As soon as Ling Xiao stepped into the campus, he was like a pebble dropped into a calm lake, instantly stirring up a thousand ripples.
The girls were captivated by Ling Xiao's sudden appearance. Those who had been busy with their own things all stopped what they were doing and involuntarily cast their gazes toward him. Expressions of surprise and curiosity gradually appeared on their previously calm faces.
A girl with a ponytail tilted her head slightly, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Ling Xiao, and whispered to the friend beside her, "Look, how did such a handsome guy suddenly arrive at our school? He feels just like the male lead walking right out of a novel."
"Yeah, yeah, how come I never noticed such a major hunk in the school before? This is simply a visual impact!" another girl chimed in eagerly, her eyes practically glued to Ling Xiao.
The surrounding girls chimed in one after another, their whispering voices sounding exceptionally clear in the quiet campus.
Among the discussing crowd, one girl even boldly took out her phone and quietly snapped a photo of Ling Xiao's back, wanting to forever capture this breathtaking moment on her phone.
Meanwhile, Ling Xiao was still immersed in the joy and changes brought by cultivation. He walked with confident strides, completely oblivious to the strange looks directed at him. It wasn't until he noticed that the girls' gazes were all focused on him that he realized his transformation had caused such a massive reaction.
Just as Ling Xiao frowned slightly, unsure how to handle this sudden attention, his roommate Li Yang also walked out of the dorm and witnessed this scene.
Li Yang's eyes widened in sheer disbelief. He hurried over to Ling Xiao, gave him a heavy slap on the shoulder, and exclaimed loudly, "Did you fucking go get plastic surgery?! Damn, how did you suddenly become so handsome? The girls in the school are all going to fall victim to that face of yours!"
Ling Xiao smiled helplessly and said to Li Yang, "How could such a coincidence happen? I've been researching some things lately, and my body seemed to undergo some changes."
Li Yang looked Ling Xiao up and down, clicking his tongue in wonder as he looked: "Your transformation is way too huge! You were already good-looking, but now you've simply reached a whole new level of handsome! You better watch your back now—there might just be girls fighting tooth and nail over you."
Hearing Li Yang's words, Ling Xiao shook his head and said with a smile, "Stop joking around, I have no interest in that. The most important thing for me right now is my studies, so I can just ignore these gossip stories."
Although Ling Xiao said that, he knew very well in his heart that his transformation had indeed attracted a lot of attention, especially in the eyes of all the girls in the school, where he had now become a focal point.
As the afternoon classes gradually got underway, Ling Xiao became an alternative center of attention in class. While the teacher lectured on the podium, the girls below kept glancing in Ling Xiao's direction from time to time, and the originally quiet classroom began to become buzzing and chatty.
Some of the boys, seeing that the girls in their class were all drawn to Ling Xiao, felt somewhat resentful in their hearts. Consequently, they began whispering among themselves privately—some claimed Ling Xiao must have used some special skincare method to suddenly become so handsome, while others guessed whether Ling Xiao had some mysterious background that allowed him to stand out so much.
During the break, as soon as Ling Xiao walked to the classroom door, a group of girls swarmed over like a flock of cheerful little birds. Some shyly lowered their heads, not daring to meet Ling Xiao's eyes directly, and only whispered, "You're so handsome!" Other bolder girls went straight to asking if Ling Xiao had a girlfriend and whether they could be his girlfriend.
Faced with the girls' siege, Ling Xiao was somewhat at a loss. Blushing, he hurriedly explained to the girls that he was just an ordinary student currently focused on his studies, and was not considering personal matters for the time being. But the girls showed no sign of letting him off the hook, still surrounding him and giving him quite a headache.