Feng Piaoling sighed inwardly, feigning ignorance of Jiang Nannan's inner thoughts. "Alright, let's part ways here. Once you return, refine the Mystic Water Pill as soon as possible to avoid being targeted by others. This Shrek Academy is not as safe as you think."
"Mhm." It seemed as though the preceding events had exhausted all of Jiang Nannan's courage; she simply gave a soft hum of affirmation, not daring to look up at Feng Piaoling again. Her cheeks were so flushed they looked as if they might start dripping blood.
On the other side, just as Feng Piaoling had anticipated, the high-level officials of Shrek Academy ultimately did not expel Xu Sanshi. In fact, they didn't even issue a symbolic punishment.
They merely had Xu Sanshi make up the remaining Mystic Water Pill and the wager of 80,000 Gold Soul Coins. He was removed from his current class, but it wasn't long before he was accepted into another.
That same night, Bei Bei sought out his Great-Grand-Ancestor, Mu En.
In the end, out of consideration for the "old ties with the Tang Sect" and with the guarantee of Class 1's homeroom teacher, Zhou Yi, Shrek Academy only gave Huo Yuhao a superficial demerit. The matter was essentially raised high by the academy officials only to be set down gently.
Feng Piaoling didn't bother to dispute this. Disputing it was meaningless; even if the academy truly expelled those people, it wouldn't change anything.
He devoted all of his time to cultivation. Every night, he returned to the dormitory to cultivate his soul power. Early in the morning, after breakfast, he headed to a rented mimicked cultivation field.
He spent the entire day inside. When he grew tired, he would sit cross-legged on a soul tool to cultivate the Green Lotus Sword Art to recover. Once recovered, he would activate the Heaven-Reaching Demon Eye, step into the Shadow Clone Technique, and release the Darkgolden Dreadclaw Bear external spirit bone. While attacking specialized iron stakes, he familiarized himself with the soul power circulation routes required to unleash the Darkgolden Dreadclaws.
When he got hungry, he would take out the meat of the Darkgolden Dreadclaw Bear and roast it using Fire Bullet Talismans.
He continued this routine until evening before leaving. After two days, Feng Piaoling finally completed the fusion of the left and right metacarpal bones of the Darkgolden Dreadclaw Bear.
By this time, the day for formal classes had finally arrived. The gates of the white teaching building swung open, and the freshmen filed in wearing their white school uniforms.
By the time Feng Piaoling arrived leisurely at the Class 9 classroom in the freshman teaching building, many students had already reached the spacious room.
Upon seeing Feng Piaoling's arrival, the eyes of the girls lit up one after another, many of them looking utterly infatuated. Though the boys were jealous of how he drew the gaze of every girl in class, none of them said a word. After all, Feng Piaoling had just defeated the fifth-year Xu Sanshi—and he had done so even when the opponent was cheating.
Feng Piaoling ignored them. He found a random seat by the window and began conceptualizing the soul power circulation route for the Darkgolden Dreadclaw, hoping to use it to create new sword techniques and combat skills. His time was precious and could not be squandered for a single second.
While Feng Piaoling was deep in thought, someone suddenly gave his hand a light nudge. He looked to the side and realized that a taller young girl had sat down at the neighboring desk at some point.
The girl appeared to be about 1.7 meters tall, only slightly shorter than Feng Piaoling. She had short golden hair that looked very neat, large water-blue eyes with long eyelashes, and a few small freckles on her cheeks. Generally, if freckles fell on another girl's face, they might diminish her beauty, but on this girl, they were just right, adding a touch of spirited charm.
Seated beside her was a girl who looked like flickering fire. This girl was breathtakingly beautiful, with long, fiery red hair tied into a high ponytail. Her eyes were also a rare shade of red, which, at a sudden glance, felt somewhat intimidating. However, this did not hide her exceptional beauty; her features were extremely delicate, and her skin was as white as jade. Her gaze, however, was cold, and the way she looked at Feng Piaoling was quite different from the others. It was as if Feng Piaoling had stolen someone dear to her.
"Student Feng Piaoling, Teacher Mu Jin is here." Seeing Feng Piaoling look over, the freckled girl wore a smile as refreshing as a spring breeze.
How fake... Feng Piaoling had spent his childhood in the Crown Prince's palace and was all too familiar with Xu Tianran's hypocritical face. Seeing the freckled girl smile at him this way, he instinctively frowned and gave a brief grunt of acknowledgement. He turned his gaze toward Mu Jin, who had already stepped onto the podium, and said nothing more.
"Young Lord, this person is far too insolent. You kindly reminded him, yet how could he be so rude?" the red-haired girl with the high ponytail whispered resentfully into the freckled girl's ear.
A flash of helplessness crossed the freckled girl's eyes. "Feng-mei, do not let anger cloud your wisdom."
"This is Shrek Academy. Anyone who can enter this place—especially a genius of Feng Piaoling's caliber—is bound to be proud and arrogant."
"What we need to do is build a good relationship, not make an enemy of him. Also, haven't I said? Within the academy, do not call me Young Lord. We are sisters."
"Mhm." The red-haired girl offered no resistance to the freckled girl's words; she obediently complied and gave a slight nod.
Feng Piaoling had been quietly observing the two. He could tell that the red-haired girl was a lesbian, and based on how they addressed each other, it wasn't hard to guess their identities: Ning Tian, the Young Lord of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Wu Feng, who also hailed from the sect.
However, this was also somewhat peculiar. Although it was called the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the sect actually didn't possess a single Soul Master with the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. Ten thousand years ago, Ning Rongrong—the Soul Master who attained the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda after the sect gambled its entire fortune and lost its two great protector Douluos, the Sword Douluo Chen Xin and the Bone Douluo Gu Rong—had ultimately left the sect with nothing but the name of the "Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect" and the honor of being a "Sect of a God."
By now, the spacious classroom was full. Feng Piaoling briefly surveyed the surroundings and noticed that besides Ning Tian and Wu Feng, there were three others whose soul power exceeded Rank 20.
One of them was someone Feng Piaoling had seen before: black hair, black eyes, and an incredibly curvaceous figure. Who could it be but Zhu Lu, the fiancée of Dai Huabin?
The other appeared soft and delicate, with pale green hair draped behind her. Her dark green eyes were full of gentleness, instinctively evoking a sense of protectiveness in others. If nothing was amiss, this should be Nanmen Yun'er, who in the original story teamed up with Wu Feng and Ning Tian only to lose to the team of Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao.
This Xu Zhongyi really is clumsy. In order to place Dai Huabin and Huo Yuhao in the same dormitory, he moved Dai Huabin to Class 1 as well. Zhu Lu, who originally should have been assigned to Class 5 with Dai Huabin, ended up being randomly assigned to Class 9. Through a series of errors, he separated the two who possess the Spirit Fusion Skill, the Hell White Tiger. Isn't he afraid of arousing suspicion?
Feng Piaoling couldn't help but feel concerned about the intelligence of this mole.
If you wanted to move Huo Yuhao to Class 1, then just move him to Class 1. What was the point of separating the two who possessed a Spirit Fusion Skill? Fortunately, out of caution, Feng Piaoling had not revealed his own identity to the mole; otherwise, there would have been a real risk of exposure.
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