Reading Shengjing, What's So Great About It?

Lin Mu saw the young man and woman wearing the Shengjing Academy uniform standing on the platform.

He walked straight toward them.

He had not yet approached them.

The sharp-featured senior student looked him up and down with a scrutinizing gaze.

When he saw Lin Mu's level 15 status, a flicker of surprise first flashed through his eyes.

It immediately morphed into a look of undisguised contempt.

"Yo, only reached level 15 before coming to report to our Shengjing Academy?"

"Looks like you had your elders carry you through dungeons back home quite a bit, didn't you?"

Zhao Lei's voice was not loud, but that sense of self-righteous superiority and mockery.

Was as grating as fingernails scraping against glass.

The delicate-looking senior student beside him, Li Ling, heard this.

She lightly tugged at the corner of Zhao Lei's uniform, signaling him not to go too far.

The look she gave Lin Mu was filled with curiosity and amazement.

"Wow! You're amazing, junior! You're already level 15 before even officially enrolling!"

Li Ling's voice was crisp and pleasant.

It was like a clear spring, washing away the unpleasantness brought by Zhao Lei.

Zhao Lei, however, scoffed dismissively.

"Amazing? You're still too naive, Li Ling."

"Levels piled up by relying on resources have no foundation, and their practical combat ability is worrying."

"Once they enter the academy, their true colors will be revealed during the first practical assessment."

Lin Mu remained calm throughout, as if Zhao Lei's cold sarcasm was nothing more than the annoying buzzing of flies.

He didn't even bother to glance at Zhao Lei.

He simply handed the special admission document given to him by Mu Wanqing to Li Ling.

"Hello, I am a new student here to report, Lin Mu."

Being ignored by "trash" made Zhao Lei's expression darken instantly.

He felt as though his fist had been wound up with all his might, only to strike a pile of cotton; it was an indescribable sense of frustration.

"Hello, junior, my name is Li Ling, and this is Zhao Lei. We were sent by Professor Mu to pick you up."

Li Ling smiled sweetly and reached out to take the document.

As she opened it, she said casually:

"Don't mind him, junior, Zhao Lei is just..."

Her voice came to an abrupt halt!

Her beautiful almond-shaped eyes widened into perfect circles as she saw the lines of notes on the document!

"Ah!"

Li Ling let out a cry of shock, her small hand trembling.

She almost lost her grip on the document, causing it to flutter toward the ground!

Zhao Lei was just about to continue his mockery to regain the face he lost from being ignored.

But he was startled by Li Ling's shriek.

"What are you making such a fuss about? It's just a special admission student..."

Before he could finish his sentence.

He heard Li Ling read the text on the document in a voice that sounded like a dream—filled with extreme shock and disbelief.

"Na... Name: Lin Mu."

"Note 1: West Forest City No. 2 Vocational Academy, creator of the sole completion record for the SSS-Rank Trial Dungeon!"

"Note 2: Survival Challenge mode dungeon [Wailing Cavern], creator of the SS-Rank completion record!"

Every single word was like an invisible heavy hammer, slamming hard against Zhao Lei's heart!

The mockery and contempt on his face froze instantly.

Replacing them was a face full of horror and a deep, flushed red!

His once-handsome face turned the color of a pig's liver at a speed visible to the naked eye!

SSS-Rank?!

SS-Rank?!

And in that [Wailing Cavern] where the mortality rate was perversely high?!

Zhao Lei felt as if his throat were being tightly gripped by an invisible hand.

Breathing had become difficult.

His previous taunts regarding "background," "resources," and "second-generation heirs" now seemed so pale and ridiculous in the face of such mythical combat achievements.

Like the clumsy performance of a clown!

The powerful auras that had been casting subtle glances toward this area from the surrounding platforms clearly fluctuated at this moment.

Evidently, they had also heard Li Ling's words.

Li Ling had long since recovered from her shock.

When she looked at Lin Mu again, those beautiful eyes no longer held a shred of curiosity.

They remained filled only with the worship one feels when gazing up at a towering mountain!

How could this possibly be some second-generation heir relying on his background!

This was clearly a peerless monster hidden among the freshmen!

"Lin... Junior Lin Mu! I... I am sorry!"

Li Ling scrambled to organize the documents, holding them out with both hands.

She handed them back to Lin Mu respectfully, too nervous to even speak clearly.

"We... we will take you back to process your enrollment procedures right now!"

Lin Mu took the documents and gave a polite, slight nod to the adoring Li Ling.

"Thank you for the trouble."

With that, he strode forward.

From start to finish, he did not glance at Zhao Lei again.

That stinging indifference was more hurtful than any loud slap to the face.

Zhao Lei froze in place, feeling all the blood in his body rushing to his head.

He wished he could crawl into a crack in the ground!

He felt as if the gazes of everyone at the station were focused on him.

As if they were silently mocking him!

Seeing this, Li Ling no longer cared about him.

She quickly trotted to catch up with Lin Mu's pace.

Like an obedient little follower, she enthusiastically introduced everything around them to him.

"Junior, our Shengjing Academy is divided into four branches: Heaven, Earth, Mystic, and Yellow. With your outstanding talent, you will definitely be assigned to the best one, the Heaven branch!"