Chapter 42 Jade New Snow
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"I want to ask you to help arrange for three students," Zhu Youzhi went straight to the point.
"Huh? You're bringing three right off the bat?" Yu Xinxue's face showed displeasure. "This isn't a garbage dump. Don't throw hazardous waste in here."
"Okay, I admit that the people I brought in the past were somewhat unqualified, but I've never interfered with your decisions, have I?"
Zhu Youzhi shrugged. "Before, I was just bringing people over. Whether you accepted them or not was up to you…"
He paused, then adopted a serious tone and continued, "However, I hope that this time, regardless of their talent or behavior, you can include these three in your class."
"Big shots?" Yu Xinxue frowned, her beautiful eyebrows furrowed.
"A Soul Douluo spoke personally."
"Ah? Related to that kind of big figure?" Yu Xinxue felt a headache coming on.
"Alright, alright, I get it. I'll see what I can do." She waved her hand, indicating she understood. "If there's nothing else, you can leave."
Zhu Youzhi smiled and nodded. "Then I'll trouble you, Director Yu."
In reality, Yu Xinxue wasn't difficult to talk to. She wasn't some naive simpleton who didn't understand social niceties.
But if he didn't make things sound difficult, how would Ah Meng and Yan Jin know that he had done his best?
"Oh, right, tell them that if they have time, they can come over today to participate in the assessment."
Yu Xinxue said to him as Zhu Youzhi was about to leave.
"Okay, I'll go and inform them now."
When Zhu Youzhi found Yan Jin and the others, Ah Meng had already finished his conversation with Walter and returned to their side.
"Student Ah Meng, I've already spoken with Director Yu. You can go over for the test in a little while." Zhu Youzhi had an enthusiastic smile on his face.
He wasn't clear on the exact relationship between the three and Walter, but since the Soul Douluo had personally spoken up and gone to such lengths to first let them hit a wall before giving them convenience, it indicated that the relationship was definitely not shallow.
He guessed that one of them was Walter's direct junior, a young person with high aspirations who was at odds with their family and had run away on their own. Then Walter, in order to let them know the dangers of society, deliberately created obstacles to teach them a lesson.
"Student Bi Da'er, please take them over there. It's the beginning of the school year, and I have many things to deal with."
"Okay, leave it to me," Bi Da'er nodded.
"Hey, I wonder what kind of opponents they'll be. Genius Soul Elders from the Northern Academy… truly exciting." Yan Jin was eager to try, her competitive spirit etched into her bones.
When they arrived in front of the third-grade teaching building, they saw a woman with a lazy demeanor, wearing a white dress, looking out from the second-floor window. She leaned out, her hand propped on the windowsill, supporting her chin.
"Eh? Teacher Yu…" When Bi Da'er saw her gaze fixed on his group, he felt inexplicably nervous.
"You are… that Meyers kid, just joined our class this year, right? Heh, I heard you're very ambitious and started preparing to form a team for the competition two years ago."
Yu Xinxue then glanced at the calm Ah Meng and asked, "Who are these three people?"
Bi Da'er replied, "Director Zhu should have told you. They are the ones participating in the assessment today."
"Oh, I see… You guys go to the training ground first. I'll be there in a little while."
Seeing that it was the three people Bi Da'er brought, she changed her initial idea of letting them pass easily and decided to thoroughly investigate their abilities.
She knew that Bi Da'er was actively preparing for the Soul Master Competition and often deliberately contacted some talented students.
Since he brought them, and he seemed to be enjoying it, it meant that they were likely targets he favored and planned to bring into the team, so their talent should not be bad.
She came to the classroom and interrupted the ongoing lesson.
"Sorry to take up some time," she said to the middle-aged man in black clothes on the podium.
"It's okay, what's the matter?" The black-clothed teacher smiled.
Yu Xinxue clapped her hands twice, then said loudly, "Everyone, please pause for a moment and listen to me."
"Today, there are three newly enrolled students who, through certain channels, said they want to join our class."
"So I need three examiners to test their strength."
"Are there any students who volunteer?"
A boy with short, straight hair, with two slightly longer strands of hair hanging down in front of his forehead, wearing black and white clothes, held his hands behind his head, leaned back, and asked casually:
"Teacher Yu, are they junior brothers or junior sisters? Are they pretty? Are they single?"
Yu Xinxue chuckled. "I'm asking you to be an examiner, not to go on a blind date… Two boys and one girl. One of the boys is older, about seventeen or eighteen years old… The other two are children, looking to be just over ten years old."
"Tch, children, boring." The boy in black and white clothes immediately lost interest.
"Teacher, would you like me to welcome the junior brothers and sisters?" A young man sitting in the back row said with a smile.
Yu Xinxue rolled her eyes. "You, a Soul Sect, don't come and cause trouble. Graduate quickly and stop being an eyesore here."
"That won't do. I have to accompany the junior brothers for a while longer, at least to be a sparring partner." The young man shook his head.
He was already twenty-three years old, and although he had reached the Soul Sect, there were still three years before the Soul Master Competition, and he was not qualified to participate.
"Hey, hey, in such a large class, is there no one who will take the initiative to help the teacher solve problems? The teacher will be sad," Yu Xinxue said with a bit of sorrow.
"Solve what problems? Teacher, you haven't said whether to let them pass or not… Should we defeat them cleanly or deliberately lose?" A teenager wearing short sleeves, revealing two muscular arms, asked.
Yu Xinxue supported her chin and thought for two seconds, then said, "Well, just fight normally… Winning or losing is not important. Niu Shaopeng, you're very confident, very good, it's you. Two more people are needed…"
Her gaze swept across the entire class, finally landing on a boy in the middle.
He had long golden hair, sea-blue eyes, dry lips, a high nose bridge, and a golden pendant on his left ear.
"Brady, are you interested?"
The eyes of the entire class immediately focused on Brady, with gazes of surprise or amusement.
"Wow… you're actually letting Brady go, Teacher, are you serious?" The Soul Sect youth asked.
"Yes, the one who brought them here was Bi Da'er."
"Bi Da'er?" Hearing this name, Brady's eyes suddenly sharpened, like a lion patrolling its territory.
"If it were him personally, I would very much like to fight, but if it's just the people he brought, then forget it."
Brady shook his head, then turned to the person behind him and said:
"Roy, go and test their level."
"Okay, boss, I'll definitely win beautifully!" Roy gave himself a thumbs up, full of confidence.
"Then one more person is needed…" Yu Xinxue thought about who would be suitable.
The boy in black and white clothes who spoke first said:
"Didn't you say there was a little girl? Then let the little girl fight the little girl…"
As soon as he finished speaking, a layer of ice suddenly formed on the surface of his desk.
"Then I'll go, Teacher." A girl who didn't look very old said.
She was wearing light blue clothes, and her hair was also light blue, so light that it was almost white. Her face was expressionless, and she was as cold as ice.
"You?" Yu Xinxue hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Then it's you. Be careful not to hit too hard, Bing Lan."
"Mm." The light blue-haired girl nodded.
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