"He Yao."
Su Xuan gave the newcomer a slight nod, polite but distant.
Everyone in Northern Heavens knew that He Yao admired Su Xuan.
Alas, the prince consort had designs, but the goddess was unmoved.
Su Xuan had never been interested in He Yao, and turned a blind eye to his advances.
Since word of the Heaven-Grade Mission got out, He Yao had repeatedly asked to join, but had been turned down every time.
"Looks like the last spot has gone to this young brother."
A strange-looking young man with long green hair gazed at Mu Chen with an easy smile.
Su Xuan knew He Yao had a gloomy disposition and hid a knife behind his smile.
Afraid he might offend Mu Chen on her account, she deliberately spoke up to warn him, her voice carrying a faint note of caution. "He Yao, this is our junior, Mu Chen."
"The new student who defeated Li Xuantong a few days ago?"
He Yao's expression shifted, and he reined in his brazen gaze.
He had been in secluded cultivation for the past few days and had only recently emerged.
He knew about the major events that had happened lately, but he had never met Mu Chen.
"Junior Mu Chen, I'm He Yao."
Now that he knew Mu Chen's identity, He Yao dropped his teasing manner and put aside his usual frivolity.
His words already placed Mu Chen on equal footing with himself.
That didn't mean He Yao was afraid of Mu Chen.
Many senior students believed He Yao was stronger than Su Xuan.
The reason He Yao ranked fourth on the Heaven Ranking while Su Xuan ranked third was entirely because he admired her and had deliberately yielded his place.
Ambitious by nature, He Yao had always tried to leapfrog Su Xuan