The instant Xue Chen followed Mu Jin into Class Nine, the somewhat noisy classroom suddenly fell silent, as though someone had pressed pause.
Contrary to Mu Jin's expectations, almost every student in Class Nine focused their gaze on Xue Chen.
There was no other reason-Xue Chen's face was simply too good-looking!
The girls of Class Nine, in particular, stared fixedly at Xue Chen as he entered the classroom.
Whenever their eyes happened to meet his, their breathing faltered and their hearts melted a little, leaving them flushed red.
Those female students who had watched Xue Chen clash with Zhou Yi earlier were especially bright-eyed.
With looks like those and a Martial Soul possessing the ultimate ice attribute, he was simply the ideal choice of partner.
And don't go saying people on the Douluo Continent matured early. A certain God of War in the Divine Realm had already claimed a hundred conquests by fourteen or fifteen.
As for the other boys, their gazes toward Xue Chen were much more complicated.
Some were jealous, some were envious, and some even carried a trace of hostility, but most were filled with fighting spirit.
Who among those who could enter Shrek Academy wasn't a little genius?
Who didn't want to climb to the top by stepping on someone else's head?
Wasn't defeating a Soul Master with an ultimate attribute the best way to rise through the ranks at Shrek Academy?
"C-classmate, there's a free seat here!"
Finally, a girl with flushed cheeks suddenly stood up, pointed to the seat beside her, and called out to Xue Chen.
The corner of Xue Chen's mouth twitched slightly. Were all the female students at Shrek Academy this forward?
"Thank you, but I like sitting in the back row!"
After politely declining the girl's offer, Xue Chen hurried to an empty seat in the back row and sat down.
As it turned out, Shrek Academy was rather similar to some highly ranked schools from his previous life.
The front rows were packed, while the back rows were remarkably empty.
[Congratulations to the host for successfully registering and activating B-rank goddess: Mu Jin!] [Congratulations to the host for receiving the activation reward: a ten percent increase in spiritual power!]
The instant Xue Chen sat down, the system notification he hadn't heard in a long time sounded in his ears again.
In an instant, Xue Chen felt a cool sensation between his brows.
The slight injuries he had suffered from his earlier spiritual power collision with Huo Yuhao slowly dissipated under that cool sensation as well.
B-rank goddess?
Feeling his spiritual power grow stronger, Xue Chen's spirits lifted.
It looks like the system's criteria for judging goddesses aren't just looks, but also identity, status, strength, and talent.
Come to think of it, Mu Jin seems to be the lowest-rated woman the system has assessed so far, right?
"Classmate!"
A soft call beside him interrupted Xue Chen's thoughts, and he instinctively turned to look.
Two girls had taken the previously empty seats beside him at some point.
The one greeting him looked thirteen or fourteen, with a tall, slender figure and short golden hair tucked neatly behind her ears.
"Hello, my name is Ning Tian!"
The girl held out her hand to Xue Chen with a warm smile.
Looking at the fair-skinned girl before him, with her delicate features and the natural air of nobility in her every movement, Xue Chen froze for a moment.
Isn't this Ning Tian, the one God King Tang persecuted?
"Hello, my name is Xue Chen!"
With an odd expression, Xue Chen reached out and lightly shook Ning Tian's hand.
As the little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Tian probably never would have imagined that, after spending decades as a girl, she would end up growing a big treasure.
He had to admit, that bastard Tang San had some twisted tastes.
As for claims that Ning Tian had volunteered-what a joke. What could she have done even if she hadn't?
Could she possibly have defied God King Tang's decision?
"Pretty boy, have you held her hand long enough?"
Just as Xue Chen was lamenting Ning Tian's bizarre future fate, the other girl let out a cold snort.
This girl's presence was completely different from Ning Tian's, her fiery-red eyes filled with undisguised defiance and wildness.
Her figure was also far more provocative than Ning Tian's, especially her full breasts, which far surpassed those of other girls her age.
Xue Chen released Ning Tian's hand expressionlessly and glanced at the girl with her arms folded across her chest.
With how nervous she was about Ning Tian coming into contact with a man, along with her distinctive looks, Xue Chen could naturally guess that she was Wu Feng, the girl who wanted to cling to Ning Tian for the rest of her life.
Thinking it over carefully, almost everyone in Qiankun Asking Love Valley had been tormented by Tang San as though they were Japanese.
Only Wu Feng and that big worm, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, could be considered true winners.
"Wu Feng, apologize!"
The smile vanished from Ning Tian's face, and a hint of anger slowly rose in its place.
Although the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect had produced two god-level powerhouses ten thousand years ago, the present-day sect had long since lost the prestige it once held as one of the Upper Three Sects.
She had finally found a chance to befriend a talented young man with an ultimate attribute at Shrek Academy, only for Wu Feng to ruin it. How could she not be annoyed?
"Hmph!"
Wu Feng bit her lip and merely snorted. Not only did she show no intention of apologizing, she even shot Xue Chen a provocative look.
What ultimate Martial Soul? Isn't that all just other people hyping him up?
In Wu Feng's eyes, her Red Dragon Martial Soul was in no way inferior to any ultimate Martial Soul.
Besides, this brat named Xue Chen had been born with such a seductive face. What if he lured Ning Tian away?
Ning Tian belonged to her alone. No one could steal her away!
Seeing Wu Feng ignore her, Ning Tian was furious, but there was nothing she could do. She could only give Xue Chen an apologetic smile.
"Sorry, Xue Chen!"
"Her name is Wu Feng. She's a close friend of mine... She's always been like this."
Before Xue Chen could speak, Wu Feng bristled again.
"Sister Tian, you haven't done anything wrong. Why are you apologizing to him?"
After saying that, she glared fiercely at Xue Chen.
Xue Chen said nothing, meeting Wu Feng's gaze without the slightest evasion.
A pale golden light gathered in Xue Chen's pupils before taking the shape of a strangely designed long saber.
The instant the saber appeared in Xue Chen's pupils, Wu Feng shuddered, feeling an overwhelming terror envelop her entire body.
She seemed to be in a strange space, unable to move, unable to speak, or even to think.
All around her were mountains of corpses and seas of blood belonging to dragon Soul Beasts, their dying wails filling her ears.
And she seemed to have become one of them, able only to watch helplessly as a pale golden saber descended from the heavens and brutally severed her dragon head.
"Ah!"
The surrounding illusions vanished in an instant, and a shrill scream suddenly burst from Wu Feng's mouth.
Almost at once, she sprang from her chair onto the desk.
Under everyone's strange gazes, a stream of slightly cloudy droplets pattered down from beneath Wu Feng's skirt.