Drawn by Her Reputation

With Shui Bing'er keeping them in line, nothing else happened after that.

The night passed peacefully.

The next day.

Dawn broke.

The people from Skywater Academy prepared to set out for Heaven Dou Royal Academy to take part in the Friendship Match.

Yu Shuangbai and Snow Empress followed along with them.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy was located south of Heaven Dou City.

It covered an enormous area, encompassing a vast stretch of land on the outskirts of Heaven Dou City.

Its entrance was wide, with white stone pillars standing tall.

Never mind the quality of its students; one thing was certain: the academy had money.

"Long time no see, everyone from Skywater!"

Just as the people from Skywater Academy arrived at the entrance to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, another group happened to arrive as well.

They wore blue-green academy uniforms, with what looked like a wind emblem on their chests.

The young man at their head waved, radiating the sunny charisma of a born social butterfly.

"Long time no see."

Shui Bing'er, the team captain, responded with a polite nod.

At the same time, she turned to Yu Shuangbai and introduced them.

"These are the representatives from Godwind Academy."

"That young man is Feng Xiaotian, the captain of Godwind Academy's team this year. He's also the academy's most outstanding genius in nearly a century."

"He has Innate Full Soul Power, and his Martial Soul is the top-grade Beast Martial Soul, the Two-Headed Demon Wolf."

"But..."

Shui Bing'er paused, then said no more, letting out a faint, regretful sigh.

"Mm." Yu Shuangbai nodded thoughtfully.

Feng Xiaotian, huh.

As a transmigrator, he'd naturally heard of him.

In Douluo I, he was the biggest simp after Flender, who'd devoted himself to bringing his goddess and his best friend together.

He clearly had an exceptionally outstanding talent for cultivation.

Yet he was wholly absorbed in developing his Self-Created Soul Skill.

In the end, he came up with the Wind Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes, a technique similar to the Clear Sky Sect's Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.

It didn't exactly make a stunning improvement to his combat strength.

And it wasted a great deal of his cultivation time.

As a result, when he entered the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament, he was already over twenty, yet still only a Soul Ancestor.

Yu Shuangbai had always considered Feng Xiaotian's approach foolish, putting the cart before the horse.

There was nothing wrong with working on a Self-Created Soul Skill.

When he'd trained in the Far North, he'd also spent time figuring out how to use ice elements and honing his footwork and combat skills.

Technique was indeed an extremely important part of a Soul Master's combat ability.

But one's cultivation was the foundation of everything.

Neglecting one's cultivation to work on technique was putting the cart before the horse.

After all...

One could break through ten thousand techniques with sheer force.

Even the most ingenious technique could only prove useful in a battle between opponents of roughly equal strength.

Against an overwhelming disparity in power, it was still futile.

Besides...

A higher cultivation level also brought broader horizons.

Powerful cultivation made it twice as efficient to develop one's techniques.

Still, Yu Shuangbai only sighed inwardly. He had no intention of trying to dissuade Feng Xiaotian.

He and Feng Xiaotian had never crossed paths before.

How Feng Xiaotian chose to cultivate was his own business.

At the same time,

Shui Bing'er's gesture had also drawn Feng Xiaotian and the others' attention to Yu Shuangbai.

The refined young gentleman looked a little out of place among a group of beautiful girls.

A huge question mark appeared in their minds.

Since when had Skywater Academy started accepting boys?

After all, it was common knowledge throughout the Soul Master World that Skywater Academy was an all-girls' school.

"Captain Shui, who's this?"

Feng Xiaotian came over, asking with a hint of curiosity.

"This is Yu Shuangbai, Young Master Yu."

"He's come to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to find someone. Since we were headed the same way, he decided to come with us."

Shui Bing'er gave a brief introduction to Yu Shuangbai.

"Looking for someone, huh."

Feng Xiaotian looked a little disappointed.

He'd thought Skywater Academy was going to change its rules.

If that had happened, he could already imagine the commotion it would cause throughout the Soul Master World.

He wondered how many Soul Masters would flock there, drawn by the beautiful girls of Skywater Academy.

It would have been quite a sight.

What a shame. Skywater Academy was still the same academy that only accepted beautiful girls.

He patted his chest, brimming with enthusiasm.

"No worries, Brother Yu. Tell me who you're looking for, and I'll ask around for you later."

Feng Xiaotian might have put the cart before the horse in his cultivation, and he might have been a bit of a simp.

But he was actually a decent fellow.

"Dugu Yan."

"Dugu Yan?" Feng Xiaotian murmured the name, finding it vaguely familiar.

"Boss, isn't that the name of the vice-captain of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team?"

Just as Feng Xiaotian was still trying to remember, one of his teammates reminded him.

He remembered now.

That poisonous girl from Heaven Dou Royal Academy!

Shui Bing'er and the others were slightly taken aback.

They'd only known that Yu Shuangbai had come to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to find someone, but they hadn't known who.

They hadn't expected it to be the vice-captain of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team.

"That's easy. The whole Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team will be there for the Friendship Match later."

"Dugu Yan's their vice-captain, so she'll definitely be there too."

"Just stick with us, Brother Yu."

Feng Xiaotian declared, patting his chest.

Then his expression shifted, and a glint of gossip lit up his eyes.

"May I ask what your relationship is with Dugu Yan, Brother Yu?"

"Nothing special. I came because I'd heard of her."

Yu Shuangbai answered offhandedly, with no intention of revealing what he really had in mind.

He'd come because he'd heard of her?

Feng Xiaotian raised an eyebrow, a meaningful smile appearing on his face.

For some reason, after hearing Yu Shuangbai's answer, Shui Bing'er pressed her red lips together, her mood inexplicably souring.

Just then,

a clear voice rang out, tinged with confusion.

"You were looking for me?"

The group turned toward the voice.

Another group was coming out of Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

They were, of course, members of the Heaven Dou Soul Master Academy Team, there as hosts to welcome the other Soul Master Academies.

And the one who'd just spoken was Dugu Yan, who'd happened to overhear the last part of their conversation.

She approached with long, fair legs striding forward, her green hair swaying gently.

Her snake-like, seductive eyes settled on Yu Shuangbai.

His looks first brought a flicker of admiration to her eyes.

But Dugu Yan wasn't a lovestruck fool like Shui Yue'er, and confusion soon replaced it.

Dugu Yan searched her memory.

She had no recollection of the white-haired youth before her.

He'd come because he'd heard of her?

Dugu Yan had a bit of a reputation at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but what kind of reputation could she possibly have on the mainland?

The only one in her family with any real reputation on the mainland was her grandfather, Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo.

But his wasn't exactly a good reputation. "Feared far and wide" would have been putting it mildly.

What normal person would come seeking them out because of their reputation?

Most Soul Masters would go out of their way to avoid them, let alone deliberately pay them a visit.

That was why Dugu Yan was confused.