Chapter 12: Conversation with Gu Yue

Wang Dong hurriedly jumped down from Chen Qiye.

Wang Dong's bright eyes stared fixedly at Chen Qiye, gritting his teeth as he spoke, his entire posture like a little girl whose chastity had been taken away.

At this moment, Tang Ya said, "Chen Qiye, Huo Yuhao, you haven't introduced these two junior brothers to me yet; who are they?"

Huo Yuhao, hearing that, though he didn't know what had happened between Chen Qiye and Wang Dong, still stepped forward to mediate.

"Teacher Xiao Ya, this is my roommate Wang Dong and classmate Gu Yue. Wang Dong, Gu Yue, this is Tang Ya, our senior sister."

Wang Dong and Gu Yue nodded at Tang Ya, as if offering greetings.

Tang Ya smiled at Wang Dong and said, "What a beautiful little shota! I like him; how about you, little Huo Yuhao, do some work and bring him into our Tang Sect?"

Wang Dong heard the words "Tang Sect," his body trembled slightly, and he asked in surprise, "Are you people of the Tang Sect?"

Tang Ya nodded repeatedly, saying, "Yes, now the Tang Sect is just the three of us. I am the current Tang Sect leader. How about it, are you shocked? Come, the Tang Sect welcomes you."

She was just speaking offhand; don't be fooled by Tang Ya's usually carefree attitude—anyone who truly thinks she's simple‑minded will eventually take a heavy loss at her hands.

Tang Ya had long seen Wang Dong's extraordinary nature: his essence was restrained, his soul power condensed. At a glance, his cultivation was far above Huo Yuhao's.

However, to Tang Ya's surprise, after a brief daze, Wang Dong actually nodded at her and said, "Alright! I've long heard of the wonders of the Tang Sect's hidden weapons. Leader of the Tang Sect, I wish to join; please accept me."

"Huh? You really want to join our Tang Sect? We're down to just three people now." Tang Ya was startled, her gaze at Wang Dong full of bewilderment.

Wang Dong nodded seriously and said, "I hope to join the Tang Sect and learn hidden weapons."

Tang Ya's expression grew solemn, and she said, "I'll consider this matter and later have Huo Yuhao tell you my answer."

"Gu Yue, aren't you curious? The Tang Sect's hidden weapons were the first sect a thousand years ago; didn't you think about joining?"

At this moment, Chen Qiye had already come to Gu Yue's side, smiling brightly, and said.

"Tsk, did you join?"

"No!"

"If you don't join, does that mean the Tang Sect isn't much either?"

"........"

According to Chen Qiye's original thinking, Gu Yue should be integrating into the human world, and a sect like the Tang Sect, once a dominant force on the continent, Gu Yue wouldn't just ignore joining!

"Hahaha, Gu Yue, you're really humorous. My not joining the Tang Sect doesn't mean I don't want to join it; it's just that I won't join any sect."

"After all, joining a sect means being controlled and all that—it's too troublesome."

"Oh, then I'm the same…"

Actually, besides giving Gu Yue an out, Chen Qiye said this for another reason.

Another reason is that offending Tang Ya is equivalent to offending Bei Bei, which is equivalent to offending Zhang Le Xuan; offending Zhang Le Xuan means Chen Qiye is bringing trouble upon himself.

"........"

While they were talking, in a short time Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei had already entered the arena, and their supporters kept shouting each other's names.

Chen Qiye wasn't very interested in the match; with Huo Yuhao, a cheat‑enabled guy, Bei Bei could defeat Xu Sanshi in just a few moves. And now Tang Ya had already started looking for Huo Yuhao to cheat.

After Gu Yue greeted Wang Dong, Gu Yue sat beside him; Chen Qiye couldn't figure why he kept smelling a hint of gunpowder.

As Chen Qiye expected, Bei Bei swiftly and easily resolved the match, and Wang Dong, just like in the original story, also discovered Huo Yuhao's cheating assistance.

On the arena—

"Cheat you, willing to lose, bring the Xuan Shui Pill," Bei Bei said with a smile, using Dragon Claw to inject a touch of lightning soul power into Xu Sanshi, causing his towering frame to tremble repeatedly.

"Hehe, the plan works," Tang Ya chuckled, watching the two who had determined the outcome.

After Huo Yuhao fainted from mental and soul power overexertion, Chen Qiye suddenly noticed him staggering toward his side.

Seizing the moment while Wang Dong and Tang Ya were inattentive, Chen Qiye, with a calm expression, quietly nudged Huo Yuhao toward Wang Dong.

Wang Dong, seeing Huo Yuhao falling toward him, instinctively embraced him.

"He—what's wrong with him?" Wang Dong asked, startled.

Seeing Huo Yuhao collapse, Tang Ya was also startled; she hurriedly checked his condition before sighing in relief.

"Soul power overexerted, it's fine! Let's go!"

Having done something wrong, you still didn't leave early—what else do you intend?

Tang Ya and Wang Dong together carried Huo Yuhao back to the dormitory; Chen Qiye, fearing they'd complain about his lack of help, made an excuse and left first.

And after Chen Qiye left, Gu Yue also left the Douhun Zone.

At the dormitory entrance, Bei Bei caught up. After using soul power to tend Huo Yuhao's body, she pulled out a porcelain bottle, poured a pill from it, and shoved it into Huo Yuhao's mouth.

"Little brother, please take good care of him; there's also a pill for Chen Qiye," she said. Senior students aren't allowed in junior dorms—it's a school rule—so Bei Bei could only ask Wang Dong.

Wang Dong's gaze was a bit dazed; coming from a prestigious family and being well‑versed, she had clearly seen the appearance of the pill Bei Bei poured out.

Just as Wang Dong took the pill and wanted to ask Chen Qiye for help to carry Huo Yuhao back to the dorm, she was told that Chen Qiye had already run off.

Irritated, Wang Dong gritted his teeth, "Not only did you almost see me, but even the helping hand ran away so fast. But someday I'll definitely pin Chen Qiye down and beat him up hard to settle the hatred in my heart."

........... By Sea God Lake, under verdant shade, the lake's surface, like blue brocade, reflected a blue sky dotted with white clouds, giving a pleasant feeling, beneath a canopy of green—

A figure was aimlessly wandering around.

After last night's events, Chen Qiye, with no desire to cultivate, sat alone by the lake, chewing on foxtail grass, breathing the cool morning breeze, trying to calm his mind.

"Chen Qiye, why are you here?"

Chen Qiye turned his head and saw that the newcomer was Gu Yue.

"It's you!"

Gu Yue walked over, sat beside Chen Qiye, also gazing at the lake.

"I thought, class monitor, that you're such a cultivation maniac, always training whenever you have time; I didn't expect you'd have such leisurely time."

Chen Qiye glanced at Gu Yue sitting beside him, then turned his head back to stare at the lake…

"Sigh, why such crazy cultivation? Humans should seize the moment for pleasure; why constantly fight and kill?"

Gu Yue, hearing this, for some reason, his eyes fell into contemplation.

Fighting and killing—then I ask you, why must humans hunt soul beasts to become stronger?

Who knows! Maybe some are for status, some are for dignity, for strength there are many, but you ask why must hunt soul beasts?

Actually, this comes down to four words: the weak are meat, the strong eat.

Why......

Gu Yue, you should know, in ancient times humans were hunted by soul beasts; back then, humans were merely food in the eyes of soul beasts.

But now, soul beasts have become a necessary commodity for humans to grow stronger; with increasing strength one can hunt hundred-year, thousand-year, ten-thousand-year, even hundred-thousand-year soul beasts.

In this world, strength and weakness can swap, black and white can invert, and the power between groups will rise and fall.

Not to mention hunting soul beasts, even among humans, and among soul beasts, death and killing exist just the same.

War, sacrifice, death—these are unavoidable in this world.

Whether humans hunt soul beasts or soul beasts hunt humans, it's just the normal operation of this world.

We are caught in this vortex, and can only go with the flow.

Is...?

What's wrong? Why did you suddenly ask about humans hunting soul beasts?

Nothing, I just suddenly felt like asking.

Gu Yue suddenly asked: 'Eh, by the way, Chen Qiye, why don't you tie up your hair? You look a bit like...'

Mid-sentence, Gu Yue stopped speaking and just stared at Chen Qiye.

Er.

You think I want to keep it? I trained for a few months before school started, didn't notice it grew this long, and I'm too lazy to cut it.

Chen Qiye only wanted to say: 'I'm a male transmigrator; in my past life I never even had a girlfriend, never touched a hair tie or anything—how am I supposed to tie it? "You wouldn't...! I never thought our class monitor wouldn't even know how to tie hair, no way, no way!" Gu Yue seemed to read his mind, smiling as she spoke.'

"Me! Who says I can't?" Chen Qiye retorted.

Handle it, give it to you, you are one, let me see.

Gu Yue pulled out a few hair ties from somewhere and handed them to Chen Qiye.

Chen Qiye looked at Gu Yue with a dark face, hair tie in hand.

"Ha ha! I'll help you myself."

Gu Yue laughed, stood up, went behind Chen Qiye, and bound his long hair that hung over his shoulders.

Just like in many martial arts novels.

"This time it's much better." Gu Yue said, smiling at Chen Qiye's new look.

Chen Qiye touched the hair at the back.

"I never thought I'd have a day where I keep my hair; if this were at Blue White Star Academy, the Teaching Director would have already handed you scissors to cut it."

"Although speaking of that, thanks anyway!"

"No problem, just did it casually."

Why do folks in martial arts, fantasy, and xianxia all like to keep their hair?

"Definitely to show off!"

The two just quietly gazed at the lake surface, feeling the wind blowing from the lake.

"Eh? Look! Is there a red dot over there?" Gu Yue suddenly said, gazing at the lake surface.

Chen Qiye's eyes went black; he almost fainted.

"Truly, when it rains, it pours! A sense of 'despair'—just escaping the tiger's den only to fall into the wolf's den—instantly flooded his heart."

"Please keep reading, please vote for monthly tickets (end of chapter)."