Chapter 181 Departure

So many things had happened this week, and now it was already late March. The Gaokao (National College Entrance Examination) was in June.

The impending Gaokao also meant that students would soon be parting ways.

However, in this extremely tense and exciting sprint of studying, no student was aware of this sad fact.

Perhaps,

It wouldn't be until the day after the exams on June 8th, or even until they were in college, or working, that they would suddenly realize, in a quiet moment late at night, that the friends who had been with them for three years were now scattered in all directions.

The air wasn't filled with a sad atmosphere of parting. The children were all buried in their studies, and even the "bad" students who had long given up were much more well-behaved.

This morning was another math test, and Jiang Xiao methodically carried out his plan, improving his score again and again.

Compared to others, he had experienced the Gaokao once before, and his feelings were more profound.

Years later, when he recalled the faces of his classmates from high school, some of them had become somewhat blurred.

Fortunately, this time, his bonds with his classmates were not very deep.

He was just a transfer student. He spent most of his time with his team, seeing Li Weiyi, Xia Yan, and his own Han Jiangxue.

Truth be told, although Jiang Xiao and Xia Yan were always arguing, if she really went abroad to study, Jiang Xiao would really miss her.

The world never turns according to individual will. Perhaps Xia Yan would have better opportunities for development abroad, perhaps she would fall in love with a certain place, perhaps she would settle somewhere, perhaps...

To state a very realistic problem, if the two of them didn't go to the same university, the chances of them meeting after graduation would inevitably decrease.

What was even more terrifying was that after the Gaokao, the binding form of the four-person team would no longer be mandatory.

In other words,

The national education system, during the period of your worldview establishment and growth, guides you to become a collectivist, and lets you know the importance of teamwork.

Whether it's the school or the teachers, with the help of the Gaokao system, they have successfully completed their teaching tasks. Now, your worldview has been formed, you've gone to university, entered society, and started working. The future road is yours to walk.

What does this sentence mean?

In essence: you are now alone.

Yes, they have established your ideals, and helped you adapt to team life, but they cannot equip you with three people to spend your life with.

The vast majority of children, due to inertia, and due to the establishment and cultivation of their concepts, will still choose to integrate into the group and participate in team life.

And some of the world's top events, including university leagues, as well as various social groups and national legions, are presented in the form of teams, so the beliefs of these graduates will not collapse, and this world is still the world they are familiar with.

It's just that these children are separated from their former comrades and must find new partners.

This stage of growing pains is inevitable, but that is how the world works.

Ideals and beliefs are deeply rooted. If Jiang Xiao hadn't seen all kinds of news, he couldn't imagine how these graduating students would seek new teammates with such a "desperate and hungry" attitude.

To give a simple example, in most universities, every freshman class has an extremely exciting battle when selecting people to form teams.

There are good and bad ones.

Jiang Xiao thought that he would be very mischievous, very carefree, and shouldn't be so sentimental, but after all, he had experienced separation once before, and he knew clearly how this matter would eventually develop.

This faint feeling of sadness reached its peak when Li Weiyi approached everyone during the afternoon practice class.

Li Weiyi had been looking for a good opportunity, but Jiang Xiao and Xia Yan's giant blade fight was too intense, sizzling with sparks. He waited for a long time before saying, "Next Monday, I'm going to Liaolian City."

Jiang Xiao and Xia Yan stopped their movements at the same time and turned to look at Li Weiyi.

Han Jiangxue, who was originally trying to control the flow of electricity from her fingertips, trying to get close to Chain Lightning, heard Li Weiyi's words and said softly, "Hmm?"

Li Weiyi's expression was serious, and he said solemnly, "My father agreed to let me participate in the Star Warrior interview at Northern National Defense University of Science and Technology."

"Oh." Han Jiangxue responded lightly, and lowered her head again to look at the tiny current in her hand.

The "sizzling" current was like a small snake, wandering in Han Jiangxue's fingers, crawling back and forth along her slender fingers.

There is an old saying in China: Birds fly far with phoenixes.

Li Weiyi has 25 star slots and the Great Kite Shield star map, so he is considered a genius.

He has a calm personality and the air of a general. His offense and defense are well-organized, stable and calm. However, his performance has not been as amazing as Han Jiangxue and others.

He followed this team and swept across the entire Northern River Province, which attracted the attention of key universities.

Looking at the entire Northern River Province, judging only from shield warriors, Li Weiyi may not be the most outstanding, but he received an invitation, while others did not. This is the credit of the team.

Especially in the recently concluded second wasteland reclamation competition, Li Weiyi and Han Jiangxue's team performed strongly and were quite dazzling. Although Li Weiyi's brilliance was covered up, he was conscientious and hard-working as a shield warrior, allowing Han Jiangxue to be unharmed. Thinking about it carefully, this is also an important reason why he received the invitation.

Li Weiyi continued, "Of course, whether I succeed or not, I will come back to accompany you to take the Gaokao. I will put in 100% effort and will never slack off."

"Liaolian?" Xia Yan reached out and wiped the sweat from her face, and said breathlessly, "And it's a military school. I'm afraid it will be difficult to see you in the future."

Li Weiyi smiled and said, "There are many opportunities."

Xia Yan curled her lips and said, "Qingmei? Is she going to take the exam for Liaolian too?"

Li Weiyi's expression was a little strange: "She does want to be my校友 (xiàoyǒu, alumni), but neither of our families want her to enter a military school."

Jiang Xiao blinked, oh right, Northern National Defense University of Science and Technology is a military school, and ordinary students can also apply. This couple can be like their current high school model. In this way, Li Weiyi and Li Qingmei are going to be in the same school again.

Wow, what is called husband sings, wife follows.

Jiang Xiao smiled and said, "You are really lucky to have such a good girlfriend. Not only is she devoted to you, but the key is that she is also very capable. Wherever you want to go, she can pass the exam to accompany you."

Li Weiyi smiled embarrassedly, scratched his head, and said modestly, "I don't know what Qingmei sees in me, haha."

Xia Yan popped out from the side and said, "Maybe it's because he's handsome."

A stab in the heart.

What else could Jiang Xiao say?

He could only change the subject and ask Xia Yan, "Where have you decided to apply?"

Xia Yan's face was rosy from the strenuous exercise, and her nose was covered with crystal sweat. She said charmingly, "With so many extra points, let's go to the Imperial Capital~"

Jiang Xiao was unwilling to admit it,

How happy he was when he heard these words.

But Jiang Xiao swore that he had never seen such a cute smile on Xia Yan's face.

...

With the full blessings of his team members, Li Weiyi took leave from the school and boarded the train to Liaolian.

There were no competitions in the near future, so the trio trained in an orderly manner.

Jiang Xiao had many things on his mind, such as upgrading the quality of the Bell Charm and Seal of Command, and upgrading the quality of Silence.

The Bell Charm and Seal of Command were only 3 star beads away from being upgraded in quality, while Silence was 4 star beads away. Jiang Xiao's heart was itching.

Jiang Xiao inquired about the price of tickets to the volcanic other dimension space and found that the minimum was 100,000.

Good heavens, a Lava Ghost Witch star bead only costs more than 100,000, right? Although you can't buy it, uh...

After thinking it over, for the honor of the team, Jiang Xiao still shamelessly asked Xia Yan, hoping that Xia Yan could help him collect a few Lava Ghost Witch star beads.

Unless it was absolutely necessary, he didn't want to use skill points to brute force star techniques. Besides, even if he did, he should brute force those particularly precious star bead star techniques.

Compared to the Bell Charm and Seal of Command, Silence was of course more suitable to be upgraded with skill points.

Of course, Xia Yan knew Jiang Xiao's abilities. Money was easy to say, but it mainly depended on connections to buy them. Xia Yan immediately said that she would try her best.

As for the Fallen Shadow Witch's star bead, there was no way Xia Yan could do anything about it. Jiang Xiao didn't even mention it to her. After thinking for a long time, he went directly to Principal Yan.

Yes,

Jiang Xiao directly knocked on the door of Principal Yan's office and went to ask for the Fallen Shadow Witch's star bead.

And the reason was that Han Jiangxue needed Silence...

Jiang Xiao looked like he was opening his heart, and after sitting down, he started talking non-stop:

We're not being unreasonable.

Look, our team won the first place in the Northern River Province High School League, right?

Did we bring glory to the school?

Did we bring actual benefits to the school?

Honor, fame, national educational resources, and even sponsorship fees from all walks of life...these are all real, right?

What about the school's rewards?

Uh-huh, yes, I won first place, and the competition organizers did give us rewards, but your school has to show something, right?

And also, didn't I win first place in the second wasteland reclamation competition?

Didn't it bring more glory to the school again?

Didn't it bring actual benefits to the school again?

Honor, fame, national educational resources...okay, okay, I won't repeat the year, don't kick me...

I'm telling you,

You can't catch a wolf without putting a child on it!

If you want a horse to run, you have to feed it grass.

If Han Jiangxue uses Silence, then this team can achieve better results in the national league.

What? You said that she has filled her eight star techniques?

You said it yourself,

She will be in the Star River stage tomorrow, so you don't have to worry about that.

Hey, speaking of which, Han Jiangxue has entered the Star River stage and has 8 more available star slots. The school should reward some more precious magic-based star beads!

Have you heard of Instantaneous Movement? Flash? Teleportation? Have you heard of Time Stop, Time Reversal, and the like?

Sunshine, Orochi, Eight Wine Cups, I'm telling you these are all must-haves for magic-based! Hey, hey, don't kick me...

...

In the end,

The blabbermouth Jiang Xiao was kicked out of the office by Principal Yan.

The scream resounded throughout the entire teaching building, stunning all the students in the building.

The next day,

There were various rumors in the school:

"Principal Yan kicking the door, the hope of Chinese football."

"Jiangbin Crown Principal's Office, sexy Jiang Xiaopi, begging online."

"Northern River Jiangbin, Northern River Jiangbin, Jiangbin No. 1 Middle School is about to close down. The bastard principal deducted rewards. We have no choice, we have no choice. Give us back our hard-earned money! Give us back our hard-earned money!"

The last rumor was said to have been spread by a Jiang surname youth who did not want to be named...