Ning Xuan didn't recognize this person at all. Just as she was about to tell him to get lost, someone else spoke up. "Exactly. Luo Meng's Spiritual Power Level has already reached B-level. With his strength, he'll definitely be able to join the military in the future. He's not in the same world as you."
"I heard from Ning Fei that you kicked out the aunt who raised you. Ning Xuan, how could you be so heartless?" this person accused.
"Ning Xuan's aunt... isn't that Ning Fei and Ning Chuchu's mother?"
"God, did I hear that right? Chuchu is so good to her!"
"She's almost eighteen and just awakened her spiritual power, yet she's already acting all high and mighty. Chuchu skipped a Level when she awakened at eight years old! I think she hit C-level the year before last, and she might even reach B-level before she's an adult. Is Ning Xuan insane? How could she just offend such a powerful backer!"
"Luo Meng only dares to jump out and mock Ning Xuan because he knows she had a falling out with Ning Fei's family, right?"
Ning Xuan didn't even get a chance to speak. The moment Luo Meng and his lackeys finished, the onlookers they had attracted started vehemently criticizing her.
Hu Tao grabbed Ning Xuan's hand, trying to pull her away. Seeing that Ning Xuan was about to speak, she leaned in and whispered in her ear, "Don't say anything yet! I heard a rumor that Ning Chuchu is coming back today! If you really kicked out her mom and sister, you should start thinking about how you're going to apologize to her!"
"Ah, a giant ape! Look, there's someone on the giant ape's shoulder! Is that... isn't that Chuchu?" someone in the crowd of onlookers exclaimed.
People followed the direction he was pointing. A brown giant ape, over three meters tall, was striding toward them, its steps shaking the ground. In just a dozen breaths, the giant ape had arrived.
From a distance, people could already feel an oppressive aura. As it drew closer, the pressure from the colossal beast intensified. After the brown giant ape approached, it suddenly dropped to one knee and extended its right arm. The young woman on its shoulder stepped onto its arm, then its palm, and leaped to the ground. Once she was down, the giant ape rose. With a ripple of spiritual power, it transformed into a young man who looked to be around twenty.
"Whoa, a complete Superpower Body! Isn't... isn't that something you can only achieve at Level 3S?"
"He's so young, he can't be Level 3S!"
"The High Level pressure isn't that strong, either!" someone muttered quietly.
"Shut up!" A companion pushed him down.
"Chuchu, you're back! Is this... your Contractor?" Luo Meng asked, looking at Ning Chuchu with a pleasantly surprised and obviously fawning expression.
"Sister, I'm back!" Ning Chuchu ignored Luo Meng, instead greeting Ning Xuan with a calm expression.
All eyes turned to Ning Xuan. She smiled and parted her lips. "Oh, the Vampire is back."
"Insolent! My Contractor lived in your house to take care of you, a normal person! It was your honor, yet you dare to mock her! From the time my Contractor was eight, my father gifted her two properties, one on Star A110 and one on Star B119, all for the sake of taking care of you! My Contractor has been living on this resource-deprived D-level Star this whole time, which has delayed her own Cultivation, and you're still so ungrateful!" the man who had been a giant ape roared furiously.
"I have the house my parents left me and the orphan stipend issued by the Federation. I don't need her to take care of me. As for what you said—she clearly had better places to live but insisted on sticking by my side. Why do you think that is?"
"It's because my Contractor is kind-hearted! Apologize to her at once!" the man said, lifting his head arrogantly.
"Vampire, control your dog!" Ning Xuan had no desire to waste words on this kind of person, looking at the calm-faced Ning Chuchu with disgust.
Hu Tao cowered behind her, trembling. 'Forgive me for not being a loyal friend today,' she thought. 'Ning Xuan's words are just too vicious. Ning Chuchu's face has turned grim; she looks like she could snap at any moment.'
"Sister Xuan, my aunt treated me as if I were her own. Before she died, she always told us to take good care of you. So, no matter how you treat me, I will never give up on you!" To Ning Xuan's ears, Ning Chuchu's words meant, 'I will never let you go, no matter what.'
"Wu Di, help me grab my sister. We sisters need to find a private place to have a nice long chat," Ning Chuchu ordered the man beside her.
The man named Wu Di cracked his knuckles. "As you command, Lord Contract Master!"
Seeing Wu Di walk toward her, Ning Xuan immediately fell back and bolted.
"Trying to run? Aren't you all talk? What are you running for?" Wu Di took two unhurried steps and easily caught up. The crowd of onlookers exchanged glances. No one stepped forward to stop it, yet no one left either. For reasons unknown to themselves, they just watched in silence.
"Hey, what do you think you're doing?! This is a school! She doesn't want to go, are you really going to kidnap her by force?" Hu Tao suppressed the fear in her heart, bravely jumping out and shouting.
"This is a private matter between us sisters. Outsiders, stay out of it!" Ning Chuchu said, her cold gaze sweeping over the crowd and forcing back those who were stirring to intervene.
Wu Di reached out to grab Ning Xuan, but she dodged by leaning back and sideways. As one chased and the other evaded, Ning Xuan quickly realized this body's constitution was too poor. Her bones and muscles wouldn't obey her. She couldn't even execute a tenth of the Body Technique and Step Technique she had mastered.
Even so, Ning Xuan's performance stunned the other students present.
"Is that really Ning Xuan? Was her agility always this high?" someone whispered.
"Isn't she a normal person? How can she last so many moves against a High-level Spirit Controller?"
"I heard she awakened. Her physical fitness must be better than before!"
"The guy is clearly holding back, afraid to hurt her. Just watch, Ning Xuan won't be able to hold out for much longer."
The surrounding chatter made Ning Chuchu's expression darken. She took a step forward, raised her right hand to her forehead, and launched a spiritual power attack at Ning Xuan's Sea of Consciousness!
Ning Xuan was already running out of stamina. When her Sea of Consciousness was attacked, she immediately felt a sharp, needle-like pain. Her vision went black—a self-preservation mechanism after the Sea of Consciousness is damaged, and a prelude to fainting.
Ning Xuan bit her lip hard, using the pain to stay conscious. 'I can't pass out. Ning Chuchu came straight for me the moment she returned. If she takes me away, I might really get sucked dry this time!'
Just as Ning Xuan's head was splitting with pain, her eyelids grew heavy, and she felt she was about to collapse, someone caught her faltering body. A gentle energy flowed into her from her back, and her exhausted body instantly felt light again.
"Ah! It's Major General Chen Nan! The very same Major General Chen Nan who's a decorated hero on the A-level Mutant Beast battlefield! I'm not seeing things, am I?"
"Wow, he's so handsome! Even more handsome than in the promotional videos!"