Having endured the morning classes, Feng Yuan slipped out of the classroom without greeting Qi Chen, and in the blink of an eye, Feng Yuan had vanished without a trace, prompting a sigh of resignation from Qi Chen.
"Hello, my name is Guo Huai, let’s be friends~"
As soon as Feng Yuan had set his tray down and sat at the canteen, the new transfer student approached with his own tray and spoke to Feng Yuan, who, after a glance, sighed and said
"What do you want? I don’t believe those girls haven’t told you about my fearsome reputation."
Guo Huai hesitated before saying,
"But don’t you have friends too?"
With his spoon gently tapping against the soup bowl, Feng Yuan considered for a moment before saying,
"They are all friends I’ve slowly made over the course of three years, whereas you..."
Staring at the smiling Guo Huai, Feng Yuan said deliberately,
"I don’t think we have three more years to develop a friendship."
"Just as they said, you are difficult to get along with..."
"Guo Huai~ Ah! Why are you here too."
A girl cheerily approached with her tray and, upon seeing Feng Yuan nearby with a rather displeased expression, took her tray and stood up to leave while saying,
"I have no interest in all that nonsense. Don’t bother me if there’s nothing important, and don’t look for me even if there is."
"What a person! Guo Huai~ don’t take it to heart, he’s just unpleasant like that..."
Listening to the girl’s incessant chatter, Guo Huai occasionally responded politely, his gaze somewhat vacant as if in deep thought.
In the afternoon, during Teacher Yan’s class, upon seeing Feng Yuan avoiding Guo Huai, Qi Chen said somewhat curiously,
"What’s wrong with you?"
"Keeping away from trouble."
Qi Chen looked between Feng Yuan and Guo Huai, unable to understand what Feng Yuan was up to; Guo Huai seemed to realize that Feng Yuan was not keen on him and did not disturb him, yet his gaze kept drifting toward where Feng Yuan was instructing Xiao Ji.
"What are you doing..."
Upon seeing Feng Yuan holding a stalk of foxtail grass, enticing Xiao Ji to jump up –– lifting his hand just when Xiao Ji was about to grab the grass, causing the earnest jumper to miss –– and the height of his lift varying each time, making it impossible for Xiao Ji to accurately predict and jump, Qi Chen asked,
"What kind of training is that... teasing a cat? Oh right, teasing Xiao Ji, I mean."
"Tsk, poor predictive skills, can’t even catch it."
As Xiao Ji missed yet again, Feng Yuan said with a hint of pride.
"It would have a chance of success if you didn’t use your premonition."
Upon hearing what Agunas, who was perched on Feng Yuan’s head, said, Xiao Ji stopped jumping and sat on the ground, glaring at Feng Yuan in a huff. Feng Yuan, while tossing aside the foxtail grass, squatted down and stroked Xiao Ji, saying,
"This is what gives the training meaning. If you could easily predict, what would be the point of practicing?"
"Agunas, can you not undermine me, please."
Xiao Ji looked discontentedly at Feng Yuan, and seeing Xiao Ji’s aggrieved expression, Feng Yuan quickly turned to comfort it instead of arguing with Agunas, as Qi Chen resignedly walked away.
"Strange... why is he always paying attention to Feng Yuan?"
Just as Qi Chen turned to go find Ah Mu, he noticed Guo Huai looking toward where Feng Yuan was, and because Feng Yuan was not fond of socializing with other students, he always chose a corner spot for himself. Aside from Feng Yuan, there was no one else in that direction.
"Is there a problem?"
Looking at Guo Huai blocking his path, Feng Yuan said calmly, while Xiao Ji in his arms looked puzzledly at Guo Huai, aware that Guo Huai’s gaze kept falling on him. After a moment of hesitation, Guo Huai spoke,
"Do you know what makes your Xiao Ji special?"
Feng Yuan, with narrowed eyes carefully observing Guo Huai, remained silent, and after a while, Guo Huai said,
"It’s a very special creature. If you just train it casually, you might waste its potential."
As Guo Huai kept talking about different Potion recipes and how to train Xiao Ji, Feng Yuan’s hand kept caressing Xiao Ji, and much later, Guo Huai said,
"That’s all I can tell you for now."
"No, I just don’t want to see its talents go to waste."
Looking at Guo Huai’s Dream-Eating Spirit, Feng Yuan smiled and said,
"Are you done talking?"
Guo Huai suddenly sensed danger and was about to say something when Feng Yuan said with a smile,
"Agunas, space exchange, coordinates to the Land of Time Tranquility."
Glancing at the Ancient Book in Agunas’s hands, Guo Huai, although not knowing what the Land of Time Tranquility was, guessed what Feng Yuan intended to do and turned to run.
A sky blue Rune Circle enveloped the position of Feng Yuan and Guo Huai. In the next moment, the world in Guo Huai’s eyes changed completely, and seeing the gears rotating continuously beneath the energy floor, Guo Huai stepped back a few steps and watched Feng Yuan warily, saying,
"What are you trying to do!"
Seeing the Dream-Eating Spirit blocking in front of Guo Huai, Feng Yuan smiled and replied,
"Don’t be so nervous, I just wanted to find a place where no one would disturb us to talk to you about something."
"For instance, how you could tell that Xiao Ji had Divine Beast potential."
"And to discuss that ’ding ding ding’ thing in your head."
When Feng Yuan mentioned the beginning of his statement, Guo Huai’s hair stood on end, and he was extremely nervous until Feng Yuan revealed the last sentence. At that point, Guo Huai broke into a cold sweat and stammered,
"What ’ding ding ding’? I don’t understand what you’re talking about..."
"This seems to be His handiwork, not those annoying guys."
At that moment, a hand seemingly penetrated the space and took out a white light sphere from Guo Huai’s body, holding it in hand, while Guo Huai slumped to the ground, speechless.
"Hey! Lorraine Tower, he’ll be okay, right?"
The black-haired middle-aged looking Lorraine Tower glanced at the light sphere in his hand and then tossed it toward Guo Huai, saying,
"It won’t, that thing is similar to your record, even if he loses it, it wouldn’t cause him any direct harm."
"Alright, Lorraine Tower is a Time Divine Beast, you know that, right?"
Seeing Guo Huai remaining silent, Feng Yuan said, rubbing his forehead,
"Lorraine Tower, it seems you’ve frightened him."
Lorraine Tower pointed at Guo Huai, and a sea blue light connected Guo Huai, Lorraine Tower, and Feng Yuan. Agunas, sitting on Feng Yuan’s head, glanced at Lorraine Tower and waved the pen in his hand, sending a sky blue light from Guo Huai towards Agunas.
Emergency task released!
Avoid system disclosure..."
Feng Yuan looked at Guo Huai with a half-smile, saying,
"I told you it was that ’ding ding ding’ annoying thing～"
Please escape quickly!"
"Don’t worry, we don’t intend to do anything to you."
Feng Yuan glanced at Lorraine Tower, seemingly understanding his intention. Lorraine Tower waved his hand, and suddenly several sofas appeared out of nowhere on the energy floor. Holding Xiao Ji, Feng Yuan sat on a sofa and said to Guo Huai,
"Sit down, didn’t you want to talk about something? Take your time."
Look for an opportunity to escape quickly!"
"Alright, he can’t run even if you ’ding’ him further, unless you offer help. Do you really think the Land of Time Tranquility is some random place where anyone can come and go as they wish?"
Regaining his composure, Guo Huai sat on the sofa and said to the two in front of him,
"What are you really after?"
"I’m just curious, after all, it’s rare to see a transmigrator with a system～"
"Transmigrator? Is that your term for outsiders?"
"Yeah, it’s a habit of ours. After all, those novels and animations are full of transmigrators, yet I’ve been here so long and still haven’t met one～"
Hearing Feng Yuan’s response, Lorraine Tower looked somewhat speechless and curiously said to Guo Huai,
"What’s that system of yours for? This is the first time I’ve seen one in this world, and I’m quite curious～"
Do not reveal any information about the system, or else... or else... I’ll cry for you!"
Seeing Guo Huai’s awkward demeanor, Feng Yuan said with a laugh,
"Is that a cute-acting system you have?"