Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Real Combat Assessment
"Wait, wait!" Long Kongkong grabbed Hepburn, who was about to leave, "You mean, the boy who sent you back just now is your relative?"
Hepburn said surgingly: "My cousin sends me back every day, you are just the first time you have met, there is a distance from school to home, and my father is not worried that I will go by myself."
In an instant, Long Kongkong only felt that an invisible force surged from the tail vertebrae, penetrating his brain, and the whole person seemed to come to life. He blinked: "I see!"
"Get out of the way, I'm going home, Dad is still waiting for me to go back to dinner." Hepburn struggled with the arm he was grabbing.
"Goddess, I was wrong!" Long Kongkong smiled and said, "I'm not resigning, okay?" I'll send you later, you tell me where your school is, and I'll send you every morning and pick you up at night?"
"Aren't you going to resign? Aren't you leaving? You still want to send me to pick me up, who are you? Why did I let you pick you up?" Hepburn said with a straight face.
"Goddess, I was wrong, I just watched the two of you come back together talking and laughing, and I felt a little uncomfortable. I'll admit that I'm jealous, and it's so uncomfortable to see someone I like go home with someone else. My heart hurt just now, I don't believe you touch it. As he spoke, he took Hepburn's hand and put it on his chest.
Hepburn's face flushed, and she hurriedly broke away: "So you don't even ask, you have to resign, you have to leave?" Are you embarrassed to say you like me? You're just that kind of perseverance? Don't even ask about things? It's so easy to like. Get out of the way, I don't need you to like it. Hmph!"
"Am I wrong, am I wrong? Sister, look at the gift I gave you, this is a carefully selected one. For the sake of the gifts I prepared, how about you forgive me this time? I will never do this again. β
Hepburn glanced at the exquisite gift box in his hand, and gave him a blank look: "Really not resigning?"
"Yes, yes, yes, if I don't resign, I still have to guard my goddess sister!" Long Kong nodded like a chicken eating rice.
Hepburn said, "Then why did you give me a gift?"
Long Kongkong smiled: "I didn't even know about your birthday last time, I didn't buy a birthday gift in advance, this is a birthday gift to make up for you."
Hepburn said: "You gave it a birthday present, I like it very much." Her voice softened.
Long Kongkong said: "It's different, that birthday gift can't be seen or touched, when I'm not there, if you miss me, you can't see things and think about people." This one is different, you can think of me when you see it, how nice it is!"
"Open it and take a look!" Long Kongkong urged her.
Hepburn gave him a blank look, but still carefully unpacked it, revealing the blue velvet box inside.
She looked up at him again before opening the box. When she saw the ruby necklace in the box, she couldn't help but be slightly stunned: "Thisβthis is too precious."
Long Kongkong smiled a little proudly: "I was an honor student in school, and I bought it with my scholarship. I don't usually spend much money, but today I bought it when I saw that it looked good. Our Temple Academy students have a big discount, so it's not expensive. Would you like to put it on?" This is the rhetoric he has long thought of.
Hepburn handed him the box in his hand and said, "No, this is too expensive, I can't ask for it."
Long Kongkong didn't stretch out his hand to take the box, but said, "Who don't you want me to give it to?" Discounted items are non-returnable and non-exchangeable. Come on, I'll put it on for you. As he spoke, he carefully removed the necklace from the box.
Hepburn looked at him, his eyes fluttering in his beautiful eyes.
"Empty, I have received your heart, but this is really too valuable, I can't ask for it." She held down Long Kongkong's hand that wanted to put a necklace on her.
Long Kongkong said helplessly: "Then what to do, you can't retreat."
Hepburn said: "You can keep it first!" In the future, when you grow up and have a girlfriend, you will give it to her. β
Long Kongkong smiled and said, "It's okay." Anyway, my girlfriend can only be you. Then why don't you help me keep it first, and later, if you become my girlfriend, it will naturally be yours, if you empathize and don't fall in love, you will pay me back?"
Hepburn said angrily: "Who do you say empathize with and don't fall in love? Well, no, I didn't have a relationship with you. Don't talk to me. β
Long Kongkong suddenly looked to the left in surprise: "Hey, why did your cousin come back?"
Hepburn followed his gaze, and at that moment, Long Kongkong came behind her with a sliding step, wrapped his hands around her, put the necklace around her neck, and fastened it quickly.
"Okay, I'll keep it with you." As he spoke, he let go, and a sliding step came back to Hepburn.
The silver-white white gold necklace and broken diamonds set off the fiery red ruby, with the plain white school uniform, made Hepburn look a kind of moving beauty, and his innocent face had a strange temperament. Long Kongkong was stunned.
"Oops! You ......" Hepburn was furious.
Long Kongkong said seriously: "Sister Hepburn, this is what I bought for you, and it will never be possible to give it to others." So, whether you want it or not, it's all yours. I'm just waiting for the day when you will be my girlfriend. Okay, I'll go first. We're going to take the test tomorrow. β
With that, he turned and ran, sliding quickly under his feet, and soon disappeared.
Looking at his distant back, Hepburn only had tenderness in his eyes. She stood in front of the door, watching him farther and farther away.
"What a fool!"
Long Kongkong happily ran towards the teleportation array, he was in a good mood at this moment, the only thing that was a little disappointed was that he didn't get the hug he originally fantasized, but no matter what, the gift was still delivered to the goddess, and he was able to assess it steadily.
Just as he was about to approach the temple headquarters, as if sensing something, he subconsciously stopped and looked around.
He didn't find anything suspicious, so he scratched his head and continued to walk into the temple headquarters, opening the teleportation array and returning to the academy.
Two dots of surging dark green floated in the corner not far away, and faintly, there was a surging golden halo flickering.
Early morning.
Long Dangdang, Long Kongkong, and Ling Menglu ended their cultivation together. Cultivating with the help of the Divine Prayer Moon Angel every day, the three of them all had a feeling of refreshment.
In the past, night meditation mainly improved spiritual power, but now meditation improves all-round ability.
Ever since he could use the Divine Prayer Cangyue Angel to possess him, Long Dangdang has paid special attention to his physical strength, and only if his endurance is strong enough can he exert his true combat effectiveness in the case of the Divine Prayer Cangyue Angel possession. If you want to pass the assessment of the fifth level of the demon clan and defeat the three seventh-order demon clan powerhouses, you must work hard in this regard.
"You guys go back and wash up first, and we'll see you in the restaurant." Ling Monroe said as she walked to the bathroom.
Long Kongkong smiled and said, "Is the goddess also going to be in the academy cafeteria?"
Ling Monroe said, "Yes, do you feel flattered?"
"Hehe, that's not it, who made it possible for the goddess to be my sister-in-law in the future? When you think of being a family, it doesn't matter. Ouch, dude, I'm here for your good, don't kick me!"
On the square of the Spirit Furnace Academy, more than 180 students from the three lower grades were ready to go.
Most of them are in good spirits, most of them are between sixteen and eighteen years old, and at this age, they are undoubtedly the pride of the sky.
Yu Yunqiong, the head of teaching, stood at the front, and on either side of him were the homeroom teachers of each class.
"It's good, everyone's in good spirits. Next, the academy will take you to the location of this assessment through the teleportation array. Remember, this assessment is a real battle. You will be assigned different tasks as a group. This is no longer a mock assessment, nor is it a drill, but a real battle. You will face the real enemy. Therefore, please cherish your life, exercise caution in the assessment, and try to complete the task while preserving yourself as much as possible. Your homeroom teacher won't be with the team this time, even if it's me, I'll leave after taking you to the assessment point. So, the only thing you can rely on in the assessment is yourself and your partners, do you understand?"
"Got it!" More than 180 people replied in unison.
"Excellent! Now follow me. The power of the teleportation array is limited, and it can only teleport about thirty people at a time, and it takes six times to complete the teleportation. β
Coming to the academy's teleportation array, the magic circle in the teleportation array seems to have changed a little compared to before, in the eyes of the students, this should be because the teleportation location is different, and this time it is no longer teleported to the temple headquarters.
By grade, from high to low, the third grade starts first, and about 30 people are transmitted each time.
Long Dangdang, Long Kongkong, and Ling Menglu gathered together. Zisang Liuying, Cai Caijuan, Tang Leiguang and Chu Yu also gathered on the other side.
Zisang Liuying's eyes fell on Ling Monroe many times, and her beautiful eyes were full of fighting intent, obviously determined to start a battle with Ling Monroe's team in this assessment.
Teleportation soon took the turn of the first grade. Ling Menglu's team and Zisang Liuying's team were the same group that entered the teleportation array.
The familiar light of teleportation lit up, and the sight gradually became foggy, and the teleportation began!
By the time everything around them became clear again, their group of thirty had arrived in a completely unfamiliar place.
Long Dangdang looked around, his eyes changed slightly.
It was a valley-like place, and on one side of the valley, there was a rolling stretch of tents, guarded by well-equipped soldiers in front of the tent gates, and in the camp there were patrolling bands of soldiers.
Other than that, the whole valley is somewhat desolate, and the surrounding mountains are high and low, but without exception they are bare and barren. Even in the valley, there are only a few roads that seem to be artificially created, and there is also no vegetation, and the desolation is a little more oppressive.
Where they were, there was a platform about two meters high like an altar, and at the foot was the magical light pattern of the teleportation array, which was guarded by soldiers.
A man in armor who looked like a general strode over, beckoned to the thirty of them, and said, "Follow me." Then he walked in the direction of the barracks.
Everyone did not dare to slack off, hurriedly followed, and walked into the barracks under the leadership of the general.
For the vast majority of the trainees, this was the first time they had entered the barracks, although it was just a simple Muzha barracks, but the moment they entered the barracks, they immediately felt a sense of solemnity, and everyone couldn't help but tense their nerves.
Soon, the group was taken to one of the largest tents in the center. Walking into the tent, flanked by heavily armed soldiers. In the center, there is a general wearing a gorgeous armor, and the armor on the general's body has a very strong spiritual power fluctuation, which is not ordinary at first glance, at least it is also a spirit and demon-level equipment.
"This is the fifth batch. Go to the left to claim your quests. Completing missions is not only to earn assessment scores, but also to earn mission points from our military, which will be useful for you in the future. Remember, this is the battlefield, and from this moment on, your identity has changed to mercenary, no longer to student. Not only do you have to complete your mission, but you also have to take responsibility for your own lives. The general said in a deep voice, and then waved his hand, and the general who had brought them in before immediately led everyone to the table on one side.
Behind the table sat a civilian clerk, with a magical screen on the left that was formed by an unknown device.
"Take tasks as a group. Everyone receives a military merit badge, remember, the badge cannot be lost, it will record the completion of your mission, if you lose it, even if the mission is completed, it will not be confirmed. β
A military badge is a thumb-sized piece of metal strung with a thin chain that can be worn around the neck.
Ling Menglu and Zisang Liuying glanced at each other, there was no doubt that their two teams were definitely the best in this group.
Ling Menglu smiled slightly, and made a gesture of invitation to Zisang Liuying. Zisang Liuying glanced at her and stepped forward.
"How many people are in the group?"
"Four!"
"Okay, take four military merit badges. Your mission is to rid the southwest of all non-human creatures, twenty miles to the southwest. After each person has accumulated 10 items, they can hand in the task and receive a new task. β
Zisang Liuying nodded and took the four badges.
Next, Ling Monroe's team also received the same task, the difference is that their team's mission location is twenty miles southeast.
"May I ask you, how many tasks do we need to complete in our assessment?" Ling Menglu asked.
The civilian staff who issued the task looked up at her and said, "There is no limit to the number of tasks, and this assessment lasts for ten days." In ten days, the more tasks you complete, the better your assessment results will be, understand?"
At this time, Zisang Liuying had not yet left the military tent with his teammates, and when she heard this, she turned her head and glanced at Ling Menglu and them deeply, and then waved her hand and accelerated away with her companions.
Time seems to be the most important thing in this assessment.
Walking out of the camp, Long Kongkong was about to speak, but was stopped by Long Dangdang with his eyes. The three of them left quickly, went straight out of the barracks, and vaguely saw the back of Zisang Liuying's team.
Cai Caijuan summoned a summoned beast similar to a horse and carried their team away quickly.