"Brother Ling, do you think my hair looks smooth...?"
Two figures entered Shrek Academy through the East Gate. Chu Qingtian hoped to shine brilliantly today, so early in the morning, he dragged Ling Bai straight to Shrek City's most famous Styling Shop and spent the entire day getting himself done up.
Ling Bai looked at Chu Qingtian's hair, so heavily conditioned that it reflected light, and praised him without changing expression. "Perfect."
As night gradually fell, perhaps because of the Sea God's Fate matchmaking event, Sea God Island seemed suffused with an intoxicatingly romantic atmosphere.
When the two neared Sea God Lake, Ling Bai saw that the lakeshore was already packed with outer academy students. Young, vibrant faces sat there, filled with anticipation.
The outer academy students spotted the red uniforms on Ling Bai and Chu Qingtian, instantly growing excited. They crowded forward to greet them enthusiastically, saying that they would definitely cheer for them tonight and wishing them both success in winning their beauties.
The two smiled and thanked them as they crossed Sea God Lake toward Sea God Island. Ling Bai asked Chu Qingtian, "I remember outer academy disciples weren't allowed to watch Sea God's Fate before. Did that change this year?"
"Yeah, Dean Yan personally gave the order," Chu Qingtian said. "This Sea God's Fate matchmaking event is open to the outer academy so it can motivate them to cultivate harder and join the inner academy.
"In recent years, there have been fewer and fewer inner academy students. In Bei Bei's class, the Spirit Soul Department and Soul Guidance Department combined only had four people.
"The next class was practically a complete gap in generations. Luckily, Ning Xue Mei's class is full of talent and made up for last year's losses."
"There are always several outer academy