Eastsea F3, Xu Xiaoyan's Invitation

The next morning.

Before Xu Yue had even emerged from meditation, Mu Xi's knocking startled him awake.

After Awakening Day, regardless of whether they possessed soul power, everyone was required by federal law to enter a junior academy for compulsory education.

Though those with soul power and those without it were assigned to different classes, the purpose was ultimately to provide ordinary people with an education.

In that respect alone, the unified Douluo Continent was far superior to the continent of ten thousand years ago, when countless nations stood divided and conflict never ceased.

Even if progress had been a little slow, progress was still progress.

Before long, accompanied by Yuan Bao'er and Mu Xi, Xu Yue arrived at Eastsea City Junior Academy.

The brief opening ceremony ended.

Xu Yue then found his seat in his classroom.

At the start of the term, the students were still unfamiliar with one another, and the atmosphere was somewhat reserved. But they were young, after all, and soft chatter continued to rise and fall throughout the room.

At that moment, a young man entered through the front door, walked up to the podium, and tapped the desk.

Knock, knock!

"Hello, students. I'm Li Hu. For the next three years, I'll be guiding you through your time at junior academy."

He swept his gaze across the room before settling on a little boy in the front row. "Let's begin with you. Introduce yourself first."

The boy who had been called on sprang to his feet.

"Hello, Teacher. My name is Feng Xiao. My martial soul is the Gale Demon Wolf, and my innate soul power is Rank Five."

After speaking, he raised his chin and swept a rather proud glance over the classmates behind him.

"Not bad." Li Hu smiled and nodded. "You'll certainly become an outstanding Soul Master in the future. Take your seat."

Next came Feng Xiao's deskmate, followed by the other students.

"Hello, Teacher, my name is... soul power Rank Three..."

"My name is... innate soul power Rank Two..."

As Xu Yue listened to his classmates' introductions, he nodded inwardly.

Although Eastsea City was not a major city of the Sun Moon Federation, it was already considered a regional center. The quality of students recruited by this junior academy was indeed quite good.

When it came to two boys in the front row, one of them spoke loudly.

"Hello, everyone. My name is Zhang Yangzi. My martial soul is the Dark Phantom Demon Eagle. The one beside me is my childhood friend, Wang Jinxi. His martial soul is the Bone Dragon King."

"We both have innate Rank Nine soul power!"

After saying that, he cast Feng Xiao a faintly provocative glance.

"Innate Rank Nine?! And there are two of them?!"

"That's amazing!"

The classroom immediately erupted with cries of astonishment.

Children born on Douluo Continent understood what innate Rank Nine soul power meant, no matter how young they were.

It represented the potential to reach the level of a Titled Douluo, or even a Super Douluo. To them and their families, such figures were utterly beyond reach.

After Zhang Yangzi sat down, another student stood up.

"Hello, everyone. I'm Wei Xiaofeng. My martial soul is the Azure Shadow Snake, and my innate soul power is Rank Eight."

Wei Xiaofeng sat down. After several more students introduced themselves, it was finally Xu Yue's turn.

Facing everyone's gazes, he rose calmly.

"Hello, everyone. My name is Xu Yue. My martial soul is Eden's Star. I'm a Rank Thirteen one-ring Soul Master."

The instant his words fell, the entire classroom plunged into dead silence.

Even Li Hu on the podium froze, staring blankly at Xu Yue as the form in his hand slipped onto the desk.

A moment later, the room exploded into uproar.

"A Soul Master?! You've got to be kidding!"

"Is this really Eastsea City?!"

"G-good, Xu Yue, please take your seat first." Li Hu came back to his senses, his voice slightly stammering. "The students behind you, continue your introductions."

The entire class finished introducing themselves, but most of their gazes remained fixed on Xu Yue.

At that moment, they felt as though they were witnessing the rise of a future powerhouse who would shake the continent. Perhaps this was the closest they would ever come in their lives to someone like that.

"In that case, Xu Yue will serve as our class monitor. What do you all think?"

Li Hu looked around the room. Seeing no objections, he turned to Xu Yue, his gaze inquisitive. "What about you, Xu Yue?"

Xu Yue nodded lightly and did not refuse.

It was only an elementary school class monitor position. No big deal.

"Alright, take out your books and turn to page..."

Before Li Hu could finish speaking, the communicator on him suddenly rang.

He hurriedly answered it for a moment, then closed his book.

"Students, please wait a moment. I'll be right back." With that, he quickly left.

The moment Li Hu disappeared through the doorway, whispers erupted throughout the classroom, with more than ninety percent of the discussion centered on Xu Yue.

At the front, Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi turned around at the same time.

Zhang Yangzi beat him to it, asking curiously, "Class Monitor, you obtained a soul ring so quickly. Are you innately full of soul power?"

Wang Jinxi looked at his childhood friend as though he were an idiot. "Yangzi, isn't that obvious? If he weren't innately full of soul power, how could he absorb a spirit soul right after awakening?"

Wei Xiaofeng beside them also leaned over and asked curiously.

"Class Monitor, I've never heard of your martial soul, Eden's Star. Is it a mutated martial soul?"

Xu Yue merely nodded lightly at the three of them.

Being in the same class as the future Eastsea F3 when they were children truly surprised him.

In terms of talent alone, the three of them were actually no inferior to the members of the protagonist group.

They simply failed to catch that ride for various reasons.

Just then, his brows furrowed slightly as he sensed approaching footsteps outside the door.

"Quiet!"

A sharp shout rang out, and the entire class instantly fell silent.

At that moment, Li Hu walked in with a timid-looking little girl with light blue hair.

Her features were exquisite, as though carved from jade—a beauty in the making.

She was Xu Xiaoyan, whom Xu Yue had run into at the Spirit Pagoda parking lot.

However, judging by her appearance, she seemed unused to being the center of everyone's attention.

"Xiaoyan, introduce yourself to everyone," Li Hu said gently.

"Hello, everyone. I'm Xu Xiaoyan. My martial soul is the Starwheel Ice Staff, and I'm an eleventh-level one-ring soul master."

Another soul master!

For a moment, everyone's gazes focused on her in unison, making Xu Xiaoyan instinctively shrink behind Li Hu.

"Xiaoyan, I'll take you to your seat," Li Hu said in a lowered voice.

Yet Xu Xiaoyan shook her head, stretched out her little hand, and cautiously pointed ahead.

"Can I... sit beside that big brother?"

Her fingertip pointed directly at Xu Yue's side.

The day's classes were nearing their end.

With the authority of the Herrscher of Reason, Xu Yue's learning speed was astonishing.

While the teachers lectured, he had already skimmed through nearly all the books that had been handed out, committing every bit of their content to memory.

Suddenly, a soft sensation came from his right arm.

Xu Yue looked up and saw Xu Xiaoyan beside him.

At that moment, she was gently poking him with the pad of her slender index finger, her movements especially cautious.

"What is it, Xiaoyan?" Xu Yue asked with a smile.

"Um... Class Monitor..." Xu Xiaoyan bit her pink lips and gathered her courage before speaking. "After school... can I invite you out for a walk?"

Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Wei Xiaofeng, who had been covertly listening in with pricked ears, instantly widened their eyes.

On the first day of school, the class monitor was already going on a date with a female classmate?

Naturally, Xu Yue did not interpret it the way they did.

This was most likely related to Eden's Star.

The Starwheel Ice Staff's absolute attribute was among the best of star-type martial souls, no weaker than the Xu family's main line Star Crown Martial Soul. It was not strange for it to sense his Eden's Star.

Meeting Xu Xiaoyan's expectant gaze, he smiled and nodded.

"Sure."