Rumors Spread

As Diablo spoke, Adam crooked his fingers and flicked them, abruptly drew back his hand, then punched out. A faint earthen-yellow sheen vaguely surfaced over his fist, and a fierce sound of splitting air rang out. With a bang, the hundred-jin rock shattered in an instant. Clouds of dust danced through the air, and small shards of stone shot out in all directions.

Looking at the stone that had been broken from one whole into countless pieces, Diya first froze, then looked at Adam with some admiration. No matter what Adam's personality was like, the strength he possessed was still worthy of Diya's attention.

"How about it? My strength is pretty decent, right?" Adam laughed happily. Being a twenty-two-year-old Middle Spirit Rank warrior always earned him praise from the people around him, and he could not help but feel a little pleased with himself.

"Pretty decent," Diya nodded and said blandly, leaving Adam extremely dissatisfied. Wasn't he just trash? How dare he evaluate a genius like him that way? He was just about to flare up when Uncle Fu walked out of the kitchen. "I heard a noise just now. Did something happen?"

"Nothing, Father. Young Master Diya said he wanted to see my strength, so I gave him a little demonstration," Adam said with a smile.

"Young Master, you must be a bit careful. Adam's strength really is quite good. Don't get caught in the aftermath," Uncle Fu said, even glancing at the shattered stones in the courtyard, then chuckled and turned back into the kitchen.

Lunch was finished in a strange atmosphere. After Diya finished eating, he returned to his room, locked the door, and continued training. Flick Sword tumbled between his fingers, like a hidden dragon leaping from the abyss, like a flood dragon emerging from the sea, utterly nimble. Compared with before, it was much better again; at the very least, it was getting closer and closer to his former level.

Silver light flipped back and forth between the fingers of both hands, but Diya's heart was not very calm. So in the end, I still have to part from Uncle Fu? From now on, I'll be on my own. Maybe that'll be better.

Carlos Academy nearly turned upside down. After a major piece of news spread out, the entire academy boiled over. In the morning, someone just happened to pass by and saw Diya walking out of Christiana's loft, while Christiana stood at the doorway seeing him off. It looked just like a wife bidding farewell to her husband as he went out.

As soon as this news spread, the people around were immediately shocked. Who was Christiana? She was the newly arrived beautiful instructor. Such a beauty had never appeared in Carlos City before. This was the first time, and her strength was outstanding as well; she could be called perfect. And who was Diya? Not only in the entire academy, but in all of Carlos City, he was publicly acknowledged as trash, good for nothing and arrogant beyond measure.

Yet two people with such a gap between them that no one would have imagined it even if beaten to death had actually been in the same loft. Combined with last night's wild wind and torrential rain, many people began to make guesses: Diya had spent the night inside Christiana's loft.

As soon as this news appeared, it caused an even greater shock. All kinds of claims spread like a flood blotting out the sky and covering the earth. In just one short morning, everyone in the entire academy, from the dean down to the students, knew about it.

"Ten-thousand-year waste Diya spent the night in the genius beauty instructor's loft and left in the morning."

"Beast! Beast! Usually, looking at that Diya, though he was a bit of a waste, I never thought he'd be such a beast. My goddess has been defiled just like that." In the academy, students like this could be seen everywhere, clutching their chests as they stood in the corridors and wailed. Their faces were full of grief, which then turned into rage, and they began searching all over campus for Diya, swearing to find him and tear his corpse into ten thousand pieces to soothe the resentment in their hearts.

"Nonsense. How could the goddess possibly take a fancy to that kind of trash?" Some students said this, their voices and expressions stern.

"Brother, don't you know there's something in this world called the overlord forcing the bow?"

"That's impossible. Diya is only trash. The goddess is a Spirit Rank summoner. She could kill Diya with one finger."

"I say, brother, your social experience is still too shallow. Don't you know there's a kind of potion called Happy Together? Once a woman eats it, no matter what, she'll turn into **. That piece of trash Diya must have fed the goddess that potion."

"Still impossible. Didn't they say that trash Diya's family is very poor? How could he afford a potion?"

"I said your social experience is too poor, and it is too poor. Have you been to Diya's house? Have you seen what Diya's house is like? You haven't, right? Then how do you know he's very poor? In the past, we all thought Diya was trash, but at least he wasn't lecherous. And now? The facts have already appeared, completely beyond our expectations."

"Ah, th-this can't really be true, can it?"

"That's right. This is the truth. Let me analyze it. First, last night the wild wind and torrential rain kept falling. Goddess Christiana must have taken pity on that piece of trash Diya, so she called him into the loft to take shelter from the rain. And the downpour just wouldn't stop, so lunch and dinner definitely had to be eaten in the loft. Heavens, why wasn't it me, eating together with the goddess? Mm, don't be impatient, I'll continue my analysis. The goddess is so perfect, so of course there was no way she would prepare the food. Naturally, the rest was handed over to Diya. Diya then took advantage of the chance to prepare the food and put Happy Together into it. The goddess never expected that her kindhearted help would be repaid with this defiled ending."

"Wait. How do you know about a potion like Happy Together? Could it be that Diya even carries this kind of potion on him, ready at any time to defile beautiful women?"

"This? Why would I know about Happy Together? That's because, mm, because for the sake of doing social research, I once studied it a bit. Mm, let's not talk about that. Let's talk about Diya. Look, he disappeared for several days, then suddenly ran over to attend class, and it was Goddess Christiana's class at that. At that time, he must already have prepared the potion and made his plot. Even if it hadn't rained, he definitely would have thought of every possible way to get close to the goddess, then enter the loft, and then achieve his unspeakable objective."

"They say that in the morning, the two of them parted reluctantly. Could it be that after the goddess was defiled, she just submitted like that? My goddess!"

"That's impossible too. Think about a piece of trash like Diya. He gets half-dead tired just from walking, let alone doing something as physically draining as the overlord forcing the bow."

"When I say you don't understand, you insist on pretending to understand. Let me tell you. After eating Happy Together, even someone half dead will immediately become like a ** Pig Beast. They say that when Diya left the loft in the morning, his steps were unsteady and his face was pale, while the goddess stood at the doorway looking completely listless. When she turned and went into the loft, the way she walked was a little strange. Clearly, it was because last night was too intense."

"Instructor Pig, the rumors outside are flying everywhere now. The students all know," Gaia stood before Pig and said cautiously.

"Impossible. Christiana absolutely could not possibly take a fancy to that kind of trash," Pig said with certainty.

"But Instructor Pig, as soon as Instructor Christiana arrived, she insisted on going to Diya's house. Last night, she let Diya stay over, and she didn't come to teach this morning's class either. They say, they say that in the morning someone saw Diya and Instructor Christiana looking reluctant to part, and also, also..." Gaia was just about to tell him the rumors spreading through the academy.

"Don't say any more. That's simply impossible," Pig said sternly. "Gaia, the students of the summoning class are not allowed to spread rumors."

"Yes, Instructor."

Having not slept at all last night, Christiana had only yawned when Diya was about to leave in the morning and she stood at the doorway to see him off. After returning to bed, she could not help but fall into a deep sleep. By the time she woke up, it was already noon. She had not gone to teach the morning class, and Christiana felt extremely apologetic, preparing to apologize to the students in the afternoon.

The magical bell for class rang. Christiana walked toward the teaching building. Along the way, whether students or other instructors passed by her, they all looked at her with a strange gaze. It was completely different from usual, when they would rush over to greet her as soon as they saw her, and it made her feel very uncomfortable.

At last, she reached the summoning class and walked into the classroom. Christiana also discovered that the students' gazes toward her seemed so strange that she was utterly puzzled. Could it be that when she came out, she had not straightened her clothes properly? No, that was not right. Just now, she had specially gone to the washroom to check once. There was nothing unusual.

"Students, I'm truly sorry. Last night, I couldn't fall asleep the entire time, and by morning I really couldn't endure it anymore and slept. I delayed your studies, and I feel ten thousand times apologetic," Christiana said, bowing to the students.

"Oh."

Their voices rang out in unison, as if they had suddenly realized the truth, leaving Christiana extremely surprised. This was basically as good as confirming the rumors that had been spreading. Listen to that—she couldn't sleep the entire night. Didn't that mean she had battled all night, then only slept in the morning?

Pig walked in with a face full of gloom. Just as he had reached the doorway, he happened to hear Christiana's words, and an indescribable anger immediately surged up in his heart.

"Instructor Pig, hello," Christiana greeted when she saw Pig. "Did something happen?"

"Instructor Christiana, someone as outstanding as you, even if you wanted to find a partner, should find someone whose strength is about the same as yours, or someone even better. Sigh, I never thought that you would actually..." Pig forcibly endured his anger, shaking his head as he spoke, leaving Christiana unable to make heads or tails of it, not knowing what he was talking about.

"Instructor Pig, what are you saying? Why don't I understand?"

"Instructor, what Instructor Pig means is that if you want to find a boyfriend, you should find someone decent. You absolutely cannot find that kind of trash like Diya. That kind of trash who has no strength, no money, and is good for nothing simply isn't worthy of you," Gaia stood up and said directly. Christiana's heart gave a thump, and she vaguely understood what had happened.