20demayo Chapter 54 Duel
Chapter 54 Duel
The atmosphere inside Class 9 of the new students was eerily strange.
Many trainees' eyes drifted, intentionally or unintentionally, towards the corner.
There sat a girl with large, light blue eyes, long, curled eyelashes, and long, smooth, light blue hair that cascaded down her back, highlighting her slender figure and delicate features.
It was Wang Dong'er who had regained her female identity.
Feeling the curious, inquisitive, and even slightly strange gazes directed at her, Wang Dong'er's anger and shame, which had been suppressed since her identity was exposed last night, finally erupted the moment she saw Huo Yuhao walk into Class 9's classroom.
She suddenly stood up and went straight for Huo Yuhao, shouting, "Huo Yuhao, I challenge you to a duel!"
With Wang Dong'er's voice, the previously whispering classroom instantly fell silent, and everyone's eyes were focused on the two of them.
Ning Tian, the class monitor, frowned slightly and stood up from his seat, saying, "Wang Dong'er, please stop fooling around. Class is about to start."
Following behind Wang Dong'er, the petite Xiao Xiao, with a worried expression, whispered, "Dong'er, the class monitor is right. You shouldn't cause trouble for Yuhao."
Xiao Xiao was truly suffering in silence.
She never imagined that Wang Dong'er, who had been exposed as a woman disguised as a man, would end up sharing a dormitory room with her.
However, after spending time with her last night, she realized that Wang Dong'er didn't seem to have any mental illness. Apart from being a little inexplicably arrogant, she didn't seem to be any different from ordinary girls in other aspects, except that she was a little too beautiful.
Ning Tian was the most beautiful girl in Class 9.
But when Wang Dong'er revealed her true appearance, her stunning beauty immediately overshadowed Ning Tian's.
This also gave Ning Tian a strange sense of crisis, and he subconsciously wanted to use his "power" to properly curb Wang Dong'er's arrogance.
Wang Dong'er glanced at Ning Tian and Xiao Xiao, who were clearly speaking up for Huo Yuhao, and then saw the seemingly innocent expression on Huo Yuhao's face, which made her grit her teeth in anger.
Ignoring everything else, she took another step closer, staring at Huo Yuhao: "Huo Yuhao, if you have the guts, come fight me in the Soul Arena. Let's settle things with our strength."
The smell of gunpowder grew stronger in Class 9.
Just then, a gentle yet authoritative voice came from the doorway.
"Class is about to start, what are you all doing huddled together like this? Hurry up and find your seats!"
Hibiscus walked in, holding a lesson plan.
Her gaze fell on Wang Dong'er, who was confronting Huo Yuhao, and her eyes revealed obvious helplessness.
She was also very surprised when she learned the news this morning.
Unexpectedly, the student he had previously taken in from Zhou Yi turned out to be a problem child disguised as a boy.
What made her even more ashamed was that if Huo Yuhao hadn't recognized Wang Dong'er's gender based on her martial soul, she would have been in a different situation.
If a man and a woman were to stay in the same dormitory, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Fortunately, nothing irreparable happened.
Forced by Mu Jin's status as a teacher, Wang Dong'er could only let out a soft snort and return to her seat, still staring at Huo Yuhao with an unfriendly expression.
Ning Tian greeted Huo Yuhao with a smile and invited him to sit down next to him. As for Wu Feng, who was sitting on Ning Tian's other side, he was still sulking as he watched Huo Yuhao sit down next to Ning Tian, but he was powerless to do anything about it.
Xiao Xiao, who was sitting next to Wang Dong'er, looked at Ning Tian and Huo Yuhao sitting so close together and her eyes revealed a hint of undisguised envy.
Mu Jin witnessed all of this and shook her head helplessly.
She placed her lesson plan on the podium, ready to begin today's lesson.
……
In a secret room on Poseidon Island, Ma Xiaotao gradually woke up from her coma.
"Mmm..." she groaned softly, her body shifting unconsciously as her right hand instinctively covered her chest, where a strange, icy feeling still lingered.
She couldn't help but shiver. "It's so cold, why is it so cold?"
As she gradually regained consciousness, she suddenly sat up and subconsciously looked down at herself, but found nothing unusual.
He jumped off the bed, ripped off his mask, revealing a slightly pale oval face.
She looked to be around twenty years old, with a somewhat aloof facial structure, but this still couldn't hide her stunning beauty.
Standing upright, her well-developed figure was fully revealed, like a ripe peach.
"You're awake." Yan Shaozhe's voice rang out in the room, followed by an undisguised heavy sigh. "Xiao Tao, you almost made a terrible mistake this time! Do you know what you almost did?"
Ma Xiaotao looked visibly bewildered. She shook her head. "Teacher, I don't remember. I only remember seeing a red blur before my eyes, and then something I desperately wanted to possess appeared. I tried to grab it, and after that, I don't know anything. I woke up here."
"Really, Shao Zhe." Cai Meier quickly stepped forward, stood in front of Ma Xiaotao, and shielded her behind her. Her tone was reproachful. "You know what Xiaotao is like when her lustful desire flares up. How can you blame the child as soon as she wakes up?"
Yan Shaozhe's lips twitched involuntarily upon hearing Cai Meier's clearly biased words.
He sighed inwardly. It is said that a doting mother spoils her son. Xiao Tao's lack of attention to the harmful effects of her own "evil fire" was probably influenced by Cai Meier.
However, recalling what Ling Luochen had said before and the decisions made at the Sea God Pavilion meeting, Yan Shaozhe still put on a stern face and said in a deep voice, "Why didn't you tell me in advance that the evil fire in your body was about to become uncontrollable?"
Do you know that if Ling Luochen and that student named Huo Yuhao hadn't happened to be in the inner courtyard and hadn't intervened in time to suppress your evil fire, you probably would have already lost control and rushed to the outer courtyard!
Ma Xiaotao froze, the color draining from her face even more. "I didn't know it would turn out like this. I thought I could control it, but..."
She wasn't unaware of the terrible consequences that would ensue if she lost control and rushed into the outer courtyard, attacking students whose cultivation levels were far lower than hers.
At that point, she would probably be completely consumed by the evil fire, with no way back.
This time, Cai Meier did not stop Yan Shaozhe from giving her a reprimand, after all, the matter was of great importance.
However, seeing the confusion and helplessness on Ma Xiaotao's face, he still hugged her with heartache, pulled her back to sit on the edge of the bed, and gently comforted her, "Xiaotao, don't be afraid, everything is alright now. Ling Luochen was able to stop you in time thanks to the help of that student named Huo Yuhao."
"Huo Yuhao?" Ma Xiaotao murmured the unfamiliar name. She thought about it carefully, but she didn't seem to remember having this student in the inner courtyard.
"Master's wife, who is Huo Yuhao?"
Seeing the curiosity on Ma Xiaotao's face, Yan Shaozhe and Cai Meier exchanged a glance, and smiles appeared on their lips simultaneously.