[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: Hahaha, I think I've figured out who this Revenge Girl is!]
[Revenge Girl: ?]
[Xiao Who Plays the Flute: Who?]
In a classroom at Sun Moon Imperial Academy.
Meng Hongchen lifted her little chin, the corners of her mouth slowly turning up as she took pride in her own cleverness.
[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: The group owner said we should get more discussion going in the Group Chat. Based on what was just sent over, one person is me and another is Dong'er, both members of the chat. Now we have two choices: the story and experiences of Yu'er or Ju Zi.]
[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: The only people in the Group Chat whose identities we don't know are Cat and Revenge Girl. But Revenge Girl said she's at the same academy as me, which means she's from the Sun Moon Empire. So Cat is ruled out, and that leaves Revenge Girl!]
[Revenge Girl: Waaah, Meng, please spare me! I'm your senior, after all!]
[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: (⑅•ᴗ•⑅) Hmph.]
[Revenge Girl: Waaah, nooo!]
The touching moment hadn't even lasted halfway when—
[Revenge Girl: By the way, does that pill you mentioned earlier still count?]
[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: Of course it doesn't. I figured it out on my own, and besides, you're going to be the Empress in the future. Your status will be way above mine. Why would you care about a few measly pills?]
[Xiao Who Plays the Flute: Oh, so you're from the same academy. Still, I think becoming a god is more tempting than becoming an empress. I choose the first option.]
[Dong'er is Not a Girl: Me too. I want to see how Yu'er becomes a god.]
[Grilled Fish Girl: Me too.]
[Revenge Girl: Then I'll choose the first one too. I want to see who Yu'er, who has the same goal of revenge as me, is taking revenge on.]
Chu Mo was the group owner, so he couldn't vote.
Tang Ya was busy cultivating and had no time to vote.
Zhu Zhuqing wasn't absent; she had chosen to abstain.
At this rate, the other option was losing four to one, with no chance of winning. Meng Hongchen shook her head helplessly.
[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: All right, all right. I'll see what this becoming a god thing is about too.]
Five votes had gone to the first option.
The result had been within Chu Mo's expectations. After all, becoming a god was more enticing than becoming an empress.
[Chu Mo: The result is in. I'll try to edit the video as quickly as I can. Make sure you learn from it, and don't let the Group Chat distract you from things in the real world.]
[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: But this class is so boring! My grandpa could teach me all this.]
There was no helping it. She still had to compete in the Spirit Master Tournament, so she needed to get along with her teammates. It wouldn't do to focus only on Soul Tools by herself.
But arrogant Meng looked down on anyone she could beat.
And as for looks, there was no need to mention them. She'd just seen Wang Dong'er, and even knowing the other girl was female, she had still been captivated.
She wasn't impulsive enough to pursue her, but the sight had certainly raised her standards.
[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: @Revenge Girl, Senior Ju Zi, why don't you come find me? Just say you need to talk to me, and we can go study Soul Tools together.]
[Revenge Girl: Meng, you're making this hard for me. I'm your senior. How can I help you skip class?]
[Dong'er is Not a Girl: Exactly. How can you put her in that position?]
[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: I'm not skipping class, of course. I'm going to do something more meaningful.]
[Xiao Who Plays the Flute: Is that the art of language?]
[Chu Mo: 666]
She could make skipping class sound so utterly reasonable. That was impressive.
Chu Mo gave her a thumbs-up, then waited a little longer. When nothing else came up, he left the Group Chat to edit the video.
There were quite a lot of videos about Huo Yu'er, since she was the protagonist. If he started from the beginning of her growth, he wouldn't need to pick anything else, because everything else could be reflected in those videos.
So he still needed to choose carefully. Otherwise, he wouldn't hold their interest, and without activity points, how could he level up? Once he finished, he should be able to level up.
The morning was spent running. This time, everyone wore iron suits. Quite a few people collapsed from exhaustion and couldn't even stand until they had been treated. Their legs still shook like sieves.
"Ow."
Chu Mo had suffered plenty too. Without the pills, he might have collapsed on the ground, with not a shred of dignity left.
"Good, very good. No one was expelled today. Excellent. Go change in the dormitory, then come back to the classroom."
Zhou Yi still had a deeply wrinkled face. She maintained her smile and her composure, with her hands clasped behind her back.
Little did she know that Wang Dong'er had already spent at least four pages of the Group Chat cursing her. She was drenched in sweat too, and as a girl with a cleanliness obsession, she was ready to kill someone.
Yesterday, she'd only worked up a little sweat; she could just wipe it off. But wearing an iron suit today had been unbearable. She felt like the sweat had practically pickled her!
Huo Yu'er and Xiao Xiao hadn't fared much better. One was malnourished, the other a little girl, and they had only managed to finish the run thanks to the pills.
[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: Heh. Shrek Academy has really shattered my illusions. It's just awful. If it's this bad, why not come to our academy instead? You wouldn't have to run every day, just do the occasional test.]
Watching the complaints flood the chat, Meng Hongchen couldn't understand. If she hated it so much, why not leave?
A genius like her would be welcome anywhere. And hadn't she said her family had two Limit Douluo to help her? Why not just go back?
[Revenge Girl: Meng's right. Running every day to push your limits and improve your physical strength isn't ideal. You can only get the results you want by soaking in a medicinal bath afterward.]
[Dong'er is Not a Girl: I really don't like Shrek's teaching methods, but I'll never join the Sun Moon Empire.]
[Xiao Who Plays the Flute: ...]
[Chu Mo: Yeah, I'll leave, but not now.]
[Dong'er is Not a Girl: What? You want to leave the academy and go to the Sun Moon Empire?]
[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: Oh? You're really coming? I'll save a good spot for the group owner. How about being my junior?]
[Chu Mo: ...]
[Chu Mo: Of course not. Staying here is meaningless, but going to the Sun Moon Empire wouldn't mean much either. I have a goal of my own to accomplish.]
[Xiao Who Plays the Flute: What goal? Maybe I should leave with you, big brother group owner. This training really doesn't seem right for me.]
[Chu Mo: I won't talk about my goal until I make progress on it. I haven't decided when I'll leave yet, either.]
[Dong'er is Not a Girl: Are you going to find some woman?]
As they walked toward the dormitory, the three of them went the same way. Along the way, he could feel Wang Dong'er glaring at him several times.
"Don't get the wrong idea. They're just some thoughts, and besides, I really don't think I can learn much at the academy."
"But this is only the second day of classes. It's too early to draw conclusions. Shouldn't you stay a few more days and see how things go?"
Wang Dong'er rolled her eyes and spoke with obvious displeasure.
"I, I think so too?"
Huo Yu'er hadn't been able to get a word in, but now she timidly added her agreement.
"Yeah, I never said I'd leave now. I just said I hadn't decided yet."
Chu Mo nodded. The two of them would be valuable allies in the future, so there was no harm in telling them. But he had no lead yet, and there was no point in saying more, so he let the topic drop.
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