A Chance Encounter with Yu Tianxin

After making a round of the second floor, Lei Bao and Yu Tianlin went down to the first floor, taking the opportunity to look around Class One of the Thunder Roar Tier, where Yu Tianlin would soon be studying.

After that, Lei Bao took Yu Tianlin to the student dormitory, showed him the single room that belonged to him, and only then headed to the Lightning Rod in the southeast corner of the academy.

By now, the sky had already been covered in a layer of dark clouds. Forget the stars—even the shadow of the moon could not be seen. It seemed rain would arrive before long.

Soon, the two arrived before a building with a pointed roof. The moment Yu Tianlin saw the tall iron pillar towering upward, he felt a wave of familiarity.

Actually, with Yu Tianlin's current cultivation, even directly using his Antenna Hair to draw lightning did not consume much, but in other people's eyes, it would look as if Yu Tianlin kept getting struck by lightning for no reason, which was far too eye-catching. If he used the Lightning Rod, he could shift attention away very well and cover this up.

Mm, I'm not the one drawing the lightning. It's the Lightning Rod.

"Although I said you could live here, in truth, I'm only handing over the right to use it at night. Once daytime comes, the students will all come here to cultivate." Looking at the building before them, Lei Bao said, "Because Thunderbolt Academy is located in a basin, there are many thunderstorms at night, so over the course of a single night, the Lightning Rod can receive a great deal of lightning, making the Thunder Attribute energy in this area abundant and active."

"Likewise, because of the basin terrain, the lightning energy won't dissipate quickly and will remain for a while. So by early morning, quite a lot of lightning energy will have accumulated here, and the students will come here to cultivate as well."

Yu Tianlin nodded and said, "That's fine. I only need to stay here at night."

Abundant lightning energy was certainly important, but for Yu Tianlin, what mattered more was Attract Thunder to Temper Rings, and using the Lightning Rod to pull the wool over people's eyes.

Lei Bao did not mind either. In his view, Yu Tianlin was merely using the lightning energy here to cultivate. But he was only a two-ring Soul Grandmaster; how much energy could he consume? A drop in the ocean. One more person would not be much, one fewer would not matter. It would have no effect at all.

After giving the key to Yu Tianlin, Lei Bao went back to rest as well. He had been run ragged all day and really needed a good rest.

Yu Tianlin entered the pointed-roof building, shut the door properly, then sat cross-legged beside the Lightning Rod and began cultivating his Soul Power. When the lightning flashed and thunder rumbled, he would naturally wake up to draw the lightning.

Just like that, the night passed. Yu Tianlin underwent one hundred and forty Lightning Strikes. Half of them had been naturally drawn by the Lightning Rod, while the other half were the result of Yu Tianlin activating his Antenna Hair.

Although from the outside, the number of times the Lightning Rod drew lightning seemed a little higher than usual, it did not matter. No one would be bored enough to actually count.

At around four in the morning, the thunderstorm stopped. Yu Tianlin did not want to run into the students who would come here to cultivate in the early morning. Since he could no longer draw lightning anyway, he simply left the place and returned to his own student dormitory room.

After that, he meditated in the dormitory the whole time, recovering the Soul Power he had consumed, until the sky was fully bright. Then he headed to the cafeteria for breakfast, preparing to go to the classroom for lessons.

However, while Yu Tianlin was eating breakfast, he overheard the nearby students' conversation and only then learned that the academy was going to hold an internal selection tournament, so there would be no classes for the next two days.

Damn, isn't this basically the "school sports day" beloved by the masses of students? What a coincidence. I happened to arrive just in time. Now I don't have to attend class for my first two days after enrolling.

The so-called internal selection tournament was meant to select students who would participate in next year's Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

Although Yu Tianlin was somewhat interested in it, now that he had free time, he felt it would be better to go to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to visit his eldest brother, Yu Tianheng.

Mm, and while I'm at it, I can get to know my future sister-in-law, Dugu Yan, build up the relationship, and see if I can learn anything from her about the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

With that thought, Yu Tianlin tossed the internal selection tournament to the back of his mind and hurried toward the academy gates.

But when he arrived at the academy gates, he saw a student dressed in a blue-purple school uniform also walking out.

Right now, the vast majority of the students were over at the drill ground watching the internal selection tournament. He had not expected there to be someone like him, taking advantage of the two-day break to go out.

Huh, why does this person's back look a little familiar?

Yu Tianlin found it a little strange. He jogged up beside the student ahead and turned his head to look over.

Yet the face that entered his sight made Yu Tianlin cry out in surprise, "Brother Tianxin?!"

That was right. This person was none other than Yu Tianxin. It was quite the coincidence—Yu Tianlin had not yet gone to look for him, and now they had run into each other by chance at the academy gates.

Yu Tianxin was nearly one meter eighty tall. Although he was clearly an Assault System soul master, his muscles were not especially exaggerated. His whole body was very well-proportioned. As for his appearance, he looked utterly ordinary.

Still, as the saying went, clothes made the man. Wearing a refined academy uniform, Yu Tianxin also carried himself with a certain bearing.

Hearing someone call out to him, and even call him "brother," Yu Tianxin looked in the direction of the voice. Yu Tianlin's figure immediately entered his sight.

"Little Lin? Why are you here?" Yu Tianxin was also a little surprised, but when he saw the Thunderbolt Academy uniform on Yu Tianlin, his pupils suddenly constricted. "You're a Thunderbolt Academy student now? You've already broken through to rank twenty-one?!"

"Mm, I just broke through some time ago. Yesterday, Dad brought me to Thunderbolt Academy to register."

Yu Tianlin answered, without emphasizing that he was already rank twenty-two now. He had to keep a low profile.

"Since the internal selection tournament gives us two days off, I wanted to use this time to go to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to find my eldest brother." Yu Tianlin stated his plan, then asked Yu Tianxin, "What about you, Brother Tianxin? Why aren't you watching the internal selection tournament? Where are you going?"

Yu Tianxin had nothing to hide and said directly, "I'm going to Blue Tyrant Academy."

"Blue Tyrant Academy? From the name, it sounds like it was opened by someone from our Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect? How come I..."

Hearing the name Blue Tyrant Academy, Yu Tianlin felt it sounded somewhat familiar and casually said a sentence, but then he suddenly remembered and immediately stopped.

Blue Tyrant Academy? If Yu Tianlin remembered correctly, it should have been founded by Liu Erlong, right? Later, its name was even changed to Shrek Academy, so it could be considered the predecessor of Shrek Academy.

So that was it. No wonder Yu Tianxin was going to Blue Tyrant Academy now. He was going to visit Liu Erlong. Liu Erlong was Yu Luomian's illegitimate daughter, so she could be considered Yu Tianxin's paternal aunt.

As for her relationship with Yu Tianlin, it was a little more distant. He should probably call her cousin-aunt.

Good grief. The moment he left the sect, all sorts of once-familiar names appeared one after another. This really was getting more and more interesting.

That was how the original novel described it: Yu Tianxin had an average build, and his appearance was extremely unremarkable.