Feng Xiaotian's Painful Past

[Xue Wu: looks 92, charm 94, bearing 93, overall 93. Meets the standard for an ordinary goddess. Age 19. All attributes are close to their peak!]

Xue Wu? Wasn't she that short-haired woman from the anime I watched in my previous life?

If Feng Xiaotian remembered correctly, her Soul Power had been at level forty-two when she participated in the qualifiers, and she could even use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Shui Bing'er.

Her looks, strength, and charm were all quite good. At present, her overall score was actually a little higher than Shui Bing'er's.

But one was nineteen and nearly at her peak, while the other was only fifteen and still a long way from hers. Her future was promising!

[Qiu Ruoshui: looks 93, charm 92, bearing 92, overall 92. Meets the standard for an ordinary goddess. Age 17. None of her attributes have reached their peak!]

[Shui Yue'er: looks 91, charm 90, bearing 90, overall 90. Meets the standard for an ordinary goddess. Age 14. None of her attributes have reached their peak.]

One, two... System notifications came one after another, and names Feng Xiaotian knew well or had never heard of appeared in his mind.

Before he had gone even a hundred meters, Feng Xiaotian had already heard eleven names. Some he recognized, while others he had never heard before.

They weren't just the members of the Ti anshui Girl Group he knew from the novel and anime in his previous life. Their teachers were among them too; after all, some were decades old and couldn't possibly be students.

Skywater Academy didn't just require a water-attribute Martial Soul. More importantly, it demanded good looks. If your looks didn't measure up, you couldn't even enter the academy.

The students as a whole couldn't be bad-looking, so the teachers surely couldn't be much worse.

But so many ordinary goddesses with qualifying looks had suddenly appeared that Feng Xiaotian found himself at a loss.

Which one should I start with? Or rather, how should I use the Simp Coins?

After all, spending money on a goddess was an art in itself.

For example, it was better to bring coal in the snow than to add flowers to brocade. If he went about it the wrong way, it could backfire.

Besides, the system required him to win over a goddess, so it wasn't as simple as spending money. Not only did he have to spend it well, but more importantly, he had to spend it in a way that made the goddess happy.

Under Feng Xiaotian's lead, Godwind Academy's convoy headed straight for the place where Skywater Academy was resting.

The people from Skywater Academy also noticed Godwind Academy's convoy and turned their gazes toward it.

"Is that... Feng Xiaotian?" Shui Bing'er frowned slightly. Of course she knew Feng Xiaotian-or rather, his talent was even more famous.

After all, he had Innate Full Soul Power. His talent was no secret among their Elemental Academies.

Xue Wu also said, "I remember he was a member of Godwind Academy. By rights, he should have participated in the Advanced Soul Master Tournament that just ended!"

Shui Bing'er thought for a moment, then said slowly, "Perhaps he didn't participate. I remember he's only twenty even now. He'll only be twenty-four when this Advanced Soul Master Tournament takes place in four years, so he'll meet the requirements to participate. He can also raise his strength to its peak by then."

Shui Yue'er giggled. "Who? That's Feng Xiaotian? How strong is he?"

Xue Wu smiled. "See the one in front? The one riding a horse, with short silver hair. That's him."

Shui Yue'er took a closer look. "Wow! He's so handsome!"

Little stars seemed to sparkle in her eyes!

Skywater Academy was good and all, but its yin was too strong: everyone there was a woman. Shui Yue'er was also a notorious girl with an eye for handsome men.

And Feng Xiaotian really was very handsome. After transmigrating, Feng Xiaotian had spent a long time studying himself in the mirror.

How should he put it?

He was actually somewhat different from Feng Xiaotian in the anime. In reality, he was even more handsome!

But Xue Wu looked at Shui Yue'er acting lovestruck and said, "Little girl, stop swooning. He doesn't like your type!"

Shui Yue'er was a little indignant. "Sister Xue Wu, why would you say that? Do you know what kind of girl he likes?"

Xue Wu nodded. "I remember there was an exchange competition at our academy two years ago, and Feng Xiaotian came too. He seemed to take a fancy to a little girl from Blazing Fire Academy who had tagged along to see the world. Just like you now, she hadn't yet advanced to Soul Elder!"

"What happened next? What happened between them?" Shui Yue'er asked curiously.

The thought seemed to stir up fond memories for Xue Wu, and she suddenly laughed. "Actually, word of Feng Xiaotian's Innate Full Soul Power hadn't spread very far at the time, but this incident made a lot of people aware of him. After this fellow saw that little girl, he seemed to lose his soul. During the days of the exchange competition, he basically followed her around. Wherever the little girl was, Feng Xiaotian was there too. Unfortunately, she didn't seem to like him one bit! Ah... That's why he made quite a fool of himself back then, and it made him somewhat famous among the Five Elemental Academies. I heard that afterward, whenever he had time, he would go to Blazing Fire Academy to look for that little girl, but he was always turned away at the door!"

Understanding dawned on Shui Yue'er. "So that's what happened. I'd like to see just how charming that girl from Blazing Fire Academy is, to have him so infatuated with her! But he definitely can't compare to my sister!"

Suddenly, Shui Bing'er noticed Shui Bing'er gazing at Feng Xiaotian in something of a daze and immediately said, "Sister, don't tell me you've taken a fancy to Feng Xiaotian!"

But Shui Bing'er murmured, "In four years, Godwind Academy may be our strongest opponent in the Heaven Dou Empire!"

A genius who had been strong enough even to take part in the previous Soul Master Tournament would reach a terrifying level of strength after waiting five years to participate in the next one.

As they spoke, Godwind Academy's convoy stopped in a shady clearing more than twenty meters away from Skywater Academy.

As soon as Feng Xiaotian dismounted, his underling Feng Lingyu trotted over, took the reins from his hand, and tied up his horse for him!

Feng Xiaotian didn't say much. This was simply the treatment he received as captain.

"Vice Dean Cheng, we're here. Why don't you come down and rest for a while too?" Feng Xiaotian said.

"All right!"

As soon as Vice Dean Cheng Cheng got out of the carriage, the two teachers leading Skywater Academy's team both rose to their feet and immediately approached Feng Xiaotian.

The teacher in the lead was named Shui Mingyu. The system had notified him that she was one of the eleven people at Skywater Academy who met the standard for a goddess, and she currently had the highest overall score among them.

Feng Xiaotian took another look at these goddesses' three attribute scores!

[Shui Mingyu: looks 94, charm 96, bearing 95, overall 95. Age 42. Overall score for her three attributes has reached its peak.]

Her overall score was just short of 96, which would have put her among the elite goddesses. Shui Mingyu was indeed extremely beautiful.

Although she was already forty-two, she looked twenty-eight or twenty-nine. More importantly, she had a mature charm that one couldn't escape, something those young girls simply couldn't compare to!

As for the female teacher beside her, she looked about the same age as Shui Mingyu. Unfortunately, the system hadn't identified her as a goddess.

How should he put it?

Compared with Shui Mingyu beside her, she really did fall far short. Still, she wasn't ugly. She could even be considered extremely pretty, but she couldn't be called a goddess!

The two women came up to Cheng Cheng and Feng Xiaotian and bowed. "Senior Cheng, it's been a long time!"

Cheng Cheng thought for a moment, then gave them a kindly smile. "So it's you two little ones. You're leading teams yourselves now."

Shui Mingyu said, "Senior Cheng, we're not so young anymore."

Cheng Cheng thought for a moment. "I remember the last time we met was at the Advanced Soul Master Tournament twenty-one years ago. Back then, you defeated the Godwind Academy team I was leading."

Shui Mingyu smiled. "Unfortunately, we didn't get very far in the finals either." She then looked at Feng Xiaotian beside Cheng Cheng and asked in puzzlement, "Senior Cheng, this must be Feng Xiaotian, right? I remember he was on Godwind Academy's team before. I saw him at the last exchange competition. Didn't he participate in the previous Advanced Soul Master Tournament?"

Cheng Cheng said nothing and turned to look at Feng Xiaotian instead. Feng Xiaotian immediately said, "Senior, I've only just turned twenty, so I wanted to wait a few more years and participate in this Soul Master Tournament."

"I see! You truly are young and accomplished. You must be the captain of this Godwind Academy team, aren't you?" Shui Mingyu asked.

Feng Xiaotian nodded. "Yes!"

Shui Mingyu smiled. "Bing'er, come over and meet the captain of Godwind Academy's team too!"

Shui Bing'er answered with a hum and walked straight up to Feng Xiaotian.

"Hello, my name is Shui Bing'er. My Martial Soul is the Ice Phoenix, and I'm a level thirty-four Control-Type Battle Spirit Master!"

Introducing herself? That means she wants me to tell her about myself too!

This was the customary etiquette among Soul Masters on the continent. If the other party took the initiative to introduce themselves that way, it was only polite to respond in kind.

So Feng Xiaotian followed suit. "Feng Xiaotian. My Martial Soul is the Gale Twin-Headed Wolf, and I'm a level thirty-eight Power Attack System Battle Soul Master!"

(End of chapter)