As an N-rank Awakener, finding himself in a dormitory with three SR-rank Awakeners wasn't something Xiang Beifei believed to be a coincidence arranged by the school.
Below the dormitory list, there were also some printed words, indicating the current advisor for this dormitory building.
Since the Martial Arts College didn't divide by major, advisors were allotted according to dormitory buildings. In any urgent situation, whether related to daily life or academic affairs, students needed to contact the advisor of their building.
The name of the advisor for Xiang Beifei's building was listed as "Ye Changfeng."
Although Elder Luo was Xiang Beifei's mentor, he had retired and no longer managed students. Therefore, Xiang Beifei was registered under Ye Changfeng.
Which meant his daily contact advisor was Ye Changfeng.
However, there was a note at the bottom of the list: New student dormitory allocations are randomly assigned by the Academic Affairs Office, consult the office if there are any issues.
The division of classes and dormitory matters for new students weren't handled by Ye Changfeng but randomly assigned by the school's Academic Affairs Office.
Xiang Beifei remembered Elder Luo mentioning that Yuchi Shen was an officer who conducted simulated training exams for students at the Liangzhou University Academic Affairs Office.
That made the "random" allocation quite meaningful!
Xiang Beifei thought about Yuchi Shen with a rather peculiar look in his eye.
He seemed to understand the reason for having three SR-level roommates in his dormitory.
Sitting in his office, Yuchi Shen looked over the dormitory list he had arranged and let out a cold laugh.
On the day of the entrance assessment, he had taken it upon himself to send Xiang Beifei to the wilderness beyond the domain, nearly causing the death of three students. It was a severe teaching accident which led to significant disciplinary actions from the school leadership and a strict warning.
Fortunately, since all three came back alive, Yuchi Shen narrowly avoided a suspension.
What truly mattered wasn't really that, but the fact that Yuchi Shen, an SR-rank expert, received a real dressing-down from Elder Luo. On that day, he got skinned alive under Elder Luo's hands!
Elder Luo wasn't someone with a good temper. Despite usually loafing around and engaging in trivial matters like watching ants move house, he was extremely fearsome when enraged, an old man who wouldn't hesitate to slaughter even SSR-rank individuals!
He claimed to be avenging Xiang Beifei and was nothing if not decisive. He seriously picked Yuchi Shen up on the pretext of checking whether he had made any progress over the years. He then dragged Yuchi Shen into the training room and gave him a thorough beating, under the guise of preventing his laxity in training, and to spur the younger generation to advance, thus improving the overall standard of the teaching staff. Only this way, he argued, could students be better educated.
Yuchi Shen had no rationale to refuse and thought about escaping, but Elder Luo knew him too well, having taught him in the past. Elder Luo grabbed Yuchi Shen and dragged him into the training room where he was passionately thrashed.
Elder Luo's cultivation couldn't be measured using normal systems; a slap from him could make Yuchi Shen question his life choices.
Just as many students had a shadow in their heart regarding Yuchi Shen, he too had a great shadow over him from Elder Luo.
When Elder Luo was protective, he showed no mercy to others. Even though Yuchi Shen was a vice professor, it didn't matter to Elder Luo; he acted without hesitation. Concerns for seniority or face meant nothing to Elder Luo, who didn't care how others perceived him and had no reservations about striking out.
With Elder Luo covering for Xiang Beifei, Yuchi Shen no longer dared to harm Xiang Beifei openly, but there were still things he could do behind the scenes, like manipulating dormitory assignments.
"If you're so outstanding, then I'll assign you three SR-level roommates!"
Yuchi Shen's fingers tapped lightly on the dormitory list, humming to himself.
It wasn't just Elder Luo who had been analyzing the video footage of Xiang Beifei; Yuchi Shen hadn't stopped watching the scene of Xiang Beifei killing the Triangular Thunder Krait either!
Yuchi Shen came to a conclusion — Xiang Beifei was a Body Cultivator!
Which meant that Xiang Beifei's Awakening was very likely related to a Body Cultivation Technique!
This world didn't lack martial artists. Many people had mediocre system talents, so they chose the path of Body Cultivation.
Body Cultivation was a very difficult and arduous road. Without being hard on oneself, there would be no way to improve. It required immense willpower to walk the path of Body Cultivation, honing one's physical body every day.
For S-rank System Awakeners, following the path of Body Cultivation was somewhat easier because the system provided assistance. However, for N-rank System Awakeners, the situation was different as most relied on their willpower.
Body Cultivators couldn't be evaluated in the same way as normal System Awakeners. As soon as they improved their physical fitness even a little, they could suppress their peers. Just look at Xiong Meng as an example.
It was said that Shang Tianxiong was also a very powerful Body Cultivator!
If Body Cultivators achieved success in their training, they were extremely powerful, and at every stage, they were stronger than others at the same level! When Xiong Meng was in the mid-Qi-Controlling stage, his defensive power caused headaches for many in the late Qi-Controlling stage.
However, the cultivation advancement of Body Cultivators lagged much behind their peers!
Being S-rank, it took Xiong Meng over a year to reach the late Qi-Controlling stage, while other S-ranks broke through to the late Qi-Controlling stage in less than a year.
The further they progressed, the more time Body Cultivators needed to advance. The disadvantage was even more pronounced for N-rank Awakeners.
In Yuchi Shen's analysis, Xiang Beifei was no exception!
Even though Xiang Beifei had only Awakened his system a few months ago, his father was the SR-rank Xiang Tianxing. If he had left behind specific Cultivation Techniques to guide Xiang Beifei, Yuchi Shen wouldn't be surprised by Xiang Beifei reaching this level.