New Friends

Qian Renxue sat down, closed her notebook, and was about to pack her things.

A hand reached out and poked her arm.

She looked up and saw a girl with her hair tied in a high ponytail standing by her desk.

Her facial features were well-defined, with thick, straight eyebrows and bright, expressive eyes, giving her an overall sharp and capable air.

"Lin Xue, right?"

The girl smiled, revealing a row of neat, white teeth.

"My name is Chu Xuan, and I'm the class monitor. I didn't have a chance to say hello during class."

Qian Renxue nodded. "Hello."

Chu Xuan stepped aside, revealing the girls behind her.

They swarmed around like a flock of sparrows, forming a half-circle around Qian Renxue's desk.

Let me introduce it to you.

Chu Xuan pointed to a tall, thin girl to her right. The girl's hair was cut very short, only reaching her ears, and she was wearing a gray training uniform.

"This is Su Jin, Agility Attack System Battle Spirit Master. Her Martial Soul is the Wind Falcon. Don't let her thin appearance fool you; when she runs, no one in the class can catch her."

Su Jin nodded to Qian Renxue, "Hello, Lin Xue."

"Hello."

Chu Xuan then pointed to a short girl on the left.

The girl was a head shorter than Qian Renxue, with a round face, a few freckles on her cheeks, and round-framed glasses perched on her nose.

She was holding a notebook with a "Observation Diary" label on the cover, and various colored strips of paper were tucked between the pages.

"This is Gu Xiaoman, our class's walking encyclopedia, a support-type Soul Master, Martial Soul is the Heart-Clearing Candle."

Qian Renxue asked curiously, "What is the function of the Heart-Clearing Candle?"

"Its effect is to increase the Soul Power recovery speed of teammates."

Gu Xiaoman adjusted her glasses. "Hello Lin Xue, your Martial Soul is a sword? What type of sword?"

"How long is the sword? Does it have any attributes?"

"I read in a book that Sword Martial Soul are divided into seven major categories and twenty-three subcategories: one-handed swords, two-handed swords, short swords, soft swords, heavy swords, lightsabers, and elemental swords. Which one are you?"

Su Jin reached out and pressed down on Gu Xiaoman's head, pulling her back slightly.

"Give them a break."

"It's nothing." Qian Renxue thought for a moment, "A one-handed sword, about three feet long, with Sacred Attribute."

Gu Xiaoman quickly opened her notebook, scribbled a few lines on it, and muttered to herself.

"One-handed sword, Sacred Attribute, otherwise average, but the Sacred Attribute is rare."

Chu Xuan smiled and shook her head, clearly used to Gu Xiaoman's behavior.

Just as she was about to continue speaking, a red head squeezed through the group of girls.

He was a red-haired boy, whose hair stood out conspicuously in the classroom.

"What a coincidence, my Martial Soul is also a sword?"

"Its name is the Blazing Fire Sword!"

He stretched out his right hand, and a sword with a completely crimson body came into view.

"My Blazing Fire Sword has a built-in fire attribute, so when I'm cutting someone, I can also burn them up as well."

Chu Xuan grabbed him by the back of his collar and pulled him back half a step.

"Gu Beichen, stay away from him, you're practically spitting in his face."

Gu Beichen stumbled slightly from being pulled, but he still smiled and winked at Qian Renxue.

"Lin Xue, from now on we are comrades-in-arms of the Sword Martial Soul."

"You are the Holy Sword, I am the Blazing Fire Sword. When we combine our swords, we will be invincible! What do you think? I've been thinking about this slogan for a long time, but I haven't found the right person to say it."

Chu Xuan slapped him on the back of the head. "Gu Beichen, who said you'd join forces with them? Are you asking for a beating?"

"Last time you told Zhang Tao that 'the combination of two swords is invincible,' but during the team battle you charged in alone, and Zhang Tao couldn't catch up and got ganged up on by three of them."

"You were having a blast cutting things up there, while Zhang Tao spent three days in the infirmary, and you still have the nerve to criticize me?"

Gu Beichen rubbed the back of his head. "That was a tactical mistake. Do you understand what a mistake is?"

"Furthermore, Zhang Tao's Martial Soul is dual swords, which doesn't match my Blazing Fire Sword at all."

"Lin Xue's sword and my Blazing Fire Sword complement each other perfectly; one is the main offensive weapon, and the other is the secondary offensive weapon. The opponent won't know which one to defend against..."

Chu Xuan slapped him again, but this time Gu Beichen dodged it.

Qian Renxue watched them playfully bickering, a smile playing on her lips.

In her past life, she never went to school, never played or laughed with people her own age.

She was very happy today.

Just as Qian Renxue was lost in thought, Xu Huanhuan suddenly reached out and tugged at Qian Renxue's sleeve.

"Xiao Xue, do you need to go to the restroom?"

Qian Renxue was taken aback, "Going to the toilet?"

She instinctively wanted to say "I'm not going," but before she could finish speaking, she heard a scream from beside her.

Gu Beichen had just escaped from Chu Xuan's clutches and was squatting on a chair, panting.

What class is next?

Chu Xuan said, "Your favorite teacher, Zhao Wuji's practical training class."

Upon hearing this, Gu Beichen let out a wail, "It's that old gorilla's class again! Help!"

"What's the rush? As long as you can get through his training, it's actually quite comfortable."

"Although Teacher Zhao's training is rigorous, he never lets anyone do anything beyond their limits."

"If you feel you can't go on, he'll stop. If you feel you can still manage, he'll increase the dosage. The key is to let him see that you've really tried your best."

Gu Beichen turned to look at her, "Do you think everyone is like you? You can run thirty laps without even breaking a sweat, while I'd be dead after twenty."

"Last time, Teacher Zhao asked me to do weighted squats. My legs started shaking after the 510th one. He said to do another 100, and I just collapsed to the ground. He said I had to finish them even if I had to lie down."

"Su Jin, you're a monster, we're just ordinary people, we're different."

Su Jin shrugged and did not refute.

Qian Renxue listened to their excited discussion about Zhao Wuji's class, shook her head and smiled.

"Let's go, Huanhuan, we need to use the restroom."

"Let's go, let's go!"

Then, Chu Xuan followed and casually pulled Gu Xiaoman along.

Su Jin didn't need anyone to pull her along; she leisurely followed at the back, her hands in the pockets of her training uniform.

Five girls walked out of the classroom and headed down the corridor toward the restrooms at the end of the corridor.

Chu Xuan walked in front, saying as she went, "Lin Xue, does your family support your schooling?"

"Going to provide support? What's wrong?"

"Wow, your family is so kind. My family wouldn't let me come to the Martial Soul Academy, so I ran away by myself."

Qian Renxue glanced at her. "Sneaking away? Why didn't your family let you come? Martial Soul Academy is the best Soul Master Academy on the continent."

Chu Xuan smiled bitterly, "My family is poor, and they think girls don't need to be Soul Master; they should just stay home and be good wives and mothers."

"Fortunately, the Spirit Hall provided subsidies, and with the money I had saved over the years, I was able to successfully go to school."

Xu Huanhuan raised her eyebrows. "What era are we living in that you still have this kind of thinking?"

"Our Spirit Hall's Pope is a woman, so your family members are even more powerful than the Pope?"

No, not at all.

Su Jin suddenly spoke up, "If your family saw your current Soul Power Level, they probably wouldn't think that way."

"Of course, once I become Titled Douluo, I'll go back and give them a shock."

The girls all laughed.

As Qian Renxue walked among the group of people, listening to their conversation, a question suddenly came to mind.