Ch 85: Exchange Tournament

Campus Summit.

Teachers and students from major magic academies across the universe gathered together. After several days of lectures and various discussion sessions, upon returning to their dormitory, Mi Ya Xing felt that the whole world had an unusually peaceful quiet.

“Those people, when they research a problem, it’s terrifying.” His identity as the Star of Wisdom made him the center of attention. From initial questioning to subsequent conviction, with like-minded peers gathering to discuss, Mi Ya Xing only napped in his chair these past few days.

This process was undoubtedly very enjoyable.

And sufficiently tiring.

Settling down in bed, even moving a finger felt strenuous.

“Today is practically the last day,” even though he had been used to such scenes since childhood, Eric couldn’t help but feel a little overwhelmed, “We’ll rest for a day, and after the exchange competition held by the Five Mengs the day after tomorrow, we can return to Meng Academy.”

“Can we not participate?” Turning over, a muffled voice came from under the covers, just like his mood of knowing it was impossible not to participate.

Eric merely chuckled, glancing at the letter on the table without hurrying to open it.

The Campus Summit venue lacked rapid communication devices; information transmission relied on more traditional letters.

After washing up, he leisurely picked up the letter. Mi Ya Xing, who had been too tired to get up a moment ago, quickly jumped up and approached him: “Whose letter is it?”

Eric subconsciously moved his hand to the side.

“Oh~ it’s from Wu Ke Na Na, right?” Mi Ya Xing leaned half his weight on him, “What does it say? Eric, kiss~”

Before even looking at the letter’s content, he hurriedly stood up: “Mi Ya Xing——”

“Just kidding, hey, why is your face so red? Could it really be written about those things?”

Eric ignored him.

There weren’t many words on the letter, so he read it quickly. After finishing, Eric gave Mi Ya Xing a small envelope from inside the letter.

“Mine too?” Strange, who would write him a letter?

Casually tearing open the envelope, inside was a photograph. The photo’s content was simple: a peace sign with a familiar Magic Cube on the table.

Now he knew who it was.

…It was the feeling that something had been missing these past few days.

After a moment of reflection, he always carried the Magic Cube with him. On the day he left Meng Academy, it had been rather hasty, and he remembered that he seemed to have been holding the Magic Cube, and then Rui Bu Si enthusiastically helped him carry his luggage…

Oh, he hadn’t seen the Magic Cube since then.

Well, hopefully his Magic Cube had been well-treated.

The focus of the exchange competition is on exchange.

That’s the theory, but the Campus Summit had already consumed all the students’ energy, and a day’s rest was completely insufficient for recovery.

This was more like relaxation after excessive mental activity.

“Only one student each from Bei Meng and Dong Meng?”

At the Campus Summit, everyone participated in their own activities. They hadn’t paid attention to the classmates from other Meng Academies. Now looking at the list, there were few familiar names.

You could say only one.

“Yes, it is said that two students had urgent matters and couldn’t come. But I didn’t expect Xia Guanglei to be from Bei Meng. If I had known, we should have greeted him on the first day.” Eric often represented Meng Academy in various competitions, so he was slightly more familiar with the names on the list than Mi Ya Xing.

However, this familiarity was limited to having heard of them; he had never competed against them in previous competitions.

Looking at the remaining students on the list, Mi Ya Xing felt puzzled:

“Dong Meng: Ou Pa; Xi Meng: Yu Feng, Ji Mi; Nan Meng: Agnes, Tong En. Um… It’s strange. Other students wrote their areas of expertise, but the two from Xi Meng left it completely blank.”

The two exchanged a glance, unsure whether the blank space meant they had no expertise or didn’t want others to know.

On the day of the exchange competition, this question was answered by Xia Guanglei.

“Xi Meng’s location is near the border between the Dark Clan and the Quark Clan. The students’ magical abilities vary, but due to frequent exchanges with the Dark Clan, they are relatively adept at practical combat.”

Seeing that Eric and Mi Ya Xing seemed genuinely unaware, he pointed in a direction and added: “Xi Meng’s headmaster recently led a team out, and the stronger students are all absent.”

Following Xia Guanglei’s direction, the two Xi Meng students, one male and one female, were both sitting in their places, rarely interacting with others.

“Oh~” Mi Ya Xing sighed and patted Xia Guanglei on the shoulder, “You know them so well?”

“Because I’m just like them. The qualified students from Bei Meng have been quite busy recently, deeming the exchange competition a waste of time.” Even he was only barely able to attend.

He didn’t understand what was being discussed around him, and couldn’t understand it even if he listened, so he had nothing to do but ponder these useless things.

“I’m relatively familiar with that boy—Ji Mi.” They were all there to make up the numbers and couldn’t understand anything. It was hard to sleep during the professors’ lectures, so they occasionally chatted and became acquainted.

“Looking at it this way, this exchange competition is somewhat unfair.” Eric frowned. He didn’t like participating in competitions with such a disparity in strength, even if the focus was merely on exchange.

Mi Ya Xing was no longer as enthusiastic as he had been when he set out.

Sighing, he turned… and put his empty hands back in his pockets: “This is a rare chance for me to participate in a competition, and yet, my first one turns out like this~”

He didn’t know how to compete.

However, the competition didn’t unfold with the strength disparity they had expected.