Spring passed and autumn came, that year, we were thirteen.
The triennial external college assessment of Shrek Academy has begun again. Just like in the original novel, the trio of Tang Wulin, Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan was late for the assessment because Tang Wulin broke through the seal. In the end, they were targeted and entered Shrek Academy as work-study students.
On the way to the inner courtyard, Xu Xiaoyan complained in a low voice: "That Mr. Cai is really targeting us."
"Humph!" Zhuo Shi snorted coldly, "Who made you late? Allowing you to take the exam is already an extra favor."
"Besides," Zhuo Shi smiled, which seemed particularly gloating to others, "Believe me, Cai Yue'er only gave you zero points for one level. If it were before, you would have at least started with zero points for three levels."
Tang Wulin and the others looked at each other in confusion. They didn't quite understand what Zhuoshi meant. Could it be that Cai Yue'er had suffered some setbacks?
Zhuoshi brought the teachers and students of Class Zero to Poseidon Island. As soon as they landed on the island, two people came towards them.
Tang Wulin stared at the two people for a long time. He felt that they looked strangely familiar. After thinking hard, he finally remembered that they were Qian Mo and Gu Yuena whom he met in the Tianhai Alliance Competition.
After two years of not seeing each other, Qian Mo had grown from a young boy to a handsome young man. He had an upright figure and a handsome face, even Tang Wulin felt inferior to him. His eyes seemed to be filled with gold and silver, and his mysterious and noble temperament was fully revealed in every move.
Gu Yuena also grew into a beauty, with rare silver hair and purple eyes that were particularly beautiful, a slim figure, and skin as white as snow. When she walked in Shrek City, 100% of the passers-by turned their heads to look at her, and she was approached from the beginning to the end of the street.
Qian Mo and Gu Yuena also saw Zhuo Shi and his group. They raised a faint smile and greeted him politely, "Hello, Mr. Zhuo!"
"Well, you accompanied Na'er to ask the Pavilion Master for advice again today." Zhuoshi joked.
"There's no other way. I have to keep a close eye on Na'er, otherwise she might be kidnapped one day." Qian Mo said with a smile.
Gu Yuena turned her head and glared at Qian Mo, then shyly twisted her body slightly around his waist.
Qian Mo's impeccable smile almost couldn't be maintained. He pulled Gu Yuena's hand with one hand, looked at Tang Wulin and said, "Long time no see, Tang Wulin."
"Ah? Ah!" Tang Wulin responded subconsciously, pointing at himself in confusion and asking, "Do you still remember me?"
Qian Mo nodded slightly, "Of course, you are one of the few people of my age who can leave an impression on me."
"It's such an honor," Tang Wulin raised his eyebrows and sighed in his heart: This is a very arrogant statement, but Qian Mo does have the capital to be arrogant.
"What about me, senior!" Xu Xiaoyan jumped out at this time, came up to him and asked with a smile.
"Xu Xiaoyan, of course I remember such a lovely girl like you." Qian Mo replied.
Xu Xiaoyan smiled brightly, "Hey, thank you for the compliment, senior."
"What about me? What about me?" Xie Xie asked impatiently, pointing at himself.
Looking at Xie Xie's expectant eyes, Qian Mo raised a sly smile, pretended to think about it, and then shook his head, "Sorry, I don't remember!"
"Ah! Am I so unremarkable?" Xie Xie's expression instantly fell, and the whole person seemed to be shrouded in a shadow.
Xu Xiaoyan, who was standing behind him, was laughing so hard that her body shook uncontrollably. She patted Xie Xie's shoulder in a condescending manner and said, "In terms of looks, you are not as good as the captain, and you are even worse than me. In terms of talent, you are not the best either. You are indeed the least distinctive among the three of us!"
"Ahhh," Xie Xie held his head and cried out in dismay, "I know, I know, don't say any more."
Zhuo Shi flicked his sleeves and interrupted the conversation between the young people, "Stop being weird, are you going to leave or not? Aren't you tired after taking exams all day?"
Qian Mo waved his hand, "Then I won't waste your time. See you later!"
Looking at Qian Mo and Gu Yuena's departing backs, Tang Wulin fell into deep thought, but was suddenly brought back to reality by Zhuo Shi's voice.
"Do you know each other?" Zhuoshi asked curiously.
"Yes, we met during the Tianhai Alliance Competition." Xu Xiaoyan replied.
"Oh, I see," Zhuo Shi suddenly realized, "You are in Donghai City, and you will participate in the Tianhai Alliance Competition."
Tang Wulin said with emotion: "Well, we were lucky enough to see Qian Mo take action that time. His strength and talent made us deeply understand what it means that there are always people better than you and there are always things better than you."
"Yes!" Xie Xie nodded in agreement, "I wonder what his current strength is?"
"His current strength," Zhuo Shi's eyes deepened, and he said in a deep voice, "is far more terrifying than it was back then. It's even stronger than you can imagine."
"How strong can a twelve-year-old child be?" Wu Zhangkong said coldly.
Zhuo Shi shook his head left and right, and seeing that there was no one around, he whispered, "A one-word battle armor master, he still has spiritual alloy."
Everyone was shocked when they heard this. Wu Zhangkong asked in disbelief, "He has reached the fifth ring?"
Zhuo Shi shook his head, "No, but it will be soon."
"But without the five rings, how can one control the one-word battle armor?" Wu Changkong said.
Zhuo Shi sighed and said helplessly: "This kind of genius can only be judged by common sense."
"What is spiritual alloy?" After a brief shock, Tang Wulin, as a forging genius, keenly realized that the spiritual alloy that Zhuo Shi mentioned was most likely related to forging.
"You need to ask your forging teacher. With your ability, you should be able to start learning it," Zhuoshi kept the question in suspense and did not say it clearly.
Although Tang Wulin didn't understand what spiritual alloy was, he determined one thing: Qian Mo's forging skills were better than his.
At this moment, he had a vague feeling that Qian Mo might be his biggest competitor.
On the other side, Qian Mo and Gu Yuena returned to their residence. Qian Mo said softly, "Pack up and go to the outer courtyard in two days."
"Go to the outer courtyard?" Gu Yuena asked doubtfully.
"Well, when you were practicing spear training, Sister Yali told me that it is Shrek's tradition to let inner courtyard disciples go to the outer courtyard for training, meet geniuses of the same age, and compete with them." Qian Mo said.
Gu Yuena nodded, "Okay, shall we move to another place?"
"No need. Sister Yali originally wanted us to enter the external college as work-study students, but I refused." Qian Mo said lightly.
Qian Mo only has four words to describe the work-study system: suffering without any effort. And the suffering is unnecessary.
Qian Mo seriously suspected that the work-study system was intended to allow students to experience the poverty and hardship of Shrek Academy in Douyi, even though it was completely useless. He expressed his incomprehension.
So when Yali proposed that the two of them enter the outer courtyard as work-study students, Qianmo directly said no way. Yali had no choice but to break the tradition and let Qianmo and Gu Yuena go to the outer courtyard to study, but still live in the inner courtyard.
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