35: Chapter 35 Returning to School, Preparing for the Freshman Competition
Exiting the Modu Ability University dedicated high-speed rail, Su Mu ran toward the registration desk like a mad dog.
However, after leaving the base, Su Mu still gave Mu Feng a call.
He told Mu Feng to come to the registration desk to pick up her student card.
Because the new school year was starting, returning students also had to bring their student cards to register their arrival.
These past few days, Su Mu had been either hunting ferocious beasts or cultivating and sleeping, only finding time to call Leng Jing twice in between.
As for Mu Feng's messages and calls, he had selectively ignored them all.
Finally, Su Mu arrived at the freshman registration desk before 4 PM.
Modu Ability University only had fewer than 2,000 freshmen every year.
In such a massive school, there were only a total of over 6,000 students from freshman to junior year.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say it was sparsely populated.
With only 2,000 people registering, the school only scheduled one day for registration, and most students came in the morning.
After all, Modu Ability University was one of the top universities in all of China, a supreme institution that most students aspired to.
“Hello, Senior, I'm here to register!”
Su Mu said to the only senior at the registration desk.
At this moment, the senior's face was incredibly dark; he had been missing just one person since noon, but after waiting all afternoon, they still hadn't shown up.
Just as freshman registration was about to end, the person finally arrived.
“Alright! Let me see your admission notice.”
He had already decided to make things difficult for this freshman who didn't understand punctuality.
“Admission notice? I don't have one!”
Su Mu indeed didn't have an admission notice; he was a student specially recruited in advance by Modu Ability University this year.
Furthermore, he was personally recruited by Director He Kui, the head of admissions, but He Kui hadn't personally recruited students in previous years.
As a result, Su Mu never received an admission notice.
However, it wouldn't have been a problem if Su Mu had come in the morning, as there were always admissions teachers stationed at the registration desk.
Unfortunately, though...
The teacher had just left.
The senior in charge of registration squinted his eyes.
“Are you actually a student of Modu Ability University or not?”
“I really am. Director He recruited me.”
The senior became even more disdainful. “Director He? I don't know how you found out our admissions director's surname is He.”
“But Director He never recruits students personally. You're using the wrong person to bluff.”
“Um, Senior, I really was personally recruited by Director He. Wait a moment while I give him a call.”
However, just as Su Mu turned on his phone, he found it was out of power.
It was already nearly dead after he messaged Mu Feng on the train, and now it wouldn't turn on at all.
“Uh, my phone is dead. Senior, could I borrow yours for a moment?”
Su Mu never imagined such a cliché novel plot would actually happen to him.
The admissions senior was already extremely impatient and was about to drive Su Mu away.
He had thought this was the last student, but it turned out to be a fraud.
“Scram, or I'll call security to throw you out. Honestly, even if there are a lot of people registering, they shouldn't just let anyone in!”
Actually, the senior couldn't be blamed; Su Mu's current appearance was truly hard to describe.
His hair was disheveled, and his clothes were soaked with sweat. Moreover, because he had absorbed the essence blood of an eighth-rank ferocious beast, impurities were being expelled from his body.
The current Su Mu was very smelly.
Just as Su Mu didn't know what to do...
“Su Mu!”
A crisp voice rang out from behind him.
Su Mu knew whose voice it was.
“Senior Mu Feng, you've come at just the right time.”
At this moment, Mu Feng looked like a savior in Su Mu's eyes.
“What's wrong? Eh! Why do you look like this? You're like a wild man.”
As she spoke, Mu Feng even took a step back.
Su Mu froze for a moment.
Are you serious about taking that half-step back? Such a small gesture, yet it hurts so much.
Senior Sister, aren't I your junior brother?
“Uh! I got delayed a bit; I just rushed back from the wilderness.”
“Fine. What did you mean by saying I came at the right time?”
Su Mu explained to Mu Feng about his late return and the lack of an admission notice.
Finally, Su Mu glanced at the senior at the registration desk, who was now shocked beyond measure.
Because no one at Modu Ability University didn't recognize this senior sister with wavy hair.
President of the Spear Technique Club, the top student of the junior class at Modu Ability University, and ranked first on the Combat Power List.
She could be said to be a celebrity at Modu Ability University.
“Um! Senior Mu, do you know this frau...?”
The senior sized Su Mu up once more, truly not knowing how to address him.
“Uh—you could say that. He really was personally recruited by Director He Kui. He's this year's top scorer of the Ability College Entrance Examination in Jiang Province.”
“By the way, you should have a roster there. You'll know if you just ask for his name.”
Because Yang Wendao wanted to follow school rules, Su Mu and Mu Feng tried their best not to address each other as 'Senior Sister' or 'Junior Brother' in public.
The senior at the registration desk looked slightly embarrassed.
“Um, student, what is your name?”
“Su Mu. 'Su' as in Su Shi, and 'Mu' as in wood.”
...
Holding his student card and a stack of papers, he left the freshman registration desk.
As for that senior...
He could finally get off work!
After all, Su Mu had come too late; the senior hadn't done anything wrong.
“The old man has been nagging about you these past two days. You'd better go see him in a bit.”
After giving Su Mu those instructions, Mu Feng walked toward the office building.
Returning to the villa, there was no one inside.
“Calculating the time, Xiao Xi should be taking her High School Entrance Examination tomorrow. Sister Leng's flower shop should also have opened already.”
“This trip to the wilderness to hunt ferocious beasts took a bit too long. Next time, I'll stay in the wilderness for three days at most.”
Su Mu plugged his phone in to charge and then went to take a shower.
He became clean and fair once again.
“Eh! My skin seems to have become even fairer! Could it be because the ferocious beast essence blood expelled the impurities from my body?”
He looked at himself in the mirror again before reluctantly putting on his clothes.
He walked toward Yang Wendao's villa.
“In two days, there's the freshman opening ceremony and the Freshman Competition. After the competition, there's the Apprenticeship Ceremony.”
“Although my decision to take you as my last disciple won't change, your ranking in the Freshman Competition is still very important.”
Yang Wendao stopped there,
But Su Mu understood; the core message boiled down to four words.
Your master needs face!
And it was true; if Su Mu's ranking in the Freshman Competition was too poor, it would indeed reflect poorly on Yang Wendao.
“Don't worry, Teacher, I'll definitely bring back first place. Let Fourth Senior Brother bear the ridicule for a while longer.”
Su Mu was very confident.
Yang Wendao revealed a smile; he was quite satisfied with this disciple, but the old man was still stubborn and proud.
“Having confidence is a good thing, but you still need matching strength.”
“I know why you went to hunt ferocious beasts, and I don't object; after all, the mission of human ability users is to drive out ferocious beasts.”
“However, you must still pay attention to balancing your cultivation time. An ability user's rank is the most important thing; you must never neglect it.”
Speaking of which, Yang Wendao seemed to remember something.
“By the way! What rank are you now?”
For an eighth-rank ability user, wanting to know the actual rank of a second-rank ability user couldn't be simpler.
However, probing someone's rank was a bit rude, so Yang Wendao asked directly.
“I'm currently at the initial stage of the second rank!”