Gentle as Water

"Hehe! That little fellow is actually this terrifyingly strong. Looks like I've really found a treasure this time!" After witnessing the entire incident from the side, Instructor Ruo Lin calmed her shocked heart and walked out with a smile.

A gentle voice, intoxicatingly soothing, suddenly rang out before everyone. Yun Shu looked up and saw another exquisite beauty comparable to Ya Fei, though lacking just a little of her unique charm.

The head of this Canaan Academy admissions office was Instructor Ruo Lin.

A Great Dou Shi who cultivated a Water-Based Cultivation Method—gentle as water was the perfect description for her.

"Instructor Ruo Lin, hehe, Yu'er missed you so much!" The instant Xiao Yu saw the woman, she impatiently ran over and threw her arms around the woman's plump waist.

"Yu'er, are these the students you brought? Everyone, come inside!" Ruo Lin looked at Yun Shu and the others and said with a gentle smile.

"Luo Bu did not harbor any particularly bad intentions. He was merely angry and acted somewhat rashly. I hope you will not hold it against him!" Ruo Lin softly said to Yun Shu as he approached.

Because if Yun Shu still remembered Luo Bu's provocation after enrolling, it would be bad for both sides. Yun Shu would ruin Luo Bu, while those connected to Luo Bu would also make Yun Shu's life difficult...

Yun Shu ignored the woman. Since she still wanted to speak up for such an idiot student, he had no favorable impression of her either.

Seeing Yun Shu disregard her, Ruo Lin felt somewhat awkward. But she was a teacher, and her mindset was far steadier than those idiots from before. Yun Shu's talent was simply the most terrifying she had ever seen in her life. It was perfectly normal for such a genius to be a little arrogant.

So she did not take offense.

After all the students who had passed the test entered the tent, Instructor Ruo Lin turned and took a seat at the head of the tent. Smiling at the freshmen before her, she raised a slender hand. With a flash from the Ring of Holding on her hand, a green Parchment Scroll, along with pen and ink, appeared in her grasp.

"Students, congratulations on passing the preliminary test. You have now stepped through the gates of Canaan Academy. However, because the academy needs to distinguish each student's potential rating, I need to know your exact current strength."

"Eight-Stage Dou Qi corresponds to F-rank potential. This is Canaan Academy's standard!"

"Nine-Stage Dou Qi corresponds to E-rank potential."

"One-Star Dou Zhe corresponds to D-rank potential, and so on. The highest level is Five Star Dou Zhe, which is S-rank potential. Of course, the age limit here is under twenty."

After Ruo Lin finished speaking, her gaze swept over Yun Shu, the stunning girl beside him, and the boy behind them who had remained silent from beginning to end. In her senses, only these three students gave her an unfathomable feeling.

Especially Yun Shu, who was said to be in the Dou Shi Realm. She could not sense his strength at all.

"All right, starting from the left, state your name, level, and age!" Ruo Lin shook her head, no longer letting her thoughts run wild, and began recording their information.

One Passerby A after another reported their names, strength, and ages, while Yun Shu and the others were left until the end.

By the time it was nearly Xiao Yan's turn, Yun Shu had already drifted off...

"Little Shu! Little Shu!!" Just as Yun Shu was about to fall asleep, he suddenly felt someone shaking his arm.

"Hm?" Yun Shu opened his eyes and looked at Xun Er beside him.

"It's your turn, Master Yun Shu!" Xun Er said with a smile. She was eagerly anticipating everyone's reaction upon hearing Yun Shu's true strength. After all, she had been the one to mention that he was a Three-Star Dou Shi earlier. Although Yun Shu had instantly defeated a One-Star Dou Zhe, no one believed he was truly in the Dou Shi Realm.

"Yun Shu, Three-Star Dou Shi, sixteen years old," Yun Shu said calmly.

"Gasp!!!"

The moment Yun Shu finished speaking, the temperature inside the entire tent seemed to shoot up by at least fifteen or sixteen degrees, because everyone had sucked in all the cold air.

Pairs of eyes turned toward Yun Shu, filled with terror and shock.

"Student Yun Shu, would it be convenient for your teacher to test your strength?" Ruo Lin narrowed her eyes and spoke somewhat seriously. After all, such matters had to be verified, and they had not brought any specialized equipment for testing strength.

"There is no need. This should be enough to prove my strength, right?" Yun Shu said indifferently.

The next moment, a crimson glow suddenly lit up around Yun Shu's body. When the light faded, nearly everyone stared at him blankly...

"Dou... Dou Qi Gauze Robe! The symbol of a Dou Master!" Those who recovered their senses cried out in shock upon seeing the crimson gauze robe on Yun Shu.

Ruo Lin's mouth fell completely open at the sight. Hearing about it from others and seeing it with her own eyes were entirely different things.

Now, a sixteen-year-old Dou Master stood before her. She had no choice but to believe it.

"That enough, Little Yan?" Yun Shu withdrew the Dou Qi Gauze Robe and looked at Xiao Yan. It was time for the two of them to ask for leave.

"Instructor Ruo Lin, we would like to request leave and temporarily not attend Canaan Academy. Is that possible?" Xiao Yan and Yun Shu stepped out of the crowd and spoke to Instructor Ruo Lin.

"Request leave?" Instructor Ruo Lin was stunned for quite a while before she recovered.

"According to the rules, new students have no leave apart from certain designated holidays!" Naturally, Ruo Lin did not want to let these two students, both with talent above S-rank, slip away.

"But we have something extremely important to do—something we absolutely must go and do," Xiao Yan hurriedly said.

"All right. How long a leave do you need? If it is not too long, I can still help you secure it with my authority."

"One year." Yao Lao had already considered it for Xiao Yan. At minimum, they needed a year.

"Are you two children joking with me?" Ruo Lin looked at the two monstrous geniuses before her, unsure whether to laugh or cry.

"We are discussing this very seriously with Instructor Ruo Lin," Xiao Yan said solemnly, shaking his head.

"The leave is too long..." Ruo Lin gritted her teeth and shook her head in refusal.

"Then that is truly regrettable. We will have to withdraw from this enrollment opportunity," Yun Shu said indifferently after hearing Ruo Lin's refusal.

"You can't!!" Hearing that these two most monstrous students did not intend to enroll, Ruo Lin hurriedly said.

"Why not? Since you will not approve the leave, then we simply will not enroll," Yun Shu said with a smile.

"Student Yun Shu, could you not make things difficult for your instructor..." There was a trace of pleading in Ruo Lin's voice. What student asked for a year of leave as soon as school began...

"What is difficult about it? If we do not enroll, Canaan Academy should have no authority over us, right? Or does Instructor Ruo Lin intend to forcibly tie us up and bring us to Canaan Academy?" Yun Shu asked in surprise.

Hearing Yun Shu's words, Instructor Ruo Lin fell silent for a long time before finally letting out a slow breath.

Then she nodded heavily. "All right, taking leave is not impossible..."

"As long as the two of you can last thirty exchanges against your instructor, then for a year of leave, any problems with the academy will be handled by your instructor!"