"Who would've thought you'd actually enroll? You really did make it into the Spirit Academy, Mo Yu. I heard that back when you were growing up in that remote little village, getting into the academy was your greatest ambition. Now you're already at the top academy on the continent, and your soul rank is still only at the tenth level."
"Wait... I forgot to divide the numbers. I can't have gotten it wrong by an entire level, can I? So Zhou Ji really is an old hag?"
"That's ridiculous! His soul power is at the Soul Ancestor level! Even if his own student had a fight with someone, would he dare get involved? He's a mentor... How could that old hag possibly have come up with an excuse like that?"
"Whether someone picks a fight depends on their character and their background. But then you say he wouldn't dare get involved? Is there something wrong with that old hag's brain? Just because nobody picked a fight, he made the whole class run a hundred laps..."
"If I get caught by that old hag, I'll probably have to run a hundred laps with that Zhou guy tomorrow."
A hundred laps around the field...
Duoduo's face fell.
The academy's outer grounds weren't especially large, but a hundred laps was still an exhausting amount of exercise. For soul masters with high physical attributes, like the agility and assault types, it might not be much. But for a support-type soul master like her, whose physical attributes were rather poor, a hundred laps would be a form of torture.
If she could help it, she didn't want to get caught by that old hag.
"Forget it. I won't worry about all that for now. If I'm unlucky enough to get caught running laps, I'll think of a way to sneak out of the training class. Duoduo and Fanmen are in the same freshman class, and they seem pretty easy to get along with..."
"First, I'll go check out the freshman dorm. I wonder who my roommate will be... But he'd better not be some shameless creep, or I really might lose control and throw him out the window."
After splitting up from Duoduo and Fanmen, Mo Yu strode toward the freshman dormitory.
At the entrance stood an old man who looked like he'd been through a lot. He sat motionless on a chair, as if he were dead. In his hand was a half-eaten chicken drumstick, and his clothes were filthy and greasy.
Perhaps it was a psychological effect, but Mo Yu felt as though he could smell a foul stench coming from him.
"Isn't that the old man who shook the whole Spirit Academy? He's already past eighty, and his soul rank is beyond level ninety. He's supposed to be just a step away from becoming a Limit Douluo. With that kind of strength, surely he could take on an entire squad of us as easily as picking something up."
"Sorry, I might have a low opinion of Douluos."
"I heard Xuan Zi is a greedy old geezer who can't be trusted with anything."
"Even though he's gotten old, he's still the Sea God Pavilion Master. What can he really do? You know what he's capable of, right? The Ouyang Family's seventh elder came looking for trouble, and with a casual wave of his hand, he beat that seventh elder into a pulp. He didn't even spare the Ouyang Family's reputation."
When she learned Xiao Ge had already arrived at Ouyang Family's Spirit Academy, the corners of Xiao Tao's mouth twitched despite herself.
This was already the second time Xiao Ge had brought up the old man. And every time he did, his words and expression grew so animated that Xiao Tao couldn't help but feel curious.
She really wanted to know what the old man had done to make Xiao Ge so respect him.
In her eyes, the old man was certainly eccentric, but still worthy of respect. He wasn't as unreliable as Xiao Ge made him sound, was he?
If Xiao Ge could hear Xiao Tao's thoughts, he would surely tell her with complete sincerity that Xuan Zi was even more unreliable than he'd said.
"Xiao Tao really has a big heart. She actually dares to hope Xuan Zi will become the Sea God Pavilion Master. That's only because Mo Yu's growing so quickly. Otherwise, a perfectly good Spirit Academy would be ruined by Xuan Zi."
"Forget it. Let's not bring up that old geezer. Up the stairs, up the stairs!"
Xiao Ge shot a sidelong glance at Xuan Zi, who sat slumped against a tree, then went straight through the main entrance of the freshman dormitory.
Xuan Zi, who had seemed to snap awake all of a sudden, abruptly sprang to his feet. The sparkling light in his eyes vanished in an instant, and his face grew serious.
"This dorm is 213... This must be it. The dormitories here are spacious, and there's only one person in each room. They're much better than the dorms at my academy. Looking at the bed across from me, it seems my roommate... hasn't arrived yet?"
"This is probably the last day to register as a freshman, right? My roommate still hasn't shown up? Ah... Well, that means I'll have the whole room to myself for a while. Having a man for a roommate isn't necessarily a bad thing, either."
He casually made the bed, tidied up his blanket, and then happily stretched out on it.
Just a moment earlier, he'd been walking around with Xiao Tao, who'd enrolled at the same time as him. He didn't feel like going out now. Besides, since she and Fanmen had gotten along quite well, they'd probably want to have a drink together.
He lay still on the bed.
In the quiet, empty dorm, Wang Dongliu's eyes suddenly lit up.
What a great opportunity!
Xiao Ge had already made his dorm room look like a mess. Now she just had to make one little adjustment, and she could avoid having that creep Fanmen in the same dorm as her. She'd be rooming with Xiao Ge instead!
Since that creep...
Wang Dongliu got up and set her plan in motion.
First, she had to wait for Xiao Ge's roommate to arrive!
Not long after, a knock sounded outside dorm 213.
Before Xiao Ge could get up and open the door, someone pulled it open from the outside.
A handsome, refined-looking young man stepped inside, dragging his suitcase behind him. His features were sharply defined, and his dark blue eyes were both deep and clear. His tall frame was as striking as Xiao Ge's, and he had an air of youthful confidence, along with a distinctive charm.
Xiao Ge: "..."
He wasn't some guy you'd heard about, was he?
Xiao Ge had never seen a boy whose looks were so similar to his own.
Oh, no—not similar. Almost identical.
In some ways, he even looked a little better than Xiao Ge.
Xiao Ge stared at Wang Dongliu. Wang Dongliu stared right back at him, and the depths of her eyes couldn't help but reveal a flicker of surprise.
Just like Xiao Ge had said in his diary, this really was the best-looking boy she'd ever seen.
He could even be as beautiful as a girl...
Wang Dongliu swallowed nervously, then immediately held out a fair, smooth hand to Xiao Ge, her expression calm as ever. "Hello. My name is Wang Dongliu. I'm your roommate."
Not the roommate you were waiting for.
"What's your name?"
When the young man gave his name, Xiao Ge leaped up from the bed.
Wang Dongliu?
Wasn't that Wang Dongliu's name?
No, wait—you mean you're a roommate with Mo Yu?
Why had she shown up in his dorm?
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