"What? She didn't even see Dean Guo yesterday?" One of the girls, who had spoken up for Ji Shi while she was sleeping yesterday, suddenly felt like she had been used, and her face turned extremely ugly.
The people sitting around her were all her close friends with Ji Shi. "Yeah, I was so concerned for her yesterday, why would she lie to us? Does she think we're fools?"
Those people started to get angry, feeling that Ji Shi was hypocritical and didn't treat them as friends at all.
The scattered words drifted into Ji Shi's ears like needles. At this moment, she hated herself for being able to hear. If she couldn't hear the sounds from the outside world, would she not be so sad?
“I… I did go to look for you yesterday, but the doorman told me you weren’t there. I thought you really weren’t there. I didn’t expect that this was your excuse for avoiding me,” Ji Shi defended herself.
Seeing Ji Shi's unpleasant expression, Quan Cang stepped forward and spoke up for her, saying, "Dean Guo, the junior student doesn't know the rules. I'll take her away right away. Please calm down."
Ji Shi broke free from Quan Cang and shouted at Dean Guo, "Isn't it all about strength? Aren't talented players destined to be stronger than hard-working ones? Then I now request to challenge Ji Yuanchi!"
Ji Shi looked at Ji Yuanchi, "You! Do you dare to accept the challenge!"
Ji Yuanchi looked at Xu Yuehuai with trembling eyes. She was afraid that if she couldn't win, she would lose the chance to be with Xu Yuehuai forever.
When Dean Guo saw that she was targeting Ji Yuanchi, he knew that the two girls were close. If Ji Shi offended Ji Yuanchi, it would be a problem whether he could still accept Xu Yuehuai as his apprentice.
"How dare you! Ji Shi, I think you don't understand the rules of this academy's acceptance of disciples. It has always been based on mutual affection. Your choice of me does not mean that I must choose you. And your strength has nothing to do with whether I choose you or not!" Dean Guo said. In the eyes of everyone, cultivation is a matter that depends a lot on fate. Dean Guo considers both fate and strength.
Ji Shi didn't expect that her words would be interrupted by Dean Guo again. She didn't have the strength to continue speaking, and she knew that if things continued like this, there would only be one outcome.
Ji Shi turned and left, not looking at the mocking eyes, and even less daring to look at Quan Cang's face.
Quan Cang watched her retreating figure, looking forlorn, as if abandoned by the whole world. After being hurt, the kitten trembled and found a place to hide itself, slowly licking its wounds.
Quan Cang bowed to Dean Guo and turned to leave.
The audience below the stage were abuzz with discussion about Ji Shi's behavior.
"This Ji Shi... I never expected her to go to Dean Guo beforehand. Isn't that obviously using connections? And she even wants to compete with the freshmen. Although Ji Yuanchi is from the Pu family, as a senior, isn't she obviously bullying the freshmen?"
"Sigh, all the senior female students these days are like this. They think they're the boss of the college just because they studied for two more years. Who can listen to them? What can we do? We can only obey."
After leaving the apprenticeship ceremony, Ji Shi wandered around the academy alone. Most of the academy's students had gone to the ceremony, so there weren't many people left. These people didn't know what she had done; she was enjoying her last normal moments in the academy.
As Ji Shi's friends watched her leave, they frowned and said with dissatisfaction, "Why did she give up so easily! If she can't become Dean Guo's student, can't she become another dean's student? There are five deans, and with her strength, surely one of them will accept her."
“Let’s see where she went and find her. We still need her to make our fortune!” said one of the girls in a green dress.
After everyone agreed, they got up and left.
The departure of a few people did not affect the current atmosphere; the passion and tension of the apprenticeship ceremony remained undiminished.
Fu Jia had been watching from the sidelines as Dean Guo defended Xu Yuehuai and her companion. She didn't understand why Dean Guo was protecting her. "Does this girl have some extraordinary talent?"
Seeing that Xu Yuehuai had chosen him in front of everyone, Dean Guo spoke without hesitation: "This is a highly talented cultivator! This person has quite a talent!"
Ji Yuanchi: "..." It would have been better not to introduce her at all.
Fu Jia was startled; she hadn't received this news at all. She frowned and looked at Dean Zhong, "Do you know that the academy has produced a student with extraordinary talent this year?"
Dean Zhong was patiently rejecting those who wanted to become his disciples. When he heard Fu Jia's words, he was taken aback at first, then stroked his beard and shook his head, saying, "I don't know. The most talented person this year is a girl named Ji Yuanchi. I wanted to take her under my wing, but she chose Lao Guo first."
Dean Guo smiled slyly and said, "You don't know this, but Xu Yuehuai is a super-talented cultivator! I knew long ago that if this news got out, you guys would definitely try to steal my disciple, so I planned to keep this a secret."
Upon hearing this, Fu Jia and Dean Zhong both looked at Xu Yuehuai with burning eyes, "You actually kept such important information from us!"
Dean Zhong and Fu Jia were the closest to Dean Guo, while the other two deans were a bit further away and were unaware of what was happening.
Upon hearing this, Xu Yuehuai raised an eyebrow and looked at Dean Guo, who was beaming with pride, looking as if he had accomplished something great.
He deserves a beating.
"Guo Yanzhi!" Fu Jia's furious voice rang out, and everyone else looked over.
Dean Fu Jia was completely devoid of her usual charming demeanor. At this moment, her eyes were filled with murderous intent and anger as she stared at Dean Guo, as if she were about to kill him with a single blow at any moment.
Dean Guo's smile vanished instantly, and even his hand holding the fan stopped. He chuckled awkwardly and said, "What are you doing? You scared me."
"Prepare to die!" With that, Fu Jia threw out a talisman and hit Dean Guo.
When Dean Guo sensed the impending danger, he immediately jumped several meters away, and the talisman fell to the ground.
"Hey Fu Jia! Can you control your temper? There are so many students watching. What kind of behavior is this!" Dean Guo's hands were trembling. If he, an alchemist, really fought Fu Jia, he would definitely be at a disadvantage.
Alchemists are merely a support profession, but talismans are different; they can be offensive.
Fu Jia snorted and stood up from her seat, no longer looking at Dean Guo, and turned to face Xu Yuehuai and Ji Yuanchi, "Are you two willing to learn talismans from me? The old woman didn't know of your existence before, but now that she does, she's willing to give you another chance to choose."
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