Gatekeeper of Myriad Worlds Chapter 212

All night long, there was no sound.

The next day.

3:00 PM.

Shen Ye stood at the entrance of Xirang High School with many bags in tow.

Zhang Xiaoyi and Guo Yunye came to pick him up.

“Wow, why does Brother Ye have so many things?”

They helped him with his bags.

“Specialties from my hometown. My parents insisted I bring some. By the way, these are for you.”

Shen Ye said.

He handed them two large bags of spicy stewed beef.

“Homemade. The taste should be pretty good.”

“Wow, thank you.”

“Thank you, Brother Ye!”

The three of them entered the school laughing and chatting.

The dormitory arrangements were very humane.

Since there were many empty rooms, everyone could choose their room freely.

However, it was not allowed for one person to have one room.

It was said that this was because someone once went berserk practicing cultivation, and there was no one around to save them.

So the strict rule was:

At least two people per room.

Shen Ye followed the two of them down the dormitory corridor.

They could vaguely hear news playing in a dormitory:

“In the early hours of this morning, someone fell into the river on the bank of Qingzhou.”

“According to reports, a young man, troubled by love, jumped into the river from the bridge.”

“However, many people at the scene witnessed the appearance of a hero.”

“Now we will interview an eyewitness.”

A voice with a local accent rang out:

“I saw a young man riding a soft-shelled turtle, surfing on the river. When he saw something happen here, he rushed over and saved the person.”

“What do you think of what this young man did?” the host asked.

The local accent said, “Everyone on the internet is discussing this matter and praising this young man.”

“What did you see at the time? Was he really riding a soft-shelled turtle?” the host asked.

“It was too dark to see clearly, but from the outline, his soft-shelled turtle was really big.”

The local accent laughed:

“So everyone gave him an affectionate nickname—”

“King (beep!) Hero.”

The “beep” sound was clearly muted.

In the corridor.

Shen Ye clenched his fists.

Don’t be angry, don’t be angry, I’m not angry. If I get angry, who will be happy?

He took out the Sect Master’s Treasure Disc and glanced at it.

He saw that the “Suitable for Surfing” already had an extra line of annotation:

“Congratulations! You have comprehended ‘Cold Wind Assault’. When you cast ‘Frostbite’, it will spray out icy cold breath, with a certain probability of causing ‘Frostbite’ effect on enemies.”

Given this reward, I’ll endure!

Follow the corridor straight forward.

Guo Yunye and Zhang Xiaoyi shared a room at the end of the corridor, room number 318.

Shen Ye also received his room key.

It was right next door to them.

Room number 316.

Shen Ye sat in room 318 for a while, then took the key to open the door of 316.

Upon opening the door.

Several girls in cool clothes came and went.

“Excuse me, I’m in the wrong room.”

Shen Ye quickly apologized and closed the door.

He looked at the room key in his hand again.

A line of numbers was pasted on the key: “316”.

A number plate was also displayed on the door: “316”.

—That’s right!

Strange.

Could it be mixed-gender dorms?

But it wouldn’t be this kind of mixed-gender dorm.

Is it so hard for us boys to protect ourselves?

Shen Ye turned around and went to room 318.

“Hey, are our dorms mixed-gender?” he asked.

Zhang Xiaoyi and Guo Yunye were munching on beef, both looking up at him in surprise:

“How is that possible!”

“The girls’ dorm is on the other side of campus, you can’t even see it!”

How strange.

Did he see things?

Zhang Xiaoyi stood up, wiped the red oil from the corner of his mouth, and said earnestly:

“Brother Ye, if you want to pursue girls, you’ll have plenty of opportunities later – there’s really no such thing as mixed dorms.”

“Okay, I understand.” Shen Ye said.

He turned around.

He returned to the door of room 316.

Open the door!

Inside were still several young and beautiful girls.

“Sorry!”

The door closed again.

—No!

He felt like he had seen these girls somewhere before!

Shen Ye opened the door again.

He stepped inside, bypassing the girls, and walked into the dormitory.

Nangong Sirui was lying on a comfortable recliner, eyes closed, resting.

Several maids were massaging his hands and feet, rubbing his head and neck.

Phew…

Shen Ye let out a long sigh of relief.

This kid startled me!

“Little Tri, put away your spells.” Shen Ye said, hands on hips.

“Speak with respect, they are not my spells, they are the spirits of an artifact from our Nangong family.”

Nangong Sirui said, closing his eyes, feeling pleased with himself.

“Okay, please put away your artifact spirits. I’m not used to living with so many girls – I’m a boy who has never been in love.” Shen Ye said.

“What are you afraid of! Don’t you have aspirations for love, dreams for life?” Nangong Sirui said in a teasing tone.

“Honestly, no.” Shen Ye said with a sincere expression.

Nangong Sirui pointed his fan at him and lectured:

“Well, you know, as a human being, if you have no dreams—”

Shen Ye interjected, “Then you’ll be carefree.”

Nangong Sirui couldn’t continue his sentence.

Hiss—

What this kid said seemed right, but also felt a bit off.

“Are you going to put them away or not? If not, I’ll go to the teacher and change dorms.” Shen Ye turned and left.

“No need, I’ll put them away.” Nangong Sirui immediately said.

All the girls instantly disappeared.

In the room.

The windows were bright and clean.

Air conditioning, water heater, and bathroom were all available.

There were also desks, wardrobes, and beds, each occupying a corner.

Two basins per person.

The beds were already made.

Even the bedding and pillows were uniformly provided.

Shen Ye looked around, nodding with satisfaction.

—Now this looks like a dorm.

“Shen Ye.”

Nangong Sirui said.

“What?”

“I searched everywhere, but I still couldn’t find the person who broke my record.”

“What does that have to do with me?” Shen Ye was testing the faucet.

“You swear your mission is different from mine.” Nangong Sirui glanced at him sideways.

“I swear.” Shen Ye immediately said.

He said it so casually and easily, as if he didn’t care about it at all.

Nangong Sirui frowned.

“…This is truly strange, who could it be?”

He muttered in a low voice, then suddenly struck out, hitting Shen Ye with a palm.

“Hey!”

Shen Ye shouted, parrying with one hand.

“You’ve improved again,” Nangong Sirui said.

“How so?”

“The feeling during the exchange!”

Just then, someone knocked on the door.

“Brother Ye!”

Guo Yunye’s voice rang out.

“Come in!” Shen Ye said.

The door opened.

Guo Yunye poked his head in, and at a glance, saw Shen Ye holding hands with a beautiful woman.

“Sorry! I disturbed you!”

He was startled and quickly closed the door.

He stood outside the door and thought again—

No!

That was Nangong Sirui!

Guo Yunye breathed a sigh of relief and reached out to push the door open again.

His hand stopped.

Wait a minute.

Of course, he shouldn’t disturb Shen Ye if he’s holding hands with a woman.

But if he’s holding hands with a man…

It seems even more inappropriate to disturb him!

As Guo Yunye hesitated, the door suddenly opened.

Shen Ye stood at the doorway, his expression calm:

“I just had a few moves with Little Tri, what do you need me for?”

So that’s how it is!

Guo Yunye relaxed and said:

“We’re going to walk around campus and get familiar with the environment.”

At this moment, Zhang Xiaoyi also finished tidying up and came over, greeting Shen Ye.

His gaze swept past Shen Ye and into the room, and he quickly said:

“We didn’t know sis-in-law was here. We’ll go by ourselves.”

Nangong Sirui’s flustered voice immediately echoed in the dorm room:

“Who’s your sis-in-law?”

He jumped up from the recliner, already making a move, but Shen Ye blocked him in time.

“Don’t—they didn’t mean it!”

Clang, clang, clang.

In an instant, the two exchanged seven or eight moves.

“If I don’t beat them, I won’t be able to quell the hatred in my heart!” Nangong Sirui said.

“Forget it, we’re all classmates.” Shen Ye persuaded again.

After a few more moves, Nangong Sirui finally calmed down and shouted towards the doorway:

“Did you see clearly? Who am I!”

“Little San!” Zhang Xiaoyi and Guo Yunye cried out in unison.

“Call me Third Brother and I’ll forgive you!” Nangong Sirui roared.

“Third Brother!” The two, feeling guilty, cried out in unison again.

“That’s more like it—” Nangong Sirui said disgruntledly, stopping his hands.

“Aren’t we going to tour the campus? Let’s go together!”

Shen Ye quickly smoothed things over.

So the four of them went out together.

Out of the dorm building.

The group first walked around the sports field, then went to see the fountain and fed some food to the fish in the water.

“I heard there are powerful spiritual creatures guarding Xirang campus,” Zhang Xiaoyi said.

“Those aren’t spiritual creatures, they’re powerful deities,” Nangong Sirui corrected him. “The Southern King we saw at the opening ceremony is actually a deity.”

“—So the three major high schools are the safest places in the world.”

“How do you know so much?” Guo Yunye asked curiously.

“Hmph, you should read more when you have time!”

Nangong Sirui took out a fan, turned his back, and gently fanned himself.

Guo Yunye and Zhang Xiaoyi exchanged glances.

—If they weren’t unable to defeat him, they would have beaten this kid up quite a bit.

“Hey, look over there.”

Guo Yunye pointed to the public combat arena not far away.

Xiao Mengyu and a boy were standing on the stage, talking.

Many curious students gathered below the stage.

“It looks like a duel, interesting.” Nangong Sirui said with interest.

“Let’s go and see.” Shen Ye said.

The group of four walked over.

Xiao Mengyu stood on the stage, her expression unhappy:

“Why bother? I said I just want to focus on my studies.”

“It’s not about bothering, it’s that we both practice swordsmanship. It’s good to spar daily and help each other improve,” the boy opposite her said.

Xiao Mengyu’s expression grew colder, and she said softly, “Our strengths are too far apart, it won’t help my swordsmanship practice.”

The boy laughed, looking quite complacent:

“I’ve studied your moves—your attributes are about a dozen points, on par with mine.”

“You have Lingbo Sword Art, and I have the family’s Misty Sword Art.”

“Why don’t we become friends and spar every day?”

Xiao Mengyu was expressionless, and gently placed her hand on the hilt of her Remnant Snow Sword.

“Not good.”

Shen Ye and Nangong Sirui said in unison.

At this moment.

They felt the angry aura from Xiao Mengyu.

—She’s already very annoyed!

And yet, the boy kept chattering: “Our aristocratic families are on good terms. One day, I’ll visit your grandfather at your mansion, and maybe even—”

“Shut up,” Xiao Mengyu snapped, “Draw your sword.”

“Good! We should indeed spar with swordsmanship. From now on, I can spar with you every day!” The boy was overjoyed.

Shen Ye glanced at the boy.

The boy doesn’t have any traits…

Xiao Mengyu’s trait is “Sword Saint.”

Both are swordsmen, but Xiao Mengyu can receive the “Sword Saint” bonus—

“Resonance with the sword increased by 10 points.”

“All attributes increased by 5 points.”

“Sword attack power doubled.”

Resonance can better unleash the power of a weapon.

An increase of 5 in all attributes immediately widens the gap in their base strength levels.

Sword attack power doubled…

Shen Ye had already begun to mourn for the boy.