Miss Loser is too enchanting

Feng Shuang looked at the others with scorn, activated her Phantom Power, and a moon and two stars lit up beneath her feet.

"Indeed, she’s the Feng Family’s genius second young mistress. To think she’s already a level 2 Phantom Master at just 15!" someone exclaimed from the side.

"Yes, both of the Feng Family’s young mistresses are highly talented. Miss Feng, who is 17 this year, is already a level 8 Phantom Master."

"Sigh, people from big families are just different."

Feng Shuang was very pleased with the reaction she elicited, lifting her chin high, basking in others’ admiration.

The old man merely glanced over indifferently and said, "All right, you can go in now." Having said that, he lay back on the rocking chair and closed his eyes again.

Feng Shuang picked up the registration form, gave a smug look at Long Lei and the others, and only after seeing Long Lei hopping mad did she laugh and turn to enter the academy’s gate.

"What’s there to be so smug about!" Long Lei said angrily, turning to see Dugu Qianye filling out the registration form as if nothing had happened, stamped her foot and said, "Baili brother, why do you seem so unaffected?"

Dugu Qianye, looking at the registration form and pondering what to write, responded without lifting his head, "If a dog bites you, do you bite back?"

The old man’s eyes sparkled when he heard Dugu Qianye’s words. Hehe, an interesting child.

Dugu Qianye, biting the end of his pen, pondered for a moment, wrote ’Baili Xie’ in the name field, 16 years old in the age field, and marked ’level 9 Phantom Master’ in the Phantom Power level field. Then, he handed the form to the old man.

The old man took Dugu Qianye’s registration form, read it slowly: "Baili Xie, 16 years old, from Qifeng City, level 9 Phantom Master, hmm? A level 9 Phantom Master?"

Leaping up as if electrified, the old man became invigorated. He stood up, looked Dugu Qianye up and down like a wolf spotting its prey, and asked excitedly, "Could you show me your moon and stars?"

Dugu Qianye, creeped out by the old man’s gaze, nevertheless obediently produced his moon and stars. The moment it appeared, it caused an uproar.

"Wow, he really is a level 9 Phantom Master!"

"My God, is he really just 16 years old?"

"Doesn’t that make him nearly the top prodigy on the Continent?"

Dugu Qianye looked at the bubbling registration scene, somewhat speechless. He had thought that keeping his Phantom Power at the Phantom Master level was already being low-key, but it had still caused a commotion.

"Haha, good, very good!" The old man laughed heartily, "This old man has found a promising young seedling this year!"

"Excuse me, did I pass then?" Dugu Qianye asked.

"Haha, yes, you passed! You don’t have to take the following assessments. Um, you’ll go to class 1A," said the old man, still excited. "Here’s the key to your dormitory, you can go straight there. Just come for the opening ceremony tomorrow."

The old man handed two keys to Dugu Qianye, his gaze lingering on him. For a moment, Dugu Qianye wondered if he had encountered a pervert with some special fetish because of that unabashed stare.

Long Lei and Dugu Qianye both registered, and everyone entered the academy together. Along the way, Dugu Qianye looked at the key, still a bit puzzled. Wasn’t it said that it was very hard to pass the Empire College entrance exam? How come she felt like it was as easy as drinking water?

"I passed just like that? How come there was no assessment before I got placed into a class?" Dugu Qianye asked Long Xiang with confusion.

Long Xiang was also heavily surprised by the old man’s action. He said, "The old man who registered us is the vice principal of our academy; he has the authority to place you into a class without an assessment. However, this situation is very rare."

Because Long Lei was going to take the Alchemist assessment, everyone decided that Long Qi would take Long Lei to the examination, and Long Xiang would take Dugu Qianye to the accommodation area.

"10th District, No. 1 Court, Room 1," Long Xiang took the key, read the dorm number on it, and said, "It’s not far from our dormitory. Come on, I’ll take you there."

The buildings of the academy were almost all facing north, with the teaching area on the east, the accommodation area on the north, the exchange area on the south, and the most iconic building being the Arena. The Imperial Capital did not allow private fighting, but it was allowed in the Arena. There was little development towards the west, which extended all the way to the Yanshan Mountain range a hundred miles away.

After walking for almost half an hour, Dugu Qianye finally reached the accommodation area. The first 10 districts of the accommodation area were structured like small courtyards, with each courtyard having five rooms, mainly for those who were rich, powerful, or highly talented. The buildings behind the 10th district were structured like apartment buildings, with each building housing dozens of people.

"Oh my, this place is huge, we’ve walked for so long! It looks like I’m going to spend most of my time walking in the future," Dugu Qianye exclaimed.

"Hehe, we basically walked from the south to the north, crossing the entire campus, which is why it’s quite far. It won’t be this far when we go to class," Long Xiang said with a smile, "I live in the 8th District with Ziqing and the others, which is relatively close to you."

Finding 10th District No. 1 Court, Dugu Qianye pushed the door open. It was a compound courtyard with five independent two-story houses and a large courtyard in the middle, complete with a rockery, some verdant bamboo, and a pavilion. Dugu Qianye nodded, impressed with the exterior.

Dugu Qianye went to Room 1, the second small house on the left. The first house was a communal kitchen. She used the key to open the door and enter; the first floor was a hall, and the bedroom was upstairs, with stairs leading up. Dugu Qianye looked around; everything was brand new and well-equipped.

"Are all the rooms set up the same?" she asked Long Xiang.

"Yes. But if you don’t like it, you can always redecorate," replied Long Xiang.

"Not bad for Empire College, it’s almost on par with a five-star hotel," Dugu Qianye muttered to herself. After she and Long Xiang finished cleaning the room, they both collapsed on the table from exhaustion.

After resting for a while, Long Xiang stood up and said, "I’ll go back and tell Ziqing and Jingtian the news about you, and then come back to see you. Get some rest for now."

"Alright."

After sending Long Xiang off, Dugu Qianye was about to close the door when it was blocked by a plump hand. Opening the door, she saw a sweaty, overweight man.

The plump man used his sleeve to wipe the sweat from his forehead and, seeing Dugu Qianye, he exclaimed in surprise, "Eh? I’m not the first one?! So you’re the one who got placed into a class directly without an assessment, Baili Xie, right? I’m Sun Kui from Room 2."

Dugu Qianye invited him in, and as he walked in while fanning himself with his sleeve, he said, "I thought I’d be the first. Only after coming out of the assessment did I hear rumors about someone who was placed into a class without an assessment. I heard that the old man registering us is quite temperamental, and not many gain his approval. How did you manage it?"

"This is Room 2, go settle in," Dugu Qianye finished saying and returned to her own room. That chubby guy sure loved to talk—a true chatterbox indeed!

"Eh, let’s catch up later!" shouted Sun Kui after Dugu Qianye’s retreating figure.

Dugu Qianye went back to her room and rested for a while longer. Around lunchtime, Dan Jingtian and Mo Ziqing, among others, arrived. Seeing Dugu Qianye, Dan Jingtian walked over and gave her shoulder a solid pat, saying with a mixture of complaint and jest, "Brother, you’re really not cool! You came to Pu City but didn’t look me up. Don’t recognize me as your elder brother, huh?"