Enjoying the Show Feels Great, and It Keeps Feeling Great

Xie Xie, having secretly done something naughty, snuck a laugh as he turned his head back, only to find himself locking eyes with Wu Zhangkong.

Xie Xie guiltily averted his gaze.

Fortunately, Wu Zhangkong's eyes did not linger on him for long. She quickly turned toward the student who was sprawled on the floor in a sorry state, her lips parting slightly as she spoke in a tone so indifferent it lacked even a hint of emotion:

"In this world, there are no useless martial souls, only useless people."

"When you call others useless, think about what kind of person you are first. If you weren't useless, would you have been assigned to Class Five?"

Though her tone was calm, it made the entire classroom silent as cicadas in winter.

"Continue."

"My name is Zhou Changxi!" Zhou Changxi, sitting behind Tang Wulin, stood up from his seat with a "whoosh," shouting at the top of his lungs, "Martial soul, Great Strength Divine Ape, soul power level eleven! My goal is to become a power-type battle soul master!"

After a full round, it was finally Xie Xie's turn.

"My name is Xie Xie, martial soul Light Dragon Dagger, soul power level eighteen. My goal is to become an agility-type battle soul master."

As soon as the words left his mouth, they triggered a wave of gasps throughout the class.

A genius like Xie Xie should have been in Class One; why was he assigned to Class Five? For a moment, all sorts of whispers spread between the seats.

Xie Xie could not bring himself to feel proud.

The person on the podium was the true genius—a four-ring Soul Ancestor at the age of twelve. If not for that incident regarding Long Bing back then, the position of captain for this generation's Shrek Seven Devils would likely have changed hands long ago.

Wu Zhangkong's gaze remained cool and detached. After lingering on Xie Xie for a brief moment, she naturally turned to the next person.

After sitting down, Xie Xie began to stroke his chin and ponder again, his mind starting to wander.

Come to think of it, since Wu Zhangkong had turned into a woman, didn't that mean she and Long Bing were...

The lilies of my hometown are in bloom?

Once the entire class had finished their self-introductions, Wu Zhangkong spoke again: "Classes officially begin tomorrow. My teaching style is different from other teachers. If you are afraid of hardship, fatigue, or pain, then transfer schools as soon as possible, or find a way to switch classes. Those who stay, prepare yourselves mentally."

"Alright, class dismissed."

With that, Wu Zhangkong walked away, her white high-heeled boots clicking against the floor.

The moment Wu Zhangkong's figure vanished from the doorway, the previously deathly silent classroom instantly erupted. Discussions broke out one after another, most of them centering on their stunning yet icy new homeroom teacher.

"Xie Xie, let's go." Tang Wulin stood up and called out to Xie Xie.

"Coming!" Xie Xie took a brisk step to catch up with Tang Wulin.

The moment the two stepped out of the classroom, they found the entire corridor in chaos, and the direction Wu Zhangkong had left in was blocked by students from the higher grades.

"Tang Wulin! You're actually in Class Five?!"

A voice filled with surprise rang out beside them.

Tang Wulin turned his head to look, and a graceful figure was already before him. It was Liu Yuxin, the senior from the higher division who had brought him to the academy during enrollment yesterday.

"Se, Senior?"

Tang Wulin was a bit dazed for a moment. "Yes, my martial soul is Blue Silver Grass, so I was assigned to Class Five..."

Liu Yuxin waved her hand, so excited she was almost incoherent: "That's not what I meant! I'm saying, the Ice-Cold Goddess is your homeroom teacher, ahhhhh!"

"Ice-Cold Goddess?" Xie Xie leaned in from the side, looking interested.

"Yes, yes!"

In her excitement, Liu Yuxin didn't even care who Xie Xie was and blurted out: "You guys definitely don't know this, but Teacher Wu Zhangkong is our academy's number one beauty, though her personality is a bit cold. She used to teach us in the higher division, and we all really liked her!"

"Senior, according to you, why was Teacher Wu transferred to the Intermediate Division?" Xie Xie pulled a handful of melon seeds from somewhere to snack on, and casually stuffed some into Tang Wulin's hand.

In the original story, Wu Zhangkong had a violent conflict with the director of the higher division's teaching affairs office and even broke one of the man's legs, which was why he was demoted to the Intermediate Division.

But now that Wu Zhangkong had turned into a woman, shouldn't the plot have changed as well?

As a Chinese person, the instinct to gossip was carved into his DNA; even if the gossip was made of manure, he still had to take a few bites.

When this was mentioned, Liu Yuxin's expression became visibly indignant. "That's a long story..."

Seeing that Liu Yuxin was about to launch into a long-winded explanation, Xie Xie raised his hand to interrupt.

"Then please, Senior, keep it short."

Liu Yuxin pursed her lips. "It's just that the former director of our higher division's teaching affairs office, he liked Teacher Wu."

"At the time, he tried to pursue Teacher Wu so aggressively that it became a huge scandal; everyone in the academy knew about it. But Teacher Wu had no interest in him and rejected him many times, so he ended up flying into a rage out of shame."

"The commotion was huge back then; the two of them started fighting right in the higher division's teaching building. Many of us saw it with our own eyes!"

"And then? And then?" Xie Xie's eyes lit up as he listened.

He reached out instinctively to grab more, only to find that his melon seeds were already gone.

He turned his head to look at Tang Wulin, who was quietly holding the shelled melon seed kernels in his palm, ready to eat them.

Xie Xie: Secret Technique: Swipe!

With the hand speed of a man who had been single for twenty years, Xie Xie swiped the kernels from Tang Wulin's hand, swallowed them in one gulp without blushing or skipping a beat, and didn't forget to urge Liu Yuxin to continue.

Tang Wulin was clearly taken aback, then gave a helpless smile and simply started peeling melon seeds for Xie Xie.

"The ending was incredibly satisfying!"

Liu Yuxin looked left and right, and only after confirming no one was paying attention did she carefully lean in toward the two, lowering her voice with a hint of excitement:

"I heard that Teacher Wu directly broke that director's third leg! Hehe!"

"Serves him right!"

Xie Xie gave a thumbs-up on the spot.

Liu Yuxin lifted her chin triumphantly: "You bet."

"Let me tell you, Teacher Wu is the most amazing teacher in our academy! She's beautiful, has a great figure, teaches well, and her cultivation is high! She has six soul rings; she is a well-deserved Soul Emperor-level powerhouse!"

"Six... six soul rings?!" Tang Wulin's hands paused mid-peel, his face full of shock.

Xie Xie, however, looked calm.

After all, Wu Zhangkong had already been a six-ring Soul Emperor at eighteen, the most dazzling genius of that Shrek generation. The only reason she was still a six-ring Soul Emperor now was that a knot in her heart had caused her to stop cultivating for over a decade.

If she had kept cultivating, Xie Xie estimated, she would probably be touching the threshold of a Titled Douluo by now.

"So~" Liu Yuxin leaned in toward the two again.

"Could you please help your senior take some photos of the goddess?" Without another word, Liu Yuxin pulled out a compact Soul Guidance Camera and shoved it into Tang Wulin's hands.

"I'll leave the photos to you. I'm off, bye-bye!"

Tang Wulin stared blankly at the camera in his hands. "Senior, do we really have to take them?"

Liu Yuxin had already run a distance away, turning back to wave at them with a brilliant smile: "Of course I'm serious, bye-bye!"

Seeing a Soul Guidance Camera for the first time, Xie Xie was very interested. He snatched the camera from Tang Wulin's hands and fiddled with it. "Hey, how do you use this thing?"

Xie Xie frowned, his fingertips poking randomly at the camera screen.

A moment later, he tilted his chin at Tang Wulin: "Tang Wulin, come over and take a look. I've been trying to figure it out for ages—could this Soul Guidance Camera be broken?"

Tang Wulin didn't suspect a thing. Hearing this, he immediately leaned in, lowered his head slightly to stare at the camera, and began studying the buttons earnestly.

"Let me see... it should be this one, right?"

The moment Tang Wulin leaned in close, Xie Xie hooked his arm around him, pulling him right to his side, while his other hand swiftly pressed the shutter.

"Click—"

A crisp sound rang out, and a photo capturing the youthful spirit of the two was frozen in time.

Tang Wulin froze for a second before he realized what happened, looking at Xie Xie helplessly: "Xie Xie, you..."

Xie Xie held the camera up, shaking it triumphantly with a sly and flamboyant grin: "This is called winning by wit, baby~"

Hearing the word "baby," Tang Wulin's cheeks flushed red in a flash, and he instinctively turned his head away, not daring to look at Xie Xie again.

Seeing the tips of his ears stained a light pink, Xie Xie laughed even more mischievously, deliberately leaning in closer until his warm breath almost brushed against Tang Wulin's cheek:

"Oh my, is someone shy? Shy just from taking a photo?"

Tang Wulin scrambled backward, not knowing where to put his hands, and stammered: "Who, who's shy! Give the camera back to me, what if you break it..."

He reached out to grab it, but Xie Xie nimbly dodged backward.

Xie Xie held the camera up to review the photo he had just taken, clicking his tongue twice: "If I break it, I'll pay for it, alright? It turned out really well. Our looks are absolutely top-tier!"

Listening to his deadpan remark, Tang Wulin's heart inexplicably skipped another beat. He could only turn his face away and pretend to look at the scenery, though his earlobes grew even redder, and he didn't dare say another word.