40: Chapter 39 Supplementary Admission to University

"You... you, you are a disgrace to an imperial princess!"

Li Fan, wrapped in a quilt on the bed, pointed at Nangong Miao at the door with a look of grief and indignation.

"Husband, do you not like me looking like this?"

She said, stepping forward one by one.

"Only my husband can see me in this state."

Li Fan shrank back while clutching the quilt, his legs trembling as he looked at the set of battle armor she had somehow acquired.

"Don't come over here!"

"Hehe, am I... beautiful?"

With a soft laugh, Nangong Miao leaned over him.

In the afternoon, Li Fan wearily opened his eyes, staring at the familiar ceiling, and felt like crying.

"She is in the Dao Entrance Realm; I'm no match for her."

Besides, Nangong Miao could come three or four times a day; even a buffalo plowing a field couldn't withstand such treatment.

Even though Li Fan was in pain and enjoying it, this couldn't go on like this.

So, he opened his terminal, looked at the saved search for enrollment methods, and his eyes grew determined.

"I really need to find a university to attend."

If he couldn't beat her, couldn't he at least hide?

Consequently, Li Fan climbed out of bed, put on his outer garment, and tiptoed out of the residence.

What Li Fan didn't expect was that Nangong Miao saw everything.

As a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, how could he possibly escape the Divine Sense of a Dao Entrance Realm Cultivator? Not to mention, they still had that faint connection from the Heavenly Dao Alliance between them.

However, she still let Li Fan leave.

Nangong Miao also knew that she had been a bit insatiable lately. She gently rubbed her abdomen and murmured softly as she watched Li Fan leave.

"Endure it, don't truly drain my husband dry."

Li Fan stepped out of the portal of the Rongfan Secret Realm. At this moment, he felt his whole body lighten and looked back at the portal.

"These few days of rest were really..."

Only he knew what that felt like.

Putting it aside for the moment, Li Fan set off on the road to Xuanzong University.

The residences in the Rongfan Secret Realm were expensive and had Aptitude restrictions, so they were naturally located in the core area.

The surrounding area gathered the top universities of the Xuannü Civilization, and around these universities, bustling commercial districts and various entertainment venues had been built.

After all, the students in these universities nowadays were not ordinary students, but truly capable Cultivators with limitless futures.

"I have to say, this Main Planet is indeed much more prosperous than Baigong Planet."

High-rises stood in great numbers, Spiritual Qi was abundant, and many buildings floated in mid-air, connected by landing platforms, with Cultivators flying through them on magical artifacts.

These buildings were not cold forests of steel; instead, due to the integration of cultivation cultures from other Star Domains, their exterior facades were antique and elegant.

Drifting clouds and ancient trees grew from the buildings, giving them a unique charm.

Li Fan withdrew his gaze and, without realizing it, had wandered to the main campus of Xuanzong University.

He followed the location he had searched for on the network and arrived in front of an external area of Xuanzong University.

"Is this the place for supplemental enrollment?"

Li Fan looked at the long queue in front of him, feeling somewhat puzzled.

"Why are there so many people here for supplemental enrollment?"

At this moment, a man with broken eyebrows sitting on a flower bed nearby saw Li Fan's hesitant expression and stood up to approach him.

"Brother, you'll have to wait in line for two hours."

After hearing this, Li Fan exclaimed, "Good heavens!" What era had he been transported to? To think there was still such a thing as waiting in line.

The man with broken eyebrows continued.

"I have someone inside. Two Spirit Stones, and I'll trade spots with you."

"What is going on here?"

Li Fan had thought that supplemental enrollment would only be for a few people; who would have thought it would be like a market fair?

Hearing this, the man with broken eyebrows explained it to him very patiently, since he wanted to earn Spirit Stones.

"Those who didn't pass come here to try their luck with supplemental enrollment."

It turned out that because this year's school entrance examination had ended in a rush, many students hadn't achieved their ideal rankings.

The Xuannü official authorities had set up a unified supplemental enrollment entrance within Xuanzong University.

They would re-evaluate Aptitudes, add rankings, see if each school had vacant spots, and then select students for admission.

Many students who didn't have a high enough ranking and failed to get in would come here to try their luck.

"So, what do you say? It's only two Low-Grade Spirit Stones."

Two Low-Grade Spirit Stones were really not much for Li Fan.

Consequently, after moving to a position slightly further ahead in the long line, the man with broken eyebrows made a gesture to someone in the line and pointed to Li Fan.

"Oh, brother, my stomach hurts a bit. Could you please hold my spot for a moment?"

Just like that, Li Fan managed to get to the front of the line.

"There's really no technical skill involved in this."

Just after he finished sighing, the man in the queue behind Li Fan reached out and tapped him.

"Looking for trouble?"

Li Fan thought to himself and looked back.

He saw the man behind him ask.

"Brother, how much did you spend?"

So he was one of his own? Seeing this, Li Fan held up two fingers.

"Twenty thousand? That's so shady. I only used ten thousand Xuan coins."

Xuan coins were the common currency circulating among Mortals in the Xuannü Civilization.

Hearing this, Li Fan looked with a complex expression at the man with broken eyebrows who was still soliciting customers at the end of the line. He was really good at sizing people up.

The man behind Li Fan saw his expression of having been ripped off, which didn't look like he had only spent twenty thousand Xuan coins, so he tentatively asked.

"Two hundred thousand? ..." Li Fan didn't speak. The man continued, "Two Low-Grade Spirit Stones?"

Seeing Li Fan nod, the man gave a thumbs up.

"Awesome."

The scene that happened in the line was seen by a group of Cultivators behind the glass on the second floor of the building.

A man in red robes laughed and said.

"Every time there's supplemental enrollment, there are always these fools with more money than sense."

A man in white robes walked up with his hands behind his head, looking down at the long queue below with contempt.

"They are all trash. With such resources, I would have already achieved the Foundation Establishment Breakthrough."

As he finished speaking, the woman in green robes sitting behind him retorted.

"Cultivation is not just about resources; it also depends on Aptitude."

It was clear that the woman in green robes came from a wealthy background, so she felt very uncomfortable with the man in white robes' words.

The man in white robes continued to vent his emotions without caring.

"That's why I said they are trash."

Besides these three, there were many other Cultivators on the second floor, all of whom were students from the previous year at various universities.

They had come here mainly to take advantage of the official unified supplemental enrollment to see if they could pick out some good prospects in advance.

The woman in green robes continued.

"That's not necessarily true. This school entrance examination ended suddenly, and many with good Aptitude failed."

"Perhaps there are some even more talented than you."

The man in white robes didn't retort, only snorted coldly and stared at Li Fan in the queue.

Li Fan could already see the official personnel at the front of the line verifying the relevant documents of the supplemental enrollment candidates.

After verification, they would enter a huge testing device, which looked much more professional than the one that came with the terminal wristband.

Under the rotating scanning beam, a detailed Aptitude test report was generated before long.

The official personnel looked at the report and nodded.

"School entrance exam ranking 11322, Aptitude rating 'Elite Talent'."

"The ranking is quite good among this batch of supplemental students. Go back and wait for notification."

This Cultivator left with high spirits, followed by several Cultivators from other schools, likely recruiters going to talk to him in advance.

"A ranking of just over ten thousand can get you into a top-tier second-rate university. Why come here to snatch our supplemental spots?"

Several men in the queue felt a bit indignant, but also somewhat envious.

Seeing this, the man behind Li Fan spoke up.

"What do you know? According to past records, 'Elite Talent' Aptitude usually corresponds to a ranking of eight or nine thousand."

"Normally, they could get into a first-class university; they must have failed the school entrance exam."

Saying this, he sighed.

"If only I also had 'Elite Talent' Aptitude..."

On the second floor, the man in white robes watched the Cultivators from other schools following him and felt disdain.

"They are even recruiting trash; no wonder they will never catch up to us."

He was a recruitment Cultivator sent by Xuanzhuan University. As one of the two top universities in the entire civilization, their minimum requirement for admission Aptitude was 'Outstanding Talent'.

The woman in green robes put down her teacup and retorted.

"Aptitude cannot determine everything."

"It determines almost everything. Those with low Aptitude are always trash."

The man in white robes immediately retorted, and the woman in green robes stood up.

"Just because you have high Aptitude, you think you're amazing?"

She belonged to Xuanzong University. Although her school was on par with the man in white robes', her Aptitude was slightly inferior to his, being 'Outstanding Talent'.

The man in red robes nearby saw the two at daggers drawn and quickly mediated.

"You two, why don't we guess if he can meet the standards of your respective schools?"

His gaze pointed at Li Fan, who was in the queue.

"Slouching, unfocused eyes, lethargic spirit; one look and you can tell he's severely depleted."

"Him? I think it's hard for him to even get into a third-rate university through supplemental enrollment."

The man in white robes mercilessly belittled Li Fan, while the woman in green robes naturally sang a different tune.

"Yo, I think this person has a handsome appearance and an elegant temperament, with a hint of ethereal spirit."

"Perhaps his Aptitude is quite good, and he's just been practicing hard and overworking himself recently."

This remark made the man in white robes even more disdainful.

"Superficial. If he can meet the standards of my Xuanzhuan University, I'll cover all his cultivation resources for the first year of enrollment."

"If he can't... you all provide me with the resources for a perfect Foundation Establishment Breakthrough."

The woman in green robes was still a bit hesitant, but the man in red robes agreed.

"We do need some stakes. Let's do it."

Seeing the man in red robes agree immediately, the woman in green robes didn't say anything more; at worst, she would just ask her family for more later.

Thus, the three of them waited quietly for Li Fan's result.

"Just go straight in."

Li Fan was beckoned to enter the testing machine, and the test results came out shortly after.

Looking at the report, the official personnel's pupils shrank slightly, and he stood up and read.

"School entrance exam ranking 132, Aptitude rating 'Prodigy'!"

The crowd in the queue became noisy upon hearing this.

"What?! A three-digit ranking, why does he still need supplemental enrollment?"

"Prodigy Aptitude? Damn!"

Hearing the crowd's exclamation, Li Fan remained composed; he had long expected his Aptitude to improve.

After his Sword Body was activated, the rating had indeed improved, and his disguised Wind Spiritual Root had likely also gone up a level.

"This... student, your information has been added to the supplemental enrollment System. Please go back and wait patiently."

The official personnel didn't even mention Li Fan's ranking among the supplemental applicants; it was needless to say he was definitely the best.

Li Fan nodded and turned to leave.

The three people on the second floor had all stood up by now.

The woman in green robes held the newly obtained information, unable to believe there was such talent among the supplemental applicants.

"School entrance exam ranking 132, Top-grade Wind Spiritual Root, some kind of Fire-attribute Sword Body, 'Prodigy' level Aptitude."

The man in white robes snatched the information and checked the resume.

"Li Fan, Baigong Planet, student from a top high school in the Yan Region."

"Three years of high school Xuan science studies, Aptitude rated as 'Outstanding Talent' a month and a half ago, now re-evaluated as 'Prodigy'."

The woman in green robes didn't complain about the information being snatched; instead, she leaned in to look at it together.

"The resume is also normal. I didn't expect to actually pick up a bargain. Now, perhaps we can return to the school and collect a wave of university credits."

The woman withdrew her gaze and turned to look.

"Where is Lu Xing..."

"Brother, wait a moment."

Halfway back, someone suddenly called out to Li Fan.

He turned to look, and a man in red robes came towards him.

"Are you interested in enrolling in Guangyin University?"

While speaking, Lu Xing showed his identity information from Guangyin University to Li Fan via his terminal.

"Can we add each other as friends? I'll send you the enrollment benefits for a 'Prodigy' level student."

Li Fan pondered internally.

"Guangyin University... I have heard of it."

Although this university couldn't compare to the top two universities, it was still one of the top five.

The university's name was the same as the third subsidiary planet, Guangyin Planet, pioneered by the Xuannü Civilization, and its main campus was also located on Guangyin Planet.

Consequently, he accepted Lu Xing's friend request and checked the enrollment benefits sent over.

"Whoa... as expected of a university established on the resource-rich Guangyin Planet."

The enrollment benefits for a Prodigy level Cultivator were luxurious; all kinds of cultivation resources were clearly arranged.

"How about it? As a newly established university, although Guangyin University's historical foundation cannot compare to..."

Before Lu Xing could finish, the woman's voice came from behind again.

"Junior in front..."

Li Fan looked up and saw the woman in green robes, followed by the man in white robes, leaping over.

"Junior, come to Xuanzong University. There are many senior sisters there."

The man in white robes who followed closely behind also hurriedly spoke.

"Xuanzhuan University specializes in cultivating geniuses. Brother, with such high Aptitude, you should naturally come to our Xuanzhuan University."

Hearing this, the woman in green robes snorted softly.

"Yue Qianchen, that's not what you said upstairs on the second floor."

"Ahem, Xun Wanjiang, don't talk nonsense."

Watching Yue Qianchen, whose face changed so quickly, Xun Wanjiang looked speechless.

"Junior, let's add each other as friends. I'll send you the relevant benefits."

"Add me too."

Yue Qianchen added from the side.

Looking at the benefits of the three universities, Li Fan didn't think for too long; he had already made up his mind.

"I had planned to apply to Xuanzong University before the school entrance exam, so..."

He looked at Lu Xing and Yue Qianchen apologetically.

Hearing this, Xun Wanjiang jumped up in excitement.

"Yay, credits secured!"

She walked forward and happily shook Li Fan's hand.

"Junior, I've transferred the enrollment application to you. Just fill in the information."

"If you don't understand anything in Xuanzong University in the future, you can ask me."

After speaking, she let go and made a success gesture to Lu Xing and Yue Qianchen.

"I told you how useful senior sisters are."

Yue Qianchen looked disdainful.

"The most outstanding one is in our Xuanzhuan University, isn't she?"

Xun Wanjiang naturally knew who he was talking about and said with disdain.

"Just wait. Our Xuanzong University will sooner or later poach Junior Luo Shuying."

The man in red robes saw that there was no hope of recruiting and shook his folding fan.

"I heard that Luo Shuying is single-mindedly devoted to the Dao. Every day, apart from cultivating, she is on the path to cultivation."

"Such a person dedicated to the Dao is indeed more suitable for Xuanzhuan University. Could it be that Xuanzong University is going to spend a fortune?"

Upon hearing the name Luo Shuying, Li Fan remembered another person with the same surname, so he asked Xun Wanjiang.

"Have you heard of anyone named Luo Qingqian among the freshmen of this year's Xuanzong University?"

Xun Wanjiang shook her head, indicating that she was quite familiar with the freshman list and hadn't seen this name.

Li Fan could only sigh softly.

"Perhaps she returned to Baigong Planet."

After speaking, he cupped his hands to the three of them.

"Since everything is done, I will take my leave."

The three of them bowed to Li Fan, and on the way back, Yue Qianchen muttered to himself.

"Luo Qingqian, I seem to have heard that name somewhere."

He thought for a while, found he really couldn't remember, and put it out of his mind.