Li Pu is sick.
He was born a cripple.
At this moment, he was limping along the campus of Xidu University, surrounded by freshmen who had just recently enrolled.
Without exception, these freshmen were accompanied by strange creatures.
A tiger with horns, a slime with wings, walking tree people, girls with animal ears, or boys with tails were not uncommon here.
Approximately two hundred years ago, the world experienced an unprecedented great mutation.
Some technological powers failed, the planet's size changed, and new continental plates emerged.
Space rifts connecting various unknown worlds, and the arrival of numerous magical beasts greatly threatened human survival.
Particularly because many magical beasts possessed incredibly strong powers and some inconceivable magical means.
Under the protection of the mutated world rules, even the power of old technologies like hot weapons could not effectively harm these magical beasts, leaving humanity powerless.
Fortunately, at this time, a group of suddenly awakened psychics stepped forward.
These people were called Summoners.
Summoners could establish contracts with magical beasts and borrow their power to fight.
Their emergence became humanity's only hope and answer in the face of world transformation.
After years of hard battles, humanity's survival crisis was finally resolved.
Even though to this day, both within and outside the federation, there are still large or small magical beast threats.
But the living environment of humans is now very peaceful and stable, almost as it was before the great mutation.
In this environment, research and training of Summoners became prevalent.
Xidu University, with its full name being Xidu Summoner University.
As the name suggests, this is an academy specifically training Summoners.
So far, Li Pu is a first-year prospective new student here.
"Come on, just a little bit more."
Walking on the road at this moment, he secretly cheered himself up.
Because today is the last day for freshmen enrollment, if he still couldn't summon his own summoned beast, he'd face the embarrassment of being expelled.
By the end of this morning, 99% of the new students had already successfully summoned their own summoned beasts.
Only he was the last one who hadn't completed the summoning in this class.
If expelled here, Li Pu thought he would practically lose his chance of becoming a Summoner and could only opt for a non-Summoner ordinary college.
However... that would be great.
That's the situation he was hoping for.
Because this way, he wouldn't have to face the dozens of blind dates arranged by his grandfather.
"You are already 18, it's time to breed."
This was his grandfather's original words, which was just absurd.
In today's era, Li Pu certainly didn't want to accept such arrangements.
But his grandfather was his only relative, and it wasn't easy raising him.
He also didn't want to go against his grandfather's wishes, as that's also a way to show love.
All those above are nonsense.
The real reason is he can't beat that old man, so protesting is futile.
Thus Li Pu simply shifted his mindset and chose the historically meaningful but remote old prestigious school, Xidu Summoner University, to lie low for the time being.
If it weren't for his grandfather's physical threats, he wouldn't even want to apply to a summoner school.
But now with this situation, Li Pu felt as if he was favored by the heavens.
Being expelled from a summoner school definitely would be a beneficial disadvantage during blind dates, oh no, advantage.
He had roughly looked at the information of those blind date candidates and thought they wouldn't accept a non-summoner.
Maybe if the news of him being expelled got out, they would all just opt-out.
Unfortunately, in this academy, his grandfather's acquaintances were acting as his ears and eyes.
Otherwise, Li Pu would plan on running away directly instead of having to go through all the processes dutifully as he does now.
So as he kept walking, he arrived at a lush hall.
The roadsides were planted with flowers and trees, and even the walls of the buildings were covered with large patches of Climbing Wall Vine.
A sign hanging above the entrance was inscribed with two characters in elegant brushwork.
[Wind Listening]
Depending on their different styles, the magical beasts/summoned beasts were divided into seven categories.
The harmony-seeking Balance type.
The bloodthirsty Berserk type.
The mystery-comprehending Wise type.
The steadfast Guardian type.
The indomitable Offensive type.
The ever-dashing Chase Wind type.
And, the Peace and Calm-focused Wind Listening type.
Among these seven types, prospective new students could choose the style they were interested in to perform their summoning.
However, in actuality, personal interest wasn't the deciding factor in summoning success or failure.
The prospective new student's own conditions, their compatibility with that type of summoned beast, and even luck would significantly influence the summoning outcome.
For new students, each hall gives only one chance to summon.
Li Pu had already tried the previous six halls.
To no avail.
So this Wind Listening Hall in front was his last hope of being expelled.
At the present time, there weren't many people inside the Wind Listening Hall because technically, the semester hadn't truly begun, so they were mostly new students.
Those who had successfully summoned were here for a different purpose than Li Pu, which was to use the hall facilities for summoning beast training.
However, before Li Pu could enter the hall, he heard a commotion coming from inside.
"Everyone be careful, my Rolling Turtle is out of control!"
"Whoa! Get out of the way!"
"Whose summoned beast is that?!"
"Can anyone stop it!"
"Oh no, it's going to roll out!"
Amid these shouts, Li Pu, standing in front of the hall gates, saw something resembling a truck tire rolling towards him.
Rumble...!
The summoned beast's own weight was significant, causing cracks to appear on the concrete road as it passed.
This kind of spectacle was quite terrifying for freshmen unfamiliar with the world's dangers.
Instantly, many gazes turned towards Li Pu's direction.
He was right in the path of the oncoming Rolling Turtle.
"Classmate! Run!"
The owner of the Rolling Turtle, seeing this situation, yelled a loud warning.
One must know, his D-grade summoned beast was not something a normal person could withstand.
But what this male student didn't expect was that the person in question didn't seem to be an ordinary person.
"..."
Li Pu calmly observed the large rolling turtle shell rushing at him.
"Oh no, I can't bear to watch!"
"Uwaa!"
"He must have been scared stiff, why isn't he running!"
Some of the new students couldn't help but cover their eyes at this scene.
But just as the rolling shell was about to hit Li Pu, he suddenly lifted his left foot.
Bam!
Before anyone could react, his foot stomped on the turtle shell.
The massive force countered the original rolling momentum, causing the out-of-control Rolling Turtle to halt abruptly.
Clang!
The heavy turtle shell toppled over, and silence fell around.
Li Pu glanced at the large turtle shell on the ground, then nonchalantly walked into the hall, muttering to himself.
"Why run, I'm a cripple."
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