"You did very well just now. Your timing and control were both excellent."
Su Mo looked at Xu Xiaoyan's starry-eyed expression and did not hold back his praise.
"Really?"
Hearing Su Mo's evaluation, Xu Xiaoyan widened her watery blue eyes and eagerly sought confirmation.
While working with Tang Wulin, she had been nervous the entire time, terrified of making a fool of herself in front of Su Mo.
Now that she had received Su Mo's approval, the taut string in her heart finally relaxed.
"Of course."
Su Mo nodded earnestly, his tone full of certainty.
Even Wu Zhangkong had acknowledged Xu Xiaoyan's performance this time. That alone showed how well she had done.
"Hehe~"
Xu Xiaoyan was overjoyed by Su Mo's praise. Her eyes curved into thin crescents, and a faint smile hung on her lips. She looked like a kitten whose owner had gently stroked its fur, completely content.
"Xu Xiaoyan, why did you suddenly decide to transfer to our academy?"
Pretending not to know, Su Mo asked why Xu Xiaoyan had transferred.
Su Mo actually knew a little about Xu Xiaoyan's background.
Xu Xiaoyan was the most pampered little princess of the Eastsea Xu Family. Her family could not bear to let her suffer, so they had not allowed her to pursue the path of a Soul Master and had instead kept her in ordinary schools.
Even so, reaching Rank 17 at the age of ten made Xu Xiaoyan an undeniable little prodigy.
Xu Xiaoyan's transfer into Class Zero this time seemed to be because her Martial Soul had mutated, making her unsuitable for an ordinary academy any longer.
As for the Eastsea Xu Family behind Xu Xiaoyan—
It was a colossal force that had occupied Donghai City for nearly a thousand years. Its influence had seeped into