Lin Qingyue looked at the figure bathed in sunlight, her gaze icy.
"You're clearly a grasshopper in the mud. Why struggle so desperately and dirty my trouser cuffs?"
In the past, she had never given Su Ye a proper look.
Even when she had learned that she had a childhood betrothal partner, she had never seriously examined Su Ye after meeting him. She believed he had neither influence nor talent and was not worth mentioning.
Thus, she had directly broken off the engagement and married Su Ling instead, who possessed Innate True Bone.
Yet Su Ye's subsequent changes had far exceeded her expectations.
He had astonished everyone during the class placement test and displayed considerable talent in alchemy as well.
Time and again, he had overshadowed her brilliance, as though mocking her former decision to break off the engagement and marry another.
"But today, I'll let you understand what a gap truly is!"
When Su Ye entered the training hall, he saw everyone looking at him in surprise.
However, he had long grown accustomed to such looks since the class placement, so his expression remained calm.
Everyone's gazes gathered and shifted between Su Ye and Lin Qingyue.
A direct descendant of the Four Great Families, and a rare commoner Heavenly Chosen from Shenyun First High School!
All the senior students sparring in the hall seemed to have reached an unspoken agreement. They stopped their practice bouts and fell silent.
How could the martial skill instructor not understand the anticipation and shifting thoughts in these students' hearts?
But...
His expression grew slightly hesitant.
"Sparring between Class One and Class Two—young people having a competitive spirit is actually a good thing for the martial path. It pushes them to improve one another."
"But if it involves Su Ye..."
He recalled the person