The rookies clustered around Lin Tianbiao, each and every one of them had a look of admiration. Lu Ping, who was nearly attacked by the crowd, was cast aside and completely ignored. Even though some people were unhappy, they did not show it.
"Yes, impressive." Megrez Star Chen Jiu nodded his head and walked down the observatory with his hands behind his back. Jin Qi followed closely behind. Lin Tianbiao nodded his head at Lu Ping before walking down the platform. The other rookies followed. When they passed by Lu Ping, there were some who stared straight ahead, some who were arrogant, and some who were gloating. Lu Ping did not have his soul power. Thinking of this, many people were secretly delighted.
Not long later, only Lu Ping and Zi Mu were left on the stone stairs of the observatory. Looking at the people walking down the mountain path, Zi Mu revealed a look of disdain.
"Heng, hypocrite." Zi Mu said.
"Oh?" Lu Ping looked at him.
"That Lin Tianbiao!" Zi Mu said, "Don't think that he has any good intentions. This kind of person from a big family likes to put on an act. Since things have come to this, he knows that he can't get anything back from you. He might as well take the opportunity to show off and gain a good reputation in the eyes of everyone. Pfft. "
"How do you know?" Lu Ping asked.
"I've seen many of these people." Zi Mu said. He did not have the qualifications to be friends with Lin Tianbiao, but he had seen many of these people from big families in Dongdu. His impression of them was rather bad.
"Even so, there's nothing wrong with it." Lu Ping said.
"Ah?" Zi Mu was stunned. He realized that he could not refute this point.
"But it's very hypocritical!" He still revealed a look of disdain towards the people walking down the mountain path.
"That might not be a bad thing." Lu Ping said.
"Your way of thinking … is very strange." Zi Mu said as he scratched his head.
"Probably." Lu Ping raised his head and looked at the sky. After the crowd dispersed, the Star Fate Chart gradually faded away. All the Fated Stars disappeared and the sky returned to normal.
"Let's go!" Lu Ping said.
"The problem is, where should we go?" Zi Mu asked. The two of them had just returned from Alkaid Peak, so they had no idea where the rookies had been staying for the past few days. In the current situation, the two of them seemed to be isolated. Truth be told, Zi Mu felt very uneasy about this situation. Among these excellent new people. He could imagine being bullied, but being ostracized made him feel that this treatment was a little high class. He couldn't bear it, but he would never abandon Lu Ping to express goodwill to the public.
"Just follow him," Lu Ping said indifferently.
"Alright …" Zi Mu had slowly gotten used to Lu Ping's simple and concise personality.
Hence, the two of them followed behind the rookies at a distance. The rookies quickly noticed this. However, no one came to greet the two of them.
"Brother Zhuo …" Yi Feng of the Dark Army's National Protector College came to Zhuo Qing's side and gestured behind him. At this time, Chen Jiu and Jin Qi had already left. Apart from the rookies, there was no one else on the road. It seemed to be the right time to find trouble with Lu Ping. They were different from the rookies, and would not easily let Lu Ping go, unless there were instructions from the Dark Army Empire. Otherwise, even if it was in the North Style Academy, they would think of ways to overcome it.
"No." Zhuo Qing looked left and right, decisively rejecting Yi Feng's signal.
"What?" Yi Feng didn't understand.
"It's not as simple as you think, this is the North Style Academy. Megrez Peak. "Zhuo Qing said. After all, his background was better, and his knowledge was naturally higher than others. Even if he didn't discover anything amiss nearby, he still knew that it wasn't a good opportunity to make a move. On the stargazing platform, Chen Jiu and Jin Qi came and went as they were called, and they didn't know where the Megrez Peak students were hiding. Who knew if there would be similar deployments along the way.
"Let's think about it at length." He said, making Yi Feng give up on the idea.
"Then let Guan Xun and Luo Qin come back first?" Yi Feng asked.
"Yes." Zhuo Qing nodded. Guan Xun and Luo Qin were the two who left first under his signal. The two of them temporarily waited on the mountain road leading outside. If Lu Ping was sent somewhere else because he didn't have soul power, then the two of them would wait for an opportunity to make a move. But now it seemed like there was no need for that. Lu Ping. He would still be by their side. Only, it wasn't that easy to make a move at such a close distance.
Think about it at length.
Yi Feng used their State Protector Academy's special communication method to send this information to the two.
Then the newcomers descended Megrez Peak. On the way back to Seven Stars Valley, Lu Ping and Zi Mu followed from behind. They finally arrived at the place the newcomers lived in. It was a wooden house at the bottom of the northern mountain range. The newcomers lived in a large courtyard on the west side. From west to east, there were many such courtyards. The lights were still lit, and many North Style Academy students were strolling outside. Seeing the newcomers return, many people came over to greet them. Quite a number of people came over to greet him. It seemed that the rookies had become familiar with this area after a few days. Lu Ping and Zi Mu, who were walking at the back of the group, seemed even more like shadows.
"Oh … …" Zi Mu looked at the North Style Academy students chatting with the newcomers, and suddenly said this. He looked at one of them and called out: "Tu Xiangdong."
"You know him?" Lu Ping asked.
"I know him, but he doesn't know me." Zi Mu laughed self-deprecatingly. He looked around and saw a series of familiar faces. He counted a few names in succession.
"They are all students from East Capital. They joined North Style Academy last year." Zi Mu explained to Lu Ping as he continued to look around. The Thirteen Academies of East Capital were all in the upper echelons of the school rankings. There were quite a few outstanding students that came to the four great academies every year. Zi Mu continued to count, and found that there were quite a few outstanding students from East Capital from last year, the year before, and even the year before that. They had all successfully joined North Style Academy, and were now living here. Then looking at the rows of courtyards, Zi Mu immediately understood. Year after year, the newcomers lived here in order. The newcomers this year lived in the westernmost courtyard. Next to it was the courtyard that the newcomers lived in last year.
After understanding this, Zi Mu continued to look for faces that he could recognize. It was no secret that there were people who entered the four great academies every year. These outstanding students were also famous in East Capital. Zi Mu could recognize most of them.
After counting, he was able to see a few things. The newcomers and old students that came from the same academy were now gathered together, forming small groups. The interactions between the small groups were no longer as close. Some of the groups that didn't have a good relationship with each other were even further apart from each other.
This scene made Zi Mu feel uneasy again.
"Hey." He called out to Lu Ping, "Did anyone from your Zhenfeng College join North Style Academy?"
"I think there was one?" Lu Ping said. He was really not sure. He only knew that there were four students from Zhenfeng College who entered the four great academies. Whether it was one from each of the four great academies, Lu Ping was not sure. Therefore, whether there was one in North Style Academy, Lu Ping was also not sure.
"We are really miserable." Zi Mu sighed. He saw many big and small lively groups, and it seemed like he and Lu Ping could only stick together.
Lu Ping smiled and didn't say anything. He was also looking at the scene in front of him. Very quickly, he noticed the unfriendly gazes directed at him, and the other party didn't even try to hide it.
Zhuo Qing, Yi Feng, Guan Xun, Luo Qin … …
Not only these newcomers, but also the Dark Army's National Protector Academy, one of the top five academies on the school rankings, would send a batch of outstanding youths to the four great academies every year. National Protector Academy naturally had a stable influence in North Style Academy.
At this moment, there were more than ten people gathered in the small group of National Protector Academy. Zhuo Qing was naturally not the leader among them. At this moment, he was pointing at Lu Ping and introducing Lu Ping to the former students of National Protector Academy. Hostility quickly spread among the dozen or so people. No matter if it was the newcomers or the former students, their loyalty to the Dark Army Empire was the same.
"So there are more than five … …" Lu Ping recalled Chen Jiu's reminder and muttered to himself. After counting, there were already thirteen people in front of him. Perhaps there were still more who hadn't joined. If National Protector Academy could send five people every year, then there would be twenty in four years, fifty in ten years, and a hundred in twenty years.
Wouldn't a hundred be a little too much?
As Lu Ping thought about this, he looked at Zi Mu.
"That … …" He asked, "If it's North Style Academy, when will we graduate?"
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