Xiao Xiao: I Still Need to Work Hard

This round-robin tournament was very easy for Xiao Xiao's team of three.

Even though their coordination was not particularly good, with Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection Sharing, they could still handle groups that were equally lacking in teamwork.

"Class Nine's Wang Dong'er team has won one match."

After announcing the result, Wang Yan recorded it in the document in his hand.

On the other side, Ouyang Junyi and his two teammates helped each other up from the ground. Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao had both held back.

They were not injured, but they felt deeply humiliated. They had been defeated without even releasing a single Soul Skill. For children their age, that was simply far too embarrassing.

Wang Yan looked at Xiao Xiao's group. He was extremely interested in Huo Yuhao's martial soul and Soul Skill. Huo Yuhao had clearly released his martial soul just now, yet nothing around him had changed.

There was also Xiao Xiao's martial soul, which had mutated into the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron, and Wang Dong'er's Light Goddess Butterfly, which he had never seen before in his life.

Wang Yan felt that he would probably be able to gather quite a bit of information from this batch of students.

Especially that Huo Yuhao.

As a senior teacher qualified to teach Inner Court students, Wang Yan considered himself fairly accomplished in martial soul theory.

Yet even so, Wang Yan had failed to determine what Huo Yuhao's martial soul was just now. Still, he believed that over the coming period, he would definitely be able to figure Huo Yuhao out through his own theories.

Wang Yan did not take the initiative to question Huo Yuhao until all three matches had ended.

The Freshman Assessment round-robin tournament only had this one match in the afternoon on the first day. On the second day, there would be two rounds of assessments in both the morning and afternoon, for a total of four rounds.

By the third day, every group would undergo five rounds of assessment, after which the round-robin tournament would end.

Thus, the round-robin tournament lasted only three days. Such frequent combat was still very difficult for these students.

Just as Xiao Xiao was about to leave with Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er, she unexpectedly spotted Chen Yuan in the Assessment Zone, walking toward her.

So upper-year students could come watch the Freshman Assessment?

Or had Senior come specifically to see her?

What a pity he had not come earlier. He had missed her performance in the match.

For a moment, all kinds of thoughts flooded Xiao Xiao's mind. Seeing Chen Yuan also made her very excited, and she wanted to share the joy of her victory with him.

Thus, after training with Chen Yuan for three months, Xiao Xiao charged toward him at a speed that did not suit her level at all, then very skillfully grabbed the corner of his clothes.

This was a habit she had developed over the past three months. Whenever she could no longer run, Chen Yuan would make her grab his clothes, then pull her along for several dozen more meters, sometimes even a hundred.

In Chen Yuan's words, this was called improving a little each time and accumulating progress bit by bit.

Chen Yuan had meant running and cultivation, but Xiao Xiao did not see it that way. Today, she could tug at his clothes; tomorrow, she could openly hold his hand outside of cultivation time!

Xiao Xiao, believe in yourself. You can definitely do it!

Xiao Xiao silently encouraged herself.

But that action left both Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er beside her somewhat stunned.

Huo Yuhao was fairly familiar with Chen Yuan. Because of Bei Bei, they often saw each other. But he had never expected Chen Yuan to be connected to his teammate, and judging by the situation, it was not a simple connection.

Wang Dong'er was merely surprised, but she did not say much. After all, she was not particularly familiar with either Chen Yuan or Xiao Xiao.

"Brother Chen Yuan, why are you here?"

"Teacher Wang Yan asked me to help record some information. I finished recording today's material, so I came to deliver it to him."

"Ah?!"

Xiao Xiao's world collapsed. She had thought Chen Yuan had come to see her, but the budding feelings in the young girl's heart were ruthlessly pressed back down by him.

After patting Xiao Xiao's head in consolation, Chen Yuan walked over to Wang Yan and handed him the notebook.

"Teacher Wang Yan, one pair of twins has hair as their martial soul. Other than that, the information I recorded should all be available in the academy library."

"A hair martial soul? A Body Martial Soul. That really is rare."

Wang Yan briefly flipped through Chen Yuan's notebook. Although he felt that the records in it still had many shortcomings, they had already reached the level of many ordinary teachers in Shrek's Outer Court.

Smiling, Wang Yan nodded and looked at Chen Yuan with a little more approval.

"You recorded things well. Pay special attention to those twins. The academy has far too little research on Body Martial Souls, so they can provide some useful material for the academy."

"Alright. Then, Teacher Wang, I'll come again tomorrow morning."

"Mm, go on."

Xiao Xiao looked at Chen Yuan curiously. Chen Yuan was already a Fourth Grade student, so why did he still have time to help a teacher?

Did he not need to attend classes?

Seeing Xiao Xiao's confusion, Chen Yuan felt that this was not something he could not talk about.

"After reaching Fourth Grade, and after several years of study, some people also choose to join the Soul Tool Department. Starting from Fourth Grade, all Outer Court students of the Martial Soul Department are divided into only two classes."

"One is the Battle Soul Master Class, while the other is the Tool Soul Master Class, which includes the Food System, Support System, Healing System, and so on."

"Classes also become much fewer. There are probably only two days of classes per week, while students cultivate on their own for the rest of the time."

Besides, they were already upper-year students. Unless someone managed to defy fate, in most cases, it had already been decided who could enter the Inner Court.

There were still some classes in Fourth and fifth grade, though the number was relatively reduced. But by Sixth Grade, there might not even be a single class in an entire week.

This gave students more time to cultivate by themselves, allowing them to have better odds whether they were taking the Inner Court examination or graduating from the Outer Court.

The specialized knowledge for each department was completed in the first two years. What came afterward was all rather miscellaneous knowledge.

Those who wanted to study had already finished most of their coursework in the earlier years. If necessary, they could also seek guidance from teachers they knew well.

After hearing Chen Yuan's explanation, Xiao Xiao understood why he had time to appear here.

"Brother Chen Yuan, are you busy tomorrow afternoon? If not, could you go for a walk with me?"

"Tomorrow afternoon? I should be free. Then we can take a walk after your assessment ends tomorrow, provided your stamina can keep up."

"Definitely no problem! It's settled, then. You're not allowed to go back on your word."

Xiao Xiao hurriedly agreed. Her anxious appearance was exceptionally cute, as though she feared Chen Yuan would change his mind.

As she followed beside Chen Yuan, she secretly glanced at him.

Ever since they had successfully unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Xiao Xiao had felt that she wanted to be closer to Chen Yuan, craving his scent.

Yet Chen Yuan showed no reaction whatsoever to her approach. Sometimes, Xiao Xiao even wondered whether his mind was completely filled with cultivation.

Moreover, according to Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi, Chen Yuan had always been quite popular in Shrek's Outer Court. She was already the girl with the best relationship with Chen Yuan.

That made Xiao Xiao feel that she was still full of hope.

They had a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. That was the right timing.

They cultivated together often. That was the right place.

All that remained was the right people. Xiao Xiao felt that if she still could not win Chen Yuan over with such a huge lead, she might as well smash her head into a block of tofu.

I, Great Emperor Xiao Xiao, will use every method I have learned from storybooks over the years. I will definitely win over Brother Chen Yuan.