So Nalan Su gritted his teeth fiercely and said, "Fine, you win!"
"But Liu Yuanhao, I don't believe you can protect this kid forever."
"While I can't protect him all the time, you won't have a chance to make a move within the Four Symbols Academy," Liu Yuanhao said with a faint smile.
Nalan Wuxia, on the Azure Dragon Square, saw that Xin Ci was not killed and was unwilling to give up. "Uncle, are we just going to let Xin Ci go?"
Unexpectedly, Nalan Su glared at her and scolded.
"Are you telling me what to do? If it weren't for your incompetence in dealing with a mere mid-Earth Realm nobody, would I have to yield to Liu Yuanhao?!"
Nalan Wuxia was thoroughly berated and dared not retort.
However, his dissatisfaction caused him to mutter under his breath, "What do you mean Xin Ci couldn't deal with him? Didn't you just get beaten by him and spit blood?"
"What did you say!"
"N-nothing."
Nalan Su coldly shouted at Liu Yuanhao, "Take your students and get out of my Azure Dragon Courtyard!"
"I will naturally take Xin Ci and leave, you don't need to worry about it, Dean Nalan."
However, as Liu Yuanhao took Xin Ci away, he also rescued Su Baiwei.
Staring in the direction they left, Nalan Su's expression turned ferocious. "Liu Yuanhao, Xin Ci, you both wait. The Nalan family will not let you go."
Upon returning to the Vermilion Bird Courtyard area,
Xin Ci clasped his fists in thanks to Liu Yuanhao. "Thank you for saving my life, Dean Liu."
Liu Yuanhao, on the other hand, scrutinized Xin Ci, feeling somewhat perplexed and surprised.
The last time he saw this kid during the seat contention, he thought Xin Ci was just a student with decent talent.
He did not expect that he had just witnessed this fellow injuring Nalan Su with a single move on the Azure Dragon Square.
This truly shocked him. However, observing the kid now, his cultivation realm was only mid-Earth Realm.
So he asked, "Can you explain how you unleashed spiritual power comparable to a half-step King on the Azure Dragon Square earlier?"
"This..."
Looking at Liu Yuanhao's scrutinizing eyes, Xin Ci found it difficult to answer.
He knew it was Mu Qingqing inside him who had saved him.
But the mysterious girl residing within his body was a crucial secret, and Xin Ci was reluctant to tell Liu Yuanhao.
"Forget it. Everyone has their secrets. As the Dean of the Vermilion Bird Courtyard, I won't force a student to reveal their secrets to me."
Nalan Su saw Xin Ci's predicament and beckoned.
Xin Ci said earnestly, "Dean Liu, although I cannot tell you, I promise you that I will never do anything to harm the Vermilion Bird Courtyard."
Seeing Xin Ci's serious demeanor,
Liu Yuanhao smiled knowingly and, holding the injured and weak Su Baiwei, said, "Alright, now I should take your little girlfriend for treatment."
Hearing Dean Liu refer to her as Xin Ci's little girlfriend, Su Baiwei couldn't help but blush.
Xin Ci's mouth twitched. He really had nothing with Su Baiwei,
yet everyone assumed she was his woman.
Only Mu Qingqing in his consciousness knew the reason.
However, seeing the male lead's embarrassed expression, Mu Qingqing couldn't help but chuckle.
In the original plot, Su Baiwei was indeed one of the female leads in the early stages of the novel.
Influenced by the original work, others naturally and inexplicably assumed Su Baiwei was Xin Ci's girlfriend.
But it was strange that in the original work, Xin Ci had already officially gotten together with Su Baiwei by this time.
Why now did the male lead still seem like a block of wood, not showing much interest in women?
Back in his room, Xin Ci recalled what had happened on the Azure Dragon Square that day.
He knew he had been saved by the mysterious girl within him once again.
At some point, he no longer feared that the mysterious existence within his body would harm him.
Instead, he felt curious about her, and his heart had never yearned to meet someone so much.
"You can actually hear me, right?" Xin Ci called out in a gentle tone.
However, the room was silent, and only his own voice could be heard.
But Xin Ci did not give up. He tried calling out softly again, "Can you manifest your soul body like Elder Han? I want... to see you, can I?"
At this moment, the door and window creaked open.
Xin Ci's expression immediately lit up with hope.
But in the next second, the light in his eyes vanished, and his expression dimmed.
He couldn't help but feel disappointed and lowered his head, mocking himself, "I'm such a fool. I clearly know she's inside my body, and it's impossible to meet. But... I still really want to see her..."
Xin Ci's disappointment was naturally observed by Mu Qingqing, and when she heard Xin Ci say he wanted to see her,
a small flutter arose in Mu Qingqing's heart, and her cheeks unconsciously turned a little red.
Since arriving in this novel world, having been rejected by the dimension, she had grown accustomed to being insubstantial, like the air.
Sometimes she felt that as an invisible, ghost-like existence,
talking to herself in front of these novel characters was quite laughable.
Because no matter what she did, they could not detect her presence.
Even when personalities switched, they would only mistake her for the male lead, Xin Ci.
Over time, Mu Qingqing gradually began to see herself as an audience member in the cheap seats or a substitute behind the scenes.
She could only silently watch the male lead's performance on stage, unnoticed by others.
But now, this male lead, standing on the performance stage, had turned his gaze towards her in the audience for the first time and sincerely expressed a desire to see her.
Mu Qingqing, in her consciousness space, smiled faintly, gazing at the dreamlike starry sea around her.
Her originally bright Star Wheel Pupils dimmed slightly.
Although she had cultivated the Myriad Manifestation Star Wheel Scripture to the fifth layer, the most she could do was transmit a short sentence to the male lead.
She still could not detach from Xin Ci's body as a visible soul form.
However, Xin Ci outside did not give up on wanting to see the girl who had been silently helping him.
Could it be that his soul power was not strong enough, preventing him from sensing her presence?
A thought even arose in Xin Ci's mind: if he could find a cultivation method to transfer his soul into a body, then he could meet her.
...
The next morning, Dean Li Jianxing was still practicing swordplay under the large tree.
It seemed his life consisted of nothing else but practicing his sword.
However, the sword intent emanating from him made him look like a drawn sword.
Elder Han transmitted his admiration, "This Li Jianxing is a good prospect for swordsmanship. Comprehending sword intent requires great willpower and talent."
"Even in the Central Continent, there are few geniuses who can master sword intent below the King realm."
Xin Ci nodded, acknowledging Li Jianxing's strength and talent.
The scene of Li Jianxing and Mo Qian securing their seats in the seat contention.
Although he arrived late and did not witness it, he believed that these two indeed possessed the strength.