Chapter 6

The next day, from early morning, various versions of gossip and rumors about Ling Yun exploded and spread rapidly throughout the first high school in Qing Shui City!

"Do you know? I heard that Ling Yun, the waste of Class 6, Grade 3, came back to the dormitory very late last night. After he returned, he went crazy and stomped on Wei Tiangan in their dormitory!"

"I heard that a long time ago. It's not just that. Do you know Jia Meng? He was slapped out of the dormitory and lost two teeth..."

"How could I not know? I saw him holding his cheek on my way to school. I guess he was going to get his teeth fixed! Hey, his cheek was so swollen..."

"I can't believe it. That fat, stupid pig, what could have happened to make him react like that? Don't forget, for almost three years, no matter who bullied him, he never fought back..."

"Hehe, do you need to ask? It must be that the idiot confessed to our school's top beauty, Cao Shanshan, last night. I'll tell you, but don't spread it, Ling Yun came back to the dormitory without a shirt!"

"Are you serious? That's so explosive!! My dream girl, could she have been defiled by that stupid pig..."

"Who knows? Maybe Ling Yun felt he had bullied Cao Shanshan and knew he was going to die, so he went crazy in the dormitory..."

"When a person is completely desperate, they can do anything..."

...

The news from last night spread like the wind, almost reaching every corner of the campus by early morning. With the rich imagination of high school students, the rumors grew and distorted, and by the end, the facts of last night were unrecognizable!

"Ling Yun, the wimp, confessed to the school's top beauty, Cao Shanshan, last night and was rejected. Then, he went berserk and forced himself on her. Later, something happened, but when he returned to the dormitory, he brutally punished his roommates who had bullied him!"

In short, a toad trying to eat a swan!

Perhaps this conclusion best satisfied the imagination and curiosity of high school students. In the end, this was the version that gained the highest acceptance among students.

Class 6, Grade 3.

Wei Tiangan held an English textbook, his eyes staring at it but not focusing. A sly smile played on his face, and occasionally a hint of cruelty flashed in the corners of his mouth.

"Ling Yun, I don't know why you suddenly became so strong, and I can't beat you now, but two of the four major bullies in the school openly like Cao Shanshan. Once this news gets out, I'll see how you die!"

Thinking of this, Wei Tiangan felt a perverse sense of satisfaction, as if he could see Ling Yun being beaten to the ground, crying and begging for mercy.

"Hmph, what's the point of just being able to fight? With your last-place grades, you can't even get into a vocational school. You'll end up doing manual labor..."

Wei Tiangan's spirit of self-consolation was strong, and he quickly regained his sense of superiority, lost in some fantasies.

Cao Shanshan, the top beauty of Qing Shui No. 1 High School, was indeed worthy of the title. Whether in terms of family background, appearance, or academic performance, she was outstanding!

But at this moment, her beautiful face was clouded with anger, her expression dark and stormy, her chest heaving dramatically, and her delicate nostrils flaring with increasingly rapid breaths. She was like a furious little lion, unsure if she could hold on for another second!

At this moment, her talkative desk mate, "Fast Mouth" Zhang Ling, was still gossiping, determined to get to the bottom of things.

Zhang Ling was actually quite attractive; if placed among ordinary people, she could be considered a small beauty. But standing next to Cao Shanshan, she was merely a green leaf to a red flower.

"Shanshan, you didn't really... you know, with Ling Yun, did you?"

"I didn't even see that idiot last night! I don't want to answer this for the Nth time!" Cao Shanshan glared at Zhang Ling, almost ready to explode!

"But I did see Ling Yun following you out of the school last night... You two were no more than thirty meters apart..."

Zhang Ling blinked, trying to find some clues in Cao Shanshan's words.

"Stop it! Alright, I admit he was behind me, but he only followed me for a few hundred meters before turning in the opposite direction! I went straight home. If you don't believe me, you can ask my parents now! Are you satisfied now?" Cao Shanshan was about to lose her mind!

After evening study last night, she had indeed glimpsed Ling Yun following her from a distance, but after studying in the same class for nearly three years, she knew his wimpy character too well. She didn't think he would do anything to her, so she didn't pay much attention.

Sure enough, after a few hundred meters, Ling Yun turned in another direction, and they didn't even see each other, let alone anything else!

But when she arrived at school today, she saw her classmates pointing and whispering about her. Snippets of their conversation reached her ears, and she was furious!

Finally reaching the classroom, Cao Shanshan saw the strange looks from her classmates and was about to lose it. To be honest, she really wanted to hang Ling Yun and cut him into pieces!

"Could it be that the idiot Ling Yun tried to tell you he likes you through this?" Zhang Ling, who had the potential to be a journalist, muttered to herself, not daring to provoke Cao Shanshan further.

Cao Shanshan was taken aback. Yes, that was a possibility.

"Hmph! Today, I'll find a chance to tell him that I would rather accept a pig than him. He should give up on this idea! What an idiot! An idiot with an IQ lower than a pig's!"

Zhang Ling sneered, "Do you expect him to come to class? The teachers have already ignored him, and he has given up on the college entrance exam. He only came to the last evening study session last night because something was wrong with him. After causing such a big trouble today, he wouldn't dare show up!"

...

The instigator of all this, the person at the center of the storm in the school, the idiot Cao Shanshan described as worse than a pig, had just woken up.

Ling Yun was awakened by hunger.

Hearing his stomach rumble, Ling Yun couldn't help but shake his head and laugh bitterly. Since he reached the辟谷期 (辟谷期 is a term from Chinese qigong and Daoist practices, referring to a stage where one can survive without food), he rarely tasted the flavors of the human world.

But now, having fallen from the渡劫期 (渡劫期 is a term from Chinese cultivation novels, referring to a stage where one faces a heavenly tribulation) to an ordinary person, his first priority was to lose weight, but he also needed to satisfy his hunger!

"I need to buy food... Oh no!" Ling Yun was shocked!

His wallet and meal card were in his jacket, but he had generously given his jacket to Lin Menghan last night!

"If only I had a storage bag or a spatial artifact, it would be much easier..." Ling Yun muttered to himself.

"Ah, these days, it's hard to be a good person. Just trying to be good once, and now I'm starving..."

Ling Yun, touching his empty stomach, gritted his teeth in regret, vowing not to be good again, and pondered how to fill his stomach.

"Should I borrow some from my half-sister?" According to his memory, he had a sister at Qing Shui No. 1 High School named Ning Lingyu, who was also in Grade 3 and one of the top three beauties of the school.

The image of the tall, slender, and beautiful girl with a ponytail and large, pitiful eyes made Ling Yun feel a bit hesitant.

Ning Lingyu seemed to be disappointed in him, and by the time they reached Grade 3, she was thoroughly disappointed. They were in the same school but hardly saw each other once a month.

Or, if they did see each other, when Ling Yun tried to speak to her, he would receive a cold, disappointed snort, and Ning Lingyu would quickly run away.

Ling Yun understood the psychology of the two siblings. He knew Ning Lingyu wasn't looking down on her brother but genuinely wanted him to be more spirited and not so wimpy.

Thinking of Ning Lingyu's disappointed yet hopeful eyes, Ling Yun scratched his head and said to himself, "Forget it, I'll look around first. Maybe I can find some money? Great discoveries are often made this way!"

Ling Yun started rummaging through his belongings, and he was lucky enough to find a hundred-yuan note in a book at the head of his bed!

This guy was quite good at hiding money, but unfortunately, he had the means to hide it but not to spend it.

Well, first things first, he needed to eat.

After tidying up, with the hundred-yuan note in his pocket, Ling Yun leisurely left the dormitory and headed straight for the school convenience store. As for the classmates pointing and whispering about him on the way? As long as they didn't bother him, he didn't care!

He knew it was definitely because of the news about him beating up Wei Tiangan last night, but he didn't care. If a strong person isn't talked about, it's because they're not strong enough!

However, Ling Yun decided to be as low-key as possible. If he hadn't been so high-profile and flashy in the cultivation world, he wouldn't have faced such a terrifying heavenly tribulation!

Thinking of the relentless heavenly tribulation that pursued him wherever he went, determined to destroy him completely, Ling Yun couldn't help but shudder, looking up at the clear blue sky.

"Low-key, yes, I must be low-key!"

These days, money doesn't last long. Ling Yun only bought enough breakfast to fill his stomach, and he spent over thirty yuan out of the hundred.

Of course, this was due to his appetite. The original Ling Yun, though weak, could eat a lot. Now, as a fat person with even stronger physical strength, his appetite was even greater.

"I need money! Otherwise, I might waste this body if I can't keep up with the food!" This was a major concern Ling Yun had when he returned to the dormitory after buying breakfast.

As for making money, Ling Yun wasn't worried.

Although he couldn't yet use his inner vision or the spiritual energy in his body, his familiarity with the human meridians and acupoints, combined with his miraculous medical skills, meant that he could easily treat common illnesses with just a few silver needles.

Once he reached the Qi Cultivation stage, he could not only refine pills but also create talismans. In this world, he was confident he could make money easily with these skills.

After eating, Ling Yun went downstairs again, this time heading straight for the school's playground.

Now, the seniors were all preparing for the college entrance exam in two months, and physical education classes had been canceled. However, some freshmen and sophomores were still having PE classes on the playground.

Of course, every high school has some athletic talents, who were now training intensively under the guidance of their PE teachers, sweating profusely and pushing themselves to the limit.

Ling Yun's destination was here.

"Hey, isn't that the focus of our class, the fat guy? You caused such a big trouble, I heard many people are planning to find you. Why don't you just drop out and run as far as you can? What are you doing here, showing off?"