When did this person arrive? She hadn't noticed at all!
The little sprite didn't get an answer, so it flew around her twice, sniffed her with its little nose, and its face immediately bloomed with an even sweeter smile.
"Your scent is so familiar! Are you a sprite too?"
Jin Bao'er glanced at her and immediately realized that she might have the baby's scent on her, which led to the misunderstanding that she was a sprite... Her tone was calm.
"I'm not a sprite!"
After speaking, she looked at the flowerbeds around her, and then at the little sprite in front of her, and suddenly thought of something...
"I'm looking for someone, little sprite, have you seen a black dragon?"
The little sprite blinked its eyes, thought for a moment, and then nodded.
"A long, long time ago, there was a big black bug, he messed up my garden, and he pulled up all the flowers that Dean Grandpa planted!"
Hearing this, Jin Bao'er moved slightly.
"Do you know where the big black bug is now? I need to see him!"
The little sprite shook its head, trembling as if it remembered something terrifying, and the petal-shaped collar on its neckline also contracted slightly...
"Dean Grandpa was angry and locked him up, and Sister Lan Lian was also injured. That big black bug was very powerful, but he couldn't move when he was bound by chains!"
The innocent tone vaguely recounted everything that had happened to Long Lixing before, and Jin Bao'er's breath hitched, her face clouded over for a moment! Her tone became heavy.
"Where did Dean Grandpa lock him up?"
The little sprite was extremely sensitive to emotional changes and felt her unhappiness the first moment, pausing slightly.
"Dean Grandpa's interdimensional blockade, no one can find it!"
As soon as the words fell, a presence rapidly approached. She suddenly looked up, her spiritual sense immediately detecting Senior Brother Liu's figure.
Turning back, she was about to ask the little sprite not to mention seeing her today, but as she looked, the little sprite that was just beside her had vanished. There was no trace of any power fluctuation, and she was certain she wasn't hallucinating. It meant this little sprite was truly bizarre!
Turning around, she sat quietly aside, as if she were indeed enjoying the scenery.
The anxiety on Senior Brother Liu's face finally eased a bit the moment he appeared! He rushed over.
"You disappeared in the blink of an eye! Hurry, it's your turn next!"
Putting aside other things, in the short time Jin Bao'er had walked away, an hour had actually passed...
On the way back, Senior Brother Liu was full of confusion!
"How did you end up there? No one else is allowed to enter the Dean's private domain. You were lucky this time, but be careful in the future!"
His words were not without reverence for the Dean himself!
Jin Bao'er lowered her eyes and nodded, not arguing, but her mind was stirred by the so-called Dean...
From the little sprite's account, it was not difficult to infer that the person who sealed Long Lixing was the Dean, and he himself possessed special talents. That interdimensional blockade sounded very powerful.
When she entered the main hall again, it was Sakura Tsubaki's turn.
The girl standing in front of everyone made her hands dance slightly in the air. Light green radiance intensified with her movements. After a slight tremor of the ground, a green branch slowly extended, growing at a visible speed. In just three minutes, it became a towering tree...
Seeing this scene, there was no movement from the instructors' seats! Everyone's expression was very calm!
It wasn't until the thick tree roots suddenly surged from the ground, and the brown roots powerfully whipped into the sky, and then slammed heavily onto the ground...
"Crack!"
The smooth stone slab ground instantly exploded!
For a moment, all the instructors' expressions changed! Two of them eagerly stepped forward, touching the roots of the big tree with surprise and joy.
"Good, good, good! The attack power is too strong!"
Sakura Tsubaki finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, feeling somewhat drained, sweating profusely, and puffing out her chest proudly! Her gaze paused for a moment as it swept past Jin Bao'er...
She walked over and said arrogantly.
"Hey, it's your turn! Don't waste the opportunity I've given you!"
Her domineering attitude was utterly audacious, and even Gu Luo Xian couldn't help but chuckle!
Jin Bao'er nodded slightly.
"Okay!"
As she stepped onto the stage, the other newly admitted students who had already demonstrated looked over. The previously noisy atmosphere suddenly became a little quiet...
This unusual scene quickly attracted the attention of all the instructors! They looked at the woman walking gracefully towards them. Her cool and pure demeanor could not hide her indifferent eyes. Her white attire appeared gentle, but in reality, it was filled with a serene self-possession! Even from her features alone, one could tell she was a rare beauty...
But beauty... was the most useless thing here!
Among the instructors, an old man was momentarily lost in thought as he watched this scene. After regaining his senses, he frowned slightly as he looked at her! It seemed he was somewhat displeased.
"What talent do you possess?"
Jin Bao'er extended her hand, and an ice flower slowly bloomed in her empty palm, its dazzling cold light refracting a very beautiful luster. A chilling aura gradually spread! As the ice flower in her hand reached its peak bloom, a faint spiritual energy suddenly exploded, causing a violent fluctuation in the air...
The invisible force erupted and disappeared, and Jin Bao'er withdrew her hand!
The instructors present, however, frowned and discussed in low voices. Finally, the old man gave the verdict!
"Pure ice element is indeed rare, but your cultivation method is not orthodox, and you've wasted quite a few years! Your foundation is set now, and you likely won't achieve much in the future! Therefore... you are classified as a Grade B student!"
In the Academy of Talent Holders, only Grade A students could have their own dedicated instructors; they were the best in talent and had infinite potential! Grade B students were those with some flaws, insufficient cultivation, poor talent, or lack of comprehension, who would attend classes in the main hall.
Below them were Grade C students, with even worse cultivation and weaker talent, generally at the bottom of the rankings!
Sakura Tsubaki had entered Grade A just now, while Gu Luo Xian and Jin Bao'er were both admitted to Grade B!
Jin Bao'er was satisfied with this, while Gu Luo Xian was dejected. Fortunately, Senior Brother Liu had gone to pick up the remaining entrants, so no objections were raised!
As night fell, Jin Bao'er and Gu Luo Xian were fortunate enough to be assigned to the same room (as only Grade A students were eligible for private residences!). On their first night, she looked at the academy handbook they had been given and familiarized herself with the academy's few forbidden areas...
The flowerbed she had visited earlier that day was one of them!
Most of the others were things like the Dean's main office, Dean's cultivation room, Dean's resting room, the academy library's basement, and the top-floor training room...
It was as if they were announcing to everyone that the most mysterious places in this academy were all related to the Dean!