Su Qingqing's body stiffened abruptly, and her cheeks instantly flushed crimson.
So soft. Gu Chen was secretly startled. He hadn't expected the class monitor, who usually dressed so plainly, to have such a voluptuous figure.
"Gu Chen, are you going to let go or not?" Su Qingqing screamed.
"Sorry." Gu Chen hurriedly let go and apologized sincerely. "I didn't mean to."
Su Qingqing covered her chest, both ashamed and furious. "Gu Chen, you bastard! I was kind enough to comfort you, and you actually took advantage of me!"
Gu Chen smiled wryly. "It was an accident. How about you feel me up too, and we'll call it even?" As he spoke, he thrust out his chest.
Su Qingqing grew even more embarrassed and angry. She spat, "Shameless!"
The sight of her bashful expression inexplicably stirred Gu Chen's heart. He quickly composed himself. "I'm going now. See you at evening study."
"Zhou Xue'er will probably come looking for trouble with you again tonight. What are you going to do?" Su Qingqing asked anxiously.
"I'm only afraid she won't come!" Gu Chen turned, waved, and left with an easy air.
As she watched Gu Chen walk away, Su Qingqing realized he had changed. He radiated powerful confidence, just as he had when he first came to Zhou City, in fine clothes on a spirited horse, full of vigor and high spirits.
She watched him, entranced...
After his rebirth, Gu Chen had lost all his cultivation. He felt helpless and worried. With my current strength, I can handle ordinary students, but it won't be enough if I run into an expert. As Gu Chen pondered what to do, inspiration suddenly struck, and he remembered Jasper Lake. The spiritual energy there was abundant. It was a spiritual vein dating back to the Mingde era, with a history of more than five hundred years, and was celebrated as a magical place wreathed in immortal mist.
Gu Chen took a taxi straight to Jasper Park and soon found Jasper Lake.
This is the place. His heart settled. He took off his clothes and leaped into the lake wearing only his swimming trunks.
The lake water in early spring was piercingly cold, and Gu Chen's skin instantly turned purple. But he did not shrink back. He immediately began circulating the "Heaven and Earth Creation Formula" he had cultivated in his previous life.
In his previous life, Gu Chen had ascended among hundreds of millions and reached great completion, becoming a God Emperor. What he had relied on was the "Heaven and Earth Creation Art," a cultivation method whose might shook the Heavenly Nether Star.
Soon, the spiritual energy in the lake water surged toward him, and the cold vanished. He felt as though he were inside a furnace, and even the water flowing around him grew scorching hot.
Time flew by. From morning until evening, Gu Chen cultivated for a full eight hours.
That should be about enough. He emerged from the water, utterly transformed. His muscles were sharply defined, his eyes shone with a keen light, and his bearing was solemn and cold.
Martial artists were divided into three major realms: Entering the Hall, Bone Forging, and Revolving Illumination.
Now, thanks to the foundation he had built in his previous life, Gu Chen had reached the Mid-stage Bone Forging Realm after eight hours of cultivation. His strength ranked in the upper middle among martial artists.
Time to go to school. Gu Chen dressed, a faint smile curling at the corners of his lips. He gazed at the setting sun on the horizon, an unfathomable light flickering in his eyes. "Zhou Xue'er, in this life, I look forward to meeting you again."
It was six thirty in the evening, half an hour before evening study.
Although this was already a university, an elite private institution like Xinghua University still kept a very tight rein on its students' academic work. Each year, nearly a quarter of the new students admitted to the nationally renowned Capital Research Institute came from Xinghua University.
The students had all arrived early and were reading in the classroom. Su Qingqing sat in the front row, holding a pen and scribbling aimlessly on a sheet of paper, though her gaze kept drifting toward the back of the classroom.
Gu Chen sat quietly by the window in the last row, gazing into the distance. His seat stood alone and unsupported, seemingly cut off from its surroundings.
That idiot Gu Chen. He came in without even talking to me, and here I was worried he might do something foolish. Su Qingqing pouted, unable to concentrate on her book.
Just then, several people appeared at the door.
"It's Jiang Yu, the class bully from Class 03," a student murmured.
Jiang Yu was tall and broad, with regular features, but his gaze was arrogant. He swept his eyes around the room before finally fixing them on Gu Chen.
Su Qingqing immediately understood why he had come and stepped in front of him. "Class is about to start. What are you here for?"
Jiang Yu chuckled. "Classmate Su, you actually took a fancy to Gu Chen? If you'd spoken up earlier, why would Zhou Xue'er have refused? Why make everyone unhappy?"
His words caused an uproar. Both Zhou Xue'er and Su Qingqing were goddesses at Xinghua University; it was only because Zhou Xue'er and Gu Chen had a marriage engagement that she attracted particular attention.
Su Qingqing's face turned red with anger. "What nonsense are you spouting?"
"You know perfectly well." Jiang Yu snorted coldly and shoved Su Qingqing aside before walking straight toward Gu Chen. "Young Master Gu, you've got some thick skin, still daring to come to class."