Potential Value Ranking

After Ruo Lin Mentor appeared, Xiao Yan's powerful Soul Power let him notice that the gazes of some of the young students inside the tent had quietly grown heated. The way they looked at her actually carried some inexplicable emotion.

Xiao Yan could not help shivering. Some younger people always liked women more mature than themselves... Uh, this seemed to be what they called a mature-woman complex.

Xiao Yu and several close sisters hurried over to the mentor's side and gathered around her, chattering away.

"Ruo Lin Mentor, hehe, Yu'er missed you so much!" Xiao Yu giggled as she threw herself forward and hugged the mentor tightly around the waist.

Ruo Lin Mentor smiled gently, stroking Xiao Yu's beautiful hair as she said, "Hehe, Yu'er, did you have a good holiday?"

"Other than missing Ruo Lin Mentor every day, everything was very good."

"You, ah, that little mouth of yours."

After exchanging a few words, Ruo Lin Mentor glanced at the students lying all over the ground and was speechless for a moment. She shook her head and said, "You really did make quite a commotion. Move the injured people to a shady place and invite an alchemist over to take a look."

"The few of you, as well as the other new students, come into the tent to have your potential value evaluated."

Hearing Ruo Lin Mentor's words, the new students who had been roasted under the blazing sun like suckling pigs looked as though they had seen a bodhisattva, and walked into the tent with faces full of delight.

Xiao Yan nodded to Xiao Ning and Xiao Mei, signaling for them to go in as well.

"Let's go, Xun'er. We'll go in too."

Ruo Lin Mentor looked at Xiao Yan. With that gentle, refined manner and the way he gave orders so methodically, she had a feeling that she had not only picked up a treasure, but would probably also be picking up a troublesome student.

Inside the tent, Ruo Lin Mentor sat before the desk. With a wave of her fair hand, a Storage Ring on her finger flickered with light, and a roll of green parchment along with an ink brush appeared in her hand.

Ruo Lin Mentor said with a soft laugh, "Students, congratulations on all passing the preliminary test. For now, you can be considered to have stepped through the doors of Jia Nan Academy. However, because the academy divides classes from the Yellow Class to the Xuan Class, we need to distinguish the students' potential values. Therefore, I need to know your current exact strength."

"Below twenty years old and at Dou Qi Level 8 is an F-rank potential value. This is Jia Nan Academy's minimum standard. If you are below eighteen, reaching seven Duan of Dou Qi will also do."

"Below twenty years old and at nine Duan of Dou Qi is an E-rank potential value."

"One-Star Dou Zhe, D-rank. Two-Star Dou Zhe, C-rank, and so on. The highest rank is S-rank, a Five-Star Dou Zhe. The lower the age, the corresponding rating will increase."

Ruo Lin Mentor gently explained the rating standards. In truth, Xiao Yu had already told Xiao Ning and the others about these standards beforehand. Those able to enter with Xiao Yu were all elites selected by the Xiao Clan.

"Hehe, as for a new student with S-rank potential, Jia Nan Academy has only encountered one in these past ten-plus years. That Little Vixen is rather extraordinary in the academy now."

At this point, Ruo Lin's gaze swept, seemingly intentionally and unintentionally, toward Xiao Yan and Xun'er. In her perception, these two should have the highest potential, though she was not clear on the exact level.

Xiao Yan asked Xiao Yu beside him curiously, "Who is Little Vixen?"

"Little Vixen refers to Hu Jia. She's the granddaughter of the vice headmaster of Jia Nan Academy's Outer Academy. Her talent is extremely high, and her battle strength is very strong too. But that person likes women." After Xiao Yu finished speaking, she could not help shivering. That person's sexual orientation had a problem! "Uh, Xun'er, you have to be careful," Xiao Yan reminded her with a grave expression.

"Hehe, Xun'er thinks Xiao Yan Gege is the one who should be careful. Don't go flirting everywhere."

While Xiao Yan and the others were talking, the evaluation had already begun. On Ruo Lin Mentor's desk was an evaluation device that could test Cultivation Level and age.

The ages of the vast majority were stuck around nineteen, and most of the ratings were F and E. Even D-ranks were few and far between.

"Xiao Mei, just turned sixteen, ninth Duan of Dou Qi."

Ruo Lin looked at the somewhat timid maiden before her with a little surprise and said in satisfaction, "Not bad. Potential value C."

"Brother Xiao Yan, my potential value is C!" Xiao Mei ran excitedly to Xiao Yan. Her potential value being so high truly could not be separated from Xiao Yan, because Xiao Yan had given her two bottles of Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid as aid. Only then had Xiao Mei been able to reach ninth Duan of Dou Qi.

Xiao Yan smiled gently and said, "This is the result of your own hard work. I only gave a little help."

"Xiao Ning, eighteen years old, One-Star Dou Zhe," Xiao Ning said in a low voice.

"Not bad. You are also C-rank potential."

Xiao Ning clenched his fists tightly, then respectfully walked before Xiao Yan and bowed. Xiao Yan merely waved his hand calmly. Xiao Ning being able to reach One-Star Dou Zhe was also entirely thanks to the Qi Gathering Powder Xiao Yan had given him. It could be said that without Xiao Yan, there would be no him today.

"Next, Xiao Xun'er."

Hearing the name, Xiao Yan lightly stroked Xun'er's beautiful hair and said, "Go shock them."

Xun'er shrugged and copied Xiao Yan, putting on a helpless expression as she said, "Sigh, in the end, I still can't surpass Xiao Yan Gege."

Xiao Yan smiled and said, "What, are you getting jealous of me over this too?"

Pursing her small mouth, Xun'er walked to the desk and said softly, "Xiao Xun'er, Seven-Star Dou Zhe, age sixteen."

Clatter. Ruo Lin Mentor's wrist stiffened, and the pen in her hand slipped from her fingers. Her mouth opened slightly as she raised her head and looked at the beautiful maiden before her.

Are you joking???

The maiden's light, clear voice made the tent fall into dead silence. Everyone's gaze stared blankly at the green-clothed maiden. Even Ruo Lin Mentor could not, for a moment, evaluate what rank this talent counted as.

This had broken the scale! Even stronger than the vice headmaster's granddaughter! And sixteen years old?!

Xiao Yan also smiled bitterly inwardly. This cultivation speed was simply absurd. If he did not have the Flame Mantra and the Bone Chiling Flame, he would have been surpassed long ago.

Ruo Lin Mentor took a deep breath and wrote an SS rating on the roster.

"I'll give you an SS rating. Although this rank doesn't exist on the rating chart, you've clearly already surpassed S-rank. I'll explain it to the headmaster." Ruo Lin Mentor directly made an exception!

"Now that demon girl in the academy has finally met her match," Xiao Yu suddenly muttered a few times.

Inside the tent, all the new students began discussing among themselves, talking about Xun'er's background and making no effort to hide their fantasies about her.

Only Xun'er remained as cold and aloof as ever, ignoring everyone as she went straight back to Xiao Yan's side.

When Ruo Lin Mentor glanced at the final name on the roster, her expression turned a little strange as she looked toward Xiao Yan and said, "Next, Xiao Yan."

Xiao Yan slowly stood up and walked to the desk. "Xiao Yan, sixteen years old, Eight-Star Dou Zhe."

Pfft!!!!

In the corner, Luo Bu and Ge La, who had just been saved and woken up, had been about to drink some water and take some medicine, only to spray all the medicine right back out. Their eyes were filled with fear and horror; they were just short of dropping to their knees.

"Sixteen?!!"

"Impossible! How could an Eight-Star Dou Zhe possibly have such power!"

As soon as Xiao Yan finished speaking, gasps rang out throughout the tent. One stunned, even terrified, gaze after another turned toward Xiao Yan, filled with a shuddering awe at such monstrous talent.

When they saw Xiao Yan easily defeat Luo Bu and the others, everyone had guessed that Xiao Yan should have the Cultivation Level of a Dou Shi, and that he was probably nearly twenty, around the same age as Xiao Yu.

But in the end, Xiao Yan was only sixteen! And his Cultivation Level had not even reached Dou Shi, yet he had burst out with Dou Shi-level combat strength! That was even more terrifying than being a Dou Shi!

"A sixteen-year-old Eight-Star Dou Zhe. Stronger than Xun Er, and with extremely formidable combat strength! He is a genius!" Ruo Lin Mentor slowly let out a breath, her eyes narrowing slightly as she looked at the young man before her.

This talent and combat strength were a good deal stronger than Little Vixen's!

Xiao Yu's sisters had long since gone numb one by one. Xue Ni asked, "Yu'er, what is going on with your clan? One monster after another! This cousin of yours is way too freakishly monstrous."

The corners of Xiao Yu's mouth slowly rose, as if the praise were for herself. At that moment, she snickered inwardly, If they knew Xiao Yan was also an alchemist, they'd probably faint from fright.