The entire third class of the senior year fell silent.
Everyone looked on in surprise at the tall young man who walked in slowly.
"Xu Zhou?"
"Li Ruoxi's brother? What's he doing here?"
Xu Zhou now counted as a notable figure in the school.
When the students of Class Three saw him, they began to whisper quietly.
Xu Zhou ignored these glances, slung his Tang blade, and walked straight to the lounge.
He stopped in front of the lounge door, standing firm.
"Who did you just say doesn't know what's good for them?" Xu Zhou asked calmly, looking at the twin-tailed girl inside.
Currently, his Spirit level had already reached 9 Hertz, making his hearing extremely sharp.
Additionally, Xu Zhou was very familiar with Li Ruoxi's voice.
So, when he was in the corridor, Xu Zhou had already overheard the conversation between the two.
He had roughly understood the background of the situation in his mind.
No wonder Li Ruoxi's cultivation subsidy got intercepted by someone from the Inner City; it turned out she had offended Liu He.
Liu He, the number one on the Dragon-Tiger Rank, wanted to team up with Li Ruoxi, but she refused!
Actually, never mind Li Ruoxi; Xu Zhou was the first one who disagreed with this matter.
Kidding, he's still waiting for Li Ruoxi to lead him into the Thousand Demon Cave.
If Li Ruoxi teamed up with someone else, how would he get in?
At this moment, Xu Zhou looked at the girl in the lounge with a slight coldness.
Zhou Kexin's face stiffened, and she quickly feigned innocence, saying, "What not knowing good from bad, you must be hallucinating!"
Xu Zhou ignored her, turned, and handed the potion to Li Ruoxi next to him, saying, "Sis, Teacher Cao asked me to give this to you."
Li Ruoxi reached out to take it, but her apricot eyes kept staring at Xu Zhou, showing a hint of surprise.
She seemed to be surprised by Xu Zhou's arrival at this moment and that he was speaking on her behalf.
"Sis, don't worry." Xu Zhou smiled at her, "What you find hard to handle, just leave it to me."
"You..." Li Ruoxi's expression turned slightly dazed.
Xu Zhou turned to look at Zhou Kexin.
"Senior, what did you say behind my sister's back just now? I didn't hear it clearly. Please repeat it in front of the whole class."
Xu Zhou smiled, standing tall, like a sunny big boy at the door.
But his words caused Zhou Kexin's face to change suddenly.
She gritted her teeth, glaring at Xu Zhou, "Don't make things up, I didn't say anything behind the class monitor's back!"
"It seems the senior's memory isn't very good." Xu Zhou said calmly, continuing, "Then let me, on behalf of the senior, repeat what you just said to my sister."
He stared at Zhou Kexin, and said word by word, "Brother Liu invited you as a courtesy, you ungrateful guy."
Wow~!
Once the words fell, the entire third class of the senior year was instantly in an uproar.
Everyone knew Li Ruoxi had repeatedly refused Liu He.
But no one had dared to defame their class monitor like this before.
After all, Li Ruoxi was the second on the Dragon-Tiger Rank and the person most respected by their class three.
Xu Zhou's words immediately turned all eyes towards Zhou Kexin in the lounge.
Lin Shishi even directly voiced out, "Zhou Kexin! How can you talk about our class monitor like that?"
Zhou Kexin's cheeks flushed instantly. Knowing there was no way to hide it, she immediately said sharply, "Yes, I said it, so what? Did I say anything wrong?"
She stepped out of the lounge and looked at Xu Zhou, "Your sister has already offended Huang Yunxuan, and now the students of Class Two are very hostile towards us!"
"Do you still want to continue offending Liu He? He's not only number one on the Dragon-Tiger Rank but also from the Inner City!"
"Do you want her to offend the entire Inner City?"
Before Xu Zhou could speak, Li Ruoxi faintly said, "Liu He is just a sideline of a big family in the Inner City. He doesn't represent the entire Inner City."
Zhou Kexin looked at her, saying coldly, "Even a sideline, that's still a sideline of Inner City, a status far higher than ours!"
"Moreover, the Inner City students of the school all take Brother Liu as their leader."
"If you get along with Brother Liu, it's akin to getting along with those students from the Inner City."
Zhou Kexin stared at Li Ruoxi, "Brother Liu, with such a status, personally lowered himself to invite you, isn't that giving you face?"
Her words were full of righteousness.
However, many in Class Three had flickering eyes, with no intention of denying it.
In most people's eyes, Liu He, first on the Dragon-Tiger Rank and from the Inner City, did indeed have a high status.
Even some teachers treated him with extreme politeness.
At this moment, Xu Zhou suddenly said, "So what if they're from the Inner City? Are they higher than us from the Outer City District?"
"My sister is the only A+ rank Talent in this school, her existence is its pride, she doesn't need anyone to give her face."
Li Ruoxi looked at him, her eyes shimmering, surprised by his words.
But Zhou Kexin let out a sneer, staring at Xu Zhou, "Xu Zhou, the reason your sister offended Huang Yunxuan was because of you!"
"If you really had any sense, you should persuade her to team up with Brother Liu, then maybe you could even resolve the conflict with Huang Yunxuan, understand?"
After her words fell, even the other students in the class secretly nodded.
In their view, Zhou Kexin did have some logic.
They had already offended Class Two, and they didn't want to offend Class One led by Liu He.
Moreover, Liu He represented all the Inner City students in the school.
At Linjiang First High School, the Inner City students held very high status.
Therefore, if they got along with Liu He, even Huang Yunxuan wouldn't dare to act rashly.
However, Xu Zhou shook his head, "The conflict between Huang Yunxuan and me can't be resolved."
"As for Liu He teaming up with my sister, that's never going to happen either."
Xu Zhou looked calmly at Zhou Kexin, "Because the one teaming up with my sister is me."
Everyone was slightly stunned.
Then a trace of astonishment appeared on everyone's face.
Lin Shishi was even more astonished looking at Li Ruoxi, "No way... Ruoxi, you're going to team up with him?"
Li Ruoxi looked speechless, "I didn't agree to it."
Upon hearing this, Lin Shishi became even more astonished.
Li Ruoxi's words meant that Xu Zhou indeed had that intention.
Lin Shishi looked at Xu Zhou in surprise.
Previously, when Xu Zhou mentioned the Thousand Demon Cave to her, she hadn't taken it seriously, but unexpectedly, this guy is really planning to go in?
At the same time, Zhou Kexin was also stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but let out a sneer.
"Are you kidding? You're going to team up with our class monitor to go to the Thousand Demon Cave?"
Zhou Kexin glanced at Xu Zhou, "I'm not saying, just look at your thin frame..."
"Talking is pointless." Xu Zhou interrupted her, speaking calmly, "I came to find you because of the words you said about my sister."
"You slandered her behind her back, she can't do anything to you, but I must seek an explanation for her."
Saying that, he reached back and grasped the hilt of his sword.
Swish!
The Tang blade was unsheathed, pointing at Zhou Kexin in front of him.
"Senior, please teach me!"
Buzz!
At this moment, the entire third class of the senior year was silent.
No one expected Xu Zhou to come alone, with the aim to challenge Zhou Kexin?
Just because Zhou Kexin secretly bad-mouthed Li Ruoxi?
To know, though Zhou Kexin was not a Dragon-Tiger Rank member, she ranked around 150 in the entire grade and was in the top ten of the third class of the senior year.
With her strength, she was definitely not someone a first-year student could challenge.
At this moment, everyone was stunned.
Lin Shishi was somewhat dumbfounded, then looked at Li Ruoxi with envy, "Ruoxi, your brother is really good to you, huh?"
Li Ruoxi lightly pursed her red lips, her expression inexplicable.
She really couldn't do anything to Zhou Kexin; after all, her rank was much higher than Zhou Kexin's, and according to school regulations, higher-ranked students couldn't make a move on lower-ranked ones.
Even so, Zhou Kexin's strength far exceeded that of ordinary senior students.
Xu Zhou challenging Zhou Kexin... was quite impulsive.
Although she said this, Li Ruoxi's expression was somewhat complicated.
She had never thought before that someone would stand in front of her, demanding an explanation for her.
But now, not only did that person appear, it was surprisingly the Xu Zhou she thought of as having a weak personality.
"Xu Zhou, go back." Li Ruoxi said softly.
At this moment, she was more worried than ever that Xu Zhou would get hurt because of it.
However, Xu Zhou didn't respond to her, only stared directly at Zhou Kexin in front of him.
Zhou Kexin's expression turned somewhat ugly.
A first-year student challenged her publicly, this put her in a difficult position.
Though she wasn't a Dragon-Tiger Rank member, she was a top-ten genius in the third class of the senior year; when had a first-year student ever provoked her?
"Senior." Xu Zhou saw she hadn't moved and said, "You're not afraid to take on my challenge, are you?"
"Afraid?" Zhou Kexin snorted coldly, "You're overthinking it."
"I'm just afraid that accidentally crippling you, your sister will cause trouble for me."
Xu Zhou smiled lightly, "This is a real challenge; blades have no eyes. No matter who gets crippled, I'm sure my sister won't say anything."
Beside him, Li Ruoxi frowned slightly.
But Xu Zhou didn't give her a chance to speak, turning to Zhou Kexin on the other side, "Senior, let's begin!"
"Hmph!"
Zhou Kexin snorted coldly, pulling out the short sword strapped to her leg, her eyes coldly glaring at Xu Zhou:
"Let me remind you, my Talent is a combat Talent. Once I enter a battle state, I will... experience a power surge!"
With that, a powerful aura suddenly erupted from her body.
The fighting spirit was like a raging fire, instantly enveloping the entire training room.