Feeling the soft touch on his arm, Jiang Yuan slightly turned his head, his gaze falling on Ai Tutu beside him, and asked, "Are you sure you want to hold my arm like this?"
Ai Tutu's attire today was very revealing. Her upper body was only clad in a thin, white, tight-fitting camisole, perfectly outlining her graceful curves, showcasing what it meant for slender branches to bear abundant fruit.
The super-short shorts she wore exposed her long, pale legs almost entirely, making them particularly eye-catching in the Light System.
Ai Tutu nonchalantly swung Jiang Yuan's arm and said, "What's wrong? Is this not allowed?"
Jiang Yuan nodded involuntarily, sighing softly, "Indeed, extraordinary."
"What's extraordinary?" Ai Tutu blinked her eyes in confusion, then followed Jiang Yuan's gaze downwards and instantly understood the meaning of his words.
With a slight tug at the corner of her mouth and a mischievous smile on her face, Ai Tutu not only didn't let go but held Jiang Yuan's arm even tighter.
"Stop, I just came to see if you and Mu Ningjiao were here," Jiang Yuan said, collecting his thoughts.
"What's up? Why are you looking for us?" Ai Tutu tilted her head, asking with a curious expression.
"I've prepared a gift for you," Jiang Yuan said.
"A gift?!" Upon hearing the word "gift," Ai Tutu instantly perked up, her eyes sparkling with excitement as she quickly pressed, "What gift? Show me!"
Jiang Yuan smiled and unhurriedly took out the gift.
"I remember, your main major is Plant, same as Mu Ningjiao, and your sub-major is Light System, right?" Jiang Yuan looked at Ai Tutu and confirmed.
"That's right!" Ai Tutu nodded repeatedly, her head bobbing like a rattle-drum, yet her eyes never left the Dawning Fruit in Jiang Yuan's hand.
Although named a fruit, the Dawning Fruit resembled Glass crystal (Liuli Crystal), appearing entirely lustrous and translucent, with golden specks of Light System scattered within. Only the delicate Plant veins on its skin revealed its identity as a fruit.
Such a peculiar fruit was rarely seen domestically, belonging to special fruits found abroad.
Ai Tutu was full of curiosity; it was her first time seeing such a rare item.
"Plant and Light System, this Dawning Fruit is practically tailor-made for you." Jiang Yuan offered the Dawning Fruit to Ai Tutu with a gentle smile, explaining its effects in detail as he handed it over.
Upon hearing the effects, Ai Tutu became excited: "Really? Dawning that can suppress darkness, then your undead..."
"Don't even think about it. Your bit of Dawning wants to suppress my undead? Unless your Plant is a Dawning Plant, then maybe," Jiang Yuan interrupted.
A Dawning Plant refers to a Plant whose Dawning ability has reached its peak, and its Dawning effect on suppressing darkness is almost equivalent to the sun.
"Hmph, I thought it was really powerful," Ai Tutu's excitement largely dwindled.
"So you don't want it, then? I'll take it back."
Jiang Yuan made to take the Dawning Fruit away, but Ai Tutu immediately hugged it to her chest and darted aside:
"Yes, I do! Who said I don't!"
"I'm going to absorb the Dawning Fruit now. You go find Sister Mu in her room!"
With that, Ai Tutu scurried into her room.
Jiang Yuan knocked on Mu Ningjiao's door.
The sound of slippers shuffling on the floor came from inside.
With a "click," the door opened.
Jiang Yuan waved, "Good afternoon."
"Oh, Jiang Yuan, you're here. I thought it was Ai Tutu knocking," Mu Ningjiao said in surprise.
Her clothes were more modest than Ai Tutu's, but still quite revealing, though her attire wasn't the kind that would make her scream in shyness upon opening the door.
"Is there something you need me for?" Mu Ningjiao left her room, and seeing that Ai Tutu wasn't in the living room, she asked curiously, "I remember Ai Tutu was in the living room. Where did she run off to?"
"Don't worry about her, I brought you a gift," Jiang Yuan said, taking out the Flowing Treasure Ring.
"Ah!"
Mu Ningjiao covered her mouth, her eyes trembling.
Why would he give her a ring?
Our relationship hasn't reached that point, has it?
Rings are not typically given in casual relationships.
"Is this for me?" Mu Ningjiao confirmed.
Jiang Yuan nodded and explained, "This is the Flowing Treasure Ring, it can..."
Mu Ningjiao listened very attentively, then took it from Jiang Yuan's hand, a barely concealed smile in her eyes. She said, "Thank you for the gift, I really like it."
With that, she immediately put it on the middle finger of her right hand.
"It looks good," Mu Ningjiao said with a smile.
"I think it suits you well. I've already stored my Water System magic inside it. If you encounter danger, you can use it," Jiang Yuan said.
Stored within it was his High-Level, Level Six Water System magic—Raging Sea Erosion, which, once unleashed, possessed destructive power comparable to half a Super-Level Water System magic.
Even a High-Level Mage would be instantly defeated.
As for Mo Fan, there's no need to mention it; it purely counters him.
"Oh, right, the World Academy Tournament is about to begin, do you know?" Mu Ningjiao caressed the ring, unable to put it down, and remembering the Academy Tournament, she asked aloud.
Currently, various academies in Huaxia had already begun selecting candidates for their academies, and some academies had even released their candidate lists, with only the final competition remaining.
Therefore, news about the Academy Tournament was increasing, and this was also a very important event recently.
"I know about that. The Dean told me before that he wanted me to represent Mingzhu Academy and join the National Training Hall," Jiang Yuan said.
"The Dean told you? Then you should already be considered to have secured one vote for our academy. Although you haven't participated in the internal ranking competition yet, you are now our academy's recognized number one, and no one would object to the Dean's decision," Mu Ningjiao said with a smile.
"I heard that to officially join the National College Team, you need four votes. What's that about?" Jiang Yuan asked.
He truly wasn't very familiar with the National College Team's rules.
The original novel didn't explain in too much detail, only mentioning one path was recommendation.
Another path was through election, earning a spot based on strength.
"Four votes mean four factions are betting on you, representing their support for you to enter the National College Team."
"Under normal circumstances, just having votes isn't enough. There's also a final voting ceremony and a competition with all National Government candidates to determine the strongest players who will form the official National College Team," Mu Ningjiao briefly explained.
Jiang Yuan did know what the abnormal situation was, which was like Mo Fan in the original timeline, strongly recommended by General Hua Jun, becoming a National College Team alternate directly with only three votes and without participating in the voting ceremony.
In everyone's eyes, this was a clear case of backdoor entry.
Of course, backdoor entry into the National College Team was useless because there would be a last-place elimination rule; if one wasn't strong enough, they would eventually be eliminated.
There was no situation where talent would be overlooked.