Martial arts have become extinct worldwide, yet I am forced to have a large family.

"Look, look! Senior Luo Bingyan really talked to that freshman!"

"My god, who is this freshman? How could Luo Bingyan take the initiative to seek him out?"

"Do you guys think... they're in that kind of relationship? Otherwise, why would Senior Luo be dressed like that and waiting for him at the door?"

"Don't talk nonsense! Senior Luo is the ice queen of Chengwu University, how could she possibly be interested in a freshman!"

Various speculations and discussions arose one after another, making Yang Xian feel extremely uncomfortable.

Looking at Luo Bingyan in front of him, a sense of powerlessness welled up in his heart.

"No, I'm not angry." Yang Xian sighed, feeling his temples throbbing. "Listen to me, let's go to school first. This place is too conspicuous."

These three words, "Listen to me," are like a switch.

Luo Bingyan's beautiful eyes, which had been slightly confused, suddenly regained their clarity and focus.

She might not do anything else.

But obeying and carrying out orders was the only principle she had been instilled with since childhood.

"Okay, I'll do as you say."

Luo Bingyan answered crisply and decisively, without the slightest hesitation.

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Yang Xian led Feng and Ling into the magnificent school gate, with Luo Bingyan following closely behind.

The crowd around was a little thinner.

"Yang Xian..."

"Um?"

Luo Bingyan suddenly stopped and stood in front of Yang Xian: "From now on, you can ask me for anything at any time."

If you can't please a man, can't you at least be obedient?

Perhaps, this is the only thing she can do for Yang Xian.

"You can do anything?"

Yang Xian raised an eyebrow, then shook his head with a wry smile. "That's a very serious promise. Don't say things like that again."

"No, I'm serious!" Luo Bingyan's answer remained firm.

For her, orders are everything.

I'd give my life if it meant completing the mission!

Anyway...

Nobody cares...

Yang Xian knew that further persuasion would be useless.

This woman is frighteningly stubborn in some ways.

"Alright then." Yang Xian shrugged helplessly.

"Today is my first day of school, and I'm completely clueless."

"As a senior student, could you help me with my enrollment procedures and show me around the dorms and campus?"

Surely you've learned that by now?

Even the most oblivious martial arts fanatic should be familiar with these basic procedures.

However, Luo Bingyan remained silent for a moment, and finally shook her head gently.

"I won't……"

Yang Xian: "???"

You're a sophomore who's been at the school for a year, and you're telling me you don't know how to complete the enrollment procedures?

How did you enroll last year?

Was she carried in?

Sigh, never mind! I'll just ask someone else...

Yang Xian felt that if he said a few more words to her, he might get internal injuries from being angered by her unique thought process.

Just then, a clear and melodious female voice came from not far away.

"Yang Xian? I thought I was seeing things, but it really is you!"

Yang Xian looked in the direction of the sound.

He saw a tall girl walking quickly towards him, her bright amber eyes full of surprise.

The girl had long, light flaxen hair that reached her chest, which shimmered with a warm glow in the sunlight.

She wore a loose, plain white short-sleeved T-shirt on top and light blue frayed denim shorts on the bottom.

Two straight, well-proportioned long legs were exposed to the air, with fair skin.

"Long time no see, Senior Xia Ming."

Yang Xian recognized the other person.

Xia Ming, like him, is a student at the First High School of Nanhai, but is a year ahead of him.

Three months ago, a monster invasion occurred in Area A. At that time, Xia Ming happened to bring Lin Qingxue to Area A to help.

"Oh, please don't call me senior anymore."

Xia Ming walked up to him and waved his hand generously. "I'm a freshman at Chengwu University now, just like you. You can just call me Xia Ming from now on."

"Okay, Xia Ming." Yang Xian nodded readily. "Where's your luggage? Is it all settled?"

"Yeah!" Xia Ming proudly raised his chin. "I met a super helpful senior student as soon as I arrived. She helped me complete all the procedures and even found a dorm! If you don't mind, I can show you through the process; it'll be quick!"

It's like someone just brings you a pillow when you're about to fall asleep.

Yang Xian felt relieved, thinking he had finally met a normal person.

"Well... thank you."

"Not at all!" Xia Ming waved his hands repeatedly, his eyes crinkling into crescent moons with laughter.

"You saved my life from the monster's self-destruction, and I haven't even had a chance to properly repay you!"

"I'm the one who should be saying thank you!"

"By the way, who are these two?" Xia Ming looked curiously at Feng and Ling next to Yang Xian.

"My family," Yang Xian introduced simply.

"Family?" Xia Ming was taken aback. "Hello, hello, my name is Xia Ming, I'm Yang Xian's friend!"

Feng and Ling nodded politely.

Luo Bingyan stood aside, quietly watching Xia Ming and Yang Xian talk familiarly, and watching Xia Ming resolve Yang Xian's troubles in just a few words.

Her fingers, hanging at her sides, unconsciously curled up slightly.

I think I... messed up a bit.

Such a thought flashed through her mind, but her expression remained unchanged.

She didn't leave, but quietly followed behind the group, stubbornly waiting for Yang Xian to give any "instructions".

The group walked toward the freshman registration area.

"Oh, right, Yang Xian." Xia Ming suddenly remembered something and said with great interest:

"The opening ceremony is the day after tomorrow, you absolutely can't miss it!"

"I heard from my senior that the 'Enlightenment Stone' will be activated on the day of the celebration, giving everyone a chance to gain enlightenment. It's said that you can find the cultivation technique that's most suitable for you inside!"

"It's said that if you're lucky, you might even obtain a divine-level cultivation technique!"

"Yes, thanks for reminding me." Yang Xian nodded.

A divine-level cultivation technique?

By the way, those three divine-level cultivation techniques that I submitted to the country should have been included in the academy's collection, right?

I wonder if any lucky person will be able to glean any insights from the Enlightenment Stone...

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Shortly after Yang Xian and the others left.

A girl with shoulder-length gray hair also dragged her suitcase and slowly made her way to the school gate.

She looked at the crowd of people coming and going in front of her and kicked a pebble on the ground in frustration.

"Seriously!"

"I've already said I don't want to come to school, but Dad still insists on arranging for me to come here."

"And she even said that if I wanted to date a guy named Yang Xian, I had to make him fall in love with me, or she'd cut off all my allowance..."

"If nobody gives me money, I'd rather starve to death!"