Chapter 111: Freshman Power Rankings

Li Luo had become somewhat immune to Yu Lang’s bizarre antics, so he quickly shook off the confusion from his convoluted story. With a complex expression, he shook his head and opened the so-called Freshman Power Rankings.

As soon as the booklet opened, a portrait of a person caught his eye. It was a youth with hair draped over his shoulders; his skin appeared somewhat dark, yet his eyes radiated a chilling, ferocious aura, as if he were a wild beast that had just emerged from the depths of the mountains.

On his face were faint markings, resembling the stripes of a tiger, which only served to amplify his murderous aura to the extreme.

He looked like a human-shaped, ferocious tiger.

Li Luo stared at the portrait, his pupils slightly constricting, and his expression turned solemn. Even though it was just a drawing, it still gave him a sense of immense danger.

Li Luo scanned down, seeing the information for this tiger-like youth beneath the portrait.

"Qin Zhulu, from the Xiyu Prefecture’s Xiyu Academy. His father is the Great Xia Grand General, Qin Zhenjiang."

"This person possesses an Upper Eighth-Grade Resonance, the Golden-Devouring Demon Tiger Resonance. He is suspected to be at the second stage of the Resonance Master realm, the Pattern-Generating Stage. Xiyu Prefecture is located on the borders of Great Xia, where conflicts are constant. Qin Zhulu has grown up in the army since childhood, tempered by slaughter, which has forged his ferocious and battle-hungry personality—truly like a fierce tiger."

"With such strength, he can be called the number one freshman of the Astral Sage College!"

After reading this information, Li Luo said slowly, "What a ferocious Qin Zhulu."

An Upper Eighth-Grade Resonance, and a Resonance power level at the Pattern-Generating Stage.

Among everyone Li Luo had met, aside from Jiang Qing’e, this was the person with the highest-grade Resonance. Moreover, this guy had already reached the second stage of the Resonance Master realm... Such a cultivation speed was truly astonishing. After all, Li Luo himself had only just completed his breakthrough to the first stage of the Resonance Master realm.

This person’s face alone revealed a terrifying ferocity; it was clear he had truly slain many enemies with his own hands. Compared to him, many of the freshmen at the Astral Sage College were as soft and delicate as little white rabbits.

"Qin Zhulu, I’ve heard of him. He doesn't interact with anyone at all. He is reclusive and ferocious, and his eyes hold nothing but battle. It’s said his catchphrase is... 'Women only slow down the speed at which I hack people.'" Lu Qinger also leaned in, bringing a faint, elegant fragrance with her. She looked at the portrait of Qin Zhulu, her pretty face extremely solemn and wary.

Li Luo was stunned. He shook his head and said, "That’s just too barbaric! He’ll never have any girls who like him like that."

"That’s not necessarily true. Qin Zhulu’s reputation among the girls at Xiyu Academy is actually quite high. For some reason, while he is merciless and exceptionally brutal when fighting men, he only stops at a light touch when facing the opposite sex. It’s even rumored that he has a bit of a phobia of women."

Li Luo was shocked, and even Yu Lang and the others looked over in astonishment: "Phobia of women?"

A person who looked like a god of slaughter, actually afraid of women?!

Zhao Kuo shook his head with some sympathy and said, "It looks like he’s destined to be single for life. Is the Grand General’s estate going to have no heirs?"

Yu Lang was silent for a moment before saying, "If that’s the case, Li Luo, you’d better be careful. Since this kind of person is afraid of women, he might have some alternative preferences. You’re so handsome, there’s a high probability you’ll be targeted."

The corner of Li Luo’s mouth twitched, and he silently felt at his waist. Where is my blade?

Lu Qinger shot Yu Lang a glare and said, "Someone once evaluated him as having a ferocity comparable to a Marquis-level spirit beast."

"That evaluation is quite apt," Li Luo sighed. He had never seen a Marquis-level spirit beast, but the ferocity released from Qin Zhulu’s brow and eyes gave him a suffocating feeling.

"Your booklet is getting more and more refined; you can even include portraits now," Li Luo said, looking at Yu Lang again with admiration.

The booklet Yu Lang had produced this time was clearly of a higher standard than the one from the Tianshu Prefecture Academy entrance exam.

"It’s all because the information provided by my friend was quite complete," Yu Lang said modestly.

Li Luo rolled his eyes. *Some friend.* This was clearly information obtained through extortion and blackmail. He suspected that when that friend handed over the data, they probably had the urge to kill him to silence him.

Li Luo ignored the guy and continued flipping through.

"Freshman number two, Wang Hejiu, from the Great Xia Wang family. They are one of the oldest noble families in Great Xia with a deep foundation. He possesses a Lower Eighth-Grade Poison Resonance and is suspected to be at the Seed-Opening Stage, Upper-Layer Flower-Seed realm."

The youth named Wang Hejiu had narrow, squinting eyes and a smile on his face. He held a folding fan as green as jade and looked quite sunny, yet who could have guessed that his Resonance was the rather rare Poison Resonance?

This type of Resonance caused the Resonance power cultivated to possess highly toxic properties; once it invaded a human body, it would cause immense destructive damage.

"As expected of the Astral Sage College... these freshmen are no simple characters," Li Luo sighed again. This youth named Wang Hejiu was clearly no pushover.

"Freshman number three, Bai Doudou, from the Gusu Prefecture’s Hanshan Academy. Her family, the Bai family, is also one of the top noble families in Great Xia. She possesses a Lower Eighth-Grade Wind Resonance and is suspected to be at the Seed-Opening Stage, Upper-Layer Flower-Seed realm."

This Bai Doudou was a girl with chin-length short hair. Her appearance could only be described as pretty, yet her eyes held a cold, sharp intent. One look told you she wasn't the type of person who was easy to approach.

"Freshman number four, Duze Beixuan, from the Great Xia Academy. He is also the Young Master of the Duze Estate, one of the five great estates of Great Xia. He possesses a Lower Eighth-Grade Lan-Kun Resonance and is suspected to be at the Seed-Opening Stage, Upper-Layer Flower-Seed realm." Li Luo was no stranger to this person, as he had already met him at the Long Baoxing.

"..."

"Freshman number seven, Xin Fu, from the Anhai Prefecture’s Darkness Academy. He possesses an Upper Seventh-Grade Shadow Resonance, Seed-Opening Stage, Lower-Layer Flower-Seed realm strength." This person had a rare Shadow Resonance, so Li Luo took extra note of him. However, one couldn't tell anything from the portrait because the person was wearing a black hood, and his entire being seemed hidden in shadows, making him feel very mysterious.

"......"

Li Luo continued to look further down and found that those who could enter the top ten were at least at the Flower-Seed realm. He saw Si Qiuying at the thirteenth position, and finally, he saw his own information at the nineteenth position, while Lu Qinger was at twentieth.

"Truly hidden dragons and crouching tigers." After finishing the booklet, Li Luo smiled. Poison Resonance, Shadow Resonance—these types of Resonances were quite rare. He had never encountered them before, but now his horizons had finally been broadened.

"This booklet of yours is actually quite good. You should be able to make a profit from this," Li Luo said to Yu Lang with a smile. This information was indeed quite important to him.

"You flatter me," Yu Lang said with a grin, though it was clear he was quite satisfied with his latest masterpiece.

Lu Qinger shook her head and said, "If you could put this much effort into your cultivation, you would probably have reached ten seals by now."

Currently, Yu Lang was still at the nine-seal level, and Zhao Kuo was even lower, at only eight seals. However, Zhao Kuo never slacked off in his cultivation; it was just that he only had a Fifth-Grade Resonance, which limited his rate of improvement.

Yu Lang gave a dry laugh, then gave Li Luo a mysterious wink and said, "Do you think this is my best work this time?"

"There’s more?" Li Luo said in surprise.

Yu Lang said, "What do you think everyone cares about most when freshmen enter the Astral Sage College?"

"Isn't it just who is the strongest?" Xiang Liang said bluntly.

"Wrong!"

Yu Lang shook his head and said with a grin, "Don't you want to know which female freshman is the prettiest?"

The eyes of Xiang Liang and the others lit up instantly. That made sense! Honestly, what did it matter to them who was the strongest? They had no chance of competing anyway. But they were definitely interested in which female student was the prettiest.

Yu Lang carefully pulled another booklet from his bosom and proudly announced, "This is the painstaking masterpiece I’ve been working on during this time: The Astral Sage College Freshman Beauty Rankings!"

Li Luo frowned and said in a deep voice, "Yu Lang, I have to criticize you for this. We came to the Astral Sage College to cultivate; you should pay attention to avoiding these crooked paths."

"Let me see it first; I’ll help you critique it."

He reached out and snatched the booklet from Yu Lang’s hand.

*Swish.*

Zhao Kuo, Xiang Liang, and Zong Fu immediately appeared behind him.

Li Luo slowly opened the booklet, and the list caught his eye. When Li Luo saw the top spot, he immediately fell silent.

Zhao Kuo and the other two behind him silently sat back down, and the looks they gave Yu Lang were filled with admiration. Damn it, they had seen people who knew how to court death, but they had never seen anyone who could do it to this extent.

Because they saw clearly that the number one spot on the Freshman Beauty Rankings was, shockingly... the Young Master of the Luolan Estate, Li Luo!

Did this thing count men’s looks too?

Li Luo slowly put the booklet down and looked at Yu Lang with a smile.

Yu Lang felt his scalp tingle under Li Luo’s gaze and laughed dryly, "Brother Luo, this beauty ranking doesn't distinguish between men and women. With your handsomeness, you’re bound to be number one!"

Li Luo smiled and said, "I heard you’re treating us today?"

Yu Lang nodded with a dry laugh, feeling a bit uneasy in his heart.

Li Luo slammed his palm onto the table, his voice like thunder.

"Boss, bring me all of your shop’s signature treasure, the Century-Old Green Jade Dew!"