Roommate

Like the Main Teaching Building, the Dormitory Building had twelve floors, corresponding from bottom to top to the first through sixth years of the Intermediate Academy Department.

These past few days were the registration period for Eastsea Academy, and every floor's corridor was in chaos. There were not only Eastsea Academy students here, but also parents who had come to see their children off.

Yu Nanyuan watched Tang Wulin walk up the stairs with a calm expression, as if he had selectively shut out the clamor from the outside world. Just as in his Past Life Memory, Tang Wulin had arrived at Eastsea Academy as expected, and the dormitory assigned to him was likewise on the second floor.

He just wondered whether the classic plot of a fight with his roommates upon enrollment would continue to play out.

Silently withdrawing his gaze, Yu Nanyuan passed through the crowd and walked toward the dormitory at the end of the first floor. This was the dormitory arranged for him by Long Hengxu, the Dean of Instruction of the Intermediate Academy Department.

Today was the final day of registration and enrollment; classes would officially begin tomorrow. He counted as having arrived relatively late.

The dormitory door was wide open, and from a distance, the layout inside could be seen.

The dormitory was not large; it was not even as spacious as the bathroom in Yu Nanyuan's home. Two bunk beds, two rectangular desks side by side, four chairs, two cabinets, plus a bright Soul Guidance hanging lamp on the ceiling—this was the entirety of the dormitory. The environment could be called quite crude.

However, for Soul Masters, such conditions were already sufficient. Soul Masters generally used Meditation Cultivation in place of sleeping at night; all they needed was a place where they could sit cross-legged and meditate.

Eastsea Academy had never lacked funds. They did this only to use such a crude environment to spur those young students not to crave comfort and to cultivate diligently. Once they grew older and advanced into Senior Grade, and their minds matured, naturally there would no longer be such harshness in this regard.

At this moment, three boys were sitting on the lower bunks on the left and right, seemingly talking about something. Being assigned to the same New Student Dormitory as Yu Nanyuan meant they were all only nine years old. But just like Yu Nanyuan and Tang Wulin, they were clearly taller than their peers.

The boy sitting on the lower bunk on the left had the best appearance, with short cyan hair parted down the middle. However, his lips were rather thin, giving him a mean and arrogant air.

In fact, that was exactly the case. He swept a disdainful glance around the room and complained unhappily to the other two boys.

"Everyone says Eastsea Academy is the top academy in our Skysea Alliance, second only to Heavensea Academy. But looking at it now, it's nothing special. The dormitory environment isn't even as good as what we had at Linghai Elementary Academy. Yangzi, Jinxi, why don't we just transfer to Heavensea Academy instead? With our talent, I'm sure we'd shine just as brightly even at Heavensea Academy."

Compared to the boy who had voiced the complaint, the two boys sitting on the lower bunk to the right looked relatively ordinary.

One of the boys had a moderate build and a steadiness rarely seen at his age, but deep in his eyes was a trace of pride that was difficult to conceal. The last thin boy beside him appeared extremely taciturn.

The three of them had sharply contrasting personalities.

The steady boy frowned slightly. Since childhood, his goal had been to become a powerful Mecha Master. As for Eastsea Academy, its Mecha Control Major had always held steady at first place in the entire Skysea Alliance. Just as he was about to say something, Yu Nanyuan stepped forward and very politely knocked on the door.

"Hello, my name is Yu Nanyuan. If you're staying here, then I should be your last roommate."

The three people in the dormitory subconsciously raised their heads and sized Yu Nanyuan up. Seeing the Soul Guidance Communicator and Storage Soul Guidance Device worn on Yu Nanyuan's wrists, as well as that gold-and-silver tracksuit of extraordinary material, they understood that Yu Nanyuan could not possibly come from a Commoner background. At the very least, he was from a wealthy merchant family with substantial assets.

The steady boy was the first to react. A smile appeared on his face, and he stepped forward, extending his right hand to shake Yu Nanyuan's.

"Hello, my name is Zhang Yangzi. Please look after me from now on."

"Wang Jinxi." Because of his personality, the thin boy beside Zhang Yangzi only replied briefly.

The handsome boy who had complained about the dormitory environment earlier carefully looked Yu Nanyuan over before slowly speaking. "My name is Wei Xiaofeng. Yangzi, Jinxi, and I all came from Linghai City. Judging by your appearance, you shouldn't be from some small place, right?"

Led by the five First-Tier Cities such as Skysea City and Eastsea City, the eastern coastal region of the Sun Moon Federation had formed the Skysea Alliance. The Skysea Alliance governed many Second- and Third-Tier Cities as well as some remote towns, and the Linghai City Wei Xiaofeng mentioned was the most prosperous Second-Tier City among them. Linghai City even had the possibility of being promoted to a First-Tier City in the near future.

From this, it was not hard to hear the arrogance in Wei Xiaofeng's words.

"I'm a local of Eastsea City." Yu Nanyuan smiled calmly and brushed past Wei Xiaofeng, then took out a set of soft bedding from his Storage Soul Guidance Device and tossed it onto the empty upper bunk on the left.

Because of his personality, Wei Xiaofeng seemed to very much like gaining a sense of superiority from other people.

But as long as Wei Xiaofeng did not take the initiative to provoke him, Yu Nanyuan simply could not be bothered to care about these things.

Wei Xiaofeng's expression stiffened. In the end, he did not continue saying anything, but that arrogance and confidence in his heart remained all along.

In terms of background, Yu Nanyuan might not be inferior to him, but he believed Yu Nanyuan's Talent and strength absolutely could not compare to his. Having broken through to the realm of a Two-Ring Great Soul Master at only nine years old, he was a Heaven's Chosen figure even when looking across the entire Skysea Alliance.

Back in Linghai City, he, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi were even praised as geniuses rarely seen in Linghai City in a century. Although in overall strength, he was weaker than Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi, that was because of the innate Martial Soul Quality. In fact, his Soul Power Cultivation was the highest among the three of them, having already reached rank twenty-two.

Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi looked at each other, then watched Yu Nanyuan's back. When Eastsea Academy assigned dormitories to new students, it was basically according to Martial Soul Quality and Cultivation Talent. Since Yu Nanyuan had been assigned to the same dormitory as them, that proved Yu Nanyuan's potential would not be much worse than theirs.

They were filled with curiosity about Yu Nanyuan's Martial Soul Ability. But this was their first meeting, so it certainly would not be appropriate to ask directly.

Just as Yu Nanyuan finished tidying his bed, Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Wei Xiaofeng had already stood up. Among the three, Zhang Yangzi was faintly the leader.

"Jinxi, Xiaofeng, and I were just about to go to the cafeteria for lunch. Want to come?"

"Sure." Yu Nanyuan readily accepted Zhang Yangzi's invitation. The first meeting between roommates was completely uneventful. There was no imagined tension, no fight breaking out at the slightest disagreement.

Even Wei Xiaofeng, who liked seeking a sense of superiority from others, at most only thought about it in his heart.

The four of them had just walked out of the Dormitory Building together when a low, muffled sound suddenly came from the second floor.

"Bang!"

"Crash—" What followed was the sound of a series of glass windows shattering.

"Ah!" A boy screamed as he flew out of the window of Dorm 205 on the second floor and crashed heavily in front of Yu Nanyuan and the other three. The intense pain coming from his body made the boy twist nonstop as he let out agonized groans.

The boy was named Zhou Changxi. He had originally planned to teach that bumpkin from some small place a lesson, but he had never expected to be the one who suffered a big fall instead. Thankfully, he possessed the Great Strength Divine Ape Martial Soul and had thick skin and tough flesh. Otherwise, he probably would have been directly beaten by that guy's punch until he could no longer take care of himself.

Zhang Yangzi stared at this scene, dumbfounded.

"Fighting before school's even started? Is everyone this hot-tempered?"