Shrek Academy.
Tang Ya walked out through Shrek Academy's gates hand in hand with her close friend Jiang Nannan.
The appearance of the two stunning girls immediately drew countless gazes.
Jiang Nannan looked only fourteen or fifteen, with a slender, well-proportioned figure. Her long golden hair fell behind her in broad waves, her skin surpassed snow, and her eyes were like pools of clear water. Whenever her gaze shifted, she carried a natural elegance and refinement. Her face was like jade, like a halo forming around a new moon, like snow heaped upon flowering trees. Her tender grace and charm shone through her words; in her delicate, gentle manner, her beauty was beyond compare. Her city-toppling, kingdom-overthrowing beauty seemed to dim every color around her.
Tang Ya beside him was also outrageously beautiful. Her long black hair was loosely tied with a purple ribbon, and she possessed a temperament as gentle as water, yet she also faintly gave off a sense of keeping others a thousand miles away. As her Dark Blue Silver Grass gradually became an increasingly pure Evil Martial Soul, Tang Ya had also gradually developed an iceberg-like demeanor. Only before Qian Ran would that iceberg melt into gentle water.
The two stunning girls walked hand in hand in their school uniforms, like an exquisite painting that left onlookers entranced.
"Xiaoya, are you really together with a new student? I still find it hard to believe you went and did something so big behind my back." Jiang Nannan held her close friend Tang Ya's hand, still finding the news difficult to believe. When word that Bei Bei had been defeated by a new student reached her ears, her first reaction had been that it was impossible. As for Tang Ya getting together with a new student, she found that even harder to believe.
Wasn't a rumor like that a little too outrageous?
Even if Tang Ya did not get together with Bei Bei, surely she would not just pick some new student?
With Tang Ya's looks, plenty of people at the academy pursued her.
"Yes." Tang Ya nodded lightly. Qian Ran's figure surfaced in her mind, and a happy smile appeared on her exquisite face.
Ever since she had given her body to Qian Ran as well, her heart had been enveloped in profound happiness. Was she already Qian Ran's wife? She so hoped that she and Qian Ran could grow up quickly and then enter the halls of marriage.
She did not regret being with Qian Ran. Even if many people misunderstood her because of it, she did not care at all.
Qian Ran was the best. Surely she was the luckier one to be with him.
After some more time, Qian Ran would shine with boundless radiance. When that happened, she, who had discovered him first, would only become the person countless girls envied most.
"Is he really that good?"
Having known Tang Ya for so many years, she could tell a great deal from her expression. Why did merely mentioning Qian Ran's name make Tang Ya's face fill with happiness?
It seemed those rumors were actually true, not mere hearsay!
"Yes. He's the most incredible man I've ever met. No one else comes close." Tang Ya thought for a moment before answering very seriously. This was not merely beauty lying in a lover's eyes. Talent as extraordinary as Qian Ran's was rare in the entire world.
She felt that there should be no one at Shrek Academy who could compare with Qian Ran.
Bei Bei and the others were already highly talented, and had even been shortlisted to represent Shrek Academy in the next Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament. Yet even Bei Bei and the others still fell short before Qian Ran.
"Pfft. Do you really like that little man of yours so much? He's only a first-year, you know." Jiang Nannan burst into laughter, revealing a smile that could topple a city. Tang Ya's earnest, solemn expression made her unable to keep from laughing. Did everyone become like this after falling in love?
What magic did that fellow possess to make Tang Ya like him so much?
Jiang Nannan felt that if she dared to speak ill of Qian Ran, Tang Ya would probably argue with her without the slightest mercy.
Jiang Nannan was growing more and more curious about Qian Ran. What charm did this young boy possess to make Tang Ya so utterly devoted to him?
Wait...
If Tang Ya liking Qian Ran was true, then could Bei Bei's defeat at Qian Ran's hands also be more than a rumor?
Jiang Nannan suddenly stopped walking and stared blankly at Tang Ya.
"Xiaoya, um... did Bei Bei really lose?" Jiang Nannan could not imagine it. All of them acknowledged Bei Bei's strength. Everyone recognized Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi as the Outer Court Twin Stars.
There did not seem to be many people in the Outer Court who could defeat Bei Bei. At least, she had never seen one.
If a new student had defeated Bei Bei!
Jiang Nannan could not imagine a new student being such a prodigy.
"Of course! Qian Ran is very strong! And he didn't use any tricks, either. He defeated Bei Bei fair and square!" A proud look appeared on Tang Ya's face. Bei Bei was strong, but Qian Ran was stronger!
Moreover, Qian Ran was still only a new student. Given a few more years, there would no longer be anyone capable of keeping him down.
"Is he really that incredible? Can a new student really manage to defeat Bei Bei?" Jiang Nannan sucked in a cold breath. Only now did she realize just how monstrous that new student named Qian Ran was!
He was simply monstrous beyond all bounds!
"When you meet him later, you'll know how incredible he is." Tang Ya smiled. Qian Ran was not just formidable in strength; in certain other respects, he was excessively formidable as well. After that time, she had needed to rest for a long while before the burning pain in that place gradually faded.
"Bei Bei, it looks like you really have met a formidable rival."
Xu Sanshi spoke as he watched Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan strolling along the street, eavesdropping on their conversation.
Ever since Qian Ran had defeated him, Bei Bei had been in a daze. He feared losing Tang Ya and could not bear the consequences of losing her. Yet with his strength, he had no right whatsoever to compete with Qian Ran.
If I can't even beat a new student like Qian Ran, what right do I have to pursue Tang Ya?
Xu Sanshi felt somewhat disappointed at the sight of Bei Bei looking so utterly lost.
He had originally regarded Bei Bei as his lifelong rival. Now it seemed he had misjudged him. For a woman to leave Bei Bei this dispirited was truly disappointing.
Although he was infatuated with Jiang Nannan's beauty, he could never possibly become like Bei Bei.
Jiang Nannan was a peerless beauty. What he pursued was Jiang Nannan submitting to him, body and soul. Although he was pursuing Jiang Nannan now, he merely regarded her as his prey, a plaything for his amusement.
Just like a cat toying with a mouse.
Jiang Nannan thought very highly of herself and even looked down on him. He intended to make her slowly submit beneath him, falling step by step. Then, in the name of love, he would make Jiang Nannan do degrading things with him. He wanted to see just how debased Jiang Nannan would become once she accepted him.
His relationship with Jiang Nannan was completely different from Bei Bei and Tang Ya's relationship.
Jiang Nannan had always been within his control. He could end this boring game at any moment and obtain Jiang Nannan with ease, even humiliating her repeatedly and treating her as a lowly object. Bei Bei, however, had been bewitched by Tang Ya all along.
Jiang Nannan's mother had been in the sect all this time. Once he tired of this game of cat and mouse, he could obtain everything of Jiang Nannan's. Then he could make Jiang Nannan do anything, even kneel on the ground and lick him like a lowly little dog.
That seemed quite entertaining.
A tender embrace was a hero's tomb.
Bei Bei simply could not see his relationship with these women clearly. On that point alone, Xu Sanshi felt that Bei Bei was far inferior to him.
He would never make such a life-or-death fuss over a woman as Bei Bei did.
"But Bei Bei, don't you find it strange? There seems to be something off about Tang Ya's presence now." Xu Sanshi keenly sensed that Tang Ya had become very strong. Even he vaguely felt unable to gauge her anymore.
Just how had Tang Ya improved her strength? Why had it happened so quickly?
Even if Tang Ya's Soul Power had suddenly increased greatly in a short time, her Martial Soul was Blue Silver Grass. Even an increase in her Soul Power should absolutely not have given him this feeling. Moreover, he sensed a trace of an evil presence from Tang Ya. It was very faint, something ordinary people could never detect, but Xu Sanshi had still keenly noticed it.
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