Chapter 325: Chapter 265 Qiguang Has Arrived Chapter 325: Chapter 265 Qiguang Has Arrived After the two chatted for a while longer, there was nothing else to talk about.
Xia Yue wasn’t Luo Bingtong.
Sitting there without speaking didn’t feel awkward at all.
So, Xia Yue got up and prepared to leave.
“Speaking of which, I didn’t expect you to wear a bracelet,” Xia Yue’s eyes fell on Su Yuan’s left hand, which wore a blue bracelet with fine gold patterns.
“Yes, you have good taste.
It looks pretty nice…”
“Blip!”
Just then, as if hearing Xia Yue’s praise, the blue bracelet suddenly transformed into a slime and jumped onto the table.
“Ah?!” This sudden change startled Xia Yue into a scream, but she quickly recovered.
“This…
Su Yuan, is this a slime??”
“Yes, it is…” Su Yuan slightly rolled his eyes inwardly.
Now even during sleep, Ruan Ruan didn’t want to go into the Guardian Beast Space.
Su Yuan didn’t force it.
After all, with the Devouring Law in place, most King Levels couldn’t detect its true aura.
He just didn’t expect that Ruan Ruan couldn’t handle praise; as soon as Xia Yue praised it, it revealed its true form.
Xia Yue curiously asked, “How do you have a slime?”
Su Yuan rubbed his brow and said, “Just a coincidence…”
It was rare for Xia Yue to see Su Yuan flustered, so a smile crept onto her lips.
But since Su Yuan didn’t want to talk about it, Xia Yue didn’t ask any more questions.
At that moment, Ruan Ruan on the table looked closely at Xia Yue inspecting it, then looked back at Su Yuan, realizing it might have made a mistake.
“Blip blip…” Ruan Ruan seemed a bit lost for a moment, taking small hops towards Su Yuan.
Su Yuan gently patted its head, indicating it was alright.
“But this little slime is quite cute…” Xia Yue said, extending her hand curiously to pinch it gently.
She asked Su Yuan, “What’s its name?”
Hearing Su Yuan’s forgiveness and Xia Yue’s “cute” compliment, Ruan Ruan was overjoyed and didn’t reject Xia Yue’s touch.
After all, Xia Yue’s pinch felt like a massage, much more comfortable than Su Yuan’s…
Su Yuan said, “It’s called Ruan Ruan.”
“Hmm…
it really is soft,” Xia Yue couldn’t let go and kept stroking Ruan Ruan.
Su Yuan thought for a moment but didn’t tell Xia Yue that she was pinching a Gold Level Star Beast.
Although Ruan Ruan’s combat abilities were insufficient now, dealing with Xia Yue wouldn’t be difficult.
Not to mention the elemental advantage plus the Devouring Law’s control over energy, even if Ruan Ruan just stood there, Xia Yue probably wouldn’t be able to do anything to it…
After a while, Xia Yue was ready to leave too.
Su Yuan reminded her, “Don’t tell anyone about Ruan Ruan for now.”
Although he would definitely need to use Ruan Ruan more frequently in the future, it didn’t matter if others found out.
But for now, it’s better if as few people knew as possible, especially those familiar with him who knew he didn’t have a Guardian Beast.
Suddenly getting a slime Guardian Beast would be hard to explain.
“Is this a secret?” Xia Yue suddenly smiled happily.
“Don’t worry, I’ll keep it!”
“Alright, thanks~”
The next morning, following Xia Yue’s notification in the class group, everyone knew that Qiguang’s students were coming!
It was worth mentioning that Huang Xiang had transferred to the elite class in the final assessment of the last term.
However, according to Shang Baiyu and others, Huang Xiang cultivated similarly to Su Yuan.
The academy was just a place to rest, reflect, and consolidate.
He ran out whenever he had the chance.
Probably still in some wild area without signal now, unaware of Qiguang students’ arrival.
According to Shang Baiyu, Huang Xiang’s cultivation progress was ahead of others.
He might reach Silver High Stage when he returned next time!
At this moment, Xia Yue, Xiang Dingqian, and others had set off early to watch the Qiguang students.
Su Yuan didn’t rush out.
These Qiguang students would definitely tour around first.
It wasn’t until two in the afternoon that Xia Yue notified in the group again that Qiguang students were about to go to the Practical Combat Hall!
“Let’s see why Qiguang’s Zijinghua Academy is brave enough to adopt this strategy.”
Su Yuan put away his phone and put Ruan Ruan back into the Guardian Beast Space, then set out.
The North District Practical Combat Hall was an open-air venue and also the largest practical combat hall in Demon Capital Academy, accommodating over forty thousand people.
Demon Capital Academy didn’t have that many people, with less than ten thousand in total over four grades.
The numerous seats were for hosting events.
At this moment, these forty thousand seats were nearly half filled!
It was a big event, so students who could rush over mostly came.
Besides Demon Capital Academy students, many students from various academies in the east and south regions who got the news also arrived.
Capitol City and Demon City academies undoubtedly had some students rushing over too.
“Su Yuan, over here!” Shang Baiyu called out.
Su Yuan quickly spotted Shang Baiyu, Xia Yue, and others in the crowd in the spectator area.
Shang Baiyu and the others had arrived early and even seen the Qiguang delegation students near the academy entrance.
Zhang Tai said, “Su Yuan, you’re really unhurried, aren’t you curious what the Zijinghua student delegation is like?”
“I am quite interested,” Su Yuan sat down and said, “but I’ll see them eventually, no rush.”
Su Yuan asked, “So you’ve seen them?
What are the Zijinghua Academy students like?”
Shang Baiyu replied, “There are over a hundred of them.
We couldn’t tell the Gold Level ones’ realms, probably thirty or forty of them.”
Su Yuan nodded, “That’s quite a lot.”
They chatted casually, and Xia Yue looked down at Su Yuan’s empty left wrist, smiling to herself for unknown reasons…
As more people arrived, various discussions started among the crowd.
Not far from Su Yuan’s group, some Demon Capital Academy students were conversing.
“I wonder if Demon Capital Academy can hold up…” one of them said casually.
“I think it’s hard…
Qiguang’s student delegation must be the top elite from all of Qiguang Country.
Demon Capital Academy alone might find it difficult to deal with.
It’s enough to gauge some opponents’ cards since Demon Academy and Capitol Capital College are next, especially Jiang Jiu.”
“What’s with you two?” a young man with glasses among them was speechless.
“Don’t you know the latest news?
That Qiguang student delegation is just from one academy!”
“What?!”
“Holy, Yang Chen, you’re not joking!”
“Of course not.
How could you not know?
The news broke yesterday!”
“…”
Most outside academy students chatted excitedly since they were just spectators.
Meanwhile, Demon Capital Academy students waited quietly.
Their glory and loss were shared.
Even in the audience, Demon Capital students felt quite pressured.
The ones under the most pressure were undoubtedly the high-level academy staff and Qin Jia and other student council members about to participate in the exchanges!
For Demon Capital Academy, the current situation was quite passive!
After a while, bursts of discussions erupted in the venue.
“They’re here!”
“Are those Qiguang Country’s students?
Their looks and demeanor are really different.
I’ve only seen them online before.”
“…”
“They’re here!” Zhang Tai beside them also loudly reminded everyone.
Su Yuan, who had been resting with his eyes closed, opened his eyes and followed everyone’s gaze.
From the main entrance of the venue, Demon Capital Academy’s white-haired Dean Cai Qinglong was walking from afar with a sharp-eyed, slender old man in a well-fitting black suit, chatting as they walked.
Behind them were several teachers and students from both sides.
Behind Cai Qinglong were He Yanan, Lan Xinlan, and the head, Zheng Chusheng, who led Su Yuan and others to support the South Sea before.
Besides them were some student council members of Qin Jia.
On Qiguang’s side, there were dozens of students with various hair and eye colors, wearing unified academy uniforms with purple flowers.
“Dean Cai personally went to meet them…” Su Yuan’s heart skipped a beat.
Despite the fact that high-level Star Card Masters couldn’t be judged by appearance alone.
They might look like they’re in their thirties but be over a hundred years old.
Or they might be grizzled and elderly but only in their fifties or sixties.
Humans at King Level could live hundreds of years.
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As for Demon Beasts, their lifespans were even longer than humans.
But Dean Cai Qinglong was genuinely old…
It’s said that five hundred years ago, Dean Cai was already vice-dean of Demon Capital Academy.
Three hundred years ago, after the former dean retired unexpectedly, he took over and has led Demon Capital Academy to this day.
He’s the longest-serving dean in the academy’s history!
Since his appointment, Cai Qinglong personally invited many experts to teach and led numerous reforms at Demon Capital Academy.
He fought hard for Demon Capital Academy to secure many resources deserved by a Three Capitals Academy from the Education Bureau.
Over these centuries, the gap between Demon Capital Academy and Capitol City, and Demon City academies has visibly narrowed.
At this moment, Cai Qinglong smiled brightly.
“Vice-Dean Nick, please follow me to the viewing room.
As for your teachers and students, we have arranged special seating for them.”
“Thank you, Dean Cai.” Nick nodded, then turned to an elegant middle-aged man with grey-white shoulder-length hair, “Professor Moss, take care of the students.”
“Yes, Dean.” The middle-aged man elegantly bowed.
Nick nodded and followed Cai Qinglong to the viewing room.
“Professor Moss, this way, please.” Zheng Chusheng said, leading Professor Moss and Qiguang’s geniuses to a side area.
Qin Jia and others were led to another area by other teachers.
“It seems it’s about to start,” Shang Baiyu said.
Su Yuan nodded, his eyes gleaming with silver patterns as he looked at the Zijinghua Academy students in the distance.
“More than twenty Gold Levels.
The rest are Silver and Bronze Levels…”
Su Yuan observed these students.
They were all from the lower three levels; no Shining Star Levels.
In Great Flame, any student who reached Shining Star Level could apply for early graduation.
Qiguang probably had a similar mechanism.
As Su Yuan observed the opposite side, a solitary short-haired young man suddenly turned his head and looked at Su Yuan.
His gaze was calm like water, with no ripples, devoid of emotion.
He seemed more like a cold weapon than a human…