"Everyone is welcome."
Hearing his cool, jade-clear voice, Gu Yuena was slightly dazed, her smile stiffening.
For some reason, when she heard Xia Linyuan say, "Everyone is welcome," a sudden sense of disappointment welled up in her heart, leaving her feeling rather unsettled.
Perhaps it was because, after all these years of working together, Xia Linyuan still didn't truly trust her.
"You really do see through everything and know how to make use of it all." Gu Yuena gathered up her disappointment and forced a smile as she teased him.
Xia Linyuan said coolly, "The only thing in this world that never changes is self-interest. That so-called compassion is the cruelest tool in the world. It only makes the weak wait foolishly for the strong to save them, rather than saving themselves."
Gu Yuena couldn't agree with his views. "There are always exceptions."
"Very few. At least among the people I've met, I could count them on one hand."
His words left Gu Yuena speechless.
Gu Yuena opened her mouth, about to say something, but Zhou Yi had already entered with Xia Linyuan's Inverted Clone. "This afternoon, we're having a class on identifying Spirit Beast ages."
After glancing at Xia Linyuan's indifferent expression, Gu Yuena sighed inwardly and walked to her seat.
Meanwhile, on Sea God Island—
"Ugh..." Ma Xiaotao, dressed in red, groaned and slowly opened her eyes.
"Xiaotao, you're awake." Seeing that Ma Xiaotao had finally come around, Yan Shaozhe finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He had been worried that Nyarlathotep might not know his own strength and had hurt Ma Xiaotao so badly that she couldn't compete in next year's Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
After all, Ma Xiaotao was Shrek Academy's trump card for winning next year's Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite