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Tang Wulin looked at the other person blankly, "Xiao Yan... I can understand your thoughts, but I still believe Teacher Xu will return!"

Then, he changed the subject, "Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. Since we finally have some intelligence, let's call everyone and head to the ruins to find out what's going on now!"

Xu Xiaoyan frowned and reminded him, "But Wulin... Xie Xie hasn't come back yet. How about we wait for him before doing anything?"

Even though Elder Cai and others were present, she felt it was better to have more people around, learning from the previous experience when the academy was destroyed.

Tang Wulin nodded and agreed, "Mm... You make sense, Xiao Yan. I'll use the communicator to check on Xie Xie's situation right now!"

Without hesitation, he immediately turned on the communicator...

After a few seconds of silence, a voice finally came through...

"Wulin, what's up? I'm in the soul beast forest right now!"

Clearly, Xie Xie was moving at high speed; even the sound of the air being torn could be heard...

Upon hearing this, Tang Wulin asked, "Xie Xie, are you alright? Did you encounter the Thousand Demon King?"

The ferocious beast that had almost killed Hall Master Guo surely could not be weak!

Xie Xie's tone was unmistakably tinged with irritation, "Speaking of that, it really pisses me off. It seems like the Spirit Pagoda has dispatched another ferocious beast to guard the soul beast forest, and it's very good at sensing!"

"If I don't hide, I could be detected in an instant!"

Tang Wulin's expression became serious, "They've sent a beast that excels at sensing? It seems that the Spirit Pagoda is indeed hiding some important information!"

Moreover, he had a hunch that it was Gu Yuena who had given the order!

It was to make Xie Xie hesitate, afraid to act rashly!

Xie Xie suddenly stopped and urged, "Wulin, if you have something important, speak quickly. I'm about to enter their territory!"

Tang Wulin understood and quickly explained, "Then I'll make it short. There's a message from the battlefield ruins saying there's been a disturbance in space, and we're planning to go check it out!"

Xie Xie's voice paused for a moment before returning to normal, "Okay, I got it. You all must be safe. After you figure out the situation, I will come to meet up!"

With that, he hung up the communicator...

At this moment, Luo Guixing sneered inwardly and said, "Teacher Xu, now that Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi have joined our class, how should we divide the groups?"

Having just offended them, Gu Yue could be dealt with, but offending them meant that no group in the entire class would welcome these two!

Wu Dousi seemed to catch the implied threat and said coldly, "That's right, Teacher, if they don't join a group, they'll be eliminated for lack of a score!"

Xu Yucheng spoke leisurely, "Yeah, but with the two new students' tempers being so explosive, I'm afraid no one will want to accept them."

The other students who had thought of recruiting Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi felt disheartened, well aware that Wu Dousi and the others were making threats!

Everyone retracted their earlier thoughts...

Upon hearing this, Xu Sheng nodded and said, "Hmm, you have a point. Then, does any group wish to let Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi join?"

After speaking, he looked around the room with his dark eyes...

However, not a single student dared to make a sound, leaving the classroom eerily quiet.

Ye Xinglan's beautiful eyes grew icy, and she couldn't help but clench her fists tightly...

She, a pre-selected inner court student, was actually being rejected by these outer courtyard students!!

This was an outright insult!

Xu Lizhi's face showed a hint of panic, "Sister Xinglan, if no one is willing to let us join their group, things will get troublesome!"

Seeing things develop as he expected, Luo Guixing spoke up again to break the calm, "It seems no one is willing to accept you, that's really unfortunate."

Wu Dousi said indifferently, "Our group already has a full roster, there's no way we can invite you two to join."

Xu Yucheng feigned anger, "Hey everyone, is this really okay, treating new students like this?"

Reminded by his words, the other students quickly shifted their gazes, pretending they hadn't seen Ye Xinglan and her companion!

Confronting Wu Dousi and her group would only lead to harm for themselves!!

Watching this unfold, Gu Yue's Beautiful Eyes slightly narrowed, she calmly said, "This is blatant targeting!"

Tang Wulin nodded, explaining, "It's not that everyone is unwilling to have Ye Xinglan and her friend join, it's just that they are intimidated by Luo Guixing and the others' threats. They have chosen to compromise!"

Xie Xie said coldly, "Their status in the class has already far surpassed Gu Yue's as the class president. If things continue like this, the entire first-year class might fall under their control!"

Xu Xiaoyan hesitantly said, "So, what should we do? Otherwise, we, well, those guys plan to isolate us anyway! It wouldn't be bad to have two more powerful students rallying with us!"

Wei Xiaofeng nodded, "I agree with what Xiao Yan said! If Wu Dousi and the others want to isolate us, they're dreaming!"

Wang Jinxi pursed his lips, "Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi must have some strength to enter the Inner Court!!"

Xu Sheng's mouth curved upward slightly, he said softly, "It seems that no one is willing to take in Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi, then..."

Just then, Gu Yue suddenly spoke up, "Teacher Xu, let them join our team!"

Xu Sheng raised an eyebrow, smiling, "So, Ye Xinglan, Xu Lizhi, are you two willing to join Gu Yue's team?"

Ye Xinglan crossed her arms, turning her head, "Not willing!"

Xu Lizhi, however, added, "Teacher Xu... Xu... Teacher Xu... Sister Xinglan misspoke, we are willing! Willing!"

Seeing this, Ye Xinglan said somewhat displeased, "Lizhi, why did you agree? If worst comes to worst, it'll just be the two of us in a group!"

She didn't want to accept charity from others!

Xu Lizhi moved closer to her, whispering a reminder, "Sister Xinglan, I don't want to agree either, but just the two of us can't build a mecha!"

It seems Sister Xinglan was so infuriated by the others that she had forgotten such an important matter!

Ye Xinglan was taken aback and then felt that Xu Lizhi made sense!

She thought to herself, "Damn it, did I get carried away by anger? I can't believe I forgot about this!"

Xu Sheng looked at the struggling Ye Xinglan, saying gently, "Ye Xinglan, do you wish to join or not?"

Ye Xinglan's cheeks flushed with a touch of red, muttering, "I'm willing... willing."

Xu Sheng didn't say much else, announcing, "Well then, you two are now part of Gu Yue's team!"

Ye Xinglan and her companion exchanged a look with Gu Yue, nodding, "Okay!"

Zheng Yiran dropped a sarcastic comment out of the blue, "Tch, trash Soul Masters joining a trash team, how fitting!"

Yang Nianxia narrowed his eyes, "That's not something you can say. They are, after all, students who were eliminated from the Inner Court, it's probably not that simple."

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