"I am too, I am too..."
As soon as Ning Tian spoke, Wu Feng and Nanmen Yun'er immediately caught on and shouted as well.
"Transfer classes!"
"Transfer classes!!"
"I'm transferring to Class One!!!"
"..."
With the three girls making such a fuss, the students of Class Nine, who were already fuming, immediately started shouting too.
Their voices grew louder and louder, and the commotion kept escalating.
Zhou Yi began to panic.
She hurriedly glanced at Jiang Yang, as though she wanted to read something in his expression.
For example, whether Jiang Yang had organized this disturbance with everyone in secret to get back at her.
But.
Obviously.
There wasn't the slightest extra expression on Jiang Yang's face. He didn't even respond to her gaze.
From beginning to end.
Jiang Yang had regarded Zhou Yi as nothing more than a small puddle of dirty water.
"Students—"
"Students! Listen to me for a moment!!"
Although Mu Jin and Zhou Yi didn't get along at all, she wasn't going to stand by while the students potentially rioted.
Of course.
That didn't mean she was letting go of her chance to target Zhou Yi.
"I understand how everyone is feeling right now!"
"But—"
"Transferring classes is a major matter, after all. Everyone should think it over carefully. If!"
"If you still want to change classes in the end, then go to the Academic Affairs Office and submit an application to the teacher in charge."
"I believe that as long as your requests are reasonable, the Academy will give you a positive response!"
"Now—"
"Let's turn our attention once again to today's main character—Jiang Yang!"
With that.
Mu Jin promptly drew everyone's attention back to Jiang Yang.
Aside from genuinely taking pride in Jiang Yang, she was mostly trying to divert everyone's attention.
That would keep anyone from taking her words out of context.
After all, she had seemed to calm the crowd, but in reality, she had told the students the proper procedure for transferring classes.
If everyone in Freshman Class Nine went around shouting that they wanted to transfer, even if not a single one of them succeeded, that would still be more than enough to make Zhou Yi suffer.
Although this might look like kicking someone when they were down, in the end, Zhou Yi had brought it on herself.
"Senior Brother, you're so handsome! Could I get your autograph?!"
"Senior Brother, do you have a girlfriend?!"
"Senior Brother, how about me? I'm big where I should be, and small where I should be..."
Several lovestruck girls immediately squeezed their way toward Jiang Yang.
A few of them were indeed quite generously endowed, and looked pretty good.
They were also wearing low-cut camisole tops.
The sunlight shone on them, like spots on a wild animal, only a different color.
"Hey—"
"Everyone, make way! Senior Brother isn't dating anyone right now!"
Seeing this, Wang Dong immediately stepped in front of them.
Xiao Xiao seemed to catch on a little late, but hurriedly stood on Wang Dong's other side. "That's right, that's right! Senior Brother's tired. He should head back and rest!"
"What did you just call me?"
Jiang Yang deliberately raised an eyebrow at Wang Dong and smiled faintly.
As far as he could remember, this was the first time Wang Dong had called him that in front of so many people.
"Huh? What!"
Wang Dong's pretty face flushed. She hurriedly let her eyes wander, looking everywhere but at him.
"Heh."
Jiang Yang smiled faintly but didn't call her out.
But when Wang Dong saw that smile, she couldn't help recalling how Jiang Yang had seemingly seen her naked in the dormitory before.
Her face turned even redder.
"Hmph!"
"I'm not talking to you!"
"Hey? Wang Dong—where are you going?!"
With a soft huff, Wang Dong shoved past Xiao Xiao, her face scarlet, and ran off to the side.
Xiao Xiao, who had been blocking the lovestruck girls in front of them, couldn't help asking in confusion.
But.
Obviously, Wang Dong had no intention of answering her.
"Teacher Mu Jin, if there's nothing else, I'll go study in the Soul Tool Department."
Jiang Yang didn't pay much attention to the girls swooning over him. Instead, he spoke directly to Mu Jin.
Mu Jin immediately straightened up, adopting a posture that made it seem as though she were speaking to a superior.
She smiled at once. "Of course, of course. Jiang Yang, go ahead and focus on your studies in the Soul Tool Department. I'll personally handle everything that comes next, including how to get Dai Huabin to pay up the winnings and class funds, and how to deal with the rest of the matter. Then I'll write up a list for you to review. How does that sound?"
"Mm."
Jiang Yang nodded, then left.
Everyone else remained behind, slowly savoring what they had just witnessed—the events that felt so unreal, yet had truly unfolded right before their eyes.
For the next ten-odd days, Jiang Yang didn't return to the Martial Soul Institute to study, and he rarely even set foot in the Inner Court.
He devoted himself entirely to research in the Soul Tool Department.
As the incident from more than ten days ago continued to spread, its impact grew more and more far-reaching.
To save Zhou Yi's job, Fan Yu solemnly swore that he would teach Jiang Yang every bit of Soul Tool knowledge he possessed.
Seeing that Fan Yu really was a promising talent, and worrying that their previous wager at the Sea God Pavilion might end in failure, Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er ultimately decided to speak up for Fan Yu again at the Sea God Pavilion.
That was how Zhou Yi avoided being expelled from Shrek Academy.
With the three of them teaching him painstakingly, combined with Jiang Yang's already peerless talent in Soul Tools.
Jiang Yang instantly became a Level 3.5 Soul Engineer.
But since he had already created the Core Array required for a Level 4 Soul Tool, it was only a matter of a day or two before he advanced to the ranks of intermediate Soul Engineers.
"In just a little over ten days!"
"Ten days! Jiang Yang actually managed to create such a perfect Core Array for a Level 4 Soul Tool!!"
"The word 'genius' doesn't even begin to describe this. He's a monster!"
Holding the Level 4 Core Array Jiang Yang had made, Fan Yu couldn't help praising him.
Forget someone who had only started learning to be a Soul Engineer a little over ten days ago.
Even Soul Engineers who had studied for more than a decade might not have reached this level.
"Not bad. Looks like our earlier estimate that he'd become a Level 9 Soul Engineer at twenty-three or twenty-four was still too conservative!"
"Hahahahahaha..."
Qian Duoduo toyed with the coin in his hand, laughing with great satisfaction.
Xian Lin'er beside him nodded too, a trace of yearning even appearing in her expression.
She said, "In just a little over ten days, he didn't just reach the level of a Level 3.5 Soul Engineer, almost Level 4. His Soul Power Level also rose by two ranks."
"Jiang Yang has an Ultimate Martial Soul. He's a Soul Master, and he advanced by two ranks in ten days without taking any pills. Is he even human?"
"An eleven-year-old, Level 37, three-ring Soul Elder—unheard of!"
"Exactly—"
"If I remember correctly, throughout the history of the Douluo Continent, Jiang Yang is the only one to have done it."
As Xian Lin'er marveled, an old man came over, eating a chicken leg in one hand and drinking from a wine gourd in the other.
For a senior who never visited without a reason, and who was extremely biased toward the Martial Soul Department.
His visit today.
Was obviously for Jiang Yang.
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