Chapter 13: Checking in with the NPC

While other students were busy searching for dormitories and classrooms, receiving school uniforms and student IDs, Aither had already obtained these items in advance due to Wu Changkong's arrangements.

As for the dormitory issue, because Wu Changkong wanted to supervise Aither's meditation and cultivation, he simply had Aither stay in his own teacher's dormitory.

Since classes hadn't started yet, Aither wandered aimlessly around the campus, hoping to encounter a few NPCs from the original story to trigger a check-in.

Although checking in with ordinary NPCs would likely grant some life skills, Aither didn't mind life skills either.

After wandering around for quite some time, Aither hadn't encountered anyone.

Mainly because... "The Legend of the Dragon King" was just a novel, and the descriptions of supporting characters were too limited. Even if a supporting character stood in front of Aither, he might not recognize them. It was quite frustrating...

"Um... Junior, I noticed you've been wandering around here. Are you lost? Do you need me to show you the way?" spoke a black-haired girl in a blue sportswear. She had phoenix eyes, a moderate figure, and a sweet appearance, exuding a friendly aura.

"Eh heh, did Senior spot me?" Aither extended his hand, pretending to be clueless as he greeted, "I'm Aither, a student from Class Five of the first year. Hello, Senior." He didn't want to admit that he was wandering around looking for NPCs to check-in with.

"Hello, Junior! I'm Liu Yuxin!"

The black-haired girl extended her hand and shook hands with Aither. In her heart, she couldn't help but think, are all first-year juniors this cute? Just now, there was Tang Wulin, and now there's Aither, who's no less impressive than Tang Wulin. Wow... I really want to go back and redo it...

While Liu Yuxin was talking, a blue light screen appeared, visible only to Aither.

[The normal check-in system has detected that a check-in can be performed here. Would you like to check-in?]

"Check-in!"

[Congratulations, Host! You have gained proficiency in swordsmanship!]

???

New stuff?!

As soon as the reward was given, Aither felt it. He suddenly had a transparent feeling, as if he had suddenly comprehended something that he couldn't grasp before in swordsmanship.

Why didn't they reward me with life skills this time? Is it because there are no other skills to give?

"Junior, where do you want to go? The dormitory is over there. If you haven't received your school uniform yet, you should go there first..." Liu Yuxin pointed in two directions.

"Oh, thank you, Senior..."

"Do you need me to show you the way?"

"No, I can manage on my own!"

"Hmm? Well, forget it. I'll just take you to the dormitory. It would be a disaster if you got lost again."

Aither: "..."

Am I, the Wind God of Douluo Continent, really going to get lost?

In the end, Aither couldn't resist Liu Yuxin and was led to the dormitory...

This is too much trouble. It would have been better to just say I was looking for someone...

Since they were already at the dormitory, might as well go and see how Tang Wulin is doing. With the addition of this little butterfly, I wonder if Tang Wulin will still end up fighting with his roommates...

With the lesson from before, Aither directly activated the Thousand Winds Incarnation, sneaking a peek. Thousand Winds Incarnation was still the best for this purpose!

...

"Hello, my name is Tang Wulin, I'm new here..." Tang Wulin glanced at the bunk beds on both sides as he spoke, placing his luggage on the upper bunk on the left side.

"I'm Yun Xiao, Yun as in clouds, Xiao as in small." Yun Xiao introduced himself, feeling a gust of wind pass by for just a moment, but he didn't pay much attention to it.

[Congratulations, Host! You have gained proficiency in swordsmanship!]

Proficiency in swordsmanship again? With me, possessing the Archon Gnosis of Barbatos, the second-tier slacker of the Animo God, why don't they give me proficiency in archery instead? Shooting arrows would be perfect for slacking off...

Although Aither's true form is a wind spirit and his martial soul is the Archon Gnosis of Barbatos, it doesn't mean he's the same as Babatos. He doesn't know any skills that Babatos knows. At most, he can mimic them through the Archon Gnosis. Like Babatos' Divine Arrow Art, this skill can't even be mimicked.

However... even though Aither isn't Babatos, he can still be Zhongli. With the Zhongli template, Aither can do everything Zhongli can, even synchronize with Zhongli on intangible things like combat experience and combat awareness!

The Wind God using a single-handed sword? The style seems to have changed a bit...

While Aither was lost in thought, Tang Wulin smiled and nodded at his new classmates. On the other side, a taller student flipped his eyelids and said, "Newbie, clean the room first..."

With a slap, Aither slapped the student across the face, but it had no effect. The student only felt a strange surge of wind for a moment?

Tsk. In the dark, Aither clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction. The Thousand Winds Incarnation still had no attack power...

[Congratulations, Host! You have gained proficiency in the Mysterious Heaven Technique...]

Hmm, not bad. As long as it's not proficiency in Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track or Crane Capture Dragon, it's fine.

With the Thousand Winds Incarnation, Aither didn't even bother practicing Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track or Crane Capture Dragon, two secret techniques of Tang Sect.

Tang Wulin didn't argue when his classmates asked him to clean up. He simply agreed and went to fetch water with a basin.

Yun Xiao glanced at the tall student and said, "Zhou Changxi, what are you pretending for?"

Zhou Changxi smirked and stood up from his bunk, saying, "Zhixing, mind your own business. I don't like the look of that kid. Since we're sharing a dormitory, I'll assert my authority over him, and he'll do all the work. Just mentioning it and he's already doing it. He's clearly a pushover. Who wouldn't bully someone like that?"

Yun Xiao snorted, "Beware of karma."

Aither clearly saw a slight smirk on Yun Xiao's lips and couldn't help but marvel, realizing that people like this exist in every world, always scheming and calculating.

On the surface, it seems unrelated to me, but I secretly support it. Although I support it in my heart, I will still refute you with righteous indignation. If something goes wrong, you won't find me, but if nothing happens, I can still enjoy the benefits of you playing the bad guy. It's like... afterwards, just giving Tang Wulin a little favor can earn his heartfelt gratitude.

Doesn't this approach feel familiar?

Playing with the wind spiral in his hand, Aither couldn't help but think of the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo Shimura, and Naruto Uzumaki from "Naruto".

It's just... here, Naruto Uzumaki directly unleashes the Nine-Tails and flips the chessboard...

Such is life...

When Wind Zi Xi was still a wind spirit, he encountered many people like this. Although things might go smoothly in the beginning, the outcome usually wasn't good. Not everyone is a fool, and only children would think that such people are good.

When faced with a tough nut, even if it happened only once, it would be a game over!