Chapter 9: Teasing the 'Silver Dragon King

Chen Qiye casually slashed at the oncoming small fireball; the fireball was dodged and split in two, flying past his sides, "Boom—".

The fireball said our spot instantly turned into charcoal, a normal color.

Chen Qiye lightly tipped his toes, his body sprang up again, quickly widening the distance between them.

"Just now her ability is a bit strange—first wind, then fire—twin martial souls?" Zhou Yi and the classmates thought to themselves.

Gu Yue's eyes flashed with surprise; she launched her attack so late, of course not because she was slow to react, but deliberately, wanting to gauge this person's strength. Yet she didn't expect that Chen Qiye's reaction was a bit faster than she imagined, and his combat ability wasn't weak either—he actually split that fireball directly.

Zhou Yi saw that scene, his expression turned grave, because with his experience he actually couldn't tell what this girl's martial soul was.

Chen Qiye paused briefly, then sprang up again; this time his speed was clearly faster than before, a somewhat rhythmic yet uncapturable motion, and the distance between them was rapidly closing.

Gu Yue's yellow halo kept flashing; under the wind's influence the fireball became unusually fast, wildly striking all around, trying to flush out Chen Qiye.

Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao also watched from the sidelines; this time they were truly astonished by the genuine fight between peers, compared to Chen Qiye and Gu Yue's earlier sparring which was merely child's play.

Chen Qiye's disappearing figure made Gu Yue warily look around, then a voice came from her ear: "Looking for me?" Chen Qiye's voice rang out.

Gu Yue instinctively stepped back, but due to inertia her whole body ended up pressed against Chen Qiye's chest.

But Gu Yue quickly reacted; just as she was about to raise her hand, Chen Qiye grabbed her hand from behind and said in her ear: "Give up!"

"Give up? Impossible!"

Gu Yue, feeling the hot breath on her ear, instantly turned into a steaming machine, her face flushed beyond bearing, but she had her own pride, so she naturally couldn't give up.

"Why won't you give up?" Chen Qiye, looking at Gu Yue's blushing face, thought to himself, "This Silver Dragon King is way too shy!"

Instantly Chen Qiye teasingly flirted with the "Silver Dragon King" Gu Yue, as if about to embrace her.

Then he gave a mischievous grin at the girl before him, who was half a head shorter than him.

Then, with everyone stunned, he scooped the girl up in a princess carry; the onlookers watching the battle had their faces full of admiration.

And Gu Yue, who had just been lifted in a princess carry by Chen Qiye, went blank in her mind, then turned into a steam maiden, her face flushed as if just beginning to bleed.

She said to Chen Qiye, ashamed and angry: "I give up, put me down quickly!"

Hearing the girl in his arms concede, Chen Qiye immediately set her down.

And Gu Yue, now set down, lowered her head with a fully red face, as if this could ease the earlier scene, but obviously it couldn't.

Chen Qiye said to the side: "I won……"

Just as Chen Qiye was about to show off his success, he hadn't even reacted yet when he saw Gu Yue already blushing and running toward the dormitory.

"Probably won't get to eat dragon claws tonight……" Chen Qiye thought as he watched Gu Yue's fading silhouette turn into a black dot.

………

That day, Shrek Academy gained a new legend: just after the start of term, a boy was teasing a female student……

……After an hour, everyone, exhausted from changing clothes, returned to the classroom and continued the lesson while seated.

Zhou Yi swiftly removed the nine students who hadn't met the requirements; the originally crowded classroom instantly became much more spacious. This move killed the chicken to scare the monkeys, successfully subduing the remaining students, who no longer dared to oppose her words.

Under Zhou Yi's direction, everyone began taking turns introducing themselves; Chen Qiye had already introduced himself earlier, sitting at the back of the classroom, somewhat lacking interest.

Beside him was Gu Yue, who practically wanted to kill him, making him dare not look that way.

When Huo Yuhao said he only had eleven soul power, the other students, though some looked down on him, didn't dare mock him due to Zhou Yi's pressure.

As a gesture of goodwill, Chen Qiye comforted him: "Don't worry, as long as you keep working hard, you'll surpass them soon."

Huo Yuhao nodded, his gaze regaining its firmness.

He didn't catch the deeper meaning in Chen Qiye's words, taking it merely as friendly comfort.

After everyone finished self-introductions, Zhou Yi began the formal lesson.

Chen Qiye leaned boredly on the desk, his mind wandering to other things.

This knowledge had been lectured by Zhang Le Xuan, so he had long known it inside out.

Beside him, Huo Yuhao listened with extreme earnestness, a thirst-for-knowledge look, madly absorbing knowledge.

He, sitting next to Wang Dong in seat one, Chen Qiye wasn't sure if it was his imagination, but he always felt Wang Dong's gaze from the east was on him, making him dare not turn left or right.

At noon break, Huo Yuhao was kept behind by Zhou Yi alone.

Originally Chen Qiye still wanted to eat the grilled fish Huo Yuhao made in the original story, but that plan could only come to nothing.

After all, that was one of the steps in his cheat-enabled hundred steps: first step was encountering Tian Meng to activate the cheat; second step was joining the Tang Sect to learn Profound Heaven Skill; third step was sharing a dorm with his future wife; fourth step was joining the Soul Tool Department……

So he settled for second best: since he couldn't have grilled fish, he could at least have some mapo tofu.

Chen Qiye nudged Gu Yue with his elbow as she was about to leave.

Gu Yue turned her head and asked, "What's up?" For some reason, seeing Chen Qiye's white cheek again flushed with a faint red like the evening sunset.

Chen Qiye: "Gu Yue, how about I treat you to something to eat?"

"You're really that kind-hearted?" Gu Yue seemed a little doubtful.

"Well, isn't this making amends?"

"Alright then!"

You say Chen Qiye is afraid of Gu Yue's dragon claw, he'd only say "That's absolutely impossible!"

………

"Simple" after lunch, Chen Qiye held his waist and came out, while Gu Yue covered her face and left the cafeteria.

(End of chapter)