The winter break is over, and Tongcheng University has finally started registration. The once quiet school and student street have returned to their former liveliness and bustle.
Zhang Yuan returned to Tongcheng City more than a week early because he was earning extra money with Jia Zheng and participating in the Tongcheng City Martial Arts Competition. Therefore, he completed the registration procedures early on the first morning of the new semester.
While most students were braving the scorching sun on campus, queuing in long lines to complete their enrollment procedures, Zhang Yuan was already lounging on a deck chair on his dormitory balcony, leisurely enjoying some barbecue skewers.
The two beautiful girls who lived downstairs also went back to school. The skewers Zhang Yuan was eating were given to him by Zeng Jingxue downstairs. She said she couldn't finish them and it would be a waste to throw them away, so she gave the remaining dozen or so skewers to Zhang Yuan.
Zhang Yuan, who has always lived a simple and frugal life, felt it was a waste to throw away so many fragrant and hot kebabs, so he reluctantly started eating them.
At this moment, someone was eating free skewers from his rumored girlfriend, his mouth greasy. His dog Wangcai and the silly crow that stole his Foundation Establishment Pill stood to the side, staring at the skewers in Zhang Yuan's hand, drooling.
Woof woof (Give me a bite)!
Hehe! (I want one too!)
The two little ones are like greedy children.
Since consuming the Foundation Establishment Pill, the bald little crow's size has been constantly changing.
From a tiny, bald, weak crow that was often bullied by its companions, it grew into a mutated giant crow the size of an eagle, with glossy feathers and a majestic appearance, and its intelligence also increased significantly.
This surprised Zhang Yuan and also piqued his interest.
He no longer cared about the bald crow stealing the Foundation Establishment Pill. It was just a small Foundation Establishment Pill; he could easily refine one now, and it was of little use to him anyway.
He was more interested in the changes that had occurred in the crow.
Therefore, he stopped chasing away the mutated crow, even gave it a name, Xiao Hei, and let it frolic between the balcony and the railing.
After Xiao Hei survived by eating the Foundation Establishment Pill, he would always follow Zhang Yuan intentionally or unintentionally, wanting to get close to him, but he was afraid of being beaten up, so he dared not get too close.
When it came in the morning, it even brought a mouse to offer to Zhang Yuan. After Zhang Yuan refused, Xiao Hei swallowed the mouse whole in front of Zhang Yuan's astonished gaze!
"When did crows start eating mice?"
"No wonder it's a mutated giant crow!"
Wangcai also stole half a Foundation Building Pill, making him larger than a regular Shiba Inu. He could even shatter rocks with a single palm strike, and his strength was greater than that of an average adult.
As soon as Zeng Jingxue returned to school, this little guy ran upstairs to find Zhang Yuan, treating Zhang Yuan even more affectionately than a godmother.
Enraged, Zeng Jingxue locked the dog in the dormitory and scolded it for being heartless. She fed and pampered it every day, but Wangcai betrayed her and kept running upstairs. Even when Zhang Yuan kicked it away, it shamelessly licked his boots, just like those simp boys who pursued him!
After finishing the skewers that Zeng Jingxue had given him, Zhang Yuan burped and complained that Zeng Jingxue was a spendthrift. She couldn't finish them all, so why did she buy so many skewers?
After finishing his skewers, Zhang Yuan looked at the pitiful little eyes of the two kids who hadn't gotten any skewers, and thought of the python demon he had killed in the Daxing Mountains last time.
With a thought, he took a piece of python demon meat from his Qiankun bag and held it in his hand.
When Wangcai and Xiaohei saw the python meat in Zhang Yuan's hand, they barked excitedly. Xiaohei even flapped its wings, eager to have a taste.
With a thought, Zhang Yuan conjured a ball of flame in his palm, roasted the python demon's flesh, then tore off small pieces and gave them to Wangcai and Xiao Hei.
The two little ones seemed to have tasted some delicious food, and they excitedly bounced around.
The flesh and blood of the demon race contain a trace of demonic power. Eating it might increase the combat power of these two little guys, and even improve their bloodline.
Zhang Yuan made this guess and began his spirit beast training plan.
After feeding the python demon meat, Zhang Yuan instructed the two little guys to take the leftovers from his kebabs downstairs to the trash can and throw them away.
Wangcai seemed to understand Zhang Yuan's words. It picked up the plastic bag and trotted downstairs happily.
Not to be outdone, Xiao Hei saw that Wang Cai had taken the plastic bag, so it found a fallen bamboo skewer for barbecue in the corner, then flapped its wings and chased after Wang Cai.
Zhang Yuan clapped his hands, quite satisfied with the two little ones' performance.
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Night falls.
In the bustling city, amidst the heavy traffic, the lights were still on in the office on the third floor of the Tongcheng City Gymnasium.
Li Ling is a junior employee of the Tongcheng City Wushu Association. The Wushu competition has just ended, but many follow-up tasks have not yet been completed.
All his other colleagues in the association had already gone home, but he couldn't leave yet.
As a newly hired junior employee, he still has a lot of work to handle, such as drafting a summary of the martial arts competition, transferring the prize money for the four winning athletes, and submitting the materials requested by the sponsors as soon as possible...
This afternoon, the association leaders urged him to submit the materials as soon as possible.
Li Ling had no choice but to continue working overtime in the office that night.
His desk was piled high with materials, and an unopened takeout order sat on the corner. Li Ling was writing a work summary for the martial arts competition in front of his computer.
He was the only person in the entire office.
Knock knock!
Suddenly, the door behind me rang.
Li Ling stopped what she was doing, looked up in confusion, and gazed at the wooden office door behind her.
Who's knocking on the door at this hour?
Li Ling stared at the office door for a while, then the knocking suddenly stopped.
Did I mishear you?
So he turned back to work overtime. Just then, there was another knock on the door. This time the sound was very clear, and Li Ling stood up.
"Open the door, I need to get my things?"
The voices outside were a little quiet, and Li Ling couldn't make out whose voice it was, probably because of the wooden door, he thought, and then went to open the door.
My careless colleague must have left something in the office again and came back to get it!
He had encountered this kind of thing before.
The door creaked open.
Outside, two unfamiliar men in suits and sunglasses stood outside the door, coldly watching Li Ling.
Li Ling felt a chill run down his spine.
Who is this person?
The short man took off his sunglasses. He wore a thick silver necklace around his neck, and his eyes were deep-set, with a dark blue tint.
Li Ling stared at those deep blue eyes for a while longer before suddenly becoming disoriented.
Half a minute later, he stood at the door and lost consciousness.
Two mysterious men pushed open the door, entered the office of the Tongcheng City Martial Arts Association, closed the door again, and then searched the office.
"Hey bro, did you find it?"
"The bull demon asked."
The dog demon stood in front of Li Ling's desk, holding the registration forms for the martial arts competition in his hand. He looked at them for a long time but couldn't figure out what was going on.
At this moment, the pile of materials that Li Ling had neatly arranged on his desk was now in disarray, scattered on the table and some even fell to the floor.
Human characters are too difficult to read, the dog demon thought, holding the registration form with some difficulty.
I feel it might be this one, or it might be that one.
He didn't recognize many of the words on it.
Therefore, Zhang Yuan's registration form could not be found.
The bull demon sighed.
"Forget it, no need to look anymore."
The bull demon walked back to the door and stood in front of Li Ling, who was unconscious due to the demonic spell. Then, the bull demon and Li Ling looked into each other's eyes, and his pupils swirled like vortexes.
"Tell me, where does Zhang Yuan, the first-place winner of this martial arts competition, live?"
Li Ling shook his head blankly.
"Where is his application form?"
Li Ling nodded.
"On my desk!"
He replied blankly.
"Find it for me."
Li Ling walked step by step to his desk and rummaged through it for a while.
He was like a lost soul, doing whatever the bull demon told him to do.
Soon, Li Ling, who had lost consciousness, picked up a registration form from the ground and handed it to the bull demon.
This one!
The bull demon couldn't understand the words on it, so he handed the registration form to the dog demon. The dog demon looked at it for a while and then read it with difficulty: "Tongcheng, the great...?"
"I don't recognize the grass, let him read it."
"That's what the dog demon said."
The bull demon returned the registration form to Li Ling.
Read out Zhang Yuan's information.
Zhang Yuan, male, 19 years old, a first-year student at Tongcheng University...
The bull demon and the dog demon exchanged a glance and chuckled.
"We've found Zhang Yuan's information, let's go."
"Should we kill this human?"
"No need. He's under my illusion spell and won't remember anything tomorrow. Besides, there are no security cameras in the office. Killing him would only attract the attention of the human security bureau."
"Let's go then!"
The two demons left the Martial Arts Association office.
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