Chapter 261

After the team disbanded, on the way back to the villa, Xu Jingming called his aunt.

When she learned there were inner-court tickets, his aunt Xu Qingwan's excitement was clearly audible over the phone:

"You're really impressive, Xiao Ming! We've been trying to get tickets for nearly half a month and still haven't managed it."

"Don't worry, your uncle and I will definitely go watch in person."

The second stage of the National University League matches will last around twenty-plus days.

It's not National Day or Spring Festival, so regular office workers find it hard to free up so much time.

But his aunt's family, who deal in rare flowers and exotic herbs, have already achieved financial freedom, so it's no problem for them.

"Alright, I'll pick you up at the station," Xu Jingming said with a smile.

After chatting a bit longer, they hung up.

He then called his cousin Tang Qi, as well as Zhou Mingyang and Meng Di.

Logically, as current university students, they shouldn't have that much free time to attend matches in person.

But they're not regular cultural university students—they're students at an Ability University.

During the University League, Ability Universities suspend all classes and organize students to watch the matches together.

So, they all had no problem attending in person.

"Next up, it's Ah Hao and the class monitor."

Xu Jingming first called Zhang Hao; the phone rang once—"beep"—and was immediately answered.

"Ah Ming, I finally got through to you!

You've been avoiding my questions—when did you get together with Goddess Jiang?

Was it right after you sent me that photo?

Damn, I never thought someone who looks so honest and upright would quietly pull off something this big!

And you didn't even tell me..."

On the other end, Zhang Hao fired off a rapid-fire stream of words.

He'd been holding it in too long.

After seeing that article online, he immediately called several times, but was told the number was out of service area.

The next day, he tried again—still no answer—so he gave up.

Now that he'd finally caught his chance, he had to let it all out.

"You already know?"

Xu Jingming smiled slightly. "I didn't hide it from you—it's only been recent."

"Recent?"

Zhang Hao's tone on the other end softened:

"That's better. I thought you'd forgotten about your old friend."

"How could I? I called you the moment I got the league tickets," Xu Jingming said with a smile.

"League tickets? The National University League?"

"Yeah. Are you coming? If so, I'll mail them to you right away.

The seats are great—inner court, best view."

"Holy shit! Inner-court tickets are priceless—you can't buy them even with money! No wonder you're my best buddy!"

Zhang Hao let out an excited shriek, but it quickly faded:

"Too bad, my schedule's packed right now—I probably won't be able to make it to watch your match in person."

In fact,

ever since getting into the cultural university, Zhang Hao had lost interest in Ability users and the University League.

Besides, this University League will last three full weeks!

It's right at the start of the semester, when classes are heaviest.

Skipping three weeks of classes to watch a match? By the time he returned, he'd likely lose his enrollment entirely.

"No problem—I'll mail you the tickets. The league lasts a long time; you can come on a weekend."

The competition pressure at cultural universities in Great Xia is far greater than in his past life!

Though not as brutal as high school, it's still extremely strict.

So Xu Jingming wasn't surprised by Zhang Hao's decision.

"If you do come, remember to bring your girlfriend along."

Xu Jingming added this last remark.

He was curious to see who could tame that wild guy, Zhang Hao.

"Oh right! I've got weekends!"

Zhang Hao slapped his forehead. "Alright, I'll pick a weekend to come over."

"Good."

With Zhang Hao settled, Xu Jingming called Liu Jie—but no one answered.

"Probably out in the Wildlands. Whatever—I'll just mail two tickets over."

Shaking his head, Xu Jingming then called Lin Qingyuan.

This kind and generous high school class monitor wasn't in the Wildlands.

Upon hearing there were inner-court league tickets, she was ecstatic.

But she was currently in mandatory school training and couldn't come.

After hanging up, Xu Jingming went to the courier station.

He sent two tickets each to Zhang Hao and Liu Jie.

As for his aunt and cousin Tang Qi, they had already bought train tickets and would arrive at the venue on the 9th.

He could just hand them the tickets in person then; no need to mail them separately.

After mailing the tickets, Xu Jingming returned to the dormitory.

Of course, it wasn't his own dormitory—it was Song Qiuyun's.

On the second-floor sofa of Villa 12, Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan were already seated.

When Xu Jingming pulled out two bouquets of white flowers, he received a kiss on each side.

Of course, during this process, some inevitable intimate contact was unavoidable.

"By the way, these are infield tickets for the league—how many do you want?"

Xu Jingming pulled out all the remaining tickets.

Each student from the ten universities competing in the second stage of the National University League could receive one free ticket.

But those weren't infield tickets—the view wasn't very good.

"I want two—one for me and one for Xiao Xia."

"I only need one."

With faint blush still lingering on their cheeks, Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan each took their tickets.

The National University League was being held in Qingxu City, Qingjing City.

Xu Jingming and the other competitors, along with their mentors, would arrive by fighter jet at nine a. m. on the 9th.

Song Qiuyun would depart from the Magic Capital with Qi Dongxia at six a. m. on the 9th.

Jiang Chuxuan had to take the Grade Three Alchemist Certification exam recently.

She wouldn't arrive for a few more days...

Time passed swiftly—it was March 8th the next day.

After training all day, Xu Jingming's group received the official team uniforms for the Magic University representative team in this university league.

The uniform was primarily black, adorned with luxurious golden patterns.

On the left chest was the Magic Capital Institute of Esoteric Arts' emblem: a dagger, sword, thorned rose.

The entire uniform appeared modest yet opulent, and most importantly, it was an A-Rank battle suit, designed to be worn during competition.

On the morning of March 9th, departure day, it was still before nine.

On Magic University's largest Field 3, a large crowd had already gathered.

When Vice Principal Hearing Ling Shuang, accompanied by Professor Yang Zhen and the other mentors, along with Xu Jingming's group wearing the Magic University uniforms, appeared on the field,

They were met with an overwhelming roar of cheers!

"Go Magic University! Victory belongs to us!"

"Go Lei Di! We'll arrive in Qingxu City tonight!"

"Go Lei Di! Go Magic University!"

"Lei Di! Win all three first places! Leave them no mercy!"

"......"

Waves of cheers surged toward them.

Who could have imagined that among the eight members of the Magic University team,

The youngest, Xu Jingming, was the most popular.

At this moment, most of the entire campus was here!

Even a small number had already boarded planes or high-speed trains to Qingxu City the day before.

Amid this atmosphere of universal attention,

Vice Principal Hearing Ling Shuang's slender, porcelain-white fingers glowed faintly with the light of a space ring.

A fighter jet, over twenty meters long and designed with a sci-fi aesthetic, materialized out of thin air on the field.

This made Xu Jingming's eyes widen, and he silently marveled inside.

Damn,

She can carry a flying fighter jet in her space ring—how massive is its capacity?

"Let's go."

Under Vice Principal Hearing Ling Shuang's lead, Xu Jingming and the others boarded the fighter jet.

Then, before the eyes of the crowd on the field, the entire jet took off and swiftly vanished into the blue horizon...