with fully enclosed corridors.

A lake flows in front of the building, the glittering and rippling surface sparkling with dazzling gold, a path lined with smooth pebbles winds around the lakeside, and the surrounding lawns still display vibrant green vitality even in winter.

From an aerial view, one can see a pattern that resembles some special Spirit Rune Array structure in the building itself.

Lin Guang approached the gate control; before he could present any identification, he noticed the stern gatekeeper in military uniform seemed to have just received some instruction, then he made a gesture to let him pass, nodding as Lin Guang walked inside.

Continuing along the path by the lake, Lin Guang finally arrived at the entrance of the tallest building located in the center.

Here stood a massive bronze statue, depicting a man with a face like an honest old farmer but an extremely tall and strong build. He wore a military uniform, obviously having a military background but not exuding a battle-hungry aura like Tianmu, instead giving off a feeling of profound virtue. The base bore the motto "Enlighten the mind with Spirits, nurture the soul with wisdom."

This is the Seven-Star Spirit Master "Iron Bull True Man."

The elementary students of Zhen Sheng City all know he was a lieutenant general of the Great Xia military, assigned over a century ago to develop Zhen Sheng City, also serving as the first director of the Zhen Sheng City Education Bureau.

He entered the door, finding a direct elevator in the minimalist styled lobby, and pressed the button for the top floor—Kong Guofeng's office was on the 37th floor.

Upon the elevator opening, they proceeded along a corridor made of white marble at their feet and a streamlined light strip above, ultimately arriving at the office door.

The door was not closed.

Lin Guang knocked on the door and walked right in.

"Director Kong, I'm here."

The overall decor and furniture were warm-toned, with a few traditional Great Xia ink paintings on the walls, vaguely revealing the outlines of Spirit Beasts and Spirit Patterns.

The desk was crafted from a single piece of natural Spirit Wood, with a faintly glowing spiritual luster, holding a high-performance computer made from mechanical Spirit Beast parts, and the bookshelves in the corner were filled with ancient texts and modern Spirit Beast research literature, along with a small bronze Spirit Beast statue acting as some sort of mechanism.

The entire office lacked superfluous decoration but exuded understated luxury.

Seeing Lin Guang entering, Kong Guofeng put down his pen, got up, and scrutinized him for a few seconds, then asked:

"Have you reached Three-Star?"

Lin Guang shook his head: "Not yet, I'm just at level 29 now, but I can feel it coming soon, likely in a day or two."

Kong Guofeng raised an eyebrow, a bit surprised on his composed and mature face: "Not at Three-Star yet, then how…"

But soon, this surprise transformed into joy.

Of course, he didn't know that Lin Guang's Talent had seen significant improvement, only sensing that Lin Guang's aura was much stronger than the last time they met, yet very stable, without any anomalies, indicating there was no danger of premature advancement.

Thinking of this, Kong Guofeng nodded in satisfaction: "Good, very good."

"In that case, I'll skip the pleasantries."

"You should know that today I called you here to grant you the reward from the Great Xia for stopping the Demon King's invasion and discovering a new breed of Demon Race last time."

"Follow me."

The two left the office and entered the elevator.

Without any apparent action from Kong Guofeng, the elevator suddenly trembled and started descending continuously.

After passing the first floor, the elevator's floor display screen suddenly changed to 0.

Almost a minute later, the elevator doors finally opened, revealing a peculiar passage.

The passage walls were seamlessly fused from large pale silver metal plates, and vertical arrangement of built-in lights lined the ceiling.

Here is…

Noticing Lin Guang's confusion, Kong Guofeng smiled slightly and explained: "Layer Zero."

"This is three hundred meters underground of the Education Bureau, also the deepest level that the elevator you were in can descend to."

"But the true storeroom is actually much deeper."

He led Lin Guang further, reaching the end of a corridor—a red door was painted on the metal wall's end, quite peculiar,

Kong Guofeng reached out and pressed it.

A flash of light, and the door suddenly appeared like rippling water, opening inward automatically, revealing a compartment only one square meter in size, with a green circle drawn on the black stone floor.

Upon closer inspection, the circle was composed of an incredibly intricate and dense network of Spirit Patterns.

He glanced at Lin Guang and stepped onto it.

The next moment, with a slight fluctuation of Ether, Kong Guofeng suddenly vanished from the spot.

This is the legendary Teleportation Array…

Lin Guang realized something and, without hesitation, stepped in as well.

This time, the dizzying feeling lasted for several seconds.

With vision restored, Kong Guofeng's voice accompanied it.

"We've arrived."

Before them was a bright space over a thousand square meters.

A soft white light poured down from chandeliers in the ten-meter high domed ceiling, and the entire space's silver-white ceiling and walls displayed golden, tree-root-like dense, peculiar patterns flickering in and out, extremely unusual.

The layout here bears some resemblance to the municipal Spirit Beast Mall, with the Spiritual Materials Area showcasing transparent crystal cabinets, each Spiritual Material accompanied by detailed descriptions and origins, while the Spiritual Artifact Area forms a circular exhibition hall, with a massive Spiritual Energy projection at the center demonstrating the use of Spiritual Artifacts.

These countless rare Spiritual Materials were just placed in display cases, seemingly unconcerned about the loss of spiritual essence and Ether—and Lin Guang's Spiritual Power indeed could sense the omnipresent, orderly, and rhythmic Ether fluctuations and Force Field here.

Obviously, the Education Bureau had deployed a massive Spirit Rune Array here, with the display cases themselves being the best storage method.

Kong Guofeng said softly: "This place is located twenty kilometers beneath the Education Bureau building, a special space divided into many parts."

"You are now in just one part of it."

"Twenty thousand meters underground?!"

Lin Guang looked around, astonished, and exclaimed: "Truly incredible."

–Creating a secret space here, whether in its initial construction or the ongoing maintenance of the Spirit Rune Array, ventilation, etc., is extremely challenging.

"Actually, the maintenance isn't as difficult as you imagine."

Kong Guofeng smiled slightly, glancing at the dense golden patterns resembling tree roots, and seemed to imply something: "After all, Zhen Sheng City is a different place."

He showed no intention of further elaborating and returned to the original topic: "Except in special circumstances, ordinary people need my Token, or for me to personally guide them to come here."

"And this room is the storeroom of the Education Bureau…or you could say it's a Treasure Vault."

Passing through the Spiritual Materials Area and Spiritual Artifact Area, the two of them then arrived at the Crystal Area, where Skill Crystals and Spirit Pattern Crystals were categorized and displayed, each crystal emitting a unique and captivating glow.

Some were like burning starfire, with inner liquid flames flowing, some were as transparent as ice, twinkling with starlight, others were bristling with fierce Sword Qi which could be felt when approaching.

[Wow, really want to hit this place hard…feels like after this haul I wouldn't have to worry about food and drink for the rest of my life.]

Without even needing to hear the voice, just from the text one could tell, it must have been Vishdair who said this.

Lin Guang casually replied spiritually in his mind: [Yeah, after this haul, your life would end, so no worries indeed.]

Chelina expressed her attitude towards the topic with silence.

Only the honest and good kid Lisa seriously admonished Vishdair, even analyzing from the perspectives of stakes and possibilities.

However, Kong Guofeng naturally had no knowledge of what was happening in the Spirit Beast Space.

This True Man indeed specialized in Spiritual abilities, but with his way of doing things, he certainly wasn't the kind of person who wouldn't restrain his Perception, and habitually read others' minds casually.

"First of all, the Spirit Pattern and Skill Crystals here are completely open to you until you go to university."

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