“What?!”
“Mu Yanxi? Who is that?”
“Why would Big Sister choose her?!”
Shangguan Yun’s words immediately caused a massive uproar. Instantly, countless hostile, envious, and jealous glares focused on Mu Yanxi.
Even Ruo Xuan turned back in surprise, looking at Mu Yanxi and asking in disbelief, “Shangguan Yun actually chose you? Why?”
“I don’t know either!” Mu Yanxi said. How could she possibly know why Shangguan Yun would choose her as a double cultivation partner? There were clearly so many outstanding disciples here who were much more suited for it.
‘Is it because my mother previously asked her to look after me?’ Mu Yanxi wondered. ‘But who looks after someone like this? To waste her precious opportunity to choose a double cultivation partner just to help me out?’
‘Or was the relationship between the original host and this fiancée actually quite good? No, that doesn’t make sense either. If they really had a good relationship, she wouldn’t have needed to break off the engagement in the first place.’
What truly made things difficult for Mu Yanxi was that she had suddenly become the center of attention. She was now under the gaze of everyone present, and most of those gazes were filled with hostility.
“Mu Yanxi, please stand up and come to the stage,” Headmaster Mo said.
With no other choice, Mu Yanxi stood up and slowly walked toward the podium. Along the way, she could hear the people around her whispering incessantly.
“Damn it! Why was she the one chosen by Big Sister Shangguan?”
“Exactly! On what grounds? I want to double cultivate with Miss Shangguan, too.”
“How nice. She gets into the elite class without even having to take an exam. I wish I could be chosen by one of the top ten disciples, too.”
After hearing just a few sentences, Mu Yanxi understood why so many people were looking at her with such hostility.
It seemed that as long as a person was chosen as a double cultivation partner by one of the top ten disciples, they would automatically qualify for the elite class.
After all, Headmaster Mo had just mentioned that double cultivation partners would be placed in the same class, and those chosen by the top ten would naturally enter the elite class.
Furthermore, many girls truly wanted to double cultivate with Shangguan Yun.
It was easy to understand; Shangguan Yun was the number one ranked disciple, and the higher the cultivation of one’s partner, the more benefits one would receive from double cultivation.
In the eyes of these girls, Mu Yanxi had hit the jackpot.
Mu Yanxi had been put on the spot for no apparent reason. Feeling the pressure, she walked onto the stage, only to be met by Shangguan Yun’s playful expression and Headmaster Mo’s scrutinizing gaze.
“Yun’er, is this really the double cultivation partner you’ve chosen? She’s quite ordinary.” Headmaster Mo looked back at Shangguan Yun, completely ignoring Mu Yanxi’s opinion.
Of course, according to the sect rules, her opinion didn’t matter anyway.
“That’s right. Besides, there are no new disciples with higher cultivation than me among the freshmen. Since I can’t choose the other top ten disciples, she is already considered quite outstanding,” Shangguan Yun said politely.
“That is true, but you actually have better options. If you are willing to negotiate, I believe several of the top ten disciples would be very happy to double cultivate with you,” Headmaster Mo continued to advise.
In her view, letting Shangguan Yun double cultivate with a disciple who was merely above average was a waste.
Although the Spiritual Moon Sect’s rules stipulated that the top ten disciples of each generation could choose their own double cultivation partners, this choice did not include the other members of the top ten.
In other words, the status the Spiritual Moon Sect gave to the top ten disciples was complete freedom of choice; they could force others into it without being forced by anyone else.
However, since a double cultivation partner was a matter that concerned one’s future cultivation, there were top ten disciples every year who gave up their right of choice to partner with each other instead. Headmaster Mo clearly hoped Shangguan Yun would do the same.
“No need. She is just fine. If our cultivation levels are too close, it’s easy for conflicts to arise,” Shangguan Yun insisted.