She had no idea who had come up with the nickname "Jade Pool Fairy." Probably, after she had emerged from the Jade Pool secret realm last time, someone had posted her photo on the campus feed.
The caption had read, "Her skin practically glows, like she's been soaking in the Jade Pool." Then the nickname had spread, and now the whole school knew her as the "Jade Pool Fairy."
"Yaoyao!" Huang Qiaoling ran up from behind and hooked an arm through hers, as excited as a sparrow. "Your outfit looks so good today! Is it new?"
Chen Siyao looked down at her clothes. A white sweatshirt, light blue jeans, and canvas shoes—it was an ordinary outfit.
But ever since she had begun practicing the Azure Dragon Nine Transformations, there really had been a change in her bearing. Her fair skin had a rosy glow, her eyes shone as though lit from within, and she stood out at a glance in any crowd.
"It's not new." She smiled. In fact, the clothes had been conjured by Emerald Cloud, the name she had given the gift she had sent Jingwei.
"Ordinary? You call that ordinary? Then what am I, a clod of dirt by the roadside?" Huang Qiaoling covered her face theatrically. Laughing together, they walked into the classroom building.
With her arm linked through Chen Siyao's, Huang Qiaoling chattered nonstop, her voice brimming with envy. "Yaoyao, look! Several guys were sneaking glances at you just now! You're the biggest celebrity on campus these days, way more famous than those campus beauties!"
Chen Siyao laughed helplessly. "Don't be ridiculous. I'm just an ordinary student."
When the bell rang to end class, Chen Siyao packed up her textbooks and left the classroom beside Huang Qiaoling. People streamed along the corridor, and sunlight poured