Soon, a flurry of hurried footsteps approached from deep within the academy, accompanied by a disgruntled complaint.
"You called me out for something like this? Just tell him to get lost!"
Before the words had even faded, the guard captain had already led out a middle-aged man in a white researcher's coat and thick, black-framed glasses.
The middle-aged man's face was full of impatience. He kept grumbling as he walked, clearly furious that someone had interrupted him.
But the instant he stepped through the academy gates and habitually glanced over the scene, his complaints abruptly stopped.
His pupils shrank beneath his thick lenses!
His gaze locked onto the silent woman in black beside Ji Xuan, the one wearing a mask!
Others might only sense a vague, intimidating presence.
But he was different!
As a genuine Eight-Ring Soul Douluo and Level 8 Soul Engineer, as well as the director of the Academic Affairs Office at Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy, Lin Jiayi could clearly sense just how terrifying the energy within that woman was!
It was a restrained yet extremely dangerous fluctuation of Soul Power!
Its strength was in no way inferior to his own!
In certain respects, it was even purer and deadlier!
An Eight-Ring Soul Douluo!
And quite possibly an agility-type Soul Douluo specializing in assassination and combat!
The impatience and irritation on Lin Jiayi's face vanished in a single second.
In their place came a solemnity and seriousness he had never shown before.
He hurried over to Ji Xuan, his earlier grumbling attitude gone without a trace.
Adjusting his glasses, he forced a smile as amiable as he could manage and asked politely, "Young friend, hello. I'm Lin Jiayi, director of this academy's Academic Affairs Office. I heard you want to enroll?"
The sudden change in his