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When Xiao Hongchen said those words, the students of Year Three Class One couldn't help but look at each other.
Compared with the fact that Bai Chen and Ning Tian had skipped from Year One to Year Three, what they cared about more was something else.
Xiao Hongchen… actually had friends?
Everyone knew Xiao Hongchen's personality was extremely arrogant. He had always looked down on ordinary people whose strength was far inferior to his.
Even if someone humbled themselves to curry favor with him, he would simply consider it natural—he might even think the other person lacked backbone.
Someone with that kind of temper could actually have friends?
Before Bai Chen or Ning Tian could say anything, the entire class began re-evaluating them.
But what no one expected was Xiao Hongchen's next sentence:
"I believe that with Bai Chen's strength, he is qualified to serve as vice-class leader together with my sister."
"I hereby announce that Bai Chen will be the new vice-class leader. Lu Lin, give up your seat."
"..."
Hearing this, not only the other students, even Bai Chen couldn't help twitching his lips.
Looks like it's time to correct this kid's personality…
Originally Bai Chen didn't have much interaction with Xiao Hongchen and had only dealt with him politely.
But now that things had reached this point, he couldn't simply ignore it.
Even if this would bring him some trouble, it was something that had to be done.
Lu Lin, who had been named, didn't seem particularly resistant. He shrugged and said:
"Fine, let him take it."
After all, Xiao Hongchen was Jing Hongchen's most beloved grandson. Arguing with someone like that brought no benefit.
Originally Lu Lin had been the class leader, but after the Hongchen siblings joined the class, the structure changed to one class leader and two vice leaders, pushing him down to vice leader.
Now he was simply stepping down another level. He didn't really care.
Bai Chen didn't say anything and instead turned to look at Ning Tian.
After thinking for a moment, Ning Tian suddenly spoke:
"Wait."
Instantly, everyone's attention focused on her.
Though slightly nervous, she still spoke calmly:
"I know that simply saying this won't convince everyone."
"How about this: Lu Lin, find a partner and fight Bai Chen and me in a two-versus-two battle."
"The winner takes the vice-class leader position."
"Huh?"
Lu Lin was surprised and looked toward Xiao Hongchen, who in turn looked at Bai Chen.
Xiao Hongchen didn't doubt Bai Chen's strength.
Over the past year Bai Chen had revealed a small portion of his power to him—though it was only a small part, it was already enough to defeat Lu Lin.
However, if Bai Chen didn't want to deal with this trouble, Xiao Hongchen could easily resolve it.
Bai Chen smiled slightly.
"I support Ning Tian's decision."
Her handling of the situation was clearly correct.
Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen currently held the positions of class leader and vice leader mostly because of their status, though Xiao Hongchen's strength also supported it.
But because of his arrogant personality, many people subconsciously ignored his actual ability.
If Bai Chen simply accepted the vice leader position through Xiao Hongchen's declaration, everyone would think he and Ning Tian were merely riding the Hongchen siblings' coattails.
Ning Tian would rather spend the effort to prove their strength.
Even if she hadn't said it, Bai Chen intended to suggest it.
She was the future sect master of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. It was necessary for her to develop her own judgment and leadership ability.
She couldn't stay behind him forever.
Seeing that Bai Chen had no objections, Xiao Hongchen asked Lu Lin:
"What do you think, Lu Lin? Do you dare fight them?"
Lu Lin laughed.
"You've said it like that—if I refuse now it'll make me look like a coward."
"Fine. I accept. When do we start?"
Ning Tian answered calmly:
"How about after school today?"
"Alright, no problem."
Lu Lin agreed immediately.
Thus, this small commotion ended for the moment.
However, the impact lasted until the end of the school day.
Before dismissal, many students secretly glanced at Bai Chen and Ning Tian, curious about how strong these transfer students really were.
Their confident attitude made it seem like they truly had some hidden strength.
But no matter how talented they were, they had still skipped directly from Year One to Year Three.
That alone was already incredible—how could they possibly defeat Lu Lin?
After all, Lu Lin was the class leader before the Hongchen siblings arrived, meaning he had once been the strongest student in the class.
Even if he wasn't as monstrous as Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, he was still undoubtedly a genius.
After school, everyone gathered at the Soul Engineer Trial Arena of the academy.
This place functioned similarly to a spirit fighting arena.
If students wanted to spar, they could pay a fee to fight here.
Over the past year Bai Chen had often sparred with Ji Juechen, but they had always chosen more remote locations to hide their strength.
In fact, this was Bai Chen's first time coming to the academy's official trial arena.
Compared to ordinary arenas outside, the academy's facilities were far more advanced.
Not only was the venue larger and able to accommodate more spectators, but the stage was surrounded by multiple layers of soul power barriers, preventing stray soul tool attacks from harming the audience.
Of course, the price wasn't cheap either.
The entrance fee—paid in gold soul coins—was something ordinary families couldn't afford.
However, most students in Year Three Class One came from wealthy backgrounds.
As the match was about to begin, they had already gathered around the arena, staring at the stage with excitement.
"Then… the match begins."
Seeing the situation, the supervising teacher rubbed his temples helplessly but still announced the start of the fight.