Inside the academy cafeteria.
The private rooms on every floor were empty.
After running to the cafeteria, the students did not enter the private rooms to eat. Instead, they immediately crowded toward the kitchen.
The first floor of the cafeteria was packed with people. The disorderly mass of students had even blocked the entrance.
Three teachers were maintaining order. As they dispersed the crowd blocking the cafeteria, they reminded the students to watch where they were going.
On the surface, these students were focused on Master Xia's changed appearance, but what they truly cared about was the method that had made him look better.
This was an aristocratic academy. Every student came from a wealthy and powerful family. When they lacked nothing material, the only things that could make them more perfect were etiquette, upbringing, appearance, and image.
That was precisely why an academy of etiquette like Moonlight Pavilion, which refined one's personal image to perfection, had come into being.
"I heard Master Xia suffered from a strange illness since childhood. Before the food he ate could be fully digested, his Skeleton Martial Soul would draw away much of its nutrition."
"Most of the nutrients his body lost were absorbed by his Skeleton Martial Soul. After being fed back into his own bones through the Martial Soul's origin, it caused his flesh to grow gaunt while his skeleton became enormous."
"There were rumors before that, despite being a defense-type Battle Spirit Master, Master Xia was willing to work as a cook in the kitchen because it made it easier for him to study different foods. By using specially nutritious foods to speed up the growth of his flesh and blood, he might have hoped to resolve the Martial Soul defect that gave him such a huge frame."
After hearing the