Everyone watched with awe as Xero drank it as if it was orange juice!
He didn't leave a single drop, nor did he puke; just drank it in a bold, clean move. Xero burped slightly.
Don't get him wrong… Xero wasn't playing the hero — instead he just found it very problematic and annoying.
Such things were just time-consuming.
He would have spent all this time meditating.
A more important reason was that Xero was feeling real fed up while in the bus, he could have ran to No. 88 High in seconds easily. That's why such transportation was kind of inconvenient.
"Uh… Student Zhang, are you okay?" Ancient Relic had previously been shocked on Xero's heavenly wooden sword, but this? Was just absurd!
Zhen Jie and Han Jue were shocked, even Mr Birdie's feathers twitched slightly! How the hell can a "normal" human… endure that type of drink that no one was able to swallow?!
"Mhm." A simple response from Xero as he wiped his mouth.
Xero remember that he would usually use ancient techniques for body-enhancing potions, and those had tasted way worse than this one. In ancient cultivation, cultivators would gulp down anything in order to progress so this was like free water to him.
It even tasted sweet for Xero!
Wait hold on… Usually?!
Xero's brief reply sent an uncontrollable sense of astonishment at the students.
This water was especially rare and dangerous by the Lotus Group. It was only produced there. For people who were already in poverty, this was their last option.
As long as one person in a family can break through Foundation Stage, they would receive essentials things from the government.
Misaki had previously been to Xero's house. She knew that it was located in the small neighbourhood of Luminary City. She never expected that his family would be so poor, and when he showed his wooden sword, she knew for a fact she had to show more care for him.
What kind of boy is he? Is he even human? Being able to tolerate that without difficulty, manage to break through Foundation Stage and somehow get into No. 90 High School as an outskirt?
Associating that cup of water with Xero's life.. Misaki, Lianhua and Xinyan were just about to cry.
Hell, even Zhen Jie, Han Jue and the f**king budgie were moved!
"…" Xero felt that he could be in that "The Shawshank Redemption" movie if things continued on like this.
Instead of an exchange event between schools, it was most definitely a plot from No. 89 High!
"We're lucky Classmate Zhang is here with us! Or we would not have been able to pass the first obstacle…" Misaki sighed.
This was going to be a tough one; no matter what they had to kick their asses!
Looking at Zunhao's stupefied face and the company of the other boys, Xinyan said, "Our classmate Zhang has drank this 'special' gift from you, so can we enter?" No. 90 High isn't that stupid, those friendly tones were pure shit; and it had been obvious!
"So his name is Zhang Xero?" Zunhao thought, looking at his calm and relaxed face. Zunhao remained silent as he repeated his name over and over in his head — he didn't want to forget.
Zunhao had already thought of many traps that they had set up.
After all, this water one was just the tip of the iceberg.
Zunhao plastered on a fake smile and turned slightly, "Alright, you pass. Why don't I lead you to go register? My treat." He said, as he showed them in.
Xero followed at the back of the group as usual. They went up the stairs and they had to listen to Zunhao's explanation on the school's gathering array and history. "As you all know, the renovation of our school's teaching was only possible because of our new director."
Han Jue smirked, "New director? You mean the one that specialises in circumcision?"
"Puhahahahaha!"
Lianhua, Misaki and Xinyan laughed in spite of themselves.
"Come on. Han Jue, don't say such shameless things!" Ancient Relic pretended to clear his throat, but was secretly holding his laughter. Everyone had been young once, and seeing teens just bickering with their humour — now that was exciting to watch!
"My bad, Teacher Xuan." Ancient Relic knew for a fact that he didn't actually mean that apology, still it was funny, he'd admit.
"Alright, that was supposedly a decent apology. Next time, when someone is speaking, don't interrupt, understand?" Ancient Relic then looked over to Zunhao, "Okay, you can continue with what you were saying."
"…" Ancient Relic's words were just a hammer slammed against his knee! Even as the teacher-in-charge, you didn't even pay attention!?
He could only just endure the humiliation and continue…
"Ahem… As you know, our renovation was only possible with our new director. And so, we have formation tech flags that produce magical energy throughout, and it has been upgraded every year. After all, you all can feel the magical energy in the air right?"
"For real?" Zhen Jie closed his eyes and tried to feel it, "Strange, I don't feel a thing."
Assuming this was bitch behaviour, Zunhao was about to retort before Misaki backed him up.
"He's right. I don't feel a thing too. It's the same as outside."
Xie Zhenyu nudged Zunhao slightly, "Uh… President? Is there something wrong with the magical energy formation flags?"
How?! They are checked daily goddammit!
"Have they been turned off, go check!"
Zunhao yelled at them, almost forgetting himself.
At this important moment, how could anything go wrong?! He was only halfway through explaining!
A moment later, Yunshen came back breathlessly, "President… it's…"
"The f**k is going on!"
"The maintainer of the flags said that the formation tech in them exploded mysteriously. All ten of them."
"…" Twice now, he was hit in the face with a punch that went through!
At that moment, Zunhao felt pain in his knee.
Han Jue couldn't help but laugh as he threw his head back, "HAHAHA! A tech formation flag can explode? This is a one in a lifetime experience! Seems like the quality was lacking tremendously. How much did you pay for it to be manufactured by Nokia?"
The greatest pain wasn't in the knee, it was the hammer's blow. And Han Jue gave one final hit.
Crack —!
It was as if everyone could hear his knee being shattered.
Standing calmly at the back of the crowd, Xero had a gloomy look on his face as he looked at the grand nine story teacher building at No. 89 High, and couldn't help but heave a sigh.
It looked like the dimensional seal was deteriorating slightly with the layer of the talisman seal on his nape. In the past, the magical energy being stored would impact the magnetic field of the formation flag, but not to the point of destroying the tech of it. It was becoming increasingly hard for Xero to control himself.
Obviously, Xero was restraining himself.
But he couldn't do anything about the overflow of his energy, especially now that the dimensional seal is slowly cracking.
The unnerving one was that the circumcision director would have built those ten formation tech flags while fastening his belt, and for all of them to explode mysteriously…
He couldn't begin to imagine how many foreskins he had to adjust to lower the loss.