Chapter 17

Over the next few days, life at the academy finally settled down, and everyone entered a normal learning routine. Everyone tested their Aura Pillars, and Long Yi's six layers of aura left everyone in awe. Wesley, like most people, had only two layers of aura, which was considered average. As for the fat and thin brothers, the fat one had three layers of aura, while the thin one surprisingly had four layers, which matched Long Yi's previous assessment of their strength. They were considered excellent among the new students, but unfortunately, they were overshadowed by Long Yi, who had six layers of aura.

Feeling helpless, the fat and thin brothers secretly rejoiced that they had not had any conflicts with Long Yi. After all, a first-year student with six layers of aura had almost limitless potential. If he could join the Royal Dragon Knight Corps in the future, he would soar to great heights. Once in the Royal Knight Corps, any family's influence would be nothing more than a cloud!

Fortunately, the fat one also noticed a characteristic of Long Yi: as long as you didn't provoke him out of boredom, he was very friendly. Even towards the fat one, who had had minor conflicts with him, Long Yi showed no special treatment. Moreover, he seemed to enjoy helping others, almost to the point of being always ready to help.

Since he wasn't an enemy, there was a possibility of building a good relationship. Although Long Yi's name wasn't on the list of people the fat one's family had warned him not to provoke, the fat one didn't mind adding it. The fat one might be arrogant, but he wasn't stupid. His arrogance was based on his excellent four layers of aura. In the face of someone with six layers of aura, he was nothing! Being arrogant now would be foolish!

The training classes were extremely boring, mostly focused on physical conditioning. Aerial combat was very draining, and even with Dragon Aura support, one could quickly become exhausted. Therefore, physical training was particularly important. The honest Long Yi received special attention from the instructor. While others ran ten laps, he ran a hundred. For all kinds of training, he did ten times the amount, but Long Yi had no complaints. Any increase in training intensity benefited him, so why should he complain?

The Dragon Aura cultivation class was the most boring, basically just sitting with your dragon and meditating, allowing the dragon's power to enter your body and transform into Dragon Aura. The amount of Dragon Aura a person's body could hold was proportional to their physical condition, with a few exceptions for those with extraordinary talent.

For someone like Long Yi, who was born with Dragon Aura, the requirement for dragon power wasn't as high. He usually just slept with his dragon, Ba Jie, and was woken up by the instructor's kick.

What frightened the honest Long Yi the most was the Dragon Language class.

Their Dragon Language teacher was a female elf, tall and slender, with fair skin and long, pointed ears that often trembled with her tone. Her luxurious golden hair seemed to glow, and the new students almost worshipped her as a goddess.

In Long Yi's vague memory, elves were one of the two races, besides dragons, that spoke Dragon Language the best.

The other race was the giants.

Whenever he thought of this, Long Yi couldn't help but feel a deep sorrow, as if he had no one to turn to. He would often feel a wave of sadness, tears streaming down his face.

I'm a giant too! Why isn't Dragon Language in the knowledge I inherited? How important it is to master a foreign language these days! Why didn't my biological parents have the foresight to pass on more useful skills? Even if you were going to abandon me, at least give me more useful techniques! More skills never hurt anyone!

Thus, Long Yi, who was always at the top of his class in various training sessions, now had to painfully learn the incredibly complex Dragon Language, one element at a time.

Thus, Long Yi truly understood why people often said dealing with elves was troublesome.

Whenever Long Yi was diligently studying on his own, the female elf would look at him as if he were a flower. Most incredibly, she even brought a chair and placed it in front of Long Yi, staring at him with eyes like she was looking at a kitten or a puppy. At first, Long Yi thought this was nice, as he could ask questions whenever he didn't understand something, and he didn't care about the murderous glares from his male classmates.

But later, the female elf even sat next to Long Yi during class, placing her chair right beside his. Even more shockingly, an incident occurred that stunned the entire class.

One day, while Long Yi wasn't paying attention, the female elf instructor actually reached out and pinched his face!

That time, Long Yi felt his entire body covered in goosebumps, and the male students' gazes seemed to brighten the entire classroom.

Seeing Long Yi's terrified expression, the female elf ignored it and continued to pinch his face, as if he were a kitten or a puppy.

After that, the honest Long Yi developed a psychological shadow towards this class.

Fortunately, after that day, the elf never pinched him again, but she still liked to sit next to him during class. Long Yi was surprised to find that every time the elf sat next to him, she seemed very happy.

Am I catnip?

Long Yi had tried to communicate with the elf, but no matter what he said, she only smiled and remained silent.

After a few attempts, Long Yi, feeling defeated, gave up.

Long Yi even considered skipping class, but Dragon Language was essential.

Dragon Language was key to casting Aura Techniques and magic. Dragon power entered the body and transformed into Dragon Aura or magic power, and to activate these techniques or skills, Dragon Language was needed.

Of course, not all Aura Techniques and magic required Dragon Language, but as the difficulty and power of the skills increased, the need for Dragon Language also grew.

Dragons had large, open mouths and long, thick tongues, and Long Yi wondered if his short tongue was the reason he couldn't master some pronunciations.

Erlin, on the other hand, showed a genius for Dragon Language, learning it almost instantly and remembering all the structures and grammar effortlessly.

Soon, Long Yi and Erlin, the roommates, were considered the two extremes among the new students.

Long Yi had a terrifying physique, an incredibly strong character, and the title of the best fighter among the new students. Erlin, on the other hand, was so weak that he would faint after running two laps and was often bullied, but he had an extraordinary talent for Dragon Language and consistently ranked first in the grade during the instructor's random tests.

He was clearly a magical genius, but for some unknown reason, Erlin had no magic power in his body.

In comparison, Long Yi's favorite class was the practical combat class. Due to his well-known strength, he had no opponents in the class. At first, the fat and thin brothers tried to challenge Long Yi's position but were quickly crushed. Thus, the brothers had to settle for the second and third positions. In fact, their strength was quite good, with the fat one being excellent among his peers and the thin one, though slightly weaker, making up for it with his cunning and slyness. They quickly secured the second and third positions.

Then, there was only one person in the entire first year who could be Long Yi's opponent.

The instructor.

Long Yi had to admit that the instructor was very strong. To have such strength with such outdated training and combat methods was a testament to his strength.

However, the only thing the instructor could rely on to deal with Long Yi was his eighteen layers of Dragon Aura.

The instructor would never forget that day when Long Yi, unable to find anyone to practice with, approached him.

"Um, Instructor, I don't have an opponent," the honest Long Yi said, looking at the instructor's eyes with an innocent face.

"What do you want to do about it?" The instructor looked at the honest face and sneered inwardly. Do you dare challenge me? The instructor's original plan was to borrow a student from the second or third year to help with training, which would earn them extra credits and be easier than training within the class. But Long Yi didn't give him the chance.

"Um, how about I practice with you?" the honest Long Yi said, looking even more innocent.

"..."

The instructor almost choked on his spit! This Long Yi was indeed bold, daring to ask to practice with him!

"Sure! Let's play then."

"Play" in the instructor's mind meant that no matter how strong Long Yi was, having an instructor practice with him was just for fun. The instructor decided to suppress his Dragon Aura to six layers, the same as Long Yi.

The practical combat training did not allow the use of Aura Techniques, testing the combat skills of both parties to the maximum. The instructor was a veteran who had experienced countless battles, and although Long Yi was excellent, the instructor didn't think he was that good. His experience was enough to crush this big, young student.

But he underestimated Long Yi.

Years ago, Long Yi had parachuted into enemy territory and, after seven days, used sixteen bullets and a military knife to blow up the enemy's arsenal, extracting a lot of military secrets in the process.

When it came to combat, Long Yi was a professional!

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