Gu Qingbo: "I Wanted to Pair You Two Up—How Did You End Up as Teacher and Student?"

Gu Qingbo, "???"

No!

I was deliberately trying to pair you two up. How did you end up becoming teacher and student!?

Gu Qingbo's already bewildered face looked even more bewildered. "Xuexue, y-you mean... you, you took him as your master?"

"What else?"

Gu Qingbo, "..."

As if she had suffered some sort of blow, the youthful beauty left the office in a daze, utterly listless.

Xue Wu, "???"

She watched Gu Qingbo's receding figure with a bewildered expression. "W-What's wrong with her?"

"Probably gone stupid!"

Xue Wu, "???"

Gu Qingbo really was dumbfounded right now!

It could even be said that after returning home, she had completely lost it!

"Ahhh, I'm so mad!"

"I worked so hard to get you two together—why did you end up as teacher and student!?"

Gu Qingbo was practically on the verge of tears. She had made a military pledge before Gu Qinghan. If she failed to achieve it, she would be punished according to the Gu Family rules!

"No, no, I can't keep wasting time like this!"

"I only have one year left—just one year!"

She scratched her head. "B-But now that Xuexue is over there, it wouldn't be easy to bring any of the other sisters into this..."

She was afraid that if she sent her other sisters over, like Shen Liuyu and Qiu Ruoshui, they would end up in this kind of teacher-student relationship too. What would she do then?

In fact!

She was even afraid that, under Xuexue's instigation and guidance, all those sisters would become Chen Yue's students!

Then where was she supposed to find five qualified candidates?

"Huh?"

Suddenly, Gu Qingbo's gaze shifted. By chance, she spotted a newspaper on the table, and her eyes immediately lit up. "Heaven Dou Royal Academy will soon visit Heavenly Water Academy. Meanwhile, Blazing Fire Academy, Divine Wind Academy, Thunderclap Academy, and Star Luo Royal Academy have all voiced their opinions as well..."

After reading the article, Gu Qingbo's expression became rather strange, and the corner of her mouth twitched. "This... seems to be because our academy team was utterly crushed before the previous Soul Master Competition, so... it looks like our glorious name has become the universally accepted unit of measurement among many academies?"

By "utterly crushed," she meant in the finals. The previous Skywater Battle Team had naturally stood out in the Heaven Dou Division, but the moment they entered the finals, they were beaten so badly they nearly began doubting their lives.

"Let me check the schedule... Hmm, Plant Academy is coming first?"

She scratched her head and rummaged through her room again. At last, beneath a pile of messy clothes, she found a yellowed sheet of paper that might have fallen off some clothing. "Uh, is this Plant Academy's roster from the previous year?"

"They're coming to scout us out first?"

Gu Qingbo had also gone to watch the previous Soul Master Competition. She knew that Plant Academy had performed even better than Heavenly Water Academy. More importantly, their seven girls had been so captivating that even she had found herself mesmerized. Unfortunately, they seemed a little old—apparently right at the maximum age limit for the Soul Master Competition...

"They're that old... They can't all be married already, can they?"

Gu Qingbo scratched her head. If she picked someone older and trouble arose later, it would become a disgrace for the Gu Family if word got out!

With that thought, Gu Qingbo gave up on the idea. Just as she was about to think of something else, she suddenly noticed the newspaper that had just been brought back on the living room table. "Eh, what's this?"