"The one who could put that expression on this icy fairy's face..." Ning Chen followed Xue Ling'er's gaze from the stage, then suddenly froze, his throat bobbing. "It's him!!!"
Xu Cheng's portrait hung in the teaching building's corridor. It was impossible not to remember him.
The young man looked only a few years older than them, yet an indescribable feeling suddenly welled up.
Was it the mutual appreciation between geniuses, or one genius looking up to another?
Even Ye Wanwan, standing at the very front, breathed a little faster as she watched Xue Ling'er familiarly take Xu Cheng's hand and the two slowly walk away.
"I knew it! I told you Xue Ling'er wasn't ordinary!" Hu Yan Nian said excitedly.
"No kidding!" Nan Qiuqiu rolled her eyes, though she, too, studied Xu Cheng curiously. Come to think of it, this was their first time seeing him in person.
"All right, quiet down. Focus on preparing for next month's assessment. Mingde Hall's assessment is the grand finale, after all, and Senior Xu Cheng will most likely appear. Before that comes our outer court assessment. Whether we can stand out before everyone and restore our families' glory will all depend on this!" Yu Tianlong watched Xu Cheng's retreating figure, a fiery gleam in his eyes.
"Snow..."
"Xue Ling'er!" Snow Woman held Xu Cheng's hand and tilted her head up, staring straight at him.
"Right, Xue Ling'er." Xu Cheng's mouth twitched. What the hell was this new name? "Then, Xue Ling'er..."
"After awakening my martial soul, I discovered that it was still Snow Woman. More importantly, perhaps because of you, I can still wield a sliver of my original power even after taking human form." As though she knew what Xu Cheng wanted to ask, the little beauty, as exquisite as an