"This is the half of the dead wood that Qingque showed us, right? Why did it suddenly grow? March 7 wondered.

Zhu Yun looked at the towering giant trees in the distance, and couldn't help but admire: "Wonderful, so wonderful!" I'm so lucky, there are few people who can see this kind of spectacle in their lifetime! ”

"What anomalous energy has this building been infused with?" Star wondered.

Walter opened his mouth to explain, "Such an anomalous energy is the [Star Core]. ”

"Uncle Yang means that the star core caused the growth of [Jianmu]?"

Regarding March 7's doubts, Walter bowed his head and said: "Yes, the star core that Xianzhou Cloud is searching for, Bacheng is the culprit of such an out-of-phase situation. ”

"Ying, what are you looking at?" March 7 suddenly noticed that Yingzheng on the side was touching her chin and looking at the back of Xue Yun.

Ying replied, "I think there's something wrong with her." ”

"Huh? What's the problem? March 7 wondered.

"Feeling." Speaking of this, Ying paused suddenly, and directly changed the topic in March Qi's curious gaze: "It's nothing, maybe I have a problem with my perception." ”

March 7: "."

"Ying, you can't be a riddler too, are you?" March 7 said with an uncomfortable face: "Is there anything you can't say directly?" ”

"I'll wait until I'm observed, and I'll tell you if I'm sure."

March Seven sighed and said, "Okay. ”

"So what are we going to do now?"

"I think, first go find Fu Xuan and ask the general." Walter began: "So that we know what we need to do next." ”

"Well, they're really mysterious, they feel like they know everything, they just don't want to say it, and they have the ability to solve the current matter, hey, I don't understand why they do this."

"What a fertle, the star core, there is a star god in the Luofu Immortal Boat, aren't these all drizzle."

Walter: "."

"Actually, God and man have different views." Ying suddenly said: "In my cognition, most things can be solved very easily in the eyes of the gods, but they will not do it themselves, but use a means of cultivation for people to carry out. ”

"So I think Fu Xuan should be like this."

"What Ying said is not unreasonable, the thinking of the star god is not something we can figure out, since Luofu Xianzhou has extended a hand of friendship to our train crew, then we naturally can't sit idly by." Walter bowed.

On the other side, Fu Xuan looked at the image of the prospect with some helplessness and said:

"General, do you have anything else? Can't you just finish it all at once? ”

"I really have a little thing to deal with, I'm very busy now, since you have a decision on the Luofu Immortal Boat, you won't need me, right?"

"Ahem, Fu Xuan, do me another favor." Jing Yuan moistened his throat and replied.

Fu Xuan glanced at Jing Yuan and said, "What's the busy?" Hurry up. ”

"That's it."

Before Jing Yuan could finish speaking, a three-dimensional image appeared in front of the two.

"Fellow Daoist Fu Xuan, the abundance of evil things in the northwest of the Star Map has increased dramatically, and I need your help." Arashi said loudly.

"Got it, I'll be over later." Fu Xuan nodded.

"Well, thank you for your help."

Jing Yuan: "."

After Lan's image disappeared, Fu Xuan spread his hands and said, "Look, I said that I am very busy, and the efficiency of dealing with it on the Luofu Immortal Boat is too low, and the abundance cannot be killed." ”

"Okay, okay." Jing Yuan sighed and said, "Then leave these things about you to Qingque to deal with, hunting is the most important thing." ”

"Actually, it's not that I can't help." Fu Xuan thought for a while and then suddenly said.

"Oh? What are your thoughts? ”

"Well, I don't." Fu Xuan shook his head and said, "However, I have a fun idea. ”

"What?"

"Wait a minute, the people you need from the Star Dome train crew are here."

Jing Yuan: "."

"They'll be handed over to the general, wait for you to take care of things, and then come back to me." Fu Xuan opened his mouth and said, "Ying, come with me." ”

"Me?" Ying pointed at herself and wondered.

Fu Xuan bowed his head and said, "Well, there is something I want to ask you." ”

In Sumeru City, Ying, another world, is preparing to participate in Sumeru's festival with Paimon.

"Paimon, what's wrong? How did you hang your head? ”

"Alas, I miss her, she hasn't come back for so long, and this celebration of Sumeru has begun." Paimon said in a low tone.

"What, am I treating you badly?"

"That's not what it meant." Paimon hurriedly waved his hand and said, "You're my friend, and she's my best friend, but when we separated from her, I felt weird and uncomfortable." ”

"She'll be back in a few days, didn't she message you?"

"That's what you said, but I'd love to go over there, if we don't have a mission."

"Let's wait until I'm done with that, I haven't experienced this kind of travel feeling in a long time." Ying smiled and said, "I remember that my former travel companion was Dainsleif, and it wasn't as interesting as Paimon at all. ”

Paimon: "."

"Excuse me, you guys, Paimon?" Suddenly, a scholar stopped the two.

Paimon hurriedly adjusted his state and asked, "Yes." Who are you? ”

"I'm Vikas, a member of the Academy's Celebration Planning Committee. Have you ever heard of the Academy's celebrations? Vikas replied.

Ying replied, "We've heard from Sumeru's friends that this is the time to come here to participate in this academy celebration. ”

"That's right, that's what we're here for." Paimon chimed in.

"Oh? It seems that our propaganda is working quite well. Vikas said with a look of surprise: "Since the two of you are interested in the academy celebration, why don't you let me give you a brief introduction?" ”

"Well, you say." Ying nodded.

"Ahem. The College Festival is a grand event held by the Akademiya and has a very long history. Specifically, it can be subdivided into two parts: [House Club] and [House Tournament]. ”

"The [House Fun Club] is held every year. During the festival, the six schools set up booths in the city, entertain tourists, and promote the interesting aspects of their schools in order to increase their influence. ”

"And the quadrennial [College Competition] is for each of the six schools to elect a representative to compete for the final championship."

"This year, the House Fun Club and the House Championship will be held together, so the atmosphere in the city is more lively than ever."

"I see! Thank you, I feel that you have introduced it in detail! Paimon thanked.

"You're welcome. It's my job to answer questions about the Academy's celebrations, and I have two of them. Vikas waved his hand.

"Huh? Is there anything we can help with? ”

"Yes——— this year's House Celebration is very important for us." In response to Paimon's doubts, Vikas replied, "Because of the departure of Lord Grass God and the Great Sage's reformation of the Akademiya, a large number of useless scholars have been eliminated, and now a number of talented scholars need to be rerecruited. ”

"Not only that, but we also specially invited many people living in the desert to participate, hoping that they can experience the atmosphere of the Akademiya in advance."

"Won't these actions of the Great Sage cause dissent?" Paimon asked curiously, "Didn't he do a lot of wrong things before?" ”

"We did not believe him a little before, but since the crisis in Sumeru was resolved, Lord Grass God did not sanction the Great Sage, but gave him a chance to atone for his sins."

"Since then, the Great Sage has been like a madman, he has banished all his help and the scholars belonging to him, and he has also screened the entire Akademiya, no matter who it is, as long as it has problems before, it will not be spared."

"Not only that, but he also raised the salary of a scholar, but he did not seek more benefits for himself as before, except for eating and sleeping, he was immersed in his work, and at certain times of the day, we can see him praying to the statue of the god of grass."

"Over time, everyone slowly accepted his approach, and some people speculated that this was because the grass god had changed his mind and made him atone for his mistakes."

"That's right, I'll just say it." Paimon nodded in understanding.

"Yes, with the interference of Lord Grass God, we believe that the Great Sage will not do anything against Sumeru." Vikas nodded, "By the way, there's one more thing to tell you. ”

"What's the matter?" Paimon wondered.

"That is, the Great Sage has a godson, who is very unpopular with Sumeru scholars, and not only that, the Great Sage also dislikes him very much, when you meet him, try to stay away from him, don't be remembered by him."

"Although in the end, the great sage gave some corresponding compensation, but who wants to be beaten up."

"Huh? Is there such a bad person? Paimon was surprised, "Who is it?" ”

"As I remember, his name was Balladeer." Vikas replied, "We all call him Prince Sumeru. ”

"[Prince Sumeru]? Why does it sound like a high status? Paimon wondered.

"Not really, he doesn't have any power." Vikas shook his head and said, "Although he has no power, his character is really bad, and his strength is also strong, like a proud fighting rooster, basically no one can beat him." ”

"So when we saw him, we stayed away first, for fear of getting into trouble."

Paimon: "."

"Doesn't the Great Sage care?" Ying wondered.

"Anyway, it doesn't matter, every time he hits someone, the great sage will not only give corresponding compensation, but also give him punishment, these people see it, but it's useless, he will still be like this next time."

"Well, I didn't expect such a person." Ying nodded and said helplessly: "It's okay, the next time we see him, we'll beat him, I'm very strong." ”

"Haha, then I'll trouble you." Vikas said with a smile.

"Okay, let's not talk about that, bad luck." After laughing, Vikas reined in his expression and changed the subject: "Regarding the previous incident, because the reputation of the two of you is very loud in the rainforest and desert, if you can participate in the academy celebration, especially the academy competition, you will definitely let many people know about this grand event." ”

"We're not Akademiya scholars, is that okay?" Ying asked curiously.

Paimon nodded in agreement, "That's right." Do you want us to join a certain school? Not. But when you become a scholar, you have to face [exams] and [papers]."

Vikas explained: "Rest assured, the participants for the House Championship have been decided. I'd like to ask two of you to be our guest commentators to watch and record every game. ”

"You don't have to feel any pressure, just follow the game and enjoy the house celebration. In addition, we will also prepare some remuneration, so we will not let you run in vain. ”

"That sounds good, don't you think?" Paimon asked.

"Is there anyone else but us? For example, other contestants, or jurors, etc. ”

Regarding Ying's doubts, Vikas patiently explained: "Don't worry about this, when you arrive at the academy celebration site, there will be a host who will introduce each contestant in detail." ”

"How? Do you want to take this commission? ”

"Yes." Ying nodded.

Paimon smiled and agreed, "Sounds good to be able to go to the academy festival and get paid!" ”

"The main venue of the academy celebration is on the outskirts of the [Jusha Hall], and the host is named Karina. Tell her about the situation and she'll take care of it for you. ”

Vikas said: "It's not early, and the House Championship is about to start. I wish the two guest commentators a smooth journey, and if you have any doubts, you can come to me at any time. ”

"Okay, let's go!" Paimon cheered.

Ying: "."

Where's that sad look on your face? I don't even understand your emotions, and I'm getting too fast.

The two of them followed Vikas's instructions all the way to their destination, where there was a simple wooden table with flags belonging to the six schools hanging on it, and at this time many people had gathered under the stage, whether they were from the rainforest or from the desert.

When those people saw Ying and Paimon coming, they naturally made way for them to observe the opening ceremony up close.

"Everyone, welcome to the academy celebration!" Karina, who was standing on the table for a while, saw that the time was almost up, so she opened her mouth and greeted everyone in the audience: "Next, I will reveal the prizes of this year's Academy Competition——"

"Generous bonuses, project resources, limited edition Seven Saints summoning cards, and the right to wear the [Crown of Knowledge], you can guess without me saying that this is a symbol of honor!"

"[Crown of Knowledge]? What's that? Ying, you know what? ”

"I don't know." Ying shook her head and said, "For such a trivial matter that has nothing to do with the previous purpose, I won't bother to understand. ”

"Okay." Paimon scratched his head.

"She must be the Karina that Vikas said." Paimon looked at the woman on the stage and continued, "Judging by her appearance, she's busy right now, so let's go ask her later." ”

"Hmm." Ying nodded.

"I believe many people have already seen the [Crown of Knowledge], or heard the legend about it." Karina continued: "Twenty years ago, a scholar named Saziin bought it at great expense and donated it to the Akademiya. ”

The generous prize money offered by the current House Championship also comes from his sponsorship. Before the competition begins, allow me to thank the scholar who was not there."

Ying: "."

"Ying, what's wrong with you?" Paimon suddenly sensed that something was wrong with Ying beside him, and asked with some confusion.

"It's nothing, it's just a trivial negative consciousness." Ying shook her head and then said with a disdainful face: "Human nature brings strife, and strife leads to destruction, heh." ”

Paimon: "."

"Don't you think that's wrong?" Paimon asked, feigning curiosity.

"Yes or no, a large part of Kanriya's demise was due to human nature, but this is not a denial of human nature." Ying shook her head and said, "Because people can't be perfect in the first place, perfect people are not people, because they are called gods." ”

"And it is precisely because people have different shortcomings that the world becomes richer and more colorful, otherwise, why would the perfect gods want to create imperfect people?"

Paimon scratched his head and said, "Well, you have some point, but it's not the main thing."

"Oh? Does Paimon know? Ying was surprised.

"I, I don't know, look, Karina is going to announce that the game is going to start."

Ying couldn't help but laugh at Paimon's clumsy way of diverting the subject, but instead of asking, she turned her gaze to Karina on the stage.

"Okay, I'm sure you're just like me. Can't wait to see the game begin! ”

"Now let's have six [college representatives] on stage. They are—"

"Biostatist, Tighnari!"

"Representative of the Primordial Sect, Cyno!"

"Representative of the Minglun faction, Layla!"

"Representative of the Mystic Sect, Kaveh!"

"Representative of the Intellectuals, Lu Shan!"

"And the representatives of the Causes? Haven't the representatives of the Insanity faction been there yet? Speaking of this, Karina looked back and found that she did not find the representative of the Cause Sect, and said with some confusion.

"It's better to end a noisy and useless introduction like this as soon as possible."

Hearing this voice, everyone present showed a look of disgust.

"Hmm, is this a balladeer? Even Layla's face showed a look of disgust, it seems that his reputation in Sumeru is really very loud. Paimon spread his hands.

"Oh, here, the last contestant is the Prince of Sumeru - the little round hat of Dongdong!"

"Poof." Hearing this, Ying couldn't help but laugh.

Ying, who knew some of the plots, smiled and asked Paimon next to him, "Paimon, didn't you really get the name for this?" ”

"It's not me, it's definitely the tassel, and she's the only one who has a nasty nickname than me." Paimon replied with an uncomfortable expression.

"Hmph." Seeing that everyone present did not want to see him, the balladeer just snorted coldly and did not say anything.

"It's worthy of [Prince Sumeru], this attitude is really disgusting." The scholars below couldn't help but complain.

"yes, I don't understand why the Great Sage would let him play? Could it be that there is no one in the Cause Theory? ”

Another scholar replied, "Ahem, you're right, there is really no one in the Cause Doctrine School, because after the Great Sage arranged him into the Cause Theory School, there were almost zero scholars who applied for the Cause Theory School. ”

"The Cause Theory Sect is over, if this [Prince Sumeru] is here."

"I can't say that, because I heard the grapevine that these are the will of the grass god, and he is a child sent by the god next door to help the Sumeru Akademiya help discipline him, so everyone should bear with it."

"I see, I'll just say it, I understand, since it's the will of the grass god, I think there must be a reason for her."

"Well, before this [Prince Sumeru] graduates, everyone should not apply for the Cause Theory School, and besides, the knowledge of the Cause Theory School is not useful for the time being, and those who want to understand this knowledge can go directly to the data center to check it, and the knowledge of the six schools is available."

"Yes, there are not so many restrictions on scholars' access to knowledge nowadays, all thanks to Lord Grass God."

(End of chapter)