"Yes, after all, I did hit him a bit too hard before, and I almost broke his Thunder Dragon Claw off his arm," Dugu Yan said helplessly.
"Well done, Sister Yanyan," Jun Yi praised.
"Hehe, consider it getting back at you."
Then Dugu Yan came to Qin Ming's side, pointed at Jun Yi and said, "Teacher, how about letting Jun Yi represent me in the competition? He's a freshman, and he's very strong. Winning the championship shouldn't be a problem for him."
"This needs to be discussed with the academy." This isn't a decision Qin Ming can make alone.
" Jun Yi is already preparing to participate, so there's really no need for me, a senior student, to participate. Teacher Qin, please try your best and try to get it done!" Dugu Yan said to Qin Ming.
"Well, since you're here, let's train together. Ye Lingling, would you like to join us?"
Qin Ming turned to look at Ye Lingling, who was standing silently behind Dugu Yan, and asked her.
"Can."
Ye Lingling nodded without saying much, but her eyes held a hint of curiosity. She wondered why Dugu Yan and Jun Yi had become so close after only a few days apart, with Dugu Yan calling Jun Yi "sister" and "brother" repeatedly.
"Could it be that..."
Ye Lingling's gaze towards the two became somewhat ambiguous, and a gossipy smile appeared on her lips, which were hidden behind her veil.
"How about we wait until the others arrive before training together, so we can all get to know each other better?" Dugu Yan suggested.
"I think it's feasible. Teacher, both Sister Yanyan and I are Control System Soul Master. Sister Yanyan won't need to take action; we can use her as our trump card in this team competition. After all, I don't think any other academies have Soul King."
Jun Yi said this to encourage Qin Ming to reconsider, and also to persuade Dugu Yan to let Qin Ming withdraw from the pointless individual competition and instead focus on the most important team competition.
" Jun Yi, your idea is feasible. Okay, you guys wait here for the others to return. I'll go discuss it with the three education committee members first."
After saying that, Qin Ming left the training ground and headed towards the Education Commission office.
Only Jun Yi, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling remained in the arena. Dugu Yan, holding Ye Lingling's arm, led her to Jun Yi and said, " Jun Yi, let me introduce you to my good sister, Ye Lingling, one of only two Soul Master with the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul, and the young master of the Undying Sect, Lower Four Sects."
"Hello, Senior Lingling." Jun Yi greeted Ye Lingling politely.
"Hello, junior brother. I wonder if you're going to watch the sunset today, or if you're going to compose a poem?"
Ye Lingling's tone was flat, making it impossible to discern her true emotions.
" Lingling is too kind. If you really like the poem I wrote, just say one line," Jun Yi replied modestly.
"What sunset, what poem? Could it be..."
Dugu Yan first looked at Jun Yi, then at her best friend, with an "I understand" expression, and smiled without saying a word.
Thus, a beautiful misunderstanding arose. Ye Lingling believed that Dugu Yan and Jun Yi had feelings for each other and that their families approved of it.
Dugu Yan, on the other hand, was surprised to see her best friend watching the sunset with a man. For Ye Lingling, who was cold-hearted and avoided men, this was tantamount to liking him.
"Forget it." Upon hearing Jun Yi's words, Ye Lingling stopped imagining things and directly refused.
"That's such a pity."
Jun Yi then lay down on the lawn, looking up at the sky, with a blade of grass he'd somehow gotten his hands on dangling from his mouth.
"Hey, Xiao Yi, why did you suddenly lie down? Aren't you going to train?" Dugu Yan asked.
"No need for training. Let's wait for the others to come back before training together." Jun Yi waved his hand, then continued, " Sister Yanyan, I'm curious why you rejected Yu Tianheng? Aren't you two on good terms?"
Jun Yi remembered that the two were indeed a couple in the original novel. When Jun Yi came to the academy in this life, he also heard that Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng were in an ambiguous relationship. Dugu Yan even took action against Jun Yi for Yu Tianheng. Why did she suddenly turn against him today?
Dugu Yan explained, "To put it bluntly, my talent and strength have increased, and I want to pursue a higher level of Soul Master, so I don't have any thoughts of dating or being in a relationship in the short term."
"I made this very clear to Yu Tianheng after we returned to the academy, but he still thought I was joking or testing him, so he confessed his feelings to me in front of all the students and teachers."
At this point, Dugu Yan was so angry she laughed. She really hadn't expected Yu Tianheng to do something so lacking in emotional intelligence.
"Then you, Sister Yanyan, directly rejected him. He felt he had lost face because of you, so he attacked you, but he didn't expect to be severely injured by you, right?"
Jun Yi shared the version he had heard and then asked Dugu Yan to confirm it.
Dugu Yan nodded and said, "The truth is pretty much the same, except that Yu Tianheng pestered me relentlessly for a while, even pretending to be pitiful to try and get my sympathy to accept him. But I still refused, so he realized that he was disgracing his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan by doing so, and that's why he wanted to ambush me from behind."
"And he actually used his first Soul Skill, Thunder Dragon Claw, to sneak attack me. I was furious, so I hit him pretty hard and basically shattered the bones in his entire arm."
Dugu Yan looked somewhat angry, clearly still upset about Yu Tianheng's sneak attack.
Upon hearing this, Jun Yi gave Dugu Yan a thumbs up and said, "Wow, Sister Yan, are you really that ruthless? The version I heard is that you almost broke off his dragon claw."
"That's about it. If the academy's teachers hadn't called Lingling in time, Yu Tianheng would basically be finished."
"It was the teacher who asked me to save him. I didn't know what had happened at the time; I just saw that Yu Tianheng was injured, so I tried to help him," Ye Lingling replied.
She continued, "After I learned the reason for this, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan even wanted me to cure Yu Tianheng's poison, but I refused outright."
Dugu Yan replied, "It's alright, Lingling. I'm not blaming you. I just didn't expect Yu Tianheng to be this kind of person."
"Perhaps he was too concerned about saving face, or perhaps he hasn't experienced any setbacks. I believe this lesson will help Yu Tianheng grow."
Jun Yi spoke slowly and deliberately about Yu Tianheng in the tone of someone who had been through it all, his voice carrying a hint of disappointment. Anyone who didn't know better would have thought that Jun Yi was Yu Tianheng's senior.
So, you've grown up?
Dugu Yan stared at Jun Yi with her brown eyes, then licked her lips...
(End of this chapter)