Before long, they arrived at Dugu Yan's courtyard.
"Such a large courtyard, and you live here alone?"
"Yeah!" Dugu Yan led Zhao Zilong inside and explained, "There are only around thirty Heaven Dou Rank students in the entire Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Courtyards like this take up a lot of space and can only be obtained through an application. Generally, only Heaven Dou Rank students can apply for this kind of private courtyard. The facilities inside are excellent, and it is entirely private property—even teachers cannot come and go as they please."
"Heaven Micro Rank and Heaven Supreme Rank students can apply as well, but they have to pay rent. Heaven Micro Rank costs 1,000 Gold Soul Coins per month, while Heaven Supreme Rank costs 500 Gold Soul Coins a month."
"Once you officially enroll, you can apply for your own as well."
As expected, the royal family really was different, Zhao Zilong thought as he followed behind Dugu Yan.
"Grandfather." Upon entering the main hall and seeing Dugu Bo seated there drinking tea, Dugu Yan ran over excitedly. "Grandfather, he's the one who discovered the poisonous backlash in my body."
"Oh?" Dugu Bo looked at Zhao Zilong with feigned surprise.
"Greetings, Elder Dugu." Zhao Zilong clasped his hands in salute.
In truth, Dugu Bo had returned only a few minutes before them. He had been secretly following Dugu Yan all along. Looking at Zhao Zilong, he asked seriously, "Kid, you discovered the backlash from the snake poison inside Yan Yan's body? How did you find out?"
"I have a pair of special eyes that can see the deadly poison contained within her body." Zhao Zilong met Dugu Bo's gaze without either servility or arrogance.
"Oh?"
A smile tugged at Zhao Zilong's lips. "Of course, both you and Dugu Yan