A little girl at a magic school, she's a goofy troublemaker who can do anything.

When Li Wenyin came out of the detention room, it was already close to evening. She had spent the whole afternoon copying the school rules, motto, and code of conduct for good students, and her wrists were sore.

As soon as I stepped outside, I saw a row of people standing neatly in the corridor outside the solitary confinement cell.

Pei Yuan, Mu Feng, Qin Guanyu, and Mu You all arrived, wearing Obsidian School uniforms and masks and sunglasses that they had somehow gotten their hands on. Even Mu You was wearing a mini version of sunglasses and a mask.

"What are you all doing here?" Li Wenyin asked, somewhat surprised.

Mu Feng replied, "Qin Guanyu suggested that we time your release from prison carefully, so that you won't be too lonely and desolate."

"Oh..." Li Wenyin asked again, "Then why are you all wearing sunglasses and masks?"

Pei Yuan: "This is so embarrassing."

Mu You, wearing a mask and sunglasses, nodded in deep agreement.

"...Why bother, burying your head in the sand," Li Wenyin retorted. "Everyone knows it's you guys."

Mu Feng: "It can offer some solace to my soul."

"That's strange," Li Wenyin glanced to the side, "Senior sister is here too?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she felt an invisible hand pat her shoulder.

Li Wenyin grinned and said, "Wow, thank you all for coming to pick me up."

Hearing this, Pei Yuan had a vague sense of unease: "Thank you? Is there a 'but' coming next?"

"But..." Li Wenyin changed the subject tactfully, "I have an appointment, so I need to go see Senior Zisang before nightfall. You guys go back first."

After saying that, she took off running, turning back to say as she went, "Seniors, remember to take good care of Youyou! He just recovered from a cold..."

Then Li Wenyin disappeared without a trace.

Four pairs of sunglasses stared in unison in the direction she had left.

Pei Yuan shrugged and scoffed, "It seems like every now and then, she has to abandon us for another woman."

"Tomorrow is the showdown with Zi Sangtang," Mu Feng said worriedly. "Is she secretly planning to do something terrible right now?"

"Trust Xiaoyin," Qin Guanyu said gently. "She won't."

Pei Yuan raised an eyebrow: "Won't anyone find out?"

Mu Feng thought about it seriously for a moment: "That's not bad either."

Pei Yuan: "..."

Their level of indulgence towards Li Wenyin was far beyond their own imagination.

-

Li Wenyin rushed to where her Didi Cloud was parked, quite worried that it had lost its magical support and dissipated.

Fortunately, beside that familiar big tree, Li Wenyin found Didi Cloud, which had shrunk several times over, and Zisangtang, who was waiting there.

"Hey, Zisang, what are you doing here? Perfect, saves me the trouble of looking for you."

Zi Sangtang looked somewhat flustered; she must have sent the other three away, leaving herself alone to wait.

She frowned slightly, feeling flustered and unsure how to explain things to Li Wenyin.

"Li Wenyin... I didn't do anything to your cloud, but I don't know why, it's shrunk so much..."

"Ah, this? It's nothing," Li Wenyin stepped forward and used weaving magic to restore the fluffy and sturdy Didi Cloud. "It's just a little lacking in magic power."

Zi Sangtang stood to the side watching intently as the cloud rapidly grew larger under Li Wenyin's hands, and the cloud seemed to become more lively.

In the afternoon, Zi Sangtang didn't go far. She stayed nearby, watching the cloud twist and turn, and in just one afternoon, it transformed into a whole book of school rules.

What kind of magic is this? Both Yun and Li Wenyin must treat it with caution.

Zi Sangtang carefully considered her words, thinking of a suitable opportunity to ask the question.

Meanwhile, as Li Wenyin was pulling the giant cotton candy, she was also racking her brains trying to figure out how to ask. Asking directly would seem abrupt, asking indirectly would seem scheming, and beating around the bush would seem...

Then we'll have to...

"Li Wenyin, may I ride on your cloud with you for a while?"

"Senior Zisang, could you tell me about your family?"

The two men stood facing each other, momentarily stunned.

Zi Sangtang was puzzled as to why Li Wenyin would be interested in her family. She knew that Li Wenyin was a special student and had intended to avoid bringing up her family background in order to communicate with Li Wenyin on an equal footing and avoid causing any unnecessary trouble or pressure.

To her surprise, Li Wenyin took the initiative to ask about Zi Sangtang's family. Zi Sangtang naturally didn't mind telling her, but she was puzzled that Li Wenyin didn't mind either and was even very curious.

Is this the composure and self-assurance that a master who keeps their abilities hidden should possess?

Li Wenyin was also puzzled.

Senior Zisang... does she have some misunderstanding about her? Even she herself is not very daring to ride this Didi Cloud, yet Zisang Tang is so eager to try it.

Wow, is this the composure of a strong person?

"Okay, that's fine."

"Of course, no problem, senior!"

-

As dusk falls, the orange-red sun slowly but visibly sinks, painting a vast expanse of warm hues.

A large, soft, white cloud floated precariously in the sky, bathed in the glow of the setting sun.

They appeared extremely small, yet they were the only beings in this sky that had detached themselves from the ground and were almost heading towards the sun.

"Inhale—exhale—relax..."

Li Wenyin comforted herself and calmed her emotions, barely managing to maintain a relatively stable but still trembling state.

Zi Sangtang sat behind her, her legs dangling over the clouds, letting the wind lift her bright red skirt.

She slowly raised her hand towards the sun, pausing to shield her eyes, then couldn't help loosening her fingers to watch the sunlight pouring through them.

"Senior Sister Zisang," Li Wenyin said, sitting cross-legged and resisting the urge to look down, "Where are your three friends? Why didn't they come to protect you?"

"I didn't really like them constantly following me around, so I used a slightly firmer approach to get rid of them."

Perhaps because her whole body was bathed in the warm sunset, Zi Sangtang relaxed a lot and pressed her hand on Didi Dayun, who was sitting on her, with great interest.

"No, no, no, you may have misunderstood me," Li Wenyin explained. "I'm actually quite unreliable, you may have trusted me a little too much."

"Yeah?"

Zi Sangtang blinked and looked at her, but remained calm and composed, showing no fear whatsoever.

Li Wenyin was heartbroken.

Miss, you've really trusted her too much. She's really unreliable, I'm not kidding. If something happens to her while you're with her, Su Jinshi and Xie Liu will definitely beat you up.

"It's alright," Zi Sangtang smiled, tilting her head back as if to relax, sitting with her legs dangling in the air, enjoying the cool breeze blowing against her ears. "I've never done this before."

They don't care about rules, status, or how others perceive them.

Unrestrained and free.

"You..." Li Wenyin sat cross-legged, pondering for a moment, "Do you feel a lot of pressure having them around you?"

"No..." Zi Sangtang subconsciously retorted, but upon meeting Li Wenyin's gaze, she froze for a moment. "Okay... maybe there is?"

Once she started enjoying the gossip, Li Wenyin immediately forgot that she was carefully controlling Didi DaYun and began to think about it seriously.

"You haven't introduced your family to me yet."

Zi Sangtang seemed to be deep in thought, and took the magical hairpin off her head: "Li Wenyin, do you still remember this? I used it during the flag-raising ceremony."

"I remember," Li Wenyin nodded.

True Form of Martial Soul.

"This is a special magic of our Zisang family. What I have mastered is only a rudimentary form based on illusion magic," Zisang Tang said with a smile, looking at the hairpin in her hand with affection. "The complete form should be martial spirit magic."

Li Wenyin asked curiously, "Martial Spirit Magic?"

"Yes," Zi Sangtang continued, "I am the only daughter of the Zi Sang family for more than two hundred generations, and also the current inheritor. Once the Zi Sang family's martial spirit magic is fully revealed, it is not just a collection of multiple magic spells, but a true martial spirit."

"A true Martial Spirit?" Li Wenyin tried to understand. "That god-king, as tall as a building, would possess a physical form and powerful magic?!"

Wow, that must be incredibly powerful!

"Yes," Zi Sangtang answered with a smile, "it was born from the Zi Sang clan's magical artifact and will forever be used by the Zi Sang clan."

Li Wenyin was so shocked that her mind went blank for a moment.

"Then wouldn't that be a very powerful weapon of mass destruction? That..."

A family possessing such a powerful and lethal weapon—wouldn't that mean...?

"Yes, it should be as you imagine," Zi Sangtang smiled knowingly. "Nearly two hundred years ago, our family officially connected with the country and was dispatched to use our martial spirits on some battlefields under the official name."

Li Wenyin was speechless.

To put it simply...

Zi Sangtang smiled.

"The Zisang family is a military family."

Li Wenyin and Didi Dayun both shuddered.

What the hell!

No wonder Xie Liu, Su Jin, Shi Zhuqing, and the others were almost always by Zi Sangtang's side!

You are indeed very noble, young lady.

A military family! The heir! The current only daughter! Don't let her small stature fool you, she will be the one who can craft large-scale lethal weapons for the country in the future. Moreover, Zi Sangtang's martial spirit magic has already taken shape, her future is promising.

"So surprised?" Zi Sangtang looked at Li Wenyin's expression with some surprise. "I thought you were used to it."

"What's so strange about this? Isn't this super... super... super amazing?" Li Wenyin exclaimed in horror.

What is this young lady from a military family being so modest about?

Zi Sangtang: "Really? You have a lot of people like that around you."

"What?!"

Perhaps finding Li Wenyin's utterly shocked expression too adorable, Zi Sangtang smiled and explained more to her.

"Your defeated opponent in the last academy competition, Yu Lanxie."

"What's wrong with him?" Li Wenyin asked, her voice trembling.

"The Yu family is a top-tier assassin family that operates in both the legal and illegal worlds. They're a family of curse masters and have had close ties with the government for many years," Zi Sangtang said. "It's a kind of cooperative relationship, somewhat similar to our family."

Li Wenyin: "Huh?"

No, in her memory, Yu Lanxie was just a little face-blind person who secretly sang nursery rhymes in his heart...

Wait a minute, wouldn't his face blindness greatly affect his future job?

"And there's also that third-year senior, Nangong," Zi Sangtang continued, "His family is an Interpol agent who specializes in hunting people infected with dark magic. He's a guest of honor of the chairman."

"And Yuchi..."

"Wait, wait, wait," Li Wenyin couldn't listen anymore and abruptly interrupted her, "Senior, please stop talking."

Zi Sangtang smiled and remained silent.

Li Wenyin finally understood.

This is a world that gathers outstanding people from all over the country, and she is just an ordinary person.

She had almost forgotten that the students in this school were all, from the very beginning, either rich or noble, and were all pillars of the nation.

Not long after the initial shock, Li Wenyin began stroking her chin, smugly saying, "So, to put it another way, these amazing people can hold their own against me, so I'm pretty good, huh?"

Zi Sangtang smiled.

Even though the time I spent with Li Wenyin was very short, it was really comfortable to be with her.

"Where are your three friends?"

Mentioning this, Zi Sangtang lowered her eyes helplessly: "It has almost no connection with our generation. The relationship between us was determined hundreds of years ago. The three families are subordinate to the Zi Sang family from different perspectives, and have worked for our family for generations. It has almost become a tradition."

Zi Sangtang seemed a little down.

Li Wenyin saw that the warm red sunlight cast heavy shadows on Zi Sangtang's drooping eyelids, highlighting her utter loneliness.

"You..." Li Wenyin boldly guessed, "You actually don't like them treating you like their masters, right?"

Zi Sangtang looked up at her.

Under Li Wenyin's clear, mirror-like gaze, Zi Sangtang stood up. Standing atop Didi Dayun, she said indignantly:

"Yeah! What year is this?! Still clinging to outdated ideas that society has long abandoned! What are they doing?!"

Li Wenyin also mustered up her courage and stood up, joining Zi Sangtang in angrily cursing in the street.

"Yeah! What's going on?! They all say they respect you, but not one of them really understands what you want! It's outrageous!"

Zi Sangtang was taken aback, but spurred on by Li Wenyin's words, she became even more enthusiastic in her rant: "Exactly! Especially that Xie Liu! I'm speechless! He wouldn't even sit at the table to eat, insisting on squatting to the side with a bowl! What's wrong with him? People will think I'm going to abuse him!"

"Wow!" Li Wenyin exclaimed in surprise, "This is going too far! Condemn! Condemn them severely!"

"You're right!" Zi Sangtang nodded in agreement. "It's infuriating! He's a stutterer, and so stubborn! If I say anything more, it makes me seem aggressive!"

Li Wenyin exclaimed angrily, "This is outrageous! Absolutely outrageous! It's a heinous crime, unforgivable!"

-

It was nearing dusk.

They stood on the clouds.

To speak loudly and freely.

It got closer to the sun.