Something's Off About You?!

The setting sun was like blood, its golden-red light spilling in through the windows and dyeing the entire classroom the same hue.

Ye Yingluo stood at the lectern, teaching a theory class on Martial Soul Cultivation. Below her, the students of Freshman Class One showed every kind of behavior. Some sat upright and listened attentively, some stared out the window at the scenery in utter boredom, and others sprawled lazily over their desks, making faces at the people beside them.

Yu Nanyuan sat by the window, propping his chin up with his right hand, his unfocused gaze fixed in the direction of the lectern. From the look of him, his mind had clearly wandered off somewhere else.

It was not because Ye Yingluo was a poor teacher, but because many students in Freshman Class One had already come into contact with this knowledge in advance. People like Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Wei Xiaofeng all came from Soul Master Families. When it came to how to cultivate their own martial souls, the personal insights given by the powerful elders in their families were obviously more suitable for them.

The same was true for Yu Nanyuan. His unique Space Attribute martial soul was something he could only comprehend and understand more on his own.

Ye Yingluo's class that afternoon was aimed more at the commoner students, so she turned a blind eye to Yu Nanyuan and the others zoning out.

Just then, Zhang Yangzi suddenly reached under the desk and secretly patted Yu Nanyuan on the thigh.

"Nanyuan, look over there!"

Yu Nanyuan came back to himself and saw that Zhang Yangzi, Wei Xiaofeng, and Wang Jinxi beside him were all looking out the window with strange expressions. He followed their gazes and saw a large, scattered group of people collapsed all over the Middle Division Sports Field.

Wu Zhangkong was taking the students of Freshman Class Five through physical training.

The overall quality of Freshman Class Five's students was undoubtedly the worst. With their martial souls and talent, only a handful of them would be able to cultivate to the Great Soul Master realm in the future. And among the twenty students in Freshman Class Five, only three were still standing.

Two of them were Tang Wulin and Xie Xie. Tang Wulin had completed the physical training so easily because his Body Strength was far beyond that of an ordinary person. Xie Xie, meanwhile, had managed to hold on thanks to the deep foundation brought by his Twin Martial Souls and rank eighteen Soul Power.

When Yu Nanyuan's gaze passed over Xie Xie and Tang Wulin and landed on the last black-haired girl, his pupils abruptly contracted.

Because that black-haired girl was none other than the Silver Dragon King he had met by the seaside last night.

"A martial soul is an inseparable part of a soul master. In the end, Martial Soul Cultivation comes down to understanding one's own martial soul." Just as Ye Yingluo reached this point, the bell signaling the end of class rang. She put away the teaching plan on the lectern, then faced the students of Freshman Class One and announced,

"All right, that's it for today's class. Class dismissed."

Ye Yingluo stepped away in her purple crystal high heels, the crisp sound of her footsteps echoing continuously through the empty corridor.

At the same time, under the gazes of Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Wei Xiaofeng, Yu Nanyuan immediately stood up.

Zhang Yangzi asked instinctively, "Nanyuan, where are you going?"

"Sports Field." After leaving those words behind, Yu Nanyuan walked out of the classroom on his own.

Zhang Yangzi and the other two were stunned at first. Only then did they belatedly react, and the expressions on their faces became exceptionally colorful.

Even the normally taciturn Wang Jinxi could not help opening his mouth.

"No way?"

"There's definitely something going on between Nanyuan and that girl! She even chased him all the way into the academy." The flames of gossip blazed in Wei Xiaofeng's eyes.

Zhang Yangzi chuckled.

"We'll know once we follow him and take a look."

Unlike Freshman Class One's relatively relaxed martial soul theory class, Wu Zhangkong had directly taken Freshman Class Five through an entire day of physical training today. It was also an old Shrek Academy tradition: the classic run.

After a full day of physical training, these new students, who were only nine years old, had some who simply could not hold on any longer and had fallen asleep on the spot. The others who remained conscious were lying on the ground in agony. In a while, they would probably have to crawl back to the dormitory.

Xie Xie gripped the railing at the edge of the Sports Field, his legs still trembling nonstop, his face full of hostility and wariness as he looked at the black-haired girl not far away, who was bracing both hands on her knees.

It had been bad enough that he had been knocked unconscious by Tang Wulin's punch before. He believed Tang Wulin's overall strength was inferior to his. After all, yesterday afternoon in Donghai Park, he had already completely suppressed Tang Wulin. It was only later, for some unknown reason, that both of them had fallen unconscious.

Xie Xie's guess was that Tang Wulin most likely had some unknown secret on him. But that should have been an uncontrollable factor.

That girl named Gu Yue just now, however, had crushed him entirely through her own formidable strength. Facing Gu Yue, who had reached the Two-Ring Great Soul Master realm and possessed six kinds of Elemental Control ability, even though he had used his Twin Martial Souls, he had not lasted half a minute.

Humiliating! Truly humiliating!

Xie Xie now felt both indignant and grief-stricken, and he had taken a heavy blow.

Why was a student Teacher Wu had casually accepted so strong?! With just this level of talent, she would be more than qualified to be assigned to Class One.

And what made Xie Xie most unhappy was that Gu Yue's face had always carried that same indifferent expression, as if she did not consider anyone worth paying attention to.

Xie Xie calmed his breathing a little, then went forward and grabbed Tang Wulin, who was preparing to go to the cafeteria for dinner.

"What are you doing?" Tang Wulin pulled his arm free from Xie Xie's grasp. Although his opinion of Xie Xie had improved somewhat, he still did not have many Good Feelings toward him. Not to mention, Xie Xie was delaying his mealtime.

After spending these past few days together, Xie Xie already understood Tang Wulin somewhat. He rolled his eyes in annoyance.

"Relax. If I delay your mealtime, I'll treat you to a Grade A Meal, all right? I just want to talk to you about something."

When he heard that Xie Xie was going to treat him to a Grade A Meal, Tang Wulin's eyes lit up, and he only felt that Xie Xie suddenly looked much more pleasant. He stopped without hesitation and said, "Fine. Say whatever you want to say."

Xie Xie raised his head and looked toward Gu Yue, saying in a low voice,

"You saw that Gu Yue, right? With her talent and strength, there's definitely something strange about her coming to Eastsea Academy."

"Can Eastsea Academy not have students with more talent and strength than you?" Tang Wulin asked with an innocent expression.

Lies did not hurt people. The truth was the sharpest blade. Xie Xie only felt as if his heart had taken ten thousand points of damage, and the expression on his face instantly stiffened.

"You?! Forget it. What I mainly wanted to say is that with her here, you definitely won't be able to represent our Class Five in the Promotion Tournament. There are rewards for the Promotion Tournament. If we achieve results that are good enough, you might even be able to eat Grade A Meals for a whole semester for free." Xie Xie took a deep breath, and his breathing, which had finally calmed down with great difficulty, became hurried again.

When Tang Wulin heard this, he became a little conflicted as well. Once something involved food, he had never been one to give way.

"Well..."

As Xie Xie and Tang Wulin were talking, at some point, a tall and straight young man had appeared in their field of vision. The young man had silver hair and golden eyes, and his delicate, handsome features far surpassed even Tang Wulin's. Under the glow of the setting sun, he carried an even more mysterious and noble aura, brilliant as a god.

Then a scene that left Xie Xie and Tang Wulin dumbstruck appeared. Gu Yue, who had always worn that indifferent expression and kept her distance from everyone in the class, actually took the initiative to walk toward that silver-haired young man.

"So this really is a world that runs on looks?!" Xie Xie cried out miserably in his heart, feeling that Gu Yue was no different from those shallow women.

What was even more shocking was that under countless gazes, Gu Yue actually reached out and directly grabbed one of Yu Nanyuan's hands.

Yu Nanyuan's looks and bearing were simply too outstanding. When he came over to the Sports Field, he had attracted the gazes of almost everyone present. Seeing Gu Yue and Yu Nanyuan holding hands, the entire place instantly fell into deathly stillness.

Although Yu Nanyuan's expression did not change much, the feeling of being drenched in cold sweat from when he first met Gu Yue by the sea last night appeared once again.

Something's off about you?!

He had originally only wanted to find Gu Yue to apologize and confirm a few things while he was at it, but the way things were developing had completely exceeded his expectations. His brain instantly stopped being enough to keep up.

Meeting Gu Yue's deep, indifferent black eyes, Yu Nanyuan eased his own emotions a little and tried his best to make his tone calm and composed.

"About what happened last night, sorry."

"My name is Gu Yue." Gu Yue merely replied on her own, then left with a thoughtful look.

Zhang Yangzi and the other two, who had followed over, began to look at Yu Nanyuan differently. It was a kind of admiration that came from the bottom of their hearts.

The people who noticed the situation on the Sports Field were not only them, but also Wu Zhangkong, who had just come out of Long Hengxu's office after completing Gu Yue's Admission Procedures, as well as Ouyang Zixin and Mu Xi, who were preparing to come to the Sports Field for a walk.