Showing Off a Divine Ability: Seventy-Two Transformations

As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Qing was helped over from the rubble, covered in dust and dirt, with blood still on his lips.

He pulled free of the people supporting him and lowered his head to Elder Fu.

"Elder Fu, this was my fault. I was the one who provoked them first."

Elder Fu looked at Liu Qing's pitiful state and felt a pang of sympathy for him.

"Wait? You're saying he beat you up?!"

Elder Fu's brain froze.

He simply couldn't picture a half-grown child punching a sturdy, full-grown man into a wall.

"This...!"

More importantly, an outstanding disciple of his Jia Nan Academy couldn't even beat a child.

If word got out, who would come to enroll at Jia Nan Academy in the future?

No, he had to get to the bottom of this!

He collected himself and asked Sun Qi, "Little friend, what's your cultivation realm?"

With the Seventy-Two Transformations at his disposal, Sun Qi could conceal his cultivation realm even from a low-level Dou Zun.

When Elder Fu asked, Sun Qi didn't hide it. He immediately released his Qi.

Five-Star Dou Ling!

The surrounding students immediately erupted!

It was their first time seeing a Five-Star Dou Ling so young!

"Five-Star Dou Ling?!"

"I've cultivated for eight years and I'm only a Four-Star Da Dou Shi. Why does he get to be one?!"

Liu Qing was also startled by Sun Qi's realm, but then he let out a long breath, and a hint of relief appeared on his face.

So his opponent was a Five-Star Dou Ling.

That meant he'd been challenging someone above his level. No wonder he'd lost.

Seeing that Sun Qi's realm was far beyond what he'd expected made him even more curious about the two of them.

He quickly turned to Zi Yan and asked,

"What about you, little girl?"

Zi Yan tilted her head. She didn't release her Qi, but a pair of pale violet wings of light unfolded behind her with a swish.

Dou Wang!

This little girl was actually a Dou Wang expert!

The whole place fell silent; even a sparrow could be heard.

The students, who had always prided themselves on being geniuses, wished they could find a hole in the ground and crawl into it after seeing what real geniuses were like.

The mouths of the female disciples who had just been trying to get close to Sun Qi hung open wide enough to fit the Golden Cudgel.

Once Lin Xiuya saw Zi Yan's strength, cold sweat broke out on his back.

Who could have imagined that such a cute little girl would be a Dou Wang expert?

No wonder she'd said she was going to eat Liu Qing. She hadn't been joking!

At that moment, Lin Xiuya was immensely glad he hadn't provoked the little girl.

Otherwise, he would surely have ended up even worse off than Liu Qing!

Liu Qing, meanwhile, had gone pale upon learning Zi Yan's strength. He turned to look at Sun Qi, his eyes filled with gratitude.

If the blond boy hadn't stopped the little girl of his own accord, Liu Qing might really have met his end here today.

Compared with their shock and lingering fear, Elder Fu was overjoyed.

He no longer cared about pursuing the matter of the fight and hurriedly spoke up.

"You two, I'll arrange your enrollment. You can go straight into the Inner Academy, and we'll keep the formalities simple!"

He was terrified that the monstrous geniuses the Great Elder had lured here would run off.

But just as Elder Fu was eagerly preparing to take the two of them to complete their enrollment, Sun Qi's words sent his spirits plummeting to rock bottom.

"Great Elder Su Qian said I'm only here as a guest. If I'm going to enroll, I have to ask my teacher first."

Zi Yan nodded. "Same here."

Elder Fu sighed repeatedly at that.

Such promising talents, and yet...!

Sigh, the Great Elder really dropped the ball. He lured them all the way to the academy, and now he's telling me they can't enroll?

Elder Fu wasn't too upset, though. They were at Jia Nan Academy anyway. If he coaxed them enough when the time came, they might agree.

They were children, after all. Just give them a little more candy.

"All right. Since the Great Elder has already made arrangements, I won't say any more. We'll make further plans when he returns."

As soon as Elder Fu finished, he changed the subject and fixed Liu Qing with a sharp gaze.

"Liu Qing, you provoked others without cause, damaged academy property, and violated academy rules. You are fined half a month's Fire Energy, and you must repair the courtyard wall."

"Do you have any objections to this punishment?"

"No, none at all. I accept the punishment!"

As for Sun Qi, who would dare make trouble for him after the strength and talent he'd displayed?

Seeing that nothing else was happening, Zi Yan hurriedly pulled Sun Qi, who was half a head taller than her, outside, afraid the treasure would be gone if they were a step too late.

Seeing the two leave, everyone else dispersed as well.

Before long, Zi Yan led Sun Qi to the entrance of a courtyard.

"The elders' courtyard?"

"Zi Yan, you didn't bring me here to steal Jia Nan Academy's treasures, did you?"

Zi Yan replied dismissively, "What do you mean, steal? We're magical beasts. There's no such word as 'steal' in our dictionary."

Sun Qi didn't say much about Zi Yan's actions. She wasn't taking anything from him, and besides, Sun Qi had done plenty of this sort of thing before. He knew the ropes already.

"There's a spatial array here. How are we going to get in?"

In response to Sun Qi's question, Zi Yan waved a hand. "Easy. Watch me."

With that, she grabbed Sun Qi and stepped straight through, ignoring the spatial array entirely.

"You can ignore spatial arrays? That innate divine ability is impressive!"

Hearing that Sun Qi had recognized her bloodline talent at a glance, she asked him curiously,

"Huh? I didn't expect you to see through my talent at a glance. You're a magical beast too, so what's your innate divine ability?"

Sun Qi scratched his head at Zi Yan's question and said, "I have so many innate divine abilities that I might not be able to list them all right away."

Zi Yan looked puzzled. "A lot? Are there magical beasts like that in this world?"

Seeing her confusion, Sun Qi didn't waste words. He immediately demonstrated the Seventy-Two Transformations.

Right in front of Zi Yan, he gave his body a shake and transformed into her likeness. Even his Qi was identical.

Zi Yan was delighted. She almost thought she was looking in a mirror!

"You look exactly like me! How did you do that?" Zi Yan asked, her face full of delight.

Sun Qi then spoke in Zi Yan's voice. "This is Old Sun's divine ability. Unless someone's realm is much higher than mine, they can't see through it at all."

Zi Yan grew even more curious when she heard that. She immediately circled Sun Qi and found that he really was identical to her, right down to the size of his clothes.

She just didn't know what he looked like underneath.

"That's amazing! It's my first time seeing anything like this. Are you the same as me under your clothes too?"

Faced with that question, Sun Qi didn't know how to answer for a moment. Although he had transformed, he didn't feel any different. To find out what was underneath, he would probably have to open his clothes and look.

But she was a girl, after all. Yao Chen had taught him from childhood that there were differences between men and women, so naturally he couldn't very well check in front of her.

"Um, let's find the treasure first. If we're late, we might not get any."

Only then did Zi Yan remember what they were there for. "Right, right, right. We'll look into that later."

The two passed through the array without hindrance. Every few steps, Zi Yan stopped to sniff the air and find their way.

Sure enough, the two made it to the Jia Nan Academy inner division's storehouse without any trouble.