Boss of Dorm Seven

"You can't leave!"

Xiao Wu blocked Li Zha's path, spreading her arms wide and stopping him right at the exit of the Academic Affairs Office.

The teacher in charge of registration nodded as well.

"Student Li Zha, why don't you stay and think it over first?"

"Master is just that kind of person... stubborn-tempered..."

He had heard the argument clearly just now.

"No need. It's precisely because I know he's stubborn that I insist on leaving."

Li Zha stood firm in his decision.

With no other choice, the registration teacher began filling out the paperwork according to Li Zha's wishes.

Xiao Wu glared at Li Zha angrily.

"The boss of Dorm Seven hasn't been decided yet. You can't leave now!"

Li Zha glanced at her and reached out to take back the Spirit Hall awakening certificate he had submitted earlier.

"If I stay here, I'll only be wasted."

"The boss has nothing to do with me. Tang San already is one."

After saying that, Li Zha turned around. Xiao Wu, dissatisfied, hurriedly ran in front of him again and planted her hands on her hips.

"He is not!"

"I saw it just now. If Master hadn't stopped you, he would've already lost to you!"

Li Zha tucked the certificate into his clothes, his expression unchanged.

"You're staying at the academy because that's your own choice."

"If I stay, I'll only delay my cultivation."

Xiao Wu stared at him, feeling that this person was truly impossible to communicate with.

Ever since arriving at Notting Academy, Li Zha had never taken the initiative to say more than a few words to her.

She had approached him on her own and greeted him, intending to look after the human underlings in Dorm Seven!

Who would have thought that Li Zha would simply turn around and leave!

He was ignoring her!

That attitude left Xiao Wu feeling deeply frustrated!

Back in the Star Dou Forest, she had been everyone's darling, okay!

How had she come here only to be disliked by a little human brat?

"Why are you such a hateful person?"

Xiao Wu stomped her foot and reached out to grab Li Zha's arm.

Li Zha sidestepped her and looked at her coldly.

"I didn't provoke you."

"And you say you didn't?"

Xiao Wu raised her chin.

"Ever since you entered Dorm Seven, you haven't been willing to say more than a word, especially to me!"

"We're going to be classmates from now on. What right do you have to ignore me?"

Li Zha did not answer.

He knew Xiao Wu's true identity, and he also knew why she had come to Notting Academy.

A hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit that had taken human form.

In the eyes of ordinary Soul Masters, she was merely an ordinary little girl.

But Li Zha knew that once her identity was exposed, she would become a source of disaster.

At this point in time, Soul Masters needed to hunt soul beasts in order to obtain soul rings.

As long as that rule existed, he did not want to have too much involvement with a soul beast.

The less contact they had, the fewer troubles there would be in the future.

Besides, he knew very well that he might need to hunt Xiao Wu's two friends in the future.

Da Ming and Er Ming.

As for Xiao Wu, if it became necessary in the future...

He shook his head.

After meeting Xiao Wu, he could no longer treat her as a soul beast.

It was best not to form any bonds at all.

When Xiao Wu saw that Li Zha would not answer her, her eyes darted back and forth.

Then she suddenly gave a mischievous smile.

"Hey, you... don't tell me you like me?"

Li Zha frowned.

Human-beast?

He did not think he had that kind of fetish.

At least, he absolutely did not have one at the moment.

Xiao Wu continued, "Fight me!"

Li Zha looked into Xiao Wu's eyes. "If I beat you, I can leave, right?"

"Of course not!" Xiao Wu immediately shook her head.

She held a finger beside her lips. "If you beat me too, then you'll be the boss of Dorm Seven!"

"If you become the boss, then you definitely can't leave!"

Li Zha: ...Nice.

Li Zha simply reached out and grabbed her wrist.

Xiao Wu's expression changed instantly, and a faint blush rose to her face.

"What are you doing?!"

Like a startled rabbit, she immediately swung her fist at Li Zha.

Li Zha deliberately did not dodge, even guiding her movement with his hand.

Bang.

Her fist struck Li Zha's chest.

He fell backward with the momentum, his body hitting the floor with a thud.

The Academic Affairs Office instantly fell silent.

Xiao Wu looked at her fist, then at Li Zha.

Her face immediately became even more furious.

"You... you're even trying to scam a rabbit?!"

The moment the words left her mouth, she realized something was wrong and hurriedly covered her mouth.

Oh no! I only took human form not long ago, and I let it slip again!

The next second, Li Zha got up from the ground and dusted off the seat of his pants.

"You won."

"Now you're the boss of Dorm Seven."

Xiao Wu immediately panicked. "Hey! Li Zha! What kind of nonsense is this?!"

Li Zha did not respond and turned toward the exit of the Academic Affairs Office.

Xiao Wu hurriedly chased after him.

"Stop right there!"

"You deliberately threw the fight, so it definitely doesn't count! The boss of Dorm Seven should be the strongest person! You're cheating!"

Li Zha walked quickly without slowing down in the slightest.

Xiao Wu chased him into the courtyard but still refused to give up. "Where are you even going?"

"Leaving the academy."

"And after you leave?"

Just as Li Zha was about to answer, he ran into Tang San.

Tang San stopped, his gaze falling on Li Zha.

"You're really leaving?"

"If I don't, should a twin martial soul like me stay here and play support for you?"

Tang San's brows twitched slightly.

"You're going to hunt soul beasts alone. Aren't you afraid of danger?"

Li Zha looked at Tang San.

"I'm afraid of danger. That's why I won't leave my cultivation to Yu Xiaogang."

Hearing him continue to disparage Yu Xiaogang, Tang San's expression darkened.

"Teacher's rank may not be high, but he is wholeheartedly doing what is best for us."

"Not us. You. He's wary of the people behind you, that's all."

Li Zha said it calmly.

Tang San frowned. "The people behind me? What do you mean?"

Li Zha did not answer further and walked past him.

After going five or six meters, Li Zha spoke blandly.

"Oh, and there's no need for you to pretend to be a good person in front of others.

"Whether you truly wanted me to stay for the sake of my future, or whether you were thinking about yourself, I know perfectly well."

Tang San's face immediately twisted with anger.

"What did you say?!"

It was the instinctive anger of someone whose secret had been exposed.

Li Zha had already walked straight toward the academy gates.

Xiao Wu clasped her hands before her chest and looked unhappily in the direction Li Zha had gone.

"Damn Li Zha, I'll remember this fight!"

"Xiao Wu, let's go back."

Tang San turned to look at Xiao Wu.

Xiao Wu only left him with the sight of her long ponytail from behind.

"Who wants to go back with you? You hypocrite! I saw the earlier fight!

"Your martial soul may be Blue Silver Grass, but those poisoned needles of yours were aimed at taking Li Zha's life!

"And now you're acting all righteous! If Li Zha hadn't reminded me, I really would've thought you were a good person!"

"Xiao Wu..." Tang San stretched out his hand.

He wanted to say something, but in the end, he closed his mouth.

He turned and glared viciously in the direction Li Zha had left.

That damned guy! He isn't following my plan at all!

When he turned back and looked at Xiao Wu's retreating figure, purple light flickered in his eyes—the glow of Purple Demon Eyes.

At the gate stood the gatekeeper.

He had also heard the dispute in the Academic Affairs Office.

When he saw Li Zha approaching, his expression immediately turned stern.

"You're leaving after only two days of enrollment. Does your family know?"

Li Zha raised his eyes, his expression calm. "I came here alone."

"I don't need anyone to pick me up when I leave, either."

The gatekeeper took the withdrawal certificate and carefully inspected the seal on it.

After confirming that the procedures were in order, he still pulled open the small gate beside him.

The moment Li Zha stepped out of Nuoding Martial Soul Academy,

the streets of Nuoding City came into view.

Pedestrians flowed constantly past, while roadside vendors called out without pause.

Heat and the fragrance of food mixed together and drifted over from the street corner.

Once Li Zha stepped out of the academy, his stride became noticeably lighter.

A place at the academy was extremely important to ordinary children.

But for him, it was far from enough.

Li Zha took out the Spirit Hall martial soul certificate from inside his clothes.

It only recorded his innate full soul power and Lotus Root martial soul.

He looked at his right hand again.

A trace of red flickered faintly in his palm.

"Since I already revealed it in public, there's no need to hide it anymore. Next, I'm going to Spirit Hall."