The four days of the exchange meet was coming to an end...
Too many things had happened during these four days, such as the destruction of school property namely the spirit gathering arrays, the collapse of the Pengci gang, the establishment of the Harmony Gang, the convalescence of scoundrels, the near destruction of the solar system, the arrest of the Golden Badge Assassin last night... no one could've imagined... that these incidents would be caused because of Xero.
As Tianrui left, he had asked Ancient Relic and Director Yue to keep his identity a secret. This, was so that Xero's identity would be protected and he wouldn't be too much of focus after.
Hence, although this incident did cause a stir, apart from the police who knew Zhang Huoji was the older brother of one of the students at No. 90 High School, everyone else had very limited knowledge about this incident. The only thing they knew was that this was only possible because of the excellent leadership of the General Management of 100 Academies Deputy Director, Master Akira that Shadow Emblem's attempted disruption had been stopped, and the flowers of the motherland could bloom once again...
After this incident, however, Xero thought that maybe he was malignant... since entering this high school, he hadn't had a damn moment of peace apart from him relaxing at the sakura and magnolia mixed forest! Everyday it was like he was a particular lethal student — wherever he went there would be corpses!
Father and Mother Zhang's wish was for him to get his high school diploma without a problem and smoothly get into university to study...
But judging from the current situation, the road was more warped than he had imagined.
However, the cycle of life had to go on...
At night, all was peaceful at No. 89 High School's dormitory.
Before, Zhen Jie and Han Jue, these two idiots had worn suits and neckties along with a damn cloak with shiny leather shoes. They had sipped drinks that definitely cost more than ten yuan whilst playing an online game. It wasn't until a while ago, that Ancient Relic told them to change and turn off the game... as for Lianhua, Xinyan and Misaki... they all went to bed early for the sake of healthy skin.
Ancient Relic sat on the sofa near the window with a sigh, Shadow Emblem had taken advantage of the span of time close to when school was over, so he was once again, on high alert.
The students' safety was important. Ancient Relic wanted to ensure that the spirit sword exchange tomorrow would process smoothly, and more than that, that his students wouldn't be hurt even while they were heading back to No. 90 High School.
Another individual who was awake was Xero.
He touched the medium sized heavenly wooden sword next to him with complicated feelings in his heart.
He only hoped that Kongji's performance would be somewhat normal tomorrow.... Please, please don't go extreme...
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It was the fourth day and also Friday of the third week since the start of school.
The long awaited spirit sword exchange was about to begin.
The clamor of drums and gongs could be heard, firecrackers burst with loud bangs, fireworks could be heard, red and yellow flags fluttering in the sky and there was a massive sea of people...
As tradition, the spirit sword exchange had originated with Chief Ying, one of the twelve great founding fathers of Yunzhou Nation who had fought alongside Supervisor Liu and Secretary Li Hong at the War of the Iron Fist and was nicknamed Swordwright. Back then, after the ending of the War of the Iron Fist, Chief Ying had left an inscription on one of the Stone Walls // Chambers after it was unlocked mainly saying: "Your blade, my vow!"
This sentence was currently in all history books and texts and was knowledge Ancient Relic stressed with every year.
The spirit sword exchange between both schools was insanely hyped up during these four days because this time, it happend to be the four-hundred year old anniversary of No. 90 High School and No. 89 High School. These two foes had the idea to use this spirit sword exchange to strengthen their image and top off with anniversary celebrations, when the purpose of the meet was to reinforce the relationship between both schools.
Zunhao and his clique had caused quite some trouble in these last few days, but by the final day, they had withdrawn their stance.
However, this is in no way disrupted Zunhao's plan to win this exchange meet. Although they lost in unorthodox means; he felt that, they should at least end this with a fair fight!
Though...
Xero didn't know where this guy's confidence came from...
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On No. 89 High School's wide and newly renovated sports field, students arranged chairs to form a circle around the running track according to the class and grade from different regions. The empty space was left for the representatives of the two schools to battle it out during the exchange meet.
Xero was not really used to an audience this big; he had never shown his talent or skills in front of this many people before.
On the stage, the two leaders of both schools arrived. Headmaster Huang and Director Xuanyang of No. 90 High School; Headmaster Jian and Director Yue of No. 89 High School; the generals of Xuantai district... and the old secretary Li Hong, and Master Akira who was just utterly miserable.
Honestly, the leadership team was a bit uneasy considering they hadn't expected this old leader to show up.
Of course, students were unaware of Li Hong's identity. Furthermore, they felt that this person was just a bit crazy — they hadn't expected a leader to show up on a goddamn motorcycle! And not to mention he was wearing the helmet whilst observing from the proceedings. However, the students could tell that Leader Helmet was out of the ordinary. He was a likely a VIP... Moreover, he was a VIP not even Xero had foreseen.
Of all the students present, it was only Xero who had been very clear on who this leader was.
He was very worried that this leader would find something out from his movements...
He didn't dare look at this old secretary in the eyes and sighed in his heart; now, he could only hope to behave like a normie as much as possible during the sword spirit exchange later. It would be really tiring if he got the attention of this grandmaster.
There was silence. Li Hong looked around with a confused expression, "Why aren't you guys starting?"
Headmaster Huang and Headmaster Jian were out of words. "..." Motherf**ker! You're the leader of all of us, if you don't start why the hell would we speak!
Hearing these words from Li Hong, Headmaster Jian sighed and sorted out his emotions before speaking in a professional tone, his voice carrying on the wind to resound through everyone's ears.
"Then. On behalf of the leaders of No. 90 High School and No. 89 High School, we appreciate your support and guidance throughout these four days! The ten advanced students from both schools, participating in this spirit sword meet. It is precisely because of your excellence that cultivation education would become even more brilliant!"
Following the old secretary's lead, the audience broke out in thunderous applause; seeing how enthusiasticly he was clapping, the other leaders followed lest their listless clapping displeased him.
Everyone knew this old secretary loved prickling around in incognito. He had attended other exchange meets the same way.
While the headmasters of both schools were honoured that he had shown up; they were also pretty terrified...
After the applause died down, the scene was quiet for a moment before a female teacher-in-charge hosting the event picked up the microphone and began to recite the rules of the meet. "For this special spirit sword exchange meet, there will be no individual events, instead, it will be a team based competition that will take place in a magic array which will merge advanced holographic imagery and projection along with cultivation spirit talismans that will stimulate pain and a test environment. In the end, the winner of the competition depends on which team had collected the most points. Apart from the reference marks obtained from hitting an opponents' vital point, the team can also access an interactive item shop in which they will be able to buy swords and other items via coins which will make it more interesting and dynamic."
The female host smiled, "These are the rules of the contest! Next, will the ten students please enter the magic array!"