Before Huo Lei and his companions set out from Blazing Fire Academy, An Jun had already made his position clear: he would keep a low profile as always, staying at a hotel in Skywater City rather than entering Skywater Academy. Thus, Huo Lei and the others entered Skywater Academy without waiting for him.
Huo Lei, Shui Bing'er, and Jin Shan walked abreast at the front, with Shui Yue'er and Xue Wu following behind.
Jin Shan did not take the middle position. Instead, he left it to Huo Lei so that he could walk closer to Shui Bing'er.
As they walked, Shui Bing'er introduced the academy to them. "Skywater Academy has a rule: men cannot enter without permission. They must be accompanied by an academy teacher or the dean. Of course, the seven of us sisters who competed in the Soul Master Tournament can bring them in too. That was a special exception granted by the dean."
Huo Lei looked at Shui Bing'er curiously as they continued walking. "Bing'er, have Skywater Academy's rules always been like this? For example, I can understand only admitting students with ice or water attributes. But only accepting women, and beautiful ones at that-wouldn't that limit the academy's development? After all, plenty of men have ice or water attributes too. And then there's the rule you just mentioned. Have these rules been in place since the academy was founded, or were they changed later?"
Shui Bing'er considered it for a moment before replying, "Well... I'm not too sure either. The rules were already like this when my sister and I entered the academy. Over the years, I've heard some rumors that the current dean established them when she was young. I suppose only the dean herself knows the details! We've never asked too much about these