When Earth Awakened, I Became a Sword Saintess

Chapter 65 : Reporting In, Lingdu Source Martial Academy

65: Reporting In, Lingdu Source Martial Academy

The main gate of the Lingdu Source Martial Academy was exceptionally grand and spacious. The plaza in front of it alone was several hundred meters wide. The architectural style of the main gate combined the modernity of Lingdu with the traditions of Huaxia culture, simple yet extraordinarily imposing.

Yuyin drove to the gate and couldn't help but stop to watch. New students were already dragging their luggage and arriving one after another to check in.

Yuyin parked her car in a tree-lined parking lot on the side of the main gate plaza. The outskirts of the Lingdu Source Martial Academy felt like a vast park, with an environment that was both elegant and majestic.

"As expected of the Lingdu Source Martial Academy. Even the campus design is unique and ingenious." Yuyin pulled her suitcase and approached the main gate.

A plaque hung high above the main gate, with four large black characters written in a semi-cursive script:

"Lingdu Source Martial Academy"

Yuyin looked up at these four large characters and couldn't help but feel a tremor in her heart.

It was as if these magnificent, free-flowing characters were not written with an ink-splashed brush, but with a blood-soaked, frenzied blade.

Every stroke seemed like a blade technique capable of splitting mountains and severing rivers, trembling Yuyin's very soul. She couldn't help but feel a solemn reverence.

"This plaque... who could have written it?" Yuyin even had a feeling that if one were to consider the artistic conception within the sharpness of the brush and the gleam of the blade, even the peerless masters she had seen in videos, like the East Hua Sword Venerable or the North Sea King, might not be its equal.

Just from a single plaque, Yuyin could deeply feel that this academy's heritage was unfathomably deep... She had truly come to the right place to study here.

"Classmate, are you a new student here to check in?" A tall, short-haired girl with a "New Student Guide" armband walked out of a side gate for pedestrians.

"Ah, yes, hello." This girl looked ordinary, but she also exuded a respectful and righteous, not weak, Primordial Energy.

"A Source Martial Practitioner... just a casual female university student walking out of the main gate is a Source Martial Practitioner..." Yuyin sighed to herself. After her breakthrough, she could naturally sense the unique aura emitted by Source Martial Practitioners at a similar realm to her own. This must be a senior student from the academy, a few years her senior.

The girl led Yuyin to a temporary reception room behind the gatehouse. It wasn't too big, with four or five desks equipped with computers. A few senior students and a middle-aged female teacher were in charge of guiding the students, and several new students with their luggage were in the process of checking in.

The teacher had plain but rather sharp features, yet her bearing was extraordinary. Yuyin felt that even this seemingly ordinary middle-aged woman, while her aura couldn't compare to Zhang Henglong's, was far superior to the Source Martial Practitioner teachers she had encountered before, like the chief exam proctor.

At the entrance, a few parents were seeing their children off, but they were told that no one other than the students was allowed inside.

Yuyin presented her acceptance letter and other documents and completed the registration. The procedure was quite simple.

"It seems the check-in is quite smooth. I thought an academy of this level would have some kind of apprentice-welcoming ceremony." Yuyin joked to herself.

"Xia Yuyin, right? Please come with me." The short-haired girl led Yuyin and a few other new students who had finished their registration, walking along a wide campus avenue lined with dense trees, giving it a deep and secluded feel.

Next, they would probably be assigned their dormitories, Yuyin guessed. After all, everyone was carrying large and small bags of luggage and needed to get settled first.

The short-haired girl brought them to a sports field surrounded by trees on three sides. More than a hundred new students had already gathered on the field, all carrying large amounts of luggage, just standing there waiting.

On the other side of the field was a large, crescent-shaped lake. There were mountains behind the lake, which Yuyin guessed must be Yushan. The scenery was quite nice.

"Classmates, please place your luggage on the ground and wait here for now," the short-haired girl said.

Yuyin and the other new students who had come with her were a bit confused.

Weren't they supposed to be assigned dormitories first to put down their luggage? What were they doing here?

Yuyin scanned the field. The new students all looked a little lost. These students were either tall and powerfully built, or dashing and graceful. The girls, for the most part, were beautiful with good figures, clearly from prominent or wealthy families. Some of the male and female students had a more unique appearance, but they all exuded an air that was anything but ordinary.

These were all geniuses from all over the country... With so many geniuses and top students gathered in one place, the Primordial Energy fluctuations on the field were chaotic and exceptionally strong.

The short-haired girl brought over a few stickers. "Please write your names on these and stick them on your luggage."

"Excuse me, senior, what's the arrangement next? What are we doing with our luggage on the sports field?" A tall, blond-haired boy who had come with Yuyin asked the short-haired girl with his charming eyes. This boy was very handsome, probably the type who had countless girlfriends in high school. Moreover, he was a Source Martial genius...

But the short-haired girl was unmoved. "I suggest you do as I say, to avoid losing your luggage later. The subsequent arrangements will be announced by a teacher."

Yuyin and the other newcomers were also baffled but could only take out a pen, write their names, and stick them on their luggage.

As she was writing, the tall boy noticed Yuyin.

"Hey, can I borrow your pen?" He asked with a captivating, movie-star-like smile, running a hand through his smooth, handsome hair.

Heh, a classic pickup line...

Yuyin knew his game, but it would be rude not to lend it to him, so she did.

"My name is Ximen Liang," the tall blond boy said to Yuyin with a hearty smile.

Yuyin took back her pen and nodded faintly. The boy's gaze was charming even as it swept across her chest, though he did seem a bit disappointed.

Gradually, more and more new students were brought here. They waited for the entire morning.

Everyone was getting confused. Some of the new students started to get restless.

"What on earth is going on? You've made us stand here with our luggage for half the day without saying anything?" A tall, buzz-cut boy asked.

"Yeah, what's the plan? At least give us a schedule," a long-haired girl said.

Yuyin stood to the side. With everyone just standing around, she naturally attracted the attention of many male students. People came up to hit on her from time to time, but she treated them all with cold indifference.

Yuyin was also puzzled, but she didn't ask too many questions. If others didn't want to talk, asking was useless.

"Um... excuse me, senior, can I stand here?" A delicate and pretty girl in a light-yellow dress, wearing a white sun hat and with her hair in twin tails, asked Yuyin. She was carrying a brown, patterned leather suitcase.

Yuyin was standing under the shade of a tree.

"Huh? Of course. But I'm a new student this year too, just like you," Yuyin said, looking down. This girl was at most 1.6 meters tall, her line of sight only reaching Yuyin's smooth, jade-like shoulders.

"Eh!? Oh... I'm so sorry," the girl said, apologizing flusteredly. "I thought you were a senior student..."

Indeed, Yuyin looked tall and mature, very much like a senior. She smiled faintly and shook her head to show it was okay. Yuyin didn't mind being called "senior."

"My name is Hua Qianyuan," the girl said. Her pretty face was a bit round, and her smile was bright. She extended a small hand to Yuyin.

It wasn't good to be too aloof when you were new. Yuyin also wanted to make friends with her new classmates.

"Xia Yuyin." She shook Hua Qianyuan's very soft, small hand.

As noon approached, more and more new students gathered on the field. There were an estimated two hundred people. Apparently, this year's cohort only had a little over two hundred students in total.

At this moment, the noisy field fell silent.

A few figures, who looked extraordinary even from a distance, walked onto the field.

Leading them was a woman in her thirties, over 1.8 meters tall, wearing a black, mid-length uniform with her black hair in a bun. Beneath her seemingly prim and proper attire was an exceptionally curvaceous figure. But her gentle, classically beautiful face radiated a very stern expression, making her look like a flight attendant training instructor.

The woman, wearing tan stockings and black high heels, walked directly onto the raised platform of the sports field. The several male and female teachers behind her, all with different builds but equally imposing auras, stood in a line beside her.

The moment these few people stood on the field, a powerful pressure descended upon the entire area.

The woman in the black uniform, a mix of warmth and severity, gripped a black leather teaching pointer in her white-gloved hand and waved it through the air.

Whoosh!

An unexpectedly cool gust of wind swept past the backs of all the new students, yet it wasn't entirely unpleasant.

"Hello everyone. I am your Head of Student Affairs and the leader of the new student orientation group. My name is Chen Qian'ning," the woman said. Her voice wasn't loud, but it contained a Primordial Energy fluctuation that was both comforting and intimidating, enough to reach every corner of the sports field.

All the male students' eyes fearlessly focused on her, while the female students felt a sense of awe towards this woman.

"It seems most of you have arrived. We won't wait for those who think they can check in this afternoon. I know you're wondering why we've had you wait on the field for so long. Shouldn't we be arranging dormitories? That's right. Next, we are about to begin the dormitory assignments."

"Our Lingdu Source Martial Academy is famous, but our teaching regulations are strictly confidential. I'm afraid you don't know that yet."

Chen Qian'ning pointed her teaching pointer at the beautiful large lake. "This is Yuehu Lake. See those rows of lakeside townhouses by the lake? That will be your future dormitories..."

"What!?"

The new students erupted in an uproar of surprise and delight. Following the direction of Chen Qian'ning's pointer, they saw rows of beautiful villas that looked like a five-star resort. Those were the dormitories?

Whoosh!

The teaching pointer sliced coldly through the air, sending a chill through everyone.

"I am not finished. Please observe the most basic courtesy," Chen Qian'ning said coldly. "Those villas are one of your future dormitory options, but unfortunately, there are only eight vacant rooms. Each room can only accommodate two people."

"Whether you can live in these scenic villas, with their beautiful views and abundant Primordial Energy, which are extremely beneficial for cultivation and rest, will depend on yourselves." A glint flashed in Chen Qian'ning's eyes.

Eight rooms, sixteen people? But there were more than two hundred people here! Yuyin realized that the vast majority of people here wouldn't get to live in such lakeside villas.

The students looked at each other.

"Teacher, may I ask how the assignments will be made?" Ximen Liang asked eagerly, raising his hand.

"Assignments? Heh..." Chen Qian'ning laughed as if she found the idea absurd. "No one will be assigning them for you. The student dormitories at our Lingdu Source Martial Academy are divided into two-person lakeside villas, four-person dormitory buildings, and eight-person old dormitories. What kind of dormitory you get to live in? You'll have to fight for it yourselves!"

"Oh, and by the way, these eight lakeside villas are not separated by gender," Chen Qian'ning said, her rather full, moist lips hinting at something significant.