First Day of Class

The next day at dawn.

[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: Good morning, good morning.]

[Revenge Girl: Meng, you're up so early?]

[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: Aren't you the same? I was originally still cultivating, but who knew my brother would come over first thing in the morning? He kept pounding on the door, woke me up, and insisted on asking where I got my medicinal pills.]

[Revenge Girl: Didn't you just buy 50 of them? You guys also have 25 pills from the rating, eating three in one night is already the limit, right?]

[Dong'er is Not a Girl: Heh, truly the Pill-Popping Empire. Finishing 20-plus pills in a day or two, that's impressive. Just try not to die from it.]

[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: If I die, I'm taking you with me!]

[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: No, my brother just had to show off, and as a result, the pills were so effective that Grandpa confiscated them to study.]

[Revenge Girl: ...]

[Tang Ya: Ha~ everyone is so active this early in the morning.]

[Grilled Fish Girl: Well, today is the first day of class after all. To prevent being late and giving that homeroom teacher a chance to expel us, we had to wake up this early.]

[Dong'er is Not a Girl: That's right.]

[Dong'er is Not a Girl: @Chu Mo, are you awake? Let's go to the classroom together.]

[Tang Ya: He isn't awake yet, I'll go wake him up.]

[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: ...]

[Revenge Girl: That sentence has a lot of information, hey.]

[Tang Ya: We're just using Xiao Lv to cultivate, but we aren't in the same bed. I slept on a floor mat last night, don't overthink it.]

[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: Oh~]

[Revenge Girl: Oh~]

[Chu Mo: What's with the "oh"?]

[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: Haha, Group Leader, you're awake.]

[Revenge Girl: We were just sighing, it's nothing.]

[Chu Mo: Heh.]

Watching the two of them give their awkward explanations, Chu Mo looked helpless and rubbed his eyes.

After finishing the group chat and exiting, Tang Ya looked at Chu Mo with a smile, placing both hands over her lips. She covered her laughing face, trying her best not to let out a sound.

"Go wash your face and wake up. Today you are entering the Old Witch's class. Yu'er and Dong'er are right; if you're late, you might get expelled. Even if she sees you're strong and doesn't expel you, she'll put pressure on you to make an example of you. You'd better be careful."

"Mm."

Chu Mo stretched his back and walked off the bed toward the bathroom.

Tang Ya withdrew her gaze and focused on Xiao Lv. Watching the round, chubby Xiao Lv slowly approach, she restrained her hand from reaching out to pet it and looked it up and down.

"What a strange Martial Soul. Not only can it speed up cultivation, but it can actually speed up the absorption and circulation of medicinal pills."

Feeling the progress of her cultivation from last night, she felt she could level up again today.

Xiao Lv, on the other hand, didn't care about being scrutinized at all. Having finished its night of cultivation, it slowly shrank down and learned from Chu Mo by raising its hands to stretch.

Afterward, it reached behind its back and took out the fruit it had traded its body for yesterday.

"Ha~ oh." Crunch, crunch.

"Xiao Lv, do you really like eating fruit?"

Tang Ya had seen Xiao Lv several times, and every time, she could see it holding an apple or eating one. She slowly lay down in front of it, gently swinging her lower legs, and asked sweetly.

For this little cutie that could help her become stronger, Tang Ya's favorability was quite high. If it really liked eating them, she could buy some on the way.

Although hidden weapons were being suppressed by Soul Guidance Devices and couldn't get ahead, there was one point where they could compare to Soul Guidance Devices: ordinary people could use them too, so crafting some in her spare time was still profitable.

She wasn't wealthy, but she wasn't poor either.

Hearing what the other party meant—that she seemed to be preparing delicious food for it—Xiao Lv nodded vigorously.

Looking at its cute appearance, Tang Ya's heart softened, and she subconsciously raised her hand to pet it.

"Heh, you're quite the glutton. Alright, then I'll buy you lots of fruit tonight."

Hearing there would be fruit, Xiao Lv restrained its urge to dodge and let her touch it.

Petting the round body, the temperature transferred to her palm, and only one feeling remained in her mind.

Cool. Tang Ya felt very comfortable.

"Hehe, Xiao Lv, can I give you a hug?"

"Gulu!"

Xiao Lv shook its head rapidly. It wouldn't let anyone hug it until it saw the fruit.

"Fine."

Tang Ya didn't force it, resting her cheek on her arm while her other arm stroked Xiao Lv's body.

He kept stroking it like that until the bathroom door slid open.

"What are you doing?"

Chu Mo frowned. While washing his face just now, he had felt his face being touched repeatedly and had thought a ghost was haunting him!

"Hmm, just getting close to Xiao Lv."

Tang Ya withdrew her hand, turned her head, and replied calmly.

"Oh."

Since he had already been touched, what else could he do? He couldn't exactly touch her back.

"Right, Xiao Lv, give the medicinal pill to Ya'er."

A blue and green pill appeared in Xiao Lv's hand and was placed in front of Tang Ya.

Holding the pill in her hand, Tang Ya was a bit confused and asked curiously.

"What is this?"

Chu Mo replied while tidying his clothes.

"I can't deliver the pill during class today, so I need to trouble you to give it to Jiang Nannan. Just tell her it's medicine for her illness, and she will understand."

"Alright, nothing else, we'll be heading out first."

Chu Mo retracted Xiao Lv and checked if she had anything else she wanted to ask.

"No, I'll go deliver it right now."

Tang Ya squeezed the pill in her hand and nodded earnestly, naturally understanding the weight of this pill; it concerned the life of Jiang Nannan's mother.

Seeing that Chu Mo had nothing more to say, he turned and left. Not to mention that he had to get to class, even if he didn't, he couldn't just stand here forever. Tang Ya was wearing a nightgown, and she would need to change before going out; he couldn't just watch her change.

Just as he stepped out, a soft voice came from the room to his right.

"Good morning, Brother Chu Mo."

Huo Yu'er was still a bit shy, stepping out on tiptoes.

While she was like that, Wang Dong'er beside her was not; she held her neck high and looked at Chu Mo with her nostrils flared as usual.

"You didn't do anything to Sister Ya Ya, did you?"

Since the other party was dressed in men's clothing, Chu Mo didn't want to bicker with her, so he ignored her directly and greeted Huo Yu'er instead.

"Good morning."

"Hmm?"

Before Huo Yu'er could respond, Wang Dong'er blew up first.

"I'm asking you a question!"

It was morning, and everyone was heading out for breakfast or preparing for class, so there were quite a few people in the hallway. This shout made everyone look over.

Huo Yu'er's face turned bright red instantly, and she tugged on Wang Dong'er's arm, hoping she would lower her voice.

"Wang Dong..."

"Of course not, stop letting your imagination run wild."

Chu Mo frowned and flicked Wang Dong'er on the forehead.

"Ouch~"

It didn't hurt, but Wang Dong'er cried out instinctively.

"You, you, you just wait."

After saying that, Wang Dong'er turned and fled, and anyone who didn't know better would have thought someone was bullying her.

Chu Mo's mouth twitched as he turned to look at the blushing Huo Yu'er beside him.

"Alright, don't mind her. We're all heading back to the classroom anyway, so it's the same whether she leaves early or late; it saves her from making such a racket."

"Mm."

Too many people were watching Huo Yu'er. Having experienced things like this before, her voice trembled slightly as she responded.

It wasn't until they left the Freshman Dormitory building and no one was watching that Huo Yu'er finally calmed down.