Chapter 189

"Once Brother Xuan's results come out, this Zhou Yi's ranking will definitely be pushed down!"

The tall, thin man who had spoken earlier immediately retorted.

It was at this very moment that a new name slowly appeared in the rankings on the large screen:

'Second place, Shi Mingxuan, Abyss difficulty, time spent 14 minutes 42 seconds, final clearance progress 100%.'

"Huh?"

Seeing this ranking and name, the tall, thin man was slightly stunned, then immediately reacted, his face turning bright red.

He had only just finished speaking; he hadn't expected to be slapped in the face so quickly.

While embarrassed, he also felt it was somewhat unbelievable.

After all, that was Shi Mingxuan!

A top-ten ranked student in his second year!

To be surpassed just like that by a freshman who had one year less of cultivation and study time...

While the students in the hall were all doubting their lives,

Zhou Yi, Jiang Churan, and Zhong Dan had long since left the Instance Building.

Because there were three of them, and they weren't in a rush to enter an instance like when they arrived,

they didn't choose to take a mount on the way back, but instead simply chose to walk.

The Instance Building was located in the eastern part of Suhang University, right within the scope of the Elemental Academy.

Therefore, walking along the road, one could see many things related to elemental magic.

Strange trees that automatically gathered fire elements, small magic arrays serving as decorations...

Among them, the most obvious was the magnificent statue that could be easily seen even from a distance.

That statue depicted the Magic God Wei Yang, who, during the Dark Ages, had single-handedly blocked the invasion of an entire otherworldly legion.

In the end, he met an end where his soul was extinguished, unable to be resurrected.

Besides these things, along the way, one could also see many students of the Mage profession casting Wind-Speed Spells.

Wrapped in wind elements, they flew toward the direction of the Elemental Academy's teaching building.

"As expected of the Elemental Academy, they have utilized magic to the extreme..."

Walking on the road, Zhou Yi couldn't help but feel a bit moved.

Compared to the Elemental Academy, the northern part of Suhang University, where the War Academy was located, looked much more plain.

"I heard that every Mid-Autumn Festival night, the Elemental Academy holds a grand magic firework show."

Jiang Churan said with quite a bit of longing.

If one were to ask which profession's skills were the most gorgeous, it would undoubtedly be the Mage profession.

Brilliant elemental magic was not only lethal but also extremely beautiful.

At night, the magic firework show formed by the interweaving of various spells was something to look forward to just thinking about it.

"Mid-Autumn Festival? It's only a few days away.

When that day comes, we can come over to the Elemental Academy to take a look."

Zhou Yi nodded with a smile.

The Mid-Autumn Festival in the Zhongxia Kingdom was on August 15th, and today was already August 8th.

There was about a week left.

"Yeah, let's come over together then."

"The Mid-Autumn holiday, that's perfect!"

"Sure, but I might not be able to come; I might have to go home for a trip then."

"Go home? I remember your home is in the north of Suhang Province, right? That's a bit far."

"..."

Jiang Churan and Zhong Dan both had relatively lively personalities, and Zhou Yi himself didn't lack emotional intelligence.

The three of them walking together wouldn't be boring.

In fact, some of Zhou Yi's jokes made the two women, Jiang Churan and Zhong Dan, burst into silver-bell-like laughter from time to time, laughing until they swayed...

Soon, the three arrived at the District 1 dormitories.

They returned to their respective villas.

"Little Gray."

Zhou Yi, having entered Villa 001, called out softly, and the little wolf cub, looking like a small ball, ran out from somewhere in the living room.

Then, with a kick of its hind legs, it leaped over a meter high and jumped into Zhou Yi's arms.

"Whoa, you've gotten quite a bit heavier!"

It had only been four days since he bought the Wind-Speed Wolf cub from the Magic Pet Market; the cub's size hadn't changed much, but its weight had increased significantly.

Of course, Zhou Yi also knew that this was because the cub was accumulating energy.

In another ten days or so, once the energy in its body was fully accumulated,

its size would expand rapidly like a balloon, changing every single day.

Putting the equipment he was carrying into his backpack space, Zhou Yi sat on the sofa holding the little wolf cub.

He began to think about his arrangements for the coming period.

"The Frost Pill will take another six or seven days to finish refining; that time will be exactly during the Mid-Autumn Festival."

"If the Frost Pill is refined and ready before the Mid-Autumn Festival, I can just go back to Lijiang and spend the festival with my sister."

"If it's late, I'll just have to accompany Jiang Churan and the others to the Elemental Academy's magic firework festival."

"Though, that doesn't seem bad either..."

Zhou Yi was quite looking forward to the Elemental Academy's magic firework festival.

After all, it involved many applications of elemental spell skills, and perhaps it could provide him with some inspiration for his own skill casting.

Moreover, the visual enjoyment brought by magic fireworks was not something ordinary fireworks could compare to...

For the next week, Zhou Yi lived a very regular life.

He woke up early in the morning, completed the system's daily tasks, and chose either free attribute point rewards or skill point rewards.

Afterward, if he had classes, he went to the War Academy; if not, he stayed in the villa to train.

In the evening, he would occasionally make a phone call to his sister, Zhou Yun, to find out how she was doing.

On nights without a call, he would go to the school's skill library to study the skill-point paths and training methods of powerful Paladins.

At the same time, he would look to see if there were any skills suitable for his current self.

Just like that, the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival arrived quickly.

However, unfortunately, by this day, the Frost Pill had still not finished refining.

After calling Senior Sister Lin Yi and learning that he would only be able to get the Frost Pill the next day,

Zhou Yi went to the Elemental Academy that evening with Jiang Churan and Zhong Dan.

Besides the three of them, many other students who had heard about the magic firework show had also come to the Elemental Academy.

It had to be said, the mages were very creative.

Throughout the Elemental Academy, different magic arrays were set up.

The magic arrays could gather different elements to form various magical beasts and patterns.

These beasts and patterns had vastly different styles.

Some leaned toward cute, adorable types, while others had bloody maws wide open, with a rather realistic style...

Besides that, there were even many magic arrays that gathered elemental images of incredibly rare high-level races like angels, titans, and dragons.

All of this made many students who had come to watch, just like Zhou Yi and his group, watch with great interest.

At 10: 0 PM, the magic firework show arrived right on time.

Under the radiance of the bright full moon, the brilliance of various magic fireworks almost lit up the entire Suhang University.

The entire magic firework show lasted for over an hour, giving the freshmen who were seeing such a large-scale explosion of spell brilliance for the first time their fill!!

After the firework show ended, the three of them found a restaurant with a decent environment to eat.