May I Be the Star, and You the Moon

Xue Qinghe immediately clapped in applause.

"Since Young Master Lin is so generous, I will certainly repay you with warm hospitality."

Xue Qinghe cupped his hands in salute and laughed heartily.

"At the same time, I have a request.

My teacher, Ning Fengzhi, the Sect Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, is also very interested in you and wishes to meet you.

Some other day?"

Lin Yichen nodded slightly.

Ning Fengzhi had a merchant's mindset. Everything he did had to bring benefits.

If he wanted to meet Lin Yichen, he must have noticed something worth his attention in Lin Yichen.

That meant Lin Yichen would gain something from it as well.

"Very well, Your Highness. For Sect Master Ning to wish to meet me is truly an honor of three lifetimes. When should I come to the appointment?"

Xue Qinghe slapped the table and rose to his feet, shouting in approval.

"Decisive indeed. But as for when we meet, I'll need to ask my teacher first."

After agreeing, Lin Yichen took Hu Liena's hand and walked over to a small pavilion.

There was a pavilion on the second floor of the teahouse, specially meant for enjoying the moon and drinking tea.

Xue Qinghe watched him for a moment, then smiled faintly and turned away.

"Interesting. Young Master Lin is a man of feeling as well. The next time we meet, I hope you can bring me even more surprises."

Lin Yichen did not turn back, merely responding softly.

"Your Highness thinks highly of me. I am deeply grateful."

After a long while, the two chatted about many ordinary matters.

Lin Yichen left the pavilion. When he reached the door, he paused and looked back at the moonlight.

"May I be the star, and you the moon, our radiance shining together every night."

Xue Qinghe froze slightly, unable to grasp his meaning.

"Oh? Young Master Lin can compose poetry as well? I humbly seek your instruction and would like to hear its meaning."

"I hope you and I will be like stars and moon reflecting one another, always together.

Farewell, Your Highness."

Lin Yichen left after saying that, leaving Xue Qinghe standing there in a daze.

"May I be the star... and you the moon... our radiance shining together every night... What a beautiful shining together..."

Xue Qinghe remained rooted to the spot.

At the same time, Snake Spear Douluo, who had been hiding in the shadows, stepped forward.

"Young Master, what he said was..."

Xue Qinghe waved a hand.

"Perhaps he simply wanted to recite a poem... Let's hope so."

"Young Master, are you sure he won't bring us trouble?"

Snake Spear Douluo swallowed. No matter how he looked at it, something felt off.

Xue Qinghe took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "I've said it before. The bigger the waves, the more valuable the fish."

What he was unwilling to admit was that, deep down, his heart seemed to be beating faster.

Lin Yichen's face had also lightly imprinted itself upon his mind, impossible to shake off.

Outside the teahouse, Lin Yichen and Hu Liena walked down the street hand in hand.

"That line you said earlier... were you confessing to him?"

"You don't want men too, do you?"

Hu Liena's words made Lin Yichen burst into laughter.

"Do I look like that kind of gay guy?"

Hu Liena rolled her eyes at him and said nothing.

But her fingertips rubbed lightly against his palm.

That was how Senior Sister expressed her unease.

"What's wrong, Senior Sister?"

Hu Liena sighed, a trace of sadness in her voice.

"You agreed to stay in Heaven Dou for a few days, which means we'll be apart for a while. I don't want to."

Lin Yichen had not expected her to say that, much less to care about him so deeply.

Thinking of how she had always been the one to take the initiative before, perhaps it was time for him to do so once?

He hurriedly wrapped an arm around her neck and kissed her.

Hu Liena instantly stiffened, apparently not expecting him to forcibly kiss her right on the street...

But after several seconds of deadlock, Hu Liena took the initiative to return the kiss.

No reason not to kiss.

The two arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and the rest of the Spirit Hall team had already been waiting for a long time.

With Lin Yichen absent, Xie Yue was their leader and naturally had to handle the other tedious matters related to the competition.

"Captain, tomorrow's matchups have been announced. Since Kamikaze Academy received a bye in the first round of drawing, they advanced directly.

So the four academies that advanced are us, Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Tianshui, and Kamikaze."

As Lin Yichen listened, he seemed to be pondering something.

I won't be facing Tianshui or Heaven Dou Royal Academy in the first match, will I?

That would make it rather inconvenient to fight Yanzi and Xiaoshui.

But in the end, we'll most likely face Heaven Dou Royal Academy. They're the strongest, after all.

With that thought, Lin Yichen looked at Xie Yue and asked.

"Have the drawing results been announced, then? Which academy are we competing against?"

"Kamikaze Academy. The match is set for the day after tomorrow."

Hearing that result, Lin Yichen let out a slight sigh of relief.

That meant he would not have to face Dugu Yan or Shui Bing'er on the first day.

But Kamikaze Academy...

Lin Yichen searched through his memories of the original story. Their captain, Feng Xiaotian, was a genuine genius.

Innately full soul power, a mutated martial soul, no immortal herbs, and a self-created soul skill.

"I heard their captain is quite strong. It seems he delayed improving his soul power because he was working on a self-created soul skill."

Xie Yue nodded. "You know him?"

"Not really. I've heard of him.

The Gale Two-Headed Wolf mutated martial soul. That self-created soul skill of his was called something like Gale Demon Wolf Howling Consecutive Slashes, right? Anyway, it's pretty impressive."

Lin Yichen spoke in an even tone, as though some reclusive senior of the martial world were evaluating a junior's martial arts.

It sounded a little pretentious.

Hu Liena snickered beside him.

"You make it sound like you're so much older than him. What, have you become an old man already?"

"I am indeed older than him."

Lin Yichen spoke with a straight face.

"How many years I've lived, he has no idea."

Hu Liena did not understand the latter half and simply took it as a joke, not pressing him further.

Chrysanthemum Douluo leaned against the doorframe and yawned.

"Kamikaze Academy. Their overall strength is inferior to Heaven Dou Royal Academy's, but that Feng Xiaotian is indeed somewhat interesting."

Ghost Douluo added from beside him, "Shouldn't talents like that join Spirit Hall? Let's see if we can recruit him."

Lin Yichen nodded, already having an idea in mind.

"What about those eliminated academies? Are they leaving just like that?"

"Not exactly."

Chrysanthemum Douluo shed his lazy demeanor and stepped before everyone with a solemn expression.

"I heard there'll be a special event after the competition ends.

But they haven't revealed the details, so we don't know. Still, I suspect it has something to do with Spirit Hall."

Lin Yichen nodded. A special event...

And one involving the defeated academies. Some kind of large-scale recruitment event?

Lin Yichen could not guess, because he had just thought of something even more terrifying.

"Xie Yue, has anyone come out of my room?"

Xie Yue and Hu Liena both raised their brows slightly.

Xie Yue looked confused, while Hu Liena wore a mischievous grin.

"No one. What's wrong?"

Lin Yichen swallowed and turned to Hu Liena.

Hu Liena said nothing. She merely released his tightly held hand and craned her neck toward Lin Yichen's dormitory, signaling for him to hurry over.

Lin Yichen hesitated no longer and turned to run toward the dormitory.

That girl Shui Bing'er hadn't stayed the entire night without leaving, had she?

After all, she had said she could not get out of bed.

Then he suddenly remembered something, hurried back to kiss Hu Liena, and ran off again.

"Bad guy!"