Dragon Emperor, Martial God
chapter-103

Ling Yun was now famous and someone was raging because of that. That person was not Cao Shanshan but Zhang Ling.

Like every Monday, she reached school early. Yet, when she arrived at the classroom, she could not find Cao Shanshan. Now, the classroom was already half filled with students. They were all murmuring and whispering. The topic was none other than Ling Yun and Cao Shanshan.

“Hey, yesterday night, did you see the school’s online forum? Ling Yun and Cao Shanshan are *cough cough*…”

“Of course, hehe, that picture was just too hot! To think Cao Shanshan would allow Ling Yun to get so intimate with her…”

“I must say Cao Shanshan is indeed a dancer. The flexibility of her legs… If only I can…”

“Tsk, what a bunch of greenhorns, I, on the other hand, saw the video. The angle was taken from Cao Shanshan’s back and Ling Yun’s hand was stroking her back the whole time…”

“Ah… Our goddess… Our Madonna has been…”

“I saw a picture that looks like Cao Shanshan kissing Ling Yun…”

“Are you serious? That can’t be true. It must have been the angle! Hehe, I wonder how that idiot Gou Junfa and Lu Chengtian will react when they see the pictures.”

“Let me tell you guys the truth. I saw everything from the corridor. The two of them were in a passionate embrace and almost kissed. But in the end, their lips did not touch…”

…

It was indeed a technologically-advanced, media-oriented era. A single post in a forum was able to spread like wildfire, reaching the ears of most students in Qingshui High in just a few days. To think that by Monday morning, every classroom was filled with discussions of Ling Yun and Cao Shanshan’s hot and mind-blowing scene.

Zhang Ling’s face turned green, she was shocked by the sheer number of people engaging in gossip! Ironically, she forgot that she was one of these gossip maniacs as well. After a few more moments, Zhang Ling could no longer stand the gossiping.

Standing up, she picked up her phone and left the class. After finding a quiet spot, she called Cao Shanshan.

“Hey, Shanshan, where are you now?”

“Almost reaching school. What’s wrong? Calling at this timing, did anything happen?” Cao Shanshan replied.

The strange thing was that Cao Shanshan seemed to be in a good mood. An especially good mood. Her voice was joyful and one could almost imagine her smile through her cheerful voice. Seeing how slow Cao Shanshan was to understand the situation, Zhang Ling almost lost her temper.

“I say, dear Madonna, I have been calling you non stop since Saturday night. Why did you switch off your phone?” Zhang Ling asked, her tone irritated.

In response, Cao Shanshan giggled and replied, “Oh, this weekend, I went back to Beijing for a short while. I wanted to enjoy myself without distractions so I switched off my phone.”

Zhang Ling let out a helpless sigh.

“Shanshan, do you know that you’re now at the center of the entire school’s attention? Everyone’s talking about you! What happened on Saturday night with Ling Yun… the whole incident has been recorded and uploaded online!”

After telling Cao Shanshan this incident, Zhang Ling had thought that she would be seething with rage. Instead, Cao Shanshan replied with a giggle.

“To think I thought you had a serious matter to disclose. If you’re talking about that forum, I have seen the photo. I must say, the shot’s not too shabby!” Cao Shanshan exclaimed with indifference.

“Uh…” Zhang Ling was totally flabbergasted.

Seen the photo? Not too shabby? Since when did Cao Shanshan have such a big heart?

“Then… then that forum post had more than twenty thousand comments, have you seen it? What those people said is simply…”

The post was full of a variety of comments. Sitting behind their computers, these keyboard warriors commented however they wished. Their anonymous ID prevented people from controlling their comments. Thus, with more than twenty thousand comments, though the incident was explosive, it also meant everyone commented whatever they liked. And, of course, insults and defamation comments, as well as scoldings and vulgarities, made up much of these comments. Positive comments were a rarity.

This was also part of the reason why Zhang Ling was so agitated by this incident.

Cao Shanshan laughed softly before replying.

“I have seen the post and watched the video. Online discussions have always been discussions where people comment however they like. Let them say what they want…”

“Are you really not angry?” Zhang Ling asked again in an agitated tone.

Cao Shanshan smiled.

“Yes, I’m not angry. Alright, I’m already reaching the school entrance. Let’s talk when we meet.” Then, she hung up the phone.

Zhang Ling held the phone, staring at it in a daze as she stood along the class corridor. After a few moments, she mumbled to herself.

“Is this really the behavior when a lady falls deeply in love? What terror…”

“Truth be told, Ling Yun’s behavior these few days has indeed been rather attractive and touching. Ah… If only he can just slim down a bit more, he would be perfect…”

At that precise moment, Ling Yun appeared from the stairs.

“Huh? He…he really slimmed down… This…” Zhang Ling stuttered the moment she saw Ling Yun’s figure. She was dumbfounded! Her round eyes stared at Ling Yun in disbelief, her mouth agape. She was unable to believe her eyes!

Yet, Zhang Ling’s eyes were not clouded. It was indeed a slimmer Ling Yun!

When Ling Yun’s mother had commented about him slimming down, his weight then was already below a hundred kilograms. Furthermore, after yesterday night’s training, his weight now was just slightly over 95 kilograms.

Even though this slimming result paled in comparison to those of celebrities on television, in Zhang Ling’s eyes, it was impressive nevertheless. This was because, from Zhang Ling’s perspective, Ling Yun’s current built could no longer be considered ‘fat’. With a height of 1.8 meters and weighing 95 kilograms, the word ‘fit’ was now more befitting. What was most unbelievable was still his face.

After all, the most difficult part to slim down is the face. That is because there is little to no effective fat burning exercise for the face! Yet, Ling Yun’s face was the part that had been effectively slimmed down. In the past, his face had been round and chubby. But now, the fats that had always bobbed up and down on his face when he walked were gone. His face was now much more attractive.

Furthermore, the edges of his face were now much more defined. His nose was straight, his lips obvious and the dimple on his left cheek was still present. In addition, his face was smooth and shining, prompting people to take a few more glances whenever they look at him.

“He…he…he’s so handsome. He’s really so dashing…” Zhang Ling’s eyes were now infatuated with Ling Yun and she almost shouted her thoughts out.

As for Ling Yun’s psychological character, it was also a class above all. As his sense of hearing had been heightened drastically, he could hear clearly within a hundred meter radius. Thus, naturally, he heard the various discussions and comments about him. However, he was unfazed and held an indifferent attitude, not caring at all.

Not only had he reached the peak of Physique Tempering Stage Level 3, he had also been able to obtain the treasure fur brush. Thus, he was in an extremely good mood. Marching at his leisure, he passed the school entrance with people making a commotion over him and arrived at his classroom door.

“Hey, Zhang Ling, why are you standing at the door? Here to welcome me into the classroom?” Ling Yun asked with a smile at the stunned Zhang Ling who was staring at him.

Finally regaining her composure, she was speechless. Cao Shanshan was nonchalant while Ling Yun did not even seem to care about anything except for himself. Zhang Ling was also too lazy to try to push the two of them together anymore. She eyed Ling Yun for a few seconds before replying.

“You wish! I’m waiting for Shanshan!”

“Oh… I see, that’s cool. Then I will be excusing myself and going in first…” Ling Yun replied with an attractive smile before entering the class.

“Hold it…” Zhang Ling exclaimed in a rush.

“What now?” Ling Yun paused and answered.

Zhang Ling walked up to Ling Yun and touched his arm as if she was stroking a piece of clothing. She then raised her head and asked, “Ling Yun, tell me, how did you get so slim so fast? Have you perhaps eaten some kind of slimming pill?”

Ling Yun removed his arm from Zhang Ling’s hands which were touching his arm greedily. He then feigned ignorance.

“Fast? I lost 10 kilograms over eight days, how is that fast?”

Since no one knew when he had started his training, naturally, there was no way he would be honest and tell them all it took was three days. In fact, it did not matter even if he told the truth. After all, there were many super fat dudes who managed to lose more than 10 kilograms in just a few days. Zhang Ling looked at Ling Yun’s belly which was now much smaller. With a serious expression, she nodded her head before speaking.

“Of course it’s fast. Even though it’s not comparable to those celebrity slimming programs, you slimmed down so much in under ten days. Isn’t that too unbelievable?”

Ling Yun gave a smug smile with his chin held high.

“Did you forget who you’re talking to? Big brother here is a slimming expert, okay? Do you think that anyone can just carry a heavy sandbag and run like that around the track?”

My slimming method surpasses your ordinary methods, it’s not something you can comprehend

Even now, Ling Yun was constantly activating the Dayan Great Star Technique, burning off the fats in his body at an alarming rate.

This time, instead of arguing with him, Zhang Ling bit down softly on her lips. She stared at his dimple and squinted her eyes before saying, “Your dimple seems to be growing deeper…”

Sensing another touching session coming up and knowing that, unlike Xue Meining, Zhang Ling would not fall for his money scheme, Ling Yun tried to escape as fast as possible.

“I’ll be going back to the classroom now!” Ling Yun exclaimed in a rush, entering the class before she had a chance to respond.

“Tsk, what a scaredy cat. To think the man who had the guts to hold Cao Shanshan’s legs would run from me…”

Zhang Ling had had the intention to touch Ling Yun’s dimple. After all, that dimple of his seemed to hold a sense of attractiveness to it. A man’s dimple makes a thousand peaches blossom. This must be what it means.

“Zhang Ling, who were you talking to? Who ran from you?” Cao Shanshan asked as she came from the stairs, her long black hair swaying with her movements. She, too, seemed to be in a brilliant mood.

“Who else other than your Ling Yun…” Zhang Ling turned around and teased Cao Shanshan.

“Shut up, since when was he mine?” Cao Shanshan retorted shyly, her face blushing like a tomato as she looked at Zhang Ling.

“Didn’t you say over the phone that you don’t really care? That’s what the whole school has been saying. Why can’t I say that too?” Zhang Ling continued with her teasing with a cheeky grin.

Cao Shanshan walked to Zhang Ling and spoke in a serious tone.

“Zhang Ling, stop your nonsense. It’s impossible between me and Ling Yun. What happened on that day was just a coincidence…” At the same time, a trace of sadness flashed across her eyes for a second.

With her mind focused on teasing Cao Shanshan, Zhang Ling did not seem to notice the irregularity. Instead, she continued her teasing.

“Shanshan, do you seriously think that what happened that day was a simple coincidence? I bet, if another girl throws herself at Ling Yun, you’d surely be full of jealousy!”

Regaining her usual composure, Cao Shanshan grinned at Zhang Ling before replying, “Another girl? With Ling Yun? Other than his sister, I doubt anyone would be interested in him!”

She then added cheekily, “Of course, if you were to throw yourself at him, I would not be jealous at all!”