Provoking the Gate Guard, Enrolling Smoothly

At the entrance to Violet Noble Academy, the gate guard wore an equally arrogant and overbearing expression. Watching Lin Yu lead Na'er toward him, despite having already been notified that an influential noble from Aolai City would be arriving today, he still looked utterly nonchalant.

"You're the kid from the Lin Family?" The gate guard glanced sideways at Lin Yu and spoke in a grating, duck-like voice.

Lin Yu did not indulge him either. He snorted coldly and said, "You know who I am, so why aren't you opening the gate already?"

Seeing Lin Yu's attitude, the guard bared his teeth. Then he said, "Oh, what a temper. I just won't open it for you. What can you do about it? If you don't say something nice today, let's see how you're getting through this gate."

Lin Yu was practically laughing in anger. This gate guard really embodied the bad habit of making big matters easy while making small ones difficult.

He immediately examined the gate, nodded at the guard, and said calmly, "You said you won't open it. Are you sure? I'll give you one last chance. Open the gate."

The guard knew nothing about Lin Yu's circumstances. He merely held his head high and said smugly, "If you've got the skill, come in. If you get in, I'll call you Grandpa."

Lin Yu nodded, then rolled up his sleeves and said to him, "Fine. Your Grandpa Lin will pay for the repairs today, just so I can hear you call me Grandpa."

As soon as he finished speaking, he almost instantly summoned the Jade-Scaled Seven-Extinction Flower martial soul.

A thick vine whip shot forth and slammed directly into the gate.

The Jade-Scaled Seven-Extinction Flower's poison had a deadly corrosive effect on metal. Let alone the ordinary metal used in this gate, even top-grade rare metals could not last long beneath the Jade-Scaled Seven-Extinction Flower's poisonous mist.

Lin Yu's first soul skill, Corrosive Poison Power, brought out the Jade-Scaled Seven-Extinction Flower's corrosive poison.

Under the vines' constriction, the metal gate gradually turned into a puddle of molten metal, like melting ice. The guard's expression also became increasingly ugly.

"You actually dared to do it!" The guard was fierce on the outside but weak within as he tightly gripped the soul tool weapon in his hand.

Lin Yu flicked the Jade-Scaled Seven-Extinction Flower's poisonous vine whip in his hand and said to the guard, "Want to see who's faster? Let me warn you in advance: if this poison touches you, you'll be in for a real treat."

As he spoke, he led Na'er through the gate and looked at the guard. "Grandson, I'm in. Go on, say it."

Just as the guard was left in an awkward position by Lin Yu's actions, a booming voice rang out from inside. "Who the hell is causing trouble?! ...Where the hell is my gate?!"

Lin Yu looked up at the man. He was a burly middle-aged man in a black suit with a slight beer belly. Lin Yu immediately withdrew his martial soul and said to him, "Principal Zhao?"

The middle-aged man froze for a moment. After sizing Lin Yu up for a while, he asked, "You're Lin Yu, the Lin Family's only son?"

Lin Yu nodded. Principal Zhao reluctantly forced a smile and said to him, "Your father and I have played quite a few games of chess and chatted often. What's going on today?"

Lin Yu recounted what the gate guard had said. Principal Zhao's face grew darker and darker.

Seeing the situation, the guard knew things were bad and instinctively shrank back. Principal Zhao then turned to face him.

"Get out here!" the principal said, pointing to the ground before him. The guard hesitated for a moment, but still put down his soul tool weapon and stepped forward.

"Call him Grandpa, just as you said. Once you're done, go collect this month's pay from Human Resources and get lost." Principal Zhao waved his hand, stirring up a gust of wind that forced the guard to stumble back two steps.

"Grand... Grandpa..." The guard looked at Lin Yu, who was so much younger than himself, and gritted his teeth as he unwillingly finished the words. Then he looked pleadingly at Principal Zhao. "Principal, I only wanted to help our school save face. After all, this Lin kid rejected their academy's invitation and went to Red Mountain Junior Academy..."

"That's between Old Lin and me. It's not your place as an outsider to interfere!" Principal Zhao roared at the guard. The guard immediately trembled in fright and could only drag his heavy steps toward the school's administrative building.

Lin Yu looked at Principal Zhao, who turned back and smiled at him. "I failed to explain things clearly today, and my subordinates made a mistake. You don't need to pay for the gate. Consider it a lesson for my poor management."

Lin Yu nodded and did not continue arguing with Principal Zhao over the matter. Instead, he said to Na'er beside him, "This is Na'er. At present, she's an ordinary person who hasn't awakened a martial soul, so her situation is rather special."

Principal Zhao nodded while extending a hand in invitation. "This isn't the place to discuss things. Let's talk inside."

Lin Yu nodded. Principal Zhao led Lin Yu around the academy, first showing him its general layout before saying, "The academy allows both day students and boarders. What are you thinking? Old Lin said you would handle this matter entirely yourself."

Lin Yu nodded, then said to Principal Zhao, "We'll be day students. But I'll be picking her up, so we'll have to follow Red Mountain Junior Academy's dismissal schedule. We might arrive a little late."

Principal Zhao practically responded the instant Lin Yu finished speaking. "That won't be a problem at all. I'll assign a female teacher specifically to look after Na'er until you come to pick her up. If you truly can't make it, we can provide her with temporary meals as well. The meal fees can be settled together at the end of the term."

Lin Yu nodded and said to Principal Zhao, "That situation will almost never happen. As long as I can still move, I'll come pick her up. But Na'er has no martial soul, and she looks like a quiet, honest child. Children like that are the most likely to be bullied at school, so I'll have to trouble Principal Zhao to say a word and put in some extra effort on that front."

Principal Zhao nodded and assured Lin Yu seriously, "Please rest assured. Our academy does not tolerate bullying to begin with. I'll also pay special attention to having the teachers keep an eye on Na'er. If any troubling signs truly appear, we will definitely intervene in time."

After settling these matters, both sides were fairly satisfied with what the other had said. Lin Yu then paid the fees with Na'er and helped her collect her school uniform and student ID. Principal Zhao said, "Since you've chosen to be day students, there's naturally no need to inspect the dormitories. Classes can officially begin tomorrow..."