Wang Yan's words caused the people in the classroom to pause slightly, and they all looked toward the window, following his gaze.
And when Xiao Xiao heard Wang Yan's words, her heart beat violently. She looked over with a sense of urgency, her eyes filled with anticipation.
Then, she saw Lin Yun, dressed in a crimson inner court uniform, with a gentle smile on his face.
Lin Yun smiled and shook his head, raising his hand to greet Wang Yan.
Lin Yun wasn't bothered by Wang Yan seeing him. He wasn't intentionally hiding, and Wang Yan, standing on the podium, had the best view. It was perfectly normal for him to spot him in his conspicuous red uniform.
"Brother Yun..." Looking at the handsome, familiar smiling face, Xiao Xiao's voice was a nearly inaudible whisper, but it was filled with intense longing and affection.
It had been several months since they parted after the tournament. She had never been separated from Lin Yun for so long. The young girl, in the throes of first love, felt an immense longing for Lin Yun for a part of every single day.
Her longing did not fade with the passage of time. On the contrary, the image of him in her heart became more deeply etched with each passing day.
The intense love in the young girl's eyes made Lin Yun's heart skip a beat.
He didn't say much. With a space-shuttle, he appeared next to Xiao Xiao and sat tightly next to her on the small chair. Xiao Xiao naturally threw herself into his arms and hugged him tightly.
Feeling the slight trembling of Xiao Xiao in his arms, Lin Yun's gentle voice carried a hint of doting.
"I'm back."
"Mm... mm!" Xiao Xiao nodded gently. She wanted to tell Lin Yun how much she missed him, but her choked throat couldn't utter a single complete word. She only hugged Lin Yun's hands tighter, as if she wanted to melt into his arms.
The people in the classroom didn't make a sound to disturb Lin Yun and Xiao Xiao's embrace.
Their status as a couple was no secret; it was something that every person in the class and even the entire outer court knew about.
During Lin Yun's leave, there were new students from lower grades and older students from higher grades who, one after another, wanted to pursue Xiao Xiao because of her looks or her talent.
But all these people were, without exception, discouraged.
Lin Yun's terrifying combat power displayed in the Soul Dueling Tournament and the news of his special admission into the inner court deterred them.
So everyone knew that Xiao Xiao was taken.
What's wrong with a couple who haven't seen each other in months hugging it out after a long reunion? They weren't talking because they were moved by Lin Yun and Xiao Xiao's profound love, and it was absolutely not because Lin Yun's fists were too hard and their heads were not hard enough.
Mm, that's exactly it.
And the person with the most complicated feelings in the classroom was Ning Tian, who was sitting next to Xiao Xiao.
Looking at the two people so close to her, tightly embracing each other, an undisguised envy appeared on Ning Tian's beautiful face. She even fantasized in her heart about how wonderful it would be if the person Lin Yun was hugging right now was her.
But when it came to jealousy, there was definitely none. She was very clear about her position. She wouldn't put herself on the same level as Lin Yun to think about things, and she would always prioritize Lin Yun.
This was the price she had to pay for approaching Lin Yun for her own benefit, and it was a decision she had already made.
Everyone in the classroom had their own thoughts, but Wang Yan, on the podium, had a gentle smile that turned into helplessness.
"Hey, young men and women, we're in class right now. You still need to be mindful of your behavior!" Wang Yan clapped his hands and said in a teasing tone.
Xiao Xiao finally came to her senses. She lifted her head from Lin Yun's chest, but when she saw the whole class looking at her with various strange expressions, the young girl let out a gasp and pulled open Lin Yun's windbreaker to hide inside.
Although she and Lin Yun had already done the most intimate things, she was still a young girl. Losing her composure in public was still quite embarrassing for her.
"Teacher Wang, it was just a hug. Was it necessary to do that?" Lin Yun gently patted Xiao Xiao's back to comfort her while shrugging at Wang Yan.
"You brat, if we were to follow the outer court rules, students are not allowed to be in a relationship during school!" Wang Yan was so amused that he was almost laughing. He adjusted his glasses and said in a frustrated tone, "Don't think that just because you're an inner court disciple now, you don't have to abide by the outer court's rules. Xiao Xiao hasn't even entered the inner court yet!"
Lin Yun pouted, his expression clearly unimpressed.
Rules are dead. The people who made the rules can also be dead!
Oh, wait, I can't say that.
"Teacher Wang, don't be so rigid. Rules are dead, and the people who made them have long been dead. Only the people of the present are alive. We must adapt to the current situation~" Lin Yun said with a grin.
"What's more, shouldn't a genius like me get some special treatment?"
Shrek is so incompetent! They have no foresight, trying to use school rules to suppress our will and extinguish our emotions. How can we surrender!
Let us rise up and rebel against this incompetent Shrek, and against this detestable bastard Tang San!
Heeheeheehee~ Are the nobles and generals born to be so?
"Fine, fine, you're full of twisted logic!" Wang Yan shook his head helplessly. Lin Yun's current level was very high, and he truly had no authority to manage him. Or rather, only the management at the level of the two department heads in the entire Shrek Academy had the authority.
And Lin Yun might not even listen to them. Wang Yan knew that the arrogance in his heart was no less than anyone else's, and he even had a sense of being a lone sovereign.
But then, Wang Yan asked curiously, "You're an inner court disciple. Why are you in our class during class time instead of staying in the inner court?"
"I took leave for a while to acquire my sixth spirit ring. I just got back," Lin Yun said candidly, not hiding anything.
What was there to hide? I've broken through to the Spirit Emperor rank at an age of less than fourteen. My talent is peerless in this world, leaving all of you pathetic people unable to even see my taillights.
I'm laying it all out. What are you going to do about it?
Wang Yan's jaw dropped in shock, and his glasses fell to the ground with a plop. If the quality of his glasses hadn't been good enough, the lenses would have shattered.
Dai Huabin's mouth was wide open. His dead fish eyes were filled with despair. He had always taken Lin Yun as his goal, wanting to catch up to him, but due to overdrawing his potential with medicine before, he was only at level forty-three.
Huo Yuhao leaned back tactically, his thoughts in a jumbled mess. He kept asking Tianmeng Iceworm in his head, is this reasonable? Is this normal?
After his life-risking cultivation, coupled with the double blessings of the Tianmeng Iceworm and Titan Snow Demon martial souls, he had reached level twenty-nine, just one level away from getting his third spirit ring and breaking through to the Spirit Grandmaster rank. But compared to Lin Yun, his spirit power was double of his!
Huo Yuhao was numb. He was supposed to be the heaven-defying spirit master with an unprecedented million-year spirit ring, yet why was Lin Yun always a million steps ahead, making him unable to even see his back?
If Huo Yuhao knew that Lin Yun's spirit power had actually reached level sixty-nine, a whole forty levels higher than his, with four more spirit rings, he would probably have a complete mental breakdown.
Even Wang Dong'er, the Tang princess, felt a tingling sensation on her scalp.
During this time, due to the strange good feelings she had developed for Huo Yuhao, and because Huo Yuhao's broad figure had blocked her from the Death God's Envoy, her relationship with him had improved significantly.
In the past few months, it had even returned to its former state.
She was also considering finding a suitable time to reveal her true gender to Huo Yuhao and show him her most beautiful self.
But she never found what she considered a "suitable time," and Huo Yuhao also hadn't shown any special feelings for any female. So the matter had been dragged on.
With basically nothing to do, she focused her energy on cultivation. She had now also obtained her fourth spirit ring, and her spirit power level was even one level higher than Dai Huabin's. She was the second most powerful person in the class, after Xiao Xiao.
The main reason was that her neurotic, schizophrenic-like behavior had scared Huo Yuhao, who remained vigilant around her and didn't give her too many opportunities to get close to him.
This gave her more time to focus on cultivation.
If it were anyone else, having a strange classmate who was sometimes arrogant, sometimes humble, sometimes hated you, and sometimes wanted to stick their face to yours, constantly messing with your mind, they would probably stay far away.
It's not like if I don't have this martial soul I won't cultivate or go to school. If I can't afford to provoke you, can't I at least afford to hide?
So Wang Dong'er's thoughts were just wishful thinking. Huo Yuhao was more focused on getting stronger and seeking revenge. Without the double brainwashing from Princess Tang and Shrek, Huo Yuhao, who was focused on cultivating his martial soul and soul tools, was still progressing with revenge as his primary goal.
This couldn't help but make one sigh. A woman would indeed only slow down a swordsman, especially a swordsman like Huo Yuhao who had a nest of enemies in front of him.
He was probably stimulated by Lin Yun's revelation of his spirit power level and would fall into another frantic cultivation craze.
Among the entire class, the calmest ones were Xiao Xiao in his arms and Ning Tian beside him.
This goes to show that being a love addict is an underlying logic that cannot be changed in the Douluo Continent. In these two young girls' eyes, Lin Yun was practically omnipotent. So what if he broke through to the Spirit Emperor rank? Even if Lin Yun said right now that he was going to get his seventh spirit ring and break through to the Spirit Saint rank tomorrow, they would probably only be happy and not shocked.
"You... I really don't know how to evaluate you. In all my years as a teacher, even in historical records, I have never seen a genius spirit master like you." The frustration Wang Yan felt today was more than he had accumulated in a year.
Lin Yun was fourteen, and he was forty. And Lin Yun was already a Spirit Emperor, while he was still a Spirit King.
Yes, he was still a Spirit King. In the original novel, he broke through to the Spirit Emperor rank during the next Sea God's Fate matchmaking event, and that was only because he was stimulated by Han Ruoruo and wanted to be worthy of her, so he put more effort into his cultivation.
His current spirit power level was only fifty-six, and it had been stuck at that level for a very long time.
Without the Heavenly Awakening Sacred Golden Dragon residing in it, his Coiling Dragon Staff was more like a Dragon-Patterned Staff. The staff only had dragon patterns, but no true coiling dragon.
Wang Yan happened to be a Coiling Dragon Staff user without the Heavenly Awakening Sacred Golden Dragon residing in it, so his talent was truly limited.
Even though he had long since given up on the goal of becoming a powerhouse, he still couldn't help but feel ashamed of himself in the face of Lin Yun's talent. As a teacher, he couldn't help but feel a little envious of Lin Yun.
If only... I could have talent like his, how wonderful would that be?
If one could become a true powerhouse, who would give up that path and instead study a theoretical path that was basically useless?
And faced with Wang Yan's evaluation, Lin Yun didn't know what to say.
To be honest, he already felt a little uncomfortable returning to Class Two. Although he had never put himself on the same level as these little losers, his return this time seemed to have made the gap too big.
Looking at the familiar faces that he couldn't name, Lin Yun shrugged. After greeting Wang Yan, he took Xiao Xiao and Ning Tian and left.
It was just skipping class. If Lin Yun was the one taking them out, even Yan Shaozhe wouldn't say much, so Wang Yan naturally wouldn't interfere.
Taking classes in the second year no longer mattered to them.
After leaving Class Two, the trio arrived at the shores of Sea God Lake again.
How to put it? The location was indeed nice. In front was a clear lake, and behind were trees and greenery. With the breeze carrying the aura of the Golden Tree, one's whole being felt calm.
Not just the students, but many teachers as well would come to the shores of Sea God Lake to take a walk and relax in their free time.
This was indeed a good place to gather.
Mm... if I could kill the Silver Dragon King inside the Golden Tree and plant this source of life in the Lake of Life, I'm sure the Lake of Life would be a hundred times stronger than this pathetic lake in front of me.
As soon as they arrived at the lake, a familiar squeaking sound rang out. The Jade Scallion Scorpion, Qing'er, excitedly jumped from Xiao Xiao onto Lin Yun and happily crawled on his chest and back.
Before he left, he had left little Qing'er with Xiao Xiao. Lin Yun had used a portion of the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow and had the Ice Emperor help Qing'er refine it, raising her cultivation years to the thirty-thousand-year level.
A thirty-thousand-year-old Jade Scallion Scorpion was already comparable to a human Spirit Saint with ultimate attributes. Even though she wasn't in the far north, Qing'er could still have the combat power of a Title Douluo, especially since she had the divine skill Ice Blast. If that ant, Cheng Gang, from the Star Luo Empire came, he would probably be no match for Qing'er.
This was the insurance Lin Yun had placed on Xiao Xiao.
It would be inconvenient to ask other spirit beasts to protect a human like Xiao Xiao. Lin Yun wouldn't do it even if they were willing.
Qing'er was different. In her year at Shrek Academy, Qing'er and Xiao Xiao had long become familiar with each other. Qing'er knew that this human was her master's consort, so her attitude was friendly. That was why Lin Yun had placed her by Xiao Xiao's side to protect her.
In Shrek Academy, the true powerhouses would certainly not come to make things difficult for a young girl, but those students with no foresight might. With Qing'er there, Wu Feng could indeed retire.
Speaking of Wu Feng, Lin Yun calmed Qing'er and let her crawl back into his collar. He couldn't help but ask the question.
"So, where did Wu Feng go?"
(End of Chapter)
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