Chapter 120: I'm Both Smart and Credible! (Monthly Ticket +5)

Dormitory, living room.

Chen Shu rested his hands on the back of the sofa and asked Jiang Lai, who was sitting on the sofa:

"Did you sign up for the Martial Sports Meet?"

"I did, we have to sign up."

"What did you sign up for?"

"I signed up for the 1,000-meter run, weightlifting, and the non-Spirit long jump."

"What about the Arena Competition?"

"The Arena Competition is automatic."

"Oh..."

"What's wrong?"

"Our Ancient Cultivation Academy is considered part of the Martial Academy Group, so our academy will be competing with your Martial Academy when the time comes."

"Really?"

"Yeah, I'm afraid we'll be beaten like dogs by you guys."

"It's not really being beaten by us, though. Our academy is also divided into Martial Artists and Martial Cultivators; Martial Artists get beaten by Martial Cultivators in most events too. Besides, we have to compete against other schools later. According to a junior year senior, the people from the National Defense Military Academy are real monsters." Jiang Lai scratched his head, "What about you, Brother Chen, are you signing up for any events?"

"I'll sign up."

"Sign up for what?"

"I haven't decided on the Ordinary Competition yet, I don't know if I'll sign up or not, but I'm definitely participating in the Arena Competition."

"Ah?"

Jiang Lai opened his mouth wide in astonishment.

In his impression, Brother Chen was a top student, proficient in cooking and Rune principles, and had a very gentle personality. Although he practiced martial arts, he only did so at an average level. Most of the time, he stayed in his room reading books or sat in front of the computer researching things he couldn't understand; he was more like an intellectual.

Chen Shu said with a chuckle: "I'm just going to join in the fun, because you have to sign up to be able to go watch, right."

"Oh, I see..."

Jiang Lai nodded; that made more sense.

Immediately after, Chen Shu returned to his room.

He opened WeChat.

He had just received a message from the class monitor.

Wang Weixin: Big Boss, are you signing up for the Martial Sports Meet? Tell me what you want to sign up for, and I'll submit it for you.

It had been sent an hour ago.

Chen Shu did not reply for the moment, but instead opened the class group chat.

This morning, Xia Yunyun had posted the event list for the Martial Sports Meet in the class group, but because he had a full schedule of classes today, his few moments of free time were very precious and had to be used for chatting with Qingqing, watching short videos, zoning out, and so on, so he hadn't looked at it yet.

Only now did Chen Shu pull it up.

Even for just the Ordinary Competition, the Martial Sports Meet was quite different from the sports meets of his past life. For example, there was no 100-meter dash; sprints started at a minimum of 200 meters. At the same time, the Martial Sports Meet also had some events that didn't exist in his past life, such as Spirit Power weight-bearing, rapid punching, and the like, which were very characteristic of this world.

There were also differences between the events for the Martial Academy Group and the Ordinary Group.

I'll sign up for one just to join in the fun.

What should I sign up for?

Chen Shu scanned his eyes up and down.

He wasn't lacking in academic credits; he just wanted to go play around.

I'll sign up for Archery.

As for the Arena Competition, there weren't that many events, and it wasn't divided into Martial Artist rules, Martial Cultivator rules, or Spirit Cultivator rules. It was just Arena combat; you won if you made your opponent concede or the referee called a stop within fifteen minutes. If the outcome hadn't been decided after fifteen minutes, the referee panel would make a judgment based on performance on the field and the injuries of both sides to determine the winner.

There was one, and only one, round.

After reading it, Chen Shu sent a message to the class monitor: Sign me up for the 100-meter Archery and the Arena Competition.

Wang Weixin: Big Boss is awesome.

Chen Shu: Haha, it's mostly just to join in the fun.

He closed WeChat and continued tinkering with the Martial Artist Rune.

The twenty-fourth day of the first lunar month.

Zhang Suannai sat blankly on the sofa. A long-haired white cat was crawling back and forth on the sofa, looking at her from time to time. It couldn't tell she was in a bad mood and treated her legs entirely as a common obstacle, stepping over them again and again.

"Ah..."

Zhang Suannai was so bewildered.

Three more days had passed.

In these three days, she had not only searched through all the freshman girls with talent and all the sophomore girls, but she had even searched through the boys as well. Yet, everyone faced her sudden attacks with a look of bewilderment. Not only could she see nothing unusual, but her Spiritual Sense also had no abnormal feedback.

This...

How could it be like this?

It's completely different from what I thought!

I even cheated! How can I still not find them?

The white cat crawled over her thigh again, its little plum-blossom-shaped paws making her itch, and the cat even turned its head to glance at her.

"What are you looking at?"

The white cat glanced at her again and ignored her.

"Buzz buzz!"

Zhang Suannai remained silent; she didn't want to look at her Mobile Phone, but if she didn't look, she felt an itch in her heart.

Curiosity made her unable to control herself.

Gate of All Wonders: We might have all been deceived.

Nameless Person: I think so too!

Qingcai Keke: Only just realized?

Green Lamp Ancient Buddha: Amitabha.

Qingcai Keke: Master, didn't you calculate for yourself before investing? It would have been better to go to Xinzheng Temple and touch the Diamond Stone.

Green Lamp Ancient Buddha: I cannot be called a master.

Qingcai Keke: Monk.

Green Lamp Ancient Buddha: I cannot be called a monk either.

Qingcai Keke: Then what should I call you?

Green Lamp Ancient Buddha: Just call me by my nickname.

Qingcai Keke: Tch.

Gate of All Wonders: Don't go off-topic.

Gate of All Wonders: This person is truly unreliable.

Zhang Suannai held her Mobile Phone, her face far away from the screen, her expression numb, pretending she didn't see it.

Nameless Person: Sigh!

Gate of All Wonders: What does the group owner say? @Haoran Zhengqi

Haoran Zhengqi: /eating melon seeds

Haoran Zhengqi: It's not that everyone was deceived; there are still some who weren't. This group member should come out and share their experience of having high intelligence. @Zhaoye Qing

One minute passed.

Two minutes passed.

Three minutes passed.

Qingcai Keke: Group owner, they are online but not replying to you, kick them out.

Zhaoye Qing: /smile

Qingcai Keke: Look, they really are online.

Haoran Zhengqi: /awkward

Haoran Zhengqi: @Nainai Zongshuo

Haoran Zhengqi: She is also online.

Qingcai Keke: Tsk tsk, everyone's address has changed from "he" to "she".

Gate of All Wonders: Come out and give an explanation, otherwise refund the money. @Nainai Zongshuo

Qingcai Keke: +1

Haoran Zhengqi: +1

Nameless Person: +1

Just Call Me Luo Huaian: +1

Green Lamp Ancient Buddha: Amitabha.

Nainai Zongshuo:...

Zhang Suannai took a deep breath and then slowly exhaled.

Although people from the Sword Sect have always lacked credibility, and even the current Sword Master has no credibility—for example, Zhang Suannai herself is a result of lacking credibility—the Sword Master once announced that they had taken a closed-door disciple and would not take any more, but decades later, "Hehe, did I say that? I forgot!"

But Zhang Suannai considers herself a person with a lot of credibility.

Now that things have come to this, for the sake of her own credibility, she can only state the results of her deduction.

Nainai Zongshuo: I didn't find nothing at all; I also, like Vegetable Keke, deduced some things based on the results of my investigation.

Gate of All Wonders: Speak quickly.

Green Lamp Ancient Buddha: Amitabha.

Nameless Person: Curious!

Haoran Zhengqi: /eating melon seeds

Qingcai Keke: /yawn

Nainai Zongshuo: It is highly likely that Vegetable Keke is not a student at Ling'an Academy; the identity information she has always claimed is fake.

Qingcai Keke: Why are you deducing things? /dazed

Qingcai Keke: That's so outrageous.

Nainai Zongshuo: I guessed right, didn't I!

Qingcai Keke: /despise

Nainai Zongshuo: /anxious!

Qingcai Keke: I am indeed from Ling'an Academy.

Nainai Zongshuo: Impossible.

Nainai Zongshuo: Since you joined this group, your talent surely wouldn't be bad, right?

Gate of All Wonders: Continue.

Nainai Zongshuo: I investigated all the talented freshmen and sophomores at Ling'an Academy—women, those with good figures, those without good figures, and I even investigated the men—you are simply not there.

Qingcai Keke: So you were cheating...

Qingcai Keke: I thought you had some powerful investigative methods.

Gate of All Wonders: That is not important.

Gate of All Wonders: Is the important thing whether it's authentic?

Grandma Always Says: It's about eight or nine tenths likely!

Qingcai Keke: Fake.

Qingcai Keke: I am from Ling'an Academy myself. The night before classes officially started, I even ran into her at Kongmeng Building. She went to Kongmeng Building to eat, accompanied by a girl who looked very young.

Qingcai Keke: Hey, why did you go to Kongmeng Building to eat? Isn't Lianyan Building closer to you?

Grandma Always Says: /Xiaoyu and I are both in Surprise.

Grandma Always Says: /I'm fucking stunned.

Grandma Always Says: /Impossible! Absolutely impossible!

Grandma Always Says: Fake.

Grandma Always Says: It's all fake.

Grandma Always Says: I don't believe it! I'm not listening!

Grandma Always Says: /Covering ears.

Qingcai Keke: The truth has surfaced, everyone see for yourselves.

Haoran: /Cracking melon seeds.

Zhang Suannai sat on the sofa, her expression dull.

Why did she happen to run into her when she went to eat at Kongmeng Building? Why did she recognize her, yet her gaze remained unchanged, and she wasn't even perceived by her? So is she really from Ling'an Academy? Was her own cheating detection completely ineffective?

How could this be?

Or did she find out through other channels?

Xiaoxiao... Impossible!

Xiaoxiao is from Yuanzhou, arrived in Yujing only a few days ago, and only moved into the Dormitory and met her on the twentieth of the first lunar month; how could she possibly leak information to this group member? Moreover, given the personalities of those two sisters, they probably wouldn't even pay attention to their own classmates; even if someone found her, it would be impossible to persuade her.

Could it be...

Right!

Surveillance!

It must be surveillance!

Zhang Suannai felt she had found the direction.

"..."

Ning Qing's white cat crawled past her legs again, turning its head to glance at her during the process; that look seemed to hold some pity.

Click.

Ning Qing opened the door and walked out, holding her pajamas as she headed toward the bathroom, and quite rarely, she took the initiative to greet her:

"Good evening."

"Good evening..."

Zhang Suannai thought while answering, wondering how to investigate next, when she suddenly called out to Ning Qing:

"Wait!"

"?"

Ning Qing turned to look at her, her gaze indifferent.

Zhang Suannai felt inexplicably timid. Even though she was also a proud person, for some reason, she always felt that this roommate was looking down on her, and she was like a dull student facing a teacher, or a farmer from the past facing an intellectual, feeling guilty for her own stupidity to the point of feeling awkward all over.

"Tell me, if someone kept monitoring you with surveillance, what would you do?"

"Boring question."

"Tell me, tell me!"

"I'm going to take a shower."

"I beg you!!!"

"..." Ning Qing stopped her steps and pursed her lips, "Find him."

"How do you find him?"

"I naturally can."

"Emmm..." Zhang Suannai hesitated for a moment and said coyly, "Then can you help me find this person?"

"No."

"Why?"

"What exactly are you trying to say?"

"I suspect someone is monitoring me!" Zhang Suannai said in a firm tone, then asked, "Do you have any way to find him?"

Ning Qing looked at her silently for a long time.

During this process, Zhang Suannai also looked at her with full expectation.

Ning Qing pursed her lips, her heart softening after all:

"Drink more Wisdom Tea."

As roommates, this counted as a reminder to her.

At the very least, it indicated that her direction was wrong.

Ning Qing walked into the bathroom holding her pajamas.

Zhang Suannai sat on the sofa, blinking her eyes as she watched the white cat run quickly toward the bathroom, only to be blocked outside the door; it began to scratch the door incessantly, and Zhang Suannai couldn't help but reach out to scratch her own head, muttering softly:

"What does this mean?

"Forget it if you don't want to say...

"I'll find it myself!"

"I am so smart, I don't believe I can't find it..."