After giving Song Guan his instructions, Yu Tianheng lowered his head and continued eating, barely speaking to him throughout the meal.
Halfway through, Song Guan spotted something over Yu Tianheng's shoulder. His eyes went wide, and a look of alarm appeared on his face. Yu Tianheng noticed that something was wrong with Song Guan and was just about to turn around when a clear, pleasant voice called out, "Yu Tianheng, what a coincidence! You're here too."
Yu Tianheng turned to see Lan Lingmeng standing behind him with a tray in her hands and a bright smile on her face. Lan Lingmeng had paid Yu Tianheng special attention before, and quite a few people at the academy already knew how she felt.
Seeing her, Song Guan swallowed the food in his mouth as fast as he could and stood up without another word. "Brother Tianheng, I'll be going. I'll take care of what you asked me to do as soon as I can."
With that, he greased the soles of his feet and vanished, leaving his seat to Lan Lingmeng.
Lan Lingmeng sat down readily in Song Guan's seat and set her tray down. Smiling at Yu Tianheng, she said, "Now we can have a proper chat."
Yu Tianheng remained unmoved. He kept his head down and continued eating, ignoring Lan Lingmeng.
Lan Lingmeng didn't mind in the least and found a topic of conversation. "What was Song Guan talking about just now?"
Without even raising his head, Yu Tianheng said indifferently, "It's none of your business. Don't ask!"
Any other girl would have swept her sleeves and left after such a cold reception. But Lan Lingmeng was different. Yu Tianheng's attitude of keeping people a thousand miles away only made her all the more curious about him. She thought to herself that the boys at the academy couldn't wait to crowd around her whenever she showed them the slightest interest, but Yu Tianheng was entirely different. His distinctive bearing made him stand out among her many admirers.
Lan Lingmeng remained undeterred and tried to find another topic.
Seeing this, Yu Tianheng got straight to his feet and left the Heaven Dou noble cafeteria, leaving Lan Lingmeng far behind.
Watching Yu Tianheng walk away, Lan Lingmeng wasn't discouraged. Instead, a smile of determination curved her lips, and she silently thought, Yu Tianheng, the young clan leader of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, is rather interesting. One day, I'll make you take the initiative to have a proper chat with me.
After walking out of the cafeteria, Yu Tianheng's expression turned cold.
He knew exactly why he had come to Heaven Dou Royal Academy. It wasn't to cultivate, but to find Dugu Yan and win her over, so he could get in touch with Dugu Bo, who stood behind her, and claim the opportunities that would belong to the protagonist, Tang San, in the future.
Although he had read the original story and knew that Dugu Yan would become Yu Tianheng's lover, he had no idea exactly how that had happened.
Earlier, he had refrained from directly rejecting Lan Lingmeng's offer of friendship only because he didn't want to offend the noble factions at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. That didn't mean he had taken a fancy to her or wanted her to become his girlfriend.
He had only one goal now: Dugu Yan. Apart from her, he didn't want to get involved with any other woman.
If he let lust lead him into entanglements with other girls and missed his chance with Dugu Yan as a result, his loss would be far too great.
After all, winning Dugu Yan over meant gaining the support of a Titled Douluo and control over the countless heavenly treasures in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Compared to those, what the hell was Lan Lingmeng worth?
Yu Tianheng wanted to avoid all this, but things didn't go as he wished.
Before long, a piece of news had all of Heaven Dou Royal Academy buzzing: Lan Lingmeng, the eldest young lady of the Linyue Duke's Mansion, had taken the initiative to befriend Yu Tianheng.
As a prominent figure at the academy, Lan Lingmeng was not only breathtakingly beautiful but also exceptionally gifted at Martial Soul cultivation, and she had never lacked admirers. Her every move drew her classmates' attention, so her approaching Yu Tianheng naturally set everyone's curiosity ablaze.
Yu Tianheng's own identity and background were also enough to draw attention.
He came from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, one of the Upper Three Sects. The clan was renowned in the Soul Master World and stood among its very strongest powers, with experts as numerous as clouds and a deep foundation. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul was famous for its formidable attack power and explosive strength. As the heir to the position of the clan's next leader, Yu Tianheng was certainly a match for Lan Lingmeng in terms of family background.
What was more, because of Lan Lingmeng, the details about Yu Tianheng were soon thoroughly investigated.
After all, the students of Heaven Dou Royal Academy were all children of the Heaven Dou Empire's upper nobility, with extensive connections and broad social circles. They had ways to obtain information others didn't know, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had made no deliberate effort to conceal it.
Thus, everyone came to know the basic facts about Yu Tianheng.
Yu Tianheng was twelve years old and the direct heir of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. His Martial Soul was the pure Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, one of the top beast Martial Souls on the Douluo Continent and the Martial Soul inherited by the leaders of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. It had a natural affinity for the lightning element and could control lightning to attack enemies, with power that was not to be underestimated.
When his Martial Soul awakened at six, he was found to have level ten Innate Full Soul Power. The news immediately drew the attention of the clan leader, Yu Yuanzhen, who decided to teach him personally.
Yu Tianheng was exceptionally gifted and lived up to everyone's expectations. He became a three-ring Soul Elder at the age of twelve, making him the youngest three-ring Soul Elder in the history of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. As a result, he was directly chosen as the heir to the position of the next clan leader.
As for his family background, Yu Tianheng's grandfather was Yu Yuanzhen, the current leader of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and a Titled Douluo known as Thunder Douluo. He had emerged from seclusion after a breakthrough not long ago, reaching Soul Power Level 95 and stepping into the ranks of Super Douluo!
His extraordinary background and unparalleled cultivation talent made Yu Tianheng's name known throughout Heaven Dou Royal Academy in just one day.
For a time, he was the center of attention.
Meanwhile, word of Yu Tianheng twice rejecting Lan Lingmeng's invitations also spread like wildfire.
Once after class, and once in the cafeteria.
As a result, the boys who already admired Lan Lingmeng looked at Yu Tianheng with eyes full of jealousy and resentment, while the girls were curious about him, wondering what charm he possessed to make Lan Lingmeng favor him so.
Whether he was in class or on the academy's training grounds, Yu Tianheng could feel gaze after gaze upon him-some curious, some envious, and some jealous.
And so, with both Lan Lingmeng's initiative and his own powerful background at work, Yu Tianheng quickly rose to prominence at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and became the focus of everyone's attention. Wherever he went, he could hear his classmates discussing him.
This left Yu Tianheng thoroughly frustrated.
"Fuck! Whoever's spreading this nonsense had better hope I don't find out who he is, or I'll smash his dog head in!"
Several days later, Song Guan sent someone to find Yu Tianheng, hoping to meet him in person.
Yu Tianheng went at once.
When Yu Tianheng met him, Song Guan clicked his tongue in amazement and teased, "Well, well, Brother Tianheng, you're the most famous person at Heaven Dou Royal Academy now!"