Being Disliked

"Disgusting! Pervert! He actually ate the place where the horned sheep came from!" Xiao Ning'er hadn't expected Chang Ping to be such a person with extreme tastes. The sliver of admiration she had for him instantly vanished without a trace.

Her current Soul Force had reached 78 points. In two months, she would definitely reach 100 points, become a Bronze One-star Demon Spirit Master, and enter the Formal Class for Demon Spirit Masters. As long as she could cultivate to the Gold rank before graduation, her family should stop forcing her to marry Shen Fei.

Logically speaking, since she ate food from the family and used the family's resources, she should agree to the marriage alliance to repay the family's nurturing grace. If she were marrying a decent person, she could reluctantly agree. But it just had to be Shen Fei, a degenerate son of a noble family, and moreover, a degenerate son of the despicable and shameless Sacred Family.

Years ago, her Black Gold Demon Spirit Master grandfather had just passed away. At that time, she was still very young, and the Sacred Family had designed a scheme to frame their family, causing the family's capital turnover to become difficult. They were forced to mortgage most of their industries to the Sacred Family at a low price to alleviate their urgent needs.

The family suffered a heavy blow, and coupled with the suppression by the Sacred Family, their business plummeted. Their family's foundation was gradually hollowed out, and their family's status in the City of Radiance rapidly declined. Before long, they would fall out of the ranks of prestigious noble families and become ordinary noble families.

Later, the family elders unanimously agreed to marry her to Shen Fei, so that the Sacred Family would show mercy and let their family off the hook. The Sacred Family also feared that if they pushed the Winged Dragon Family too hard, they would fight to the death, so they accepted the deal, seeing it as a good opportunity to stop.

"Hmph! I will never marry into such a despicable and shameless family! And I will never marry that womanizing playboy Shen Fei!" Xiao Ning'er clenched her delicate fists, gritted her silver teeth, and secretly vowed in her heart.

She had to cultivate her Soul Force with double the effort and become a Gold Demon Spirit Master before graduation to change her destiny.

However, whenever she cultivated at night, she felt her body burning like fire one moment and freezing like ice the next. She wanted to cultivate but felt powerless. What worried and frightened her even more were the purple bruises that suddenly appeared on her body, which caused excruciating pain when touched.

"It's just a small injury. You want to stop me from cultivating? You want to stop me from changing my destiny? No way!"

On the way to the cafeteria, Xiao Ning'er encountered Ye Zi Yun.

"Ning'er, good morning~" Ye Zi Yun greeted her enthusiastically.

But she merely nodded politely and didn't speak. She quickly brushed past Ye Zi Yun, her attitude extremely cold.

She was a cultivation machine devoid of emotion. Until she completely changed her destiny, she wouldn't do anything superfluous, including rekindling her friendship with Ye Zi Yun.

"Ning'er~" Ye Zi Yun gazed wistfully at Xiao Ning'er's departing back.

When would she be able to play carefree with Ning'er again?

Just like when they were children!

Dong dong dong!

A melodious bell rang. The morning classes at Saint Orchid Academy were about to begin.

Chang Ping wiped his greasy lips with his hand and shot out of the training grounds like a tornado, sprinting towards the Beginner Warrior Class classroom.

Even after eating eight horned sheep, his stomach was still empty. Horned sheep were only Bronze Demon Beasts, and the energy contained in their flesh and blood was not much. He estimated that to be completely full, he would need to devour at least another thousand horned sheep.

Entering the classroom, Shen Xiu was already there. With her arms crossed, she stood on the stage, looking at him with a suggestive gaze.

Chang Ping glared back at her, thinking: What are you looking at? Keep looking and I'll kill you!

"What's that smell?" the gold-digger suddenly exclaimed, pinching her nose.

She had originally intended to stand up and make way for Chang Ping, but she suddenly caught a foul smell of sheep from him.

Chang Ping glanced at her and unconcernedly brushed past her, taking his seat.

Seeing Chang Ping sitting in his nephew Shen Yue's seat, Shen Xiu frowned slightly, but intimidated by Chang Ping's imposing presence, she didn't say much.

"Chang Ping, did you eat lamb today?" Ye Zi Yun pinched her small nose and poked Chang Ping's firm and strong arm, asking.

The smell was too overpowering, giving her a headache.

Upon hearing the words "lamb," Xiao Ning'er's delicate body trembled slightly. Certain unspeakable images flashed through her mind, and her face instantly turned red to the roots of her ears.

Xiao Ning'er turned her head and glared at Chang Ping, cursing inwardly, "Pervert!"

"Yeah? Do you like lamb too? I'll treat you at noon?" Chang Ping bared his white teeth, his fragrant breath making Ye Zi Yun roll her eyes.

She already had a bad impression of Chang Ping due to the seat-grabbing incident, and now she disliked him even more.

"No need!" Ye Zi Yun covered her nose and turned her head away, leaving Chang Ping with a view of her beautiful back.

Chang Ping shrugged.

In less than three minutes, the smell of sheep had spread to every corner of the classroom.

"It's f*cking disgusting!" Shen Yue muttered under his breath while opening the window to ventilate.

Last night, he had bribed the chef on the second floor of the cafeteria to poison Chang Ping's food.

But Chang Ping hadn't come to the second floor last night and had eaten on the first floor.

This morning, he had bribed the chef on the first floor to poison Chang Ping's food.

Unexpectedly, Chang Ping hadn't come to the cafeteria this morning and had gone somewhere to eat lamb.

"Damn it! Why is poisoning someone so difficult?" Shen Yue was so angry he felt like spitting blood.

The students were fine; they hadn't officially started cultivating yet, so their sense of smell was similar to ordinary people.

Shen Xiu, however, was miserable. She was a Silver Three-star Demon Spirit Master, and her sense of smell was twice that of an ordinary person. This meant she had to endure twice the damage from Chang Ping's toxic gas attack.

The thought of having to beg Chang Ping to detoxify her at noon made her feel nauseous.

The class soon began.

Shen Xiu endured the nausea and started imparting knowledge about demon spirits to the students.

"The demon spirit I fused with is the Gold rank Blazing Flame Demon Fox, which means I can cultivate up to the Gold rank at most. Gold demon spirits are the best demon spirits you can buy on the market. However, even the most ordinary Gold demon spirit costs at least one million Demon Spirit Coins."

"Black Gold demon spirits are extremely precious and often priceless. Black Gold demon beasts are ferocious and terrifying, often possessing special abilities. Three Black Gold warriors working together might not be able to take one down. Even for our Sacred Family, it requires the strength of the entire clan to hunt one."

Speaking of her own family, Shen Xiu proudly lifted her chin.

"So, I advise most people in the class not to get their hopes up and face reality. Your families can at most support you to become Gold Demon Spirit Masters. But this is your family's limit, not yours."

"What determines your limit is your Talent, which is your Soul Sea. According to centuries of cultivation experience summarized by the City of Radiance, those with a Red Soul Sea can at most cultivate to Bronze Five Stars, and those with an Orange Soul Sea can at most..."

"Therefore, even if your family is a noble lineage, without a Yellow Soul Sea, you won't be able to become a Gold Demon Spirit Master in this lifetime. Then again, even if you have a Yellow Soul Sea, but your family background is average, you still won't be able to become a Gold Demon Spirit Master in this lifetime."

"From the moment you are born, your future destiny is already decided!"

"Nonsense!" Chang Ping suddenly spoke up, refuting Shen Xiu.