Compared to Leon, Cain's impression of Lei Li was slightly better. At the very least, she seemed like a relatively typical nice girl on the surface. He much rather involves himself with these types of people than someone like Leon.
Kali's opinions remained entirely indifferent. Though she didn't have thoughts on intently opposing Lei Li at this moment.
And as Kali typically remained silent during the first greeting, Cain greeted Lei Li first.
"This was certainly an intriguing first meeting. As you probably heard around, the name's Cain, and this is my sister Kali. We were just about to tour around the Academic ground until Leon came knocking on our door."
"Ah, really!" Lei Li's eyes lit up like a sparkling Christmas tree, full of genuine excitement. "Then let me actually give a proper tour guide of this place. Knowing great talents such as yourself, you most likely want to see the training room, right? I know a direct path to swiftly get there."
Before responding, Cain shot a look over to Kali. As their gazes crossed, Kali gave a slight inclined of her head.
Initially, she only spoke up to Leon with the intention to maliciously mess with him because of her gut intuition.
But with someone like Lei Li, she couldn't care less. Her expression practically read off, 'It doesn't matter either way for me.'
Shifting his eyes back over to Lei Li, Cain nodded. "Alright, that sounds good. It would also be nice to learn more about the social situation around here. Are people like Leon and his friends common around here?"
"Let's see….before I answer, come on. Let's talk while we walk."
As she said so, Lei Li promptly began to walk ahead. Cain and Kali were right beside her.
Casually strolling through the beautiful, garden-like field certainly gave Cain a peaceful feeling.
Instead of any tension or thinking about plans on getting stronger or taking on enemies, they were simply going on a walk to explore a new place.
This, in itself, was a pleasing sensation for Cain. Subconsciously, his mind felt a little bit lighter.
Before he got too distracted, Cain focused back on the topic still brewing within his mind. He asked, "Truly, it's not as if we're worried about people like Leon. Kali and I know how to deal with types like this. Though, it would certainly be more simple if not all were like that."
Lei Li faintly smiled. "Considering the stormy word of mouth, I don't doubt you can easily handle yourselves. That fellow is merely at the seventh level. He, himself, is nothing too much to worry about. But what is an annoying quirk about him is his background."
"Background? High-Class level Family?" Cain questioned.
If it was just this, he didn't think it'd be worthy of any extra attention at all. In comparison, any Class-level Family or Clan seemed massively lacking compared to Sect like organizations.
"Yep. There are some very like him here in this Academy." Lei Li nodded and then sneaked a glance towards Cain's expression.
Reading his casual expression, a thought sprang into Lei Li's mind.
She then said, "Oh, I know what you're thinking by that look. Many others also have the same thought. You're not putting High-Class level Families as that much worth, right? This is certainly not wrong. But among High-Class level Families, I would say people like Leon are a bit more special, which makes them particularly annoying."
"Really now? Don't tell me these types of Families are stronger than the common pile? If so, still doesn't see that much special at all."
Kali spoke up for the first time, tossing out her assumption without care. If it's ridicule, she certainly won't mind sharing her opinion.
"Weell… .it's not exactly in terms of strength." Lei Li shook her head. "These Families are more special because of their extensive wealth! And when I mean wealth, I'm talking generational wealth that even the City Lord depends on. I'm not kidding when I say that these families have enough funds to even employ World Spirit Force Masters numerous times! They certainly are ones to look out for."
"I see. We'll note that for later."
Though he said it, Cain didn't feel his opinion changed much. In fact, he only got less worried about those Families.
After all, the day he and Kali will become World Spirit Force Masters would be soon.
"Well then, besides them, anyone else that we should possibly lookout for?" Cain further inquired.
Lei Li took a moment to think over. Many different kinds of topics popped into her mind all at once. Sorting her thoughts, she told them,
"Ah, this will be a bit lengthy since our Academy truly is a mixed bag. And for starters, the more talented of students will undoubtedly have….distinct personalities. Stick close to me; I know of a route where we can talk and walk without getting interrupted much."
As she spoke, Lei Li started to stroll on a slightly different path that seemed to go in the opposite direction of the Crimson Sea Academy's main hall.
While following, Cain made sure to pay rapt attention, intrigued to know just who to specifically target in the near future.
….
Lei Li wasn't boastful at all in her claims about touring the Academic ground. She truly knew the quickest and quietest route to go on so they could make light conversation.
Their conversation mainly consisted of Cain talking with Kali only speaking up if something actually piqued her interest.
Because Lei Li was a genuinely pleasant person to talk with, their conversation flowed naturally.
And from it, Cain already had several ideas in mind on how they should go about taking challenges in the Martial Combat arena.
During their talk, the trio was lucky enough no other students bothered with them.
At most, they received passing glances, nothing too overt.
It was there that Cain realized students and other Elders would only know of his and Kali's name. Things like digital pictures simply didn't exist.
And unique rings that have functions similar to technology were only reserved for the highest-ranking Elders in the Crimson Sea Academy.
The only reason they weren't questioned at all is because of special oceanic badges that showcased their genius status.
Soon enough, the trio arrived at the training hall. Upon entering the training hall, Cain was impressed by the decent amount of options here.
The training hall was in the shape of an extensively expansive circular room. There were around seven doors here, and each had a brief description of the independent space where one would be teleported to.
In comparison to the most secluded route they used to arrive here, there were even fewer students in the training hall.
And most of the students mainly headed towards on specific elemental training room.
Briefly glancing over to that room, Cain assumed that room either had to be the easiest to train in or Fire attributed cultivators were common here.
While Cain gazed over the training hall, Lei Li decided to gain his and Kali's attention by clapping her hands.
Spouting a broad smile while performing a grand gesture, she enthusiastically said, "And this is our grand training hall! Here is where students who are far more focused on their own personal prowess stay here to train. For common or averagely talented students they can only stay for a certain amount of time. But for us, we don't have to worry about that rule. Our special badges give us unlimited range here!"
"So it would seem. Still, I mainly see other students going into the Lava Hell room? What's the deal with this?" Cain asked the brewing thought on his mind.
"Well, it's pretty simple. Elemental energy all have varying difficulties in controlling. But for our Academy, we have in-depth books and well-informed teachers that are able to thoroughly break down the early steps of cultivating Fire energy. And this led so many students just choosing the Fire energy path."
Hearing Lei Li's response, Cain curled his brows. He never really thought all too much about the difficulty of wielding an elemental energy. It came all too naturally to him as if he had been born with it for all of his life.
He merely needed to painfully infuse his body with Draconic Lightning energy for the gateway of control.
And surely, these Lower Realms cultivators don't have any special cultivation manuals like his.
Cain thought he would see more pure Qi energy cultivators. But even the Liang Tribe people had basic Fire manuals arts. With a thought in mind, he asked,
"You know, going off by the Academy name, I would've thought there would be more water attributed cultivators?"
"Hehe~, we do have some variety, you know." Lei Li sweetly giggled. "It's just that Fire energy comes naturally to, well, so many cultivators around our City. Even though I say each elemental energy has its own difficulties, I think that Fire is the easiest to cultivate. Even I'm a Fire attributed cultivator."
After saying so, Lei Li then tossed her gaze between Cain and Kali. "So? Which one of the training rooms do you want me to show you around? I've heard from rumors that you can control Lightning, Cain. And you can control Ice, Kali."
"Oh my. What faithful rumors." A slight hint of sarcasm was mixed in with Kali's tone. "Just give us something that can be used to intensely temper our bodies. We are already quite adept at controlling our elemental energy. That stuff can be trained at another time."
She decided on training their bodily strength. Her physical strength is just as much a deadly weapon as her Qi and Ice energy.
And Kali assumed one of these rooms is bound to be perfect for greatly tempering physical strength.
Contemplating Kali's request, Lei Li shifted her eyes between the training rooms before stopping on one that read the Storm Tunnel. Pointing at it, she explained,
"The storm tunnel is actually excellent for us to train the body. The Wind energy here can mercilessly cut someone just as fast if they were to sink in the Lava Hell. But what put this room above others for physical training is that the Wind energy there has a faint mix of Astral Energy."
"Astral Energy?" Cain muttered out, remembering what Old Nox Soul told him about a cultivator containing complete Astral Energy.
"Ah, if you don't know, Astral Energy is basically the opposite of Qi energy. Its main purpose is to help refine the body, allowing our physical strength to grow. But don't think you can start a cultivation system like with Qi. None of us has an Astral Core within our bodies, so we can only strengthen our physical prowess by a good margin before we hit an inevitable wall. And even then, reaching this wall is a far slower process than just regularly cultivating." Lei Li thoroughly explained.
Hearing this, both Cain and Kali were greatly interested. They knew they'd need to investigate this Astral Core later.
But for now, they focused their attention on experiencing the Storm Tunnel.
