Gu Yue's Uniqueness

Although Gu Yue's appearance had come somewhat sooner than expected, it still aligned with the original story's development. Yun Chen did not pay much attention to it. Especially after noticing that Gu Yue had no intention of acknowledging them, he stopped watching what was happening over there.

In Yun Chen's mind, although Na'er had not gone to Tang Wulin's side because of her relationship with him and Xu Xiaoyan, that should not have affected Gu Yue. Perhaps, for the early Gu Yue, her rationality and responsibility toward the Spirit Beast race had led her to choose the Golden Dragon King bloodline within Tang Wulin. Yet Yun Chen had never considered that Gu Yue's unwillingness to acknowledge them was because the impact of her memories left her unable to understand certain human emotions.

When Gu Yue approached Wu Zhangkong, Ye Yingluo, Class One's homeroom teacher, seemed to stir. Her gaze repeatedly drifted toward Class Five, as though she could not wait to go over there. Yun Chen took note of this behavior. Connecting it to the original plot, this woman was quite the "talent" when it came to being love-struck. Unfortunately, Wu Zhangkong carried an insurmountable knot in his heart. Other than the late Long Bing, no woman could enter his heart.

In the original story, if not for how highly he regarded Tang Wulin and the others, as well as his guilt toward his teacher Zhuo Shi and Shrek Academy, he might never have untied that knot for the rest of his life. Yet it was precisely because he did untie it that his cultivation soared, allowing him to become a Super Douluo and a Four-Word Battle Armor Master. During the final battle against the Holy Spirit Cult and the Abyss, he personally killed his enemy, Dark Hummingbird.

While Yun Chen was lost in thought, Wu Zhangkong had already arranged a spar between Gu Yue and Xie Xie. From that point on, Xie Xie embarked on a lifetime of being beaten and intimidated by the Silver Dragon King, as well as serving as Tang Wulin's accessory.

Yun Chen's impression of Xie Xie as a character was somewhat negative. As for that guy's accomplishments, in Yun Chen's view, they amounted to shamelessly clinging to Yuanen Yehui as her simping dog until he finally won the beauty's hand, right?

But Yun Chen truly disliked what that guy did throughout the entire story. Peeping on girls while they bathed—though the absurd work-study student rules of Shrek Outer Court were partly to blame, peeping was still peeping. No excuse could change that. Yet Tang Wulin had somehow whitewashed the matter to some extent through his joking around. Not to mention Xie Xie's mouth; it was even less likable.

However, Yun Chen had never intended to get involved with the protagonist group, so he naturally had no plans to approach them on his own. In his view, his interactions with Tang Wulin and the others would perhaps only remain within this period in Class Zero at Eastsea Academy. In the future, when they met again, they might even be enemies.

As for recruiting Tang Wulin and turning him into a sharp blade against Tang San in the future, Yun Chen had never considered it. After all, he had no cheat ability and could not deal with the divine consciousness within Tang San. In his view, if he had the chance, simply killing Tang Wulin outright would be far more practical than spending so much effort trying to win him over.

"Brother, look! That girl is so amazing," Xu Xiaoyan's voice suddenly rang out beside him.

Coming back to his senses, Yun Chen looked toward Gu Yue and Xie Xie's spar. Seeing Xie Xie continuously attacked and restrained by four elements, suppressed so thoroughly that he did not even have a chance to get close, he nodded lightly. "She really is impressive. A Martial Soul capable of controlling so many elements should be the first of its kind on Douluo Continent, shouldn't it?"

Their conversation drew Zhang Yangzi and the others' attention. They had been watching the spar as well, and after witnessing Gu Yue's strength, they all felt as though their horizons had been broadened.

"Damn, Xie Xie isn't weak either. His speed may not compare to mine, but it's still pretty fast. Yet he got suppressed so badly that he didn't even get a chance to approach her. That shows just how formidable that girl is," Wei Xiaofeng commented. Though he was praising Gu Yue's strength, he was still subtly putting down Xie Xie to elevate himself, leaving the others somewhat helpless.

"Hard to deal with," Wang Jinxi also remarked. He was a strength-type battle Soul Master. If he faced Gu Yue, the outcome would likely be even worse than Xie Xie's.

Zhang Yangzi alone offered no opinion. It was not because he was uninterested; rather, he was silently calculating whether he could defeat Gu Yue if he used Dark Canopy to obscure her vision before launching an attack.

The spar between Gu Yue and Xie Xie soon ended. After witnessing Gu Yue's strength, Wu Zhangkong formed a plan. Although he had told the students, "Even if you are trash, I will teach you until you become the strongest among your peers," he knew perfectly well that most of the students assigned to Class Five would never amount to much. Perhaps many of them would be stuck at some bottleneck, unable to advance any further.

During his earlier observations, he had seen Tang Wulin's resilience. Combined with Xie Xie, a genius with Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power, he believed that if anyone in Class Five could achieve something in the future, it would only be those two.

But even if Tang Wulin's Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul had mutated, it could not make up for Blue Silver Grass's innate disadvantages. Not to mention that in this era where Battle Armor Masters were everywhere, Blue Silver Grass's ability to control a battle was very limited.

But after seeing Gu Yue, many ideas arose in his mind. After all, he had come from Shrek Academy, and unlike Yu Xiaogang back then, he did not think himself so proud that he looked down on everyone else. As a teacher, Wu Zhangkong was far more dedicated.

He wanted Gu Yue to join his class and form a three-person team with Tang Wulin and Xie Xie for the upcoming Class Promotion Tournament. That was Wu Zhangkong's plan at the moment, so after learning some basic information about Gu Yue, he took her letter of recommendation to Long Hengxu to handle her enrollment procedures.

After Wu Zhangkong left, Ye Yingluo, Class One's homeroom teacher, followed him as well. It seemed this woman might have some ideas of her own, though it was unclear what she intended to do.

Once the two teachers left, the students from both classes on the field naturally relaxed. Class Five's students especially so—they had been running laps the entire time! With Wu Zhangkong gone, they naturally began slacking off. After all, they were still children under ten years old. Who could expect them to remain disciplined at a time like this?

"Sigh, I wonder when our class's practical combat lessons will begin. I really want to test my skills against you guys," Wei Xiaofeng said.

Ever since learning Yun Chen and the others' Soul Power levels, Wei Xiaofeng had wanted to spar with them. He had coveted the title of Class One's strongest for a long time. Unfortunately, Ye Yingluo had not held any practical combat lessons, so they had not had an opportunity to fight.