So You're That Smelly Exchange Student!

Now she was smiling sweetly, lively and mischievous—was this really Dong Qianqiu?

Goddess, where was that usual aloofness of yours?

Although they were all very young, Soul Masters generally matured early.

There was no shortage of senior students and Soul Masters with powerful backgrounds who approached Dong Qianqiu, until one day, tired of the endless bother, Dong Qianqiu declared that only those who defeated her had the right to come near her.

But how could Dong Qianqiu's talent be something others could compare to?

Dong Qianqiu was a little stunned by the gazes gathering around them, as if only then realizing just how inappropriate her behavior had been.

But immediately afterward, she acted as if no one else were there and looked at Lin Yuan with a smiling snort.

"What you said was pretty good. Hurry up and tell me, which class are you in? Big Sister's in a good mood, so I'll teach you a few moves of ancient martial arts."

Ancient martial arts?

Why would a mage like me go in for close-quarters hand-to-hand fighting?

Lin Yuan muttered inwardly, then shook his head at Dong Qianqiu.

"I'm not a student of Tiandou Academy."

"Not a student of our school..."

Dong Qianqiu was deeply disappointed. For some reason, she felt as if her originally empty heart had finally been filled with great difficulty, only to become much emptier again with a single sentence.

Lin Yuan watched the change in Dong Qianqiu's mood, and his gaze instantly turned strange.

Damn, she couldn't have taken a bit of a liking to me, could she?

Perhaps people her age were still too young to understand love or affection, but Dong Qianqiu was a hundred-thousand-year Demon Soul Great White Shark in human form.

Even if she had lost part of her memory, she was still far more mature than her peers.

Thinking of this, Lin Yuan coughed a few times.

"All right, well, Student Qianqiu, I'm leaving. We can chat when there's time."

After saying this, Lin Yuan used a Soul Skill to cancel out gravity on himself.

In an instant, Lin Yuan floated up into the air out of nowhere. With a slight use of Soul Power for propulsion, his whole body flew away.

Dong Qianqiu: ...

Why did it feel like there was a hint of disdain from him?

The next morning.

Tiandou Academy, arena.

Lan Mengqin and Dong Qianqiu, both wearing Tiandou Academy uniforms, entered the ring.

Their faces were frosty, one with white hair and one with blue, like two women of extreme cold who had walked out from the far north.

"Qianqiu, that exchange student is seriously awful! He actually chose to challenge both of us at the same time!"

Lan Mengqin gnashed her teeth, killing intent spilling outward. When had she ever suffered such a serious insult?

If she faced that exchange student, she would definitely beat him until his teeth were all over the floor!

"He's seriously asking for a beating!"

Lan Mengqin waved her small fists, huffing angrily.

Dong Qianqiu said nothing, but her tightly furrowed brows and unfriendly gaze were enough to show the indignation in her heart.

And the moment they appeared, the entire arena was instantly drowned in shouting.

"Ice and Snow Goddesses! Ice and Snow Goddesses!"

Below the arena, Qiu Yuxin looked at the two young girls on the stage and sighed.

"Your students really have a huge reputation at school..."

"Hahahaha, Director Qiu, to tell you the truth, Mengqin possesses extremely rare twin martial souls, and both martial souls are very powerful; as for Qianqiu, her martial soul is equally powerful. It's the extremely rare Demon Soul Great White Shark, with tremendous attack power!"

"They really are powerful. I wonder if Xiao Lin can withstand the two of them attacking together." Qiu Yuxin was filled with worry.

This morning, Lin Yuan had come to her, saying sequential battles were too troublesome and that he wanted them to come at him together.

At first, Qiu Yuxin had thought it did not matter, and had even gone with Lin Yuan to apply to Tiandou Academy in a rather carefree manner.

But!

Tiandou Academy took it as a provocation from Tianluo Academy, flew into a rage, agreed on the spot, and in the very first round directly sent out Lan Mengqin and Dong Qianqiu, the academy's strongest!

The first battle was the decisive battle, settling everything in one move!

As time passed, Lin Yuan still had not appeared, and Qiu Yuxin immediately grew anxious.

"The match is about to start. Why hasn't Xiao Lin come yet? Could something have happened on the road?"

And just then, someone shouted.

"Wait, look up in the sky! There's someone in the sky!"

In an instant, everyone's attention turned to the sky. Even Lan Mengqin and Dong Qianqiu on the arena stage instinctively looked up as well.

High up in the clouds, a figure could be vaguely seen.

Under countless gazes, that person wore a mask, his hands clasped behind his back, dressed in white with his robes fluttering, walking downward step by step as though descending a staircase.

And the strangest part was that with every step he took, rubble around him gathered together, like subjects paying homage to a king, becoming stepping stones beneath his feet.

Everyone: ...

Wasn't that way too cool?

The moment he fully landed, that person removed his mask, revealing a peerlessly stunning face that seemed to shine through the ages.

At that moment, everyone's eyes fell on Lin Yuan. Used to it, he said calmly, "Lin Yuan of Tianluo Academy's Ziluo City branch, here to seek guidance."

"You're that awful exchange student?!"

Lan Mengqin covered her mouth, her beautiful eyes sparkling brightly, and much of the hostility in her gaze instantly faded.

Only curiosity remained in Lan Mengqin's heart. Just what made Lin Yuan dare to fight her and Qianqiu?

"So this is the reason you told me that night for why you weren't at Tiandou Academy?"

Dong Qianqiu looked at Lin Yuan's mask, recalling that stunning face from yesterday, and couldn't help saying, "Why were you wearing a mask just now?"

"I'm too good-looking. You'd only look at my face instead of focusing on the fight."

Lin Yuan's voice remained calm, as though he were stating the most ordinary fact in the world.

"Then why did you suddenly take it off?"

"I believe my bearing is something a mask cannot hide."

Dong Qianqiu: ...

Lan Mengqin: ...

Lin Yuan looked at the two of them and found that the fighting intent in the girls' eyes was gradually boiling over.

Lan Mengqin gave a delicate shout.

"Lin Yuan, even if it's you, I won't hold back! Be careful, Lin Yuan!"

At that moment, a yellow soul ring suddenly lit up around Lan Mengqin. Her white hair naturally floated up behind her head, and the illusory figure of an utterly beautiful ice-and-snow spirit with white hair and blue eyes appeared.

This was Lan Mengqin's Martial Soul: Ice Heaven Snow Maiden!

The next second, the temperature of the entire arena plunged. Snowflakes kept drifting down, and a lofty pride rested on Lan Mengqin's cool, beautiful face. The way she looked at Lin Yuan seemed to say:

Am I impressive or what?

"First Soul Skill—Blizzard!"

The Ice Heaven Snow Maiden merged into one with Lan Mengqin.

"First Soul Skill, Ice Element Control!"

A yellow soul ring likewise lit up around Dong Qianqiu.

The next second, the snowflakes that should have been easily broken apart seemed to turn into sharp blades. As they drifted to the ground, they actually left several marks behind.

If nothing unexpected happened, this had to be Dong Qianqiu using Ice Element Control to turn those snowflakes into sharp blades. Without a doubt, it was an absolute area-of-effect killing technique!

With the two girls working together, it could be called a combination technique!

It was truly extraordinary!

The blizzard grew stronger and stronger, and the snowflakes in the sky fell more and more densely. White mist shrouded the stage, and the crowd could barely make out the two girls' figures, but Lin Yuan, standing within the blizzard, could see everything clearly.

No special reason. His spiritual power was high, so he could be willful like that.

Dong Qianqiu clenched her right hand in the air, and the drifting snowflakes changed with it, forming a long spear that shot toward Lin Yuan at extreme speed!

After releasing Blizzard, Lan Mengqin's face turned pale, clearly from spending too much Soul Power.

Yet she did not stop. The Ice Heaven Snow Maiden behind her vanished, replaced by an ancient cyan zither, and she began to play slowly.