Fate Brings Everyone Together!

"Brother, why are you here?"

Tang Wuyue looked toward the source of the laughter and, seeing Lu Chuan standing in the shade of the trees, could not help but exclaim in pleasant surprise.

Jinyu was also very happy.

It had actually sensed Lu Chuan's presence long ago, but because Tang Wuyue had been in the middle of a battle, it had needed to protect her from harm, which was why it hadn't gone to find him.

Now that the battle was over and Lu Chuan had walked closer, the little creature didn't hesitate at all; it leaped from Tang Wuyue's shoulder, slithered rapidly onto Lu Chuan's, and began to affectionately nuzzle his cheek with its small head.

After all, Lu Chuan was the man who had given it a new life.

If it could speak, calling him "Daddy" wouldn't have been an exaggeration.

However, Tang Wuyue grew jealous.

When she first saw Lu Chuan, her initial reaction had been one of joy; after all, she never would have imagined running into her brother at East Sea Park!

But seeing Jinyu abandon her the moment it saw Lu Chuan and dash off to his shoulder, the young girl was suddenly filled with indignation.

"Fine, you little ingrate! I spend every day finding Spirit Fruit for you, grooming your scales, and taking you out to sunbathe, yet the moment my brother shows up, you run off without even saying goodbye to me? Ah! You've grown wings, haven't you!"

Tang Wuyue walked over to Lu Chuan, pouting, and grabbed Jinyu by its tail to pull it away, remaining unmoved no matter how the creature wailed.

Consequently, little Jinyu could only look at Lu Chuan with a pitiful expression, seeking help, but Lu Chuan could only turn his back helplessly, signaling that there was nothing he could do.

The young girl was currently furious; if he tried to intervene and failed, he might end up suffering the consequences himself!

It was better to just look away and avoid the trouble, so he turned his gaze toward the other person present—Xie Xie!

The young girl before him had kept her gaze fixed on him ever since he appeared, seemingly taking a great interest in him.

"You're Lu Chuan? You don't look like anything special."

Xie Xie looked Lu Chuan up and down, her tone implying that she had expected him to have three heads and six arms.

Lu Chuan smiled. "My lady, this should be our first time meeting. Why do you think I should be special?"

Xie Xie replied as if it were obvious, "Because you stole the show at the Freshman Ceremony!"

"You're the only one in the Zero Class! Everyone else had to go through assessments, but you were admitted without even taking a test."

"The whole school is saying that the school only established the Zero Class because of you!"

"Is that so? Actually, you know, most rumors are false. As for me... I'm just an ordinary person."

Lu Chuan answered with feigned nonchalance.

Tang Wuyue, listening from the side, couldn't help but roll her eyes.

Having been with Lu Chuan for a long time, she knew that what he loved most was acting humble, only to have his excellence pointed out by someone else's mouth.

Sure enough, Xie Xie took the bait. After a scoff, she began to list all the reasons why Lu Chuan's claim of being an ordinary person was false.

"An ordinary person?"

"Could an ordinary person make the school pay such a high price? Three Grade A Meals every day, plus spots for the Spirit Ascension Platform—I don't believe it."

"The School Board of Directors are all shrewd devils; they would never do anything that doesn't benefit them!"

"So, you must have some special talent!"

Lu Chuan nodded thoughtfully, a smile playing on his lips. "Hmm, that makes sense! You really see things clearly! So, which aspect of my talent do you think the school values?"

Upon hearing this, Xie Xie pondered for a moment and said, "At our stage, the only thing we can compare is soul power! So, your soul power cultivation must be very high!"

Lu Chuan immediately gave her a thumbs-up. "Impressive! That's exactly right! I can't believe you guessed that!"

Seeing Lu Chuan's thumbs-up, Xie Xie felt a surge of pride.

"Of course! I, Xie Xie, have been a top student since I was little. How could a little bit of analysis ever stump me?"

"But speaking of which, what level are you exactly?"

At this point, Xie Xie couldn't help but feel curious.

She couldn't understand it. She possessed Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power, and her current soul power was level 18, yet she still had to wait for the Class Promotion Tournament to see if she could enter the Zero Class.

Just how high was Lu Chuan's soul power that he could be admitted to the Zero Class without an exam?

But at this moment, Lu Chuan, having received the answer he wanted, wasn't even listening to her. He was lost in his own thoughts, muttering to himself, "Xie Xie... she didn't change her name... where did things go wrong this time..."

Tang Wuyue, who had just finished lecturing Jinyu, heard Lu Chuan's muttering and was taken aback. She asked in confusion, "Brother, do you know my roommate?"

"I don't."

Hearing Wuyue's words, Lu Chuan snapped back to reality and shook his head, but for some inexplicable reason, he added, "But we might get very close in the future."

The remark was completely out of the blue.

Tang Wuyue and Xie Xie were both stunned by his words.

Xie Xie looked at Lu Chuan with a strange expression. "Why do you talk so weirdly?"

"Do I?" Lu Chuan snapped back to reality and scratched his head.

"Yes."

Xie Xie nodded earnestly.

"The way you looked at me just now was like you were looking at... at some old thing you hadn't seen in a long time."

Lu Chuan chuckled and changed the subject. "You're comparing yourself to an old thing?"

Upon hearing this, Xie Xie thought about it and realized that using an object as a metaphor for herself was indeed not quite appropriate.

Whether it was "a thing" or "not a thing," neither was a flattering term.

But none of that mattered.

Lu Chuan was a legendary figure at Eastsea Academy now.

She only wanted to have a fight with Lu Chuan, regardless of where it happened.

"Hey, do you want to spar with me?

I didn't get enough of a fight with your sister earlier!

Her Blue Silver Cage move is truly formidable, but control-types are naturally superior to agility-types, so it was hard for me to fight.

But you seem to be a power-type, so we could have a truly exhilarating battle!"

Xie Xie took two steps forward, leaning in close to Lu Chuan, her dark green eyes shimmering with a thirst for combat!

However, Lu Chuan had no desire to fight right now. After a tiring day, he only wanted to eat, so he refused quite bluntly.

"No," Lu Chuan said.

"Why?" Xie Xie asked, puzzled.

"Because you can't beat me."

Lu Chuan stated it as a matter of course.

That casual demeanor, in Xie Xie's eyes, was practically the same as contempt.

Almost the next second, Xie Xie bristled:

"We haven't even fought yet! What right do you have to say that!"

"I'm just stating facts!"

Lu Chuan shrugged and began to analyze the situation for Xie Xie.

"You're only at one ring, right? I'm already at three rings, and they're all thousand-year soul rings. What are you going to use to fight me?"

Lu Chuan was being very realistic.

But Xie Xie was furious when she heard this.

Most importantly, she couldn't find a reason to refute him!

Three rings!

Nine years old and a three-ringed Soul Elder—is he even human?

She had assumed Lu Chuan was at most a Soul Grandmaster!

If she had known Lu Chuan was a Soul Elder, she never would have brought this up!

But since the words were already out, and she, the young miss of the Xie family, valued her pride, this matter couldn't just end here.

With no other choice, all her anger could only be distilled into a light, fierce threat.

"Lu Chuan, you just wait! Once I break through to become a Soul Elder, I'll definitely beat you until you're crawling on the ground looking for your teeth!"

"Sure, I'll be waiting. Just don't come crying to me to stop when the time comes!"

Lu Chuan smiled playfully.

Xie Xie grew even angrier at these words, huffed, and stormed off in a fit of pique.

Lu Chuan watched her retreating back, unable to suppress a faint smile.

Yet, deep within his eyes, a profound light flickered.

Just a moment ago, some memories regarding the Dragon God had suddenly surfaced in his mind!

In an incredibly distant era, there was a shadow under the Dragon God's command.

It did not exist within the light, nor did it exist within the darkness, but rather wandered between the fissures of time and the folds of space.

It had no fixed form;

sometimes it was a streak of flowing light, sometimes a patch of nothingness, and sometimes a semi-transparent dragon shadow, shuttling through the gap between the past and the future.

It was the Dragon God's shadow guardian.

Known by the name, Space-Time Dragon.

And the young girl before him, was a descendant of the Space-Time Dragon!

Lu Chuan could sense the girl's bloodline affinity for time and space, so, barring any surprises, Xie Xie might well be someone who would walk alongside him in the future.

Fate, is truly an interesting thing sometimes.