Chapter 978: The Wanderer Returns Home

Academy.

Assembly Hall.

Having fully recovered, Zhang Yexin looked at the graduates seated before him, a wave of emotion washing over him: "There are only a hundred or so left..."

Previously, after all the students who survived the graduation exam arrived at the Playground, the Dean of Students, Blood Demon, displayed a legendary healing Witchcraft called "Blood Spring Heavenly Descent," allowing every student's injuries to be completely restored.

Then, they arrived at the Assembly Hall for the graduation ceremony.

Clay Golems stood on both sides of the Assembly Hall, some even wearing black and white waiter uniforms.

But Zhang Yexin just rolled his eyes.

"It's all because of your old man!"

"Even if it's just about lethality... apart from those idiots, the Sword Cultivators, both Gu Technique and Witchcraft have mental attacks like curses... even within the Secret Teachings, one can transform a person into a ghost form through specific Rituals... if someone truly wants to kill a person, no one can stop them. Mutual compromise and mutual progress should be the theme!"

It wasn't just him; others carrying electronic products received the same treatment.

The two guards looked at each other, not knowing what kind of madness this young master was having.

"The third thing, you have graduated!"

That just now seemed to be... supernatural ability!

Yuan Shiyan suddenly widened his eyes and let out a scream: "Damn it, my Witchcraft notes... damn it, they're all left in the dormitory. Luofu, would it kill you to give me half an hour to pack my personal belongings?"

Where on earth did this young master go after disappearing for a year?

Yuan Shiyan had a fit for a long time before finally calming down, pacing in circles and muttering to himself: "It's fine, it's fine... I've memorized the spell models in my head. Aside from those notes I haven't fully grasped yet and some spellcasting materials, it's not a huge loss... The real losers are the Alchemy and Magic Potionology Apprentices. If the finished products were left in the dormitory, they'd be crying to death..."

He toyed with the guard's mobile phone, quite unable to put it down.

"I'm back alive!"

Zheng Mingyun was silent for a moment, then slowly nodded: "Through global satellites, time zones, sunlight, and even molecular comparisons of the environment collected from those students... we have preliminarily determined that Luofu Academy might be located in the sea, but no known island matches it."

"How could it be me?"

Therefore, he liked to play with randomness.

"Yeah, yeah, it's said that it was for boys the year before, and then a boy went missing..."

He felt remorse and pain in his heart...

Zhang Yexin pressed the doorbell with a face full of shame, then saw the door open and his mother's face appear, quite plump and round, and looking much more prosperous.

According to Bai Qiudao's speculation, there must be an Array in the academy specifically forbidding electronic equipment, forcing his Master Yuan to copy notes by hand!

"Wait..."

Mother Zhang shyly swatted Father Zhang: "When you first went missing, we were quite anxious at the beginning, but later a man named Hu Yue came looking for us. Do you know Hu Yue? He's that Qigong Master who's been very popular lately. He said he was your roommate and told us you were fine and would be back soon... He even gave us a lot of money, saying it was for the bed fee..."

No choice... didn't you see the Dean of Students staring from above?

"Damn it..."

"Ahhh... I'm back!"

After the two chatted for a few more sentences, Si Nan hung up the phone and was led to an office.

"Of course, I am very interested."

"No, I have no idea why I deserve this... Now everyone is going to think that I'm not just relying on the Dean of Students, but have also hooked up with the Dean..."

And on the podium, the six major mentors and the Dean of Students all appeared.

Zhang Yexin shouted excitedly.

"Forget it, let's run first!"

Zhang Yexin felt helpless, his eyes filled with tears: "Thank you, Dean!"

Uh... amidst a mental shock comparable to a group Banshee Wail, indeed a few graduates were too "moved" and fainted, but fortunately, they were rescued in time and there was no major harm.

Aaron held his speech, walked to the microphone, and coughed: "The first thing... after you graduate, don't forget to pay back the money, otherwise the Dean of Students will come to collect the fees in person and add penalty interest!"

"This academy recruits every ten years, the semester lasts one year, and there is a nine-year break... The next batch of students will still be selected from all over the world... Of course, the quotas for each country are allocated based on national strength."

"My big brother?"

Yuan Shiyan stood outside a familiar yet strange manor, his eyes suddenly becoming a bit moist: "I'm back... I'm finally back."

Zhang Yexin even vaguely felt that his teammate Si Nan, this guy who performed mediocrely in the Alchemy class, might be even stronger than him!

"Why... would the Excellent Graduate be me?"

Thinking back then, his luxury private custom-made smartphone, which claimed to be three years ahead of the world and only ten thousand units were sold worldwide, damn it, it broke as soon as he went to the academy!

Zhang Yexin actually knew that his position as the head of the Swordsmanship class had some water in it. If it weren't for the Yuantu Sword he picked up while scavenging from the Dean of Students, his swordsmanship, although honed through hard work, wouldn't be much different from the second or third place.

No...

"Imperial City Envoy?"

Yuan Shiyan laughed three times: "Hurry up and prepare a table of good wine and food for me... I want to eat fried chicken, I want to drink fat-happy water... Damn that broken convenience store, they don't even sell fried chicken, the only meat is sausage... I'm damn near vomiting from eating it."

"Ah Ye, well done!"

As far as the eye could see, there were cities of steel and concrete everywhere, with heavy traffic and crowds of people...

Thinking of this, he looked at the phone in his hand, was silent for a moment, and still dialed a number.

Zhang Yexin turned into a Sword Light and arrived at his front door.

"The value of the extraordinary has never been in confronting thermal weapons head-on."

After a long time, he took out a document and handed it to Si Nan: "Congress has authorized the establishment of the 'Psionic Countermeasures Department'... Are you interested in joining and becoming a Group Leader?"

Zhang Yexin looked down at his tattered clothes, which indeed looked a lot like a pervert...

Although these were all masterpieces of the Blood Sea monsters, representing his merits...

Aaron pointed to the badge pinned to Zhang Yexin's chest.

Zheng Mingyun took a sip of tea unhurriedly: "Judging from the lethality of Psionic Energy, unless your Dean or Dean of Students comes out, no one can survive in the hands of the state machine..."

As Zhang Yexin stood on the podium and accepted the badge representing the "Excellent Graduate of Luofu Vocational and Technical College," he felt like crying: "They must think I sold my ass..."

"Oh no, I haven't been reported as a missing person, have I?"

"I... I'm back. Is this the dormitory building of Blue Sky Technical College?"

Before long, the phone call was connected: "This is Si Nan!"

Not until he saw the Dean of Students, Jiuyou, start clapping first did he suddenly feel that this college was so dark; there was no need for backroom deals at all, it was just damn well rigged!

"Ah Ye, you're back?"

"That's really too many. It seems the Lord cannot find us, nor can he find the college?"

Yuan Shiyan immediately followed suit, clapping loudly while cheering.

"Then what does the Lord intend to do?"

Si Nan looked at the nameplate, then gazed at Zheng Mingyun sitting inside, and smiled: "Congratulations, you've been promoted!"

Zheng Mingyun hadn't changed much from before, only appearing to have a bit more poise: "Eleven months ago, some students who had previously disappeared suddenly reappeared. Regarding Luofu Vocational and Technical College... do you have anything to say?"

At this thought, Zhang Yexin immediately summoned the "Yuantu Sword"; he had just cultivated to the realm of Unity of Man and Sword, allowing him to store the Yuantu Sword within his body.

The college opening for one year and resting for nine was naturally because Aaron's laziness had flared up.

"Hmm, we won't have any speeches from excellent students here... let me briefly explain the purpose of this badge."

The next moment, he heard a sharp cry: "Someone come quickly, there's a pervert stealing girls' underwear on the rooftop!!!"

Si Nan asked.

"Why me?"

Aaron had lived for so long and always believed that human nature was inherently selfish; if things were done this way, within a hundred years, the entire world would be controlled by extraordinary families and clans, and ordinary people would absolutely never get a single chance.

Zhang Yexin only felt a great force surge over him, and by the time he reacted, he was already standing on the rooftop of a familiar yet strange dormitory building.

He never wanted to eat anything made by the Clay Golems working in those cafeterias again! Anything at all!!!

Besides that, the dormitory aunties also occupied a large row of seats; those illusory and overlapping figures had just sung a song to bless them.

"Young man, you must know when to show some restraint."

"Ahem..."

"We... we will go notify your big brother immediately!"

"I..."

Zhang Yexin felt the scorching gazes from below and wanted to cry even more.

Yuan Shiyan spoke up.

The final protagonist, Dean Aaron, arrived fashionably late.

"If this dormitory building is leveled, where will I be sent? Next to the ruins? Or randomly?"

"A recommendation quota for admission?"

"Missing for a year for no reason, Mom and Dad must be very sad, right?"

But at this moment, he could only offer a bow first, then step down from the podium.

Si Nan smiled: "I still need to ask the Lord for help to find my team members one by one..."

Mother Zhang's eyes were slightly red as she grabbed Zhang Yexin's hand and let him into the house.

Si Nan stroked the office desk, and the entire desk suddenly "melted," being molded into various shapes: "How much change and innovation can Alchemy bring to new materials science? What a massive profit that is! Not to mention... the Elixir of Immortality from Magic Potionology... its temptation is something even the Lord might not be able to resist."

Si Nan pushed up his glasses.

He walked to the manor gate on his own, and the two guards rubbed their eyes as they looked at him: "Are you... Young Master Yan?"

What's more, he was not as good as the "Dragon Messenger" Honepu, the "Gu Demon" James, and the others...

The emotions he had been brewing instantly vanished, and he even discovered with some embarrassment that his mother's belly seemed to have grown by more than a circle.

Si Nan's calm voice came out.

At this moment, Zhang Yexin also discovered that the decorations, furniture, and appliances at home had all become much more high-end, and he couldn't help but blurt out: "Mom, did you guys strike it rich? And... what's with this belly?"

The Jiuyou Blood Demon, whose name was mentioned, stood up and waved handsomely to all sides, receiving a large number of hidden eye-rolls.

"Very good. Currently, there should be one hundred and fifty-seven people who have mastered extraordinary power scattered throughout the world... not counting those who only extract Psionic Energy... I am very happy that you chose to stand on my side."

"Yinghong, what's wrong?"

A group of girls ran up, and seeing Yinghong's dazed gaze, they couldn't help but anxiously shake her shoulders.

"I... I think I saw a hallucination."

Aaron smiled with satisfaction and suddenly spread his large sleeves.

"Congratulations!"

This badge was only the size of a coin, with the mark of a floating mountain on it.

Yuan Shiyan cast a "Wizard Hand," and as if there were an invisible palm in the void, it snatched the guard's phone away: "It seems a lot has happened during the time I was away... but it doesn't matter, now that your brother is back, everything is just floating clouds, all floating clouds!"

Listening to Si Nan's words, Zheng Mingyun couldn't help but fall silent.

Zhang Yexin immediately thought of something and screamed: "My laptop is still left in the dormitory..."

"The second matter... I shall announce it myself. The Excellent Graduate of this year's Luofu Vocational and Technical College... is none other than—Zhang Yexin!"

"Wait... why wasn't I teleported directly back to the dormitory where I originally disappeared? Is it because someone else is there now?"

"What?"

Aaron wore a kind smile on his face as he shook hands with Zhang Yexin, the reincarnation of the Luofu Patriarch and now his student: "This is what you deserve..."

Zhang Yexin thought left and right, but still couldn't figure it out.

Aaron looked at those students from the West Continent and South Continent and smiled meaningfully: "Graduates originally don't have recommendation qualifications! However, with this badge, you can recommend one new student for admission during the next enrollment!"

A gatekeeper hurriedly took out his mobile phone, about to make a call.

"Yeah... this... is also a kind of skill!"

"Haha... it's me, I'm back."

Furthermore, naturally, one cannot grant graduates the authority to recommend new students for enrollment.

"Otherwise, my lord must accept a future engulfed in the flames of war; after all... as long as Luofu does not perish, Psionic Energy shall endure!"

Over this past year, although he had basically left everything to the Jiuyou Blood Demon to handle, he still labored with heart and soul, even reducing the frequency of his visits to the Dayue Club; it was time to have a good rest.

"I am Yuan Shiyan, I have also arrived home."

"This crappy dormitory building doesn't just have underwear stolen every few days, it's also haunted!"

The moment Aaron finished speaking, Zhang Yexin felt countless gazes land upon him, almost as if they were going to pierce right through him!

Even the gaze cast over by Si Nan was somewhat meaningful.

Otherwise, if he were to lose the Yuantu Sword in the dormitory building, he would cry himself to death!

The girl who had just shouted stared blankly at the youth who looked like a vagrant; he pointed a finger, transformed into a streak of blood light, and tore through the air, leaving her stunned on the spot.

Si Nan and the other students from the Central Continent, and even the graduates from the West Continent and South Continent, all began to applaud vigorously.

"Originally we wanted to move, but we thought, didn't we need to leave an address for you? So we never moved... Later, well, we thought that once we had money, we could give you a younger brother or sister..."

Zhang Yexin: 'So I go missing for a year, you aren't worried at all, and you even went and started a new save file?'

(End of this chapter)