Chapter 216 I Think I've Heard This Name Before!
Tiandou Royal Academy.
"Come on, everyone! Let me introduce a new teammate!"
Dugu Yan excitedly gathered Ye Lingling, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and the rest of the Tiandou team.
"A new teammate?"
Everyone's gaze fell on the pink-haired, pink-eyed girl standing beside Dugu Yan.
So pretty… even prettier than the captain!
Some of the boys thought to themselves.
Facing all those stares, Xiao Wu gave a faint, polite smile, then looked helplessly at Dugu Yan.
Truth be told, she really didn't want to join this so-called Tiandou team. But Dugu Yan had begged her so earnestly that she couldn't refuse.
She genuinely couldn't understand why Dugu Yan, who could already sweep the entire continent by herself, still insisted on dragging her in.
Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Lingling looked at Xiao Wu curiously. Where did Dugu Yan find this girl? Also… wasn't the Tiandou team already full? Adding someone new meant someone had to be benched…
Who would become the substitute?
Zhu Zhuqing was actually a little eager to try. Her main reason for coming to Tiandou Academy was to avoid Dai Mubai; she had zero interest in competitions.
Becoming a substitute would perfectly suit her wishes.
Besides, among the current members, she was one of the weaker ones. Even with the angel's blessing, her age still limited her strength.
"Xiao Wu, go ahead and introduce yourself!"
Dugu Yan pulled Xiao Wu forward and grinned.
Xiao Wu sighed softly, looked at everyone, and said gently:
"Hello, everyone. I'm Xiao Wu; my martial soul is the Soft-Boned Rabbit. From today onward, I'll be a substitute member of the Tiandou team. Please take care of me."
"Substitute?"
Everyone was stunned. They had assumed the beautiful girl the captain brought back would directly become a main member!
After all, they had been urgently gathered just for this introduction!
To call the whole team together for a mere substitute… uh…
…
"Sister Yan Yan, where exactly did you pick her up?" Ye Lingling asked curiously after the crowd dispersed.
"What do you mean 'pick her up'?"
Dugu Yan rolled her eyes. "This is a genius I went through great effort to recruit from the Heavenly Dou Imperial Palace!"
"Genius?"
Ye Lingling glanced at the gentle, sweet-looking Xiao Wu. "Even more talented than you, Sister Yan Yan?"
"…"
After a brief silence, Dugu Yan said with slight hesitation, "About the same as me."
"Eh? So she's a Soul Emperor too?" Ye Lingling covered her mouth in surprise.
"Uh… you should ask her yourself."
Dugu Yan wasn't sure what to say. Soul Emperor? After Xiao Wu came back from the Star Dou Great Forest, she should already be a Soul Sage, right?
She hadn't seen Xiao Wu's spirit rings either, so she could only guess.
"Ask her myself?"
Ye Lingling suddenly felt embarrassed. "She looks a bit… hard to approach."
"I feel the same way."
"Yeah?"
"You're pretty much the same as before: quiet and a little aloof."
"…"
Ye Lingling was speechless. Was she really that aloof before? No way, right?
"Hello."
"Hello."
Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu exchanged greetings and immediately fell into an awkward silence.
"Hello."
Ye Lingling walked over and broke the ice.
"Hello." Xiao Wu nodded weakly, her gentle eyes carrying a trace of distance.
"Um…"
Under Xiao Wu's gaze, Ye Lingling, who had originally planned to ask casually like Dugu Yan, instantly reverted to her reserved self.
She asked shyly yet curiously, "Xiao Wu, may I ask your current level?"
"?" Xiao Wu looked at her in slight confusion.
"I mean… what level are you?" Ye Lingling rephrased.
Zhu Zhuqing also cast a curious glance from the side.
"My level?"
Xiao Wu glanced at Ye Lingling and said calmly, "I just broke through to Soul Sage."
"Soul Sage!"
Ye Lingling and Zhu Zhuqing's expressions changed instantly!
The substitute Dugu Yan brought back was actually a Soul Sage!
Making a Soul Sage a substitute—Sister Yan is too strong!
"And your age?"
"Mm!"
"Bone age… just turned eighteen."
"Eighteen!"
Ye Lingling and Zhu Zhuqing exchanged a look; shock flashed in their eyes.
An eighteen-year-old Soul Sage!
Where did this monster come from?
Her talent was practically on par with Dugu Yan's!
Soul Emperor at fifteen or sixteen, Soul Sage at eighteen…
Compared to these two, what were they? What were all the so-called genius soul masters?
…
"Yanyan, Zhuqing and I are heading off now. See you at the usual spot."
Ye Lingling glanced back at Xiao Wu, a complicated feeling rising in her heart.
"Wasn't that awesome?!"
After the two left, Dugu Yan approached with a smug grin.
"?"
"The way they looked at you just now—tsk tsk!"
Dugu Yan laughed. "Like they were looking at a monster!"
Xiao Wu shook her head. "I know where my strength comes from. Before the sacrifice, I was just an ordinary Soul Elder."
"Hmph! Then why don't you tell them you were a 100,000-year-old soul beast before transforming!"
Dugu Yan looked at Xiao Wu in surprise. "Speaking of which, Sister Xue said you used to have a very lively personality—like a normal little girl before the sacrifice."
"But ever since you were resurrected, you've been so gentle and polite, always speaking so properly. You're nothing like what Sister Xue described."
"…"
"I don't know either…"
A trace of confusion flickered in Xiao Wu's eyes. "Maybe it's because I've grown up."
"Even grown-ups shouldn't change this much, right?"
Dugu Yan's eyes darted around mischievously. "Could it be Sister Xue's influence? Your personality now is really similar to hers."
"Gentle and calm, with a faint aloofness beneath the gentleness. Usually quiet and serene."
"I don't know."
Xiao Wu shook her head; she wasn't very interested in these things. "Can I go back to Heaven Dou City now?"
"Go back to Heaven Dou City?"
"Mm!"
"Aren't you tired of Heaven Dou City yet?" Dugu Yan grabbed Xiao Wu's hand. "Come on, I'll show you around the academy!"
"Heaven Dou Royal Academy is way more fun than the city!"
Xiao Wu hesitated for a moment, but in the end she let Dugu Yan pull her along.
After these past few days, she had realized that Dugu Yan wasn't the… perverted wolf she had first imagined.
She was just an ordinary pretty girl with no improper thoughts toward her!
The incident on the day of her resurrection had simply been out of curiosity.
Otherwise, with that first impression, Xiao Wu really wouldn't have known how to face her!
…
"Xiao Wu?"
A hint of doubt flashed in Ning Rongrong's eyes. "Why does that name sound so familiar?"
"Sound familiar? Do you know her?" Ye Lingling asked curiously.
"I don't know her, but… I feel like I've heard the name somewhere before?"
Ning Rongrong frowned. Zhu Zhuqing, standing beside her, suddenly looked over and said, "I think I've heard someone mention it too."
"Mm?"
Ye Lingling looked at the two of them, puzzled.
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