Those not of our kind are bound to harbor different hearts.
This saying...
was a truth that ran through the countless living beings of innumerable universes.
Whether in the world of mortals or the world of cultivators, this principle had never changed.
The barriers and conflicts between different races...
were issues no civilization could avoid.
Besides, he had no intention of gambling on whether Na'er would fall in love with him, or whether Gu Yue would fall in love with him.
Those were tropes from novels.
Romantic plots deliberately arranged by their authors.
But what about reality?
What was the Silver Dragon King?
She was the Lord of Soul Beasts, someone who had personally watched her people be slaughtered by humans.
Would someone like that truly set aside all her hatred and convictions because of one person?
Han Li did not want to gamble.
But he only needed to know one thing.
The Silver Dragon King's origin.
He had to obtain it.
After all, as someone who shared a name with that Cold Heavenly Venerable, he aspired to save all living beings.
So, in the midst of the sea of people, he would reserve a place for himself.
He would not miss a single opportunity that was his to claim.
Nor would he stray a single step from the path he needed to walk.
Therefore, no matter what method he had to use, he would obtain the Silver Dragon King's origin in the end.
As for feelings, they were the most unreliable things, and the least important.
Naturally, Gu Yue's target was no longer Class Five, but Class One.
With her talent and strength, going to Class Five had never been reasonable in the first place.
The reason she entered Class Five in the original work was because of the connection between Na'er's secondary personality and Tang Wulin, along with a series of coincidences.
But in this life, Na'er had not been taken away by Tang Wulin, so none of those twists and turns existed.
Still, although Gu Yue had arrived late...
when she displayed her ability to control seven elements and revealed that her martial soul was the Elementalist...
Ye Yingluo, Class One's homeroom teacher, readily agreed with a pleasantly surprised expression.
Ye Yingluo was a young female teacher in her early twenties, tall and slender, with delicate features and sharp, capable eyes.
Ever since taking over as Class One's homeroom teacher, she had known every student in the class like the back of her hand.
She paid particular attention to Han Li, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin, three exceptionally gifted students.
Now that Gu Yue, who could control seven elements, had arrived as well, she naturally could not have been more pleased.
"Excellent. Starting today, you are an official student of Class One."
Standing at the podium, Ye Yingluo looked at Gu Yue by the classroom door, her smile gentle and satisfied.
Thus, Gu Yue joined Class One as well.
Faced with Gu Yue's strength, Tang Wulin could not help but sigh.
"So strong."
As he spoke, his gaze fell on Gu Yue, carrying genuine admiration.
He had watched her casually wave a hand and conjure fireballs, ice spikes, wind blades...
All seven elements came at her command, switching between them with effortless ease.
Her control over every element was precise and fluid.
He knew he could not accomplish such a thing.
Xie Xie, however, was disdainful and believed he could defeat Gu Yue.
"What's so impressive about that? She just has a few more elements."
Xie Xie snorted beside Tang Wulin, folding his arms across his chest and raising his chin slightly, his face full of defiance.
"Agility attack-type Soul Masters naturally counter these fragile ranged types. During combat training, just watch how I deal with her."
Tang Wulin glanced at him without saying anything.
Han Li also glanced at him without saying anything.
Of course, during the subsequent combat training...
Xie Xie was beaten into self-doubt by Gu Yue.
During practical combat class...
Ye Yingluo arranged for the students to battle in pairs.
Xie Xie volunteered to fight Gu Yue, looking eager to give it a try.
Ye Yingluo looked at Xie Xie, then at Gu Yue, and agreed.
The instant the battle began, Xie Xie displayed the speed advantage of an agility attack-type Soul Master. With a flash, he charged forward so quickly that only an afterimage remained.
Then, Gu Yue beat him into self-doubt.
Gu Yue stood where she was without moving a single step.
She raised one hand and lightly tapped with her fingertip.
Fireballs, ice spikes, wind blades...
Attacks of multiple elements blanketed Xie Xie from every direction.
No matter how fast Xie Xie was, could he outrun an all-encompassing elemental barrage?
In the end, Xie Xie was struck by a bolt of lightning...
His whole body froze in place before a cluster of wind blades blasted him away, sending him rolling twice across the ground.
At that moment, every strand of his hair stood on end. Lying on the ground and staring at the sky, his eyes were vacant and lost.
Tang Wulin watched from the side, the corner of his mouth twitching, but he said nothing.
Han Li watched as well, expressionless and without much reaction in his heart.
He knew Gu Yue's strength very well.
Let alone a Soul Master at Xie Xie's level.
Even an opponent several times stronger, faced with that kind of flawless elemental coverage...
would only be able to endure a beating passively.
Back to the present.
Ye Yingluo swept her gaze across the classroom, finally settling on the empty seat beside Han Li.
Thus, she made up her mind.
"Gu Yue, sit beside Han Li."
Gu Yue nodded, then walked over to Han Li's side, her gaze slightly complicated.
Finally, she took her seat.
When she sat down, her movements were natural. She neither deliberately moved closer nor deliberately kept her distance, as though she were merely complying with an ordinary seating arrangement.
Yet her gaze lingered on Han Li's face for a moment, that glance carrying scrutiny and assessment.
Naturally, she remembered Han Li.
How could she not?
At this moment, Gu Yue's teeth itched with resentment.
Back then, an accident had occurred while she was using a secret technique. As a result, when she transformed into human form, she lost all her memories and ended up wandering into Aolai City.
At the time, she remembered nothing. She did not know who she was or what she was supposed to do...
Like a blank sheet of paper, she wandered the unfamiliar streets in confusion and helplessness.
In the end, because she sensed a familiar aura from Han Li...
her body instinctively drove her to approach him.
And then that bastard Han Li actually sent her straight to an orphanage!
Thinking of it, Gu Yue nearly crushed her teeth.
At the time, she had nothing—no memories, no name, no place to go. She stood alone on a street corner like an abandoned young beast.
Then Han Li came over...
She had thought he was there to help her.
Back then, she did not even know what she had been hoping for.
But Han Li merely looked at her expressionlessly for a few seconds before sending her to an orphanage.
He even turned around and left after handling the paperwork, without looking back once!
Gu Yue could not accept that.
Was she really that frightening?
Although she had lost her memories then, she had still been a pretty little girl, right?
With silver-white hair and violet eyes, what adult would not have been both startled and delighted, wanting nothing more than to take her home?
So why, when it came to Han Li, did he treat her as though she were some kind of ill omen, desperate to cast her off immediately?
Why had Han Li sent her away?
And that question...
had lingered in her mind ever since the day Han Li sent her to the orphanage, impossible to dispel.
She had considered it for a long time and imagined countless possibilities.
But not one of them satisfied her.
Therefore, after recovering her memories recently and contacting Di Tian and the others, she made a decision.
A bold decision.
She would get close to Han Li, make him fall in love with her, and then ruthlessly abandon him!
She would make him regret it beyond measure!
She would make him understand...
just how foolish...
his decision to send her away had been!
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