A man's paradise, Skywater Academy
"Why are you pushing me? A water-attribute Martial Soul, under eighteen, Soul Power above rank twenty, and a beauty. I meet every condition! What right do you have to refuse me admission?"
"A beauty?" Shui Yue'er looked at the "cube-shaped" woman before her, 160 centimeters tall and weighing 160 jin, and couldn't help snickering.
"Do you really think you count as a beauty?"
"Of course! I'm a little chubby, but that's what everyone has called me since I was little." The "slightly chubby" woman spoke with complete confidence, as though she truly believed it.
"How about this? A beauty's requests generally aren't turned down. There are so many men around. Go find one and ask him to have dinner with you tonight. If he agrees, I'll acknowledge you're a beauty and admit you."
"Piece of cake." Brimming with confidence, the "slightly chubby" woman looked around and picked the most handsome-looking boy.
She tapped his shoulder with a "delicate jade finger" and even shot him a "seductive glance." In a coy voice, the "slightly chubby" woman said, "Handsome, I'll give you a chance. How about a candlelit dinner with me?"
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The boy couldn't hold it in and vomited straight into the "slightly chubby" woman's face.
Xiao Yao patted his chest, inwardly counting his narrow escape. Luckily, he had transformed before coming here. Otherwise, with his good looks, wouldn't he have been the one she targeted?
The line kept moving, and no more farces like that one occurred. After all, not everyone was as utterly lacking in self-awareness as that "slightly chubby" woman.
Soon, it was Xiao Yao's turn.
Because Skywater Academy's standards were high, it had few students and few teachers. Unlike the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, it had students handling the assessments.
The pretty senior girl in charge of testing smiled. "Little sister, you're so beautiful."
"Thank you. You're very pretty too, big sister." Xiao Yao was sweet-tongued as well, offering her his hand so she could check his bone age.
This time, he didn't disguise it.
"Eight years old!!!!" The pretty senior girl reacted even more dramatically than Teacher Feihong had back then, overturning her chair.
Besides having the same reason as her, the pretty senior girl looked at the other's figure: a wasp waist and full hips.
The senior girl felt inferior.
Just then, Shui Bing'er stepped forward. "Ruoshui, step aside for now. I'll assess her."
Qiu Ruoshui left in tears.
Shui Bing'er sat behind the desk and looked at the stunning girl before her, feeling somewhat curious.
What he didn't know was that this was actually because her intimacy with Xiao Yao had reached twenty. No matter what Xiao Yao looked like, or whether she could recognize him, she would retain this fondness for Xiao Yao.
"Little sister, what's your name?"
"Shui Lingji."
"You're only eight. You're not old enough to enroll in our academy. Go back and cultivate for a few more years."
"But I already meet the requirements," Xiao Yao said.
Shui Yue'er leaned over. "Lingji, don't lie to me. That ball just recited them: our academy's admission requirements are a water-attribute Martial Soul, under eighteen, Soul Power above rank twenty, and a beauty."
"That simp at the academy next door had innate full Soul Power, but he was only rank eighteen at eight years old. You could be rank twenty?"
Xiao Yao blinked, leaving the men and women around him dazed once again. "Innate full Soul Power? Who doesn't have that?"
Seeing more and more people taking notice, Shui Bing'er took Xiao Yao's hand.
"Her situation is a little unusual. I'll take her inside and find a teacher to assess her privately. Xue Wu, take charge here."
The short-haired woman beside her nodded. "All right."
Shui Bing'er led Xiao Yao into Skywater Academy.
Skywater Academy really wasn't very large. Back at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Qin Ming had walked with him for over twenty minutes, passing through one training facility after another before reaching the teaching building.
Skywater Academy, however, was little different from a secondary school in his previous life. They reached the teaching building after crossing a square.
They went up to the fifth floor, the second-highest floor, and headed straight for the dean of students' office.
"Dean, there's a new student here who needs you to assess her."
There were quite a few beautiful teachers in the office as well. With the students out welcoming newcomers today, this was one of their rare opportunities to slack off.
From students to teachers, everyone was a beauty. No wonder Skywater Academy was called a man's paradise, and was an academy every man wanted to visit.
At Shui Bing'er's call, the flock of chattering beauties immediately gathered around.
"Who is this? To think Bing'er brought her to the dean for an assessment."
"I thought the headmistress's figure was already unrivaled under heaven. I never imagined someone could have an even better one. Whose child is she?"
"Could she be over eighteen? That allure of hers really isn't something a child should have."
Perhaps because everyone at the academy was female, these beautiful teachers spoke without restraint, appraising the Yan Lingji whom Xiao Yao had transformed into.
Xiao Yao didn't dare make a peep.
Fortunately, the dean Shui Bing'er had mentioned came over in time.
She was a woman as cold as frost, with a long aqua-blue shawl wrapped over a fitted business skirt suit. As it swayed, her beautiful legs could be seen moving beneath it.
"All of you, move aside. This is a child who hasn't even enrolled yet. What kind of behavior is this?"
Clearly, she commanded considerable respect. The beautiful teachers who had been chattering away fell silent, not daring to speak again.
Only then did she turn to Shui Bing'er. "Bing'er, tell me what's going on."
Shui Bing'er said, "Ruoshui checked her bone age earlier. She's only eight."
"Eight?" The speaker was a teacher less than a meter and a half tall. Coming to her senses, she quickly covered her mouth, but still furtively whispered:
"I'm twenty-eight, and even I don't have such a good figure."
Xiao Yao looked at this legal loli and muttered too, "What, is there something wrong with developing well? You're twenty-eight, and you're still about the same as other eight-year-old girls."
"I'll fight you!" The other teachers hurriedly restrained the loli teacher.
"Let me check again." The dean took Xiao Yao's hand. After closing her eyes and sensing for a while, her pupils trembled.
But she controlled her expression well, still maintaining her cold beauty's composure. "She is indeed eight."
"Show your Martial Soul. Since you say you're rank twenty, Soul Rings are the strongest proof."
Xiao Yao shrugged, and flames that flowed like seawater slowly rose from his right hand.
Yet compared with those unusual flames, the Soul Rings beside him drew even more attention.
They were purple, a color representing mystery and nobility. Usually, only powerful cultivators at the Soul Elder level could possess such Soul Rings.
What was shocking was that both Soul Rings slowly rising from beneath Xiao Yao's feet were purple.
Sharp intakes of breath rose one after another, making an enormous contribution to global warming.
"Purple Soul Rings, Thousand-Year Soul Rings. How is this possible? How could someone have Thousand-Year Soul Rings at the Soul Grandmaster stage? How could anyone's first Soul Ring be a Thousand-Year Soul Ring?"