"By the way, have you started learning the Law-Breaking Fist I gave you?"
"Uh, I haven't had the chance yet."
"Are you busy every day?"
"Not really."
"Seems like you don't like the book I gave you. Then give it back. I gave you a book, and somehow it's brought me a whole slew of rumors..."
"It's not that I don't like it. I just haven't had the chance to study it yet, but I definitely will."
"You're being perfunctory. Were you this perfunctory with your ex-girlfriend, too?"
"No."
"So you were very patient with your ex-girlfriend?"
"No, I mean, I've never had a girlfriend."
"Oh."
After several rounds of conversation,
Ye Xiao felt that if this were a trial,
he might already have been battered beyond recognition.
While the two were chatting,
Ye Xiao noticed
that the upperclassmen at the front of the line, as well as those behind him,
were staring at them with strange looks.
Apparently,
they had recognized the two of them.
"One's an E-Grade profession's good-for-nothing, and the other's the newly corrected SSS-Grade profession's campus belle from this morning. They're worlds apart. How are they standing in line together, chatting?"
"No way! The SSS-Grade genius girl is actually dating the Martialist everyone calls a good-for-nothing?"
"Oh my God! Just kill me now. What a wild plot twist!"
"Probably not. Someone looked into it. Su Muyun is single. She's never dated anyone, not once in her life. She's never even held a guy's hand."
"So Ye Xiao, that shameless piece of trash, is deliberately pestering Su Muyun?"
"Must be. Ye Xiao's shamelessly clinging to Su Muyun. He probably thinks she's easy to bully because she's so kind."
"..."
At that moment,
Ye Xiao sighed helplessly and said to Su Muyun,
"Looks like we'd better keep some distance."
He had already heard the rumors spreading around them.
Su Muyun smiled teasingly.
"Ye Xiao, you've got quite a few bad rumors surrounding you."
Ye Xiao sighed.
"I don't even know who I've offended. Why does everyone hate me so much?"
"If you stay too close to me, people will start rumors and misunderstand."
"How about this? You keep your place in line. I'll go to the back and start over."
With that, Ye Xiao left the spot behind Su Muyun and headed to the very end of the line.
Su Muyun watched him walk away.
The corners of her beautiful lips lifted slightly.
"This blockhead is kind of interesting."
Ye Xiao joined the line again.
After he and Su Muyun split up,
the rumors around them died down.
He was finally able to enjoy some peace and quiet.
When Ye Xiao finally reached the front of the line,
he saw Old Man Black sitting at the entrance to the Gravity Cultivation Tower, basking in the sun.
As soon as Old Man Black saw Ye Xiao,
he said, "Ye Xiao, you're here."
Ye Xiao nodded and deftly took out homeroom teacher Zhou Ming's Gravity Training Card.
Before he could hand it over,
Old Man Black said,
"You work fast, kid."
"Knew I was right about you."
Ye Xiao froze.
"Old Man Black, I'm not sure what you mean."
Old Man Black drawled,
"You trying to play dumb?"
"This morning, I told you to win over that Su Family girl. And this afternoon, you've already brought her to the Gravity Training Tower?"
"Who knew you had such good luck with women? Let's hope she's not trouble."
"As for the Tiger Sun Pill, we'll call it even."
Hearing that, Ye Xiao could only offer a helpless, rueful smile.
"Old Man Black, it's not what you think."
"Su Muyun and I just happened to run into each other here."
Old Man Black waved a hand.
"What's there to be shy about? You're dating. What's so embarrassing about kissing?"
"When I was young, if I liked a girl, I'd just confess."
"If she said yes, I'd kiss her. If she said no, I'd move on to the next one."
Ye Xiao was dumbfounded.
"Old Man Black, you were that bold when you were young?"
"How many girls did you kiss?"
Old Man Black sighed.
"Just one. Then she had me wrapped around her finger, and I could only kiss her for the rest of my life."
Ye Xiao couldn't help laughing.
So this old man was actually complaining that he hadn't kissed more girls?
Why did he seem like such an old lecher?
Just then,
Ye Xiao heard someone running up behind him.
He turned around and saw
a student wearing the Alchemy Academy's uniform.
The student ran over to Old Man Black,
then took out a large jar and set it on the table in front of him.
"Old Man Black! Our dean personally told me to bring this over to you. It's a whole jar of Tiger Sun Pills—there are a thousand inside!"
"Our dean also said that we might not have enough of the other pills, but there are plenty of Tiger Sun Pills!"
"But, Old Man Black, at your age, you shouldn't need Tiger Sun Pills. Why did you ask our dean for so many all at once?"
At that, Old Man Black's face turned red.
He'd noticed Ye Xiao glaring at him in shock!
Ye Xiao stared at the huge jar of Tiger Sun Pills.
There were a thousand of them!
But just that morning,
Old Man Black had used one of those Tiger Sun Pills to pull a fast one on him!
At the time, Ye Xiao had thought
the Tiger Sun Pill must be an incredibly precious medicine.
Old Man Black had given it to him, and he'd been so touched he'd nearly cried.
And now he was being told
that Tiger Sun Pills weren't worth much at all!
The Alchemy Academy could make them by the handful!
"Old Man Black, you'd better give me a reasonable explanation!!!"
Ye Xiao glared at Old Man Black through clenched teeth.
Old Man Black coughed awkwardly.
"Ahem, well... The Tiger Sun Pill I gave you really was the last one I had on me. And it was specially supplied by the Alchemy Academy. Tiger Sun Pills aren't sold to the public, so it's not like I lied to you."
The upperclassman who'd delivered the pills sensed something was off and quickly made himself scarce.
Old Man Black looked rather embarrassed.
He hadn't expected his little secret to be exposed so soon.
"How about this? I'll give you another hundred hours in the Gravity Cultivation Tower."
"Let's just pretend this never happened, okay?"
As soon as he finished speaking,
Ye Xiao shook his head decisively.
"No."
Old Man Black's temper flared.
"Hey! You brat, why can't you take a hint?"
"I've already offered you compensation. What more do you want?"
"Do you think it's not enough?"
Ye Xiao added,
"I want Tiger Sun Pills, too!"
"Deal!"
Old Man Black agreed without a moment's hesitation.
Now it was Ye Xiao's turn to stare.
He was a little stunned. He'd thought Old Man Black would haggle with him.
He hadn't expected him to agree so readily.
Since Old Man Black had agreed,
Ye Xiao opened the jar, intending to grab a handful and stuff them into his pocket.
After all, he'd already experienced the effects of the Tiger Sun Pill.
It was remarkably effective at restoring strength and energy!
Just as Ye Xiao reached in to grab some,
Old Man Black spoke up.
"What, you think I'm trying to cheat you, or that the Alchemy Academy's dean is?"
"You don't believe these are Tiger Sun Pills? Think someone slipped in fakes?"
"You're opening the jar to check what's inside? Who do you think you are, looking down on us like that?"
Ye Xiao was speechless. He opened his mouth to explain.
How else was he supposed to take the Tiger Sun Pills without opening the jar?
But Old Man Black said,
"Get lost! Take this jar inside and start training! Quit hanging around me. You're giving me a headache!"
Now Ye Xiao understood completely.
Old Man Black thought Ye Xiao wanted the entire jar of Tiger Sun Pills.
But Ye Xiao had only meant to grab a handful.
They'd both misunderstood each other in their own way.
And this misunderstanding had landed right in his lap!
He'd be a fool to turn down a freebie!
Once he caught on,
Ye Xiao silently put the lid back on the jar.
Then he carried off all one thousand Tiger Sun Pills.
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