A month has passed in the blink of an eye since Ling Feng and the others joined St. Freya. During this time, everyone had adapted to life at St. Freya. Ling Feng's cultivation had also re-entered the Golden Core realm. This time, forging a Golden Core required no lightning tribulations or breakthrough missions; it only took two or three days of seclusion.
St. Freya.
Ling Feng walked through the campus, and students would greet him from time to time. Ling Feng nodded to each of them. Looking at the sea of female students, any other male might have been dazed, but Ling Feng was already accustomed to it. St. Freya was like a women's college; male students were rare creatures, few in number. This was unavoidable, as males had less adaptability to Honkai energy than females. Insufficient adaptability would lead to infection and becoming a Shrieker. Only a very small number of males possessed strong adaptability to Honkai energy. Therefore, almost every male student in the academy was like a big celebrity, known to everyone.
St. Freya had many beautiful students, most of whom would be exceptionally striking in an ordinary school. One might think it was a concentration camp for beauties. However, Ling Feng's interest was low; he had seen too many beautiful women and had developed an immunity.
Inside the teaching building, a large crowd of students had gathered in front of a notice board. Ling Feng looked out of curiosity and found that it was the Valkyrie examination results. Ling Feng glanced at the rankings with interest.
01. Fu Hua
02. Izumi Sagiri
03. Bronya Zaychik
04. Raiden Mei
05. Infinite Future
Not bad, all in the top five. Ling Feng nodded with satisfaction. As for why Future and the others were using their real names now, he couldn't be bothered to conceal it. As for their sibling relationship? So what if they weren't biological siblings?
Speaking of which, where was Kiana's name? Ling Feng was a bit puzzled as he hadn't seen Kiana's name anywhere. Finally, Ling Feng found Kiana's name in the far-right corner of the notice board.
Failed: Kiana Kaslana
Pfft! Hahaha! Ling Feng couldn't help but burst into laughter internally. Although he knew Kiana's grades were poor, he didn't expect them to be so bad that she'd have her own separate list. He remembered Kiana boasting before the exam that she would definitely be first this time. But indeed, she was first, but last.
Well, speak of the devil. Ling Feng saw a group of familiar faces pushing their way into the crowd, and the corners of his lips curled up. Sagiri and the other four finally squeezed to the front and saw the score list.
"Four of the top five are transfer students! So amazing!" The surrounding people discussed in surprise. Hearing the discussions, Kiana couldn't help but proudly lift her chest. "I told you, I'd be first!" Kiana confidently looked up, and when she saw that the first place was Fu Hua, her face was full of disbelief. She hadn't even made it into the top five. "The first place is her! Then where is my name?" Kiana scanned downwards, but still couldn't find her own name.
"Kiana, your name seems to be here..."
"Where, where, where?!" Kiana heard Mei's voice and turned to look, only to see a separate slip of paper. "Could it be that I did too well, and I'm being specially praised?" Kiana happily hopped over, but when she saw the "Failed" list, she froze on the spot. "How is this possible!" Kiana directly grabbed it and angrily tore the "praise" list to shreds.
"Of course, you failed all your written exams, how could we let you pass." The five people heard the familiar voice, turned, and found Ling Feng. Ling Feng was holding several test papers, all bearing Kiana's name. He had just run to the office to get them. Originally, a teacher was supposed to inform Kiana, but now it was Ling Feng. Ling Feng showed a mischievous smile and took out a history test paper from the pile. "Look, you even got zero in history." Kiana was shocked. "Ah! Mei, don't look!" "Ling Feng, give me back my test paper quickly!" Kiana's face turned red, and she hurriedly rushed in front of Ling Feng, trying to snatch the test papers from his hand. But unfortunately, she was panting heavily and couldn't even touch the papers. Ling Feng smiled charmingly and continued to announce her "sentence." "Biology, History, Geography, Physics, and Chemistry combined, only 21 points." "This is considered last place. No matter how bad you are, you shouldn't get so few points even if you guessed on multiple-choice questions. Especially in History, with so many multiple-choice questions, you didn't get a single one right. How unlucky are you?" Ling Feng's words were like invisible swords piercing Kiana. Critical hit! Critical hit! Another critical hit! Thump— Kiana knelt on the ground, her face full of despair.
During lunch, in Murata Himeko's dorm.
"What make-up exam?!" Kiana's eating motion froze, her eyes wide open. "Yes, it's in a week." Ling Feng said, nodding while taking a bite of food. Murata Himeko also said helplessly, "Seriously, there's a limit to being stupid!" "She's just small-chested and brainless!" "Don't you think so, Ling Feng?" Murata Himeko said, putting her arm around Ling Feng's shoulder.
"Teacher Himeko, could you please pay attention to your image? I'm a guy!" Ling Feng pushed Murata Himeko's face away with a blush. At this moment, Murata Himeko was only wearing a bra on her upper body and was squeezing towards him. As for why he was there, it was because this shameless woman had tied him up to cook!
"Oh, Ling Feng, you're blushing." Murata Himeko teased and leaned closer to Ling Feng. Ling Feng kept moving his stool, trying to get away from this woman, but Murata Himeko wouldn't let go, continuing to lean on him. Bang! Until Ling Feng bumped into Mei's stool, he had nowhere left to retreat. Bang! "Ling Feng, how about we go on a date? I like strong men like you." "I'm very poor, I can't support you." "Don't worry, I'll support you." "..." Feeling Murata Himeko's aggressive gaze, Ling Feng's eyelids twitched incessantly. If only he had known! He shouldn't have come! Wouldn't it be better to cultivate at home?!
"Alright, Teacher Himeko! Be serious! We're discussing how to help Kiana pass the make-up exam." Fortunately, Mei quickly pulled them apart and pushed Himeko's stool back to its original position. Himeko puffed out her cheeks, looking unhappy, and glanced thoughtfully at Mei, whose cheeks were still a little flushed. She then said helplessly, "When was I not serious?" You've never been serious! The others really wanted to retort. Fortunately, Himeko knew when to stop and raised an eyebrow. "There's only one way now, we can only do special training!" "Special training?" Everyone was stunned. "It's simple: have Future and Bronya, who got the best written scores, assist Kiana with her studies." Murata Himeko replied. "Indeed, this is the only way for now," Mei nodded.
At 8 PM, Ling Feng grabbed the trash by the door and ran out of Murata Himeko's dorm as if fleeing for his life, as if something terrifying was chasing him. Murata Himeko poked her head out, waved goodbye to Ling Feng's retreating figure with a smile, and shouted, "Ling Feng, welcome back anytime!" I'll be damned if I ever come back! If I do, I'll wash my hair upside down! Ling Feng thought to himself.
......
On the weekend, Ling Feng was watering the spiritual field in the White Stone Grotto-Heaven when he suddenly heard a system prompt in his ear.
Ding! Raiden True will revive in one minute!
"True." Ling Feng was startled and excited. He flashed away from the spiritual field and appeared by the stream, a ring floating in his hand. The minute passed in an instant. With a flash of light from the ring, a purple light mass floated out and slowly landed in front of Ling Feng. As the purple light dissipated, the familiar person appeared before Ling Feng. The ring then fell into Ling Feng's palm with a clatter, as if it had run out of power.
True slowly opened her beautiful eyes, her gaze full of confusion as she looked at the forest and the stream, not yet understanding her situation. "Didn't I die? Could this be the afterlife?"
"True." As Ling Feng called out softly, True trembled and slowly turned around. Before her stood the person she had missed for a thousand years. "True, it's been a long time." True didn't speak but rushed forward and hugged Ling Feng, her eyes moist, sobbing softly. Ling Feng was slightly taken aback, then his gaze softened as he gently hugged True and patted her back. As for Tai Bai, who had walked over curiously, he was thrown far away by Ling Feng using his Grotto-Heaven Master abilities. True hugged him tightly, as if afraid he would disappear from her sight again. Ling Feng remained silent, letting True hug him and vent her emotions.