Chapter 62: Academy Life

  "How dare you, now the messengers of the Demon Realm are openly coming to the Mortal Realm?" I looked at the demon messenger with ridicule. Although the God of War ordered me to eliminate the demons in the Mortal Realm, I still understand the principle of not killing envoys between two countries.

  "Are we demons not allowed to come here at all?" the demonic messenger asked back. His voice was flat and emotionless, like a sheet of iron.

  "Hey, hey, no need to fight! We still have important things to attend to!" Seeing the two of them on the verge of a fierce battle, the demonic messenger hastily intervened to mediate. I and the demonic messenger from the other side both let out a cold snort and stopped talking to each other.

  "How could you walk together with someone from the Demon Realm?" I quietly asked the messenger from the Yao Realm, while sticking my tongue out at the messenger from the Demon Clan.

  "Never mind, it's all because of that escaped demon thing, I couldn't do anything about it either." The messenger from the demon realm seemed unwilling to say more and gave a brief explanation. Before I could speak, she continued on and changed the subject: "By the way, this is our second meeting, but I haven't introduced myself yet. I am Tian Ji Wu Hao, the fifth-ranked heavenly messenger of the demon realm."

  I remember that the Goddess Nüwa once said that the messengers of the demon world do not have names, and are completely divided by heavenly rank, earthly rank, spiritual rank, and demon rank with numbers. The messenger in front of me who claims to be Tianji Wuhao is the highest-ranking Tianji messenger, and being able to rank fifth among nearly ten thousand Tianji messengers means that his actual strength is also one of the top two.

  "I'm Long Aotian, nice to meet you." I nodded and said, which was a formal exchange of names.

  "Mr. Long, I'll get straight to the point, we're here for this guy, it's the very demon we've been trying to catch, I don't know if you can lend a hand?" Tian Ji Wu Hao pointed directly at the meatball monster.

  "Since it's what you want, I won't stop you." I smiled and replied, stepping aside while making a welcoming gesture.

  Tianji Wuhao nodded at me in gratitude, without any pleasantries, and immediately surrounded the demonic envoy with the others, trapping the meatball monster in the middle.

  Heavenly Five Number Two clasped his hands together, and I could clearly feel the powerful demonic energy gathering in his hands. The demon messenger stood behind the Meatball Monster, holding a scythe horizontally across his chest, as if a thread of black light was flowing continuously on the blade.

  The Meat Monster looked very anxious, and suddenly let out a sharp cry. The six tentacles that had been dancing in the air flashed towards Tianji No. 5 like lightning, their speed so fast that they drew six black lines in the air.

  Dongfang Xue and others cried out in surprise, but Tianji Wuhao remained calm, seemingly oblivious to the six tentacles approaching him.

  A faint sound of peeling, and in front of Tianji Wuhao, a transparent wall seemed to suddenly stand up, the six whistling tentacles did not hit her, but instead struck that transparent wall, a wave of invisible ripples slowly spread out in all directions, dissolving the force of the impact into nothingness.

  "Fallen spirit, obey my command, follow in my footsteps, and proceed to the realm of demons for rest..." The Heavenly Number Five slowly raised her hands to both sides, and a black light sphere appeared in her hand.

  When the dark, black-hole-like black light group was seen, the monster let out a loud screech and swung its six tentacles frantically to attack Tianji No. 5, but its attacks were completely blocked and had no effect.

  Tianji Wuhao's eyes flashed with a hint of black, and his hands suddenly swung outward again. The black mass did not fall to the ground as a result, but instead floated steadily in mid-air.

  "...Go!" Tianji Wuyi pointed at the monster, cast a spell, and a black light ball flew to the top of the meatball-like monster's head, hovering motionlessly.

  The monster let out a shrill cry, awkwardly moving its body in an attempt to dodge the black sphere hovering above its head, but no matter how it moved, the sphere remained steadily suspended above it.

  The black mass slowly unfolded, turning into a tunnel-like, constantly rotating whirlpool. Countless mournful cries echoed from the whirlpool, making one's blood freeze and almost wanting to turn around and escape.

  "What is it?" Dongfang Xue asked from behind me.

  She could clearly hear the sound of her teeth chattering. She was also ashamed of this cowardly display, but she just couldn't control herself.

  Today she encountered too many strange things, first a shape-shifting monster, piles of corpses, then a demon messenger disguised as a person, and a human-shaped black fog. Now hearing such a terrible voice, all this made her feel like she was living in a nightmare.

  It wasn't just her, the several companions behind her were all pale and trembling, even Dongfang Yun, who was usually the most calm and courageous, had legs that were slightly shaking.

  "A small, demonic realm formation, a passage connecting the mortal world and the demon realm." I replied calmly. Seeing Dongfang Xue and others unable to withstand the demonic aura emanating from the formation, I casually cast a protective barrier for them, helping them maintain their mental clarity, and everyone's complexion improved.

  At this time, the black ball turned into a whirlpool that rotated even more violently, and seemed to produce some kind of powerful suction. The blood clots and debris under the whirlpool were sucked in one after another. What was strange was that I, Dongfang Xue, and others who were not too far away from the monster did not feel this suction force.

  The monster beneath the black whirlpool wailed in agony, futilely waving its six tentacles as it tried to attack the black whirlpool floating in mid-air, but no matter how much strength it used, its attacks all passed directly through the whirlpool like a phantom.

  A wisp of black smoke slowly rose from the monster's body, and as the black smoke gathered more and more on the monster's head, the monster's howling grew lower and lower, and the speed of its dancing tentacles in the air also slowed down.

  At this time, the black smoke coming out of the monster's body had condensed into a large mass on the monster's head, and the rising black smoke gradually decreased, leaving only one thread of black smoke like a line connecting the monster, desperately resisting the suction force of the black vortex in the upper air.

  "Mo Yi, it's your turn." Tian Ji Wu Hao shouted.

  I was still wondering who she was calling when the demon messenger suddenly raised his sickle and, with a flash of lightning, cut at that black line-like black smoke, which really broke like a thread under the knife.

  "I heard that the Death Scythe of the Demon Realm is a tool similar to a magic artifact, which can directly attack the soul by bypassing the physical body. It seems that it's indeed true." I looked at the scythe in Mo Yi's hand and sighed softly.

  Having lost the connection of that black smoke, the black smoke that had condensed on the monster's head could no longer resist the suction force from the black whirlpool and was sucked in with a whoosh.

  At that moment when entering the black whirlpool, everyone saw countless pairs of pale or fleshless hands tightly grasping the mass of black smoke and pulling it in.

  A black whirlpool twisted and turned, slowly shrinking, and disappeared completely after a moment.

  At this time, the monster let out a mournful howl, its massive body swaying for a moment before crashing to the ground with a deafening thud, motionless and seemingly completely dead.

  "The task is complete, I can finally relax." Tian Ji Wu let out a sigh of relief.

  Although Mo Yi didn't say a word, I still sensitively felt that he also secretly let out a sigh of relief.

  "Isn't it just catching a monster? Why are you acting as if you're facing a great enemy?" I curiously asked.

  Tian Ji Wu Hao looked at me awkwardly, hesitated for a moment and said: "Sorry, this can't be told to you, otherwise I'll be in big trouble."

  I helplessly shrugged my shoulders, although I was somewhat perplexed in my heart, but I didn't persist.

  "Well, since my mission is complete, I should take my leave. Let's meet again another day, Mr. Long." Tian Ji Wu Xiang bowed to me and said, Mo Yi stood silently behind her.

  I and Dongfang Xue returned the courtesy, watching as they were enveloped by a black mist and disappeared from view. Only then did I turn around and let out a sigh. Were the messengers of the Demon Realm and the Magic Realm really just here to capture a demon that had accidentally escaped into the human world? What kind of demon was worth having a Heaven-level messenger personally take action, not to mention adding a messenger from the Magic Realm who was at odds with the mortal realm? Let's not think about it for now, let's just say that Tian Ji Wu Hao and that Magic Realm messenger were bored and came out to clear their minds. So what's the deal with that demon?

  I have absolute confidence in my own two attacks, those two Void Slashes are enough to cut a Yuan Ying stage cultivator into two pieces. But my two attacks couldn't do anything to that monster, let alone the fact that it used a magical artifact with Ling Ji stage cultivation, which is beyond reason.

  I'm not a fool either, and the meatball monster, the demon messenger, and Tianji No. 5's ambiguous tone and unwillingness to clearly state their attitude towards this matter all indicate that this matter is indeed unusual. Although he was aware of the subtlety in it, since Tianji No. 5 didn't want to say anything clearly, I'd be happy to take a break and not get involved unnecessarily.

  "Let's get going back, there's nothing good to stay here for."

  I waved to the people behind me, and only then did I remember that I hadn't broken through the Wanmo Juyang formation yet. Just as I was about to break through, I heard Dongfang Yun's loud voice exclaim: "Ah, what's going on?"

  Dongfang Yun stood beside a companion, his face shocked as he pointed at the monster's corpse.

  Everyone turned their heads to look, just in time to see the monster's massive body slowly melting away, like snow in the sun, turning into a dark green liquid that seeped into the ground. A moment later, only a pile of unknown objects remained.

  Everyone looked at each other in dismay, and soon, Dongfang Xue said in a low voice: "Li Jie, go take a look."

  A young man with a clear appearance carefully approached, fiddled with the long sword in his hand for a while, and then looked up and said: "It's a monster, but it's already dead."

  The crowd surged forward, and I also walked over with a steady gait.

  Lying on the ground was a beautiful girl, she had a delicate female face, but her lower body had completely rotted away.

  I furrowed my brow, unsure of what to say.

  "What a pity! Such a beautiful girl." Li Jie shook his head and sighed, with a look of regret on his face.

  "What? You've already taken a liking to her? Don't forget she's a demon, maybe that meatball monster just now was her in disguise. Are you still interested?" A companion beside him teased.

  Li Jie shuddered and hastily shook his head, saying: "Forget it, forget it. Just looking at that thing earlier made me want to vomit. How can there be such a disgusting creature?"

  Several people laughed and joked for a while, but Dongfang Xue suddenly became serious, as if she had received some kind of order. "Alright, stop messing around, it's time to get down to business," she said sternly. "Li Jie, the police have arrived and are trying to get in, go out and deal with them, tell them we're in charge here. Wang Li, go notify our people to take over this place, clean up that monster and those corpses, and also inform them that today's incident is not to be reported by any media, lest it cause social panic." Upon hearing her words, I couldn't help but feel curious about Dongfang Xue's identity - was she really just a simple loose cultivator from the cultivation world?

  The two of them ran out at the command and turned back to me with a serious expression, saying: "Ao Tian, we still need your help to break this thing called Wanmo Juyang Formation."

  "No problem!" I nodded and walked to one side to prepare for breaking through the formation.

  "Old rules, once you leave this door, completely forget about today's events!" Dongfang Xue warned her companions on the side: "I'll take care of reporting to the higher-ups, we'll handle it according to the usual demon murder case procedures. If anyone dares to mention Ao Tian's affairs, I'll settle the score with them."

  "Understood." Dongfang Xue's companion replied in unison.

  The woman whose life I had just saved looked at me with a hint of a smile on her lips.

  I smiled slightly, understanding that this was an arrangement made by Dongfang Xue because she knew I didn't like to draw attention to myself. For her kindness, I only smiled slightly and made up my mind that if there's a chance in the future, I will definitely guide Dongfang Xue.

  Dongfang Xue had no idea that her previous few words would bring her endless benefits, she was busy communicating with other companions, asking them to send someone over as soon as possible to clean up the aftermath.

  I composed myself and began to work on breaking the formation. In theory, it's very difficult to break a formation, and the only way is to use a power that exceeds the defensive strength of the formation by several times to forcibly break through. Some famous super-strong defensive formations even require dozens of times the power to break through.

  As for my strength, using the powerful Wanmo Sun Array would be easy, but as a result of colliding with my original Yuan Qi, everything within hundreds of meters would turn to dust, which is not what I want to see, so I can only look for another way.

  After a slight consideration, I thought of a clever way. Any defensive formation is ultimately for the purpose of protecting oneself and resisting enemy attacks. Therefore, the person who first created the defensive formation did not consider that someone would break it from the inside.

  I slowly made my way into the formation, arriving at the position where that strange creature was standing earlier. This was the first and core array of the Wanmo Juyang Formation. I stretched out my right hand's index finger, silently mobilizing a thread of my primordial energy. A red light shot out from my fingertip, striking straight into the ground.

  The ground suddenly shook, as if a stone had been thrown into the calm water, and the ripples spread out in all directions. Dongfang Xue and others who were busy turned their heads back in surprise, with their mouths agape, clearly frightened by this strange phenomenon.

  A faint red glow suddenly appeared on the ground in front of me, and in an instant it had grown to the size of a record. With a slight smile, I took a step back, tilting my head to admire my handiwork.

  The red glow continued to expand, and in the blink of an eye, it had enveloped the entire supermarket. The eerie feeling inside the supermarket was swept away, and the fluorescent lights on the ceiling regained their usual brightness. Even the expressions on the faces of the piled-up corpses seemed to have become more peaceful.

  This is the Inversion of the Myriad Demons Gathering Yang Formation. I replaced the demonic energy of the Myriad Demons Gathering Yang Formation with my own primordial yuan energy, and completely inverted the operational principle of the formation. What the consequences of doing so are, even I myself do not know; the only thing that can be confirmed is that it will not bring harm to humans.

  "Let's go, the formation has been broken!" I turned around and said to Dongfang Xue and others.

  "Right! Right!" Dongfang Xue obviously hadn't yet come to from the shock, and after blankly answering with two "rights", she finally reacted and hastily chased after him.

  A certain newspaper reported: A supermarket in a city suddenly underwent a strange change, with the entire shopping mall shrouded in a soft red light. According to expert verification, this light has therapeutic effects on many diseases, and no side effects have been found so far.

  Another report from the same newspaper stated that a mysterious healing red light appeared at a supermarket in H City, but experts are currently unable to analyze the light, and it remains unclear why it has therapeutic effects. In addition, three religious organizations have claimed that this phenomenon is a miracle...

  After finishing all of this, I also went back to rest smoothly. During this time, Dongfang Xue contacted me several times and said she wanted to thank me, but I declined each time. Now I can also study at school with a clear conscience.

  "Good morning, Xiaonan."

  "Good morning, Xiaonan!"

  "Xiao Nan, have you recovered from your illness?"

  Wang Nan wore her favorite white jumpsuit to school, nodding in response to the greetings from her classmates along the way. Originally, her parents had asked her to rest at home for a while before going back to school, but she was too restless and didn't want to lie around at home bored, so she pestered and coaxed them until they finally agreed to let her come to school.

  As for what happened during the time she was unconscious, she had already asked her parents and got a clear understanding. However, her parents said that it was Liu Daozhang who saved her life, but Wang Nan thought it was me.

  In fact, she was also half-believing and half-doubting. I knew that she had been possessed, which was beyond doubt. After all, before she fainted, it was me who kept warning her, but she didn't believe that I had such great abilities.

  "Xiao Nan, Teacher Dongfang is looking for you!" At this time, another classmate, Ah Dai, came running from a distance, panting and shouting.

  Wang Nan withdrew her gaze, nodded at her and said: "I'll go now!"

  "What are you looking at?" asked Xiaomin, poking me with her finger.

  He is my classmate, a bit dull, so he reacts slowly, that's why his classmates gave him the nickname "Ah Dull", but I quite like hanging out with someone who doesn't have many tricks up their sleeve.

  "Nothing," I said, the thread retracting from that white figure. Has Xiaonan returned to school? It seems the harm caused by the demon scorpion's possession has disappeared.

  "Let's continue playing basketball." I turned around and said with a smile to Ah Diao.

  I'm now at the school's basketball court, holding a basketball borrowed from the gym, and having a one-on-one practice with Ah Dai.

  "Wow!" Ah-Dai snatched the basketball from my hands, dribbled a few steps, and then came to an abrupt stop for a jump shot. The ball drew a beautiful parabola, landing in the fountain pool not far behind the basketball hoop.

  "Your aim is also too bad, right?" I said with a mixture of laughter and tears.

  I and Ah Diao have been practicing here for an hour, Ah Diao is slow-witted, and I've never touched a basketball before, so naturally our two shots are pathetic.

  According to my rough statistics, the basketball fell into the fountain like that sixteen times, accurately hitting a passing student's head once, smashing two roadside flower pots, and there were countless ones that didn't even touch the frame.

  As for the number of shots made into the basket... unfortunately, there were only seven times.

  Why did I end up practicing basketball with Ah Dai? It's all because there are too few boys in our class. Two hours ago, we learned that the school will be holding a basketball league a week later, and each class must form a team to participate.

  And in my class, there are only eight boys, but forty-three girls, which is truly a typical case of yin flourishing and yang declining. Not only are the boys in the class few in number, but they are also generally not tall enough. I am the tallest, with 187 cm, Ah Dai's sturdy physique is 182 cm, while the other boys are all around 170 cm.

  After figuring out the rules of basketball and comparing with other classes that have players over 190cm, I wisely gave up, but was scolded back by my female classmates. The girls claimed that if the boys in our class dared to give up, they would despise them and threatened to mobilize their friends in school to ostracize them, making them infamous, and ultimately having to spend the rest of their lives with dinosaurs.

  Whether or not I get the beauty's favor, I don't care, because I already have Xue Er. Although I had a mind to give up the competition, but the boys in the class shouted that it was unacceptable, indicating that if the tallest person in this class didn't participate in the competition, the boys would jump off the building together to avoid being humiliated by the dinosaur. In order to save the seven young and vibrant lives, I had no choice but to reluctantly agree.

  Since I've already agreed to participate in the basketball game, of course, I need to practice well. That's why I pulled Ah Dai along to borrow a basketball and plan to get familiar with the court.

  In order to get familiar with basketball and also to experience why ordinary human beings are so enthusiastic about this sport, I naturally restricted my physical strength to the same level as that of an ordinary person.

  The result was 372 shots fired without hitting anyone.

  Looking at that not-so-large basket, I couldn't help but shake my head and smile wryly. It seems I'm not cut out for playing basketball. After limiting my own abilities, I'm not even as good as an ordinary person.

  Just as I was about to unleash my cultivation and show off my prowess, I heard a voice behind me ask: "Are you the newly risen Dragon Arrogant Heaven?"

  I turned around and saw two boys standing behind me, both wearing sportswear. The one on the left was tall and sturdy, about 194 cm in height according to my estimate; the one on the right was a head shorter than him and looked much thinner.

  "Are you Long Aotian, the freshman of E-management department?"

  The boy on the left asked another question, and for some reason, I always felt that his words carried a hint of jealousy and hostility.

  "What's up?"

  "Are you Long Ao Tian?" He looked me up and down, muttering to himself: "Not much good about him, just a pretty face!"

  The boy on the left said that this remark was already an insult, and his companion also felt uneasy, pulling his arm to pull him away, but to no avail.

  I smiled faintly and said nothing.

  Ah Diao finally reacted, throwing the basketball aside and stepping forward to interrogate: "How dare you scold people? Is this how you speak?"

  "That's how I talk, what's it to you!" The boy also stepped forward, scolding with a fiery tone: "I'm talking to him, do you have the right to speak here?"

  "Don't mind, don't mind, he's in a bad mood, don't take it to heart!" The boy's companion hastily blocked him from view, pushing him back while smiling apologetically at Ah-Dai.

  I also advised Ah Dumb for a couple of sentences, and Ah Dumb reluctantly retreated back.

  "Excuse me, what can I do for you?" I still patiently asked the man who was rude to me with a polite expression, not getting angry at all because of his insult just now.

  The other party didn't answer, and looked me up and down again. Seeing the basketball I had just picked up, his eyes lit up, and he raised an eyebrow, asking with disdain: "You can play basketball too?"

  "No choice, we have a competition in a few days and I'm the representative of our class, so I need to practice!" I said with a helpless shrug and a smile. Although the other person had been provoking me repeatedly, I was actually quite depressed - I had just arrived at school and couldn't remember offending anyone.

  "That's great!" The boy's eyes lit up, and he leaned in close to me, saying in a low voice: "Remember, my name is Zhu Liang. During the competition, I'll definitely make you lose miserably, and I want to get 50 points right in front of you." After finishing speaking, he turned his head and walked away with long strides, his companion gave me an apologetic smile and hastily chased after him.

  "What a weirdo!" Ah-Dai glared at Zhu Liang and cursed, then turned to ask me: "Hey, when did you offend such a psycho? He's talking nonsense out of nowhere, our school really has all kinds of people!"

  I helplessly spread out my hands and sighed: "I don't even know him, how could I have offended him?"

  "Don't you know him? That's strange, he knows your name, obviously not mistaken. Then why is it like this?" Ah-Dai scratched his head, furrowed his brow and thought hard.

  "Never mind, let's go back anyway, it's time to eat!" I patted his shoulder and laughed. Because I know Ah Diao, if you don't persuade him, he can really go back and think about yesterday.

  "Anyway, who cares who it is? Let's just beat him to a pulp during the game!" Ah-Dai's spirits lifted, he grinned and completely forgot that no one in their class could play basketball.

  "Alright, let's go!" I picked up the basketball and walked out with Ah Dai, shoulder to shoulder. As we reached the edge of the court, I suddenly made a half-turn, releasing my long-suppressed skills. With a slight flick of my wrist, the ball in my hand drew an arc and fell towards the hoop.

  Whoosh...... A soft sound, I, who had already walked out of the field, was satisfied to see that I had thrown a beautiful hollow ball.

  On the other side, Zhu Liang and his companions were sitting at the entrance of the school's small shop, each with a bottle of beer, drinking happily.

  "That Long Ao Tian is nothing special, just a pretty face, doesn't even have any backbone, why does Xiao Nan look at him with such favor?" Zhu Liang said angrily, taking a swig of wine.

  "Hey, what Xiaonan likes is none of your business, and besides, Xiaonan didn't even say she liked him. You still have a chance!" As someone who grew up with Zhuoliang since childhood, he naturally knew why Zhuoliang was full of hostility towards me.

  Zhu Ke has always liked Xiao Nan, but unfortunately, the flower has fallen and the water is heartless. Xiao Nan has always kept a proper distance from him, which makes Zhu Ke very depressed. If it were just that, it would be fine, but the key is that a few days ago, Zhu Ke heard a rumor that Xiao Nan's classmates said Xiao Nan and I are in a romantic relationship now. (I don't know who spread the rumor)

  Zhu Liang was shocked and inquired about it in detail. Only then did he realize that the rumors were actually because of his frequent interactions with Xiao Nan recently.

  Zhu Liang didn't know the reason why I was circling around Xiao Nan, thinking that I wanted to make her believe in the monster legend, and he thought I also wanted to pursue Xiao Nan. As a result, he naturally looked down on me, always wanting to find an opportunity to teach me a lesson, and today just happened to meet me, so he spoke provocatively.

  "Pig head, what's wrong with me? Why does Xiaonan always ignore me?" Zhu Liang took a sip of beer and vented his grievances.

  By his side is Zhu Lin, but Zhu Liang always likes to call him Pig Head. Zhu Lin is not only Zhu Liang's childhood friend and partner in crime, but also his best teammate on the basketball court, a skilled point guard, and one of the main players in Class 3's basketball team this time around.

  "Ah, emotional things are hard to say, let's take it slow!" Zhu Lin comforted skillfully.

  It's clear that comforting Zhu Liang is no longer a one or two day thing.

  "Zhu Tou, what makes you think that Ao Tian is comparable to me? He's not even a real man, why can Xiang Nan tolerate his harassment?" Zhu Liang asked. Thinking about how he could "harass" Xiang Nan for a whole week without getting scolded, while if he himself did the same thing, he would probably get slapped in the face, thinking about this unfair treatment made him feel indignant.

  Zhu Lin forced a smile, also somewhat annoyed at his constant complaints. Just as he was about to persuade him again, Zhu Liang suddenly clenched his fist and said with hatred: "Right, he's also going to participate in the basketball game. I'll make him look good and let him lose face in front of all the students. Pig head, you're our best point guard, so you must cooperate with me at that time and pass the ball to me more often. I want to score 50 points, no, 70 points in front of that kid!" He said this to Zhu Lin with a serious expression.

  "Passing the ball to you is easy!" Zhu Lin said thoughtfully after a moment, "But I always feel that it's not that simple. I always feel that he's not simple and can't be seen through."

  Zhu Lin is a control defender, so when playing basketball, he often has to rely on intuition to guess the opponent's thoughts and make judgments. Over time, his intuition becomes particularly accurate, and he also trusts his intuition very much. Indeed, his intuition is very accurate, and I am not that simple.

  "Don't even mention it, what's not simple about that oily and powdery guy?" Zhu Liang sneered at his cautiousness, saying: "With our years of cooperation, when have we ever met an opponent in school? Can that kid be our opponent? In the end, won't he still be like a piece of dough to be kneaded by us?"

  "Although it's true what you said......" Zhu Lin was confident in his own skills and the coordination with Zhu Liang, but somehow he felt a bit uneasy, always thinking that things were not as simple as Zhu Liang thought.

  "Alright, alright, no need to say more. Everything will be clear when the competition starts and we'll see who's right then." Zhu Liang waved his hand somewhat impatiently, interrupting what Zhu Lin was about to say.

  "I hope everything goes as you wish." Since Zhu Liang didn't want to say more, Zhu Lin just muttered a sentence under his breath and said nothing more. The two continued drinking with their heads down.

  A week later, the basketball tournament hosted by the school kicked off. For college students, rather than saying it's a basketball game, it's better to say it's a gathering for discovering beauties.

  The competition was held at the school's basketball court, with matches every day, and each time ten teams competed simultaneously on five courts. The method of choosing opponents was decided by drawing lots.

  I arrived at the competition venue early, today is the first day of the competition. The university students who came to join in the fun, together with the students participating in the competition, had already packed the surrounding area so tightly that it was impossible to get through.

  Seeing the throngs of people, I couldn't help but let out a wry smile, wondering how this group of basketball novices would be ridiculed next.

  "Come on Ao Tian, come on Ao Tian!" A few shrill cheers came from the sidelines.

  I heard someone cheering me on, so I looked in the direction of the sound. Great, all the girls from our class had come.

  I recall that a week ago, Ah Diao added fuel to the fire by repeating Zhu Liang's provocative words from that day, instantly infuriating our classmates.

  My temperament is relatively gentle, I don't like to cause trouble. With my outstanding appearance and extraordinary temperament, the classmates in Class 4 naturally liked me very much, especially the female classmates who had a good impression of me, and my relationships were also very good. When someone heard that someone was provoking me and didn't put me in their eyes, the female classmates naturally felt injustice for me and came up with strategies to respond.

  In order to let me show off my skills on the court, a group of female classmates who were afraid that the world would not be chaotic enough, hastily found many basketball DVDs, from Michael Jordan's games to the Japanese anime Slam Dunk, as if watching these could make one invincible in the world.

  Although some people may not think so, after all, it's everyone's kind intention, I had no choice but to be forced to live in school, watching DVDs in the dormitory every day, without going downstairs for a whole week, and meals were delivered by female classmates on duty, I was envious of the bachelors living upstairs.

  After a week of hard work, I finally finished watching that pile of DVDs. Now, although I'm still a basketball rookie, I've memorized a lot of basketball moves.

  If it were an ordinary person, even if they remembered these movements, they wouldn't be able to do them. But I'm different, after experiencing the heavenly tribulation, I don't know how many tens of thousands of times stronger than an ordinary person I've become, plus my cultivation in the spiritual realm, dunking, emergency stops, jump shots and so on, are all easy tasks for me. Even if I wanted to, some movements that can only appear in cartoons, which ordinary people can't do at all, I can also complete with ease.

  However, I didn't tell any of this to my classmates. On the surface, I still looked like a rookie. Because I really wanted to know what kind of expression people would have if I suddenly burst into divine power during the competition.

  "Cheer up, it's okay to lose! Come on, come on!" The girls at the scene were still shouting loudly and having a great time together. Looking at them, they didn't seem to care much about winning or losing in class. Probably they also thought that there was no one in their class who could play basketball well, so it was destined to lose anyway.

  I watched them fooling around at the edge of the court, silently sighed, and couldn't help but wonder if I should show off my skills. Looking at their appearance, even if we lose, it shouldn't be a big deal, so why do I need to draw attention to myself? Shouldn't I consider losing on purpose, getting eliminated in the first round would be better.

  Just as I was thinking, Ah-Dai came over and warmly wrapped his arm around my shoulder, whispering in my ear: "Do you know which class is competing with us today? Enterprise Management Department sophomore class 1!" Seeing my confused expression, he lightly punched me and said: "Good kid, pretending to be clueless? It's the same class as Zhu Liang who provoked you that day."

  It wasn't until now that I suddenly realized and understood what Ah Diao meant. It turned out to be a gathering of old enemies.

  It's been a week since the incident, and there are already people in class who have found out everything about Zhu Liang, including his pursuit of Xiao Nan. So I also roughly guessed why he looked at me with disapproval. Of course, knowing is one thing, but I don't plan to explain myself. Since the other party has misunderstood, let them misunderstand then.

  My gaze swept across the court, searching for Zhu Liang's figure, wondering if he was also participating in this match. Soon, I saw Zhu Liang's tall and majestic figure on the other side of the basketball court, and he was also looking towards me. As our eyes met, I clearly saw the mocking and provocative color in Zhu Liang's eyes.

  I gave a faint smile, ignored his provocation and shifted my gaze away. I turned back to see that the teammates beside me who were about to participate in the competition all had worried expressions, with two boys even turning pale, clearly intimidated.

  "Don't be nervous, it's just a friendly match. At worst, we'll lose to them. Anyway, everyone knows we're not good at basketball!" I tried to comfort my teammates in a relaxed tone, hoping they could calm down.

  "We're not afraid of losing, we're afraid of losing face!" A boy spoke up to explain: "Our opponents are the second-year class one of the Business Administration Department. Zhu Liang and Zhu Lin from their class are very famous for their basketball skills. To be defeated by them in front of so many people would be too embarrassing."

  I let out a sound, somewhat understanding the thoughts of my companions. University students who had just left home, their psychological endurance was still a bit fragile, and they couldn't bear to lose face in front of so many people, especially with many beauties among the onlookers.

  Even if I understand their thoughts, I don't have a good solution. After all, I haven't been in human society for long, and I'm also confused about the various complex thoughts of humans, so I can only helplessly shrug my shoulders.

  "Please welcome the competing class to the stage." A student ran onto the basketball court, grabbed the whistle on his chest and blew it loudly, attracting everyone's attention before shouting.

  "Hey, it's our turn." I walked up to Ah Dai and patted him on the shoulder, saying. I took off my jacket, revealing the new basketball uniforms that school had just issued, and was the first to walk onto the court, standing opposite Zhu Liang's class. Ah Dai and the others only then came back to their senses and followed me up.

  Taking advantage of the chaos on the field, the referee blew his whistle. Unnoticed by others, Zhu Liang took a step forward and whispered to me in a low voice: "You little brat, just wait and cry later, I'll make you lose face in front of all teachers and students."

  "Are you just going to talk big all day?" I replied calmly.

  Zhu Liang did not expect that I, who usually came across as gentle and honest, would counterattack. He was momentarily speechless, his face filled with anger, and he wanted to scold me a few times. However, seeing the referee looking over, he could only storm back to his team in frustration.

  I no longer have any of the hesitation I had earlier, although I've been through the trials of Blood Hell and my will is as firm as iron, but after all, I'm still human, and Zhu Liang's repeated provocations have already made me somewhat displeased. Therefore, I plan to give him a good show in this match, and I believe that when the time comes, Zhu Liang's face will be very interesting.

  "The match between Class 2 of Grade 1 in Electronic Management Department and Class 1 of Grade 2 in Enterprise Management Department is about to begin..."

  With the referee's whistle, the game officially kicked off, also marking the end of my peaceful and quiet life.