What Rank Should This Be?

Hearing Ruo Lin's questioning, Lei Luo was utterly unconcerned. As he turned around, he unexpectedly repeated himself.

"I said, you're pretty good, but compared to my Ya Fei, you're still lacking a little something."

Suddenly, Xiao Yu beside Lei Luo grabbed his arm.

"Are you crazy? Saying something like that to a girl—don't you know it'll completely awaken her competitive spirit?!"

After saying that, Ruo Lin ahead of them suddenly gave a light cough, her complexion temporarily returning to normal.

"Yu'er, did you bring him here?"

Hearing the strange tone in her mentor's voice, Xiao Yu immediately threw herself at her.

"Teacher, Yu'er missed you so much! For my sake, please don't hold it against my friend."

"Oh? A friend? Not your fiancé anymore?" Ruo Lin teased with a half-smile.

Xiao Yu's expression darkened. She glanced at the expressionless Lei Luo, seeming somewhat saddened.

Ruo Lin, meanwhile, thought she was still worried about her getting angry. She lovingly patted Xiao Yu's head and said:

"Don't worry. Your teacher isn't so petty as to get angry over something this small. But your little boyfriend really was ruthless. Luo Bu won't be recovering for at least ten days or half a month."

Xiao Yu pouted and muttered, "Who told him to go looking for trouble? He deserved it!"

Ruo Lin shook her head with a laugh. "Wasn't it you who wanted to provoke him? You know perfectly well how he feels about you. Seeing you so close to another man, it'd be strange if he didn't lose control!"

"Hmph, that only makes me hate him more," Xiao Yu said with a curl of her lips.

Ruo Lin helplessly shook her head and looked at Lei Luo again. "Is this little fellow really your fiancé?"

Seeing Xue Ni looking at her from afar with teasing eyes, Xiao Yu somehow nodded as if possessed.

"Mm..."

Then Xiao Yan, Xiao Mei, Xun'er, and the others all widened their eyes.

Xiao Yu's younger brother, Xiao Ning, was especially dumbfounded.

"What the hell? Wasn't that just an act? How did I suddenly get a brother-in-law?"

Ruo Lin's attention was entirely on Lei Luo at the moment, so she did not notice their strange expressions.

After patting Xiao Yu's hand, Ruo Lin walked over to Luo Bu.

She extended her delicate hand and, beneath the envious gazes of the surrounding boys, gently pressed it against Luo Bu's chest.

Since water-attributed Dou Qi naturally possessed healing power, Luo Bu, who had been unconscious on the ground, soon slowly awakened.

Looking at the mentor before him, Luo Bu said with a pale face, "Thank you, Mentor Ruo Lin."

Nodding, Ruo Lin looked at Lei Luo and said, "Student Luo Bu isn't bad by nature. He was merely carrying some anger in his heart and lost his sense of proportion. Don't blame him."

"Hehe, Mentor, you're joking. I, Lei Luo, am not such a small-minded person." That was the truth.

After all, such a clown was not worth remembering.

Seeing Lei Luo's magnanimity, Ruo Lin smiled knowingly as well.

Then she addressed the new students who had come for the test.

"Since you have all made it here, it means you have passed Canaan Academy's most basic assessment. Now, follow me into the tent for the next procedure!"

The new students baking beneath the scorching sun in the distance were finally delighted upon hearing this. They hurriedly got up and walked over.

Once everyone had entered the tent, Ruo Lin looked over the new students within. With a flick of her delicate hand, a green parchment scroll and an ink brush appeared.

Lifting her eyes slightly, Mentor Ruo Lin smiled lazily and said softly:

"Students, congratulations. You have basically stepped through the gates of Canaan Academy. However, because the academy needs to distinguish students according to their potential, I need to know your exact current strength.

"Eight stages of Dou Qi correspond to F-rank potential. That is the standard for entering Canaan Academy."

"Nine stages of Dou Qi correspond to E-rank. A one-star Dou Practitioner is D-rank, and so on. A five-star Dou Practitioner is S-rank."

"Of course, there is an age limit—you must be under twenty!"

As she spoke, her gaze fell upon Lei Luo and the members of the Xiao Household.

Although she could not see through Lei Luo's strength, she could still discern a thing or two about Xiao Yan and Xun'er.

In her perception, neither of their talent ranks should be below C-rank.

As for Lei Luo, at that thought, Ruo Lin's beautiful brows furrowed tightly.

"Strange, why can't I see through this little fellow?" she murmured to herself.

Before the recording began, Xue Ni and the others gathered around Xiao Yu and asked:

"Yu'er, what rank do you think your little boyfriend will be?"

Xiao Yu hesitated at the question, then helplessly shook her head.

After all, she and Lei Luo had merely met by chance. How could she possibly know his strength?

"I think he has to be S-rank!

Being able to instantly defeat Luo Bu means he has at least the strength of a five-star Dou Practitioner. He looks about the same age as your cousin Xiao Yan. Tsk, tsk, what talent!"

As they spoke, Ruo Lin had already begun recording the results.

"Hei Yan, nine stages of Dou Qi, age twenty, E-rank."

"Lin Dun, eight stages of Dou Qi, age nineteen, F-rank."

"Ke Li, nine stages of Dou Qi, age seventeen, E-rank."

"Xiao Yan, four-star Dou Practitioner..."

"Whoa!" Everyone exclaimed in amazement.

"That's already A-rank, right? This talent should be the highest here, shouldn't it? As expected of the Xiao Household's young master..."

Listening to the praise around him, Xiao Yan rubbed his nose and said gently to the girl beside him, "Xun'er, it's your turn."

The girl nodded with a smile, stepped forward, and waited for Ruo Lin's question.

"Name?"

"Xiao Xun'er."

"Age?"

"Sixteen, I suppose."

"Strength?"

"Six-star Dou Practitioner..."

"Mm, not bad. Six-star, six-star Dou Practitioner?"

At the head of the group, Ruo Lin, who had been about to write down the record, went blank. Her delicate hand slipped, and the brush fell to the ground.

Sixteen years old, a six-star Dou Practitioner—this had already surpassed the limits of S-rank.

If she absolutely had to assign a rank, perhaps it could be SS?

Hearing everyone's shock, Xiao Xun'er said with a calm expression, "Mentor, Xun'er isn't actually the truly terrifying one."

Everyone became even more confused upon hearing that.

After Xiao Xun'er slowly explained everything, Ruo Lin looked toward Xiao Yan with a face full of shock.

In just over a year, he had gone from three stages of Dou Qi to a four-star Dou Practitioner. It was simply unimaginable.

Just as everyone was still shocked, Ruo Lin finally seemed to remember that she had not yet asked Lei Luo.

Suppressing the excitement in her heart, she turned to question Lei Luo instead.

"Little fellow, what is your name?"

"Mittel Lei Luo."

"Your strength...?"

Seeing the probing expression on Ruo Lin's face, Lei Luo did not conceal anything. He answered openly:

"Dou Master, seven-star!"

"Student Lei Luo, that joke isn't funny at all..."

Hearing Ruo Lin's doubt, Lei Luo shrugged. Then he released the mark unique to Dou Master experts—the Dou Qi Robe!

Seeing this, Xue Ni beside Xiao Yu took a sharp breath. Her full, rounded chest rose as she murmured softly:

"What rank should this be?"