Daily Consumption of Twenty Kilograms...

In the blink of an eye, another month had passed.

Xiao Yi Xian's cultivation speed was growing faster and faster. With Wu Yong around, she practically wished she could eat poison as her three daily meals.

With Wu Yong's Reversal Technique available anyway, the sooner her Woeful Poison Body matured, the greater the benefits to her would be. She no longer resisted it.

Watching Xiao Yi Xian cultivate so crazily by swallowing poison every day, Wu Yong suddenly recalled a topic from his previous life.

An undercover agent who inhaled twenty kilograms of drugs every day—did the crime boss who had been infiltrated count as having held back a monster for humanity? Could he receive the Nobel Peace Prize?

Shaking his head with a smile, Wu Yong felt somewhat emotional. Fortunately, he was a genius too. He had cultivated from a two-star Dou Wang to a four-star Dou Wang in three months. Otherwise, seeing Xiao Yi Xian advance from a seven-star Dou Zhe to a two-star Dou Shi in just one month would make any normal person feel inferior.

After finishing today's cultivation, Xiao Yi Xian walked out of her room and saw Wu Yong waiting outside.

"Let's go. It just so happens that Instructor Ruolin is leading the recruitment team here. Otherwise, I had planned to wait a while longer and fly you directly to Jia Nan Academy to register."

"Mm."

Xiao Yi Xian linked her arm through Wu Yong's and followed him out of the clinic, looking rather like a devoted couple.

The next instant, Wu Yong held Xiao Yi Xian and transformed into a streak of Green Light, soaring into the sky toward Wutan City a hundred li away.

"Sorry, Instructor Ruolin. Looks like I can't escape taking leave this year."

On the training ground outside the tent, mist filled the air. A delicate-looking youth emerged from the vapor, smiling at the gentle, mature female instructor, who was still in shock.

Ruolin had never expected that a mere four-star Dou Zhe could safely withstand the Xuan-tier Intermediate Dou Technique she, a Da Dou Shi, had unleashed.

Although she had not used her full strength, logically speaking, there was no way a mere Dou Zhe should have been able to block it!

Even that little monster had not been able to accomplish what Xiao Yan had when he was a Dou Zhe.

Ruolin sighed inwardly, thinking that she would likely be kept busy from now on.

When she returned to the tent, she suddenly noticed that there seemed to be two extra people inside. One of them, a tall and handsome young man, looked very familiar.

"Instructor Ruolin, it has been a long time. Have you been well lately?"

"Wu Yong?!"

The moment she heard his voice, Ruolin recognized the young man before her.

"Shouldn't you be in the Inner Academy now? Why are you here?"

"I'd been cultivating for too long and felt a little stifled, so I asked the elders for leave and came out for some fresh air. I didn't expect such a coincidence, running into you here, Instructor. We had originally planned to go directly to the academy and trouble you."

Every word and action of Wu Yong's showed respect for this instructor. Before meeting Xiao Yi Xian, Instructor Ruolin had been the one who treated him best.

Though it was also part of her responsibilities and performance as an instructor, that did not erase the care Ruolin had shown Wu Yong.

"Trouble me? What could I possibly do to help a genius like you?"

Ruolin smiled bitterly and shook her head. She knew exactly what she was capable of. If Wu Yong's performance back then had not been so dazzling, she likely would have needed several more years before being promoted to a Xuan-tier Instructor.

Then her gaze shifted to the white-dressed girl beside Wu Yong, who radiated an ethereal air, moving thoughtfully back and forth between the two of them.

"This is my friend, Xiao Yi Xian. I'd like to entrust her to you."

"Oh, and Instructor, don't underestimate her. She's only sixteen this year, yet she's already a two-star Dou Shi. Her talent is even better than mine."

"What? A two-star Dou Shi!"

Ruolin was truly stunned by Wu Yong's words. She walked over to Xiao Yi Xian and carefully examined the young girl.

Xiao Yi Xian also activated the Dou Qi Gauze characteristic of a Dou Shi and smiled as she bowed to Ruolin. "Hello, Instructor Ruolin. I'm Xiao Yi Xian."

"Good, good, good... What kind of day is this? Is my luck really this good? Geniuses are coming one after another, and each is more impressive than the last. Truly..."

Suddenly, Ruolin's expression changed, and she cautiously asked, "Xiao Yi Xian, you aren't planning to take leave too, are you?"

"Take leave?" Xiao Yi Xian froze for a moment, then looked toward Wu Yong.

Do I need to take leave?

Ruolin's gaze followed hers to Wu Yong. He shook his head. "Once she registers with you, I'll take her directly to the Outer Academy. She shouldn't need to take leave, right?"

"I see. Then there's no need."

Ruolin breathed a sigh of relief. Thankfully, Xiao Yi Xian, like Wu Yong, was someone who put people at ease.

"The academy's flying convoy will probably return to the academy in about a month. You should be able to catch up with them, right? After all, flying magical beasts capable of reaching the academy aren't easy to find."

"No problem, Instructor."

As he spoke, a pair of Dou Qi Wings flashed behind Wu Yong's back before vanishing.

Seeing this, Ruolin sighed and patted Wu Yong on the shoulder.

"You really are a monster, kid. How long has it even been? Still, I can now say I've patted the shoulder of a Dou Wang powerhouse. Hehehe..."

"If you wish, Instructor, in a few years you'll be able to pat the shoulder of a Dou Emperor powerhouse too."

"You little rascal, you've really become more handsome—and more confident!"

"Instructor, I'm now the strongest student in the Inner Academy. If I weren't confident, wouldn't I be disgracing the academy?"

"Good kid, very good! From now on, I can look down on people in the Outer Academy with my nose in the air."

Looking at the confident Wu Yong, Ruolin felt dazed, her mood exceptionally bright.

She knew that his current accomplishments did not have much to do with her, but she was Wu Yong's instructor after all.

Back then, she had recognized his potential at a glance, seeing that the youth in that clinic was no ordinary person.

Sure enough, how long had it even been? He had gone from a Dou Zhe to a Dou Wang powerhouse!

And now, he had brought her another genius girl, a supreme talent who had become a two-star Dou Shi at sixteen.

Good child, I knew I hadn't misjudged you back then.

If things continue like this, I'll become a legendary instructor myself!

Suddenly, Ruolin blinked playfully and said to Wu Yong, "But Wu Yong, this year I found a student even more outstanding than you were back then~"

"Oh? Is your luck really that good, Instructor? Is it that Junior?"

Wu Yong raised his head and looked toward the entrance of the tent, at the youth whose face did not look very good.

He had called out countless times in his heart, yet that aged voice had suddenly gone silent. This made the youth's expression turn ugly. Could something have happened to Teacher?

When he saw that Senior looking over, Xiao Yan still offered a polite smile.

"Hello, Senior. I'm Xiao Yan."

"Mm. Junior, you don't look very well. Are you feeling unwell? You should hurry and get some rest."

Wu Yong found Xiao Yan's complexion somewhat strange, but as his Senior, he still showed some concern.