Inside the classroom, the somewhat heavy air seemed to be injected with an extremely active Spiritual Qi the moment the name "Wang Qiuer" appeared.
Liu Yuan's hand, which was holding a teacup, froze in mid-air. In those dark and deep eyes, a storm that was difficult for outsiders to detect was currently surging.
"Wang Qiuer... it's actually Wang Qiuer?"
As a transmigrator, Liu Yuan knew all too well the meaning behind this name.
In the original trajectory of fate, this Auspicious Beast of the Star Dou Great Forest should have transformed into human form at some point in the future and then entered Shrek Academy to begin a poignant destiny.
But now, she had not only transformed early but had even crossed most of the Douluo Continent to appear directly at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, right in front of him!
"Is it because of me?"
Liu Yuan's fingers subconsciously rubbed the edge of the teacup, and the scene of him casually saving that Three-Eyed Golden Lion in the Star Dou Great Forest appeared in his mind.
At that time, he had just done it in passing, but he didn't expect this action to produce such a huge butterfly effect, actually dragging this "Soul of Destiny" right out of the Shrek Academy script and into his own life.
"But, what is her purpose for coming here? To repay a debt? Or because of something else..."
While Liu Yuan was thinking, a breeze with a light fragrance had already reached his side.
Wang Qiuer stood with her hands behind her back. Under the sunlight from the window, her brilliant golden hair seemed to have every strand flowing with the light of destiny.
She stopped openly by the empty seat next to Liu Yuan, tilting her head, her heterochromatic eyes flashing with a sly and bright smile.
"Excuse me, classmate... may I sit here?"
Wang Qiuer's voice was crisp and pleasant, carrying a kind of vitality that was hard to refuse.
Before Liu Yuan could answer, she had already pulled out the chair and sat down on her own. She turned sideways, resting her chin on her hands with her arms folded on the table, staring intently at Liu Yuan's well-defined profile.
"I heard Teacher Xuan say your name is Liu Yuan? You're the Duke here?"
"I suppose so." Liu Yuan somewhat helplessly put down his teacup. He could feel the almost murderous gazes of the male students around him.
"A Duke, huh? That sounds so impressive." Wang Qiuer seemed not to notice the abnormality around her and continued to take the initiative to talk, her tone carrying a natural sense of closeness.
"When I saw you come in just now, your brow was furrowed so deeply. Did you run into some trouble? Do you want to tell me about it?"
While Liu Yuan dealt with Wang Qiuer's endless stream of questions half-heartedly, he was secretly on guard.
He discovered that even though he already possessed a profound cultivation of rank seventy-three and his mental force far exceeded that of ordinary people, he still felt a vague sense of mist when facing this young girl.
This made him even more certain that the golden-haired girl in front of him was the Incarnation of that Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
...
On the other side of the classroom, Ju Zi watched the particularly ambiguous interaction between Liu Yuan and Wang Qiuer, the corners of her mouth curling into a playful arc.
She lightly nudged Meng Hongchen beside her with her elbow and whispered teasingly, "Meng, look at that. This new junior sister is no simple character."
"As soon as she walked in, she precisely locked onto our Duke. This offensive... tsk tsk... looks like your 'love rival' has appeared."
Meng Hongchen had been staring blankly at Liu Yuan. Hearing Ju Zi's words, a flash of indiscernible panic crossed her beautiful eyes, and a blush instantly appeared on her fair face.
"Ju Zi! What nonsense are you talking about!" Meng Hongchen hurriedly retorted, her voice soft but urgent.
"Liu Yuan and I are just good friends. He's helped me so much, I'm just concerned about him. Besides, that junior sister Wang Qiuer just arrived and is just more outgoing. Calling her a love rival is too much."
Although she said this, Meng Hongchen's small hands tightly gripping her teacup betrayed her inner turmoil.
She pursed her lips and eventually couldn't sit still anymore. She stood up somewhat stiffly and walked over, putting on the air of a "Class Navigator."
"Wang Qiuer, welcome to the High-level Class. If there's anything you're not used to, you can ask me anytime. I'm Meng Hongchen." Meng Hongchen cut into their conversation. Her smile was polite, but it carried a faint sense of "territoriality."
Liu Yuan looked at the smoke of an inexplicable war rising between these two girls and rubbed his forehead with a headache.
...
Soon, the class bell rang.
Xuan Ziwen began to explain the core architecture of the High-level Soul Tool Position Defense System from the podium.
This kind of course would be top secret anywhere else on the continent, but in the High-level Class, it was a daily required course.
Liu Yuan forced himself to calm down and listen carefully.
For him now, although the knowledge of a Soul Engineer couldn't directly solve the Soul Core problem, the rigorous arrangement logic was of great reference value for stabilizing the Solidified Soul Power in his body.
However, as time passed, that terrifying sense of blockage struck again from deep within his Dantian.
"Damn it... of all times."
Liu Yuan's expression changed drastically. His once ruddy cheeks turned as pale as paper within seconds.
He could clearly feel those Solidified Soul Power Crystals beginning to crash around in his narrow Meridians because his mental force had relaxed slightly, attempting to forcibly construct an unstable loop.
An extremely suppressed and violent aura involuntarily leaked out from Liu Yuan's body.
Crackle!
The wooden desk he was sitting at even developed a clear crack because it couldn't withstand the heavy pressure of the spirit power.
Xuan Ziwen on the podium immediately noticed something was wrong. He stopped lecturing and appeared beside Liu Yuan in a flash. Pressing his palm on Liu Yuan's shoulder, he looked shocked:
"Liu Yuan! Why is your aura in such chaos? spirit power leakage? No... why has your spirit power become so heavy?"
The surrounding students also cast shocked glances.
Liu Yuan grit his teeth, forcibly suppressing the urge to explode. His voice was somewhat distorted due to the pain: "It's nothing... Teacher Xuan, I just encountered some minor trouble in my cultivation. It's not a big deal, I can handle it."
Although Xuan Ziwen was worried, he wasn't a Titled Douluo after all and couldn't see through the actual situation inside Liu Yuan's body. He could only urge: "Don't be too hasty in your cultivation. If you feel unwell, go back to the Dukes Mansion to rest first."
At this moment, sitting to the side, a look of unprecedented gravity flashed in Wang Qiuer's heterochromatic eyes.
In a moment when no one was paying attention, the red vertical mark on her forehead faintly opened a slit.
That was—the Eye of Destiny!
Under the gaze of the Eye of Destiny, all the secrets within Liu Yuan's body became visible to Wang Qiuer.
She saw those solidified crystals that were as brilliant as gems but extremely dangerous, and she also saw Liu Yuan's Meridians, which were already scarred from overloading.
"He's actually trying Soul Sage Core Condensation... with such a life-threatening method, did no one tell him the danger?"
A strong sense of unease rose in Wang Qiuer's heart.
She looked at Liu Yuan's stubborn and pained profile, and the scene of those warm hands snatching her back from the hands of death in the forest kept echoing in her mind.
Although she was an Auspicious Beast with a lively personality, she valued Karma above all else.
"Liu Yuan... you saved me. I absolutely cannot watch you be destroyed by something like this."
...
Today's class ended in a strange and oppressive atmosphere.
After refusing the company of Meng Hongchen and the others, Liu Yuan left the academy with staggering steps.
His current state was indeed very poor. Every step he took required a great deal of energy to suppress the Solidified Soul Power within him.
Wang Qiuer did not follow him immediately.
She stood at the academy entrance, watching Liu Yuan's departing back, her gaze gradually becoming firm.
"For something like this, relying on that Jing Hongchen is useless. Human knowledge is too shallow; the only thing that can save him is that one move."
As night began to fall, Wang Qiuer's petite figure turned into a golden light. In an extremely stealthy manner, she avoided the Sun Moon Empire's patrol sentries and left the Bright Capital directly, arriving at a deserted valley outside the city.
She took a deep breath and took out that black dragon Outrage shimmering with dark golden divine light from her bosom.
Wang Qiuer bit her fingertip and dripped a drop of golden Auspicious Beast True Blood onto the Outrage.
"Di Tian... I have urgent business with you!"
Above the Outrage, a black light soared into the sky, instantly tearing through the Void Realm.
From that distorted spatial rift, a voice as heavy as muffled thunder and carrying endless majesty slowly emerged:
"Auspicious Beast, why such an urgent summons? Have you encountered danger?"
The Void Realm shattered, and a man in a black robe with black hair and eyes filled with endless dominance stepped out. It was the King of the Star Dou Great Forest—Beast God Di Tian!
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