Domestication of Divine Beasts at the Beginning

Chapter 69 – Lin Yanran's terrifying background, there are countless talents in the world, yet none can compare to her

"After discussions among the military's top brass, it was decided due to the significant disparity in strength between top-tier schools and others, especially the Great Wall Guardian Army Martial School."

"So in the end, the military's top brass unanimously decided."

"In order to ensure that each team can fully showcase their strength and to avoid affecting the authenticity of the hundred schools' rankings due to other contestants repeatedly getting byes, it was directly decided that the Great Wall Guardian Army Martial School would get a bye until the semifinals."

At this point, the Old Principal glanced at Su Bai without leaving a trace, as if implying that the military's decision had a lot to do with Su Bai's incredible luck in drawing byes twice in a row!

Originally, byes were unavoidable and not considered a loophole in the rules, but Su Bai managed to get byes twice in a row with his extraordinary luck.

It was somewhat unfair.

Seeing the Old Principal's look, Su Bai immediately understood what he was thinking. Goodness, this was like rubbing salt in the wound!

He immediately looked aggrieved.

"I didn't want byes either, do you think I wanted them? Only a fool would want that!"

Then he curiously asked, "Why was the Great Wall Guardian Army Martial School given a bye?"

"Because the Great Wall Guardian Army Martial School, rather than being a school, is more like a military talent cultivation base."

"Their annual recruitment isn't through the college entrance examination but directly selecting talented soldiers from the military for training, which makes a huge difference."

"And you might not know, the Great Wall Guardian Army Martial School is the only one that has its academy on the front lines of the Myriad Races Battlefield!"

"Because of their uniqueness, the Great Wall Guardian Army never participated in martial school leagues or rankings before, but their strength is acknowledged as the strongest."

"Having long experienced the blood and fire of battle, struggling on the front lines of life and death, they lack neither resources nor techniques. Honestly, the military letting them participate this time is somewhat bullying you ordinary martial artists!"

"They were unanimously voted to be the team with byes in the first two rounds, perhaps because no one wanted to face them in the early rounds."

"Because encountering them means the chance of being eliminated is infinitely high!"

As the Old Principal explained, they unknowingly arrived at the train station entrance.

At this time, the surroundings of the train station were filled with banners cheering for Luohe Martial Academy, clearly organized by the Luohe city government to encourage the martial academy students.

Many people held banners, cheering as they sent the principal and contestants of Luohe Martial Academy into the high-speed rail station.

Bai Ningbing saw this and sneered, "Luohe Martial Academy is really full of themselves."

Gu Yueqingshu smiled and explained:

"Before warriors set out, the townsfolk send them off, both as a blessing for their triumphant return and a prayer for their safe return."

"The reason the human race is the human race is because we have emotions, attachments, and understand human relationships."

"The warriors of the Myriad Races fight for the orders of their higher-ups, but our human warriors fight for the families behind them!"

Gu Yueqingshu's words immediately resonated with the students from Jiangzhou.

The Old Principal sighed, "If this were Jiangzhou, we would have this treatment too, but unfortunately, this is Luocheng, and Jiangzhou is still too far from here."

As they spoke, they continued walking forward.

To everyone's surprise, they saw banners being held high by a group of people.

"Jiangzhou Martial Academy, seize first place!"

"Su Bai, we all want to see you drinking cola and eating peanuts while fighting in the national finals!"

"Gu Yueqingshu, let your maple leaves cover the Magic City arena, let the enemies tremble!"

"Bai Ningbing, your dual-blade fighting style is impressive, keep it up in the finals!"

...

Each main team member of Jiangzhou Martial Academy had a banner written by the crowd for them.

These people weren't locals of Luocheng but had traveled all the way from Jiangzhou to see them off!

Seeing these banners, the Old Principal's eyes instantly turned red.

The townsfolk saw the principal and students in Jiangzhou Martial Academy uniforms in the crowd, and their emotions surged even more!

They raised their banners high and walked towards them, continuously shouting:

"Jiangzhou Martial Academy, victory!"

"Su Bai, victory!"

"Su Bai, show the momentum you had in the provincial league and let the whole country know how awesome Jiangzhou Martial Academy is!"

"We're going to take peanuts to the Magic City!"

Saying this, the townsfolk even handed a large bag of peanuts to Su Bai.

Su Bai, bewildered, accepted the peanuts.

What the heck!

They really brought peanuts?

But this was the townsfolk's goodwill, so Su Bai grinned at them and waved to greet them.

Although Gu Yueqingshu, Bai Ningbing, and Wang Qingqing weren't locals of Jiangzhou, they also had a slight smile on their lips.

If this were Jiangzhou, this scene would be relatively normal, but now they were far from home, strangers in a foreign land.

The townsfolk's actions warmed their hearts, making them feel that even in a foreign land, their hometown people cared about them.

Amidst the townsfolk's cheers, Su Bai and his group entered the train station.

As the Old Principal was distributing train tickets to each student, Lin Yanran suddenly appeared in front of everyone, followed by Mr. Wenyuan.

Wang Qingqing, one of the three school beauties of Jiangzhou Martial Academy, frowned instinctively upon seeing Lin Yanran's arrival.

Why did Lin Yanran come?

The Old Principal was also surprised by their arrival, knowing a bit about Lin Yanran's special status.

However, despite her special status, Lin Yanran was still a student at their school, so the Old Principal simply greeted her.

Gu Yueqingshu and the others curiously observed Lin Yanran, wondering about her purpose.

Lin Yanran, holding two ice creams, ran happily like a little deer to Su Bai and handed one to him:

"Su Bai, have an ice cream."

"I've just broken through to the Bronze Tier, isn't that amazing!"

"Can I go to the Magic City with you?"

Su Bai had naturally told Lin Yanran about coming to Luocheng for the competition, and Lin Yanran had also mentioned her plan to go into seclusion to break through.

What surprised Su Bai was that Lin Yanran came to Luocheng to find him right after breaking through to the Bronze Tier.

Seeing Lin Yanran, Su Bai was in a great mood, accepting the ice cream and eating it without a care.

"Sure, you have to cheer for me then!"

"Of course!"

After greeting Su Bai, Lin Yanran turned to the others and said to the Old Principal:

"Principal, I've booked a military supply train compartment for you in advance, and I've also prepared detailed information on the top ten teams entering the finals and the three top schools. We can discuss tactics while having hotpot."

"The ingredients on the military train are all made from high-grade fierce beast materials, which are hard to find outside."