At this very moment, all the mixed-bloods were going crazy seeing Fēng'er eat crow!
After all, they had always felt that Fēng'er was utterly unscrupulous!
But who would have thought that there would be a mantis catching the cicada while the oriole was waiting behind!
Fēng'er's dream of striking it rich was mercilessly crushed by Professor Manstein!
Xia Mi: "Hahahahahahahaha, Fēng'er is so miserable! His overnight riches dream is shattered!"
Nono: "Fēng'er, you've truly become a penniless loser! I'm dying of laughter!"
Yabuki Sakura: "Didn't Manstein still have low expectations of Lu Ming Fei? How dare he bet big?"
Qilan: "That just goes to show how insanely talented Lu Ming Fei is! Truly worthy of being my idol, Lu Shen! I'm paying my respects!"
Chu Zi Hang: "It doesn't matter... anyway, I didn't bet much, it's good to earn something."
Caesar: "@Chu Zi Hang, how much are you betting on Lu Ming Fei?"
Chu Zi Hang: "Five hundred dollars, how about you?"
Caesar: "I'll go big, I'll bet ten thousand dollars!"
Night Watchman: "Hey, are you guys ignoring my existence? So openly placing bets within the academy?!"
Night Watchman: "The worst part is you guys aren't even including me! Do you know how the Night Watchman forum came about?"
Jiu De Ma Yi: "I'm betting ten thousand dollars on our little boy, betting he'll win!"
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"Holy crap! Inside information!"
"Inside information!! There must be inside information!!!"
"My tens of thousands of dollars! I'm so pissed! How did the news department flunkies mess this up?!"
At the train station, seeing his chance to strike it rich being snatched away by Professor 富山雅史, Fēng'er felt like a cat with its tail stepped on, he was completely ruffled!
He couldn't comprehend how Professor 富山雅史 got the inside scoop!
With a 300:1 payout, this one bet alone would have earned him nearly ten thousand dollars!
A profit of five times his investment, who wouldn't want that?
But he was actually robbed!
"Senior brother, don't be angry!"
"Look, you haven't even lost a thousand dollars yet!"
Lu Ming Fei scratched his head, feeling somewhat awkward.
Even he couldn't quite understand why Professor 富山雅史 would have such high hopes for him.
But thinking about it, he was even more determined to pass the 3E exam and make those people see him in a new light.
"Is this about a thousand dollars?!?"
"This is about dignity! This is about principles!"
"I, Fēng'er, may be poor!"
"But I cannot accept that someone would steal the scraps from this poor guy!"
Fēng'er was so angry that he burst into a torrent of curses.
Especially since he didn't have any substantial amount of cash on him, he was even more heartbroken.
Fēng'er's description made Lu Ming Fei burst out laughing.
"Senior brother... turns out you, the unscrupulous one, have dignity?"
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The video footage continues to play!
Late at night, the eve of the 3E exam.
Lu Ming Fei was studying under a desk lamp, meticulously copying the answer sheet Fēng'er had given him.
This was worth a whopping three thousand dollars!
Lu Ming Fei had never seen this much money in his life, he carefully picked up his pen, trying to memorize it.
"Why slay the dragon?! The dragon never bothered you guys..."
"Also! Why not use pinyin for the pronunciation? Do the four Great Dragon Kings also speak Korean? Simeeda!"
Looking at the abstract script and the messy handwriting, Lu Ming Fei was about to go crazy.
There were only four hours left before dawn.
To memorize the answers to eight exam questions in this amount of time, Lu Ming Fei had the urge to curse!
Soon, dawn broke.
Lu Ming Fei, who hadn't slept a wink all night, rushed to the exam site.
"Panda classmate, you're late!"
This time, Nono was Professor Manstein's assistant.
Seeing Lu Ming Fei arrive with two huge dark circles under his eyes, she greeted him with a smile.
Lu Ming Fei responded awkwardly, then sat down at his designated seat.
Looking at the bottom right corner of the exam paper, where Nono had written "Ricardo" Lee Jia Tu with her own hand, Lu Ming Fei was taken aback.
"Alright... she calls me Lee Jia Tu, so I'm Lee Jia Tu then."
Lu Ming Fei glanced around, a few pretty girls caught his eye.
A petite girl sat in the corner, her skin as white as cream, like an ice sculpture, exuding an air of coldness.
Lu Ming Fei was stunned, just as he was about to speak, the person beside him, named Qilan, was greeting him.
"Hey! Lu Ming Fei! Can you sign me an autograph? You're our idol."
Qilan was the president of the freshman association, wanting to recruit Lu Ming Fei, an S-class student, to join.
Before he could finish his sentence, Professor 富山雅史, who had just entered the exam hall, interrupted.
"This is not the time for you guys to socialize!"
"Everyone is present! Exam rules, cheating is absolutely prohibited!"
"Nóma is supervising this exam site, there are no blind spots! So don't even think about cheating!"
"I know that all of you who are able to come here are geniuses!"
"But any cheating methods you can think of have been tried, and none of them work!"
Professor 富山雅史 finished speaking, signaling the start of the 3E exam!
"Good luck!"
Professor 富山雅史 finished speaking, turned and left with his assistant Nono, slamming the door shut.
The entire exam hall was silent, a strong rock rhythm slowly began to play.
Lu Ming Fei listened intently, a smile curving his lips.
Fēng'er's previous warning had come true.
"The academy will use eight fixed soundtracks as the exam questions, you need to focus and listen for the sub-melodies contained within the rhythm, that's the dragon text incantation."
Lu Ming Fei looked at the students, who were all deep in thought, he quietly rolled up his sleeve.
On it were drawn eight miniature strange patterns.
This was what Lu Ming Fei had learned from Little Celestial Girl Su Xiaotong.
Back then, Su Xiaotong had worn a miniskirt and copied the answers on her thigh, it was so arrogant.
Lu Ming Fei glanced at the students beside him, some of them were starting to dance wildly in the midst of these bizarre incantations.
Some were crying their hearts out, as if they had just lost their entire family.
Some jumped onto the desks and sang loudly, thinking they were pop stars.
This was the manifestation of spiritual sight.
The exam hall was a scene of utter chaos.
At this point, Lu Ming Fei finally understood.
No wonder Nono and Professor 富山雅史 didn't stay in the exam hall to supervise...
Crazy, they're all crazy...
Lu Ming Fei looked at the students in a daze, their chaotic dancing.
His gaze stopped on the girl with the calm aura, he froze.
She was just sitting there quietly, like Lu Ming Fei, alone in the midst of everyone's intoxication.
"Nono, I remember when you experienced spiritual sight, you were very calm?"
"What did you see the first time you had spiritual sight?"
Looking at the chaos, 富山雅史 outside the door was somewhat worried.
He was truly afraid that Lu Ming Fei, the S-class student, would not pass the S-class exam.
Nono looked up at the sky and said softly:
"My mother was lying in bed, and a shadow took her soul away."
"Then, she passed away."
富山雅史's eyes widened.
"Your spiritual sight... was it that real?"
You know, the spiritual sight most people experience is just a jumble of lines.
"It was way too real."
Nono sighed, her voice low.
"Unfortunately, I didn't get a good look at the guy's face."
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"I can't believe... Senior Sister has a past like that?"
"Her mother... was probably killed by someone, right?"
At the train station, Lu Ming Fei couldn't help but sigh.
He had a feeling.
Nono and him were on the same path.
But he never expected that behind Nono's seemingly resolute and cold queenly demeanor, she hid a past like this.
Reality is always like that, lonely and cruel.
If you don't become strong, you'll be trampled underfoot and never able to rise again.
"Junior brother, there's a lot you don't know."
Fēng'er habitually held up two fingers, only to realize he didn't have any cigarettes on him.
He patted Lu Ming Fei on the shoulder, putting away his usual cynical attitude, he said earnestly:
"So, to protect the people you want to protect, you have to grow even harder, you have to fight harder."
"At least now, this screen video can reveal the future development."
"You, still have a chance to change the past."
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The video footage continues to play!
"Alright!"
"Seven questions finished!"
While the students were in a frenzy, Lu Ming Fei was hunched over his exam paper.
The con man Fēng'er, whom he had been cursing all along, was surprisingly not lying to him this time.
The exam paper was quite good, Lu Ming Fei was in a good mood.
Lu Ming Fei turned his head to look at the girl who was hunched over her exam paper.
But in that instant, all the scenery changed, a little boy in a suit sat there, with his back to Lu Ming Fei.
He had dazzling golden eyes, he beckoned to Lu Ming Fei, and said softly:
"It's you?!?"
Lu Ming Fei's eyes widened, he looked at this persistent little boy.
He was like a demon, whispering to him in his most sorrowful moments.
But he never expected that this mysterious little boy would still be following him?
"Sunset? You came up?"
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