"Ha! You're really something, running your mouth in class like that. At least Mu Ling's got a pretty face to go with it. She's much more charming than Zhou Ji."
"Even Zhou Ji's got a pretty face, but she wears that scary mask all the time. Usually, she has to take it off to train, and she looks so ugly then."
"Come to think of it, the one running laps while Zhou Ji supervises is also a girl, right? So Zhou Ji really has some kind of grudge against girls, huh? The ones in the vast majority of schools who can sense their own potential know they're unlikely to get into the academy. Most of them just hope to get into an ordinary school, and after graduating, they find work to support themselves. But Zhou Ji's so obsessed with her mental illness that she's driven an entire class of students to the brink. Isn't that just awful?"
"That's because her husband, Ning Qiong, is the second-ranked Spirit Emperor of the Soul-Frost System. Otherwise, with all those students she's driven away, she'd have been expelled long ago."
"Come to think of it, I forgot something earlier. There's a little girl in our class with hidden talent. She's got a ninth-grade martial soul, a three-life spirit, and eight martial soul artifacts. She's practically on par with Zhou Ji, the venerable one. The gap between her and an ordinary person is huge."
"Wow, not bad. But I can't say that about Mu Ling. I'm afraid that, aside from the special Wang Dongliu, the other five are all about the same as ordinary people. The first generation of the Seven Sages had a whole bunch of nobodies, but in the end, they all became gods. This generation of the Seven Sages, aside from Mo Yu and the last one, Tang Wutong, are all useless."
The girl running laps slowed a little. She glanced at Zhou Ji, who was standing off to the side, looking completely at ease, and a curious expression crossed her face.
Did Zhou Ji really wear a mask every second she was at school?
Xiao Ge had always heard that Zhou Ji was beautiful. If she was so pretty, why did she need to wear a mask?
Curiosity flickered in her heart for a moment, but she quickly realized she was still struggling to run her laps. All she could do was wish she'd get a good score on her physical test, then silently pick up the pace again.
When Xiao Ge heard those students' words, her pretty face, already flushed from running, grew even redder, and a strange feeling welled up in her heart.
But when she thought about her own ordinary background, she couldn't help pursing her lips.
It was certainly nice to be a member of the Seven Sages, but what did it matter if she was just an ordinary person?
Our martial souls and innate talents were no worse than theirs!
Speaking of feathers and Xiao Ge, that brought up Caique. Well, never mind, I can talk about her later. Japan's Emperor was destined to have an heir. If no unexpected mishap occurred, that heir would become the Crown Prince of Japan and eventually inherit the throne.
Unfortunately, Xu Tianran's father had already changed the political situation. Xu and the family had fallen out... Never mind, he could be with Caique, but Xu and the others were still a bit too closely related. Xu Tianran's father became Emperor, and Caique, who had originally been meant to become Japan's Crown Princess, was exiled. In the end, Ning Qiong had her sent to Spirit Academy for training.
Come to think of it, Spirit Academy's true identity and Caique's real background were seriously suspicious. Just the fact that the Sun-Moon Empire's royal family kept an eye on them was enough to raise questions. More importantly, she and Caique were both second-ranked martial souls. That made them the Sun-Moon Empire's outstanding martial souls.
It was clear that Caique was the Sun-Moon Empire's legitimate Crown Princess, while Ning Qiong and Caique had been sent to Spirit Academy... That was a very intriguing arrangement. Just think, students who graduated from Spirit Academy could become the elites and pillars of the Three Great Empires. Spirit Academy was truly something to marvel at.
Of course, what I understood least was how Xiao Ge had fallen for Wang Dongliu, the girl dressed as a boy, and actually gone along with Caique on that trip. A little bean sprout and a tall, strapping young man... Some people really knew how to make you green with envy!
I was going to fall for Wang Dongliu?
Xiao Ge couldn't help glancing at Wang Dongliu, who was running at the very front of the group, then silently shook her head.
If she hadn't known from the beginning that Wang Dongliu was a girl dressed as a boy, she might really have developed feelings for her.
As for what Xiao Ge said afterward...
Xiao Ge couldn't help imagining the scene with Caique. In the middle of that whole mess, she couldn't help giving a wry smile.
The whole academy... was messed up!
Wang Dongliu had already finished a hundred laps with Mo Yu, who hadn't helped her at all. She let out a breath and a thoughtful look crossed her face.
Now she could at least be certain of one thing: she was a member of the group.
A group! That mysterious little group whose members could toy with a weakling like Zhou Ji. The members were probably Mo Yu, who had nine soul rings, and the three-life spirit martial soul user, right?
She just didn't know which group it was.
Thinking of Xiao Ge's earlier description, Wang Dongliu was almost certain that the "cutest girl" in the group was Xiao Ge.
Was that Xiao Ge?
Wang Dongliu glanced at her, wondering what she was thinking. She didn't even notice Zhou Ji coming up behind her until Zhou Ji's booming shout rang out, snapping her back to reality.
"Some people have already finished! Those who haven't, pick up the pace! Anyone who doesn't finish within the time limit will be expelled!"
Panting, Mo Yu gritted his teeth and quickened his pace again, though he was already getting tired.
Unfortunately, his foundation was far too poor. His soul power was nearly ten levels lower than that of the other students. Even as he gritted his teeth and ran as hard as he could, finishing a hundred laps was still a very distant prospect.
At his current speed, there was no way he could finish within the time limit.
Thinking of that, Mo Yu felt a little desperate.
He noticed that only one person was left running on the track. Among all the students, only Zhou Ji seemed to consider it necessary to make him run laps—and she'd expel him if he didn't finish.
Why had she singled him out and put him in this class?
If he'd been in another class, without such an unreasonable instructor, Mo Yu was confident he could have relied on his own effort to quickly break through the twentieth level, then awaken his second martial soul with the help of the heavenly materials and treasures.
By then, he really would have changed his fate against all odds!
But right now... he was very likely to get expelled because he couldn't finish his laps.
What's so funny?
After he was expelled from Spirit Academy, how was he supposed to keep up appearances and then face his brothers and sisters when he entered the Ouyang Family's academy?
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