Headmaster Xu Lin, A Tug-of-War

"Let's go." Gu Yue Na smiled faintly, her youthful face making her look slightly playful when she smiled.

Yun Ze returned her smile and followed Gu Yue Na deeper into the hall.

Quite a few students in white uniforms were gathered in the hall. When Yun Ze and Gu Yue Na passed by, they all looked at them with amazement and admiration.

The male students were mostly looking at Gu Yue Na. Faced with such a stunning beauty, these youths in the prime of adolescence found it difficult to control themselves, their gazes drifting toward her on their own.

Some of the female students looked at Gu Yue Na, while others looked at Yun Ze. It was their first time seeing such an exquisite child with such unique attire and outstanding temperament.

"This little brother is so handsome. Look at that red hair—how cool is that? And that red robe, he looks so stylish in it."

"Exactly. His skin is so nice. I really want to go over and pinch him. Also, did you notice? His pupils seem to be red too."

Some of the female students nearby were drawn to Yun Ze and chatted about him with soft laughter.

Hearing their comments, Yun Ze felt rather helpless. Having the body of a six-year-old was truly troublesome.

The two arrived at the elevator doors and entered the private elevator. Ordinary students neither dared nor were able to use it.

This elevator led to the top five floors of the building, where the academy's upper management resided. Ordinary people were not qualified to go there.

Gu Yue Na inserted her identity card into a slot and pressed the button for the fiftieth floor. The elevator swiftly rose.

In less than thirty seconds, the elevator reached the fiftieth floor. When the doors opened, what greeted them was not a corridor, but a luxuriously furnished room.

"Who's here?" A dignified voice rang out.

Gu Yue Na led Yun Ze out of the elevator and headed toward the left side of the room.

The fiftieth floor was actually just one room, but that single room occupied the entire floor, covering nearly a thousand square meters.

The two stopped before one of the rooms, and its door opened automatically.

"So our super genius has arrived. Welcome, welcome." A white-haired old man rose from his seat with a smile and walked toward Gu Yue Na.

The old man was tall and thin. Having lived for more than a hundred years, his body was somewhat hunched. From the smile on his face and his manner of speaking, it was clear that he had a rather lively personality.

"Headmaster, I can't accept such praise." Gu Yue Na chuckled, behaving rather casually around him.

"You can accept it. If even you can't, then who can?" Headmaster Xu Lin said with a smile.

"Him." Gu Yue Na pointed at Yun Ze beside her.

"Him?" Headmaster Xu Lin froze and looked at Yun Ze beside Gu Yue Na. His attention had been on Gu Yue Na earlier, so he had not paid much attention to Yun Ze.

Only after hearing Gu Yue Na say that did he carefully examine Yun Ze.

At first glance, he thought he was such an exquisite child. At second glance, he felt that this child was not simple. At third glance, his eyes widened in shock.

He had just sensed Yun Ze's soul power fluctuations. The moment he did, his jaw nearly dropped.

"A level twenty-one Soul Grandmaster?" Xu Lin blurted out, staring at Yun Ze in disbelief. Afraid that he had made a mistake, he sensed him several more times, but the result was always the same.

"Little friend, how old are you this year?" Xu Lin asked, his breathing somewhat hurried.

"Six." Yun Ze answered naturally.

"You're really only six? You're not lying to me?" Xu Lin exclaimed, his expression gradually turning solemn.

"Yun Ze is indeed only six. He only awakened his martial soul a few days ago. His martial soul is the Phoenix, and his Innate Soul Power... is level twenty," Gu Yue Na said.

"Level twenty Innate Soul Power!" At that moment, Xu Lin was like an ignorant child, his shock written all over his face.

It took Xu Lin quite a while to recover. "No wonder your soul power is already level twenty-one at such a young age. So you were born with level twenty Innate Soul Power."

"But this level twenty Innate Soul Power of yours is far too terrifying. Nothing like this has appeared on the continent in nearly twenty thousand years."

Xu Lin looked at Yun Ze as though he were a monster, his eyes also burning with eagerness. His desire to recruit him into the academy was incredibly strong.

After looking Yun Ze over, he turned to Gu Yue Na and asked with a smile, "Student Gu Yue Na, you brought Yun Ze here to...?"

"Oh, he's my friend. He just came with me to look around the academy. In a few days, I plan to take him to apply to Shrek Academy."

"This time, I came to ask you for a month of leave, Headmaster. Since it wouldn't be right to leave him alone, I brought him along. You won't blame me, will you?" Gu Yue Na said with a sweet smile.

The smile on Headmaster Xu Lin's face had already frozen when he heard Shrek Academy. This was somewhat different from what he had expected.

"Of course not, of course not." Xu Lin's smile was somewhat forced. "Student Gu Yue Na, are you serious?"

"Headmaster, do you mean taking Yun Ze to apply to Shrek? Of course I'm serious. Yun Ze's talent is so good that applying to Shrek Academy shouldn't be a problem," Gu Yue Na said.

Yun Ze remained silent, quietly watching Gu Yue Na perform.

Of course, the matter of him applying to Shrek was false. That academy claimed to be the number one academy on the continent, but it held no attraction for him whatsoever.

To him, choosing any academy was more or less the same. He did not need others to teach him cultivation; he could explore it himself.

He had chosen Sun Moon Royal Academy because it would allow him to better carry out those plans, fulfill his promise sooner, and leave directly once he was strong enough without being delayed.

What Gu Yue Na was saying now had been discussed with him beforehand. They were using Shrek to secure some special privileges for him.

"Ahem, it may not be a problem, but I don't think Shrek Academy is necessarily suitable for Yun Ze. I wouldn't really recommend applying there," Xu Lin said seriously after coughing twice.

"Why?" Gu Yue Na feigned confusion.

"There are many reasons. There are so many that I can hardly count them all. Let me tell you the most important one," Xu Lin said.

From his tone, Shrek Academy seemed to be full of flaws, as if it had no merits at all.

"Shrek only enrolls students once every three years. The most recent enrollment was half a month ago, and it has already ended."

"In other words, even if you take him to Shrek City now, he won't be able to apply. You'll have to wait three years."

"Those people at Shrek place great importance on rules, and they're very arrogant too. No matter how talented you are, they won't make an exception for you."

Xu Lin wore a smile of barely concealed delight as he made the situation sound more serious than it was.

"Headmaster, don't try to fool me. I've heard that Shrek has special admissions. As long as one's talent is good enough, they can be admitted as an exception," Gu Yue Na said calmly.

"Uh..." Xu Lin's smile stiffened. He said solemnly, "I'm not lying to you. Shrek Academy really isn't easy to get into."

"Besides, Shrek Academy isn't as good as you think it is. The benefits it gives its students aren't even as good as those of our academy."

"How about this? Let Yun Ze study at our academy. He can enroll without an entrance exam and immediately receive the treatment of a core student."

"For your sake, I can even take Yun Ze as my personal disciple and teach him myself."

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