"Anjina, look, I did it!"
Zhang Chen shouted excitedly at Anjina.
"Oh, I see. Don't get too cocky. Remember to come to class on time next time!"
Anjina suddenly felt like she had aged considerably.
After all, the establishment of this experimental class was because Phoenix Academy believed they had discovered an extraordinary talent.
Golden Talent?!
This was a talent never before seen in history.
For this reason, they had assigned the experimental class with the most talented graduates from previous years, or top experts in various fields.
However, Zhang Chen's initial performance had suppressed Anjina, a talented graduate, causing her to feel a sense of frustration for the first time in her life.
"So... this is what it feels like to look up to a strong person..."
Anjina watched Zhang Chen's retreating back, the flames in her hands flickering, constantly changing into various effects. She wished she could rush up and punch him.
This talent was so enviable!
Normally, when one extinguished and then re-ignited a spiritual energy sphere, there was a process of re-condensing energy.
Zhang Chen could do it with no cooldown, releasing and retracting at will.
What was even more critical was that such a continuous cycle of flashing-releasing-flashing consumed an immense amount of spiritual energy within the body and demanded extremely high control over that energy.
Almost no one could do what Zhang Chen did, flashing and releasing anytime, anywhere.
A monster, this was simply a monster!
At this moment, Zhang Chen left the training ground and ambled into the adjacent training ground.
The venue here was the same as the experimental class's training venue.
The difference was that the experimental class had only Zhang Chen, while the adjacent class had over twenty people.
A middle-aged woman wearing glasses was teaching everyone how to release spiritual energy.
Her approach was basically the same as Anjina's.
As Zhang Chen was about to leave, he inadvertently caught sight of Zhao Xiyue.
She was in his adjacent class and was diligently learning the lesson.
With nothing else to do, Zhang Chen found a large rock at the edge of the training field and sat down to watch the excitement.
He saw that the twenty-odd students had all entered a meditative state, sensing their spiritual meridians.
"This is how teaching should be done. It must be gradual. Jianna teaches too impatiently!"
Zhang Chen muttered to himself.
Following the teacher's guidance, everyone slowly raised their right hands.
Streams of spiritual energy began to converge towards their palms along their spiritual meridians.
Crackling, some people's palms emitted sparks, getting very close to producing flames.
Whoosh!
A ball of flame suddenly appeared in Zhao Xiyue's palm, but it was small and unformed, quickly extinguishing.
"Zhao Xiyue, well done. Keep up the good work, you're very close!"
"You're the first student in our class to produce flames. Everyone keep trying and see who will be the second!"
The teacher smiled kindly and cast a look of approval at Zhao Xiyue.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, a girl's palm erupted with a burst of flame, directly burning her hair.
"Ah!"
She screamed in alarm.
The teacher quickly waved her arm, severing the burning hair.
The flames consumed the severed hair, and with nothing left to burn, they slowly extinguished.
"You were too impatient. Spiritual energy is volatile. You must release it with great caution. Like Zhao Xiyue, taking it step by step, even if it extinguishes, there's no danger. The worst thing is to aim for rapid progress and cause the flames to be too large; this is very dangerous, do you understand?!"
The teacher advised earnestly.
"Yes, Teacher!"
The girl nodded.
When the teacher turned her back, she slowly raised her head, her gaze towards Zhao Xiyue filled with resentment.
After another half hour of practice.
Zhao Xiyue was the first to condense flames in her palm, and she could sustain them for over ten seconds.
Only half of the other girls could condense sparks in their palms.
The remaining people's palms showed no reaction at all.
They simply couldn't externalize their spiritual energy.
Seeing this, the teacher did not rush, but said with a smile:
"Everyone's performance has been excellent. This is the most outstanding batch I've taught!"
"To be able to condense spiritual energy flames in the very first lesson is truly remarkable!"
Zhao Xiyue was naturally delighted by the teacher's praise.
But she didn't realize that many people around her were looking at her with hostility...