Hearing that, Xin couldn't help but let a smile bloom across his face like a spring breeze over a ridge:
'Sure.'
'Teacher Xin, you're so aloof, just answer with two words.'
Shui Yueer widened her eyes at Xin, clearly curious:
'Teacher Xin, may I boldly ask if you could remove your mask so I can see your face?'
'I've been watching you, Teacher Xin, for a long time, but you wear a mask every match. Why is that? I really want to know what you look like.'
Shui Yueer's question is also the one Shui Binger and Liu Erlong are puzzled about.
'This...?'
Xin brushed his mask, 'Want to see?'
'Want to!'
Shui Yueer, her eyes shimmering like spring water, looked at Xin. With her years of experience evaluating looks and being Tianshui Academy's resident beauty judge, she instinctively felt that Xin's appearance was certainly not lacking.
Shui Binger also felt a bit hopeful.
'You can't see,' Xin said calmly.
Immediately, Shui Yueer's hopeful expression flipped:
'Teacher Xin, you're so boring. You won't even let us see your face; I don't even want to look anymore.'
'By the way, if we join Heart of Fire Academy, could we see your face?'
Shui Yueer changed tack, leaving Xin bewildered.
'That can be considered.'
'Of course not! Teacher, how can you do this? We have to win the tournament first, and then you consider letting us join your academy? That's discrimination, against school rules, unfair! This is unfair!'
Xin only muttered that, and Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling instantly became agitated.
'Huh? Your Heart of Fire Academy has this tradition? You have to win the match before we can see the teacher's face?'
'Teacher Xin, how good‑looking you must be to lure students like that.'
Shui Yueer was stunned.
Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu gave Shui Yueer a malicious glare:
'The teacher isn't good‑looking, stop thinking about him. Admit defeat and go prepare for tomorrow's final match, hurry up.'
'No way.'
'You all are so nervous; are you scared that we'll also join Heart of Fire Academy to see Teacher Xin? You're abnormal.'
Shui Yueer's lively eyes scanned Ning Rongrong and the others; she noticed that whenever Teacher Xin's appearance was mentioned, they grew uneasy.
'Ahem, Teacher Xin, I've decided. After the match, my sister and I will withdraw from Tianshui Academy and enroll in your Heart of Fire Academy. Can your academy teach us water and ice Spirit Masters? I also want to learn a Water Clock Shield and an Ice Clock Shield.'
Shui Yueer cleared her throat and said to Xin.
Xin sounded a bit hoarse; Shui Yueer's playful nature even brought up the Water Clock Shield.
Xin said calmly:
'Heart of Fire Academy welcomes you. I don't have a Water Clock Shield to teach, but I have a technique called Fubo Technique and another called Heaven Frost Fist that might suit you.'
'Really? So there are indeed supreme arts for us to learn? Are they as powerful as theirs?'
'Then, can I see your face when I apprentice?'
This Shui Yueer, so stubborn!
Ning Rongrong pursed her lips, 'Don't call! If you call again, close the door and call Erlong!'
Rongrong, you little girl, what do you know? I'm Shui Yueer, full of water, a divine‑beauty flow, so what?
Bold! I'm the senior Grandmaster!
The gazes of the two pairs of girls clashed, splashing water.