Taking Leave on the First Day of School

When Xiao Xian arrived at Canaan Academy, he happened to catch its admissions period. The entrance was packed with students from all corners of the land, making the entire academy exceptionally lively.

Xiao Xian even spotted Xiao Yan among the crowd. The old man in that fellow's ring had already awakened and identified the true culprit behind his vanished Dou Qi. Though furious, Xiao Yan had finally shed the title of trash because of it.

In less than a month, that fellow's cultivation had skyrocketed. He was now a Dou Zhe and was on the verge of breaking through to a Two-Star Dou Zhe.

As expected of the chosen protagonist. Give him an opportunity, and he would immediately soar into the heavens. Raising his cultivation was as easy as eating and drinking.

Not only that, but his luck with women was enough to make countless men green with envy. Although Little Fairy Doctor and Yun Yun were no longer involved with him, several fresh faces had appeared. Besides Xiao Yu and Xiao Xun'er, there were also two pretty little beauties.

Listening to their conversation, Xiao Xian learned that the two young beauties came from a city called Luolan City, a thousand li from Wutan City. They were the legitimate daughters of the Luo Family, one of Luolan City's five great families: the elder sister, Luo Su Lan, and the younger sister, Luo Xin Lan. Both girls had reached the Third Grade Dou Zhe realm.

The key was that they looked quite young, only sixteen or seventeen at most. Reaching the Dou Zhe realm at that age made them rare geniuses in a small place like the Gama Empire.

The two young beauties kept glancing at Xiao Yan, their eyes filled with affection, admiration, and faint love. Clearly, something unknown had happened between them, making the girls unable to help developing favorable feelings toward Xiao Yan.

That fellow truly deserved to be called the chosen protagonist. Although Yun Yun and Little Fairy Doctor had nothing to do with him anymore, heaven had compensated him with a pair of twin sisters. All things considered, Xiao Yan still came out ahead.

"Hey, brother, are you here at Canaan Academy for the entrance ceremony too? Let me introduce myself. I'm Xue Tie Long, from the Xue Family of Xia'er City in the Tianjiao Empire, south of Dou Qi Continent. To be honest, my dream is to become the next Dou Emperor of Dou Qi Continent. Though I'm still a tiny distance away from that goal, it's only a matter of time. Just keep that to yourself, though. Don't tell anyone else—I'm very low-key." Just as Xiao Xian was about to walk over to Xiao Yan and the others, his shoulders were hooked by a familiar stranger.

Of course, Xiao Xian had allowed it to happen deliberately. As a Dou Emperor, if he did not wish it, no one in this world could even touch a single finger of his.

This was a young man as skinny as a rack of ribs. Xiao Xian dared swear to the heavens that he had never seen anyone so thin. Just a little more, and this fellow named Xue Tie Long could play a skeleton without any makeup. He looked like a walking human skeleton.

Yet the fellow had no awareness whatsoever that a skeleton should not casually come out and frighten people. Instead, he was thoroughly pleased with himself. His voice could be heard from far away when he spoke, yet he still claimed to be low-key.

Most notably, he actually had his sights set on becoming a Dou Emperor. What a lofty and great dream. Surely every Cultivator in this world had once entered the path of cultivation with that very goal in mind and struggled for it.

He was an interesting person.

That was what Xiao Xian thought.

Setting everything else aside, just that shamelessness alone possessed thirty percent of Lord Xiao's skill. He really was quite a character.

And Xue Tie Long? Was he serious? Did he happen to have a father named Xue Fu Lan?

That was what Xiao Xian thought, and that was what he asked.

"Brother, how did you know my father is called Xue Fu Lan? Do you know my father?" Xue Tie Long asked in surprise. "No, that can't be right. You're so young—you look about the same age as me. At your age, you probably haven't even had the chance to travel far from home, so there's no way you could know my father."

Xue Tie Long could not quite understand it. Although the Xue Family had some fame within the Tianjiao Empire, it was limited to Xia'er City. Once outside that city, who the hell would know who Xue Fu Lan of the Xue Family in Xia'er City was?

"Brother, where are you from? What's your name?" Xue Tie Long was a carefree sort. He usually tossed aside questions he could not figure out, and his train of thought was rather unusual.

"Xiao Xian. Like you, I'm also someone striving to become a Dou Emperor." Xiao Xian shrugged and smiled.

"Oh? So you're a fellow traveler. My respects, my respects." Xue Tie Long wore an expression of understanding.

"Aren't you going to take the entrance test? It looks like they've already started over there." Xiao Xian pointed toward the bustling area ahead.

Xue Tie Long looked over, and sure enough, quite a few students had already gathered there. Teachers were testing the students, and many had already passed, while even more were still waiting in line.

"Ah! Brother Xiao, I'm going for the test first. We can talk later!" Xue Tie Long cried out strangely, then dashed into the crowd like a gust of wind on his two matchstick legs.

"Heh heh!"

Xiao Xian shook his head with a laugh, then headed straight toward Xiao Yan and the others.

Xiao Yan was currently taking the test, though unlike everyone else, he was not properly participating in the entrance examination. On the very day he enrolled, he wanted to request leave. That was practically a slap in the face. As a teacher, Ruo Lin absolutely could not stand for it, so she declared that if Xiao Yan could withstand ten moves from her, she would agree to his request for leave.

Ruo Lin's original intention was to put Xiao Yan in his place and make him attend Canaan Academy properly. He should not aim too high; he could go out adventuring once his strength was sufficient.

But Xiao Yan clearly did not see it that way. With Yao Lao backing him, he lacked no cultivation techniques. As long as his strength reached the necessary level, Yao Lao would choose a suitable Dou Skill specifically for him.

Although Canaan Academy had formidable teaching resources and lacked neither Dou Qi techniques nor Dou Skills, one needed enough credits to obtain any resources. Yet earning credits required doing work for the academy, which consumed a great deal of time and did not fit Xiao Yan's plan to grow stronger quickly.

So after thinking it over, and with Yao Lao egging him on, Xiao Yan decisively requested a year of leave.

Damn it, requesting leave right when school started was already outrageous, and he actually wanted a whole year? Why didn't he just fly to the heavens?

If a student like this was not taught a lesson and made to understand his own limits, how could he possibly be managed in the future?

Ruo Lin felt that she needed to suppress the arrogance of this year's freshmen and make them behave honestly at school instead of constantly entertaining crooked ideas.

Thus, the two of them began fighting without hesitation.

Ruo Lin was an instructor for Canaan Academy's lower classes, with cultivation at the Da Dou Shi realm. Although that was not considered particularly high, it was more than enough to deal with these freshmen. Nothing more needed to be said: since Xiao Yan refused to obey, she would beat him until he did.