A Similar Turn of Events: Xiao Wu Challenges Xiao Chenyu

Her days as a librarian at Notting Academy remained as მშვიდ and uneventful as ever.

After observing carefully over the past few days, Xu Qianqian had more or less figured out how the student had been killed and how Tang San had enrolled.

Tang San and Old Jack had been stopped outside Notting Academy by two students.

Then, because someone had spoken rudely, Tang San flew into a rage and killed him outright before preparing to flee.

In other words, when Tang San developed the intent to kill, Yu Xiaogang had not arrived in time.

What followed was a manhunt.

Yu Xiaogang took Tang San and fled, while Tang Hao appeared in secret to throw his weight behind them, suppressing the matter and allowing Tang San to enroll successfully. That was basically what had happened.

Of course, Xu Qianqian did not care about any of that. No matter what, it was not something a small fry like her could change.

After observing for many days and studying Tang San's Xuantian Skill cultivation method, Xu Qianqian had basically confirmed one thing.

She truly was an ordinary person incapable of cultivating soul power.

What a painful realization that was!

The issue was not that she could not sense soul power. Her body was simply completely insulated from it.

"Put simply, the software can keep up, but the hardware can't."

"The mainframe is lagging and unable to run."

Xu Qianqian propped her chin on one wrist while the fingers of her other hand lightly tapped the desk. The stray lock atop her head swayed three hundred and sixty degrees like an antenna.

"I can only use the last method, but if I do..."

Over the past six years, she had studied diligently, absorbing knowledge like a sponge.

Her understanding of martial souls could even be said to surpass Yu Xiaogang's.

After all, she had copied and read every book and note in Yu Xiaogang's room.

Moreover, she could observe in detail the martial souls of the academy's students and even its teachers, as well as the finer details of their skill usage whenever she wished. It was practically like having the whole map revealed.

In six years, it was as though she had installed a pair of eyes throughout Notting Academy.

A crushing learning method from a higher dimensional tier was not something Yu Xiaogang, who relied solely on theoretical speculation, could compare to.

Besides, Yu Xiaogang did not even know about the soul shock of ten-thousand-year soul beasts.

As long as she wanted to, Xu Qianqian could direct others to do things for her and test her ideas at any time.

Whether because she was the adopted daughter of the city lord or because of her own worth, as long as her requests were not too outrageous, no one would resent her.

Thus, there were hardly any obstacles to her research.

"The flesh is weak; ascend through machinery." Xu Qianqian pulled herself from her thoughts and sighed. "If I want to defy fate and change my destiny, it seems there are only two options."

The first was to find Dugu Bo's herb garden and see whether it could change her fate.

But Xu Qianqian did not know anything about medicinal herbs!

And why would Dugu Bo help her?

Being able to observe Tang San's cultivation technique did not mean she could probe his memories.

When it came to Tang San's knowledge of medicinal herbs, Xu Qianqian was completely in the dark.

As for the original novel, it was only the original novel. Even the immortal herbs in it had probably only been briefly described.

If she dared eat those things at random or casually jump into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, she would not even know how she died.

"I can only choose that one..."

She hoped her idea was right. Otherwise, she would be in trouble!

"I'll wait a few more days," Xu Qianqian murmured.

Come to think of it, perhaps because the entire city was under martial law due to the Wolf Bandit incident, Tang San had yet to go to the Soul Beast Forest to hunt soul beasts.

With that thought, Xu Qianqian spread out her senses.

"Hm?"

Those two lackeys again?

"Why are they taking Xiao Chenyu to the back mountain?"

When Xu Qianqian extended her senses to the back mountain, her calm expression abruptly changed.

"Holy, holy, holy... holy shit!"

That troublesome little brother.

He had spent several days at home practicing his soul skills and soul bone, so he had not come to class.

Yet the moment he returned to the academy, he was dragged into a confrontation with Xiao Wu and Tang San?

Ling Feng and Liu Long.

You two are really something!

At present, Xiao Chenyu did not know Tang San or Xiao Wu. He had only heard Tang San's name earlier in the office.

"Junior, I have an urgent matter to attend to. Please keep an eye on the library for me."

As she spoke, she did not wait for a response from the black-haired, straight-haired girl who looked thirteen or fourteen.

Smack!

A bag of Gold Soul Coins landed in front of the girl.

"Senior..." The girl froze for a moment. Looking at the administrator's desk, now completely empty, she was rather speechless.

By the time the girl took over the baton of managing the library, Xu Qianqian was already running toward the back mountain.

At the back mountain.

When Xiao Chenyu returned from the Soul Beast Forest, he had already decided he no longer wanted to be Boss Xiao.

But Ling Feng and Liu Long had been bullied, and it had happened while he was away obtaining a hundred-year soul ring. If he did not step in, would that not make him look utterly incompetent?

"Little girl, you want to be the boss of Notting Academy?"

"That's right." Xiao Wu crossed her arms, her braid swaying gently as she shook her head.

"These two lackeys of yours are always bullying us work-study students. I'm here to reclaim the honor that belongs to us."

"So you beat up everyone on my side all by yourself?"

Xiao Chenyu had been dragged over by Ling Feng and Liu Long, and he still did not quite understand what was going on.

Besides, this little girl looked far too young!

"That's right."

"I heard you're their boss. If I beat you, then from now on, I'll be Sister Xiao Wu of all Notting Academy."

As Xiao Wu spoke, a black-haired boy also arrived. He saw the scene on the verge of erupting.

That person was Tang San. He, too, was somewhat unable to make sense of the situation.

He had been cultivating the Xuantian Skill earlier, but had gained little from it. It seemed that without obtaining a soul ring, he could not improve any further.

And his teacher, Yu Xiaogang, had said that once the lockdown ended in a day or two, he would take him to obtain his first soul ring.

Thus, Tang San was still only a soul master-in-training.

As for Xiao Wu, according to her, one of her elders had taken her to obtain her first soul ring not long ago. She was now already a one-ring Soul Master.

"Xiao Wu really is acting recklessly. Boss Xiao is a sixth-year student. There were rumors that he had gone out to obtain a soul ring and returned."

Though he did not know how Master had managed things so that he could still enter Notting Academy after killing two gate guards, that was not important.

"Boss Xiao, don't tell me you're scared?"

The other side had not responded for a long time. Xiao Wu raised a hand and pointed at him. "If you're scared, then you'll be my little brother from now on."

"Huff—" Xiao Chenyu took several deep breaths to calm himself. When the situation was unclear, his sister had always told him to plan before acting and not be rash.

Besides, a girl whom a simple-minded work-study student like Wang Sheng acknowledged was most likely stronger than him, so...

Her innate soul power was probably not low. There was no need to offend someone like that.

With that thought, Xiao Chenyu said, "Junior, if Ling Feng and Liu Long have offended you in any way, I, Xiao Chenyu, apologize on their behalf."

"No, Boss, you weren't like this before!" Ling Feng's eyes widened, while Liu Long beside him was equally incredulous.

"Boss, didn't you obtain your first soul ring?"

"Yeah, yeah! I heard it was even a hundred-year soul ring. Beat the hell out of her! You're Boss Xiao of Notting Academy—show these work-study students who really is..."

"Shut up!" Xiao Chenyu glared at the two of them. "You think I don't know what you've been doing under my name?"

"Haven't you gone too far lately? If my sister finds out, neither of you will have a good time."

At Xiao Chenyu's words, Ling Feng and Liu Long immediately lost their nerve.

Who would not want to curry favor with the eldest young master of the City Lord's Manor? But they had flattered the wrong way. At the thought of the sister Xiao Chenyu mentioned, the two of them began to tremble.

"What's your name?" Xiao Chenyu asked.

"Xiao Wu. Wu as in dancing." Xiao Wu's delicate brows furrowed slightly.

This Boss Xiao was not as aloof as the rumors described him, and for a moment, it was not easy for her to make a move.