Potential Grading

With that said, Ruo Lin Instructor walked into the tent and sat down gracefully on the stool at the head. With a wave of her fair hand, a Parchment Scroll and a pen appeared before her. She looked at the new students filing in one after another. "Students, congratulations. You have all passed the prediction test, and can now be considered to have stepped through the gates of Jia Nan Academy. However, because the academy needs to distinguish each student's Potential Value, I need to know your exact current strength."

"Eight Stage Dou Qi is classified as F Rank Potential Value. This is Jia Nan Academy's standard."

"Ninth Stage Dou Qi is classified as E Rank Potential Value."

"One Star Dou Zhe is D Rank, Two-Star Dou Zhe is C Rank, and so on. The highest level is S Rank Five Star Dou Practitioner. Of course, the age limit here is under twenty. Next, starting from left to right, report your name, level, and age."

The people at the front reported their names and strength one after another, but they were basically all F Rank and E Rank. The highest strength so far was only a One Star Dou Zhe.

Since it would still be a long while before his turn, Xiao Tian also awakened the system. "System Check-in."

[Ding, checked in at Jia Nan Academy's enrollment registration point. Obtained: Mysterious High-Rank Dou Skill: Lightning Shield, Realm Increase One Star]

Xiao Tian's aura instantly reached Five Star Dou Master. Xiao Tian received the Dou Skill Lightning Shield, and the scroll instantly transformed into words that entered his mind. Xiao Tian immediately reached the beginner level in Lightning Shield. After glancing over this Dou Skill, he saw that it focused mainly on defense. If he asked for leave later and had to exchange moves with Ruo Lin Instructor, having this Dou Skill would give him a greater chance of enduring the test.

Soon, it was the Xiao Family members' turn. "Xiao Ning, Ninth Stage Dou Qi, age eighteen." "Xiao Mei, Ninth Stage Dou Qi, age sixteen." "E Rank."

After that came Xiao Yan. "Xiao Yan, Four-Star Dou Practitioner, age sixteen." Ruo Lin was briefly stunned. "A Rank."

After Xiao Yan finished reporting, it was Xiao Tian's turn. But Xiao Tian was currently immersed in the Dou Skill. Xun Er tugged at the distracted Xiao Tian. "Xiao Tian Gege, it's your turn."

"Oh, that fast? Xiao Tian, Five Star Dou Master, age sixteen." Xiao Tian came back to his senses and directly reported.

At the head seat, Ruo Lin Instructor, who was about to record it on the wool scroll, instantly stood up. Her gentle, pretty face immediately filled with shock. Thinking she had heard wrong, she trembled slightly. "What realm?"

"Five Star Dou Master."

As Xiao Tian's words fell once again, the tent went deathly silent. Everyone's mouths hung open as they stared blankly at Xiao Tian.

"Holy shit, why are you pinching me?"

"I'm pinching you to see if I'm dreaming or if this is real."

"Then why don't you pinch yourself?"

"I'm afraid of pain..." The silence in the field was broken by the two people's conversation, and bursts of discussion erupted. "Is he even human?" "He's freaking sixteen? Is there still any law? Is there still any Heavenly Reason?"

Meanwhile, Luo Bu and Ge La, who had originally been in the corner, broke out in cold sweat and shrank farther into an even darker corner, afraid Xiao Tian would notice them.

The shock on Ruo Lin Instructor's face gradually receded. Her eyes shone with a strange light as she stared at Xiao Tian. "I never expected it, truly never expected it. To think I would actually encounter a genius far beyond S Rank Potential. You really have given me a great shock."

Everyone's gazes, especially the man-eating stares from those girls, made Xiao Tian feel a little unnatural. But for the sake of making it easier to ask for leave, he still decided to report everything. Besides, if he wanted to ask for leave later, he would probably have to fight. If he hid it now, he would still have to reveal it later, and it would be even more awkward then, leaving him wrong no matter what he did.

"Next." While everyone was still in shock, Ruo Lin Instructor calmed down, sat back in her chair, and spoke.

Xiao Xun'er moved forward with graceful lotus steps. "Xiao Xun'er, Six Star Dou Zhe, age sixteen."

Hearing that another S Rank genius had appeared, everyone's mouths opened in surprise as well. Two S Rank existences had come all at once. Because they had already been shocked numb by Xiao Tian earlier, they were not quite as surprised now. Their horizons had already been broadened...

"Ruo Lin Instructor, I'll give you one more S Rank genius." After Xun Er, the last person, finished reporting, Ruo Lin Instructor, who was preparing to put away the Parchment Scroll, was drawn over by Xiao Tian's voice.

"Give me one more genius? Who? Where?"

"There, over there." Xiao Tian raised his head slightly and gestured toward Xiao Yan.

"Xiao Yan? Although he is very outstanding, he has not reached the S Rank standard." Ruo Lin looked at Xiao Yan in confusion.

"Will you say it, or should I say it for you?" Xiao Tian glanced at Xiao Yan, then quietly said to him, "Xiao Yanzi, you have to show your value before you can do what you want to do."

"I'll say it myself!" After that, Xiao Yan briefly explained what had happened to him. Only then did everyone learn that Xiao Yan had cultivated to this realm in the span of one year, and their gazes could not help changing.

"If Xiao Tian hadn't said it, I almost would've let a genius like you slip away." Ruo Lin looked at the three great geniuses standing before her, feeling deeply satisfied. After she returned, the other instructors would be green with envy.

"Ruo Lin Instructor, I plan to ask for one year of leave." Just as Ruo Lin was feeling happy, Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan suddenly spoke at the same time.

"Are you two joking with me? That is already equivalent to one-third of the time you will spend cultivating and studying at the academy. This teacher cannot approve it for you. Don't make things difficult for me." Ruo Lin was caught between laughter and tears because of the two of them.

"Instructor, I have to take this leave. I have something very important to do, and nothing can change that. If there's no way to ask for leave, I can only withdraw. When enrollment opens again next year, I'll come back and register then." Xiao Tian looked at Ruo Lin helplessly. Xiao Yan did not speak at the side, but the determination in his eyes had already expressed everything.

Ruo Lin Instructor looked at the two of them, who were threatening her with withdrawal, and rubbed her forehead with a headache. It had not been easy to receive these monster-like geniuses, and she truly could not bear to let them slip out of her hands. After pondering for a long while, the gentleness on Ruo Lin's face gradually faded. She narrowed her eyes. "As long as either of you can last twenty exchanges against me, I will approve that person's leave."

"Good." Xiao Tian had already thought this might happen, so he agreed without hesitation. Xiao Yan also forced himself to nod with a dry laugh.

"This place is too cramped. Let's go outside to the square." With that said, Ruo Lin Instructor walked to the square. Her slender hand brushed over her storage ring, and an Aqua Blue Whip appeared in her hand. She said to the two of them, "Which of you will go first?"

"I'll go first. Instructor, please show mercy later!" Xiao Tian stepped forward and said.

Ruo Lin Instructor did not speak. Instead, she took the long whip in hand and flicked it lightly, using that to answer her stance.

Xiao Tian glanced at Ruo Lin Instructor, then circulated Heavenly Lightning Halberd. A halberd appeared in his hand, and he gripped it tightly as he stood before Ruo Lin. Ruo Lin looked at Xiao Tian's Halberd. "Oh? A weapon formed purely from lightning? It seems your mastery over the thunder attribute is very high."

After speaking, she flicked her wrist, and the long whip drew a graceful arc through the air, carrying a sharp sound as it tore toward Xiao Tian. Xiao Tian's gaze sharpened. He infused his Thunder Attribute Dou Qi into the halberd, then thrust it out as fast as lightning, striking the tip of the whip dead-on.