Jiang Keke is Dumbfounded!

Eighth Martial High's school gate!

Jiang Keke was humming a tune, ready to head home after class.

Jiang Keke was in a pretty good mood today. In the Virtual Immersion System, her Stance Training progress had inched up a little more.

Just then.

Her Personal Terminal vibrated.

It wasn't a private call, but a 99+ @-mention from the "Eighth Martial High Key Class Gossip Group" she was in.

"Huh?"

Jiang Keke curiously opened the group chat.

The next second.

Her whole body froze on the spot!

"@everyone! Breaking news! Absolute breaking news!"

"Extra, extra! Our school's number one Iceberg Goddess, Sun-level Prodigy Su Qingning, proactively chatted up a Key Class newcomer this afternoon!"

"Holy shit, there's a video. Su Qingning went to talk to that New Student named Jiang Hao!"

"Not just talking! I heard Su Qingning invite him, saying if he had any problems with cultivation, he could come find her anytime!"

"Heavens, has the world gone crazy?!"

"Who is that Jiang Hao? The monster with B-Class Treatment today?"

"@Jiang Keke, isn't that your Ge? Come out, your Ge just bagged our Campus Belle?"

"Wuwuwu, my goddess, how could she take a liking to some guy from an Ordinary Class!"

"This is definitely her heart stirring for the first time. There's no other explanation!"

Jiang Keke stared at the barrage of messages flooding the screen. Her little head buzzed and exploded.

"Huh?"

"What kind of joke is this!"

Jiang Keke stood frozen in place.

"My Ge?"

"Jiang Hao?"

"Su Qingning?"

"Heart stirring?"

"Are these people crazy? Are they talking in their sleep?!"

Jiang Keke's first reaction was that they had the wrong person!

"That piece of goods my Ge is..."

"Uh..."

Jiang Keke was about to habitually trash-talk, but the words caught in her throat.

Wait.

Jiang Keke's mind involuntarily conjured up Jiang Hao's terrifying transformation over the past month.

A month ago, Qi and Blood 8.1.

A month later, Qi and Blood 9.5!

Stance Training went from Fifth Revolution to Seventh Revolution!

Spear Arts went from zero to Perfection!

He'd even mastered a profound Martial Skill that she couldn't even understand!

Jiang Keke's breath hitched slightly.

She suddenly realized.

That "ordinary" Ge of hers.

Had really turned into a Pervert that even she had to look up to a little?

"Could Su Qingning actually have her eye on my Ge?"

"No!"

Jiang Keke shook her head violently. She thought of a key person!

"Su Anan!"

"That gossipy bestie of mine who I chat with every day—isn't she Su Qingning's little sister?!"

"Could that Su Anan have pulled some strings in the middle?!"

The more Jiang Keke thought about it, the more possible it seemed. She immediately dialed Su Anan's comm!

"Beep—"

The call connected quickly.

Su Anan's lively, adorable face appeared on the screen.

"Keke, I was just looking for you..."

"Su Anan!"

Jiang Keke practically roared, cutting her off!

"Did you tell your sister... no, did you tell Campus Belle Su something about my Ge!"

"Huh?"

Su Anan's cheerful expression froze instantly, her eyes starting to dart around.

"No... no way!"

"What could I say, hehe..."

"You dare lie to me!"

Jiang Keke ground her teeth.

"The whole school's gone crazy with rumors now!"

"They're saying your sister has her eye on my Ge!"

"I just heard about this too!"

Su Anan hadn't expected things to escalate this far. Seeing she couldn't hide it anymore, she could only helplessly stick out her tongue and confess honestly.

"Aiya, Keke, don't get worked up."

"It's not what you think..."

Su Anan spoke the truth.

"My sister isn't lovestruck or anything!"

"Aren't you about to take the Martial Arts Exam too?"

"You should know, after entering Martial Arts University, it's not like now, where you just train alone in seclusion."

"You need to form teams, do missions together, go down into the Otherworld Battlefield!"

"Teamwork is super important!"

Jiang Keke was stunned—she did know all that.

Su Anan continued explaining.

"My sister... you know her personality, cold and aloof, basically no friends."

"She's talented, but one person's strength is ultimately limited."

"So I wanted to help her scout out some promising future teammates in advance!"

"And then..."

Su Anan's voice dropped.

"And then lately, you've been bragging to me every day... no, telling me every day how ridiculously amazing your Ge is."

"Stuff like 'Qi and Blood 1.4 in one month'..."

"Or 'Perfected Spearmanship'..."

"Or 'mysterious Martial Skill'..."

"I thought he sounded really impressive too."

"So I mentioned it to my sister."

"I just said, 'Keke's Ge seems like a super potential stock, Sis, you should go observe him sometime and see if you can recruit him early or something!'"

"How was I supposed to know my sister would actually go!"

"And right in front of the whole Key Class, she just went straight for it!"

"I never imagined this would spread and turn into this mess!"

After hearing this long explanation.

Jiang Keke stood there, slapping her own forehead with a smack.

"Oh my god..."

"Su Anan, you useless screw-up!"

"You've doomed my Ge!"

"Huh? Is it really that serious?"

Su Anan was startled too.

"No duh!"

Jiang Keke was speechless.

"My brother already has a grudge with Lin Qiu!"

"And now your sister's been paying him so much public attention!"

"With that arrogant Lin Fan, plus all those countless Campus Belle admirers, they're bound to see my brother as a thorn in their side, a splinter in their flesh!"

"Forget it, I'm not talking to you anymore. I'm going to check on my brother!"

With that, Jiang Keke hurried home in a rush.

At the Jiang residence.

Jiang Keke dashed through the front door in a flurry.

She immediately spotted Jiang Hao in the courtyard, calm and composed, practicing his Stance Training.

Jiang Keke pattered over to the terrace.

Watching her older brother's carefree demeanor, as if nothing had happened at all, her guilt nearly overflowed.

"Brother..."

Jiang Hao slowly finished his stance, exhaled a mouthful of Turbid Qi, and opened his eyes.

He looked at his sister's teary expression, a flicker of confusion crossing his face.

"What's wrong?"

"Why the sudden apology for no reason?"

"Wah..."

Jiang Keke spoke weakly.

"Brother... I'm sorry!"

"That rumor at school today was actually because of me!"

"Oh?"

Jiang Hao raised an eyebrow: "What's going on?"

Jiang Keke immediately repeated everything she had said to Su Anan.

From "Martial Arts University team formation," to "Su Anan mentioned it in passing," to "Su Qingning went to scout it out."

Jiang Keke kept her head down, her voice growing softer as she spoke, tinged with awkwardness and deep apology.

"Brother, I really didn't know it would turn out like this!"

"I've screwed you over!"

But.

The expected scolding never came.

After Jiang Hao heard the whole story.

He was stunned for a moment.

Then that confusion turned into sudden realization.

"Heh."

Jiang Hao couldn't help but let out a light laugh.

"So that's how it is."

"I thought it was something serious."

Jiang Hao reached out and ruffled Jiang Keke's head.

"Brother? You're not angry?"

Jiang Keke looked up at Jiang Hao in surprise!

"Angry?"

Jiang Hao's expression remained calm.

"What's there to be angry about."

"This isn't your fault, nor Su Anan's."

"Anyway, my B-Class Treatment in the Key Class was already eye-catching enough."

"Lin Fan has already set his sights on me."

"When you're covered in lice, one more doesn't itch; when you're plagued by mosquitoes, one more doesn't worry."

"What difference does one more bit of attention from Campus Belle Su make?"

"I'll deal with whatever comes—soldiers to block, water to dam."

Jiang Hao's carefree attitude inexplicably dispelled most of Jiang Keke's worries.

But in the next second, Jiang Keke suddenly latched onto the keyword she had overlooked!

"Wait!"

Jiang Keke's eyes went wide as she exclaimed in shock:

"Ge! What did you just say!"

"B-Class Treatment?"

"You're B-Class Treatment?"

"Yeah."

Jiang Hao looked at her with a strange expression, as if to say, "You're just finding this out now?"

"B-Class Treatment!"

"Five vials of Medium-grade Nutrient Solution every month."

"Mentor Song announced it to the whole class this morning."

"..."

Jiang Keke's mouth formed a perfect "O."

She was dumbfounded!

Completely and utterly dumbfounded!

"B-Class?"

"Getting B-Class Treatment right after being promoted to the Key Class?"

Jiang Keke's mind was screaming wildly inside!

"This..."

"Is my big bro really about to rise up?"