Lin Jiayi was stunned, and the students watching the commotion began chattering among themselves, voicing their opinions on the trends in Soul Tools. This gave the Dean of Students some comfort.
He secretly felt delighted. Who would have thought that the Dean of Students, who usually wore a perpetually sour expression, would have such a day? The transfer student really was a god-tier existence!
He could speak with eloquence, every word a gem, and even discuss Soul Tool knowledge with the academy's two legendary figures. Who knew why such a god-tier expert had condescended to join their first-year class?
Could it be that this expert wanted to experience the thrill of slaughtering low-level opponents? The Dean of Students should be a big enough fish, right?
On the roof, the Hongchen Siblings exchanged a glance, both seeing the astonishment in the other's eyes.
After a long while, Meng Hongchen broke the silence with a gleeful, schadenfreude-filled remark.
"Xiao, I think your position as the Sun Moon Empire's Number One Genius in a thousand years is about to be lost."
"Meng, don't say such depressing things! Am I really someone who can be defeated so easily?"
Xiao Hongchen raised his head to look at the sky. His hands, hidden in his sleeves, trembled involuntarily, clenching and relaxing as sweat unconsciously soaked through his back.
Lin Jiayi was not the only one whose mind had been blown by Xu Tianxi's few remarks. Xiao Hongchen had stood on the roof in the cool wind for quite some time before his mind finally cleared, allowing him to avoid losing face in front of his sister.
The smile curling across Meng Hongchen's lips grew more playful. She whispered,
"But when you were his age, it seems you never mentioned anything so meaningful."
"That was because I