Chapter 488

Li Yao looked over and waved gently in response,

signaling her to leave here first; there were too many people.

Li Yao prepared to use the teleportation array disk to leave.

Just at this moment,

a black shadow rushed in from outside the corridor,

stood in the most crowded place, and shouted loudly:

"Seniors, do you remember me?"

"It's okay if you don't remember; let me introduce myself. You can call me Xiao Hei; I am Captain Li Yao's agent."

Hearing the words Li Yao,

everyone turned around and looked at the inconspicuous Xiao Hei in the center of the crowd.

"I said it last time."

"Everyone is a top student of Some Jingyu Martial Arts Academy, and Captain Li Yao doesn't want you to waste time because of him, thereby delaying everyone's cultivation."

"If you really have important matters, contact me anytime! I will help you convey them to Captain Li Yao!"

"Seniors, continuing to gather here, some students who really want to run dungeons can't even squeeze in."

"The precious Heavenly Dao Blessing only lasts for one year; instead of staying here, why don't you all disperse? Seize the time to go back and run dungeons?"

Once these words were spoken, everyone looked at each other,

all feeling there was some truth to it.

Captain Li Yao stood under the vortex, wearing a mask,

just to avoid such a situation.

If everyone surrounded him like this, wouldn't it make Captain Li Yao unhappy?

Seeing that everyone was thinking about what he said, Xiao Hei breathed a sigh of relief.

Hearing that Li Yao had appeared, he had rushed over from the dormitory, thinking of helping Li Yao out of the siege.

Of course,

with so many people, it couldn't be wasted!

"By the way!"

"Seniors, if you have news about S2-level spirit stones, contact me anytime!"

"High-price acquisition! Honest and fair!"

The crowd dispersed.

It didn't all leave at once,

but Li Yao could follow the flow of people and walk out of this room.

The surrounding students were all looking at Li Yao excitedly,

but didn't speak to disturb him.

In the corner of the room,

Han Han Xuan watched Li Yao's departing back and nudged the girl beside her with her elbow.

"Your Young Master Li has left; aren't you going up to say hello?"

Qin Qin Yue also looked over there: "Haven't I already said hello?"

"You didn't even get to speak, does that count as saying hello?" Han Han Xuan said irritably. "You haven't seen each other for so long, at least chat for a bit."

"No need," Qin Qin Yue shook her head. "Young Master Li is so busy, why go and disturb him?"

"Then why did you run over without even eating when you heard news of Li Yao?"

Qin Qin Yue's small face flushed red: "Just came over to take a look."

"Humph!" Han Han Xuan snorted lightly.

As a best friend, didn't she understand this girl's psychology?

But she was too easily satisfied, right?

The guy just looked at her, and she was so happy she couldn't find north!

Useless!

Embarrassing!

Han Han Xuan said dissatisfiedly: "I also bought a boxed lunch, and now it's cold after going back; you have to compensate me!"

"No way!" Qin Qin Yue wrinkled her nose, but an uncontrollable smile appeared on her face, and she said viciously, "The points required to enter the dungeon have risen so much recently, and you're still asking me to compensate you?"

"Xuanxuan! You're exploiting me!"

"Who told you to insist on coming?"

"Since we're here, why don't we skip dinner, save it for tonight to save a meal! Go to the second floor and run a dungeon?"

"Let's go!"

"It's good to have Xiao Hei!"

Li Yao walked out of the 【Abyss Fortress】 dungeon room and sighed sincerely.

However,

are S2 spirit stones so hard to find?

When he first returned to Some Jingyu,

he had entrusted Xiao Hei to stop acquiring S1 spirit stones and instead look for clues about S2 spirit stones.

Up until now, nothing had been found.

Li Yao wouldn't doubt Xiao Hei's ability.

With his current authority, he hadn't found any news about S2 on the Star Net trading station.

That meant

S2 spirit stones had very likely never been dropped by any professional.

Xiao Hei not finding any also confirmed this conjecture.

"Forget it, no rush. Since S2 was mentioned in the introduction, it must exist."

"One day it will be dropped."

Li Yao walked down the stair corner

and saw a young girl in white clothes leaning against the wall, seemingly having waited for a long time.

"Li Yao-kun."

She was wearing black sweatpants, a white T-shirt, a white lady's jacket, and white running shoes today.

She wore a mask on her face, revealing only a pair of cold eyes,

reflecting the bright stair lights, as if they were the most beautiful gems in the world.

Different from her usual attire,

light sportswear—

one could immediately associate it with her having just finished today's cultivation and coming out for a stroll.

Li Yao remembered, Kujo Mise should be very busy recently, right?

The teacher had promised her that as long as she got into the top ten of the Freshman Grand Competition, she would handle all Dragon Kingdom resident procedures for her.

Although it was just to motivate Kujo Mise,

Kujo Mise had taken it seriously.

She was almost soaked in the 【Monster-Catching Tower】 every day.

Today she actually had time?

"How did you know I was here?" Li Yao asked.

Kujo Mise walked naturally to Li Yao's side, walking downstairs together.

"Who else could make such a big commotion besides Li Yao-kun?"

"The current record for the Monster-Catching Tower was set by you, right?"

"Hmm, the reward is not bad. Which floor did you reach?"

"85th floor."

The 85th floor seems to be the stage for lord-level monsters, right?

"Don't continue after clearing the 99th floor; don't waste teleportation props."

"Good."

"What's the matter coming to find me?"

"Can't I come to find you if there's nothing?"

Kujo Mise turned her head with a smile, wanting to see Li Yao's reaction,

but found that the other party was still as calm as an ancient well.

The corners of her mouth immediately drooped:

"There is indeed something."

"After the Freshman Grand Competition, Li Yao-kun is heading to the Abyss, right? I want to go together."

Li Yao looked back at her.

"The teacher told you?"

"Hmm, Senior Xue is very worried about your safety."

"That shouldn't be enough to find you, right?"

"Hey!" Kujo Mise was dissatisfied. "My blessing is very useful to you, okay!"

This point could not be denied.

Percentage amplification—no matter how strong he was, Kujo Mise could still help.

Li Yao thought for a moment and said:

"Not this time; I'm going to handle matters, not to explore."

"Lost Continent?"

"Exactly, bring back Benefactor Xiao Bai, and then completely wipe out the Demon Insect clan," Li Yao said lightly, as if it were a common occurrence.

"Then it's settled!"

"Settled what?" Li Yao was stunned.

"Of course, next time Li Yao-kun enters the Abyss, I want to go with you!"

"We'll see."

Time flew by.

Today, Some Jingyu Martial Arts Academy was particularly lively.

Even ordinary people who weren't professionals knew what day it was.

Freshman Grand Competition!

National Professional Freshman Grand Competition!

If the border trial was a grand event for the world's top young professionals!

Then the Freshman Grand Competition was the top grand event for the Dragon Kingdom's young professionals!

Held once a year,

with a very high threshold—

just reaching level 40 in half a year excluded ninety-nine percent of freshman professionals.

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The geniuses who could participate

were all peerless geniuses in the eyes of others in their respective cities!

Therefore, whether they were high-level professionals or ordinary people,

they all came from all directions to witness this top-tier grand event.

As the host location, Some Jingyu Martial Arts Academy

still had the necessary stature.

It didn't say it would charge any tickets.

Guests are welcome!

It even sent a group of students to maintain order at the scene, so as not to let ordinary people be bullied by professionals.

"Whoosh!"

A roaring engine sound was deafening.

A flying ship streaked across,

and a young man wearing scarlet armor with eyes as sharp as sword light walked down from the cabin.

"Hiss! That's Ji Nie Yuan!"

"The only son of the Ji family, a border trial participant; he's probably level 45 now. Him coming here, isn't that dimensionality reduction strike?"

"Look, that monk over there! The successor of the Demon Capital's Little Thunder Sound Temple, Mi Shaluo. He was hailed as one of the Dragon Kingdom's three great geniuses during the martial arts exam. Although the three great geniuses aren't worth mentioning in front of Li Yao, his strength shouldn't be weaker than Ji Nie Yuan's."

"The Nie family, Shang family, Yun family, Zhou family, Xiao family—holy crap, I've really gained knowledge! These top families that are hard to see even on TV are all appearing."

"But these people who didn't participate in the border trial shouldn't be Ji Nie Yuan and the others' opponents, right?"

"That's not necessarily true!"

"This border trial had the participation of the Demon race; these families all treat their successors as precious treasures, so how could they let them go in?"

"Before entering the border trial, there were plenty of people among them stronger than those participating members!"

"And the border trial lasted for a full month. If it were us, it would be fine, but for these geniuses, a month is enough to open up a gap!"

"Just watch, as long as Li Yao doesn't personally enter the field, this time's border trial participating members probably won't be able to enter the top ten!"

Listening to the surrounding discussions,

a thin, small figure squeezed into the Freshman Grand Competition registration point,

just like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden; everything was incomparably novel to him.

"Hey, it's your turn."

"Oh, oh, good!"

The Some Jingyu student waiting here held the registration form and asked routinely:

"Which school are you from, name, profession, level."

"No school."

"Kong Kong Jiamu."

"Level 40 Ancient Wood Poison Mage."

The Some Jingyu student responsible for recording looked up in shock.

"No school? Level 40?"