Chapter 73 Pretending

Tang Longhui's words gave hope to many civilian mages. Just as Tang Longhui said, if you don't fight for it yourself, do you expect others to give it to you?
Mingzhu Academy is not an ivory tower, and society is not an ivory tower either. If you want resources, you have to fight for them yourself. Instead of complaining all day long about why you are not a child of aristocratic family who can enjoy resources easily, you might as well take action and fight for them.

It's just that Tang Longhui's experience is difficult for many people to imitate. After all, not everyone has the courage to go against the Black Glue Court. Especially when he was still a mid-level mage, he dared to go deep into the tiger's den. This courage alone has already convinced many people.

After the speeches, the freshman beast fighting competition officially began.

Originally, as a special guest representative, Tang Longhui was supposed to watch the show on the rostrum with President Xiao and others, but Tang Longhui chose to stay next to Ding Yumian.

It has been almost a year since they last greeted each other.

Since he promised Dean Xiao to pay more attention to Ding Yumian, Tang Longhui would naturally not go back on his word.

To be precise, Tang Longhui had set his sights on Ding Yumian's soul.

Tang Long had no idea how other psychic powers were used, but as a mental victim, Ding Yumian's psychic skills were very powerful even without using that power.

He had fought with the other party last time when he entered school, but he was more restrained than Ding Yumian at that time. However, this does not mean that Ding Yumian is not strong.

It is very convenient to have a psychic in the wild, which is why Tang Longhui asked Ding Yumian to team up with him.

While watching the game, Tang Longhui chatted with Ding Yumian.

As one of the most popular goddesses in the Fire Department, Ding Yumian naturally has many suitors.

Seeing Tang Longhui sitting next to their goddess and chatting with her, many boys were gritting their teeth, but due to the other party's strength, these boys could only swallow their resentment.

Tang Longhui naturally noticed the reactions of the boys around him, so he smiled and said to Ding Yumian.

"I didn't expect that classmate Ding Yumian is so popular in the Fire Academy. It seems that I have disturbed your good fortune."

"Rather than interrupting my good deed, you've added more trouble to me."

Ding Yumian was able to sit with Tang Longhui because Dean Xiao specifically told Ding Yumian.

He hoped that Ding Yumian could open her heart to a certain extent and make more friends. This would help her control that power.

Dean Xiao is both Ding Yumian's supervisor and her benefactor, so Ding Yumian had no objection to what Dean Xiao said.

However, Ding Yumian felt a little distressed when Tang Longhui sat next to her on his own initiative.

After all, he was known for not getting close to boys in the fire element. Now Ding Tang Longhui, whom she hadn't seen for a long time, was standing by her side. After that, those boys would probably swarm around her like bees all day long.

"Don't worry, classmate Ding Yumian, you will definitely not have so many worries in the future. Don't forget that you will go out with me to carry out the mission in the future."

"Carry out the mission? Dean Xiao has agreed."

"Of course he agreed. Anyway, you won't learn much in the academy, and you don't have many friends. Why don't you come with us to carry out the mission and broaden your horizons.

Maybe you can make some friends while on a mission? That's better than being pursued by those boys in the Fire Academy all day long."

Before chatting with Ding Yumian, Tang Longhui also took some time to understand his recent situation and knew that he was troubled by those suitors.

He believed that such a reason would definitely convince Ding Yumian. After hearing that she could get rid of those suitors, Ding Yumian agreed without hesitation.

But her best friends disagreed.

"Tang Longhui, Ding Yumian is only a mid-level mage now. If you ask her to go on a mission with you, won't that push her into the fire pit again?"

The best friend knew that Ding Yumian was very powerful, but Tang Longhui was a high-level wizard, so the tasks and commissions that he could be asked to do must be related to being a high-level wizard. The monsters he had to deal with might be commander-level.

With a monster of that level and the magician Ding Yumian has now, wouldn't he just go and give himself up?

"Don't worry, if there really is a battle, Ding Yumian can just play a supporting role. I am more interested in his psychic abilities.

You should know how important it is to have a psychic mage, especially a good one, in the wild."

Although Ding Yumian's best friend was somewhat opposed, Ding Yumian finally agreed to the proposal.

Of course, Ding Yumian's best friend meant well, but she didn't know that Ding Yumian's true identity was a victim. With this identity, even if something happened to Tang Longhui, she would be fine.

However, Dean Xiao did make a guarantee. If Ding Yumian only used that power for a short period of time, she could still control it. The only thing to be afraid of was that she would release all of it at once when she was emotionally excited, which would be extremely terrifying.

Compared to Tang Longhui's previous Freshman Beast Fighting Competition, Mo Fan's Voice Beast Fighting Competition this time did not seem as exciting as Tang Longhui's.

It's basically just noobs fighting each other.

Although these students who entered the Pearl Academy had all undergone practical assessments, those assessments focused more on the students' timidity and reactions. It was definitely the first time for them to actually fight against monsters in the freshman beast fighting competition.

This is why Dean Xiao insists on holding this event every year, hoping to give students more experience in dealing with monsters under controllable circumstances.

Under the current circumstances, mages cannot just practice hard all the time. Even disciples from noble families must participate in the war when summoned by them.

In the past, some noble families would not obey the imperial edicts, but with the strong actions of the military magicians and the killing of chickens to scare monkeys at the trial, even a big family like the Mu family had no choice but to obey.

Who do you think you are if you want a stable environment but are unwilling to pay for it?
It was precisely because the students lacked experience in dealing with monsters that even if they had learned some knowledge in textbooks, when they actually faced the monsters, they would be so nervous that they would forget everything they had learned, and many jokes occurred, such as using light magic to try to blind the eyes of Zerg monsters.

This is fine in theory, but the problem is that not all Zerg monsters have eyes as a weakness. Some monsters do not rely on their eyes to capture targets at all.

It can be seen at a glance that the students have not done their homework well, and the result of not doing their homework well is that they will be eliminated directly.

Even though the other party seems a little unconvinced, if this were in the wild, who would give you the time to be unconvinced?
Time passed quickly, and the last person to appear was Mo Fan.

It’s no wonder that this kid is quite good at finding opportunities to show off. The previous Summoning Department students didn’t challenge enough 100 people, so now all hopes fell on Mo Fan.

If Mo Fan succeeds in challenging one hundred people, then the Summoning Department will be able to keep its own resources. If he fails, then the Summoning Department will lose half of its resources.

Because Tang Longhui informed Mo Fan in advance about such a rule, and Mo Fan had also seen the relevant news, Mo Fan did not ask Dean Xiao about another rule as in the original book.

However, in order to show off and demonstrate Mo Fan's confidence, he still confirmed with Dean Xiao whether this rule existed?

(End of this chapter)