Chapter 459: Chapter 459: Steering Clear
Even though the incident had been resolved, everyone was now looking at Ye Xuan with incredibly strange expressions.
Many people kept their distance from him, clearly not wanting to have any association with him.
The Profound Mystery Sect was one of the three top powers in the Dream Realm Plain. Unless this kid could get accepted into the academy and stay there for the rest of his life, he was a dead man. He had offended a Supreme Elder of the Profound Mystery Sect. Even if he survived for now under the protection of Gale Light Academy, his death in the future was certain.
After all, Gale Light Academy was just an academy, not a sect. It only had a duty to teach its students, not to protect them everywhere they went.
This was how Gale Light Academy differed from the major sects.
Therefore, no one present wanted to get involved with a dead man walking, especially one who had offended the Profound Mystery Sect.
"Young Master Ye, are you all right?"
Only Luo Cheng rushed over at once, asking with concern.
Ye Xuan shook his head and smiled. "What could happen to me?"
He then glanced to the side at Yun Aoxue and Xia Qixi, who looked like they really wanted to come over. He sent them a quiet voice transmission: "You two, stay where you are for now. We can talk about everything after we’ve all passed the academy’s assessment."
Ye Xuan was also quite curious. ’How did Yun Aoxue and Xia Qixi get here from the Thirteen Nations Alliance?’
This was a completely unexpected and pleasant surprise.
It had been nearly a year since they last met.
The auras of both women were around the Tier Five Second Layer. They had clearly made astonishing breakthroughs during this time.
With their strength, their chances of joining Gale Light Academy were quite high.
So, Ye Xuan wasn’t in a hurry to reunite with them. Besides, if the three of them acted familiar, some observant people could easily follow the clues and investigate the Thirteen Nations Alliance.
Yun Aoxue and Xia Qixi obviously understood this as well, so they restrained their impulse to approach him.
Soon, it was Ye Xuan’s turn to register.
There were over a dozen registration lines, each with three senior students at the front.
And behind the senior students, the elder named Qingfeng, who had presided over the assessment earlier, sat quietly.
When they saw Ye Xuan approaching, many of the senior students looked at him strangely.
Apparently, the young man who had attracted a Martial King to hunt him down before even taking the assessment had become an object of curiosity for many senior students.
"Present your Identity Jade Token."
one of the senior students said.
Ye Xuan nodded, but instead of immediately taking out his token, he gave a slight bow to Qingfeng, who was seated in the back.
"Disciple Xuan Ye, thank you, Senior, for your help earlier."
Ye Xuan hadn’t had a chance to thank him for the earlier incident, and he certainly wouldn’t remain indifferent now.
Qingfeng opened his eyes and waved his hand dismissively. "This old man acted only to uphold the dignity of Gale Light Academy. It had nothing to do with you."
That was the truth. Right now, Ye Xuan wasn’t even a student of Gale Light Academy. Qingfeng had acted solely to protect the academy’s reputation.
"Regardless, Senior saved my life,"
Ye Xuan said, shaking his head. He said no more and took out his Identity Jade Token.
"Xuan Ye, eighteen years old, Tier Five Second Layer Martial Sect?"
The senior student handling the registration revealed a look of astonishment upon seeing Ye Xuan’s Identity Token.
An eighteen-year-old Tier Five Martial Sect was an absolutely heaven-defying talent, even at Gale Light Academy, a place teeming with geniuses.
A normal genius would be considered monstrously talented just for breaking through to Tier Four Third Layer Celestial Martial Artist at eighteen, but this guy...
If not for the Array in the plaza that could verify the authenticity of the tokens, they would have even suspected that the information on Ye Xuan’s token was wrong.
Even the elder, Qingfeng, gave Ye Xuan a surprised glance, a sharp glint appearing in his eyes.
Expressionless, Ye Xuan stood to the side after finishing his registration.
"Look, a beauty has arrived."
On another side, three senior students at a registration desk suddenly stared straight ahead.
The newcomer was dressed in white light gauze, her figure graceful. Her expression was just a bit cold. It was none other than Zhou Qingwei of the Zhou family.
’I can’t believe this Xuan Ye managed to survive an attack from the Profound Mystery Sect’s Supreme Elder.’ Casting a cold glance at Ye Xuan, Zhou Qingwei handed over her Identity Jade Token.
After seeing its contents, the expressions of the three male senior students immediately fell.
Because Zhou Qingwei was a disciple of the prestigious Zhou family from the Sky Empire, and her older brother, Zhou Qingyu, was also a student at Gale Light Academy, they naturally had no chance of pursuing such a beauty.
"Hehe, so you’re Senior Brother Zhou Qingyu’s younger sister. A nineteen-year-old Tier Five First Layer Martial Sect. Truly extraordinary."
The three senior students praised her. As they watched Zhou Qingwei leave, a trace of disappointment flashed in the depths of their eyes.
But the three of them hadn’t been dejected for long when another young woman with an extraordinary air arrived—Murong Yunxiao.
"The Murong family of the Sky Empire."
A look of shock once again crossed the faces of the three, who had just been excited.
"As expected of a genius from the Murong family. To have broken through to Tier Five First Layer Martial Sect at just eighteen."
"Amazing. Such talent is beyond what even we senior students could hope to achieve."
The three of them began to shower her with praise, their tone even carrying a hint of reverence.
This left the other registering students stunned.
Even if this young woman’s talent was astonishing, the three registering them were, after all, senior students of Gale Light Academy. Praise was one thing, but was there a need to be so deferential?
"Look, that girl is from the Murong family of the Sky Empire. Our academy’s Murong Yunyu must be her older brother, right?"
"Senior Brother Murong Yunyu’s sister. No wonder her talent is so astonishing."
"Senior Brother Murong Yunyu is an inner court disciple of our academy! Even among the inner court, his strength is outstanding. He’s a figure who has passed the fifth floor of the Trial Pagoda."
"Shh, everyone be polite to her. Otherwise, if Senior Brother Murong Yunyu gets angry, we’ll all be in for a world of trouble."
The words from the other students nearby, however, made everyone come to a sudden realization.
Ye Xuan, however, was thinking to himself.
’Back in the Imperial Capital, Zhou Qingwei and Murong Yunxiao were both Tier Four Peak Celestial Martial Artists. I can’t believe that in just over a month, they’ve both broken through to become Tier Five Martial Sects.’
’It seems the Zhou family and the Murong family have expended a great deal of effort to get these two into Gale Light Academy.’
"Tsk tsk, that Zhou Qingwei and Murong Yunxiao are truly beautiful. I didn’t expect the quality of this year’s new students to be so high."
"With their looks, it’s not impossible for them to be ranked among our academy’s Ten Great Beauties."
"Looks like the list of our academy’s Ten Great Beauties is about to change."
Many senior students’ eyes lit up, but they also felt it was a great pity.
Both Murong Yunxiao and Zhou Qingwei had powerful backgrounds. They wouldn’t dare to offend them.
"Huh!"
"There are more beauties, and two of them at once!"
Suddenly, the eyes of some senior students at the registration desks lit up once again.
Two exceptionally beautiful women with extraordinary auras arrived at the registration desk together.
"Yun Aoxue, twenty-two years old, Tier Five Second Layer..."
"Xia Qixi, twenty-four years old, Tier Five Second Layer..."
"You’re... both from the Thirteen Nations Alliance?"
The three senior students in charge of their registration all sucked in a cold breath.
Gale Light Academy never cared about a student’s origin when recruiting. Whether they came from the major sects or the three great empires, there were people from all over studying at Gale Light Academy.
But this was the first time they had ever seen anyone from a place called the Thirteen Nations Alliance.
"Where exactly is this Thirteen Nations Alliance? Is there such a place in our Dream Realm Plain?"
"Could it be some kingdoms near the Bright Moon Empire? But when did they form an alliance?"
Many people didn’t even know where the Thirteen Nations Alliance was and spoke up in astonishment upon hearing the name.
"The Thirteen Nations Alliance isn’t within the Dream Realm Plain. If I remember correctly, it should be in the Gulan Mountains beyond Wukong Ridge. It’s a very small alliance of kingdoms in a barren land. It’s impossible for any powerful experts to emerge from there."
"That’s right, I’ve heard of the Thirteen Nations Alliance too. I heard the resources there are scarce. A Tier Five Martial Sect can lord over the region and be considered a top expert. They rarely even have Tier Six Martial Venerables. How could two geniuses like this suddenly appear from there?"
The appearance of Yun Aoxue and Xia Qixi caused a stir among the crowd, who kept casting strange glances their way.
It was just that their origin, the Thirteen Nations Alliance, was too surprising. It was completely outside the scope of the Dream Realm Plain.
Soon, the registration for all thirty to forty thousand people was complete.
The senior students handed their respective registration lists to the chief examiner, Qingfeng.
"This year’s Gale Light Academy assessment will now begin. A total of 36,721 people have registered for this recruitment. Among them, 5,203 are Tier Five Martial Sects. The rest are all Tier Four Celestial Martial Artists."
Yun Aoxue and Xia Qixi were inwardly shocked.
In any of the kingdoms in the Thirteen Nations Alliance, a Tier Five Martial Sect would be considered a top-tier expert. But here in the Dream Realm Plain, more than five thousand Martial Sects had come to register for Gale Light Academy’s annual entrance assessment.
And all of them were under the age of twenty-five.
Compared to them, the geniuses of the Thirteen Nations Alliance were like infants next to adults. The gap was just too vast.
’To help the Thirteen Nations Alliance grow stronger, we have to get into Gale Light Academy.’
Yun Aoxue and Xia Qixi looked at each other, secretly steeling their resolve.
"Next, we will proceed with the first round of this year’s recruitment assessment. When you registered just now, each of you was assigned a number. This number will be your sequential number for the first round of the assessment..."
Qingfeng’s booming voice echoed in everyone’s ears.
Ye Xuan stood in the crowd, sensing the more than thirty thousand people around him, his expression impassive.
"Young Master Ye, with your talent, getting into Gale Light Academy is a sure thing. As for me, it’s going to be a bit difficult."
Luo Cheng said with a wry smile from the side.
Although he had broken through to become a Tier Five Martial Sect, his age—right on the borderline of twenty-five—was the biggest obstacle to him joining the academy.
The Gale Light Academy assessment didn’t just look at cultivation level; age was also a very important factor.
Luo Cheng felt a great deal of pressure.
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