Male Students at Skywater Academy

Two female students in blue uniforms stood at the entrance, chatting in low voices.

"Xiao Xue, did you see that? That red-haired boy is so handsome!"

"You're only noticing now? I've been staring at him the whole way."

"You little sneak, keeping him all to yourself again!"

"Shh, stop talking. I think he's coming over?"

"He really is! Don't rush, I'll go first."

"You..."

Listening to them loudly plot among themselves, Ye Feng's lips twitched slightly.

If they were going to whisper, they should at least do it quietly. It wasn't like he was deaf.

At that moment, the female student called Xiao Xue stepped forward and politely stopped Ye Feng.

"Little brother, this is academy grounds. Those who aren't students of our academy aren't allowed to enter freely. May I ask what you need? I can help notify someone."

It was only because Ye Feng was handsome. If it had been someone else, she would not even have bothered acknowledging him.

Ye Feng looked up and revealed a harmless smile. "Hello, big sister. I'm here to enroll."

The female student stared at Ye Feng's sunny, handsome face, and her mind went blank.

Oh my god, he's even more handsome when he smiles!

I want to eat him up!

Seeing that she had not responded for a long time, Ye Feng repeated himself. "Big sister, can I enroll?"

"Ahem."

Xiao Xue came back to her senses, her cheeks faintly flushed. She coughed lightly to steady herself.

"Well... Skywater Academy only accepts female Soul Masters with water or ice attributes. Little brother, you..."

Her gaze swept over Ye Feng's striking red hair, making her meaning obvious.

"Not even if my talent is exceptional?" Ye Feng asked again.

"This..."

Xiao Xue looked troubled. "The academy's rules are very strict, and there has never been a precedent of accepting male students..."

The other female student beside her leaned closer and whispered, "But he's really handsome. How about we take him to see the Director of Instruction? The director happens to be here today."

Xiao Xue hesitated, but when she saw Ye Feng's breathtakingly handsome face, she eventually nodded. "All right, come with me. But I can't guarantee the director will agree."

"Thank you, big sister!" Ye Feng beamed and hurried after her.

The two passed through the academy gates and walked inward along the main path, which was surrounded by flowing water.

Quite a few female students in blue-and-white uniforms cast curious glances their way, while whispers rose without end.

"Look, there's a red-haired boy!"

"Wow, he's so handsome! Is he a relative of one of our academy's students?"

"I've never seen him before... Isn't the girl beside him Xueli from the first year?"

"Could he be here to enroll?"

"No way, doesn't our academy only accept girls?"

Under the gazes of so many people, Ye Feng felt his scalp tingle. It felt like Tang Sanzang entering the Kingdom of Women.

Was the yang energy in this place a little too scarce...?

Still, after entering the academy, the Karma Fire that had originally been restless within his body did calm down somewhat.

It seemed he had made the right choice.

Before long, the two arrived outside a standalone blue building.

Xiao Xue knocked on the door, and a stern female voice came from inside. "Come in."

When they pushed the door open and entered, they found the office simply furnished.

A young female teacher wearing glasses and possessing a capable air was bent over her desk, writing something.

When she looked up and saw Ye Feng, a flash of amazement passed through her eyes. "Xueli, who is this?"

"Director Su, this... this student has come to enroll," Xiao Xue hurriedly explained.

"Enroll?"

Director Su adjusted her glasses, her gaze moving back and forth over Ye Feng as her tone softened somewhat.

"Little brother, don't you know that Skywater Academy only accepts female students? And they must possess water- or ice-attribute martial souls. Looking at you, you're fire-attribute, aren't you?"

Ye Feng stepped forward, neither servile nor overbearing. "Hello, Director Su. My name is Ye Feng. My martial soul is indeed fire-attribute, but rules are dead while people are alive. I'm confident I can break the academy's rule against accepting male students."

"Oh?"

Curiosity flashed through Director Su's eyes.

If any other man had dared speak to her like that, he would already have become an ice sculpture.

Yet when those words came from Ye Feng's mouth, she was not angry in the slightest.

"Little brother, you certainly are confident. Our academy has stood for a hundred years and has never made an exception to accept a male student, much less one with a fire attribute. You don't look very old. What level is your Soul Power? Show me your martial soul. I'd like to see where your confidence comes from."

"No problem." Ye Feng had been waiting for those words.

He stepped back half a pace, and a thought stirred in his mind.

"Nether Karma Fire Phoenix, possess me."

Crimson-gold flames ignited soundlessly, instantly enveloping his entire body.

Immediately afterward, a crimson-gold fire phoenix appeared behind him.

Its aura was blazing and scorching, causing the temperature in the office to soar as the moisture in the air rapidly evaporated.

Director Su's pupils contracted, and she abruptly rose to her feet.

As a dignified Soul Sage, she actually felt an instinctive wariness toward a child's martial soul!?

Ye Feng withdrew his martial soul at the right moment, revealing a harmless smile.

"Director Su, my martial soul is all right, isn't it? Also, I'm seven years old this year, a level twenty-five assault-type Battle Soul Master."

"Seven years old? Level twenty-five?!"

Director Su and the two students cried out in shock at the same time.

Director Su adjusted her glasses and examined Ye Feng again in disbelief.

A seven-year-old Soul Master, and already level twenty-five?

This talent was simply terrifying!

Even across the entire continent, such talent was exceedingly rare.

She took a deep breath, and the way she looked at Ye Feng instantly became fervent.

"You're right. Rules are dead, while people are alive. But I still have one question."

Director Su paused, then asked curiously, "With your talent, I imagine no academy would refuse you. Why did you choose Skywater Academy?"

Though Skywater Academy was not small, its resources and faculty were far inferior to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and Spirit Hall Academy.

Passing up two better academies to choose Skywater Academy, which had never accepted men, was indeed worth questioning.

At her words, Ye Feng's smile faded, and he said seriously, "The main reason I chose Skywater Academy is because of my martial soul."

Joining Skywater Academy was the result of careful consideration over the past few days.

It could both solve the issue of the Karma Fire in his body and keep his secrets from being discovered.

After all, the locations of Heaven Dou Royal Academy and Spirit Hall Academy were both far too sensitive.

If a powerful expert sensed the Snow Empress's aura, it would likely stir up no small storm.

"Oh?"

Director Su adjusted her glasses and raised a hand, signaling for the two students behind her to leave. She continued, "Could you explain in more detail?"

"My martial soul is called the Nether Karma Fire Phoenix. It is a top-tier fire-attribute martial soul. While its flames are powerful, it also has the flaw of backlash."

Ye Feng said in a low voice, "To put it simply, I currently can't control this immense power, yet the flames will continue growing stronger along with my cultivation. Eventually, they will reach a point where they can no longer be suppressed."

Director Su frowned slightly. "Then if the flames backfire and you are unable to suppress them, what will happen?"

Ye Feng answered concisely.

"I'll die."