Politely declining the offer of help from the kind campus guards who wanted to escort her back to her dormitory, Qian Yuelong sat cross-legged and immediately entered a meditative state, her disordered breathing being regulated at a visible speed.
Dozens of meters away, Xie Yue, whose body ached so much that it felt numb and not even her own, glanced at Qian Yuelong, who was sitting cross-legged in meditation and still had the energy to cultivate, with complicated eyes. She wanted to politely decline the help back to the dormitory building like Qian Yuelong did, but as soon as she was about to change her posture, she stiffened and fell forward, unconscious.
The guard shook his head and dragged the man away.
Young people, it's understandable that you want to be strong, but physical health is the most important thing.
Wei Ming, who hadn't left the No. 2 playground, looked at Qian Yuelong sitting alone on the field, frowned slightly, abandoned his idea of leaving, and stood quietly on the high platform like a statue, enjoying the gradually cooling evening breeze.
"Hey, Lao Wei, what are you still doing here?"
A deep voice came from behind him. Wei Ming, who had been staring for almost half an hour without realizing it, blinked his slightly sore eyes, turned around, and his neck cracked as he looked at the middle-aged man holding two boxed meals.
"Hao Xuan".
Wei Ming called out to his friend.
With his strong features and slightly dark complexion, Hao Xuan raised his muscular arm and handed the boxed meal to Wei Ming. He then took two steps forward and looked with great interest at the playground diagonally below through the railing built at the edge of the platform.
"I was planning to have dinner with you, but I couldn't find you anywhere. I asked around and heard that you're the one who took over this year's freshmen class, so I guessed you'd still be watching over those little brats. Wow—there's still one on the playground. What about the other students? Did they all collapse under your devilish training? Is this the only one who persevered?"
Hao Xuan looked at the small figure sitting cross-legged on the playground with a curious gaze, then glanced at Wei Ming with a hint of schadenfreude and mocked, "Old Wei, it seems your class isn't very good. Will your class come in last place in the class ranking competition at the end of the month?"
Within the Spirit Hall Advanced Soul Master Academy, there is a quota challenge every two months and a class ranking competition every month.
The Spirit Hall Academy took involution to its extreme.
Wei Ming's lips twitched. In front of his friend, his dignified expression of "I remain unmoved by wind and rain" became slightly more vivid as he retorted, "Who said there's only one left? This one is special. The other kids went back to their dorms long ago."
The actual result was that today's training was a complete failure, with not a single one left.
But he wouldn't tell his friend, giving him more reason to laugh at him.
"Oh? What's so special about it?" Hao Xuan raised an eyebrow, changing from holding the lunchbox with both hands to supporting it with one hand, while his other hand was already lifting the lid, ready to dig in.
He wouldn't neglect his stomach; he would eat whenever he was hungry.
Wei Ming glanced at his friend, who hadn't yet realized the importance of the matter, and said succinctly, "Her name is Qian Yuelong."
"Oh, Qianqian Yuelong?!"
Hao Xuan's lazy expression suddenly changed, and she almost dropped the lunchbox in her hand. After realizing what had happened, her voice rose and became somewhat shrill.
Others may not know, but do these department heads and teachers within the college not know how special this surname is and what it represents?
Moreover, this was told to him privately by a close friend, and considering Qian Yuelong's young age, Hao Xuan's mind worked extremely fast. Almost instantly, he figured out Qian Yuelong's identity. He immediately released his mental energy, scanned the surroundings, and after confirming that only the three of them were around, he lowered his voice and moved closer to Wei Ming, asking, "Is it really true?"
Wei Ming nodded cryptically.
Although he is very responsible for every child who is ambitious and talented, this one deserves special attention, both publicly and privately.
From an official standpoint, Qian Yuelong is the Holy Maiden of the Spirit Hall and the granddaughter of the Angel Douluo of the Hall of Worship, so he must keep a close eye on her.
Personally, she was also his disciple's younger sister. While his disciple was away, he should help look after her to some extent.
"Goodness. Does the higher-ups know she's coming to the academy?"
Hao Xuan murmured as he looked at Qian Yuelong meditating in the distance.
"Otherwise, why do you think I was chosen to take over this batch of new students?" Wei Ming replied after receiving the order early yesterday morning.
Hao Xuan put the chopsticks back on the lunchbox and patted his good friend on the shoulder with one hand.
As they spoke, Qian Yuelong's cultivation was nearing its end.
Wei Ming watched as Qian Yuelong regained consciousness, and he and Hao Xuan silently left the platform.
Qian Yuelong looked toward the platform as if she sensed something, and only saw the silhouettes of two dark figures.
With no more muscle soreness or pain, and feeling refreshed, Qian Yuelong stood up straight by pushing herself up with her hands on the ground. She patted the sticky dust off her light purple-gray school skirt, felt her body return to its peak condition, and even improved. Satisfied, she nodded, turned around, and walked towards the cafeteria.
This kind of high-pressure, high-intensity training is most suitable for practicing the Heavenly Evolution Technique or other body-tempering methods. It's a pity that the other students haven't started learning the body-tempering methods she distributed yet; otherwise, the effect of physical cultivation would definitely be doubled.
As soon as Qian Yuelong woke up, 886 couldn't help but ask: "Host, why didn't you use crafting individual pieces of the set to help you complete the mission? We have 5782 faith points now!"
[Isn't this the kind of situation where a cheat code is supposed to be used?]
Qian Yuelong paused, then began to worry about the idiotic brain of 886.
'No, you're wrong. The "golden touch" should be used outside of training.'
"Training isn't like real combat on the battlefield, where even a moment's delay can be fatal. It's a process that helps me grow and improve."
'My principle is to train the way things are; I won't use any cheat codes. But in actual combat, I won't hesitate to use it; it will be my most powerful and invincible trump card. Therefore, under normal circumstances, I won't use it lightly unless I'm completely desperate.'
Even if the set effects are powerful, they are ultimately external forces.
Only the strength she gains through hard work and dedication truly belongs to her.
If she gets used to getting things for free by relying on external forces, then when she loses her "golden touch" of 886, what awaits her will be utter ruin.
886 seems to understand, but not quite.
But Qian Yuelong didn't care about 886's dilemma.
When I finally arrived at the canteen after going through many twists and turns, there were no more affordable boxed meal sets available.
The dining hall has three floors. Qian Yuelong looked at the leftover food on the first floor, thought for a moment, and then came to the luxury dining hall on the second floor. The variety of food was rich and the prices were also quite reasonable. Each item started at 5 gold soul coins in the "noble dining area".
As for the third floor, it is a dining floor specifically set up for the faculty and staff of the college, separate from the students' dining area, but the food is similar.
With the sponsorship of her "brother," Qian Yuelong, who wasn't short of Soul Coins, packed four portions of the same dishes. She first went to the boys' dormitory building, asked the dormitory manager to find out the dormitory building and room number where Xie Yue and Yan were located, and asked the dormitory manager of their building to deliver the dishes to them before returning to her and Hu Liena's dormitory.
—A side note—
Day 3 of intense heat, condition: (dementia and distortion) (running in the shadows)
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