Chapter 776: Dean San

When Jiang Jiang Qinge opened her eyes in the depths of the sacred water pool, several figures on a high platform within this Hall of Light sensed it and immediately cast their gazes over.

"The Light Heart she was burning in sacrifice has finally been extinguished by the Holy Light Water."

On the high platform, a beautiful woman in a pure white uniform dress smiled, then turned to Ling Ling Zhaoying beside her with a relieved expression and said with a smile.

Ling Ling Zhaoying patted her chest. She had brought Jiang Jiang Qinge all the way from Daxia to the Holy Light Ancient Academy in Central Shenzhou a month ago. Throughout this month, Jiang Jiang Qinge had been using the Holy Light Water of the Light Pool to treat her burning Light Heart. Although there had been some dangerous moments, fortunately they had all been resolved in the end.

And now that Jiang Jiang Qinge's Light Heart sacrificial burning state had been resolved, she would be out of danger from now on and could begin normal cultivation.

"This time, I really have to trouble you, Elder Xue." Ling Ling Zhaoying said gratefully.

The white-dressed beautiful woman before them was named Xue Zhi, an elder of the Holy Light Ancient Academy, of noble status. She also shared a teacher-student bond with Ling Ling Zhaoying. This time, Ling Ling Zhaoying bringing Jiang Jiang Qinge to the Holy Light Ancient Academy was largely thanks to Elder Xue Zhi's help in communicating with the academy, which ultimately led to permission being granted to open the Light Pool for Jiang Jiang Qinge's use.

Xue Zhi smiled and waved her hand, saying: "I should be thanking you for bringing back such a fine seedling for me. It's truly hard to imagine that in a barren place like the Outer Shenzhou, there would still be such a prodigy."

Her gaze looked toward the slender, breathtakingly beautiful figure in the depths of the Light Pool, her eyes filled with unconcealable affection. A ninth-grade Light Phase—even within the Holy Light Ancient Academy, this counted as top-tier talent.

"However, this time her Light Heart's sacrificial burning has still damaged her own life force. This deficit will affect her path to becoming a Marquis in the future, so she will still need extremely precious items to repair her foundation."

Hearing this, Ling Ling Zhaoying's mind flashed with Li Luo's figure. He had gone to the Li Li Tianwang lineage to find such precious items for Jiang Jiang Qinge. Hopefully, he would succeed in the end.

At this moment, there were also several figures in elder robes on the side, who were also staring at the figure in the Light Pool.

Their gazes flickered.

But before they could say anything, Elder Xue Zhi coughed and said: "Don't you dare have any thoughts of stealing her from me. Jiang Jiang Qinge's issue—I was the one who begged Dean San to open the Light Pool. Now that the person is healed, you want to start scheming? Don't blame me for turning hostile."

Her words were quite direct.

Upon hearing this, those elders immediately showed a trace of awkwardness, then sheepishly waved their sleeves.

Earlier, they had indeed wanted to find some excuse to see if they could take this ninth-grade Light Phase prodigy as a disciple.

But since Xue Zhi had made it so clear, trying to snatch her away would indeed be a bit unreasonable. After all, Jiang Jiang Qinge being able to borrow the "Light Pool" to solve her Light Heart problem was indeed largely thanks to Xue Zhi.

"Are you done? If you're done, get out of here. Don't make a racket in my hall, like a swarm of flies." Just as they were talking, a somewhat impatient young woman's voice suddenly rang out from behind.

Ling Ling Zhaoying, Xue Zhi, and the others turned their heads to see a woman sitting ungracefully on the white-jade-like steps. She had a petite, delicate figure, and her features looked quite pretty, like a girl-next-door, except for her snow-white hair, which made her appear quite distinctive.

At this moment, she held a jade sugarcane in one hand, one end in her small mouth, her pearly teeth biting down, then she looked at the crowd with an impatient and lazy gaze.

When Ling Ling Zhaoying and the others saw this petite white-haired woman, even Xue Zhi, who was an elder, showed a respectful expression.

"Greetings, Dean San." Xue Zhi, Ling Ling Zhaoying, and the others hurriedly paid their respects.

The white-haired woman before them was none other than the Dean San of the Holy Light Ancient Academy, a position of great honor.

The white-haired woman bit her jade sugarcane and stood up. Barefoot, as if untouched by dust, she strolled over step by step. She glanced at the figure in the Light Pool, nodded, and said: "This little girl does have quite the talent. Not only does she possess a ninth-grade Light Phase, but she herself seems to have an extremely high compatibility with Light energy."

Upon hearing this, Xue Zhi immediately grew a bit nervous. Could this hard-found sacred seedling be taken away by Dean San?

Her nervousness was noticed by the white-haired woman, who immediately snorted and said: "Look how scared you are. What kind of prodigy hasn't this Dean seen? In all my years at the Holy Light Ancient Academy, the ninth-grade Light Phase prodigies I've met couldn't be counted on two hands."

"There is no prodigy in this world worthy of this Dean personally snatching them away."

Xue Zhi smiled apologetically and nodded, saying: "You are a King-level powerhouse, Dean San. Your vision is naturally beyond what we can compare to."

The white-haired woman pouted, intending to turn and leave, but just then, her expression suddenly shifted, because she sensed some unusual activity appearing in the Light Pool below.

The originally calm Light Pool now seemed to have surging waves, as countless Light energy, as if drawn by some kind of summons, frantically converged toward the depths of the Light Pool.

This commotion immediately drew the attention of everyone present.

They looked toward the depths of the Light Pool and found that the Light energy seemed to be continuously pouring into Jiang Jiang Qinge's body.

And the Light phase power emanating from Jiang Jiang Qinge's body was also rising at an astonishing speed.

One after another, brilliant Light Heavenly Pearls containing tremendous phase power continuously condensed behind her.

In the end, when nine Light Heavenly Pearls appeared, the academy elders on the high platform all showed some surprise.

"Nine-star Heavenly Pearls—what truly profound and tremendous foundation." An elder exclaimed. To condense nine Heavenly Pearls in the Tian Zhu Jing requires an extremely terrifying foundation and potential.

During the House Luolan Mansion Mansion Sacrifice, Jiang Jiang Qinge's strength, after her seal was released, had surged to the five-star Heavenly Pearl realm, but later due to a great battle, three of them shattered. Yet this time, along with the crisis of her Light Heart's sacrificial burning, not only did she recover the broken Heavenly Pearls, but her strength also experienced an astonishing leap.

In a single step, she crossed over into the nine-star Heavenly Pearl realm.

"Previously, when she burned her Light Heart in sacrifice, although her life hung by a thread, it was also a blessing in disguise. She was baptized by the immense energy of the Light Heart, and now with the assistance of the Light Pool, this surge in strength has occurred." Dean San bit into her jade sugarcane and spoke. This time, even her voice carried a hint of surprise.

"And it seems nine-star Heavenly Pearls is not the limit. She's attempting to break through to the Xiao Tian Xiang Jing."

Xue Zhi beside her beamed with joy. If Jiang Jiang Qinge could truly break through to the Xiao Tian Xiang Jing, then

even within the "Celestial Star Court" of the Holy Light Ancient Academy, she would count as outstanding.

Under the watchful eyes of the academy higher-ups on the high platform, the light of the nine Heavenly Pearls behind Jiang Jiang Qinge grew increasingly brilliant. Finally, when the Light reached its peak intensity, the nine Heavenly Pearls simultaneously shattered.

At that moment, dazzling light erupted within the Light Pool, and pillars of Light roared upward.

And the Light phase power emanating from Jiang Jiang Qinge's body also began to surge astonishingly at this moment, its intensity clearly stepping into the Xiao Tian Xiang Jing!

This crisis of the Light Heart's sacrificial burning ultimately brought Jiang Jiang Qinge an immense opportunity.

"Not bad." Dean San nodded slightly.

Xue Zhi's face was full of smiles, but then she said curiously: "The breakthrough is complete, why hasn't she come out yet?"

She noticed that Jiang Jiang Qinge was still tightly closing her eyes in the depths of the Light Pool, and the sacred Light energy within the Light Pool was still maintaining this pouring flow.

It felt as if something within Jiang Jiang Qinge's body was attracting this sacred energy.

Dean San also stopped biting her jade sugarcane at this moment. A divine light seemed to bloom in her pupils, and flames of Light rose within her eyes, allowing her to pierce through all obscuring layers and directly see the changes within Jiang Jiang Qinge's body.

Then, her hand holding the jade sugarcane tightened slightly, crushing it into pieces, with juice splattering out.

But she paid no heed to this, and slowly said: "I saw a new phase being born within her body."

"It seems that during this breakthrough, with the help of the Light Pool, she has given birth to a second phase."

At these words, Xue Zhi, Ling Ling Zhaoying, and the other elders all looked shocked.

"Breaking through from the Tian Zhu Jing to the Tian Xiang Jing can also give birth to a new phase?!"

"What phase? What grade?" they hurriedly asked.

Dean San silently took out a new jade sugarcane, took a bite, and then slowly said: "Still a Light phase... and it's ninth-grade."

The atmosphere in the field seemed to freeze.

Immediately after, the other elders turned their gaze toward Xue Zhi with eyes brimming with jealousy.

Dual Nine-Pin Light Physiques?!

This Jiang Jiang Qinge is simply a born Sacred Light Seed!

This time, Xue Zhi really has picked up a tremendous bargain!

As high-ranking members of the Sacred Light Ancient Academy, they had actually seen countless prodigies before; even a Nine-Pin physique could move their hearts, but it wouldn't make them lose composure out of jealousy. Yet a pre-ennoblement dual Nine-Pin Light Physique was truly exceedingly rare.

Looking back through the history of the academy's founding, such a rare dual Light Physique could be counted on one hand.

Xue Zhi was also overwhelmed with pleasant surprise, but then her heart gave a sudden jolt, because she noticed the Third Academy Head silently watching her.

The smile on Xue Zhi's cheeks froze; sensing some ill omen, she forced a smile and said, "Third Academy Head, I'll take Jiang Jiang Qinge back first and stop disturbing you here."

The jade sugarcane in the Third Academy Head's hand pressed down on Xue Zhi's shoulder, while on her own fair and lovely cheeks, a sweet smile surfaced.

"Little Zhi, back then, it was I who took you into the academy, wasn't it?"