Straw@hat publication ; Chapter - 19 ; The Silver rankings ::

Next day Huo ling entered the class, he was greeted with many gazes on him , specially from female disciples. He was already a little bit handsome to begin with but now his upper phase aura mixed with the ferocious aura gained from battles in the wild made his presence intimidating.

Added such a vibe with his looks , it was a pleasing scene for the eyes of the girls.

He ignored the gazes and found his seat to settle.

" Hey , isn't he only an average grade talent like us or even lower in the segment why is he giving such a dangerous aura? " a disciple asked to another.

" Like I would know , but I have seen Zhang Hong from afar once and he had the same kind of aura" the other disciple replied with a huge shock on his face .

Who was Zhang Hong the number 2nd position on the silver rankings, meaning that he was the strongest person in first years after Li Qing.

" Donot joke around you moron , Zhang Hong is an excellent grade talent and has the support from Zhang family, how could he compare to him " someone else objected.

"Yu Feng you are just jealous of him , I too have met brother Zhang and let me tell the aura of them both is quite the same just this Huo ling's aura is cold and creepy than him" Lin lan a female disciple replied.

She was right about the coldness and nauseous vibe coming from Huo lings aura it was the initial and weaker form of killing intent which was mixed within his aura gained after killing thousands of cunning devils and the Chen family members.

But new to this sensation Huo was not able to control it and so it was leaking into his aura.

Soon their gossips were cut short as Elder Yang entered the class :

" Oh look who is back to the class , what was such a rush you should have taken your time " he remarked to Huo ling in a sarcastic tone , but soon he noticed something and his jaw almost dropped to the ground.

" You , ... How did you reach upper phase so quickly, you are just a lower average grade talent" elder Yang asked in surprise almost losing his cool.

Was this some joke he was the lowest grade of talent in the whole of academy and had cultivation equall to the geniuses. Including him there were only 7 upper phase students in the academy right now.

But they had an excellent grade talent or very high good grade talent.

" Reporting to elder master , I had recieved a good amount of essence stones from someone for a deal and on the mission I used them along with battles and my cultivation rised" he replied it was not fully true nor false.

As he did have some liquid essence but it was too small to make any huge difference, it was the continuous battles, life and death situations where he was truly spent but still gave utmost importance to his cultivation, that brought such miraculous results.

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" Oh , so that is the case I heard you picked the frost dew collection mission ? " Elder Yang asked somewhat understanding the reasoning.

" Yes , disciple had completed it and converted the reward into essence stones for future cultivation" he replied as he knew that elder was going to ask what he did of so many merits.

And there was no harm letting him know, it will also clear any suspicions of his rise.

" Ha, ha good very good, now my class three will also have enough share in the silver rankings. You will start challenging the rank holders from tomorrow and reach among top 10 ranks it should be achievable with your cultivation" he said laughingly this was good news for him he could now have some bragging rights in front of those two , who kept singing praises of their classes.

Huo ling nodded and sat down he had already decided to enter the rankings as they received more resources according to their ranks.

Meanwhile other disciples had almost vomited blood hearing the elder's words.

" What the hell did I hear it right ,he has reached upper phase of stage one many of the good grade talents haven't even reached it " Yu Feng said in an unbelieving tone .

" So thats the reason why I felt his aura similar to Zhang Hong the other disciple from before replied"

Everyone began chatting :

Lin Lan said with admiration" Our class three will have two people in the top ten now , Sister Xing is also very close to upper phase and is currently holding the ninth rank on the silver rankings"

" Also brother Nie is in top 20 , after both of them reach top ten we will have three persons in top ten "

Another disciple said with excitement" yes it will be record for class three I haven't heard class three having more than s single person in the top ten before "

Meanwhile both Zhao Nie and Mo Xing were looking at Huo ling with competitive eyes:

" This Huo ling is quite interesting reaching upper phase before me despite his talent, I need to rush or will be left too behind by others " Mo Xing frowned.

" Damn it , how can a. Bumpkin like him reach upper stage before me ,just you wait I will show you who is stronger, a little luck cannot last for ever" Zhao Nie was frustrated and jealous.

After the class ended Huo ling slipped from the crowd and went to his courtyard to practice and read the other refinement related books he had brought from the market.

" It seems I am going to be quite famous for some time " he laughed while thinking. He knew that it was only temporary as the talent gap between him and other geniuses will soon show its presence and he will be pushed back in terms of cultivation.

" But so what , let them have a little higher cultivation than me , I will make my battle strength so formidable that I could defeat them even after their higher cultivations " he vowed in his heart.

His aim from the beginning was to become strong, and he hadn't forgotten it after gaining some results.

" These sre just the baby steps on my path , I have to convert these mini steps to the strides of a giant, and that will take much more efforts than I can even imagine right now " he steeled his resolve and started to read refinement books.

As to why he was reading them ? It was simple after taming the Clear Clear worm his soul strength was even stronger than initial phase stage two masters .

What does that mean ? He could tame second stage worms while at stage one. And only way to get the desired stage two worms was to refine them by himself as he was also interested in self evolved ones.

" The Silent shadow worm and the Soul sense Celestial worm both require very less celestial essence to work, even if I evolve them to stage two they should only consume essence equalling the Swift Gale celestial worm according to what I have read till now "

So I can only work on these two after collecting some money.

Soul power was not the only requirement for using the rank two celestial worms , stage two celestial masters had a lot of celestial essence to continuously use them , while stage one masters didn't have that kind of support.

But low phase worms like the above two could be usable if refinement was successful.

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