"You won't know if you can bear it until you try. Don't give up before you've even tried. How do you know you can't face it strongly?"
"Shi Yu is still here. If Xu Sanshi said those words to insult you, Shi Yu will help you kill him. If others say insulting words about you, Shi Yu will help you scold them and beat them up. Anyway, Shi Yu won't let you face it alone."
"Why are you so good to Shi Yu?" Jiang Nannan asked nervously, watching Shi Yu with her watery eyes without blinking.
"Because you're also very good to Shi Yu. It's naturally impossible for Shi Yu to just watch you be bullied," Shi Yu said with a light chuckle.
"Is that all?" For some reason, Jiang Nannan felt a bit disappointed. This wasn't the answer she wanted to hear.
Shi Yu thought for a moment and said uncertainly, "There should also be some liking in there."
He himself wasn't quite sure what his feelings for Jiang Nannan were. Was it more friendship or more affection? It was hard to say.
Jiang Nannan's disappointed expression was replaced by a smile. At this moment, her smile was like a blooming flower, beautiful and radiant.
Her appearance, being hailed as the number one beauty of the Outer Courtyard, goes without saying. Even including the Inner Courtyard, she was still one of the top beauties.
At this moment, her smile made Shi Yu a little stunned.
He usually saw Jiang Nannan's smile often, but he felt none were as special as this time.
His heart pounded, and his body felt a bit hot.
"I temporarily don't want to drop out. I want to stay and face it bravely. If I can't handle the pressure, I might have to trouble you to help me," Jiang Nannan's tone became lighter.
"Certainly," Shi Yu affirmed.
The two chatted in the pavilion for a long time, talking about many things, but they didn't mention that matter.
Jiang Nannan didn't talk about the matter between herself and Xu Sanshi, and Shi Yu was also sensible enough not to ask too many questions.
They left Sea God Island together and returned to the Outer Courtyard area. They wanted to go to the cafeteria to eat together, and the people they met on the way all looked at them with strange eyes.
The matter between Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, and Shi Yu spread quickly. Now, it could be said that everyone in the Outer Courtyard knew about it.
The Academy members who knew about this were all a bit impressed with Xu Sanshi.
They didn't expect Xu Sanshi, this simp, to be quite capable. It turned out he had already gotten the Outer Courtyard beauty in private.
This made many people envious, jealous, and hateful. They didn't know how many times they had said that a fresh flower was stuck in cow dung.
They also had some strange views towards Jiang Nannan. They didn't expect that she usually ignored Xu Sanshi, but privately they had that kind of relationship. This was truly shocking.
Especially the female Academy members, their gazes towards Jiang Nannan even held a hint of mockery.
It seemed they were saying, "Don't you dislike Xu Sanshi?"
"Why would you still do those things with him? You're simply putting on a facade and pretending to be a white lotus."
These looks, and even the gossip behind her back, made Jiang Nannan feel very uncomfortable inside, but she pretended not to care, not wanting Shi Yu to worry about her too much.
Shi Yu was also impolite to some people who didn't shy away from gossiping about the parties involved. He directly started scolding them, completely disregarding any sense of decorum.
These people couldn't outscold him after a dozen rounds of cursing back and forth and left with red faces from being scolded.
These people really wanted to fight him, but considering this person could even severely injure Xu Sanshi, his strength was extraordinary. They might not win if they fought and could easily be led around by the opponent, so they could only leave in anger.
Yan Shaozhe personally issued a statement saying that Xu Sanshi had been rescued and his injuries were slowly improving under the full treatment of the Academy's top healing-type Soul Master.
Because Xu Sanshi was fine, the punishment for Shi Yu was also relatively light. It was just a verbal reprimand, telling him to be careful with the severity of his actions in the future, and there was nothing else.
Many Academy members were not fools either. They knew that the Academy's attitude towards Shi Yu was very lenient, that they valued him greatly, and would not impose excessively severe punishments.
In this situation, they naturally weren't willing to offend Shi Yu too much.
As for Xu Sanshi's condition, they weren't very clear. Even Xu Sanshi's good brother, Bei Bei, had no way of knowing.
At this time, Xu Sanshi had already been transported to Sea God Island, ostensibly to receive better treatment.
Bei Bei wanted to go along to accompany him but was refused by the Academy, even though he had an extraordinary relationship with Mu Lao.
"The first few days are like this. It will get better after a while." After eating, they returned to the dormitory, and the two had to separate on the first floor.
Shi Yu comforted Jiang Nannan. They had indeed received quite a few strange looks and gossipy remarks along the way.
"Okay, I'm fine. You go back and rest well," Jiang Nannan said, pretending to be relaxed, waved goodbye to Shi Yu, and went upstairs.
Shi Yu watched her disappear around the corner of the staircase and also walked towards his own dormitory.
The door of a dormitory ahead opened, and Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong walked out, running right into Shi Yu.
They all lived on the same floor and were bound to meet a few times. By listening to their conversations, Shi Yu also understood their identities.
Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, one the Child of the Plane, the other the daughter of Tang San, both had extraordinary backgrounds.
Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong naturally knew Shi Yu. After this incident, everyone in the Outer Courtyard probably knew there was a person named Shi Yu.
They looked at Shi Yu with some hostility. After all, their relationship with Xu Sanshi was quite good, and the other party had severely injured Xu Sanshi, even almost killing him. This made it impossible for them to welcome Shi Yu.
Although they didn't welcome him, they didn't directly make a move or anything. They coldly intended to pass by Shi Yu.
"When Shi Yu was fighting Xu Sanshi, his reaction suddenly became faster later, with a clear difference from the beginning. Were you helping him?" Shi Yu suddenly stopped, turned around, and looked at Huo Yuhao, saying.
He thought of Huo Yuhao's Spirit Detection and spiritual sharing. This could give someone a God's-eye view, making combat much simpler.
Before, he was still wondering why Xu Sanshi had such a change. The moment he saw Huo Yuhao, he suddenly understood.
Huo Yuhao immediately became nervous, stopped with Wang Dong, and the two exchanged a glance, both feeling a bit guilty like thieves.
"Are you talking to me?" Huo Yuhao faced Shi Yu and said, pretending to be confused.
He also looked around to confirm if he was talking to himself.
Shi Yu looked at Huo Yuhao and didn't speak.
The look in his eyes made Huo Yuhao feel even more guilty, but he was also relatively composed, trying his best to conceal his inner thoughts, and calmly shook his head, "I don't know what you mean by this?"
"It means nothing. Shi Yu already has the answer," Shi Yu didn't necessarily need to get an affirmative reply from the other party. Seeing his appearance, he wouldn't say it.
He made his own judgment based on the reactions of the other party and Wang Dong.
Sometimes words don't need to be spelled out. Some subtle reactions are truer than words.
Shi Yu turned and left, not saying much to them. Mainly, there wasn't much to say.
Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong both frowned tightly, feeling a bit uneasy.
"Do you think he will retaliate against us?" Wang Dong whispered to Huo Yuhao after leaving the dormitory.
"I can't say for sure. Just be more careful," Huo Yuhao said.
When Shi Yu returned to the dormitory, Dai Hua Bin was sitting on his bed cultivating. Hearing the movement, he ended his cultivation and woke up, sizing up Shi Yu as if seeing this roommate, whom he had lived with for three months, for the first time.
"Why are you looking at Shi Yu like that?" Shi Yu sat on the bed, feeling a bit unnatural being looked at like this by Dai Hua Bin.
"You were that strong," Dai Hua Bin said, surprised by the strength Shi Yu had shown earlier.
"Shi Yu completely wore down Xu Sanshi by taking advantage,"
"He is a defense-type Soul Master and was inherently countered by a Soul Master like Shi Yu. Coupled with his excessive eagerness to defeat Shi Yu, he made many mistakes, which was why Shi Yu was able to defeat him," Shi Yu said.
Defeating a Soul Grandmaster indeed gave him a great sense of accomplishment, but he wouldn't think he had the strength to defeat all Soul Grandmasters.
Facing other types of Soul Grandmasters, he might not perform like this.
For example, facing a Soul Grandmaster who could cover the entire battle stage with their attacks, he would definitely be very passive, and defeat would be highly likely.
"No matter what, you defeated a Soul Grandmaster and even almost killed him. This is something that a Soul Grandmaster cannot do at all. You are truly amazing," Dai Hua Bin praised sincerely.
Although he felt a little unhappy inside that he wasn't as good as him, he had to admit the other party's excellence.