"Dou Disciple Stage Eight corresponds to F-rank potential, the minimum standard for Jia Nan Academy.
"Dou Disciple Stage Nine corresponds to E-rank potential. A One-star Dou Practitioner is D-rank... and so on, with a Five-star Dou Practitioner being the highest, S-rank."
Ruolin covered her red lips and chuckled softly, her long eyelashes fluttering as her curious gaze remained fixed on Yan Qingshan. "In all my more than ten years at Jia Nan Academy, I've never seen an S-rank freshman. I never expected to see someone above S-rank today!"
It was not just Ruolin. Everyone else also wanted to know Yan Qingshan's exact strength. Shi Kai had revealed his Dou Qi gauze armor earlier—a genuine Dou Master. For Yan Qingshan to defeat him so easily, he had to be at least a Dou Master himself.
And Yan Qingshan was not even twenty yet. A Dou Master under twenty years old was enough to astonish not only these Jia Nan Academy students, but even Mentor Ruolin.
It was not that Jia Nan Academy lacked such students. Among the monsters in the Inner Academy, there were certainly quite a few Dou Masters under twenty.
But someone as young as Yan Qingshan appearing in a small place like Wutan City was truly shocking.
Moreover, from Xiao Yi Xian and the others' earlier conversation, they had learned that Yan Qingshan was not the descendant of some outside clan. He was merely an ordinary resident from a small town near Wutan City, which made everyone even more eager to uncover the secrets he carried.
Ruolin smiled faintly, holding an ink brush in her slender hand as she said softly, "All right, let's begin. Starting from the left, state your name, level, and age."
"Huang Yan, Dou Disciple Stage Nine!"
"E-rank potential!"
"Liu Hui, Dou Disciple Stage