102: A gathering of heroes? No, a group of demons dancing
“You are Han Lie?”
At the Martial Arts Hall,
Principal Jijiang scrutinized Han Lie from head to toe, nodding with great satisfaction, “Not bad, his body is solid, clearly strong enough, and there’s a subtle force about him. To have grasped ‘momentum’ at such a young age, amazing! Two of his seven corporeal souls have already been enhanced. My goodness, are you really human, kid?”
“.............”
Han Lie suddenly felt as if he had been stripped bare, his very underwear seen through.
And no one told him,
The principal was a woman!
More precisely,
She was a woman dressed quite fashionably and avant-garde, with somewhat abstract behavior, and though her appearance was youthful, there were clear traces of age…
A granny?
That’s probably what he should call her.
Han Lie didn’t believe that someone who could be the principal of Shanghai Martial Arts University would be young. He heard that high-level martial artists had the ability to preserve their youth.
So Han Lie believed even more that,
The principal in front of him had achieved great success in martial arts when she was very young, and then perhaps martial arts training was too boring when she was young, so she started to let loose in her old age.
It wasn’t Han Lie’s fault for inwardly grumbling,
The granny’s expression, the way she looked at him, her slight nods of approval.
They were all exactly like the expressions and actions Han Lie had seen in a massage parlor.
“Heh heh...”
Han Lie thought to himself, if you weren’t a high-level martial artist and a respected principal, I’d definitely throw some sassy remarks your way.
Forget it,
Respect your elders and cherish the young!
................
“Principal, now?”
Han Lie asked respectfully,
“Wait!”
Jijiang somehow pulled out a massage chair, lay down comfortably on it, and then took out her phone in a very relaxed posture.
Then she started chuckling “hehehe.”
If Han Lie wasn’t mistaken,
She was probably scrolling through Wutong.
“..............”
In her seventies, is this the age for abstract behavior?
Also,
Han Lie really wanted to ask why she had called him over in such a hurry, only to say nothing and make him wait.
This was a bit…
Since they weren’t very familiar, Han Lie didn’t know what to say, so he pulled over a chair, put one hand in his pocket, took out his phone with the other, and expertly swiped.
The BGM immediately started playing—
“Autumn leaves, winter comes, the moon is like wind, can you accompany me through winter? Our fate began when I saw you in the crowd, and ends when I see you in the crowd again…”
“It’s almost winter!”
Han Lie happily watched. There wasn’t much else in Wutong when it got cold, but there were plenty of stockings.
“...........”
This time it was Jijiang who fell silent, because Han Lie was even more arrogant than her, and the BGM was extremely loud!
It was a bit distracting to her eyes.
“Hey…”
“No, no!”
Jijiang looked up. She seemed to be able to see the Great Dao rhythm around Han Lie, and was immediately surprised, thinking to herself, “So those teachers weren’t exaggerating, what they said was actually true. This kid can really run the Breathing Method while watching short videos? Is this the Great Dao Breathing Method those xxx mentioned? This is truly outrageous!”
“What’s wrong, Principal?”
Han Lie asked.
The moment he turned off his phone,
The Great Dao Breathing rhythm around him disappeared.
“No, nothing!”
Jijiang took out her Bluetooth earphones, “You scroll yours, you scroll yours!”
“Oh…”
Han Lie was noncommittal.
..............
Then, less than twenty minutes later,
Han Lie finally knew who they were waiting for.
A group of senior students arrived late.
It wasn’t that they were necessarily late; only Han Lie was the kind of idle person who could rush over as soon as he received a message.
The others all seemed quite busy.
“You guys introduce yourselves first!”
Jijiang was too lazy to put down her phone.
“........”
Han Lie was speechless. The others also seemed to know the principal’s personality, and they all smiled helplessly.
A broad-shouldered senior, perhaps just returned from a secret realm, still holding a large iron hammer in his hand, looking very reliable, chuckled foolishly:
“My name is You Wenshi, and those familiar with me call me A-Shi. I’m a third-year student. It looks like you all are second-years, right? Haha, there aren’t many third-years like me who are still stuck at the third-stage Brick and Tile Realm Martial Artist!”
“Senior, you jest!”
Another person stepped forward. This person was quite handsome, with a gentle, spring-like smile. He said with high emotional intelligence:
“All of us here today are probably aiming for the Town Boundary Tower. Senior, you’ve stayed in the lower realm one year longer than us. This isn’t a sign of poor talent as you say. On the contrary, I think your accumulation is deeper, and you have an even greater chance of winning the treasures inside the tower. Don’t be too modest!”
He smiled,
“As for me, I only just broke through to Martial Artist Third Stage half a year ago. I don’t know why the principal called me here. I think there are too many people stronger than me in my year!”
“Why are you talking so much nonsense?”
A girl who looked like she had a fiery temper almost couldn’t hold back from drawing her blade. She spoke quickly:
“Xing Xin, I rushed here from the secret realm in such a hurry just to listen to your nonsense?”
“Who cares if your strength is poor or not!”
“Go or don’t go, I don’t care!”
“Cough cough…”
The principal coughed lightly. Based on Han Lie’s current understanding of her, this probably wasn’t because she was afraid the students would fight, but because she was afraid it would delay her watching her show…
“Haha, don’t be angry, junior sister!”
You Wenshi chuckled, trying to appease her, “Junior Brother Xing probably just wanted to encourage me. Oh, what’s your name, junior sister?”
“Gao Feng!”
“So you’re Gao Feng. I’ve heard of you before. You were second in this year’s inter-grade competition, right? Impressive!”
“Heh heh…”
Gao Feng just smiled.
Either she wasn’t satisfied with her second-place ranking, or she was simply tired of listening to all this nonsense.
“Then who was first?”
Han Lie was curious.
Just as he was thinking,
Not far away, a tall girl, carrying a giant broadsword wider than her back, approached. Her face was full of exhaustion, and in subtle places on her body, dried bloodstains were clearly visible.
As she got closer, she displayed an attitude completely contrary to her appearance; she actually looked apologetic.
“Excuse me, everyone!”
“I’ve been on the Myriad Worlds Battlefield, so messages are difficult to transmit directly to me there. I just received the message and immediately rushed back, but I didn’t expect to still be late! Again, my apologies!”
“By the way,”
“It seems you all are introducing yourselves. Many people probably know me. My name is Liu Chun.”
Liu Chun?
Han Lie thought to himself, you chose the wrong name. You don’t look “pure” at all. It should be “fierce,” right?
“Stop pretending!!”
“Liu Ruyan!!!!”
“Who are you putting on this act for?!”
“.......!!”
Gao Feng was like a powder keg, annoyed by everyone, while Liu Chun quietly placed her hand on her greatsword, a cold glint flashing in her eyes.
And Han Lie thought:
“The excitement is all theirs…”
“I have nothing.”
“By the way, junior brother!”
Finally, someone remembered Han Lie. You Wenshi looked over with a smile, “What’s your name? Are you also a second-year? Why haven’t I seen you before!”
Upon hearing this,
Everyone looked over.
They were all very unfamiliar with Han Lie, which was quite normal. At Shanghai Martial Arts University, only students with poor grades hung around campus all day.
These high-grade Martial Overlords,
Basically, they weren’t seen more than a few times a year.
Han Lie smiled,
“Han Lie, first-year!”
“First-year?”
Everyone raised an eyebrow in unison.
No, are you kidding?
A first-year wants to participate in the Town Boundary Tower?
Are you… no,
Has your martial artist level reached it yet?!
They really wanted to ask.
“Alright!”
Perhaps Jijiang had finished watching her show. She stood up, patted her clothes, and said:
“Since you all know why I called you, then without further ado, for your own development, and to defend the dignity of all humanity…”
“The dignity of all humanity?” Gao Feng questioned.
“?”
Jijiang directly reached out and gave Gao Feng a flick on the forehead that she couldn’t bear. “When adults are talking, why do you children always interrupt? Alright, alright, the dignity of all humanity, you probably can’t defend that, so let’s defend the dignity of our Shanghai Martial Arts University! For the next three months, you will undergo devil training. I’ll take you there now. Do you all have anything you need to bring?”
“Huh?”
Han Lie was dumbfounded.
No,
No one asked him if he was willing to go, did they? From the others’ expressions, they had clearly been communicated with. He was just directly brought along.
Well, he did want to go.
Upon hearing this,
The others all shook their heads. For martial artists, other than their cultivation, everything else was external.
These people who were often out and about carried almost all their worldly possessions and their very lives on them.
Han Lie couldn’t do that.
He figured that in three months, he would have to participate in a universal confrontation, so he had to be fully prepared.
So he directly said:
“Principal, when we pass by the villa later, stop for a moment and pick up my woman!”
“???”
“????”
“??????”
This was their first contact,
And everyone had an initial impression.
Whether it was the honest and simple senior, the high-EQ and high-quality second-year junior, the explosive Gao Feng, or the starkly contrasting Liu Ruyan, or even the extremely abstract principal, everyone at this moment felt that…
If you want to talk about abnormal,
It had to be the first-year junior!
Are you going on vacation?
Don’t you understand “Devil Training”?
Bring a woman?
Huh?
..................
Ultimately,
She was brought along.
If it were any other principal, she really wouldn’t have been brought.
Thanks to the abstractness!
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