Instead, Amanda from the neighboring seat leaned over curiously, “Who were you talking to just now?”
“Definitely not you,” Hao replied gruffly. Although Amanda was a stunningly attractive girl with an amazing figure, she lacked any sense of femininity in her speech and actions, nowhere near as charming as Essa, and she always enjoyed teasing Yang Hao, so Hao never believed she could ever be interested in him.
“How did you do that just now?” Amanda leaned in very close, so close that Hao could even see her cleavage.
Hao quickly averted his gaze and focused on the tip of his own nose. “It’s simple enough. I just used psychokinesis to lift it up.”
“That’s not simple at all,” Amanda remained astonished. “I embedded a miniature gravity intensifier inside that feather; it must weigh at least dozens of kilograms. Only someone who has surpassed the intermediate level of psychokinesis could possibly manipulate it.”
“A gravity intensifier?” Hao was stunned.
He had only heard of such devices before. They were usually equipped for pilots when landing on unmodified planets where the gravity might be less than the standard Imperial gravity, so the gravity intensifier would add weight to prevent them from floating around.
In other words, the feather was much heavier than it appeared. Now Hao’s force and psychokinesis had surpassed his own expectations.
Amanda looked at Hao strangely. “You haven’t secretly been training hard all this time, have you? And today you accidentally showed off this skill. Based on your current force, your flying and sword techniques should also be very strong.”
Her words reminded Hao. After being messed with by Hunyuanzi, his psychokinesis had improved rapidly. Could it be that other basic techniques had also improved? He would need to try and see.
Finally, when class was over, Hao rushed out immediately. He wanted to go alone to the back mountain to practice and find out what kind of changes had occurred in his body.
As Hao ran out of the classroom, Amanda shouted after his back, “I made a hoverboard for you, come get it later!!”
Hao didn’t stop, just waved at Amanda. He had always wanted his own hoverboard, but as a poor kid, he couldn’t afford one. He hadn’t expected that Amanda, who usually teased him, would occasionally do something nice for him.
However, soon after, Hao realized he probably didn’t need the hoverboard anymore. When he was running, he slightly exerted his strength, and his whole body floated up effortlessly. He decided to try using the flying technique to channel his force downward from his feet. Previously, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t lift himself off the ground at all, but today, with just a little effort, his body floated up.
“Waah!!” Hao shouted out excitedly, oblivious to his surroundings. It seemed that the pill he had swallowed yesterday was indeed a magical elixir, transforming his body so much.
Eager to get to the back mountain, Hao flew in that direction using his flying technique. However, within the campus, he dared not lift his feet off the ground, so as not to let others discover how effortlessly he could fly.
In this aristocratic academy, the way for commoner students to protect themselves was to stay low-key, preferably never outperforming those arrogant and domineering noble students, or else they might end up in serious trouble.
However, the more he feared something, the more likely it was to happen. After flying for just a short while, Hao spotted Essa and Wang Zhijun arguing near the school gate.
Essa was angrily scolding Wang, while the young nobleman looked embarrassed, seemingly begging Essa for something.
Hao felt a headache when he saw these people, especially after what had happened between him and Essa the day before, making him unsure how to face her. He wanted to avoid them at all costs, so he quickly turned around, intending to head towards the back gate of the school.
Unfortunately, at this crucial moment, Hao had forgotten that the most difficult part of mastering the flying technique was turning. If one didn’t control the intensity of the force properly in mid-air, it could easily lead to deviations.
He turned too sharply, and as it was his first time using the flying technique, things didn’t go well. He was flung sideways and crashed heavily next to Essa and the others.
“Damn! This is too ridiculous,” an disheveled Yang Hao opened his eyes and saw Kevin’s furry face and Wang Zhijun’s stunned expression.
“What are you staring at? I didn’t suddenly become handsome,” Yang Hao sat on the ground and glared back grumpily.
He was just too unlucky. The people he feared meeting most had to appear in such an embarrassing way.
“You’re not dead!” Surprisingly, it was the big bear Kevin who recovered first. “Or are you a ghost?”
“There’s no ghost in broad daylight!” Essa kindly pulled Yang Hao up. “Of course he’s alive. If he died, I’d make you all pay with your lives!!”
Essa’s attitude toward Yang Hao had completely changed 360 degrees, which even made Yang Hao feel strange, let alone Wang Zhijun. The young nobleman looked as if he had swallowed a mouse alive, his expression was as bad as it could get.
“How come you’re still alive?” Wang Zhijun was so angry that his hands and feet trembled. “I clearly saw you fall into that deep pit.”
“Oh, I just flew out,” Yang Hao naturally couldn’t reveal the truth, otherwise he didn’t know what trouble he might get into.
“You can fly too?” Wang Zhijun looked contemptuously, as if a commoner could never master the flying technique.
Yang Hao felt the insult in that gaze and a surge of anger rose within him. “Who says I can’t fly? I can do a lot more than just fly, and I’m way better than you!”
“You dare to compete with me?” Wang Zhijun straightened his chest. Standing next to Yang Hao, the difference between them was immediately highlighted.
Although in terms of looks, Yang Hao was a bit more handsome, their clothing was vastly different. Wang Zhijun wore luxurious clothes and had an expensive short sword at his waist, while Yang Hao was dressed in a plain jacket, making him look inferior.
Their family backgrounds didn’t even need to be mentioned. Wang Zhijun came from a famous sword-fighting family, while Yang Hao had only managed to study here through sheer luck. At school, Wang Zhijun excelled in all basic techniques, while Yang Hao was always at the bottom.
In short, these two were completely incomparable, like one was in the sky and the other on the ground.
However, just as Wang Zhijun was feeling very proud, Essa, who had been watching coldly, spoke up. “Yang Hao is better than you, much better than you by a hundredfold.”
“What?” Wang Zhijun was surprised, hardly believing his ears. “Essa… are you not joking? You’re actually saying this brat is better than me?”
“Of course,” Essa insisted firmly.
“What makes him better than me?” Wang Zhijun’s eyes were filled with fire, no longer caring about the face of the beautiful girl he was trying to win over, he shouted loudly.
“Because he is my boyfriend,” Essa affectionately linked her arm with Yang Hao’s and leaned her head on his shoulder. “As my boyfriend, Yang Hao is naturally better than anyone else.”
“You must be crazy! Yesterday you were still telling us to teach this guy a lesson, and today he’s become your boyfriend?” Although Kevin was a bit slow, he could still sense that something was off. He was completely confused by this sudden turn of events. “He’s just a commoner, his status isn’t even as good as mine. What qualifications does he have to be Miss Essa’s boyfriend?”
Wang Zhijun was so angry his face turned red, his hands trembling uncontrollably, unable to speak, only letting out a cold snort.
But from beginning to end, Essa had no intention of sparing their feelings. “Yesterday was yesterday, and today is today. Now I just like this poor guy, and it’s none of your business.”
“What medicine did you give Essa?” Wang Zhijun dared not argue with Essa and instead blamed Yang Hao. It was originally just an angry remark, but it happened to hit the nail on the head.
Yang Hao thought his actions had been discovered and felt a bit guilty, unwilling to argue further on the spot. He grabbed Essa’s hand and turned to leave.
Wang Zhijun was furious. The commoner kid in front of him had not only stolen his girlfriend but also treated him with such disdain. How could a nobleman like him bear such humiliation? In a fit of rage and not caring where he was, Wang Zhijun drew his short sword and stabbed it toward Yang Hao’s back.
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