After walking a short distance, Zhu Xiyan finally couldn't hold back any longer and asked, "Teacher, you went out of your way to ask me to stay. Was there something you wanted to talk to me about?"
Liu Feng stopped and turned to look at her. "Zhu Xiyan, here's the thing. The school knows—including some of the school leaders—that your cultivation is very high. You've already reached the sixth level of the Forming Yuan Stage."
"They've also heard about your match against someone in the Cultivation Society last semester. They know you have a miraculous secret technique that lets you transform into a True Dragon, and that your strength is already comparable to someone at the Golden Core Stage."
"Just now, I noticed you hadn't signed up for this National College Martial Arts Competition. Yesterday, when the school issued its notice, the school leaders specifically came to talk to me."
"They said they hoped I'd make sure you took part in this National College Martial Arts Competition, so you could bring honor to the school..."
Liu Feng paused briefly, then continued, "From what I gathered from the school leaders, they seem intent on reforming the university and developing it into a comprehensive institution for both liberal arts and martial arts."
"They may even establish a dedicated cultivation faculty in the future. To do that, the school will need to recruit new students with sufficiently outstanding aptitude."
"Since Huaxia Cultivation University exists, it's certain to recruit the students with the best cultivation aptitude from each year's College Entrance Examination."
"But if our university can become the second choice after Huaxia Cultivation University, and recruit students who are a little less outstanding—those who didn't get into Huaxia Cultivation University but still have excellent aptitude—"
"Then, in the future, Jiangnan University could become