Three months later.
Suotuo City.
It was just past noon, and the blazing sun burned like fire. Two young people, a boy and a girl who both looked only twelve or thirteen, walked through Suotuo City's western gate.
The boy stood around 1.7 meters tall and wore a light blue fitted outfit, with a belt inlaid with twenty-four pieces of jade around his waist. His medium-length black hair barely reached his shoulders. Though his features were not handsome, he gave off an approachable air, and a faint smile always lingered at the corners of his mouth.
The girl, meanwhile, was quite eye-catching. Her silky black hair was woven into a neat scorpion braid that hung past her calves. She was a fraction taller than the boy and wore a little pink top that tightly hugged her developing figure. Her slender waist, so fine that a single hand could scarcely grasp it, was the envy of countless women.
Her curved brows were naturally shaped, and her large, watery eyes complemented her slightly round, rosy little face. She was not merely pretty but had a charming, playful air as well. The word "adorable" seemed tailor-made for her. Standing beside her, the boy had long since been overshadowed by her invisible radiance.
The girl raised a hand and brushed her slightly damp forehead, complaining, "We finally made it to this Suotuo City place. I really don't know what Grandmaster was thinking. Several intermediate Soul Master academies clearly said they would admit us unconditionally, but he insisted that you take the entrance exam for some lousy academy here that doesn't even have a grade classification."
The boy smiled faintly. "Teacher must have his reasons for sending me to Suotuo City to take this academy's entrance exam. I believe it can only help our future