Number 1 Practical Combat Hall was located north of the dormitory area. Walking further west led to the teaching buildings.


    Before long, Su Yuan and Shang Baiyu arrived at the combat hall.


    This was a massive, flat building with two floors, each over sixteen meters high.


    The first floor was for Bronze, Silver, and Gold Levels.


    The second floor was for Shining Star and above. Ordinary students didn''t have access.


    "Such a large combat hall, the area alone is more than ten times bigger than that of No. 4 High School," Su Yuan couldn''t help but click his tongue.


    Shang Baiyu laughed: "Of course, back in high school, all the students were Star Apprentices. The destructive power and impact range were limited."


    "But from the Bronze Level onwards, a Star Card Master''s power range increases substantially, leading to higher requirements for training grounds. It needs to be spacious, sturdy, and resistant to erosion, among other qualities."@@@@


    Su Yuan nodded, noticing that Shang Baiyu referred to "your high school" instead of just "high school," making him a bit curious.


    "Let''s go, hurry up and check it out!" Shang Baiyu urged excitedly.


    After briefly pondering, Su Yuan didn''t ask further and walked in with Shang Baiyu.


    The hall''s interior resembled an enlarged indoor basketball court. The perimeter had stands and walkways, while the center featured a massive square arena.


    The arena was made of precious materials of levels one, two, and even three, with barriers set up, making it costly.


    The moment Su Yuan and Shang Baiyu entered, they felt intense Star Power fluctuations.


    "Surprising Swan!"


    "Blowing Snow Second Style!"


    "Clang, clang, clang...!"


    ...


    Many students were sparring and exchanging moves in the central arena, with sounds of combat ringing continuously.


    Most of the onlookers stood at the edge of the arena or on walkways, many itching to join in.


    Shang Baiyu observed for a while: "It seems like all of them are at Star Apprentice Ninth Rank."


    Su Yuan nodded: "Perhaps because of the upcoming preselection challenge, none of the Bronze-Level are participating."


    "Preselection challenge... that makes sense." Shang Baiyu thought for a moment and understood.


    Hundreds of Bronze-Level students aimed to challenge the Burning Sun-Level mentors in the preselection. Naturally, they wouldn''t reveal their strength easily.


    In Star Card Master battles, raw strength was crucial, but intelligence was equally important.


    Know yourself and your enemy, and you won''t be defeated in a hundred battles.


    Attributes countered, skills targeted, and tactics changed; these all could influence the outcome.


    In terms of skills, if sparring exposed their usual tactics and trump cards, it could be detrimental during the preselection challenge.


    There were no invincible, flawless skills. The lower the skill''s grade, the more flaws it had, making it easier to counter.


    Of course, if confident enough to overpower any opponent with sheer strength, it wouldn''t matter as much.


    After watching for a while, they didn''t see anyone particularly outstanding.


    Remembering Shang Baiyu''s earlier eagerness, Su Yuan asked: "Baiyu, aren''t you going to try?"


    Shang Baiyu looked around, seemingly searching for something, then shook his head: "I don''t like fighting, no, I won''t go."


    He had come over to restrain the strong youth partly to cover for Shang Baiyu, who had started healing. He also wanted to personally gauge the strong youth''s strength for comparison.


    The strong youth wasn''t weak. Using him as a reference, Su Yuan was surprised to find that Shang Baiyu''s strength might not be much different from his own.


    At that moment, with Shang Baiyu''s last finger press on the injured boy''s hand, twelve white plum blossom petals rotated together, emitting a mist that quickly enveloped the entire arm.


    "Ah..."


    A cooling sensation surged through the burnt arm, and the injured boy couldn''t help but groan in relief.


    Realizing his mistake, the injured boy looked up and saw the amused faces of surrounding students. His face flushed, wishing he could crawl into a hole.


    Soon, the plum blossoms dissipated, the mist vanished, and the injured youth''s right arm returned to its normal color.


    "Thank you so much!"


    The injured youth stood up, waving his right arm, finding it completely healed, and couldn''t help but thank Shang Baiyu gratefully.


    Shang Baiyu smiled: "No problem. As a healer, bringing people back to health is my ideal!"


    This scene drew exclamations from the surrounding students.


    "He healed it so quickly, in just a short time!"


    "What an amazing healing skill. You can''t even tell he was injured!"


    ...


    Just then, someone else shouted from another spot: "Someone''s been slashed, help us!"


    "Coming!" Shang Baiyu enthusiastically responded and dashed off again.


    Su Yuan was momentarily speechless. It seemed that Shang Baiyu wasn''t eager to spar but rather to treat injuries in the combat hall?


    He sure was "unique"!


    ...


    At the infirmary entrance, four Demon Capital students, two males and two females, watched Shang Baiyu treat the new sparring students from a distance.


    "That new student''s healing skill seems quite impressive, right?"


    "Yeah, my Intermediate Water Healing Skill might not heal that burned arm faster. He''s just a new student..."


    "And his healing skills are pretty unique too."


    ...


    The four students discussed, intrigued by the new healer.


    "Teacher Xin Lan, can you tell what healing skill he''s using?" one girl turned to ask. Read exclusive content at My Virtual Library Empire


    The other three also looked curiously at the mature female teacher sitting by the window.


    "White Plum Finger," the mature teacher spoke calmly, "He''s from Mo Mei Valley."


    "Mo Mei Valley? Haven''t heard of it..." The questioning girl looked puzzled and whispered to her companions, "Do you guys know?"


    "Nope..."


    "Never heard of it, but it sounds like some faction?"


    They glanced at Lan Xinlan but didn''t dare to ask further.


    Lan Xinlan looked through the window, seeing Shang Baiyu enthusiastically treating injuries, no matter their severity. She couldn''t help but frown slightly, a trace of almost imperceptible disdain flashing in her eyes.