Chapter 47: The Chatty Roommate! The Girl Outside the Dorm

Every dormitory building at the Magic Capital Institute of Supernatural Abilities is equipped with a training room.

But the training room isn't very large, and it lacks testing equipment like punch-force meters, so it's only suitable for daily training.

To accurately determine the power of your supernatural ability or combat technique, even your punching speed and force, you must go to a martial arts gym.

Within the Magic Capital Institute of Supernatural Abilities campus, there are only two martial arts gyms: the famed Lei Ting Martial Arts Gym and the Storm Bear Martial Arts Gym.

When he was in Jiangcheng, Xu Jingming often went to the Lei Ting Martial Arts Gym.

This time he planned to go to the Lei Ting Martial Arts Gym to test his strength, but as he walked toward it, he faintly smelled a faint stench.

Xu Jingming then realized that, due to shaping the Lei Ting Indestructible Body, his body had expelled a great deal of impurities, which clung to his skin.

"Forget it, I'll head back to the dorm and take a shower first, then go to the gym."

Xu Jingming didn't want to be a source of odor pollution; he turned around and headed toward the student dormitory.

As he drew closer to the student dormitory, the number of people he saw along the way increased.

When he entered the freshman villa district, this phenomenon became even more obvious.

The previously deserted road was now filled with male and female students walking about.

Some were couples holding hands, but most were groups of several male classmates or several female classmates together.

They looked to be about the same age as Xu Jingming—around eighteen or nineteen.

Many students gazed around like curious children, and some even had their parents accompanying them, dragging suitcases.

"Are these all the freshmen?"

Xu Jingming suddenly remembered that six days had passed since he registered at the Magic Capital Institute of Supernatural Abilities.

By now, the Wu Ke Gaokao preference submissions had long been completed, and acceptance letters had already been delivered to every student.

"But only a top-tier institution like the Magic Capital Institute of Supernatural Abilities would have so many freshmen choosing to enroll early."

Students who get into the Magic Capital Institute of Supernatural Abilities are considered geniuses within their provinces and cities.

Naturally, they understand the principle that being first means staying ahead.

Arriving early lets them secure priority access to the Magic Capital Institute of Supernatural Abilities' premium educational resources and facilities.

They certainly wouldn't be foolish enough to wait until September to register.

Xu Jingming's villa is number 32 in Dormitory Zone 3.

When he reached the villa's entrance, he found the front door—closed before he left—wide open.

"Looks like my roommate has arrived."

Xu Jingming walked into the villa with a smile.

Sure enough, he saw a male student sitting on the sofa in the first-floor living room, using the AI Eva to search for information.

Sensing someone enter the villa, the boy turned his head.

Upon seeing Xu Jingming walk in, his eyes lit up.

He hurriedly stood up from the sofa, rushed to Xu Jingming's side, and cheerfully extended his right hand:

"You must be my roommate, right? Hello, I'm Liu Wentao, very pleased to meet you."

Liu Wentao had a handsome face, slightly tanned skin, and a fringe of messy bangs.

At this moment, his lips curved into a smile, giving the first impression of being sunny and cheerful.

"Xu Jingming." Xu Jingming also smiled and shook Liu Wentao's hand.

"Xu Jingming? You're the provincial top scorer from Jiangnan Province!"

Upon hearing Xu Jingming's name, Liu Wentao blurted out in reflex.

"You know me?" Xu Jingming looked at him in confusion.

This should have been their first meeting.

"Of course! My nickname is Mr. Know-It-All!"

Liu Wentao puffed out his chest proudly, "I know most of the new students' information this year.

But I didn't specifically collect yours—your name just made too much of a splash.

After all, you were this year's biggest dark horse from Jiangnan Province."

Liu Wentao chuckled.

He was naturally sensitive to information; after seeing Xu Jingming's details online, he quietly stored them in his memory.

But after a while, when there were no more online updates about Xu Jingming, he stopped paying attention.

He never expected that the same person would apply to the Magic Capital Institute of Supernatural Abilities—and become his roommate.

"By the way, are you really from Jiangcheng, the impoverished city in Jiangnan Province? Or did you just grow up in a wealthy city and took the Gaokao in Jiangcheng?"

"Also, were you really an awakened one during the Gaokao? And your supernatural ability doesn't even look like it's only E-rank..."

Liu Wentao was incredibly easygoing; barely having met Xu Jingming, he already had his arm slung over his shoulder.

He fired off a rapid-fire barrage of questions.

Xu Jingming didn't mind at all; instead, a smile lingered on his lips.

In his past life, he had been born in an orphanage.

Elementary school was fine—he had many playmates.

But after entering middle school, he had to leave the orphanage and live alone.

Back then, his most hated time each day was coming home after school.

Because his home was empty, he'd turn on the TV and pretend someone was with him.

When he entered high school and could live on campus, things improved slightly, but weekends were still lonely.

He preferred the feeling of being surrounded by people, so he studied hard and got into university.

Every day of joking around with his roommate and playing online games together was the happiest time of his life.

But four years later, he would once again face the fate of being utterly alone.

So through his efforts, he got into a master's program, and once again had a few roommates.

Later still, he got into a doctoral program, and gained a lively group of senior brothers and sisters.

Even later, at his doctoral graduation banquet, he drank a little more than he should have.

When he woke up, he had transmigrated to this world.

And tragically, he was still an orphan!

Although his little aunt would occasionally come visit him, loneliness was still his main refrain.

Therefore, whether in his past life or this one, Xu Jingming was somewhat averse to loneliness.

Seeing Liu Wentao in this chatterbox mode now, he actually rather liked it.

So Xu Jingming sat down on the sofa and began chatting casually with Liu Wentao.

During their chat, Xu Jingming also learned that Liu Wentao came from Sichuan Province, known as the Land of Abundance.

He possessed an A-rank psychic-type ability, with strength at the mid First-Tier, and his Wu Ke Gaokao score this time placed him in the top twenty of Sichuan Province.

He had applied to Magic City Ability University aiming for the Tactics Academy among the Five Great Academies.

In his own words, in the future he would command a million-strong army and slaughter every fierce beast on Blue Star!

And upon learning that Xu Jingming had truly only been an Awakener during the Gaokao, Liu Wentao couldn't help but exclaim in surprise repeatedly.

"Alright, enough talk, I need to head over to the martial arts hall in a bit."

After chatting for a while, seeing that it was about time, Xu Jingming stood up from the sofa.

"Martial arts hall? I'm going too." Liu Wentao was equally eager. "I've never been to the martial arts hall at Magic City Ability University."

"Sure, then after we shower, we'll head over together."

Xu Jingming nodded and headed straight upstairs.

Ten-odd minutes later, Xu Jingming, feeling fresh all over, changed into clean clothes and walked out of the villa with Liu Wentao.

It was just past eleven in the morning, the sunlight outside was just right, and quite a few new students were walking along the road.

Xu Jingming and Liu Wentao walked together toward the exit of the dormitory area.

As usual, Xu Jingming walked with his body ramrod straight, looking straight ahead.

But Liu Wentao beside him kept looking around, his gaze wandering over the new students on the road.

Occasionally he would linger a moment longer on some pretty female classmates, flashing a slightly lecherous grin.

"Ah Ming, look over there! There's a great beauty!"

After walking only a short while, Liu Wentao's eyes suddenly lit up, and he excitedly patted Xu Jingming's shoulder.

Xu Jingming instinctively followed Liu Wentao's gaze.

He saw two girls walking side by side out of a villa about ten-plus meters ahead.

The two girls were about the same height, both around 1.67 meters.

The one on the left was slightly shorter, her looks were decent, but not quite at the level of stunning.

But the other girl was different.

Her features were delicate and pretty, with willow brows and cherry lips — a true beauty.

Her skin was incomparably Bai Xi, as soft and pink as a baby's.

Even more eye-catching was her figure: she wore a simple white T-shirt, yet her bosom was impressively full.

Below was a pair of light-blue skinny jeans, outlining leg curves that were both long and shapely.