Dance Of The Phoenix
38. Short-lived Antagonist

All the disciples gathered in the hall of each division to conduct the written examination according to the prescribed schedule.

Gu Yuena was present on time and had sat down at the reserved venue of the top 10 specialty. In the Huoyuan Division, there were only 2 top 10 disciples, namely himself and the man who was ranked 7th. They both sat in the front seat.

Luo Youzhe also took the writing exam, but he sat at the very back of having never taken a ranked arena match and rarely entered a class. The man looked very calm as if everything around him had nothing to do with him. When Gu Yuena turned her head back to look at him, their eyes collided until Gu Yuena had to go back straight ahead again.

For some reason, he felt Luo Youzhe's mood was deteriorating.

When the exam time came, Gu Yuena immediately worked on it based on what she remembered. Luo Youzhe was different again. The man was originally working because there was no need to act conspicuously with his knowledge. He writes randomly as per topic.

It didn't take a single stick of incense, Luo Youzhe stood up and collected his test paper and went out. The unfinished Gu Yuena was stunned.

Is it so easy for someone who has passed this exam? Yeah, it must have been easy for him.

Things that Gu Yuena did not know, the examinee almost choked with anger at seeing Luo Youzhe's random reply. Right, but wrong at the same time. It was as if the man was having his teacher argue over a theory.

The exam passed so quickly and Gu Yuena finished it well. After all the exams are collected, the grades will be announced on the notice board of anyone who passes and does not.

The academy's assessment process was very quick. It only took half a day, they were all able to see their value when night fell.

Gu Yuena searched his name from the graduation notice board. He looked at the name of Lin Susu who passed at the top level. She deserves to be called the best student.

On top of Lin Susu's name, he saw her name listed with a slightly higher score. Just a little higher, but enough to make him very satisfied. In general, it is the one at the top of the writing test.

"I told you, I never lose." Gu Yuena smiled triumphantly. Money awaits.

But when he looked for someone's name on the notice board, his forehead wrinkled. Mu Xinhuan and Shen Jialin had already graduated, but there was one that was not written down, Luo Youzhe.

Not knowing whether to laugh or not, but it seemed like the man was really in no mood to graduate. He doesn't have to care about it.

Immediately, Gu Yuena went to charge Lin Milk. But before he actually left, Lin Susu was already present in front of him and handed him a bag of 10,000 gold taels. The woman left right then and there with a feeling of annoyance, while Gu Yuena waved her hand cheerfully.

Lin Susu nibbled on her fidgety nails. He was certain that he had changed the contents of Gu Yue's exam, but how could his plan fail? Was there anyone else who helped Gu Yue?

Whatever the reason, he could not lose the second test.

As all the disciples were experiencing joy and sadness at the same time, the sound of the dean rang out under the night clouds, carried away by the wind blowing in the air. His loud voice was heard by the disciples despite being centered from the inner courtyard which was quite far away.

It was the voice of the Dean of Yuansu Academy.

"Consideration to all Academy students both inner and outer pages! Because there are some problems, and by order of Yuansu Palace, the entire activities of the academy will be closed for the next two months. It was expected for all the disciples to return to their respective hometowns tomorrow morning, for the safety and smooth running of the academy's operating system and respecting the orders of the Yuansu Palace King. This is the decree of the Palace King Yuansu, I hope that you guys can carry out the order and return after two months of recovery period to continue the Academy's routine activities. Greetings from me, the Dean of the Academy as well as the Elder of Yuansu Palace."

Such a horrendous announcement. Even Gu Yuena was surprised. What problem befell Yuansu Palace until the entire disciple had to be put off?

That meant that the second exam would be held two more months after this sudden 'holiday. He still has to wait a little longer.

It's okay, he already misses Gu Yuan. It was good if he met Gu Yuan during the holidays.

Gu Yuena intended to return to the cafeteria for dinner. His stomach had been screaming for food since. He was too eager to receive the betting money from Lin Susu until like this.

He went to a very crowded cafeteria. But as yet as he had actually entered the cafeteria, Xiao Hei jumped from the spiritual space and ran to the other side as if finding something.

Gu Yuena sighed. "Xiao Hey, I don't want any trouble before meeting my brother."

But Xiao Hei was not listening. He meowed, then ran asking Gu Yuena to follow him.

Arriving at a place that was quite quiet, Xiao Hei just stopped. Gu Yuena looked towards Xiao Hei's gaze, then found Luo Youzhe in his extremely gloomy black robe walking alone from the direction of the dormitory.

"Why did you bring me here?" Gu Yuena glanced at Xiao Hei.

"Miss, I didn't know I'd see Luo Youzhe. But I felt a familiar presence around here, so I brought you." Xiao Hei replied in surprise. He could not sense Luo Youzhe's aura, but the other person was quite familiar, just invisible.

Gu Yuena sighed. Speaking of which, he was actually curious as to what Luo Youzhe had been up to all this time. The man walked over with his foot face, looking like he was not the Luo Youzhe he knew.

With a black robe that disguised him in the darkness, he somehow felt the reason the Palace King Yuansu had comforted the entire disciple had something to do with Luo Youzhe. Whether it was just his feelings alone or not, Luo Youzhe's aura felt different from before. Unfortunately, Xiao Hei did not feel anything.

A butterfly approached from the other direction to Luo Youzhe's side. The butterfly shone, embodying Su Churan who looked very serious compared to the previous days.

Gu Yuena was somewhat surprised to see Su Churan here. Even more surprised, Su Churan knew Luo Youzhe.

"Youzhe, we better get out of here. The disappearance of the ice jade infuriated Palace King Yuansu and installed arrays all the way for level 7 cultivators and above. You've heard, Palace King Yuansu repatriated all the disciples. The highest cultivation disciple here was a tier 6, whereas they suspected that the one who stole it was a high-level cultivator, that was why they wanted to sift through all those who had high tiers in the academy. If that happens, you'll get caught sooner."

Luo Youzhe looked even colder when he heard Su Churan's report. He had already laid a substitute that was not much different from ice jade, but it seemed that the masked person wanted to make things difficult for him. It's just right that guy was there.

"The ice cube is a treasure of Tianshuang Palace and is very important to you, but Yuansu Palace instead displays it like that. Really sucks." Su Churan clucked up.

"They know where I am." Luo Youzhe had concluded. "So it's better not to half-and-half."

"You're gonna stay here?" Su Churan hesitated.

Just as Luo Youzhe was about to reply, the shrill cat screams distracted them. Su Churan hurriedly went to the source of the voice.

But before Su Churan reached the source of the voice, Gu Yuena came out with Xiao Hei whose mouth he had closed by hand. Su Churan was startled, then looked at Luo Youzhe who was also stunned.

"Hey?" Gu Yuena smiled awkwardly. "I think who's having a secret night-night meeting."

"What did you hear?" Luo Youzhe questioned him in a cold tone.

"All?" He glanced at Su Churan. "What does this have to do with me anyway? I was even more surprised to learn that that stiff and annoying guy turned out to be Luo Youzhe."

Su Churan panicked instantly. "When do I talk like that? Xiao Yuena, did you forget? I said, my friend is amazing and great. I don't demean it that way."

"Oh, maybe I remembered it wrong." Gu Yuena nodded her head while releasing the rebellious Xiao Hei wanting to be released.

"Gu Yuena, I hope all you heard just now is for yourself. Well, even if you won't divulge it, it's not wrong if I tell." Su Churan was feeling restless. The man behind him was being sensitive at the moment, so he was worried that there would be a war.

"Not to worry. I don't intend to come into trouble anyway. Don't know what your goal is, it has nothing to do with me." Gu Yuena said with a cry.

"Good .. oh yeah, tomorrow you're going on vacation, right? What if we go around a little? Not coming with him is fine, come with me."

Gu Yuena had yet to reply, Luo Youzhe had already interjected. "He has a lot of business, doesn't have time to go along. Su Churan, you can't buy too much time either."

"Ah, yes!" Su Churan panicked herself. He looked at Gu Yuena with a guilty feeling. "Actually I came because I missed you, but I didn't know the situation would be like this. I have to leave quickly because I'm being overtaken by time."

"Not a problem." Gu Yuena shook her shoulders indifferently. By the way, didn't Su Churan like Luo Youzhe? Why is his attitude like that?

Su Churan hurriedly took something in the spiritual space and went nowhere in the form of a butterfly.

There remained Luo Youzhe who was still silent in his place, while Gu Yuena was in an awkward position. When Luo Youzhe's gaze was directed at Gu Yuena, Gu Yuena also looked at him, but with a puzzled look.

Luo Youzhe. His gaze was not as cold as before, but it was still flat. "If you can't go back to Yuansu Academy."

Gu Yuena stuck between those blue irises for a moment, then blinked her eyes to regain consciousness. He also shook weakly. "Your business is done, but my business is not yet."

"In the future Yuansu Palace will have problems. Too dangerous for you."

"Is it because of the ice jade theft?"

"There's someone else, with the plan. You better not know much." Luo Youzhe spoke solemnly.

"What is that masked man?" Gu Yuena guessed. He turned his gaze the other way, then muttered, "But if I give up, my life will stop 2 years later in vain."

"Better you don't know much." Gu Yuena reversed Luo Youzhe's remark just now. It made Luo Youzhe think, and guessed a few things.

Luo Youzhe seemed to have no reaction whatsoever, but his gaze remained fixed on Gu Yuena. His gaze became complicated. "I probably won't go back to Yuansu Palace."

Gu Yuena snorted. "I'd be happy if you didn't come back."

Luo Youzhe smiled briefly. Just brief. "Then I'll be back."

Gu Yuena glared at him. "Be careful if you come back."

Luo Youzhe slightly pulled the corner of his lips looking at Gu Yuena who was glaring sharply. Such Gu Yuena looked cute, making her want to pounce right then and there.

Forget how trouble befalls her, as well as destiny that disconnects all her feelings. He wanted to have this girl completely.

Slowly he lowered his head closer to grabbing the seductive tiny lips. He denied all his wishes and chose to stay away. But the further away, the more he wanted it.

Besides, Su Churan had just returned and was about to call Luo Youzhe. But he fell silent as soon as he saw how close Luo Youzhe was to Gu Yuena. Very close, until he does not know how to work.

Before his feelings grew chaotic, not to mention they were overtaken by time, he could only pretend not to look and call out to him.

"Luo Youzhe, the teleportation array has already opened. We gotta hurry." Su Churan said as she busied herself with her small bag as if looking for something.

Luo Youzhe was silent for a while, looking at the red iris right in front of him who was staring at him. He almost touched those pink lips and straightened his back.

Without saying anything, he left with Su Churan to continue his duties.

Gu Yuena was silent on the spot, without being able to say a word. He felt his mind suddenly empty when Luo Youzhe brought his face closer. There was no rejection from him like before, but he clearly knew his heart was rejecting something like this.

Seeing Luo Youzhe leave with Su Churan, he somehow became annoyed.

"Gu Yuena, you're crazy." He hissed irritably and then left with mixed feelings.

He's only two years old. If Luo Youzhe really liked her, he had to assert it more clearly. Although her lifespan could be more than two years, they were hopeless, as it was certain that after those two years Gu Yuena had already found a dragon.

But that's impossible, isn't it?

There is no such coincidence.

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In the morning, all the students were directed out of the academy as a summer vacation. They tidied up each other's items, then went through the academy's gates together. Some rent horses, horse carriages, and carts, some are only on foot.

Gu Yuena was thinking of going to Yinyang Academy to meet her brother. Rather than meeting a stepmother who seemed to have been released at the residence, it was better to meet her brother so as not to get emotional.

He hired a horse that the academy provided, then spurred it on quickly after bidding farewell to Shen Jialin and Mu Xinhuan. He rode a horse as fast as he could across Mount Huo.

Since the academy did not provide a map, he could only go to the foot of the mountain to purchase a map. As he remembered at the foot of the mountain there was a city that was in the power of Yuansu Palace as a stopover. There were always academy students who stopped by at that place.

The journey by horse takes a full day to reach the foot of the mountain. It was very far away, especially when he walked up the mountain on foot while beeburu.

The city began to be seen under the moon at night. He came down from the horse's back, then took him by the foot while walking into a fairly crowded city.

His current plan was to find a path to Yinyang Academy.

First of all, he went to a store to change his appearance. From male appearance to female appearance, her true appearance. She did not want her brother to be surprised and thought nothing of knowing that he looked like a man.

After changing his appearance, he continued on his way.

"Xiao Hey, I feel like I'm in the past." Gu Yuena walked leisurely while trying to talk. It was so boring without talking.

"What is Miss's past?" Xiao Hei asked.

"Circling the world, sightseeing, looking for roads, hunting, and nomanden are like not having a home. My home is very much in some countries."

"Nomandren?"

"Moving places. I'm always hunted, so I don't have a permanent residence. Whenever I'm in one place, when someone finds me, I have to go to another city or country and mingle as someone else."

"Ah, Miss's life is exhausting."

"I think it's an adventure. I told you, didn't I have many relationships with important people? One day I disguised myself as someone's wife, got into a big fight with my 'husband' and kicked him out of the house. Such a feeling .. is really fun. Just imagine you're in control of someone else's house and no one suspects it."

"Miss, you're like the antagonist in the story."

"I'm an antagonist in someone else's life." He also breathed. "I think I've become the antagonist between Su Churan and Luo Youzhe. It's really unfortunate."

"Obviously you're the protagonist!"

"Protagonists have a long life until the story is finished. Whereas I have a short lifespan, fit to be an antagonist." Speaking of Luo Youzhe, Gu Yuena came to mind last night's matter. "Argh, did Su Churan last night greet and begin to antagonize me? I don't care about being hostile, but .. that boy can obviously be a problem when he's an enemy. Xiao Hei, why didn't you defend me back then!"

"I want to defend you from the oppressor, but the oppressor presses me with his strength. Miss realized, she was much stronger than the day before. I was afraid, when we met again, I was completely silenced into a living stone."

Gu Yuena sighed. "You know? I've been thinking all night. If Su Churan was the protagonist in the story, then I would be referred to as the actor who snatched away his childhood sweetheart. Who will defend me against this antagonist?"

"Miss, it's just a story in your shadow. After all, you don't like Luo Youzhe, do you? No need to worry."

"Yes, I don't like it. It will never!" Gu Yuena convinced herself.

Last night's trouble was his fault. If he could kick the man all the way, then there would be no mistake. If he doesn't eavesdrop, there won't be any mistakes. He had to correct all those mistakes immediately by not meeting Luo Youzhe.

"Miss, I suddenly found a familiar breath."

Gu Yuena stopped her steps, then glanced at Xiao Hei. "The last time you brought me to Luo Youzhe was because of that 'familiar breath."

"This time is real, there is no Luo Youzhe and Su Churan." Xiao Hei tried to convince the nonanya.

"really? Then who?" Gu Yuena was actually curious, but she was acting indifferent.

Xiao Hei jumped off Gu Yuena's arm, sniffing around to find the origin of the familiar smell. He began to walk in cheerful steps while shouting.

"Miss, Brother Yuan, miaww!"

"Hey!" Gu Yuena was surprised to hear Xiao Hei shout that loud with the sound of her cat to the surprise of the people around. He did not hear Xiao Hei's screams too much because it was covered in a crowd so all he heard was the sound of a noisy cat.

Ignoring the gazes of the people, he also grazed his horse while running towards the direction that Xiao Hei was pointing at. What a shitty cat. It could make him run like this.

Xiao Hei continued to run to the outskirts of the city tirelessly. Up ahead there, there was a hut consisting of several men dressed in white uniforms carrying swords in their pockets. Gu Yuena got there when Xiao Hei stopped his steps.

Gu Yuena's attention was no longer directed at Xiao Hei, but rather the other two academy students who were standing guard in front of the hut. They were not from Yuansu Academy.

Gu Yuena watched closely, including the badges they were wearing. The badge hanging there is a form of fusion between Yin and Yang. He knew the badges of each academy from books, because each badge represented his own palace.

The badge they wore was the badge of Yinyang Academy.

If there was a Yinyang Academy, then the familiar breath that Xiao Hei felt was none other than her brother!

Gu Yuena's smile spread wide. He would meet his brother again without having to travel far!