Xiao Yu hurriedly called out a warning, but Qin Yu did not even turn around. A brown stream of Dou Qi swiftly covered his palm as he grabbed Bai Chen's leg.
"You want to die?"
Damn it, ambushing me is one thing, but what the hell is with trying to kick me in the kidney?
Before Bai Chen could say anything, the world before his eyes suddenly began to spin.
From the onlookers' perspective, Qin Yu had grabbed Bai Chen by the leg, swung him through half a circle in the air, then viciously slammed him into the ground!
"Hiss!"
Just seeing the cloud of dust Bai Chen kicked up upon landing made everyone around them feel the pain.
Yet Qin Yu did not let go after that slam. Instead, he exerted force again and directly flung Bai Chen away!
It was like tossing garbage in his hand toward a trash heap from a great distance away.
"Alright, students. You've caused enough of a commotion, haven't you?"
Just then, a gentle female voice approached from afar. As her words fell, a stream of water caught Bai Chen, who had nearly crashed into the ground.
Bai Chen had already been drained of strength by Qin Yu's slam. If he had taken another fall, he would probably have had to lie down all the way back to the academy.
"Greetings, Instructor Ruo Lin."
"Mhm. Students, come in with me."
Ruo Lin briefly treated Bai Chen's injuries and had several senior students look after him before calling the new students into the tent.
After sweeping her gaze around the room, Instructor Ruo Lin's gently smiling eyes settled on Qin Yu.
"Bai Chen merely let his emotions get the better of him earlier. I hope you won't hold it against him."
"It's fine. A person like Senior Bai Chen cannot be all that bad, no matter how bad he is."
Someone who had failed to realize the problem even after being seen through twice could probably only come up with a few revenge methods, no matter how hard he racked his brains.
Besides, he could not just blurt out his true thoughts in front of a teacher.
Ruo Lin nodded slightly, then began registering the new students' ages and cultivation levels to assess their talent grades.
When she heard that Qin Yu was only a One-Star Dou Practitioner, not only Ruo Lin but the other new students were stunned as well.
He had fought so effortlessly, yet his cultivation was only that of a One-Star Dou Practitioner?
The look in Ruo Lin's eyes gradually changed. However, recalling Qin Yu's performance in battle, she seemed to understand.
It seemed Qin Yu's talent did not lie in cultivation, but in his insight and understanding of things.
Hmm, he was quite an interesting little fellow.
"Alright, students. You may go attend to your own affairs now."
"The recruitment team will remain in Wutan City for a few more days. Once the recruitment process is finished, we will set off for the academy."
After completing the registration, Ruo Lin left first, while the new students dispersed on their own.
"Big Brother Qin Yu, do you... have anything to do? How about we take a walk around the city together?"
Xiao Yu approached Qin Yu of her own accord and suggested that they travel together.
The two walked side by side along the streets of Wutan City. Xiao Yu occasionally stole glances at Qin Yu beside her, feeling something she could not quite put into words.
"Thank you for earlier."
Xiao Yu took the initiative to thank him, her voice carrying a trace of embarrassment.
Those senior students had clearly come for her. Qin Yu had not needed to stand up for her at all.
Yet he had stepped forward anyway and cleanly thrown that Three-Star Fighter around until he was thoroughly dazed.
Was he... protecting me?
The thought could not help surfacing in Xiao Yu's heart, and her cheeks grew slightly warm.
"It was nothing. I happened to use him to test my skills."
Qin Yu spoke calmly, and he was telling the truth.
To him, battle meant that his opponent continuously posed difficult problems for him.
If he could not solve those problems, the price would be injury, or even death.
The more battle experience an opponent had, the trickier and harder to handle the problems they threw at him would be.
But since they were problems, there had to be answers.
Since he needed to find the answers to those problems... ah!
o(￣▽￣)ｄ
If he applied the abilities brought to him by Top-Tier Comprehension in battle, would that not solve the problem?
"But you still shouldn't have... What if you got hurt?"
Qin Yu chuckled softly but did not respond.
Seeing how unconcerned he looked, Xiao Yu was about to say more when she caught sight of someone running toward them from the corner of her eye.
"Big Sister!"
A boy of thirteen or fourteen hurried over. His gaze swept back and forth between Qin Yu and Xiao Yu several times, and a trace of confusion appeared on his face.
"Xiao Ning? Why are you here?"
Xiao Yu frowned slightly. At this hour, Xiao Ning should have been cultivating at home, shouldn't he?
"I was about to ask you that, Big Sister. Didn't you go participate in Jia Nan Academy's recruitment?"
Xiao Ning chuckled twice, then shifted his gaze to Qin Yu.
"This is..."
"Qin Yu. He's a fellow student who passed the assessment with me this time."
Xiao Yu introduced him, her tone returning to the aloof manner Xiao Ning was familiar with.
But Xiao Ning clearly did not believe that explanation. He stared at Qin Yu for another two moments, then leaned close to Xiao Yu's ear and lowered his voice.
"Big Sister, could this be my future brother-in-law?"
In Xiao Ning's eyes, Qin Yu's looks and bearing were impeccable. Moreover, anyone who could pass Jia Nan Academy's entrance test must have decent talent.
Coupled with the way his elder sister was acting, there was an eighty percent chance he was right!
Xiao Yu's pretty face reddened. She raised her hand and knocked Xiao Ning on the head.
"What nonsense are you talking about? We only just met!"
"You're already walking around together after just meeting?"
Xiao Ning rubbed his head, his face full of suspicion. He knew his sister's personality far too well.
"And that look in your eyes—do you think I can't tell?"
"Say one more word of nonsense!"
Xiao Yu made as if to hit him again. Xiao Ning quickly dodged to the side and winked at Qin Yu.
"Big Brother Qin Yu, I'm leaving first. Take your time strolling around!"
With that, Xiao Ning ran off in a flash, leaving Xiao Yu standing where she was, her face alternating between red and pale.
"That brat... he's getting more and more unruly."
Xiao Yu took a deep breath and turned to Qin Yu. She clasped and released the hem of her clothes behind her back, so embarrassed she practically wanted to dig a three-bedroom apartment into the ground with her toes.
"Don't listen to his nonsense."
There was not even the slightest sign of anything between them yet, but that brat Xiao Ning had insisted on writing the rest of the story for them. What was she supposed to do now?
The rhythm has been completely thrown off!
"It's nothing."
Qin Yu nodded and did not take it to heart.
He remembered what kind of personality Xiao Ning had. Because he liked Xun'er, he did not get along with Xiao Yan.
He was young and hot-blooded, but his nature was not particularly bad.
The two continued strolling for a while. Xiao Yu still seemed somewhat absent-minded and drifted off from time to time.
Seeing this, Qin Yu took the initiative to suggest going back to rest. Xiao Yu nodded and fled back to the Xiao Household as if escaping.
"Xiao Ning! Get out here!"
That evening, the entire Xiao Household heard Xiao Yu's furious shout.
"Big Sister! I didn't do it on purpose! I was only thinking of you!"
Xiao Ning was chased by Xiao Yu until he scurried about with his head in his hands, yet he still had no filter.
"Get lost! You don't need to worry about your big sister's affairs!"
The result was that Xiao Yu beat him even harder. It was not until the Xiao Household's First Elder—their grandfather—arrived that the farce finally came to an end.
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