My Mentor Was a Young Matron

"Mid-Heaven Fusion Realm, huh? Looks like even without the Spirit Road Empowerment, their cultivation hadn't fallen behind by much."

Lin Suchou raised a brow at Yang Hong, somewhat surprised.

Besides Yang Hong on the western stone platform, Lin Suchou also spotted a particularly outstanding figure on each of the southern and northern platforms.

On the southern platform stood a tall, graceful figure with ice-blue hair and even ice-blue eyes.

From afar, she looked like an ancient iceberg that had stood for ten thousand years.

According to his memories, this girl was likely from the Ice Spirit Clan.

On the northern platform stood a burly youth whose body had a faint yellow hue.

Lin Suchou had encountered this race before as well—the Wood Spirit Clan.

These two figures had likewise reached the Heaven Fusion Realm.

"Lin Suchou, we meet again."

Suddenly, Yang Hong shouted at Lin Suchou from across the way, hatred showing in his eyes. "Back in the Spirit Road, I swore I would no longer help Ji Xuan, yet you still refused to spare my life. You made me miss the Spirit Road Empowerment."

The moment those words came out, they drew the gazes of every freshman.

They also caused the Shi Family Brothers and Ge Hai on this stone platform to cast hateful looks at him.

The Ice Spirit Clan girl and the Wood Spirit Clan youth looked over as well.

"Hehe, you've drawn quite a few eyes the moment you arrived."

Wen Qingxuan smiled sweetly at him from beside him. "That's Bing Qing of the Ice Spirit Clan on the southern platform, and Mu Kui of the Wood Spirit Clan on the northern one. Judging by their expressions, both of them seem rather interested in you."

"Since she's interested in me, how about I snatch Bing Qing over too and make her your sister?"

Ignoring Yang Hong's hatred, Lin Suchou turned and jokingly said this to Wen Qingxuan.

"You dare!?"

Wen Qingxuan's delicate brows shot up, but she quickly returned to a smile. "Sure. Luo Li and I will make room for her then. You can live with her instead."

After saying that, she deliberately took Luo Li's little hand and looked at him provocatively.

But Lin Suchou domineeringly pulled both girls back into his arms and planted a forceful kiss on Wen Qingxuan's little mouth.

"Looks like your husband will have to enforce the family rules later."

Seeing her cheeks suddenly flush, Lin Suchou put on a stern expression. "Hurry up and admit you were wrong."

"Husband, I was wrong."

Wen Qingxuan pressed herself against his chest, her pretty face flushed.

Seeing her like this, Lin Suchou was thoroughly satisfied.

When dealing with Wen Qingxuan, he had to be stronger and tougher than her!

"If you want revenge, you can come over right now. But you might die miserably."

After dealing with Wen Qingxuan, Lin Suchou raised his head again and looked at the twisted-faced Yang Hong.

"Then let's try it!"

Yang Hong's fury surged. Vast spiritual energy emerged around him, and a huge phantom of a strange Flood Dragon rose behind his back.

"Enough! This is not the time for you to fight."

Seeing Yang Hong erupt with spiritual energy, the White-robed Old Man appeared in mid-air. With a light sweep of his sleeve, he shattered Yang Hong's imposing aura.

"The Freshman Tournament will be held in a month. You'll have plenty of time to fight then.

At that tournament, whoever rises above the rest will become the number one freshman of Northern Cang Spirit Academy!"

Upon hearing the White-robed Old Man's words, many freshmen's eyes lit up.

There were more than two hundred thousand freshmen here. Young people were naturally hot-blooded, and even a little empty fame was enough to stir their blood and make them strive for it.

"Elder Bai, I have a question. Why doesn't he have to undergo the Northern Cang Realm assessment? While we had to risk our lives inside for an entire month!"

Suddenly, a gaunt youth with a knife scar on his hand spoke up.

After speaking, he cast an unconvinced look at Lin Suchou.

Hearing this, some of the surrounding freshmen gradually began to echo him.

"Yeah! Why does he get special treatment?"

"I'm not convinced either! The Northern Cang Realm nearly took my life. This isn't fair!"

"..."

Hearing everyone's questions, Elder Bai directly wrapped his voice in spiritual energy, making it ring in everyone's ears.

"If you can also earn the title of Spirit Crown Holder in the Spirit Road, then you, too, may skip the Northern Cang Realm assessment."

Once those words fell, all the unconvinced freshmen fell silent and looked at Lin Suchou in shock.

"He's Lin Suchou, the Spirit Crown Holder!?"

"So that's why he could enter Northern Cang without an examination."

"He looks so fair and clean, without a trace of killing intent. So he's the final victor of the Spirit Road."

"No killing intent? You wouldn't be saying that if you'd entered last year's Spirit Road."

"..."

The freshmen looked at Lin Suchou with surprise or admiration in their eyes.

However, with the Luo Shen Robe concealing his aura, they could not discern anything about him.

"Alright. From this moment onward, you are officially students of Northern Cang Spirit Academy.

No matter how glorious or downtrodden your past may have been, once you come to Northern Cang, you are all ordinary students. If you want respect and status, you must earn them with your own abilities."

Elder Bai smiled faintly as he looked at the still somewhat youthful boys and girls below.

"Next, you will be arranged to live in the Freshman District. The Freshman District is divided into four major areas: east, south, west, and north. Mentors will soon lead you there."

As his words fell, dozens of streaks of light swept over from afar and finally hovered in mid-air.

Most of these figures were middle-aged, and every one of them possessed Heaven Fusion Realm cultivation.

They quickly scattered, while a graceful figure descended toward Lin Suchou's group.

In mid-air, she transformed into a voluptuous young matron dressed in a red gown.

She possessed a beautiful face, and her brows carried the charming, mature allure of a grown woman.

Her smiling appearance was exceedingly enticing.

The young matron in red looked toward the area where Lin Suchou and the others stood, then waved a jade-like hand and released a stream of spiritual energy.

It quickly descended over Lin Suchou and the others' heads, covering more than two thousand students.

"Little ones beneath the light screen, congratulations. I'll be your freshman mentor for the next year of academy life.

My name is Mu Ling. If there's anything you don't understand in the future, feel free to come find me~"

The young matron looked at the boys and girls below with her long, beautiful eyes and spoke with a sweet smile.

Lin Suchou looked at her, then could not help looking at Hong Ling beside Mu Chen.

Tsk, it seemed Potato was simply too lazy when it came to naming people.

There were especially far too many people surnamed Liu.

When Mu Chen saw that Lin Suchou's gaze had landed on his sister, his expression changed in alarm, and he stepped in front of Hong Ling.

Lin Suchou's expression turned strange at Mu Chen's action, and he quickly turned his head away.

Mu Chen actually thought he was about to pull some "a friend's sister" stunt.

Where was the trust between people?

Though Lin Suchou really did want to try something involving a friend's mother...

"What nonsense are you thinking, little brother? He was only curious because the mentor's name is similar to mine."

Hong Ling's pretty face reddened as she glared fiercely at Mu Chen.

Once she put it that way, Mu Chen felt that was indeed probably the case.

Both Hong Ling and Mentor Mu Ling wore red dresses, and their names were similar.

"Sis, I was just worried about you. Mother told me to look after you before we left."

Mu Chen raised a hand and rubbed his nose. It seemed he had overthought it...