The next morning, when Chu Feng woke up, he found that Su Rou was no longer there. But the lingering fragrance on his pillow told him that she had indeed stayed by his side through the night.
When he stepped out of the room and saw Su Rou and Su Mei once again, he found the two sisters walking arm in arm, chatting and laughing, their harmonious appearance as though nothing had happened the night before.
This made the worry in Chu Feng's heart dissipate like smoke, and once again he felt just how deep the bond between these two sisters was—seemingly nothing could drive a wedge between them.
"So, did you sleep well last night?" When Su Mei spotted Chu Feng, she clasped her hands behind her back, walked up to him, and whispered playfully in his ear.
"Uh, you little..." Chu Feng felt guilty and a bit embarrassed. He couldn't help but glance over at Su Rou not far away, only to find her just curling her red lips into a lovely smile before turning her head away, ignoring him completely.
In that moment, Chu Feng was utterly exasperated. He had assumed that Su Rou had told Su Mei about what happened last night—that Su Mei now knew what he and Su Rou had done.
But when Su Mei parted her red lips and sent a voice transmission into Chu Feng's ear, he was instantly left speechless.
"Next time, find a more secluded spot and I'll give myself to you again. But we have to be careful—Sister can't find out this time, or she'll never forgive me."
And just like that, on the special day of the Moon Festival, Chu Feng did not consummate things with Su Mei, but instead shared a bed with Su Rou once more. Though the whole affair left him a bit exasperated, he once again felt deeply just how much these two sisters loved him.
The reason they acted this way was because they couldn't bear to let him go. After all, starting today, Chu Feng would be leaving the Four Seas Academy to embark on a journey fraught with unknown dangers.
This was also the final day of the disciple examinations at the Four Seas Academy. Those who had previously passed the exams had already been assigned their respective mentors and officially joined the academy.
The most eye-catching among them were naturally the sisters Su Rou and Su Mei—their mentor was none other than a Celestial-rank mentor, a privilege that made everyone else envious.
But apart from Su Rou and Su Mei, there were many others who drew envy: Zhang Tianyi, Jiang Wushang, and the rest. They had long since earned the right to join the Four Seas Academy and had also secured the opportunity to be taken under a Celestial-rank mentor.
That opportunity now rested entirely in their own hands. Whether they could successfully become disciples of a Celestial-rank mentor and rise to prominence from there depended on their own abilities.
Those competing for a spot under a Celestial-rank mentor were all young cultivators, none of them weak—every one a prodigy of sorts. But as far as Chu Feng was concerned, not a single one was his match.
The strongest among this generation of young cultivators was only at the sixth level of the Heaven Martial realm, and if Chu Feng employed the power of his thunder, his cultivation could also reach the sixth level of the Heaven Martial realm. At the same level, who could possibly rival Chu Feng? At least so far, only Zi Ling had managed that.
In truth, it wasn't just Chu Feng—even for Jiang Wushang and Zhang Tianyi, it wasn't much of a challenge. The two of them fought their way through round after round, defeating every opponent they faced, and ultimately earned the right to study under a Celestial-rank mentor, becoming the most celebrated prodigies.
During the process, the two of them, relying on their cultivation at the third level of the Heaven Martial realm, thoroughly thrashed Shentu Jiang and Shentu Hai—both at the fourth level of the Heaven Martial realm—in two separate battles that stood out as among the most impressive of the day.
Watching Su Rou, Su Mei, Zhang Tianyi, and Jiang Wushang each take their place under a Celestial-rank mentor amid the envious and admiring gazes of countless people, becoming the most talented and promising disciples of the Four Seas Region, Chu Feng was genuinely happy for them.
Because this at least proved one thing: they weren't just geniuses on the Nine Provinces Continent—they could carve out a name for themselves here in the Eastern Sea Region as well.
After Jiang Wushang and Zhang Tianyi had successfully been accepted under their Celestial-rank mentors, Chu Feng decided to depart that very day. For on this day, everyone who had not been admitted to the Four Seas Academy was required to leave.