Performance

Shui Bing'er's face gradually turned cold. There was clearly something like Safety Pants, yet he had not taken them out earlier. What was his intention?

"Pervert. I never thought you were this kind of person!" Shui Bing'er snorted coldly, clearly a little angry.

Long Jie was instantly speechless. Just as he was about to explain, the Vice Dean arrived in time and looked at the girls. "You may have misunderstood. I simply forgot to give him those Safety Pants!"

The Vice Dean smiled. "I didn't even know what that thin thing was. I thought it was some useless item, so I had the factory stop making them. Long Jie came to ask me about them, and only then did I find out!"

"Is... is that so?" Upon hearing this, Shui Bing'er immediately felt guilty toward Long Jie. So I had misunderstood him.

"Sorry, Long Jie!"

"Oh." Long Jie gave a cold snort, his expression blank.

If the Safety Pants hadn't been in my hands all along, I might have believed the Vice Dean's nonsense.

Seeing Long Jie like this, Shui Bing'er was about to speak when the Vice Dean spoke again. "All right, you keep practicing. Bing'er, come with me for a moment!"

"Yes!"

Shui Bing'er followed the Vice Dean with a confused expression. The two stopped in an unoccupied area, and the Vice Dean looked at Shui Bing'er with a broad, knowing smile. "Bing'er, how do you think Heavenly Water Academy has treated you?"

Why was she suddenly asking this? Shui Bing'er's heart tightened, and she hurriedly replied, "Of course it's been wonderful! The people here are wonderful, they speak so nicely, and everyone is talented. I absolutely love it here!"

"The Vice Dean also takes great care of us. This place is practically perfect!"

The Vice Dean could not help but laugh at Shui Bing'er's praise. "Hahaha, Bing'er, you really are honest. Since you've said so much, I won't beat around the bush. Do you remember Long Jie's soul rings?"

Soul rings? Those Purple Purple Black ones?

Shui Bing'er nodded. "Of course I haven't forgotten. Those terrifying Purple Purple Black soul rings are something no ordinary person could achieve!"

The Vice Dean nodded, her expression serious. "That's right. Ordinary people can't do it, but Long Jie did. That proves his talent is terrifying. Such terrifying talent is truly irresistible!

To be honest, the academy leaders have decided that they want him to stay here forever!"

The Vice Dean looked at Shui Bing'er. "Bing'er, whether we can accomplish this will depend on you!"

"Me?" Shui Bing'er looked utterly confused. The Vice Dean said nothing more, merely smiling as she patted Shui Bing'er on the shoulder. Even as they returned, Shui Bing'er still could not figure it out.

What did Long Jie staying at Heavenly Water Academy have to do with her?

"All right, now that Bing'er is back, let's get ready to set off!" Long Jie stood on high ground, directing the Heavenly Water Battle Team below as they headed toward a location within the academy.

Before long, the Heavenly Water Battle Team, dressed in JK uniforms, arrived at the plaza of Heavenly Water Academy. Seven stunning beauties and one handsome young man quickly drew a large crowd.

Shui Bing'er looked at Long Jie in confusion. "What are we doing here? It's so uncomfortable having everyone stare at us like this!"

She was not the only one. The other girls also felt uncomfortable. Those girls around them stared greedily at their... clothes, practically ready to rush over and ask for links.

But compared to them, Long Jie had it worse. Countless gazes were fixed on him as though he were a monkey in a zoo.

Long Jie smiled, completely unconcerned by the stares. Instead, he boldly called out, "Hello, fellow students! First of all, congratulations on becoming the Heavenly Water Dance Team's first audience!"

"Next, you will witness the rise of the Heavenly Water Dance Team. Cheer as loudly as you want!"

After those words, the crowd below did not move at all. Everyone stared at Long Jie above them with strange expressions, as though asking, Where did this monkey come from?

Long Jie did not care. He looked at the seven members of the Heavenly Water Battle Team and said, "I brought you here to practice dancing today so that you could experience the audience's gaze. Once you can ignore the stares of these students, we'll begin the next stage of training!"

The seven girls exchanged looks, all somewhat at a loss. Seeing this, Long Jie did not explain further and directly began directing them to dance.

Perhaps because it was a new venue, they were clearly uncomfortable. Their every movement was stiff and mechanical, and they could not let themselves go, making the scene rather awkward.

Seeing this, Long Jie immediately called for them to stop and looked at them. "What's going on with you? You practiced perfectly yesterday, yet today you're like this?"

Shui Bing'er stepped forward and looked at Long Jie. "We don't want to be like this either, but... but there are too many people. We can't loosen up!"

The surroundings were packed with people pointing and talking about them. Although they were all girls, it still made them unable to relax.

"Tch, what's there to care about? The audience's gaze is like encouragement. The more they look at you, the more seriously you should perform!"

"I don't believe it unless you dance one for us!"

"Yeah, yeah! Captain, give us one!"

"Give us one! Give us one!"

No one knew who started it, but the surrounding audience began shouting along as well. Long Jie smiled helplessly.

"Fine, then I'll do it!"

He had everyone clear the space. Long Jie stood in the middle of the crowd, warmed up a little, and prepared to dance.

But what he danced was not JK Hot Dance. It was street dance.

Wearing a Training Suit, Long Jie launched into a series of movements on the ground, every move exceptionally fluid. He had barely finished a Thomas flare before following it with a windmill.

All kinds of extremely difficult moves seemed as simple as eating to Long Jie.

In the end, Long Jie even used Soul Power, adding dazzling colors beneath his feet. When he performed windmills, his rapidly spinning legs created beautiful streaks of color.

Unfortunately, it was not nighttime. Otherwise, it would have been even more beautiful.

After the dance ended, Long Jie straightened up with ease and gave the audience a bow. In an instant, applause surged through the crowd like a tide.

This finally allowed the Tianshui Seven to witness their captain's true ability.

After the applause died down, Long Jie looked at the seven members of the Heavenly Water Battle Team and asked seriously, "Can you go up now?"

The seven girls exchanged glances, then finally nodded one after another.

Long Jie smiled as well and looked at Shui Bing'er. "Bing'er, you lead the dance!"

"All right!" Shui Bing'er nodded seriously. Though she knew she did not possess Long Jie's ability, she could still lead a dance.

She took a deep breath and stood before the other six girls. Her hand slowly rose before her face, then slid down as fluidly as water. With another sharp leap, she raised her left hand high. Her movements were clean and crisp, announcing the beginning of the dance.

The girls behind her immediately reacted, their familiar movements flowing one after another. The seven continually shifted positions, dancing freely in Heavenly Water Plaza before the students of Heavenly Water Academy.

Perhaps they had been nervous at first, but once they began to dance, everything else fell from their minds. Their eyes held only one another, only this hot dance.

The seven continued changing formations. Shui Bing'er danced from the front to the center and, surrounded by the six girls like stars circling the moon, raised her left hand high and ended today's hot dance in the same pose.