Women Named Tong, the Fate of the Bai Clan?

The carriage carrying Bai Jingtian finally stopped outside a barbecue restaurant.

The barbecue restaurant was doing good business. The Treasure Gathering Pavilion was not far away, and even though there was no treasure appraisal fair today, quite a few scantily dressed young women were still welcoming guests at its entrance.

But Bai Jingtian was in no mood to appreciate the delicious food or the beautiful sights. Instead, he followed Bai Jie into a clean office, where he met an intellectual-looking beauty.

"Cousin Mu Jin, we're here."

Hearing Bai Jie greet the beauty, Bai Jingtian confirmed who she was. He bowed to her and said:

"Auntie!"

Mu Jin immediately rose to her feet. After greeting Bai Jie, she studied Bai Jingtian closely, her eyes full of surprise and approval, as well as... a trace of sadness.

"Good child... Jingtian, may I see your Martial Soul?"

Bai Jingtian nodded and gently raised his right hand. An electric current appeared beside it, pulsing with a steady rhythm and casting a constant glow.

Mu Jin's eyes widened slightly. As a teacher at Shrek Academy, she had seen no shortage of lightning-attribute Martial Souls, but even Thunderbolt Bei Bei, who was famous throughout the outer academy, could not control the Lightning Element with such finesse.

Yet Bai Jingtian could control the Lightning Element so precisely. That alone marked him as a genius.

But when she thought of a certain archrival of hers, the light in her face dimmed somewhat, and she said with regret:

"Such exquisite elemental control, combined with cultivation of nearly rank thirty... what a pity. If that woman weren't here, I'd be absolutely certain I could help you gain a firm foothold at Shrek Academy."

"That bastard the students call the perverted old hag? The one who expelled my younger cousin back then?"

"That's right. She made a mistake, so she's teaching freshmen this year too. If Jingtian ends up in her hands, I'm afraid she'll find some excuse to expel him.

"When it comes to tormenting students, if she calls herself second best, no one in the academy would dare claim first."

At the mention of Zhou Yi, Mu Jin could not help gritting her teeth.

Back then, her younger brother had not broken a single school rule, but Zhou Yi had still found fault with him and expelled him on grounds that Mu Jin considered utterly ridiculous.

"Aunt Mu Jin, we men of the Bai Clan wouldn't be too afraid to attend school because of a trash teacher who might not even be in charge of me.

"Besides, if she's really that unreasonable, I'll blast him down!"

Bai Jingtian's gaze was unwavering, as though a terrifying thunderstorm raged in the depths of his eyes.

A mere Zhou Yi was not enough to frighten him.

That held true whether as a transmigrator or as someone with the Sea Tiger Template.

If a woman with a vile temperament could frighten Bai Jingtian into not daring to take another step, how could he ever grow stronger?

Should he choose his entries again and, like Lao Huo, become a dog for Tang San and Shrek Academy?

Even a dithering man like Oga could never make such a spineless choice, could he?

"Good, that's the spirit! You're a true son of the Bai Clan!

"By the way, cousin, since that bastard was assigned to teach freshmen because she made a mistake, Shrek Academy presumably won't assign her many promising talents, right?

"Then is there a chance Jingtian won't be assigned to her class?"

Bai Jie clapped his hands in satisfaction. Then, struck by a sudden inspiration, he put the suggestion to Mu Jin.

"Now that you mention it... Jingtian isn't a specially admitted student, so he still has to go through the registration assessment.

"As long as he performs well in the assessment, he indeed won't be assigned to Zhou Yi's class."

Bai Jie's reminder made Mu Jin's eyes light up.

Although freshmen were theoretically assigned to classes entirely at random, if one of the teachers taking freshmen had committed a serious offense like Zhou Yi, the overall quality of the students in that teacher's class would not be high.

Even if the academy assigned her a few Soul Grandmaster students just above rank twenty who could probably pass the freshman assessment three months later, as a safeguard, it would not assign freshmen whose Soul Power Levels exceeded rank twenty-five and who performed well to her class.

"That's right, Jingtian. Although I'm not in charge of the admissions assessment, if you come to register tomorrow, I'll help keep an eye on things.

"As long as you don't perform poorly in the admissions assessment, you won't have to worry about being assigned to Zhou Yi's class.

"Jingtian, get some good rest today, then come to Shrek Academy to register tomorrow.

"No matter what path you choose in the future, entering Shrek Academy tomorrow will mark the beginning of the next stage of your life."

"Auntie, thank you!"

Seeing how much Mu Jin was looking after him, Bai Jingtian thanked her from the bottom of his heart.

"No need to be so polite, Jingtian. We're family."

Mu Jin smiled and nodded, then said goodbye to Bai Jie and his son Bai Jingtian, rose, and left.

"Jingtian, your strength has improved greatly since before we set out. Was it thanks to that senior Bai Junlang's help back then?"

Only after Mu Jin left did Bai Jie ask in a low voice.

Before the Evil Soul Masters wiped out the Bai Clan, Bai Jingtian's Soul Power had only been rank twenty-four, and his control over the Lightning Element had been very crude. He would even injure himself when using Soul Skills.

Now, however, Bai Jingtian's Soul Power had reached rank twenty-eight, and his ability to wield the Lightning Element was beyond comparison with his former self. He was even better at it than Bai Jie.

Other than the senior who had lent Bai Jingtian his strength and called himself Bai Junlang, Bai Jie could think of no other reason.

"Yes, Father," Bai Jingtian answered briefly.

"Work hard. Don't disappoint that senior."

Bai Jie said nothing more. He simply patted Bai Jingtian on the shoulder and arranged a room for him to rest and cultivate in, then went to deal with the Bai Clan's businesses in Shrek City.

He also went to confirm news of the handful of Bai Clan members who had survived.

"Senior brothers, may I ask if that performance was good enough?"

The next day, inside Shrek Academy.

After blasting a Shrek Academy student down with a single punch, Bai Jingtian turned to look at the other Shrek Academy students responsible for recruiting freshmen.

Because he was not a specially admitted student, Bai Jingtian still had to take the registration assessment. Besides registering his Martial Soul and Soul Power Level, he also had to be tested on his ability to use his Martial Soul.

And combat was the most convenient way to do so.

Bai Jingtian's opponent was a Soul Elder who, judging by his uniform, appeared to be a second- or third-year student.

But the Soul Elder was now lying on the ground, his eyes rolled back and foam at his mouth, unconscious.

Bai Jingtian, meanwhile, had thrown only one punch. An extremely steady electric current still coiled around his arm, without producing a single spark.

At the academy gates not far away, an upper-year student who looked refined and easygoing, with two beautiful girls following him, saw the scene and could not help stopping in his tracks, surprise appearing on his face.

"What impressive control over lightning. Is there really someone this formidable among this year's freshmen?"

"Bei Bei, you say that freshman is formidable? Then why don't we recruit her into the Tang Sect too? That way, besides Little Yutong, our Tang Sect will have another disciple!

"Little Yutong, you'd like a junior brother too, wouldn't you?"

One of the beautiful girls made no effort to lower her voice. She hugged Bei Bei's arm as she spoke to the shorter girl beside her.

Hearing her voice, Bai Jingtian could not help freezing for a moment.

Yutong?

Was this the "fate" of the Bai Clan, to always encounter women with Tong in their names?

First there were Guan Yuetong and Hai Tong, and now there was Huo Yutong, who had failed to protect her own younger brother?

"Things seem to be getting interesting..."