66 Danger from the Flames of Neutrality (1/2)

The tenth floor was a place that even caused Arnin to feel pressure. This type of pressure might have been a problem for many people, however Arnin found it to be extremely good and beneficial.

He took a deep breath, before closing his eyes and beginning to inspect the various components on the tenth floor. What he really needed to find was an area where there was an abundance of life and death components.

As he began to sense his surroundings, he found that the life and death energies were mostly found to his right. There seemed to be enough for him to possibly create the seed he wanted.

Arnin opened his eyes and walked towards the desk in the middle of the room. Since it was night, there was no student occupying the desk, rather he found another teacher behind this one too.

This time, the teacher was a female with short red hair. Her eyes resembled the grey moon as she watched Arnin approach her without much of an expression.

”How may I help you?” She asked. Unlike the many people who tried to obstruct his path or question him, this teacher didn't do any of that. She went straight to the point, causing Arnin to nod his head.

”I need a room around that area of the Tower. Is there any available room?” Arnin would prefer to get a room in that area, however if he couldn't, then he could still get another. Although life and death were abundant in the area he pointed out, that didn't mean that there was a lack of the components elsewhere.

”Let me check to see if there are any.” The teacher spoke professionally. Even her expression remained normal, not showing any changes.

She pulled out a booklet and began to look through. Her eyes stopped looking after a few minutes and then she passed the booklet towards Arnin.

”There is one room that is available, however you must duel for it.” Arnin nodded his head, and grabbed that booklet. He looked at the person's picture, hoping that it was the man who had humiliated him, but sadly, it was someone else.

The person in the picture was a young man. He looked around the same age as Torne, however Arnin was shocked to see his cultivation realm.

Name: Kosok Boyle

Age: 21

Realm: Elemental Formation - Sky

The information was vague, but it allowed Arnin to see who was a part of the real talent in the Moth department. Surk, who was around the same age as Kosok, was only at Essence Manifest - Sky.

Arnin began to think deeply. He knew that there was no way he could beat Kosok with his current strength. He would be humiliated again if he tried to fight Kosok head on, however there was always another way.

”Alright, I want to duel for this room.” Arnin said. He had a plan in mind that he hoped would work. Since he had never met Kosok, and didn't even know the type of personality this person had, Arnin was going to be taking a risk with his plans.

The teacher nodded at Arnin, before walking towards the room where Kosok was staying. She did a series of knocks before the door swung open. Arnin followed the teacher in, however once he stepped in, he began to feel large amounts of life and death components try to invade his body.

Arnin calmed his breathing before preventing anything from entering him. His orb had an attraction towards the death and life components since he had already made marks for them in his body.

Inside the room, Arnin found that it was like a small field, however there something very peculiar about it. One could see that there was a strange slit where half the room had dead grass and shrubs, while the other half was filled with life.

This discovery led to Arnin understanding that the room he was currently in focused on the death and life components. This was surprising since the Tower didn't have calm elements. Every element was basically at war with one another, so making a room where two components were evenly distributed was extremely difficult.

If once looked at the field that was filled with life and vitality, they would be able to see a man with spiky white hair. His robe was also white, making him look like a saint. His expression was calm and one could even find a hint of gentleness in his expressionless face.

This was Kosok, a talent that even Arnin found to be somewhat impressive.

The teacher walked towards the silent Kosok before speaking out. ”Student Kosok, I know that you aren't cultivating at the moment, so get up.” The teacher said in an expressionless tone.

”Haha, Teacher Spiras, you caught me.” Kosok opened his eyes and smiled brightly at the teacher in front of him. He looked at her with more than just respect, which Arnin couldn't help but smirk towards.

'This Kosok person seems to like this teacher.' Spiras wasn't oblivious towards Kosok's small crush on her, but she still had an expressionless face.

”Kosok, this boy here would like to duel for this room. You know the rules.” Spiras briefly explained before pointing towards Arnin. The later nodded towards Kosok, who also nodded back with a smile.

”Wow, the new students are very talented this year. Not only that, but this one here has quite a lot of courage. I like that.” Kosok smiled gently towards Arnin before getting up.