“It’s a pity that the mental scale can’t break through to the seventh level for now. The seventh level is a huge watershed for mental energy users—not only can you project your mental power, but to a certain extent, you can even control objects, attaching your mental power to the blade of your sword, which would definitely take the sword’s speed to a whole new level.”

However, at the moment, William Carter could only sigh about it.

Seventh-level mental energy users are the most revered figures in the entire Federation. Once your mental scale reaches the seventh level, you can pilot a mech alone and become a mech knight who roams the stars. Among the Federation’s trillions of people, there are fewer than a hundred of such individuals. Each one is capable of becoming the governor and commander of an administrative star. Even in his previous life, William Carter had only been lucky enough to meet five mental energy users of this level…

“But, not having become a seventh-level mental energy user yet doesn’t mean I can’t train my mental scale to the seventh level in the future. The reason I haven’t reached it is simply because I haven’t worked hard enough. As long as I put in the effort, there’s nothing in this world that I, William Carter, can’t accomplish. Just like in my previous life, even the number one in the world fell to my sword. Now, what I need to do is to learn about this world’s cultivation system.”

After saying this, William Carter had already strapped on his sword, Ruosheng, and headed straight for the academy.

The Xuanzhong Advanced Swordsman Academy had just started its term, and there were quite a few students like William Carter who had just passed the entrance exam from the Intermediate Swordsman Academy below. Without needing to ask anyone, simply by following the crowd, William Carter quickly found an updated class schedule in the academy’s main hall.

Similar to universities in that other world, the Xuanzhong Advanced Swordsman Academy didn’t have fixed classrooms or designated lecturers. Every week, a detailed class schedule would record which courses were taught at what times, in which classrooms, and by which instructors. Students could freely choose the courses they were interested in. Even if a student never attended a single class in six years, as long as they could pass the graduation assessment, they could graduate smoothly. The academy’s learning atmosphere was very relaxed.

“Basic Swordsmanship Introduction, Intermediate Swordsmanship Introduction, Advanced Swordsmanship Introduction, Detailed Explanation of Qi and Blood Perception Lesson Three, Detailed Explanation of Qi and Blood Activation Lesson Four, Advanced Martial Artist Qi and Blood Refinement Lesson One… These are all the main courses of the Swordsman Academy… National Geography Lesson Sixteen, National General History Lesson Thirty-One, Applied Economics… These are all secondary courses, not the strong suit of the Xuanzhong Advanced Swordsman Academy. If you want to study economics, you should go to the Advanced Economics Academy…”

After looking for a while, William Carter finally set his sights on the first lesson of Advanced Swordsmanship Introduction.

This course covered an advanced sword technique—the introductory cultivation method of the Myriad Streams Dueling Sword Technique. Once mastered to perfection, this sword technique could allow an advanced swordsman to bring out one hundred percent, or even one hundred and twenty percent, of their strength.

Of course, the academy only taught the introductory cultivation method. If you wanted to continue your training, besides paying enough fees, you’d have to be chosen by the instructor and formally become their disciple.

“I wonder how exquisite the swordsmanship of this world truly is. I hope it won’t disappoint me.”

Having made up his mind, William Carter quickly followed the academy’s omnipresent floor plan and arrived at the classroom for Advanced Martial Artist Qi and Blood Refinement Lesson One.

The Xuanzhong Advanced Swordsman Academy gathers nearly one-tenth of the talented individuals from all over the Taixuan Kingdom. It is the holy land of learning in the hearts of all students of the Taixuan Dynasty. The academy is vast, like a small city, with more than a hundred thousand students. Without the guidance of the floor plan, finding the classroom for a particular course would definitely not be easy.

The classroom—if you could call it that—was actually a rather spacious hall.

Inside the hall were various training tools, such as wooden stakes, dummies, stone locks, and iron bars. There were also seats around the hall for people to practice on. In the center of the hall was a slightly raised platform covered with a layer of wool carpet to cushion falls and reduce injuries.

The whole classroom looked somewhat like an enclosed gymnasium.

When William Carter arrived at the hall, quite a few students had already arrived early. At a glance, there were no fewer than forty people, all around twenty years old, with cultivation levels ranging from intermediate to advanced martial artists. At sixteen, William Carter was already considered outstanding among them as an advanced martial artist.

Official swordsmen had already mastered true swordsmanship and would never waste time on introductory courses.

Since the instructor hadn’t arrived yet, the students were mostly gathered in small groups, chatting, discussing training experiences, or talking about daily life. Some were even sparring on the central platform, earnestly exchanging what they had learned. The atmosphere in the hall was quite harmonious.

“Huh, William Carter?”

As William Carter was carefully observing the training methods of these people, a voice suddenly rang out.

Immediately after, a girl of about eighteen or nineteen quickly walked over from the side.

She was a senior student from Bishui City, Quinn Harris, who had helped William Carter with his registration at the academy.