The enrollment procedures at the Exotic Beast Academy were not complicated, especially with Vice Dean Jiang Jing's endorsement. The speed at which the two enrolled was definitely the fastest in the history of the Exotic Beast Academy.
Seeing Yu Yan and Xiao Wu finish their enrollment, the heavy stone hanging in Gu Yingying's heart finally landed safely. With the ice soul grass, her Breakthrough to Spirit Ancestor was just around the corner.
"Shall I show you around the campus?"
Having the intention to befriend these two little geniuses, Gu Yingying proposed the idea of taking them for a tour after her secret celebration.
"Then we'll have to trouble Teacher Gu."
Yu Yan, who had the same intention, followed Gu Yingying to wander around the campus.
The locations of important buildings such as the artificial lake, dining hall, bamboo forest, garden, teaching building, dormitory, and library were noted down one by one by Yu Yan and Xiao Wu.
Yu Yan was quite satisfied with the library of the Exotic Beast Academy. It was a quite distinctive circular building. After just a simple walk around the library, Yu Yan discovered several books he wanted to read. Xiao Wu also found a few travelogues that looked very interesting.
Just as Gu Yingying was leading Yu Yan and Xiao Wu toward the on-campus residence arranged for them by the Exotic Beast Academy, a figure ran from a distance. After standing in front of the three and adjusting her breathing, she looked at Gu Yingying with some complaint: "Teacher Gu, I've finally found you. Why were you late today?"
The newcomer was a young woman dressed in dark blue, which perfectly showcased her figure. She wore quite distinct smoky makeup on her face.
After looking at this girl's makeup, which he disliked, Yu Yan turned his head to look at Xiao Wu and thought to himself: 'Xiao Wu is still better looking.'
"Sorry, sorry, Yiran. I had some urgent business and was so busy that I forgot to go to class for you all."
Hearing the reminder from the class monitor she had selected, Gu Yingying instantly remembered that she still had a class.
With this outfit, this age, and the name 'Yiran' called out by Gu Yingying, Yu Yan naturally thought of Meng Yiran, the granddaughter of the Dragon Duke and Serpent Grandmother.
"Teacher Gu, is the urgent business you mentioned these two?"
Meng Yiran's gaze turned toward Yu Yan and Xiao Wu, her eyes carrying a sense of scrutiny. She really wanted to know what was so different about the people who could make the dutiful Teacher Gu so busy that she forgot to go to class.
"Teacher Gu, we're almost familiar with the school, and our residence is just ahead. The two of us can go there ourselves. You go ahead and attend to your own business."
Yu Yan didn't know Gu Yingying had a class. If he had known, he would never have agreed to let Gu Yingying be their guide.
"Well then, that's it for today. If you two have anything in the Exotic Beast Academy, you can come to find me."
After saying a word to Yu Yan, Gu Yingying led Meng Yiran toward the teaching building. She was already quite late and had to hurry back to teach the students.
"Teacher Gu, who are those two?"
On the way to the classroom, Meng Yiran, curious about the identities of the two people Teacher Gu had received, asked Gu Yingying about them.
"They are geniuses who joined the school. The boy is Yu Yan, the one with two spirit abilities on a single ring. The girl is Xiao Wu. They will represent the Exotic Beast Academy in the All-Continent Elite Soul Master Tournament after the next one. They are our trump cards for winning the championship."
Meng Yiran was a student of the Exotic Beast Academy and one of the designated candidates for the All-Continent Elite Soul Master Tournament after the next one. She was also the biological granddaughter of the Exotic Beast Academy's honorary teachers, the Dragon Duke and Serpent Grandmother.
Whether for public or private reasons, Gu Yingying could find no reason to deceive Meng Yiran.
"Is it that Yu Yan with the Mutated Spirit, the Ice and Fire Twin Fish?"
Meng Yiran didn't have much of an impression of the name Xiao Wu, but she had a very deep impression of the name Yu Yan. When she went home for a while, she often heard her father, mother, grandfather, and grandmother discussing Yu Yan. Having heard it so much, she had a certain level of understanding of Yu Yan.
"Yes, it's him."
Since Meng Yiran had an impression of Yu Yan, it saved Gu Yingying the trouble of explaining.
"Wasn't he studying at Balak Academy? Why did he come to the Exotic Beast Academy?"
In Meng Yiran's memory, her grandfather Meng Shu had once said that Yu Yan had rejected the recruitment of all forces and was a member of the Balak Kingdom.
"Balak Academy pushed too hard and didn't respect them much, so our Exotic Beast Academy picked them up."
After answering this doubt, Meng Yiran spoke up with some dissatisfaction: "The teams that eventually win the All-Continent Elite Soul Master Tournament are basically those two or three. With just the two of them, do we really have a chance to win the championship?"
Meng Yiran's words were partly a statement of objective facts and partly driven by her own sense of defiance.
As a little Genius herself, how could Meng Yiran be satisfied hearing those around her praise another person who was younger than her so much?
For example, Luo Fuji and Auerbai of Balak Academy had come to challenge Yu Yan because of the dissatisfaction in their hearts.
"Let me tell you a secret. Yu Yan and Xiao Wu are already Two-Ring Great Soul Masters now."
Gu Yingying leaned into Meng Yiran's ear and whispered what she had just seen.
"What!!"
"That can't be true!!!"
"I remember Yu Yan is only 7 years old this year? That girl named Xiao Wu should be the same as him. They are Spirit Grandmasters? Is that for real?"
Meng Yiran, who was almost 11 years old, had a Spirit Power Level of Rank 18.
She felt she was a Genius, and those around her also felt she was a Genius.
Suddenly hearing such an absurd thing as a seven-year-old Spirit Grandmaster, Meng Yiran was somewhat unwilling to believe it.
"It's true. I was also very surprised when I saw the spirit rings on them." Gu Yingying patted Meng Yiran's shoulder in advance to comfort her: "According to the information they registered, they are still four months away from turning eight."
Meng Yiran, who was deeply struck, was a bit absent-minded for the rest of the day... The residence arranged for Yu Yan and Xiao Wu by the Exotic Beast Academy was among the best in the academy, a detached two-story courtyard with complete facilities and some flowers and plants growing in the yard.
"The Exotic Beast Academy is not bad."
Lying on the soft big bed in the second-floor room, combined with what she saw, heard, and felt today, Xiao Wu gave the Exotic Beast Academy an excellent evaluation.
"It is indeed not bad; it makes one feel very comfortable."
After today's conversation, Yu Yan also had a good impression of the Exotic Beast Academy.
To be precise, Yu Yan had a lot of good feelings toward the Exotic Beast Academy because of the attitudes of Gu Yingying and Jiang Jing.
"By the way, Yu Yan, if we don't win the championship of the All-Continent Elite Soul Master Tournament, will the Exotic Beast Academy hold a grudge against us because of it?"
"Given our Cultivation speed, plus some Opportunities, if we can't win the championship of the All-Continent Elite Soul Master Tournament, I might as well kill myself by hitting my head against a piece of tofu."
"You can't kill yourself by hitting your head against tofu at all."
"And it's impossible for us not to win the championship."
"Yu Yan, you're so confident."
"Xiao Wu, I'm just stating objective facts."