"So this is what Yunzhou is like."

"It’s not very comfortable."

"What a coincidence, I feel the same way."

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The chatter around, the voices of four little rascals were even noisier than four hundred ducks.

Su Li frowned, dragging her suitcase quickly forward. As she moved, the noise followed her.

Unable to bear it any longer, Su Li suddenly braked sharply, turned around and said, "Why are you following me?"

Ouyang Lie looked puzzled and said, "You’re the new leader, so naturally we have to closely follow your steps."

"Previously when I was the leader, Nangong Ming, Shui Wuyu, and Xuanyuan Yi all followed me."

Now that they’re following the leader, there’s nothing wrong with that.

The four little rascals wore expressions of open surprise, making Su Li feel like a fool.

They almost had "the boss’s intelligence doesn’t seem very keen" written on their foreheads.

Suppressing the twitching vein on her forehead, Su Li said, "Don’t follow me, I’m not your leader."

Ouyang Ming was puzzled: "I thought we had already reached a consensus."

Su Li: I didn’t, don’t talk nonsense.

After thinking for a moment, Ouyang Lie seemed to understand, hesitantly saying, "If you don’t like our retro style, then we’ll just revert to being ordinary."

Does this have anything to do with retro style? She simply didn’t want such stupid followers.

Thinking back then····

"Hey, leader, hurry up, someone from the academy has come to pick us up."

Suddenly pulled forward by Ouyang Lie, Su Li stumbled a few steps due to inertia.

Su Li instinctively wanted to get angry, but as she felt the absence of any Spiritual Energy in her body, her angry thoughts subsided, leaving her with a dazed expression.

She thought she was the boss, but she was actually just a little sister.

Her imagination was too strong, she was still in a daze even now.

It’s like thinking I’m so powerful, but in reality, I’m just a piece of trash.

The only perk was that after training in the illusion, her spiritual power seemed quite high.

But it still couldn’t erase the disappointment of being trash now.

Looking at her slender fingers, Su Li sighed heavily and walked slowly toward the academy’s reception point.

Ouyang Lie and the others had already started chatting with the person from the academy.

The other party was a senior from the previous year, with a casual demeanor that faintly gave off excitement, and occasional subtle maliciousness lingered on them.

He looked at them with eyes as if watching lambs about to fall into traps.

"Meeting is destiny. This year, there are six new students. Our academy’s motto and rules emphasize unity and friendship. Everyone has been looking forward to you, and we’ve even organized a grand welcome ceremony. This has been our academy’s tradition, and you’ll definitely feel the care and welcome from your seniors."

"Is that so?" Ouyang Lie forced a smile.

As a little rascal sensitive to emotions, how could they not feel the other’s obvious malice?

Compared to this senior, the new leader seemed particularly reassuring.

"Leader."

Ouyang Lie’s call drew the attention of the welcoming senior, who noticed that among the new students, there was actually an adorable girl.

He rubbed his chin a few times, thinking that with a girl here, he would have to notify others in advance to make the surprise even more creative.

Girls always deserve careful attention.

Seeing a fleeting malicious smile at the corner of the welcoming senior’s mouth, Nangong Ming shivered and moved closer to Su Li.

What happened? She was just daydreaming for a second, and now it felt like she turned into a clucking hen.

Were the little rascals trying to shrink under her wings?

It must be an illusion.

Su Li found it hard to distinguish between illusion and reality now.

Her mind must contain a vast spiritual universe, truly remarkable.

The welcoming senior was quite enthusiastic, driving a small vehicle for transportation. Squeezed in like sardines, they finally arrived at Yu Guangzhong Academy.

Su Li was a bit surprised.

The academy, which wasn’t favored, was unexpectedly grand.

Buildings towered elegantly.

Besides some signs of neglect, making it appear shabby and gray, one could still find traces of past glory.

Walking past two cloud-reaching stone pillars, they arrived at an open square. In the center of the square stood a towering statue over ten meters high.

The statue held a scroll in one hand and pointed to the sky with the other. He was the first founder of the academy, Mr. Yu Guangzhong.

Further ahead, there were groups of gray buildings rooted in the black-yellow earth like iron staffs.

The senior suddenly stopped, showing a bizarre smile, and said, "From here, you have to find the administration office by yourselves. I have things to do, so I won’t be accompanying you."

After saying that, without waiting for Su Li and the others to respond, he hurriedly stepped forward and quickly disappeared into a shadow, nowhere to be seen.

"Ah, what do we do now." Ouyang Lie nervously looked around.

It’s hard to imagine such a vast academy would be so quiet in broad daylight.

It seemed that apart from them, there were no other signs of life.

Ouyang Lie and the others might not have felt it, but Su Li could sense numerous pairs of malicious eyes lurking like wolves and tigers in those buildings, watching them eagerly.

Su Li scanned the surroundings and slowly lifted her foot to walk in.

Ouyang Lie followed closely, and then a piercing scream broke the current silence.

Ouyang Lie and the others were so frightened they almost jumped up, clutching their pounding hearts with trembling hands.

The reputation of a trash camp was well-deserved; they had heard that new students enter upright and exit lying down.

Terrifying...

Su Li quickly looked up, stepping directly toward where the sound came from.

"Hey, hey, leader, don’t... don’t go that way." Ouyang Lie tugged at Su Li’s skirt, trying to stop her from going.

The leader was strong, but not very smart.

Ouyang Lie sighed again in such sentiment.

Alas, he had to watch over them all since they were all new students.

Unity is strength, I’m not afraid.

If only his hand would stop shaking, it would be more convincing.

Su Li ignored the people behind her, pulling a series of them forward.

Ouyang Lie and the others were like beads on a string, one pulling the other, leaning back as they were led by Su Li.

Ouyang Lie: Who am I, where am I, what am I trying to do?

Ouyang Lie felt incredulous that four grown men were overpowered by a frail little girl. This wasn’t logical.

Didn’t they care about face...

Ouyang Lie was filled with shame, and before he knew it, Su Li had unknowingly led them closer to the source of the scream.

With a roaring sound, the entire building’s lights suddenly turned on.