44: Five Elements Academy Exchange Meeting

Chapter 44: The Five Great Elemental Academies Exchange Meet

Seeing Ye Wen, Water Binger felt a little happy inside, but she didn't show it. She found an excuse and asked, "Ye Wen, Evil Tiger, how well have you learned the stage performance arranged by the academy during these two and a half months of vacation?"

She wasn't actually there to ask about this, because a genius student like Ye Wen wouldn't be scolded even if he failed the dance assessment.

She just didn't know why, but she really wanted to see this boy.

"Uh..." Ye Wen and Evil Tiger exchanged glances, feeling a bit awkward. Dancing?

What the hell are they talking about! They had long forgotten about it.

"Hurry up, school starts in three days. There will be a collective assessment when school begins," Water Binger said.

"Got it, got it."

"Oh, and there's one more thing I need to tell you."

"What is it?"

Water Binger's expression finally turned serious. She said, "In five months, it will be the Five Great Elemental Academies Exchange Meet. You are all elites among the current year's students, so you will definitely have to participate in battles and competitions on stage."

"Five Great Elemental Academies Exchange Meet? What's that?" Ye Wen asked, somewhat confused.

"It's a friendly competition between the students of our Five Element Academy, Tianshui, Kamikaze, Blazing Academy, Lei Ting Academy, and Xiangjia Academy. It's held every two years," Water Binger explained, then elaborated, "This year, it's the turn of the other four academies to come to our Tianshui Academy. We are the home team."

"The rules of the Exchange Meet are simple: from first to sixth grade, plus the advanced class, each grade must send three students to compete and exchange pointers with students of the same grade from the other four academies."

"After school starts, you will be second-year students, so you will represent the second-year students in the competition."

"So that's how it is. No wonder."

There were still many geniuses in these Five Element Academies, and Ye Wen knew quite a few familiar faces, such as Feng Xiaotian from Shen Feng Academy, Huo Wu and Fire Wu Shuang from Blazing Academy, Hu Yanzhen from Xiangjia Academy, and Yutian Heart from Lei Ting Academy.

These were all characters with decent screen time, and they would be key members and geniuses in the future Soul Master Competition.

In Ye Wen's memory, Feng Xiaotian from Shen Feng Academy liked Huo Wu from Blazing Academy, and Feng Xiaotian was very devoted to Huo Wu.

So they had known each other for a long time, probably because of this Five Great Elemental Academies Exchange Meet, right? Or perhaps their two families had always been in contact.

"Then what is the significance of this Five Great Elemental Academies Exchange Meet? Or are there any rewards?" Ye Wen continued to ask.

Water Binger explained, "The reward is prize money. Each month, the academy puts out two thousand gold coins, totaling ten thousand gold coins. The academy with the highest final score gets all the prize money, and the prize money will be distributed among the participating students."

"As for the significance, there's actually not much meaning. For the students, it might just be an opportunity to exchange pointers with geniuses from other academies. The other meaning is the subtle competition between the five academies; they all want to prove who is stronger, and whoever is stronger gains more face."

"Only ten thousand gold coins? Haha." Ye Wen laughed.

For ordinary people, ten thousand gold coins was already a huge sum, but the key was that three people per grade, across six grades plus the advanced class, meant 21 people were sharing ten thousand gold coins.

Each person would get 476 gold coins. Yes, this was still a huge sum for ordinary people.

But for Ye Wen, it was a small amount of money. He had no interest in this kind of competition, so he waved his hand, "I understand. I'm not interested in this Exchange Meet. When the time comes, I'll let the other students in the second year participate."

"No way~! You are the strongest among the second-year students. You must add strength to our Tianshui Academy! We don't want to lose to the other four academies. This concerns the reputation of our Tianshui Academy!" Water Binger said, with her hands on her hips and a slight pout.

"Alright, alright, I'll participate then. It's still half a year away, isn't it?" Ye Wen shrugged helplessly, then asked, "Do you have anything else?"

"No, no more."

"Then why are you still standing here? Do you want to come into the male dormitory and sit down?"

"I..." Water Binger hesitated, but then held back and said, "Okay, I'm leaving."

With that, Water Binger turned and left.

Evil Tiger, who was standing by, had already seen through everything. He muttered to himself, "Boss, oh Boss, you really didn't see it! Water Binger just wanted to talk to you more."

As the saying goes, 'the bystander sees clearly, while the player is confused.' Evil Tiger had a feeling that Water Binger was interested in Ye Wen, but Evil Tiger didn't point it out.

Three days later, Tianshui Academy began its new school term.

Ye Wen, Evil Tiger, and Xiao Bai successfully advanced to the second year, becoming second-year students of Tianshui Academy.

During the dance assessment at the beginning of the term, Ye Wen and Evil Tiger's dancing was clearly unbearable to watch; all the teachers and students in the school couldn't bear to look directly at it.

Dancing was a characteristic of Tianshui Academy and a compulsory course. Its main purpose was for the female students to cultivate an interest and hobby during their Spirit Master cultivation journey, using dance to relax from the pressure of cultivation.

Although Ye Wen and Evil Tiger were boys, since they joined Tianshui Academy, they had to accept their traditional virtues.

The Dean genuinely couldn't bear to watch Ye Wen and Evil Tiger's dancing skills, so she arranged for Water Binger to guide them long-term.

Three days later.

Inside the dance studio, Ye Wen and Evil Tiger looked at Water Binger, who was teaching them to dance, with expressions of utter despair.

"Watch carefully. Gently place your left hand on the side of your hip, then squat down slightly, arch your buttocks, and slide your palm down your thigh, then to your calf, little by little, gently, as you squat."

Water Binger patiently demonstrated the movements to Ye Wen and Evil Tiger while breaking them down.

She danced beautifully and gracefully, but Ye Wen could no longer bear it. He said with a speechless expression, "Wait! Wait! That's enough, Water Binger!"

"Look at yourself! Is this kind of dancing something a boy should be doing?!"

"And arching your buttocks? Isn't it disgusting for a guy to dance like that?"

"This is our academy..." Water Binger actually felt it wasn't quite suitable either, but there was nothing she could do; their academy just had this tradition.

"How about this, you ask the academy to arrange a dance specifically for boys. If you keep making us do this butt-arching stuff, I'm dropping out," Ye Wen said with a helpless expression.

"Alright, alright, I'll ask the Dean."

Water Binger immediately reported the situation to the Dean. Upon hearing it, the Dean naturally prioritized keeping the geniuses and understood the boys' perspective. So, she arranged a similar but male-oriented dance according to Ye Wen's request.

Just like that, Ye Wen continued his academy life. Every day, besides classes and cultivation, he also learned to dance with Water Binger.

Unconsciously, four months passed.

During these four months of long-term interaction, Ye Wen and Water Binger's relationship became increasingly familiar. From strangers, they became classmates, and now, the two had established a good friendship.