There are also two transparent plastic holes on the hat, left open so she can see the road.
The current Ye Xingxuan looks exactly like a down-jacket version of Ultraman.
Xiang Zu looks completely baffled. You are already in your mid-twenties, is it really okay to wear such childish clothes?
Still, it gives off a uniquely cute feeling.
“Today is indeed a bit cold, your clothes…”
Ye Xingxuan: “Jiajia, swap places with me. From this spot I cannot see the dashing dean!”
She immediately switches positions with the freckled young lady next to her.
The freckled young lady now stands beside Xiang Zu, her pretty face slightly flushed, her heart racing.
Xiang Zu’s smile freezes on his face. Bloody hell, cannot see the dashing dean!
What is so interesting about a middle-aged man?
This is not because of the cold, this is her avoiding me.
A faint smile curves at the corner of his mouth, Xiang Zu shrugs and says nothing more.
At that moment, the one nicknamed Ctrl+C, Wang Zhan, asks, “Dean, what level are the mentors you have invited this time?”
The question sparks immediate interest among the gathered students.
Dean Xing Da smiles confidently. “For this training session, I have truly invested heavily. To say nothing else, I gave away ten vouchers for top-tier mandarin duck hotpot alone!”
The words provoke gasps throughout the entire stadium. Ten vouchers for mandarin duck hotpot? Top-tier ones?
The dean has really splashed out.
At this point, Xing Da’s face fills with pride. “Just now, I received news that Pioneer Academy has sent a total of five mentors for this training.”
“Among them are the academic year first, third, sixth, and tenth. Even the least accomplished is twenty-third in the year!”
Hearing this, the students grow excited again. The first place is here? That would make them the strongest of their cohort.
This is packed with real substance.
Wang Zhan licks his lips. “Finally something worthwhile.”
Xiang Zu looks relaxed. “They had better have some real ability, otherwise if Pioneer Academy loses face later, they can hardly blame me.”
Ye Xingxuan lets out a long breath of relief. She remembers Xinghe saying he was ninth.
Good that he did not come, or she would break his legs.
Xing Da smiles. “Everyone, no need to rush. Based on departure times, the mentors should arrive around noon. For this training, the academy will even open up…”
Boom!
A deafening sonic boom echoes from above the stadium.
The thick clouds look as if torn apart by an invisible giant hand.
Everyone looks up. Beneath the clouds, a small red dot dives at terrifying speed, growing larger and larger.
Boom!
A ring of white shock waves spreads rapidly outward.
“What the hell? What is that? Such incredible speed!”
“Sonic boom? That has to be at least twice the speed of sound, right?”
“Red fighter jet? One of our new models?”
“Eh? It is heading straight here. Wait! What fighter jet! That is a spirit beast? A red griffin! Hiss.”
“A spirit beast appeared nearby? Where did it come from? Hang on, there seems to be someone on its back.”
Under everyone’s stunned gazes, the griffin hurtles towards them.
It whips up fierce winds across the entire stadium, kicking up swirls of snow and dust.
The twenty-five-metre giant Xiao Jiuwo lands heavily on the stage.
The gale forces Xing Da to squint and step back twice. The thick, jet-black wig on his head flips right over, folding back onto the nape of his neck.
Revealing a gleaming Mediterranean bald patch…
At this moment, everyone in the stadium freezes, eyes wide with shock.
Half are shocked by the dean’s flipped wig and bald head.
Half are shocked by Jiang Nan riding Xiao Jiuwo.
Using a spirit beast as a mount?
A golden-peak spirit beast at that?
Hiss.
Spirit beasts can really be tamed into spirit pets? And someone has already done it?
The scene before them is simply explosive.
In an instant, countless girls in the stands leap to their feet and scream, little stars sparkling in their eyes.
Is this the legendary knight?
The hundred students below are equally stunned by the sight.
Descending from the sky on a giant griffin? Does it have to be this cool?
These are the mentors from Pioneer Academy? So young!
Exactly five… people?
Hey, hey, hey! Why is there a bear in a down jacket at the back, damn it?
It must be a costume, or beast transformation, right?
Yes, definitely.
By the way, that yellow one-piece outfit is hideous.
And the dean’s thick, lush hair turns out to be a wig? He is completely bald on top!
Too much information. The students below collectively turn to stone as their worldviews frantically rebuild themselves.
As soon as it lands, Xiao Jiuwo shrinks to the size of a domestic cat and obediently climbs onto Jiang Nan’s shoulder.
This sight makes jaws drop all over again.
Jiang Nan, having just landed, turns to look at Xing Da.
Σ(*ﾟ口ﾟﾉ)ﾉ
He is genuinely startled by the flipped wig.
Yet Xing Da, still in shock, seems unaware that the wind has blown his wig over.
Zhong Yingxue and Xia Yao have already turned away, struggling desperately to hold in their laughter.
The flipped wig is far too immersion-breaking.
Xing Da swallows. “Jiang… Jiang Nan? Why are you here? I thought Pioneer Academy’s academic year first…”
Jiang Nan scratches his head. “Didn’t they say we were coming for teaching guidance? I am that academic year first.”
“You must be Dean Xing, right?”
Xing Da is stunned. Jiang Nan is this year’s academic first?
No way?
In a place like Pioneer Academy filled with monsters, Jiang Nan is still number one?
Recovering, Xing Da smiles. “Good that you came! Good that you came! I had long heard that Pioneer Academy had begun developing the spirit pet field.”
“I never imagined you had progressed this far!”
Jiang Nan stares at the flipped wig, feeling rather depressed.
“Dean Xing! You…”
“Hey, no need for Dean Xing. Call me Uncle Da!”
“No! Uncle Da, your head…”
“You are family now you are here! No need to stand on ceremony. Haha, I never expected the most dazzling star of that year’s all-star competition to still shine just as brightly at Pioneer Academy!”
Jiang Nan: …
No matter how brightly I shine, it cannot compare to your bald head.
So you are just not going to let me speak?
No! Wait!
Uncle Da must know his wig has flipped and is afraid of embarrassment, so he keeps interrupting to stop me reminding him.
He is the dean, after all!
Does a dean not want face?
As long as I am not embarrassed, pretend nothing happened, and the embarrassment falls on others?
Old ginger really is spicier.
What a considerate little sweetheart I am.
So Jiang Nan also pretends he has seen nothing.
His gaze turns downward. “Uncle Da, are these the students we will be training this time?”
Among the hundred, most have reached at least golden five or higher.
Selected from freshmen to seniors, they all look spirited and energetic.
Xing Da smiles. “Yes. For the next half month they are in your hands. Have you prepared a training plan? If not, I have one here…”
Jiang Nan grins. He has no plan at all.
“Whatever Uncle Da arranges is fine!”
At this moment, Zhong Yingxue and Xia Yao look at Jiang Nan as if he were a god.
How on earth are you managing not to laugh out loud looking at Xing Da?
Down below, Ye Xingxuan is beside herself with excitement, waving frantically at Jiang Nan.
“Nan God! Over here! It is me! It is me!”
Jiang Nan’s gaze lands on Ye Xingxuan. All he sees is something with the zip pulled all the way up to the hat, sealing the face inside.
“Which galaxy’s Ultraman are you from?”
Ye Xingxuan: ???
What the hell do you mean, Ultraman?
Only now does she remember she is still wearing the hat.
She hurriedly pulls down the zip, revealing her pretty face.
“It is me! Xingxuan! Have you forgotten?”
Jiang Nan’s eyes light up. “Little granddaughter Xingxuan? Of course I remember! How could I forget?”
The words make everyone’s brains buzz. All eyes turn to Ye Xingxuan.
Little granddaughter?
You… this… he… hiss.
Is your circle really this chaotic?
If memory serves, Ye Xingxuan should be at least two years older than Jiang Nan.
Ye Xingxuan: (๐≖‸≖๐)
What the hell do you mean, little granddaughter!
You call my grandfather your brother, do not drag me into it!
I have suddenly dropped several generations for no reason…
So infuriating!
[Resentment value from Ye Xingxuan +1000!]
[From Ye Xingxuan…]
Jiang Nan chuckles inwardly with delight. He has finally won a round against the Ye family.
Ye Ye wanted to be my grandfather from the start. I have never suffered such a huge loss in my life.
This time he finally gets to feel what it is like to be a grandfather.
Wonderful!
Almost none of the students present do not know of Jiang Nan.
After all, the Yulong Town nuclear power plant incident that year caused a huge stir, and Jiang Nan was only silver then.
After that, Jiang Nan largely disappeared from public view.
Yet to everyone’s astonishment, when Jiang Nan stands before them again, it is as a training mentor.
Is this some kind of joke?
Every student here is at least two or three years older than Jiang Nan.
Xiang Zu watches the excited Ye Xingxuan treat Jiang Nan in a completely opposite way to how she treats him. The smile gradually fades from his face.
“Academic year first? I would quite like to see just how capable you really are.”
PS: In the blink of an eye, 2020 is gone. The past year brought many experiences. Thank you, little partners, for your constant support and companionship that have let Qing Feng come this far!
ヾ(≧∇≦Thank you≧∇≦)ノ
The new year has arrived. I hope that in 2021 everyone stays happy, joyful every single day! Forget all troubles and unhappiness!
The sea of books is boundless. Qing Feng is willing to walk alongside everyone all the way!
I also hope that in 2021 all you little partners will give Qing Feng more support and encouragement!
Give it a strong push! Let us achieve even greater success!
Yay ꉂꉂ◟(ૢ⁼̴̤̆ꇴ⁼̴̤̆ૢ)~ෆ
