I Want to Stand By His Side

Yet even after Huo Yuhao finished his lengthy opening remarks, the audience still had not come back to their senses. It was as if their souls had been hooked away; each of them stared at him blankly, their expressions dazed.

Huo Yuhao waited for a moment, and the smile on his face was almost becoming impossible to maintain. Left with no choice, he gave two dry coughs and moved on to the next part.

"Cough, cough. Next, I'll call out each student's name. When your name is called, please come up to receive a number tag from me, then give a brief introduction of yourself..."

As he spoke, he flipped his hand, and a pink number tag appeared in it, marked with the number one.

"Let's start with the female students. After introducing yourselves, please proceed to the platform on the right side of the arena and take your places."

Unlike the Sea God's Fate event at Shrek Academy in his previous life, where students had to rely on their own abilities to seize positions for themselves, this event was arranged purely according to the order in which each student had joined the inner courtyard. Although status in the inner courtyard was likewise determined by strength, the point of this event was for everyone to get to know one another. There was no need to make it so charged with hostility.

"First, Han Ruoruo."

Once he began calling names, the crowd below finally stirred. A tall, slender woman with gentle features hurriedly rose to her feet and walked stiffly toward the stage. She was Han Ruoruo, who had had some dealings with Huo Yuhao in his previous life.

Seeing this renowned Soul Sage of the inner courtyard now looking so reserved and shy, laughter rose and fell from the