Every year, Jianan Academy sends multiple recruitment teams to various places to select talents from all over the continent.
With their reputation and power, it has gradually become the sacred land of cultivation in the hearts of many warriors in the mainland.
This time, they are visiting Wutan City to recruit students.
A recruitment camp has been arranged inside the Xiao family grounds which has welcomed a lot of warriors from different cities in the past few days.
"Brother Xiao Lin, you seem pretty relaxed."
"Isn't Xun'er the same?"
Xiao Lin and Xun'er stood together, lining up for their registration.
Xiao Lin was set on getting into Jianan Academy, no matter what.
It wasn't for training resources or cultivation though.
His goal was the heavenly flame hidden in the depths of that place.
But retrieving that thing needs elaborate plans. He was not in a hurry.
Suddenly.
"What are you two doing here outside?"
A delicate voice sounded from behind them.
"Cousin Xiao Yu, we came for registration." Xun'er said to Xiao Yu who appeared behind them out of nowhere.
Beside her, stood a boy with his head held high exuding a sense of confidence and calmness.
Xiao Yan.
"What! If you wanted to register, why not tell me? Don't you see how long the line is. Come with me."
Following Xiao Yu, both of them along with Xiao Yan passed by the long line of sweating students and entered the tent effortlessly.
This place is reserved for the students of Jianan Academy who accompanied the recruitment team this time.
"Are you sure we are allowed in here?"
Xiao Lin asked, while looking at the students in uniform and badges around him.
Xiao Yu who hadn't paid any attention to him until now opened her mouth with some pride, "Normally, you wouldn't be allowed in but since I am a student and you are all family, I can certainly bring you inside. How! Do you know how awesome I am now?!"
She puffed up her chest and glanced at Xiao Lin from the corner of her eyes expecting some surprise or flattery.
As if to tell, 'That night you looked down on me, now see how powerful I am!'
Xiao Lin looked at the girl trying to show off and smiled inwardly.
He didn't change his expression outside and said in a flat, almost uninterested tone, "Oh"
Xiao Yu : !!!
I explain so much and your response is 'Oh'! Not even a praise.
She gritted her teeth and stopped looking at this annoying man.
Xun'er observed the exchange between them with interest.
At this moment, a hoarse voice cut through the crowd.
"Hey, why did a bunch of newbies who are not even students enter this place."
"Rob, you don't have to care about them. I brought them."
Xiao Yu spoke to the bulky looking man approaching them, with a frown.
"Oh, I see! So these are all your people." Rob swept his eyes over everyone, finally stopping on Xun'er's face.
That flawless face like a pure lotus.
He swears he has never seen it in his life.
With an involuntary gulp, he walked forward.
"I didn't expect such a student to appear here. Dear Miss, may I know your name?" Then before anyone could respond, he continued, "Let me introduce myself first. I am Rob, a 2nd year student in Jianan Academy. Not only that, I am also a high level Dou Zhe!"
His last sentence was filled with pride as if announcing his achievement to everyone.
And it did work!
The students around him all looked at him with admiration.
It doesn't matter if they already knew.
A 2nd year high level Dou Zhe feels amazing everytime they hear about it.
Looking at everyone's reaction, Rob's vanity was satisfied. But when he turned to look at Xun'er, his expression stiffened.
Xun'er from the start to finish didn't even look at him.
She was happily chatting with Xiao Lin.
Only then did Rob notice the unnaturally handsome boy beside her.
The jealousy in his heart grew like wildfire.
"Hey you, this is no place for a pretty face. If you know what's good for you, scram."
Xiao Lin who wasn't paying attention to all the drama until now paused at this moment.
His eyes narrowed slightly and a cold murderous intent enveloped Rob in a second.
All his hairs stood on end and a cold shiver ran down his spine. Rob suddenly felt that he was being targeted by a prehistoric beast.
"Rob, these are all the people that I brought. How dare you insult them?"
Xiao Yu was already extremely angry at this moment. She couldn't tolerate someone bullying her friends in front of her.
"That's right Rob. These are all Xiao Yu's friends. If what you said reaches Teacher Ruolin, she will definitely punish you."
At this moment, a pretty girl with a nice figure appeared beside Xiao Yu and supported her.
Rob wanted to speak but the invisible pressure around him made him extremely uncomfortable.
Suddenly, the pressure was gone and everything returned to normal.
Rob gasped for air as if he couldn't breathe until now.
But he felt it was all some sort of illusion as he had no real shortness of breath.
He looked at Xiao Lin with some fear.
Then he looked at the people gathered around them as well as Xiao Yu standing infront with a red face almost ready to fight.
Seeing that it wasn't a good time, he snorted and left.
Xiao Lin, seeing him running away chuckled softly.
In his spare time, he has been honing his combat skills against the beasts in the back mountain since he was 8.
Although those monsters are not magic beasts, they still let Xiao Lin develop some killing intent.
Killing intent is not some combat skill used to physically hurt people. Instead, it's more of a fear based attack which relies on soul power of a warrior.
It targets the warrior's mind in a superficial way.
At this point, Xiao Lin's killing intent is a good way to scare off warriors below Dou Shi level.
Soon, the crowd dispersed and Xiao Yu promised to take them to register.
They also got to know that the girl who came to support Xiao Yu against Rob was her best friend, Xue Ni, who is also a 2nd year like Xiao Yu.
Xiao Lin saw Xiao Yu get busy with other tasks while he chatted comfortably with Xun'er.
Only Xiao Yan was left alone.
Xiao Yu had no good feelings towards Xiao Yan, a boy who peeked at her taking a bath years ago.
Although it is said that he was caught before he could get close, it still left Xiao Yu with a grudge.
This time she brought him only because he was her family and also the young master of the Xiao Clan.
Xiao Yan on the other hand didn't care about this.
He just looked at Xiao Lin and Xun'er acting like a couple and couldn't help but clench his fists with frustration.