Wu Changkong watched them leave and let out a heavy sigh.
Sorrow. He felt a profound sorrow.
He had finally encountered two peerless geniuses, only for a major power to swoop in and snatch them away before he could so much as reach them.
That was reality.
Wu Changkong turned around, ready to leave this place that had broken his heart.
His gaze swept toward a corner. Tang Wulin and Xie Xie, who had been trembling behind the crowd earlier, were now craning their necks to peek over.
Wu Changkong stopped.
Class Zero was a class he had discussed establishing with Long Hengxu. They had originally planned to officially launch it next semester, but Gu Yue and Lu Guan had brought it to light ahead of schedule.
Since that was the case, they might as well start the class now!
Tang Wulin and Xie Xie could not compare with those two monsters, but they still counted as the tallest among a crowd of dwarfs.
So be it.
Wu Changkong walked up to them. "You two."
Tang Wulin and Xie Xie jumped and hurriedly straightened up.
"Hello, Teacher Wu!"
Wu Changkong regarded them expressionlessly. "Starting tomorrow, you will join Class Zero."
Tang Wulin and Xie Xie exchanged a glance, their eyes instantly lighting up.
Class Zero!
They had heard it clearly earlier. It was a special class that would receive resources from across the entire academy!
To them, this was truly an opportunity as vast as the heavens!
"Thank you, Teacher Wu! We'll work hard!" Unable to hide their excitement, they accepted with boundless joy.
High in the air, fierce winds howled.
Leng Yaozhu condensed a fiery-red barrier out of soul power, shielding the three children inside as she sped toward the Spirit Pagoda's Eastsea City branch.
Inside the barrier, however, the atmosphere was awkward.
Na'er clutched the hem of Lu Guan's clothes, half hiding behind him as she guarded against Gu Yue on the other side as though watching a thief.
Gu Yue folded her arms across her chest and turned her head toward the clouds outside the barrier, saying nothing.
On the surface, all was calm, but deep within their spiritual seas, where no one could perceive it, a war without smoke had already begun.
This mental communion belonged solely to the Silver Dragon King-one being in two bodies. Even Leng Yaozhu could not detect the slightest trace.
"Why aren't you staying in the Star Dou Great Forest? What did you come here for?!" Na'er launched the first attack, her hostility and wariness plain.
Gu Yue's response was utterly calm, effortlessly dismantling it. "I met the Golden Dragon King."
At the words "Golden Dragon King," Na'er's tone immediately grew much more serious. "How did it go? Do you have a plan?"
"Yes," Gu Yue replied.
"That's wonderful!" Na'er's tone instantly brightened, even carrying a hint of delight. "When the time comes, I'll give you back all the silver dragon king origin inside me! I'll absorb the Golden Dragon King's origin."
"After that, you can take your broad, sunlit road, and I'll cross my single-log bridge. Neither of us will interfere with the other!"
A brief silence followed.
"Foolish." Gu Yue gave a cold laugh, her voice laden with undisguised mockery.
"Who are you calling foolish?! I got most of the wisdom!" Na'er immediately shot back.
"Heh..." Gu Yue sneered, then mercilessly punctured her fantasy. "You and I were always one, destined to fuse again. In the end, we will become one and usher in the Dragon God's revival. Go our separate ways? Absolutely impossible."
"I won't!" Na'er grew frantic, her stance utterly firm. "Why should I fuse with you? I have my own life!"
"Your own life?" Gu Yue struck straight to the heart of it. "Because of that Lu Guan, isn't it?"
At that, Na'er bristled like a cat whose tail had been stepped on and immediately lashed back. "Leave me out of it! I haven't even settled accounts with you yet! Why were you getting so close to him on the field earlier?"
She had not forgotten the sight of Gu Yue practically pressing herself against Lu Guan earlier!
Gu Yue chuckled, a playful note entering her voice. "Is that so? I'm quite interested in that fellow too~"
With that, back in the real world.
Gu Yue walked straight up to Lu Guan and seized his right arm before he could react.
An aqua-blue glow instantly lit up in Gu Yue's palm, and gentle water elements seeped through Lu Guan's skin into his meridians.
Gu Yue's soft touch made Lu Guan pause. Was this woman ever going to stop? Hadn't she already healed me on the field?
"My injuries are already healed. What are you doing?" Lu Guan frowned and exerted force through his wrist, preparing to pull his arm free.
Ignoring Lu Guan's protest, Gu Yue tightened her grip around his wrist. "Don't move."
"The four-colored fire lotus's explosion was too powerful. A few strands of elemental turbulence slipped deep into your meridians. If they're not cleared out completely, they'll affect your soul power circulation later."
She raised her head and looked straight into Lu Guan's eyes. "I caused this. It's my responsibility to clear it out."
Lu Guan checked and found that there was indeed an extremely faint, impure aura running wild inside him.
Fine. Free deep treatment-why turn it down? Lu Guan simply began admiring the scenery, leaving Gu Yue to do as she pleased.
"Shameless!" Seeing this, Na'er seethed.
Aaargh! Damn you, Gu Yue! You actually launched a sneak attack!
Na'er stood beside them, her little fists clenched so tightly that her knuckles turned faintly white.
She regretted it so deeply that her guts were practically turning green.
She had forgotten that when she first left the Star Dou Great Forest, she had intended to follow the pull of her bloodline and seek out the Golden Dragon King.
Instead, along the way, that peculiar aura emanating from Lu Guan had forcibly drawn her in, pulling her off course.
Since Lu Guan's aura could attract her, it could certainly attract Gu Yue too!
Gu Yue's perception of that aura was even stronger and sharper than her own!
Yet she had actually brought reinforcements right to Lu Guan, allowing him to meet Gu Yue.
Hadn't she delivered Lu Guan straight to Gu Yue herself?!
Even a fool could find one good thought among a thousand; even world-shaking wisdom could suffer a lapse.
One gap in a hundred careful precautions. One gap in a hundred!
While Na'er inwardly fretted, Leng Yaozhu maintained her speed, but as she watched the three little ones interact, she could not help smiling and shaking her head.
This scene was far too familiar.
Two exceptionally gifted, beautiful little girls, jealous over a spirited young powerhouse and secretly competing with each other.
They looked exactly like she and her sister had back then.
Only, the two who had competed for affection back then had been her and Yu Lai, her own sister.
The man they had fallen for was today's strongest expert, the Sea God Pavilion Master, the rank-99 Limit Douluo Yun Ming, whose title was Skyreaching.
Gu Yue and Na'er, on the other hand, did not know each other.
Leng Yaozhu sighed softly, her gaze settling on Lu Guan.
An outstanding man shone wherever he went.
This boy was only nine, yet he had already broken through rank thirty.
That bizarre dark-red mist, along with that oppressively powerful six-armed demon body-even she, the widely experienced Deputy Pagoda Master of the Spirit Pagoda, could not discern just what kind of martial soul this boy possessed.
Sheer strength, along with that wild arrogance seeping from his very bones.
A young man brimming with spirit-someone like him truly held a fatal allure for little girls his age.
That must have been why she herself had fallen for Yun Ming back then.
If she were Na'er's age now, she would probably fall for Lu Guan too. Unfortunately, she already belonged to a bygone era...
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