I don't remember how long ago it was, but there was a time when I slashed at Master straight down like this.

At that time, I didn't seem to be half as tall as my master, and every time my master competed with me in a sword game, he always liked to suddenly give way to a step back, so that my ruthless sword with short legs and short hands fell into the air. I remember every time I got up from the ground, Master would always smile and scold me with tears streaming down my face: "Hahaha, after the dog eats, he licks his mouth with his tongue to clean up his appearance, how do you clean up with his eyes after eating?"

After I was insulted for the 108th time for "eating", I finally became furious! I jumped up, condescendingly, as if diving, and stabbed straight at the top of Master's head. Tears of dust made my face feel cold, snot on my nose fluttered in the wind, and the sound of the wind in my ears seemed to cheer me on for my feat.

I remember a month later, my sword was still stuck in that innocent rock (I couldn't have pulled it out with my strength, and the bastard master didn't pull it out in order to keep me in mind), and I lay in bed for three whole days. At that time, I had a headache that seemed to crack, and the slightest movement of my neck caused a heart-rending pain, and the taste still makes my heart palpitate.

Master said to me afterwards, "The next time you rush down, it's best to see if there is a pillow in the place where you planted it. ”

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When I handed the ring into the hands of Miss Long Yinyao, she was still amazed by the snow lotus that had just bloomed in the pool. The crystal pure transparent petals are spotless, and the heart of the flower is filled with countless broken Xiaoice crystals, like a flower stamen. Gradually, countless tiny cracks appeared on the petals of the huge snow lotus, crisscrossing like human palm prints, and there was no regularity. As the sound of "clacking" continued to intensify, the whole flower finally fell apart under the heavy pressure of the water, and the turbulent pool water swallowed up all the debris in an instant, and the stirring water splashed the crystal lamps reflected in the pool into tens of millions of points, as if there were countless shining stars in the night sky at this moment.

There was a look of amazement on everyone's faces, and countless slight sighs came and went. After a long time, I suddenly heard someone shouting loudly, and immediately after, the crowd boiled.

"What kind of kung fu is this?" In the noisy voice at this moment, Long Yinyao looked blankly at the place where the snow lotus disappeared, and asked softly. Did she ask me? I looked at Syracuse, but the latter, like the questioner, was staring at the water in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Snow feather dust?" Even the headmaster was staring blankly at the water, muttering something to himself that I didn't understand at all, "No wonder, no wonder that old boy dares to ignore the world in his eyes......"

"First use the sword qi to spin the water surface into a vortex, and then freeze the vortex with freezing gas at the moment when the bottom of the pool is exposed, it only takes less than a second before and after, this is simply amazing!" Ena walked up to my side at some point, and while admiring, she held my hand and took the opportunity to get close to me, "What's more, that ring can still lie on the bottom of the water without moving under such a strong current, it can be seen that the center of the vortex is the ring." If it's a little off, I'm afraid the ring won't know where it was taken by the whirlpool. ”

I looked blankly at Ena until I met her affectionate gaze, and then I realized that she was talking about how I had just broken through the water. To be honest, as soon as I made my move, I thought about freezing the broken water so that I could have time to pick up the ring without stepping in the water, and I didn't even think about the whirlpool taking the ring away. But now that she's managed to pick up the ring, it's up to her to explain whatever she likes.

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"Wow!!!" Syracuse finally came to her senses and began to cheer to the crowd. This sudden sound made Long Yinyao tremble, looked up at the crowd around her as if she had woken up, then turned her head to look at me, curled the corners of her lips and pretended to say disdainfully: "It's really good-looking, but it's a pity that it takes so much effort, it doesn't look like a master." ”

Nonsense! Do you think everyone can have special abilities like you?, I cursed to myself, and coldly ignored her.

"Long Yu's blow, even I have to be ashamed, hehe. The principal smiled and played the round, "Ah Yao, if it was me just now, I'm afraid I would have spent even more time." ”

Long Yinyao pouted and looked at the principal, then turned her head to look away and said, "Today's night is good, such a beautiful view, what a pity to waste it." With that, he walked over to the table next to him.

"Oh, headmaster, what would you do if it were you?" Xue Chengyue couldn't help but follow behind Long Yinyao, and turned back to ask the headmaster with an embarrassed face.

"Well...... headmaster stroked his beard and looked at the water, frowning and said, "I will use fire magic to steam the water of the entire pool in an instant, anyway, the ring is an inert metal, not afraid to burn, hahaha!"

“...... Isn't that going to make everyone take a sauna?" Syracuse glared at the headmaster with wide eyes, sticking out her little tongue in amazement. Rich people think differently from poor people, and Ena and I looked at each other and muttered to ourselves, "Oh my God, changing the water once seems to cost a lot of money, right?"

"I knew that old idiot couldn't think of anything good to do. Long Yinyao covered her forehead and sighed helplessly, pulling Xue Chengyue to sit on the back chair next to the table.

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As the guests dispersed, the headmaster took Ena and me to bid farewell to the Winter Sword family.

Syracuse Takulie grabbed my hand tightly and told me repeatedly, "Come more often when you have time in the future, and don't bring the annoying old man behind you." Then he went to grasp Ena's hand tightly, and said in a low voice: "We will discuss the conditions in detail next time we meet, don't worry, I will definitely not treat you badly." ”

However, for Long Yinyao, who was also beautiful and charming, he stood three meters away from her very politely, and waved his hand lightly: "Don't send it!"

Syracuse stood behind Takuri Syracuse and grimaced at me, and from the pained expression on her face and the way she fanned her tongue with her hand, I could tell that she wanted me to remember the fact that she had just saved me from the danger of being killed by the heat.

An unforgettable night for me, and that's the end.

But to my wonder, didn't that Miss Long Yinyao have a special car, and why did she sit in the same car as us?

"Hey, idiot, what to watch...... Hmph, Miss Ben is in a good mood today, and I don't have the same knowledge as you. ”

"Hey, hey, hey, see if you believe it or not, I'm going to make you die ugly!"

"Dead old man, how did this driver of yours drive, why didn't you throw this bastard out of me when I turned the corner just now?!"

It wasn't until I got out of the car and watched the car disappear in front of my eyes that I could faintly hear Long Yinyao's incessant cursing.

The nebula was like dust, the moonlight was like water, and there was only a slight wind whispering around. Hehe, what an "unforgettable" night......

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The next morning, the principal came to handle the discharge procedures for me. Looking at the nurses and doctors, I couldn't help but laugh secretly. It's a pity that I didn't see the little nurse who was so lonely that she ran to my ward to chat last time.

I was finally able to go to class!!, stretching my limbs that seemed to have stiffened and belonged to Leng Yu, I exhaled lightly. Ah Bing, hehe, I'm coming back!

When I saw Ah Bing again, Professor Bingke was splattering on the podium explaining the application of fire-based intermediate magic, and the students were also taking notes rustlingly. When Ah Bing looked up and saw me, he hurriedly vacated an empty seat for me with a look of surprise on his face. I saw him blushing and complaining in a low voice: "Why don't you tell me, fortunately I brought your notebook." ”

"Huh, isn't this guy spurting blood, why was he discharged from the hospital so quickly?"

"Hmph, it's naturally the month of Syracuse, otherwise how can you afford to pay the medical bills. ”

I didn't bother to pay attention to the gang, I just took out my pen and opened the notebook that Ah Bing brought for me, and suddenly found that all the notes in the past three or four days had been recorded! I looked up at Ah Bing, who pretended to listen intently to the professor's explanation, and his eyes blinked as if he was trying his best to hide his mood at the moment. Xue Chengyue grimaced at me from Ah Bing's side and asked in a low voice, "Why didn't you come last night?!"

"I haven't recovered last night, so of course I can't go. I gave her a blank look.

"Leng Yu, do you have any questions?" Professor Bingke's sudden question made me stand up at a loss. I heard the low snickering of Snow City Moon in my ears, and I hated it so much that my teeth itched, but I could only look at the professor with a sneer and say, "Ahhhh ”

Professor Bingke nodded, motioned for me to sit down, and then pointed to the blackboard again. Ah Bing lowered his head and whispered, "Yesterday, Professor Bingke asked when you would be able to come to class, and said that the exam was coming soon, and I was worried that you would be able to pass the exam after missing so many classes." ”

My head immediately grew bigger. Examination......?!

Master has also given me many exams. For fear that I would only know how to fight in the future, and that I would not know anything about human affairs and today's technology and magic, Master often bought books and came back to me to read. He read thousands of books on advanced mathematics, applied chemistry, modern marriage law, the latest trends in biotechnology, physiology and hygiene - adolescent sexuality, the relationship between magic and technology, and so on. However, what interests me the most are books about magic and technology, and when I read these books, the endless wisdom and inspiration of human beings bring me amazement and curiosity again and again.

But Master's method of exams is always very maddening. He would chase me down and ask me to solve math problems, and if I got my thinking wrong, he would immediately catch up with me and give me a heart-wrenching blow. When I was in the shower, he would test me on magic and things like that, and he would always grab a book and start the long process of torture. Whenever I answered incorrectly, or when I didn't know what to do, he always pressed me into the water when I was caught off guard. Once he asked me a question that I had never seen before, and after ten seconds of thought, I had to force him into the water. Although he was chased and killed nearly half of the mountain by him in the cold and biting winter night afterwards, and when we went home, our ** was full of long icicles, but compared to the taste of choking water, it was still worth it.

Dumb also likes to test me, but the content of his test is very biased. He always liked to test me on some general knowledge of physiology and mathematics, for example, he once asked me, "If that old guy dreams once on the first night, twice on the second night, four on the third night, and eight on the fourth night...... So, how many dreams will he have on the hundredth night?"

So I started to take out a pen and paper and calculate it carefully, and when I finished the calculation, I was very surprised by the number, oh my God, even if Master came 10,000 times a second, it would not be enough. Dumb had already laughed and fell under the bed, and he was only heard panting and shouting: "I'm afraid that the old man will die in less than ten days, and you really count it to the hundredth day, hahahaha......"

"Yu, don't worry, as long as I am here, you will never fail the exam!!" At this moment, Ah Bing was holding my hand with confidence, looking at his persistent eyes, I nodded silently.

"Oh, Ye Bing, do you have any questions?" Professor Bingke's voice rang out again......

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Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, three weeks have passed. In these days, I attended classes and worked part-time during the day, and after a hurried dinner at night, I was dragged by Ah Bing to the study room to go to self-study. Because the vast majority of Hearst students have their own dormitories and facilities, many prefer to study in their dormitories. So every time I go to the study room, I have a feeling of being deserted, there are countless empty classrooms in a teaching building of Nuo University, but there are only two or three people studying hard there.

The date of the exam is also approaching. For me, who missed classes in front of me and left classes behind, I needed to relearn a lot of things, and a short month seemed to me to be a little shorter, especially after deducting the daytime time, the time left was pitiful. Fortunately, Ah Bing's class notes always like to record the examples given by the professors, whether they are written on the board or dictated, he recorded them in great detail, so that when I read his notes, it was as if I had listened to the professor's personal explanation. In Ah Bing's notes, even when Professor Bingke talked about the stealth technique of the ice system in class, he mentioned that some people used to use it to gamble naked for money, and he recorded it. Sometimes I can't believe how fast Ah Bing can write, can he have caught up with the speed of the professor's speech?

With the exam just seven days to go, our self-study team suddenly grew a lot. The addition of Snow City Moon and the other five people made the originally quiet study room lively.

"Bing~, help me take a look at this question. "Snow City Moon always likes to get the moon before the water, and every time she grabs the seat next to Ah Bing, she harasses him from time to time. The affectionate tone and exaggerated movements made me secretly jealous to the point of almost bleeding internally.

"Oh, this problem can be explained by the heat energy conversion formula and the Moorene system theory of the ice system. ”

Over there, Agali was holding the textbook that he didn't know where to get it, and he was discussing it with Lisya and Guke, while Rondy was silently looking at his notes in a daze, and sometimes, when I woke up from my sleep, I saw him also lying on the table drooling soundly.

"I really don't understand what's going on, Eh, Adi has been the least skilled among us since I was a child, and people usually look very wooden, and I don't know how to move when I kick it, and I'm sleeping even when I'm reviewing. Isn't it unreasonable that this kind of person can get ahead of me every time?!" As soon as Agali saw Rondi sleeping, he would pull his hair frantically and ask us.

"Maybe he'll be studying hard when he gets back to his bedroom. Lisya would defend Rondy every time.

"No way, I've been suspicious of this kid for a long time, but every time I go to see him secretly at night, I find him lying in bed and sleeping like a dead pig. Agali said indignantly, shaking his head and glaring at the textbook in disbelief.

"Nonsense, if it's worse than you, won't you fail?" said Guke, as he calculated the test questions, and replied nonchalantly.

"Hey, Ake, when did I get below 80 points? If I hadn't fallen asleep during the exam last time, I might have graduated with a perfect score!"

"It's good that you're asleep, otherwise you won't find an excuse if you lose to us again. After Snow City Moon glanced at Agali, she went to ask Ah Bing a question again.

Despite the fact that so many people came to disturb our self-study, Ah Bing still kept his promise meticulously. He would always ask me to do the representative topics that he had done, and he would ask me about the parts that he thought were important. In the course of three weeks, I had already understood everything that Professor Bingke had said, and I felt quite relaxed when I was doing the questions. It's a pity that Syracuse never asks me questions, probably because she doesn't believe me.

In fact, the reason why I was able to review to this level so quickly is thanks to the principal. The principal secretly informed Snow City Moon that Long Yu had joined the Richwood Clan and was not at school recently, so I had not been dragged out on a date by Snow City Moon for no reason in the past three weeks. For me, this is still a bit of a shock, but it's much better than being expelled after failing an exam. What's more, now I can see Snow City Moon every day, and it is a pleasure to listen to her snort at Ah Bing and stare at me from time to time.

At the end of this course, the remaining courses are not very important, because 70% of the grades in those courses will be counted towards the usual class grades. The principal had already informed me that he would ask the teacher to give me a full score in my usual grades, and to exaggerate it, even if I got a zero score in the exam, I would definitely pass. Hey, hey, the benefits of joining Rich's are really not ordinary.

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Three weeks is not a long time, but it is enough for me to deliberately forget about Alain who once assassinated me and the dragon Yinyao, whose nose is higher than the sky. I just remember what Master once said to me: "There are some things that you may not be able to find no matter how you look for them, but when you don't want to see them, they will appear in front of your eyes......

There were only four days left before the exam, and as soon as class ended at noon, Ah Bing and I ran to the cafeteria to eat. Time is as precious to us as money these days. Since we are all waiters in charge of the hall now, if we go ten minutes early at noon, it means that we may quadruple our tip in an afternoon!

As the saying goes: people die for money, and birds die for food. The students around us watched us gobble up, and the surprised and strange expressions on their faces seemed to be worried that we would choke to death at any time with food that we hadn't even chewed. Even Ah Bing, who has always been embarrassed by his elegant eating, is now sweeping the food in front of me at a fast speed, so why should I bother with the boring gaze of those people?

Even though my digestive system is overloaded at the moment, my ears are not idle.

"Hey, I've heard that Hearst students have been bitten by poisonous bats recently. A boy about 20 meters away from me was whispering to his tablemates, "It is said that after being bitten, you will have a high fever, stiff limbs, and bone sclerosis in your joints, and if you don't detoxify it in time, I'm afraid you will be crippled for life!"

"Well, I've heard that everyone must be careful lately, bats like to move at night, so everyone should not go out casually at night, and it seems safer to stay in the dormitory. ”

Originally, these boring topics would not have attracted my attention, but Ah Bing and I had also been attacked by bats on our way back from the study hall the night before. Fortunately, I was quick and stabbed three to death with a sword, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable.

"How is the person who was bitten now?"

"I heard that it is still being treated in the hospital, but the specific situation has been blocked by the hospital, otherwise it will definitely be reported in detail on Hearst News. ......”

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After eating, Ah Bing and I hurried to the restaurant, but when we just left the cafeteria, we were stopped by a familiar female voice.

"That masked kid, stop me?"

I looked at Ah Bing in amazement, then turned my head to look around, only to realize that the person who called me was actually Long Yinyao!

"Huh......? Are you calling me?" I quickly recovered from the surprise and immediately began to play dumb. It's really a narrow road, and when I see this woman, I feel uncomfortable. If someone starts calling you an idiot from the first sight of you, and always looks at you with a very disdainful eye, I believe that no matter who you are, they will not have a good impression of this person.

"Are you called Leng Yu?" Long Yinyao walked slowly towards me with her hands crossed over her chest and the amazed eyes of everyone. Today, she is wearing a goose-yellow suit and skirt, and her long purple hair hangs down from her shoulders to her slender waist, which looks more refreshing and moving. Why would such a beautiful woman look down on people so much? Hey, if she was as cute as Snow City Yue, I'm afraid she would have been pursued by countless people by now.

"Oh, it's me, are you looking for me for something?"

"Is there an idiot named Long Yu who is related to you? If so, then please tell him and report to the principal's office at three o'clock in the afternoon. Oh, by the way, the headmaster said you were going too. Also, give him this note. After Long Yinyao finished speaking, she threw a crumpled note to me, turned around and left.

Watching Long Yinyao's graceful figure slowly disappear into the crowd, I secretly comforted myself in my heart: beautiful women have always spoken rhetorically, so according to normal thinking, she must be praising me for being a genius.

"Ah, Yu, can't you work in the afternoon?" Ah Bing asked me curiously.

I looked at the four small words "Disciple of Heck" on the note and the seal of the principal, smiled bitterly, and said to him, "This ...... Seems so. "Oh my God, the headmaster said he wouldn't bother me for a month, so how could he go back on his word?

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When I arrived at the principal's office, Ena was standing at the window in a daze. As soon as she heard that I was coming, she immediately turned around and smiled lovely, and even the flowing skirt seemed to welcome me.

But before she could get in front of me, I was pulled by the headmaster to the edge of his seat. Ena stuck her tongue out at me with a bitter face and regretted it, and obediently sat in another chair and watched us quietly.

"Have you heard anything on campus lately?" The headmaster's expression was surprisingly serious today, and it seemed that the situation of the matter this time was not optimistic.

"What's the news?"

"Haven't you heard?" the headmaster frowned strangely, "but it stands to reason that the news has been spread for so many days......

I blinked, remembering what I heard about poisonous bats at noon, and I couldn't help asking, "Is it about bats hurting people?"

"Oh, you've heard that. The headmaster stroked his beard, and the expression on his face became more serious.

"Well, I've not only heard of them, I've been attacked by them. ”

The headmaster looked at me in amazement, then nodded, and pondered again.

"Headmaster, I heard that the person who was bitten is still in the hospital, and the news has been blocked by the hospital, ......what the hell is going on? Is there any secret to be told?" I was about to ask if it was a bat from the Ecology Research Institute that had escaped, but when it came to my lips, it changed to something else. The partition wall has ears, I still remember this sentence.

"There's no secret that can't be told, it's just that I'm afraid of causing panic in Heech and around the world. I've told the Rich's members scattered around the world to do everything possible to trace the origin of the venomous bats, and for bioengineers to find a solution to the poison from the serum samples of the dead bats. Well, it looks like the end of the world may be coming. ”

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"......," I looked at the headmaster in amazement, and it took me a long time to react, "No, no, no, no, is it so terrible? Even if it is very toxic, it will not harm the whole human race." ”

The headmaster shook his head, let out a long sigh, and looked up blankly out the window, but did not answer my question.

At this time, Ena would always volunteer to help me answer for the principal, and this time was no exception.

"We have found in those who have been bitten an extremely horrible virus whose initial symptoms are stiffness in the limbs, hardening of the joints, and the production of a high fever that makes it impossible to wake up. Next, a large number of virus-derived organisms will appear in the patient's body, and the patient's internal organs will be decomposed and destroyed as nutritional tissue. When the virus source organism has become quite adaptable, the person will suddenly go berserk and will try every means to escape to a crowded place, and those virus source organisms will be ejected from the person's pores and stay in the atmosphere, or attach to plants, land and all the surfaces that can be attached, once they come into contact with the human body, they will immediately invade the human body for a second reproduction. ”

Listening to Ena's explanation, my pores all over my body stood up. I couldn't help but shudder, and asked in a daze, "What about that crazy person?"

"When the virus source is ejected from the body, the person is dead, and the body is completely decomposed by the virus remaining in the body within half an hour. When Ena said this, she also sighed and said, "Last night, a patient escaped from the hospital, and his whereabouts are still unknown, and we can't find his body at all. According to the director of the Institute of Biological Research, the virus multiplies at an unimaginable rate, but the strange thing is that if it is not bitten by a bat, but only by touching the organism from which the virus originated, it will have an incubation period of nearly 72 hours. If we don't find a way to restrain the virus from regenerating in a short period of time, maybe the end of the world is really coming......"