Night Sleep Herb reduced the amount of time a Soul Master needed to sleep and sped up the recovery of both physical and mental fatigue, freeing up more time to cultivate.
It might only be three times faster, but what about saving a few hours of sleep each day? Over a month? Over a year?
That would give Ye Wen enough extra time to gain several more levels than other people.
Shui Bing'er was astonished. She looked him over curiously. "You actually have a Soul Tool this amazing?"
"Yeah!"
Ye Wen smiled to himself. This wasn't his only Soul Tool. The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's collection alone contained over a hundred of them.
"All right. What happened today was my mistake. But you can't tell anyone about what happened between us just now!" Shui Bing'er reminded him, looking embarrassed.
"Don't worry, I won't go around telling people you came to my room first thing in the morning and kissed me," Ye Wen teased.
"You! That's not what happened!" Shui Bing'er put her hands on her hips and stomped her foot angrily.
"All right, all right, I was just kidding. I'm getting up now. You can go."
"Remember, don't tell anyone!"
Shui Bing'er reminded him again, still uneasy, then hurried out of the room, blushing.
"Heh, she's pretty cute," Ye Wen said with a smile and a shake of his head. Then he got up to wash.
Soon, everyone had gathered. After breakfast, they rented a carriage and set off for Skywater Academy.
Along the way, Shui Bing'er kept glancing at Ye Wen from time to time. She didn't know why, but ever since that kiss that morning, she'd started paying a lot more attention to him and felt compelled to watch him.
Shui Bing'er, what's gotten into you? Why do you keep looking at him? she asked herself.
Skywater Academy was in Skywater City, in the northwest of the Heaven Dou Empire.
It was relatively close to the Extreme North and the coast.
The trip back from the Star Dou Great Forest would take several days, so aside from eating, drinking, and sleeping, everyone spent most of the journey cultivating in the carriage.
Before they knew it, Ye Wen and the others had been on the continent for a month.
He could tell he was close to breaking through to Soul Power Level 15. Evil Tiger and Xiao Bai had already reached Level 14 a few days earlier.
By the time they arrived at Skywater Academy, Ye Wen had also broken through to Level 15. He clenched his fist, pleased. "Not bad. I gained a level in just over a month."
"At this rate, it might even be possible to reach Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster within a year."
"Ye Wen, Evil Tiger, Xiao Bai, we're almost at Skywater Academy," Shui Xiuzhen said, in an excellent mood.
Skywater Academy. This should be exciting, Ye Wen thought.
It was full of girls—beautiful, cute, and sexy young women. Going to school in a place like this was every boy's dream!
Come on, what guy wouldn't want to attend an all-girls' school?
Of course, Ye Wen wasn't that kind of guy.
Before long, the carriage finally stopped in front of Skywater Academy's gates.
Everyone climbed down. Ye Wen stood there, gazing at the enormous entrance and the four grand characters engraved above it: Skywater Academy.
Tiny Nuoding Academy seemed like some backwater village compared with one of the continent's top Soul Master Academies.
"Let's go in."
"Okay."
Ye Wen and the others followed them inside. Along the way, he saw beautiful girls of every sort: cute, sexy, mature, pure, and alluring.
Some wore very revealing clothes—miniskirts, miniskirts—so short that a slight glance down seemed like it might reveal a tantalizing glimpse.
All kinds of stockings, all kinds of long, pale legs.
And all kinds of impressive figures.
Tsk, what a sight!
It was the first time Ye Wen had ever seen so many beautiful women. No wonder Douluo Continent was such a great place for producing beauties!
"Sister Bing'er!"
"Sister Bing'er, you're back!"
All along the way, groups of female students greeted Shui Bing'er. She responded with a polite smile.
Some of the girls were older than Bing'er, but they still called her Sister Bing'er. Xiao Bai was puzzled. "Bing'er, why do those older girls call you Sister Bing'er, too?"
Shui Bing'er explained, "At Skywater Academy, seniority has never been based on age. It's based on strength!"
"Whoever's stronger is the big sister."
"Oh, I see. I think that's pretty good," Xiao Bai said, understanding. She liked that system, too.
Just then, Shui Xiuzhen said, "Bing'er, tell them about Skywater Academy."
"Okay, Instructor Xiuzhen." Shui Bing'er nodded and began, "Our academy, like the other Five Elemental Academies, teaches the Extreme Flow. We believe that Soul Masters should focus their power along as pure a path as possible, developing in one direction and pushing it to the extreme."
Ye Wen listened quietly without voicing an opinion.
Extreme Flow and Balanced Flow had always been fiercely debated. Both approaches had their own strengths and weaknesses, and powerful Titled Douluo from different schools of thought could be found across the continent.
With Extreme Flow, for example, a Strength Attack System Soul Master could put everything into attack, making their Combat Power formidable.
Balanced Flow involved a little of everything: control, Agility Attack System, Strength Attack System, and defense. It made for a more versatile fighter who could deal with all kinds of Soul Master opponents, but lacked truly extreme power.
Ye Wen felt that both approaches were good. It mainly came down to personal preference.
"Also, Skywater Academy combines a junior Soul Master school and an advanced Soul Master school under one administration. It has grades one through six, and after grade six, students move on to the Advanced Class."
"Understood."
In other words, grades one through six were equivalent to a junior Soul Master school, while the Advanced Class was equivalent to an advanced Soul Master school.
As Shui Bing'er explained, she led them toward the Dean's Office.
A little while later, they arrived at the Dean's Office.
Shui Xiuzhen immediately told the Dean about Ye Wen and the others. The news sent the dean of Skywater Academy into a frenzy of excitement and delight.
There was no doubt about it: the two boys, Ye Wen and Evil Tiger, had been admitted as special cases.
They had become the first and second male students in Skywater Academy's entire history.
The Skywater Dean was in high spirits. "Wonderful! Wonderful! Skywater Academy has gained three more talented students—and for the first time, two male students have joined!"
"Xiuzhen, go tell all the students to gather on the field at once. We'll hold a welcoming ceremony for Ye Wen, Evil Tiger, and Xiao Bai!"
"Hey, Dean, there's no need to make such a big deal of it," Ye Wen said, at a loss.
"Now, Ye Wen, your being male students at our academy is unprecedented. You're special, so naturally we should welcome you with a special ceremony."
"Uh, fine. Do whatever you want."
Ye Wen gave in. They could do whatever they liked.
At that moment, the girls across Skywater Academy were all buzzing with excitement.
Countless female students hurried toward the field. Every one of them looked thrilled, excited, and curious!
Quite a few of them had already heard that male students were joining, and the news had the girls absolutely over the moon!
"Junior boys! There are junior boys!!"
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