22. The Cruel Academy (I)
When she stepped out of the dormitory the next day, Zhang Longqian's expression was the same as usual, as if nothing had happened yesterday, she went to class with Bai Lumo Ruyu as usual, and pulled Zhou Miao to eat and chat together, completely unable to see that she had suffered an overwhelming defeat yesterday.
Bai Lu and the three of them, who didn't know what happened yesterday, didn't think much about it, they just felt that they should respond, but Ji Haiyun, who had noticed a trace of depression from Zhang Longqian yesterday, was a little worried, and always felt that she was now like a forced smile, but he didn't know how to speak, so he could only pay more attention to Zhang Longqian's actions than usual.
To Ji Haiyun's surprise, from his observations, although it could not be completely ruled out that Zhang Longqian was afraid of his friend's worries and made a leisurely demeanor, she really couldn't see the slightest bit of yesterday's depression, but showed a firmer than before, unwavering.
Zhang Longqian's determination to become stronger and want to protect Ji Haiyun knew it, and he also saw her progress in the past two days, which was a speed of progress that made him ashamed, so he understood better what a blow it would be for her to suddenly fail in this state.
However, even yesterday, she tried her best to hide her depression, facing everyone she cared about with the same expression that nothing had happened, and then overnight, she really came out of her depression, dignified and unwavering, and once again strengthened her determination.
Looking at the girl who never seemed to be afraid of failure and always had a leisurely smile, Ji Haiyun's eyes were in a trance for a moment.
How similar......
"Haiyun, let's go?"
When he heard Zhang Longqian's voice, the complexity in Ji Haiyun's eyes had long since disappeared, he responded with a smile, and followed Zhang Longqian, Bai Lu and Mo Ruyu waved their hands, and walked out of the junior dormitory.
Just like two days ago, Ji Haiyun first sent Zhang Longqian to the Taoist wooden character practice field, and then went to Cangyan's side, and when the class was about to start, Nangong floated to pick up Zhang Longqian and Bai Lu.
Everything was the same as before, Bai Lu and the others naturally did not have the slightest suspicion, but Nangong Piao, who watched everything happen, was puzzled.
"Now that the family faction has not moved, I heard that they are preparing to start with the Shichuan faction, and the major branches are also very nervous, Long Qian is right, they will not look at it for the time being, so is it necessary for her to fight so hard now? Don't worry about Zhan Gongzi anymore! ”
Facing Nangong Piao's doubts, Ji Haiyun only smiled lightly.
"If she's going to slack off, it's not her."
Looking at Ji Haiyun's definite and somewhat nostalgic demeanor, Nangong blinked and asked in confusion: "Young Master Ji, listening to your tone, have you known Long Qian for a long time?" ”
Ji Haiyun replied with a smile without hesitation: "How is it possible?" It's just my feelings. ”
A hearty smile is free of impurities and can easily convince people.
didn't stay with Nangong Piao and Ji Haiyun who were chatting, Zhang Longqian still stayed in the Taoist wooden character practice field, it seemed that she was just continuing the days before, but in fact, she was even more desperate than a few days ago, not to mention staying in the wooden character practice field for a longer time, she also put a lot of thought into the in-depth practice of each spell, sometimes repeating the same spell for hours.
The purpose is simple.
Reach the state mentioned earlier by Windstar, where all spell seals are simplified and spell power remains unchanged.
If she can't, she will never be able to get stronger, let alone protect the people she wants to protect.
Zhang Longqian, who knew this, became more and more strict with herself, and after Cang Yan recovered a few days, she asked Ji Haiyun to guard Bai Lu and Zhou Miao, and she spent more time in the practice field without worry, turning a deaf ear to everything in the outside world.
Then, in less than two days, the clan faction and the Shichuan faction, which had been opposed for decades, finally fought head-to-head.
The event erupted faster than most people think, and the fuse was really just a very small thing.
A student of the division faction bumped into the student of the family faction, so the two people who looked at each other unpleasantly moved their hands like this, and the people around them also joined in, and then the war spread rapidly.
Neither of the bosses of the two factions stopped the conflict, but instead pushed the boat to expand the situation.
After all, both sides understand that the family faction and the Shichuan faction have been deadlocked for so many years, and it is time to compete.
So the two factions, which had been preparing for many years, finally took this opportunity to break out into a full-scale conflict.
When the conflict broke out, almost all the students of the major branches were divided into two factions, and the battle quickly extended from the branch to the entire college, and soon the entire academy stopped classes, including the junior class, and the two major factions that had been fighting secretly for many years finally put the fight on the bright side, and began to ignore the rules of the academy and broke out into an astonishing competition.
The intensifying situation made some of the students who did not participate in any faction, including Bai Lu and Zhou Miao, choose to stay in the dormitory, otherwise once they go out, they may be besieged by a certain faction as a hostile force.
This large-scale battle has turned the entire academy into a miasma, and there is almost no place to escape the involvement, if it weren't for the fact that both sides still have a bit of brains, and they are worried that if they attack the medical hall, it is likely that no one will be willing to treat them, and I am afraid that even the medical hall will be affected. But even though they were not directly affected by the fighting, the infirmary was full of wounded, so that ordinary students of the medical family had to come to help.
With the exception of the doctors, only one of the eight branches was not involved in the fight.
Yin-Yang Family.
Outside, the fighting was dark, even the forest was burned several times, and the doctors who did not participate in the battle were also busy for the wounded who were constantly born, but the oldest branch, the Yin-Yang Family, was still detached from the world, so calm that there was no ripple at all, as if nothing had happened, and the flames of factional warfare seemed to be suddenly extinguished as soon as it extended to the Yin-Yang Family.
The oddity doesn't stop there.
When the conflict broke out, not only did none of the students who had always strictly managed the academy show up to stop the fight, but even the teachers who attended classes on time every day all disappeared en masse, except for a small number of students who did not belong to the two major factions who stayed in the dormitory and were protected by the prohibition of the dormitory, the entire academy could only see the students belonging to the two major factions, and large and small fights broke out everywhere, and it was a mess.
There were serious injuries, and even deaths, and the peaceful academy in the past suddenly turned into a cruel battlefield, so detached from reality.