Xie Xie didn't realize what happened. He tilted his head, looked at Tang Wulin's suddenly white face, and blinked in confusion.
"Wulin? What's wrong with you? You look so bad. Did you get hurt by Shenxiu just now--"
Tang Wulin stood up suddenly and put his hands on Xie Xie's shoulders.
Xie Xie was startled by his actions, said "Hey" and his eyes widened.
Tang Wulin looked at Xie Xie with an unprecedented serious expression.
"Brother."
"Ah?"
"Today next year, I will bring your favorite roast duck to see you."
Xie Xie's brain short-circuited for 0.5 seconds.
"What coming year? What roast duck? What are you talking about--"
Tang Wulin had already retracted his hand, turned around and ran away.
His speed has never been so fast. Golden Dragon King Bloodline was used to the extreme at this moment, his legs were like springs, and he rushed to the door of the training ground after a few ups and downs. He didn't even have time to open the door, he directly knocked open the door frame and rushed out, disappearing at the end of the corridor.
Xie Xie was stunned.
He squatted in the corner, looking at the direction in which Tang Wulin disappeared, his mouth slightly opened, and his brain was still processing what happened in those few seconds.
Then he felt a gust of wind.
It's not a draft, but something colder, heavier, and oppressive, like the change in air pressure before a storm.
Xie Xie swallowed.
His neck was like a rusty gear, turning backwards one by one.
Gu Yue stood three steps behind him.
Her long black hair automatically floated without wind, slowly floating under the agitation of Soul Power, like seaweed swaying in the depths of the sea, or like some kind of deep-sea creature stretching its tentacles. There was no warmth in her black eyes, and the smile-like curve at the corner of her mouth disappeared, replaced by a calm and suffocating expression.
The lights of the training ground were behind her, stretching her shadow very long, like a mountain about to topple.
Xie Xie's brain finally completed the calculation.
He remembered what he had just said.
Licking the dog.
The kind they talk about in TV series... licking dogs.
His face changed from normal to pale, then from pale to livid, and finally settled on a twisted expression between crying and laughing.
"Ancient...Gu Yue..."
Xie Xie's voice is trembling.
Gu Yue spoke.
Her voice was not loud, and her tone could even be called calm, but every word seemed to be squeezed out from between her teeth, with a kind of tenderness that made people's scalp numb.
"Xie Xie."
"Here... here!"
"It seems that the actual combat test with Shenxiu just now did not satisfy you?"
Gu Yue tilted his head very lightly, like a cat sizing up a mouse.
"Why don't you let me weigh you?"
Xie Xie The muscles on his face twitched, and he forced out a smile that was uglier than crying.
"Sigh."
His voice was as sharp as if someone was strangling him. "But... can we reconcile?"
Gu Yue's mouth finally curled up.
It's not a laugh, it's a pronouncement.
"At this moment--"
Her hand put on Xie Xie's shoulder, and her fingers tightened slightly. Xie Xie could feel the temperature of that hand - neither cold nor hot, normal human body temperature, but he felt like he was wrapped around a snake.
"Xie Xie Are you kidding me?"
Xie Xie's shoulders began to shake.
Gu Yue raised her other hand. The fire element condensed in her palm, getting brighter and hotter, and the moisture in the air was evaporated. Xie Xie felt like she was being baked against an oven.
"Hey! Eat me--"
Gu Yue The fire element in her palm suddenly exploded, and a blazing flame took shape in her hand, rotating, compressing, and expanding, like a miniature sun.
"Fire Dance Whirlwind!"
Xie Xie let out the loudest scream in his life.
The flames exploded in the training ground, and the heat wave spread in all directions. Xu Xiaoyan stood at the back and was blown back several steps by the heat wave. He covered his red face with both hands and stared at the scene in front of him in stunned silence.
She had just joined Class Zero less than a day ago, and she had already seen three - no, strictly speaking, two and a half - battles in a row.
Game 1: Zhong Shenxiu fights four of them alone and crushes them.
The second game: Zhong Shenxiu and Wu Zhangkong competed, Six-Ring Soul Emperor's jaw was numb.
Game 3: Gu Yue beat Xie Xie violently.
Xu Xiaoyan swallowed and took two steps back.
She suddenly felt as if she had come to a very dangerous place.
Xie Xie rolled in the flames. Several holes were burned into his school uniform, and his hair was curled and burned, exuding a burnt smell. He screamed and rolled on the ground, trying to put out the flames on his body.
"I was wrong! I was wrong! Gu Yue I was wrong!"
Gu Yue stood there with his hands folded in front of his chest, looking at Xie Xie who was rolling on the ground expressionlessly.
"What's wrong?"
"I shouldn't have called you a licker!"
Gu Yue raised his eyebrows. "Huh?!"
"No no no!"
Xie Xie slapped the sparks on his body and shouted, "No, no! Gu Yue is Class Zero's eldest sister. You are the person I, Xie Xie, admire the most in my life!"
Gu Yue's expression relaxed slightly, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and then he pressed it back forcefully. He looked at Xie Xie's embarrassed appearance: three holes were torn in the school uniform, his hair was curled into a ball, and there was a piece of ash on his face. He finally withdrew his hand.
"Okay."
Xie Xie felt like he was being pardoned, lying on the ground breathing heavily.
Gu Yue looked down at him and added lightly, "Next time you say something like this again, I'll let you try Ice and Fire Dual Heaven."
Xie Xie shook his head wildly. "No, no, no, never!"
Gu Yue said "hum", turned around and left.
Her shiny long ponytail swayed slightly behind her, and she walked calmly, as if nothing had happened.
Xie Xie lay on the ground, looking at Gu Yue's leaving figure, heaving a long sigh of relief.
He turned over and faced the sky, staring at the ceiling of the training ground, his chest rising and falling violently.
"Tang Wulin..."
He shouted feebly.
No one responded.
"Tang Wulin You traitor..."
Still no one responded.
Xie Xie closed his eyes and felt that the first friend he made in his life might be a fake friend.
Xu Xiaoyan stood at the back, hesitated for a long time, and finally trotted to Xie Xie, squatting down and looking at him.
"Xie Xie classmate, you... are you okay?"
Xie Xie opened his eyes and glanced at her.
"Do you think I'm okay?"
Xu Xiaoyan took a serious look at his face - curly hair, dust on his face, holes in his school uniform... and then shook his head honestly.
Xie Xie closed his eyes again.
"Xu Xiaoyan."
"Here."
"Remember the bloody lesson I learned today."
Xu Xiaoyan swallowed nervously. "What lesson?"
Xie Xie took a deep breath and used all his strength to say five words:
"Don't mess with Gu Yue."
Xu Xiaoyan nodded vigorously and engraved these five words into the depths of his mind.
She decided that when she sees Gu Yue in the future, she must be respectful.
No, not just respectful.
To worship.
Worship with awe.
The training ground finally became quiet.
Xie Xie was lying on the ground and didn't want to move. Xu Xiaoyan was squatting next to him and didn't know whether to help him up. The two of them just maintained a strange posture and were silent for a long time.
Finally, Xie Xie spoke first.
"Xu Xiaoyan."
"Huh?"
"Welcome to Class Zero."