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Feng Wu liked this teacher and gave her a nod. “I’m here to register for Imperial College’s entrance exam.”

“Registration?”

The pretty blond and blue-eyed teacher was the first to react. She rose to her feet, went up to Feng Wu, and looked her up and down. She only asked with a frown after a long moment, “Who are you helping to register?”

She asked this because she couldn’t detect any spiritual essence in Feng Wu.

“Myself,” Feng Wu said calmly.

The blond teacher was called Qiao Yi, and she considered herself a beauty and was well-known in Imperial College for her good looks. However, she couldn’t help but feel ashamed of her own unseemliness when she saw Feng Wu.

Ergo, she didn’t like Feng Wu.

People could be strange this way: they didn’t really need a reason to find another person unlikeable.

“Yourself? You’ve got to be kidding me!” Qiao Yi stared at Feng Wu with wide open eyes. “How? You don’t have any spiritual essence at all!”

That was because Feng Wu had hidden her spiritual essence with her Concealing Jade.

Thanks to the imprint which her beautiful master had left on the jade, only those with a more advanced cultivation level than him could detect Feng Wu’s level.

The elderly teacher was called Yu Yue and she looked at Feng Wu in bewilderment. “Kiddo, I need to let you know that you have to be a Level 9 Spiritual Master at least to register for our entrance exam. How about you come back when you’re a little older?”

Yu Yue acted like a kind auntie and spoke to Feng Wu in a soft voice so as not to hurt the girl’s feelings.

Qiao Yi glanced at Yu Yue, then smirked. “Ms Yu, the girl is useless in cultivation. It won’t change no matter how many more years you give her. Why give her false hope?”

After those words, Qiao Yi threw a dirty at Feng Wu. “You, don’t leave things to luck; just admit the fact that you’re a good-for-nothing. Off you go. The office is closed.”

Feng Wu didn’t seem to be offended by Qiao Yi’s animosity at all. She only smiled. “Well, there are always exceptions.”

“Of course.”

Qiao Yi smirked. “The rules of Imperial College stipulate that with recommendation letters from three different members of the education board, even some useless person with zero spiritual essence can get an exam permit. But you —”

She glanced at Feng Wu contemptuously. “How is an insignificant girl like you supposed to get those letters?”

That was never going to happen!

Even Yu Yue didn’t think that was possible, not to mention Qiao Yi. The other teachers in the room also smiled or smirked at Feng Wu.

“Are those letters that hard to get?” With her hands behind her back, Feng Wu asked casually.

“Phhh —”

Qiao Yi felt like she was talking to an idiot. “Are they hard to get? It’s impossible to get them! Do you know what the education board is like? There are only seven members in total; every single one of them is at the top of their field, and they’re all influential figures in the empire!

“I’ll give you an example. Have you heard of Grand Secretary Fang? He’s a member of the education board, the chancellor of the empire, and a first-ranked official. Given his superiority, whom do you think he’ll write a recommendation letter for?”

Feng Wu didn’t say anything.

Qiao Yi snorted. “I’ll give you another example. Do you know who Mr Lu is? Well, he’s the boss of my boss’s… boss! You can’t even get through me, so how are you going to get a letter from him? Do you think that’s possible?”

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Qiao Yi thought the girl would run away in shame after those words.

After all, girls her age had very high self-esteem and didn’t take criticism well.

To Qiao Yi’s surprise, the girl not only didn’t run away, she didn’t even blush. Feng Wu just stood there, perfectly composed, and looked at Qiao Yi with her bright, limpid eyes. There was something very attractive about her.

She was already this stunning at such a young age. What would she be like when she grew up? Qiao Yi almost lost control of her jealousy.

Yu Yue was much kinder and she cast a stern glance at Qiao Yi. “Watch your attitude. We teachers should provide education for all people without discrimination. She’s just a girl. You’ll scare her.”

Feng Wu had left a good impression on Yu Yue. The latter took a liking to Feng Wu and was afraid that Qiao Yi might have intimidated the girl.

However, Feng Wu only handed her three letters.

“What are these?” Yu Yue was bewildered.

“Don’t tell me you’re going to bribe us now.” Qiao Yi gave Feng Wu a contemptuous look. “Kiddo, it’ll never work in Imperial College. I’d take that bribe back if I were you. If you get reported for this…”

However, Yu Yue had opened the letters already.

The first one was from Priest Wu, and he had recommended both Feng Wu and Chaoge.

“You’re…” Yu Yue looked at Feng Wu and her eyelids twitched a little.

“Feng Wu.”

“Feng Wu, aged 13… Feng Wu… It can’t be, can it?!” Yu Yue took Feng Wu’s hand in excitement. “You’re Feng Wu?! The Feng Wu?!”

“Which Feng Wu?” The other teachers found that name familiar, but didn’t recognize it right away.

“Which one do you think? How many Feng Wus can you find in the imperial capital?” Yu Yue was thrilled. “She’s the genius girl from the Feng clan.”

Feng Wu the genius girl. All the teachers of Imperial College had heard of that name.

For even Mr Lu had wanted Feng Wu as a student when she was only eight.

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“Your spiritual essence…” Yu Yue felt sorry for Feng Wu.

Everyone knew that Feng Wu had lost her ability.

Feng Wu only smile, but she neither admitted nor denied their assumptions.

Qiao Yi frowned. “That’s past history. She has no spiritual essence whatsoever. Having her here is a waste of our resources!”

Yu Yue darted a glance at her. “The letter is from Old Master Wu.”

She then opened the second letter and her pupils contracted. “Th- this is from… Grand Secretary Fang?”

WHAT?!

Qiao Yi, who had been frowning, rushed up to Yu Yue, grabbed the recommendation letter, and read it carefully!

It really was from Grand Secretary Fang!

How was that even possible?

Wasn’t the girl a good-for-nothing now? How could she get recommendations from both Old Master Wu and Grand Secretary Fang?

“And there’s a third one…” An idea struck Yu Yue and she opened the letter.

“I- It’s from Mr Lu himself!” Qiao Yi’s eyes opened so wide that her eyeballs bulged out. “That’s impossible! How did you get them?”

Feng Wu frowned. “Do I have to tell you?”

“Yes! Or we won’t be able to verify the authenticity of the letters!” Qiao Yi stared at Feng Wu.

“Alright.” Feng Wu shrugged. “I know someone who knows Mr Lu.”

Both Old Man Ba and Jun Linyuan were Mr Lu’s acquaintances, weren’t they? Feng Wu thought that was a legitimate answer. However —

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Qiao Yi looked enlightened.

That was it.

The girl had pulled some strings.

As for Grand Secretary Fang and Priest Wu, they must have written her the recommendation letters upon Mr Lu’s request.

She would never be able to get in and they were only doing Mr Lu a favor.

It wasn’t something that hadn’t happened before.

At that thought, Qiao Yi darted a contemptuous look at Feng Wu.

However, Yu Yue remained as friendly as ever, for she liked this beautiful girl, who had kept her composure the entire time.

Looking at Feng Wu, she said sincerely, “Miss Feng Wu, have you considered the formation or medicine department instead? The martial arts department is probably… not the most suitable choice for you.”

“Ms Yu Yue, you’re being too vague. You should just tell her that the martial arts department isn’t for her at all! She’ll never be able to get in, and even if she did miraculously get in, she’ll be miserable there!” Qiao Yi smirked.

Of course Feng Wu would have chosen the easy way and gotten into the formation department, if Jun Linyuan hadn’t forced her to get into the martial arts department. She had no choice.

“Plus, the deadline has passed. What you want is… kind of difficult to get.” Qiao Yi didn’t want to make it easy for Feng Wu.

“I see. So the three recommendation letters mean nothing to you.” Feng Wu only smiled.

Qiao Yi shuddered at those words.

Mr Lu’s words were as sacred as law here, and Qiao Yi certainly didn’t dare defy them. She had some personal issues with Feng Wu, but she wasn’t stupid.

“Miss, do you want to have a look at the timestamp on those letters?” Feng Wu reminded her.

Qiao Yi then checked the time, which rendered her speechless, for the letters had been written before the deadline.

Qiao Yi threw a dirty look at Feng Wu. She had no other choice but to give Feng Wu her exam permit.

She was going to give Feng Wu a hard time over Chaoge’s exam permit again, but Yu Yue stopped her.

The Feng clan.

Chaoge was waiting for Feng Wu.

“Sigh —” Chaoge sat at the table and heaved a sigh. She then turned to Feng Xiaoqi. “Xiaoqi, it was so frustrating! We almost had all three letters, but His Royal Highness sabotaged it all! I’m so mad!”

All Feng Xiaoqi cared about was his sister, and guys like His Royal Highness or Yu Mingye were as good as thieves to him.

He smacked the table at Chaoge’s words!

Chaoge looked at him in bewilderment.

“That’s right!” Feng Xiaoqi looked agitated. “His Royal Highness is the worst! All he ever does is pick on my sister!”

“That’s so true!” Duan Chaoge smacked the table as well. “He doesn’t just pick on her, he threatens her all the time! He’s horrible! Knowing that man is the worst thing that has ever happened to your sister!”

Up in that leafy Chinese parasol tree outside the house —

Chang San had sent one of his men to shadow Feng Wu, for he had realized how much His Royal Highness cared for the young lady… If that was the case, His Royal Highness must want to know what was going on with Miss Feng Wu, right?

His man was known as Zero.

Zero was a member of the imperial guards. He had just gotten here and sat down on a branch —

He then heard the two kids, who had been sighing at each other, begin to smack the table one after another!

And the things they said —

It was treacherous!

Zero felt like crying!

To him, His Royal Highness was as superior and unapproachable as God, but those two lousy kids were saying such nasty things about his master!