School Begins

"The King will be leaving for a while now. Just half a day." With his back to Tang Wulin, the Golden Dragon King's voice fell through the golden hall, carrying an unquestionable certainty.

"Don't die."

"Sure, sure." Tang Wulin agreed aloud, though his heart was pounding. I can't be that unlucky, right?

Eastsea Academy was still the same Eastsea Academy. The corridor was still the same corridor, and the potted plants in the corners were still the same ones. Only, two people were missing from the building.

During the break, Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi had submitted an application to the academy. Their reason was that their Martial Soul Fusion Skill had developed a problem, showing signs that it could no longer fuse normally. The academy approved it. So the two desks that had been pushed together were removed, and in their place came a transfer student.

Xu Xiaoyan.

In the corridor of No. 0 Dormitory at Eastsea Academy, Xie Xie, the first to arrive at school, stood in the middle of the hallway. After making sure no one was around, he threw back his head and shouted, "This time, I'm definitely going to leave Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi far behind! Hehehehe—"

His laughter bounced around the corridor a few times before fading away.

"Who's there?" A head poked out from around the corner. Two pale-blue braids hung over her shoulders, and her wide eyes stared straight at him. Xu Xiaoyan stepped out from behind the corner, her face wearing a complicated expression of curiosity mixed with annoyance at having been disturbed. She remembered this dormitory having excellent soundproofing, so how could she still hear someone being this loud?

Xie Xie froze where he stood. He looked at Xu Xiaoyan, then at both sides of the corridor, as if