Eastsea Academy

Eastsea Academy, the highest institution of learning in Eastsea City.

The academy had an Intermediate Division and an Advanced Division. The Intermediate Division was part of compulsory education, charged no tuition, and accepted all school-age students from Eastsea City and its surrounding affiliated towns.

As long as they had a recommendation letter from a Primary Academy, they could enroll.

As for the Advanced Division, applicants had to meet certain requirements.

The program lasted six years. Upon graduating from Grade Six, those whose cultivation had reached three rings could advance to a higher academy for further study.

Its Mecha piloting program was among the best even within the Skysea Alliance, attracting countless students.

Following the short break after graduation from the Primary Academy, Eastsea Academy welcomed its new students.

At that moment, the entrance to Eastsea Academy was bustling with people.

Xu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan were surrounded by a group of senior female students.

"Such a handsome junior! Let your senior hold your... Ahem, I mean... let your senior show you around."

"This little junior must be your sister, right? Come on! I'll take you to the dormitory."

Faced with the enthusiasm of so many senior students, Xu Yue felt rather helpless.

Although Xu Xiaoyan wanted to stop them from getting close, there were simply too many of them. Her two fists could not fend off five, six, seven, or eight hands.

Damn it! Xu Xiaoyan, you're so weak. You can't even protect the person you like. You have to work harder from now on.

Just then, a voice that sounded like heavenly music to Xu Xiaoyan, yet brimmed with fury, rang out.

"What are all of you doing?!"

The angry words brought the scene to an abrupt halt.

When they turned around, they immediately quieted down.

That was because the newcomer was also famous throughout the academy.

It was Mu Xi, known as the genius forging girl of the Intermediate Division.

Ouyang Zixin and Xu Xiaoyan's older brother, Xu Xiaoyu, were beside her as well.

However, the distance between the three was clearly greater on Mu Xi's side.

"Hello, Senior Mu Xi!"

Mu Xi strode over in a fury, her beautiful eyes immediately sweeping over the female students.

"Is this how you welcome new students?"

Without another word, she took Xu Yue's hand and led the two of them into Eastsea Academy.

As Xu Yue entered Eastsea Academy, he could vaguely hear sighs coming from behind him.

"You really made quite the entrance, Sister Mu Xi." Xu Yue looked at the girl beside him and teased her with a smile.

"That's right. The way Sister Mu Xi stepped in to save us just now was so cool!" Xu Xiaoyan blinked as she praised her too.

"Of course!" Hearing their praise, Mu Xi raised her chin proudly. "You should ask around about my reputation at Eastsea Academy."

Xu Yue did know about that.

Ever since Mu Xi's Martial Soul had undergone a transformation under the influence of the Star of Eden,

her Soul Power cultivation and forging skills had both improved dramatically.

Mu Xi was now a fifth-year student in Eastsea Academy's Intermediate Division, with the Blazing Sun Martial Soul, thirty-seventh-rank Soul Power, and the title of third-rank forging master.

That was right, Mu Xi's Martial Soul was no longer the Radiant Sun.

Radiant merely meant shining, while the Blazing Sun was not only dazzling, but even more scorching than before.

The evolution of her Martial Soul had improved her cultivation talent, causing her cultivation speed to soar over the past two years, as though she were making up for all the time she had lost before.

Just then, a male voice tinged with suppressed emotion suddenly came from behind the three of them.

"Xiaoyan!!"

Hearing that familiar call, Xu Xiaoyan's smile froze, and she turned around blankly.

"Brother, why are you here too?!"

Xu Xiaoyan's words made Xu Xiaoyu, who was hurrying over, stop in his tracks. His face twitched slightly.

What did she mean... why was he here too?

He had been here the whole time, okay?

Beside him, Ouyang Zixin covered her cherry lips with one hand and secretly laughed at Xu Xiaoyu's expression before looking at Xu Xiaoyan.

"Xiaoyan, that wasn't very nice of you."

"Um... I understand, Sister Zixin!" Xu Xiaoyan's face reddened as she felt a little embarrassed.

"Brother, I'm sorry. I'll be more careful from now on."

"Brother Xiaoyu, long time no see."

Xu Yue spoke at just the right moment, breaking the somewhat strange atmosphere.

However, Xu Xiaoyu still looked somewhat displeased, though he nodded in response to Xu Yue's greeting.

As for this young man whom his father had all but chosen as his future brother-in-law, Xu Xiaoyu was quite satisfied with his talent, character, and everything else.

It was just that Xu Xiaoyu's gaze swept discreetly over Xu Xiaoyan and Mu Xi at Xu Yue's sides, and the corner of his eye twitched slightly.

This was the only thing he found fault with.

"Enough, enough!" Mu Xi waved at the two of them. "You two go do whatever you need to do. I'll take good care of A-Yue and Xiaoyan!"

With that, she led the two of them toward the dormitory building.

"Alright, stop staring. They've already gone far away." Ouyang Zixin looked at Xu Xiaoyu, who was still standing there, and spoke irritably.

"That's my sister!" Xu Xiaoyu said through gritted teeth, staring at the backs of the three as they left with deep sorrow and indignation.

"It's been so long, and you still haven't gotten used to it?!"

Ouyang Zixin looked rather helpless. "Don't they get along quite well? A-Yue wouldn't bully Xiaoyan!"

"But... that's my sister!" Xu Xiaoyu still sounded unwilling to accept it.

Ouyang Zixin rolled her eyes.

I get it! You siscon!

Under the guidance of the genius girl Mu Xi, Xu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan quickly finished taking care of everything.

When he opened the dormitory door, the familiar figures inside immediately made him stop.

"Jin Xi? Yangzi?"

"Brother Yue, you're here!" Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi both smiled when they saw Xu Yue arrive.

"Brother Yue! Me too!"

Xu Yue looked over at the voice and saw Wei Xiaofeng.

"What a coincidence?" Xu Yue said with a smile.

However, he understood that this was probably arranged by the academy.

He quickly made his bed, then looked at the three of them.

"Want to go eat together later?"

"Really?" Wang Jinxi's eyes lit up.

"Something's off." Zhang Yangzi shook his head seriously. "Xiaofeng, go check the door."

At his words, Wei Xiaofeng shot toward the doorway like a green shadow.

When Wei Xiaofeng came back, he spread his hands at Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi, wearing an expression that said, Just as expected.

"Senior Mu Xi and Sister Xiaoyan are waiting in the hallway!"

"Tsk, tsk, tsk..." Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi exchanged a glance and clicked their tongues. "We don't want to do something as awkward as being third wheels."

Back at the Primary Academy, Xu Yue had invited them out more than once.

But whenever Xu Xiaoyan or Mu Xi was there, the atmosphere made all three of them feel uncomfortable.

"Alright, then." Xu Yue shrugged helplessly. "If you're not going, forget it. See you in class!"