He could indeed control Elemental Overlap, but he couldn't use it in combat. It was liable to explode at any moment!
So, was there a way to solve the problem? If he could really do it, his combat power would rise by an entire dimension!
Early in the morning, Xiao Fan emerged from his thoughts and glanced at the time. It was only seven thirty, and class didn't start for another half hour. There was no rush.
Suddenly.
Something wasn't right.
Why is my view covered by red hair? And why does someone have an arm around my waist?
He looked down. Is that a snow-white leg draped across my butt?
Xiao Fan shot upright.
He stared blankly at the figure beside him.
Why is she here??
Wasn't she drunk out of her mind last night? I threw her into the other bedroom, and she passed out on the spot.
What's going on now?
Does she sleepwalk!?
Damn!
Xiao Fan suddenly noticed that the blanket was covered in her drool! It reeked of booze!
How is she a drunk too? Shao Yan the second?
No, that's not important. The important thing is, did something happen last night?
Xiao Fan felt his butt, then covered his face in disbelief and muttered, "How am I supposed to know if anything happened?"
Right, the cameras!
He was afraid of thieves breaking into his home, so he had installed cameras in all the rooms.
Xiao Fan went to the computer and quickly worked the controls, scrubbing through the timeline.
She had gotten stupidly drunk sometime after two and lay sprawled out like the character 大. Then at three... at four, she suddenly sat up...
And finally started dancing!
In the clear color footage, Lin Xianhuo flailed her limbs freely, striking one bizarre pose after another. Xiao Fan nearly burst out laughing.
He kept watching, and sure enough, she stumbled into his room in a daze and flopped down with a thud.
That was close. Nothing happened.
But the moment he thought of that mesmerizing dance, Xiao Fan couldn't hold it in.
He turned off the camera feed, walked out of the room, and crouched in a corner, laughing so hard he couldn't stop. Tears streamed from the corners of his eyes.
"What's wrong, Brother Xiao Fan?"
Little Dingdong's voice reached his ears. Xiao Fan waved a hand. "Nothing, nothing."
Suddenly, he caught a whiff of something delicious.
He looked up sharply and saw Little Dingdong wearing a neat apron, the breeze from the window stirring her short, tidy, dark-blue hair.
She smiled sweetly, holding two plates with fresh handmade sandwiches on them.
Behind her was a still-warm iron pan and a kitchen filled with fragrant steam.
Xiao Fan was dumbfounded.
He had abandoned this kitchen long ago and hadn't touched it in over a decade, because he was lazy.
Yet today, it had been given a new lease on life.
"You can cook too?" Xiao Fan looked delighted.
Little Dingdong nodded obediently. "I have to take care of my grandma."
"I didn't know what you liked to eat, Brother Xiao Fan, so I made my favorite: three-color sea bream, with egg and bacon."
Xiao Fan was too moved to speak, his face full of delight as he looked at Little Dingdong.
Now this is a damn treasure!
What is Lin Xianhuo?
A burden!
"Where did you get the ingredients?"
"I ordered them for delivery."
After a long moment, Xiao Fan exclaimed, "That's amazing!"
Little Dingdong's smile blossomed like a flower. Suddenly, she said, "Don't you still have school, Brother Xiao Fan?"
Xiao Fan shook his head. "No rush, no rush. There's still fifteen minutes. I'll make it."
"What about Big Sister?"
"Never mind her. Let her sleep. I'll ask for leave for her." Xiao Fan spoke indistinctly around a mouthful of sandwich.
Little Dingdong said, "Oh."
Once he had eaten and drunk his fill, Xiao Fan frowned. It suddenly occurred to him that Little Dingdong would get bored here alone, and if she got bored, she would think about those bad things.
So he took Little Dingdong to his secret room and said with a smile, "I know Shao Yan. She told me you have a lot of talent."
"You can start learning about everything related to the martial path."
"There are lots of study materials in the room. You can look through them."
Little Dingdong nodded repeatedly. After stepping inside, she was stunned.
The room was about thirty square meters, with books stacked layer upon layer, filling half the space. The scent of books hung thick in the air.
Yellow sheets of paper also lay scattered across the desk and its corners, covered in densely written formulas.
Seeing this, Little Dingdong silently clenched her fists. She suddenly realized that Brother Xiao Fan was so formidable because he had put in efforts behind the scenes that ordinary people could scarcely imagine.
Whether in combat or theory.
Brother Xiao Fan said that only the sea of stars is our limit.
I want to become as strong as him!
Meanwhile, Xiao Fan suddenly realized there were only a few minutes left. Once again, he sprinted down the unbearably long street under the breakfast shop owner's accustomed gaze.
He made it. The first class was Wang Dahua's again.
A group of people started mocking Xiao Fan again for not even being able to arrive on time.
But Wang Dahua frowned and asked, "Xiao Fan, do you know where Student Lin went?"
Xiao Fan said calmly, "Something came up, and she asked me to request leave for her."
As soon as he said that, the class monitor Liu Rushi's expression darkened. He asked, "How do you know something came up?"
Xiao Fan said, "I was with her last night."
Liu Rushi couldn't sit still anymore. He stood up and shouted angrily, "How were you with her?"
Xiao Fan put on an innocent expression. "Everyone saw it. She was following right on my heels."
"Then why was she following on your heels!?" Liu Rushi shouted.
"How should I know? Maybe... because I'm handsome?" Xiao Fan shrugged.
"Handsome, my ass!" Liu Rushi snorted.
At that moment, Wang Dahua patted the desk and said in a deep voice, "Enough arguing."
"She can have her leave. Everyone, follow me to the field for a level test."
Today was officially the first day of school. Yesterday had only been the opening ceremony.
A level test was held on the first day of school. Xiao Fan had always presented himself as a third-stage Martial Apprentice. He had gotten into the top class partly because of Shao Yan and partly because his theory grades were exceptionally high.
When it came to something like a level test, Xiao Fan was bound to be overlooked.
But Shao Yan's arrival made Xiao Fan the center of everyone's attention again.
"What's wrong?" Xiao Fan asked quietly.
"I took care of Huang Meng for you." Shao Yan's voice was chilly.
Xiao Fan was a little surprised. "What's wrong with you?"
"Is Little Dingdong at your place?"
"Yes."
"Then is Lin Xianhuo in your bed too?"
Shao Yan's voice was brimming with killing intent. She had just noticed that Lin Xianhuo was missing from Class One's crowd and asked Wang Dahua about her. Wang Dahua said she was with Xiao Fan, who had requested leave for her.
Women's imaginations were extremely powerful, which was why she had asked whether Lin Xianhuo was in his bed.
Xiao Fan's heart skipped a beat. How does she know?
"She really is in your bed!?" Shao Yan's voice rose sharply.
The students around them stopped in their tracks and looked at Xiao Fan, their expressions inscrutable.
In his bed?
What was in his bed?
Did Xiao Fan go fool around with a woman last night?
And then Teacher Shao Yan found out?
Holy shit?
Liu Rushi said sarcastically, "You don't have much martial ability, but you sure have plenty of peach blossoms."
"Shut up!" Shao Yan shouted. "Keep moving! Why did you all stop?"
An air of authority rose around her. Liu Rushi sheepishly hunched his shoulders and silently cursed that bastard Xiao Fan for having such good luck with women, then turned and walked away.
"Explain yourself clearly!"
But Xiao Fan shook his head. "There's nothing to explain. There's nothing improper between us."
"You!" Shao Yan's eyes had already taken on a somewhat aggrieved look. "You really were with her..."
"I said, there's nothing improper between us." Xiao Fan clapped his hands in frustration.
But Shao Yan still looked aggrieved.
Unable to withstand that look, Xiao Fan sighed. "All right, all right. Here's what happened..."
Xiao Fan began recounting everything that had happened the previous night in a low voice.
After hearing him out, Shao Yan flew into a rage. "That woman climbed into your bed herself?"
"I never would've guessed. She acts so proper on the surface, but behind the scenes she's such a slut!"
"I'm coming to your house tonight too! I'm getting into your bed too!"
Xiao Fan rubbed his forehead, wanting to say, Forget it. Wouldn't my house explode then?
However, before he could speak, he already sensed the overwhelming killing intent pouring off Shao Yan. On second thought, he decided to keep his mouth shut.
At that moment, by the martial path stone, a tall man swept an expressionless gaze over the crowd before finally settling on Xiao Fan and Shao Yan.
He was Liu Tianguang, Green Leaf University's most outstanding student in recent years, Liu Rushi's older brother, and a student of Jialuo Academy.
The moment Liu Tianguang saw Shao Yan, his heart stirred. This woman was absolutely stunning!
But according to his younger brother, this woman liked a good-for-nothing!
That Xiao Fan?
When the time came, he would find a way to humiliate him in front of her, leaving him too ashamed to show his face!