Gu Yue

As an Auxiliary Soul Master, there was nothing wrong with practicing the Body Sect secret art, Flawless Golden Body, to protect himself, right?

Ji Fengyu's body was a little hard.

duang~~

So when Zhang Yangzi crashed into his Wing Shield Cocoon, it was a disaster. He smashed his head open and bled,

then plummeted straight down, like a bird hitting a pane of glass.

"Big brother!! Mm...?"

Wei Xiaofeng, who had already turned back to rescue Ji Fengyu, cut off his shocked cry halfway through.

What was this?

The agility attack-type Zhang Yangzi had tried to assassinate Ji Fengyu, but Ji Fengyu hadn't dodged at all. He'd met him head-on, and Zhang Yangzi had been the one knocked down?

But even if he was stunned,

he still had to strike while the iron was hot and finish him off.

Wei Xiaofeng immediately used Green Shadow Devour, kicking Zhang Yangzi while he was down.

Whoosh!

Ye Yingluo hurriedly rescued Zhang Yangzi, her face filled with delighted surprise. She hadn't expected an Auxiliary Soul Master to have such strong defenses!

Was it because of his Beast Martial Soul, or his Dragon Martial Soul?

An Auxiliary Soul Master with a Beast Martial Soul was a rare sight. Sure enough, he was extraordinary!

"Damn it, I let my guard down!"

Zhang Yangzi was frustrated. As an agility-control type, he was already rather fragile, and he hadn't expected Ji Fengyu to be so tough. He'd thought he could pull off a brilliant carry kill, only to make a fool of himself instead.

"Heh heh, Jin Xi, give up!"

"You're no match for me now."

Before, Wei Xiaofeng would of course have been no match for Wang Jinxi. But now he had the Rainbow Dragon helping him!

With his strength and attack boosted, and Ji Fengyu providing support from the air, the outcome was all but decided.

"Ah, I give up."

Wang Jinxi looked at Ji Fengyu and Wei Xiaofeng, then at Zhang Yangzi, who had been taken out of the match, and shook his head.

Zhang Yangzi had lost too quickly.

Otherwise, they might not have needed to use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but they would still have had a chance to fight.

There was nothing they could do. He moved slowly and couldn't fly yet, so Zhang Yangzi was the only one who could go after their opponent's carry.

Besides,

Wang Jinxi felt that he couldn't bring himself to make an enemy of Ji Fengyu.

When he was with Ji Fengyu, his whole body had felt warm, his spirits had lifted, and everything had gone his way.

But the moment he felt even the slightest hostility or fighting spirit, his Bone Dragon King Martial Soul became afraid, and his Soul Power grew difficult to circulate, as if he were committing some terrible transgression.

Wang Jinxi was absolutely certain that he couldn't make an enemy of Ji Fengyu.

At the same time, Zhang Yangzi's defeat wasn't entirely a bad thing. At least, it had shown them that Ji Fengyu wasn't an easy Auxiliary Soul Master to take out.

"Switch teams for the next round."

"Ji Fengyu and Wang Jinxi, one team."

"Zhang Yangzi and Wei Xiaofeng, the other."

After confirming that Zhang Yangzi was all right, Ye Yingluo rearranged the four students.

"Teacher, we forfeit!"

But this time, the match hadn't even started before Zhang Yangzi and Wei Xiaofeng forfeited.

With the two Dragon Martial Souls on the same team, they had no chance of winning at all!

The Rainbow Dragon was way too biased!

"Teacher, they're both Dragon Martial Souls, so they're naturally close. With Big Brother boosting Jin Xi, Jin Xi's strength can double. We can't fight them."

Zhang Yangzi wore a bitter expression, with a touch of envy in his voice.

He used to be Jin Xi's best friend in the whole world.

But ever since Big Brother showed up, something seemed a little off...

"Is that really true?!"

Ye Yingluo was both astonished and delighted. A situation like this usually meant they had a Martial Soul Fusion Skill!

Could these two students have a Martial Soul Fusion Skill?

There was no need to keep testing them, then.

Ji Fengyu and Zhang Yangzi were both excellent fliers, so those two couldn't be on the same team.

And the results of teaming Ji Fengyu with Wei Xiaofeng or Wang Jinxi were already clear.

Obviously, Ji Fengyu could play an absolutely decisive role!

"You can go rest for now."

"Your teacher has something to take care of and will be away for a while. Help keep an eye on everyone while they run laps."

Ye Yingluo was burning with excitement. She couldn't wait to report what she'd found to the director of studies.

A major discovery!

Though it had only been a match, Ji Fengyu's excellence was already plain to see. Even at the legendary Shrek Academy, he would have been an upper-tier student!

No wonder he was so proud. He had every reason to be!

Watching Ye Yingluo hurry off in a flurry, the four of them exchanged glances, then dutifully took on the job of supervising their classmates as they ran laps.

Running laps was brutal, but it wasn't them who had to run...

Eastsea Academy's Office of Academic Affairs.

"Ji Fengyu? That's no surprise."

"He's a genius ranked twenty-eighth on the Youth Genius Ranking. When you teach him from now on, just follow his lead completely."

After hearing Ye Yingluo's report, Director of Studies Long Hengxu wasn't surprised.

He even told Ye Yingluo outright to leave Ji Fengyu alone.

The power behind a genius like that was beyond anything they could imagine. He didn't need Ye Yingluo telling him what to do.

In Long Hengxu's view, no one at their academy was qualified to teach Ji Fengyu except Wu Zhangkong.

Maybe Ji Fengyu had come here specifically for Wu Zhangkong.

After all, other than Wu Zhangkong, Long Hengxu couldn't think of a single reason Ji Fengyu would come to their little backwater.

"The Youth Genius Ranking?"

Ye Yingluo was stunned. She hadn't expected Ji Fengyu to have an even more impressive background than she'd imagined.

She had no objections to Long Hengxu telling her to leave Ji Fengyu alone.

A prominent name on the Youth Genius Ranking had deigned to come to a backwater like theirs. If she went around telling him what to do...

Knock, knock!

Someone knocked on the door of the Office of Academic Affairs.

"Come in."

Long Hengxu called out, and Wu Zhangkong walked in, carrying a letter from Gu Yue.

When Ye Yingluo saw Wu Zhangkong, her pretty face visibly darkened.

Long Hengxu, meanwhile, looked troubled.

Speak of Cao Cao and he appears. He'd just been thinking about Wu Zhangkong and Ji Fengyu.

"Director, I'll be going."

After glaring at Wu Zhangkong in exasperation, Ye Yingluo hurried out.

Wu Zhangkong didn't even spare her a glance. He simply went about handling Gu Yue's matter.

"There's no problem with Gu Yue's situation."

"But I have another file here that you need to look at."

Long Hengxu looked over Gu Yue's letter, then set it aside. Compared with Gu Yue, he was more concerned about Ji Fengyu.

"All right."

Wu Zhangkong took the file Long Hengxu handed him and glanced over it. His pupils trembled, and his expression turned serious.

Rainbow Dragon Ji Fengyu,

a rising star on the Youth Genius Ranking—what was he doing here?

"Wu Zhangkong, after the Class Promotion Tournament, how would you feel about taking Ji Fengyu under your wing?"

This was the best teaching staff Eastsea Academy could offer.

"I have no problem with that."

Wu Zhangkong put down the file, his expression returning to calm, though his thoughts wandered off somewhere, impossible to tell where.

"Ahem, Wulin, let's go find Brother Ji."

After Gu Yue had given him a thorough beating, Xie Xie felt a little gloomy. He decided to find Ji Fengyu during the break and cheer himself up.

He'd noticed that whenever he was with Ji Fengyu, he felt better.

And after being won over by Tang Wulin over the past few days, he no longer cared so much about Tang Wulin's grudge over the broken bowl. The two of them had become a pair of brothers in misery instead.

The Golden Dragon King's aura was just too powerful.

"Didn't you say before that the geniuses in Class One and the deadbeats in Class Five weren't the same kind of people?"

Tang Wulin looked at him strangely.

"That was before. Heh heh, now I'm a deadbeat in Class Five too, so let's forget I ever said that."

Xie Xie shamelessly defended himself, then dragged Tang Wulin along.

He felt a little awkward about going to find Ji Fengyu alone.

Xie Xie was too embarrassed to go by himself, so having Tang Wulin along made it much easier.

"Fine, then."

Truthfully, Tang Wulin also wanted to go.

"Who are you going to see?"

"Who's Brother Ji?"

Gu Yue suddenly appeared between the two of them, startling them so badly they both jolted.

"Damn it, Gu Yue, are you trying to scare us to death?!"

Xie Xie clutched his chest and glared at Gu Yue in annoyance.

Gu Yue ignored Xie Xie and stared straight at Tang Wulin, waiting for his answer.

"Brother Ji is a friend we met when we signed up. He's in Class One."

"Xie Xie says he's a genius on the Youth Genius Ranking, too."

Tang Wulin hadn't thought much of it. He wasn't vain, but he was still proud to be friends with Ji Fengyu.

"I'm coming too."

Gu Yue stared straight at Tang Wulin.

"If you want to come, then come along."

Tang Wulin found Gu Yue a little irritating, but he was too embarrassed to refuse her, so he agreed, even though it left him feeling uncomfortable.