Ye Xuan: A Heaven-Sent Opportunity! Lin Yuan, You Will Live in My Legend!

"No interest. Not going. Stop bothering me."

Lin Yuan rejected her with three crisp sentences, waved his hand, and prepared to walk around her.

"Hey, wait!"

Gu Ningxue hurriedly stopped him again.

She had known it—convincing this guy would not be so easy.

She Took a Deep Breath and threw out her trump card.

"Lin Yuan, I advise you to think it over. Before I came, the Principal said that if I couldn't persuade you, he might... personally contact Old War God Lin in the Northern Border."

Find my grandfather?

Lin Yuan's steps indeed came to a halt.

He slowly turned around, a trace of surprise appearing on his face.

Seeing his expression, Gu Ningxue was secretly delighted, thinking her "threat" had worked.

She could not help letting out a chuckle, teasing him with a touch of pride. "What? Scared? Let me guess—when you joined the previous All-School Competition, that must have been Old War God Lin's order too, right?"

In her view, the only person in the world who could make Lin Yuan, this salted fish, turn his life around was probably his legendary grandfather.

Yet after his initial surprise, Lin Yuan's expression became strange.

He looked at Gu Ningxue and suddenly smiled too.

"Ha ha..."

He laughed so hard he bent forward and backward, as if he had heard the funniest joke under heaven.

Gu Ningxue got a little creeped out by his laughter. Her lovely brows furrowed slightly. "What are you laughing at?"

"I'm laughing because the Principal and the others miscalculated."

Lin Yuan finally stopped laughing and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes. "If they really dare go looking for my grandfather, do you believe he'll personally break their legs?"

Gu Ningxue froze, her face full of question marks.

What kind of logic was that?

Seeing her utterly baffled look, Lin Yuan was in a great mood and kindly explained.

"Before I entered the competition, I made an agreement with my family's Old Man. As long as I took first place, I could lie flat however I wanted from then on."

"If anyone dared disturb me over such trivial chicken-feather-and-garlic-skin matters, he would personally step in and clear away the obstacles for me."

"So, do you understand now? If the Principal dares go complain, wouldn't he be walking straight into the muzzle of a gun?"

Lin Yuan spread his hands, looking utterly innocent.

Gu Ningxue was completely speechless.

She opened her mouth, only to find that she could not say a single word.

That worked too?!

She had tried to use his grandfather to pressure him, only for him to turn around and bring out his grandfather as a shield—and an upgraded, extra-powerful shield at that!

What kind of oddballs were this family?!

Seeing her adorably defeated expression, Lin Yuan nodded in satisfaction and turned to leave.

After taking two steps, he turned back again.

He waved at Gu Ningxue, who was still disheveled in the wind, and said in a highly approving tone:

"Besides, with you and a genius like Ye Xuan, our school will definitely bring home a grand slam. I won't join in and make a mess of things. Keep it up!"

Watching Lin Yuan's retreating figure, Gu Ningxue remained disheveled in the wind for a full Half a Minute.

"This guy..."

She really could not hold it in any longer and burst out laughing, trembling like a flower branch in the wind.

She shook her head, her face full of helpless amusement.

Afterward, Gu Ningxue did not delay any longer and headed straight for the Principal's Office in the academy administration building.

When she repeated Lin Yuan's statement—"My grandfather will break your legs"—word for word to the eagerly awaiting Principal and several academy executives, the entire office fell into an eerie Dead Silence.

The white-haired Principal froze with his thermos held halfway in the air.

The director in charge of academic affairs did not even notice his glasses had slipped down his nose.

The several Special Grade Mentors, usually stern and unsmiling, had expressions so spectacular that it was as though they had collectively swallowed a hundred flies.

"He... he really said that?" The Principal swallowed with difficulty, his voice somewhat dry.

Suppressing her laughter, Gu Ningxue nodded with complete sincerity. "Those were the Exact Words. I didn't change a single word."

"Outrageous! Absolutely outrageous!"

The Principal slammed the table in fury, blowing his beard and glaring as he cursed, "That brat! He's simply lawless! I... I..."

He stammered "I" for a long while, only to discover that he really had no way to deal with Lin Yuan.

Fight?

He could not beat him.

Scold him? Lin Yuan would not pay any attention.

Find his parents?

His family was even more protective of him—and protective in the literal, physical sense!

One mentor adjusted his glasses and bitterly summed up, "So... we wanted to use Old War God Lin to pressure him, but not only would this move be useless, it would trigger a 'rebound' and a 'critical hit' instead?"

The office fell silent once more.

Everyone felt that their worldview had been pinned to the ground and rubbed back and forth by the Lin Family grandfather and grandson.

In the end, the Principal helplessly waved his hand like a deflated balloon.

"Forget it, forget it! Let him do as he pleases! Without him, Dragon Summer Country Capital Martial Arts Academy can still win the championship!"

"Form the School Team immediately! Gather every top genius in our academy! I refuse to believe that without Lin Yuan, the earth will stop turning!"

Very soon, a brand-new School Team roster was announced to the entire academy through the Academy Internal Forum.

[Dragon Summer Country Capital Martial Arts Academy National University League Team Roster]

Captain: Gu Ningxue (Marrow Cleansing Realm Sixth Level)

Team Member: Ye Xuan (Marrow Cleansing Realm Second Level)

Team Member: Li Xuan'er (Marrow Cleansing Realm Third Level)

Team Member: Zhao Mang (Marrow Cleansing Realm First Level)

Team Member: Liu Yun (Marrow Cleansing Realm First Level)

...

The moment this roster came out, it immediately stirred up a huge uproar on the forum.

"Holy crap! Lin Yuan isn't on it! Young Master Lin really isn't participating!"

"I told you, he simply disdains participating in this kind of competition!"

"This lineup is strong too, okay? Goddess Gu is personally leading the team, and there's also Ye Xuan, that Super Dark Horse!"

"That's right! Although Ye Xuan is only at Marrow Cleansing Realm Second Level, his true combat power is definitely far beyond that! I'm betting on him!"

"Li Xuan'er is in it too. Tsk tsk, now this is interesting—his ex and current girlfriend... pfft, New Love and Old Love competing on the same team?"

Inside one of the academy's Advanced Gravity Training Rooms.

Ye Xuan stood bare-chested, steam rising from his sweat-soaked body as he frantically lifted a barbell weighing several thousand jin.

He saw the School Team roster pop up on the Optical Computer.

A flash of disappointment flickered past like lightning striking flint.

Being unable to personally defeat Lin Yuan on a stage watched by the entire nation was his greatest regret.

But in the next second, that disappointment was replaced by an even hotter, even crazier ambition!

Fine!

Lin Yuan, you arrogant bastard!

Since you were so conceited that you gave up this chance to make a name for yourself, then I'll gladly accept it!

Without you, that great mountain, pressing down on my head.

In this National League.

All the glory, all the praise, all the resources will belong to me, Ye Xuan, alone!

I will become the most dazzling light on this team!

I will lead them to the championship!

I will let all of Dragon Summer Country know.

Who was the one truly favored by destiny among the younger generation!

By then.

You, Lin Yuan, will only become a joke!

A backdrop living in my, Ye Xuan's, legend—one who missed the era because of cowardice and laziness!

"Hah!"

Ye Xuan let out a beast-like roar and violently raised the several-thousand-jin barbell above his head!

Blazing flames ignited in his eyes!

Girls' Dormitory.

Li Xuan'er looked at the roster, her heart filled with mixed emotions.

She and Ye Xuan had finally, rightfully and properly, stood together as teammates fighting side by side.

This had once been a scene she had dreamed of.

But now, she could not feel happy no matter what.

In her mind, Lin Yuan's indifferent gaze on the day of the competition and Ye Xuan's wretched figure kneeling on the ground and coughing blood kept surfacing uncontrollably.

That gulf...

Could it really be filled through hard work?

For the first time, she deeply doubted her choice.