118: Chapter 118 Making Things Difficult

The first day of school.

Xing Yaoyan sat upright in her seat, listening intently to the professor lecturing on the stage.

At the Longxiang Academy, different professors offered various courses every day, and students could choose the ones they liked based on their interests.

Some popular courses even required spending points to make a reservation.

The classrooms were equipped with facial recognition devices that automatically recorded the number and identity of attendees, allowing the school to provide customized final assessments later on.

Today, Xing Yaoyan and the others were listening to a world-renowned professor who was particularly skilled in the "Application of Spatial Spiritual Power." He had even improved several large-scale Teleportation Spirit Arrays.

Xing Yaoyan came to listen mainly because she had seen related information at Qian Wanyao's place and had a bit of interest in it herself.

As for Leng Xiaoyue and Ying Linglong... their main strategy was "wherever Sister Yan goes, I go," which was effortless and saved them from thinking.

The youth on her left could still maintain an upright posture, but his slightly trembling body betrayed his inner torment.

As for little sister Linglong...

Oh! She was slumped over her desk, fast asleep.

It was worth mentioning that her charmingly naive appearance while sleeping had attracted some gazes, but after seeing Xing Yaoyan beside her radiating a powerful aura, they all instinctively looked away.

There was no helping it; she was someone they couldn't afford to provoke...

Feeling a strange sensation on her leg, Xing Yaoyan's body paused slightly, and then a doting smile appeared on her face.

It turned out that the little girl's tail had wrapped around her calf.

Before coming here, Xing Yaoyan had told her many times that showing cat ears and a tail in human society was too conspicuous and that she should hide them.

But at that time, she actually said that if she hid those features, she wouldn't be cute anymore, Sister Yan wouldn't pat her head from time to time like before, and she wouldn't be able to secretly wrap her tail around her leg...

"Hmph... looks like you stayed up late last night, you little night owl..."

No students were sitting around the three of them. Xing Yaoyan knew it was because they were newcomers with unfamiliar faces.

Moreover, the Yao Race's reputation in the Human Alliance wasn't very good. Those who had shown her kindness before were only a minority; most people still held prejudices against the Yao.

But she didn't care; as long as she had her friends by her side, it was enough.

You don't need to strive for everyone to like you; you just need to cherish the people right in front of you.

Unknowingly, she had been in this world for almost a year. During this time, Xing Yaoyan felt like this was the first time she had been in such a stable environment.

Listening to the lecture and taking notes on key points felt peaceful and serene, as if she had returned to the comfortable school days of her past life.

In the past, she didn't know how to cherish it and had lived each day in a daze.

Now, after experiencing the harsh beatings of life in another world, she finally felt the preciousness and hard-won nature of campus life.

"Alright, I've been talking for so long that I'm tired, but whether you've been listening seriously is another matter. Now, I'll invite a student to come up and answer a question."

As soon as the professor finished speaking, the classroom, which still had some background noise, instantly fell silent.

Familiar, so familiar...

For some reason, Xing Yaoyan actually felt an urge to cry.

"Let me see which student is still keeping their head down..."

The professor's eyes were like torches as he scanned the students from the podium.

At that moment, Ying Linglong's snot bubble suddenly popped.

She sensed the change in the environment.

The alertness hidden in her Bloodline woke her up instantly.

"Good! This student! It's you!"

The little Cat-girl, still dazed and stretching, froze. Then she realized the old man on the stage was pointing straight at her.

She leaned to the left, and his finger moved left; she leaned to the right, and his finger moved right—it followed her movements doggedly.

"Meow! Me... me?"

Ying Linglong finally realized he was indeed pointing at her.

"Sister Yan... what did this old man just talk about..."

Ying Linglong turned her head and lowered her voice, which was trembling slightly.

"Oh, nothing much. Just some things about 'how spiritual power achieves spatial transformation' and 'the types and intensities of spiritual power that can trigger spatial fluctuations'..."

"Meow! Stop, stop, stop! Sister Yan, don't read it out. I really didn't hear a thing. Help me, meow!"

Xing Yaoyan watched her little sister Linglong's anxious state with great interest.

She thought to herself: As expected, no matter the world, and whether human or Yao, teachers always have a natural sense of suppression over students.

She could feel that the old professor on the stage was only at the level of an ordinary third-tier Esper, yet with just those few words, he had made Ying Linglong, an elite third-tier, panic like this.

"Sigh... alright, stop grabbing me. I'll help you. Don't sleep in class next time, okay~"

With that, the young girl suddenly raised her hand.

"Report! We are Visiting Students who just arrived at the Longxiang Academy from the Kingdom of Myriad Demons. We are still in the adjustment phase and cannot grasp the profound knowledge you are teaching in such a short time."

"But please rest assured, we will definitely study hard. For now, however... please find someone else to answer."

Xing Yaoyan's words were watertight. She first stated their special status and then subtly flattered the professor, giving both sides a way out.

"Oh! You're those three Yao who came to the Longxiang Academy. Welcome!"

The professor was surprised for a moment, then habitually muttered:

"I thought the things on that girl's head were ear ornaments..."

"Haha... then never mind, I'll pick someone else..."

"Wait!"

Just then, a boy on the other side of the classroom suddenly stood up.

"Professor, didn't you say that even if we don't know the answer, we should still come up? That it doesn't matter if we get it wrong, and it helps deepen our understanding?"

His tone was prickly.

"Yes, I did say that. But they are encountering our human theories for the first time; they need some time to adapt..."

"No, Professor! We can't give them privileges just because of their special status. As long as they are students of the Longxiang Academy, they must act like Longxiang Academy students."

"Furthermore, I saw with my own eyes that the cat yao fell asleep in class just now. Her companion is definitely trying to cover for her. So no matter what, one of the three of them must go up!"

The student's words were logical and impassioned, leaving no room for rebuttal.

The professor wiped the sweat from his forehead, feeling conflicted.

He knew that those who could attend the Longxiang Academy were either geniuses or young masters from some Family. A minor Researcher like him, without any real power, should avoid provoking them as much as possible...

"Then..."

Xing Yaoyan sneered inwardly, thinking how "lucky" she was to encounter someone looking for trouble again.

After burning the student's appearance into her mind, she was just about to speak when a familiar voice rang out.

"Wait! That's a fallacy!"