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Translator: Silavin
Zhao Shengming seemed to have anticipated Lu Fan’s question and directly said, “This Secret Realm is being bought by the University for you, so of course you get to decide who the other person will be. Of course, if you don’t have any suitable candidate, the University will arrange one for you. The University will choose the strongest among those previously prepared for the National Trial to team up with you. These students are all strong Player and won’t hold you back in the Secret Realm. At the same time, they can clear this Dungeon Instance with you to improve himself. If there are any unexpected changes in the National Trial, they can also serve as substitutes.”
Lu Fan nodded, thinking, [The University’s arrangement are reasonable. But, as the saying goes, ‘one should not let benefits flow to outsiders’. Giving such a precious spot to others I don’t know would be too much of a waste. If anything, I want to bring someone close to me to this Secret Realm. Firstly, it would be of great help to my friend. They’ll be the one getting stronger rather than someone I don’t know. Secondly, with someone familiar by my side, I can be more at ease. I don’t have to worry about exposing my trump cards in front of some stranger.]
Lu Fan finally decided to choose his Secret Realm teammate from among his own regular team members.
After careful consideration, he thought Jian Ying would be the most suitable.
Han Ke did not have a Combat Specialised Profession, so clearing this Secret Realm would be wasted on her.
Qin Qiu, Tao Xiaoman, and Jian Ying were all good choices, but Lu Fan had a compelling reason to choose Jian Ying to clear the Secret Realm with. After all, since he was taken out, they both had to give up on the freshmen exam. This placed Jian Ying in a very awkward position.
[Yeah. I can’t really not add her in. Leaving the freshman exam at this stage is equivalent to selling her out. I really owe her. It’s just not right that I don’t let her in on this opportunity. What’s more, it is convenient that the Flying Dragon Cemetery is for two Players. We might as well both withdraw from the freshmen exam and prepare to clear this Secret Realm together. That way, not only would I not be letting her down, but I would also be doing her a favour.]
So, Lu Fan proposed his idea of clearing this Secret Realm together with his freshmen exam teammate.
Zhao Shengming naturally had no objections to this and respected Lu Fan’s choice. At the same time, he also said that the University had already prepared compensation for Lu Fan’s withdrawal from the freshmen exam.
It was obvious that in this year’s freshmen exam, Lu Fan and Jian Ying would undoubtedly be first. The University faculty knew how strong Lu Fan’s Black Dragon King was, even if ordinary students did not.
Once added to the fact that he was teamed up with Jian Ying, another monstrous genius, their two men team would definitely win the freshmen exam championship.
Although Jiang Fengyun and the others were strong, compared to Lu Fan, they were several dozen levels below and had no qualification to compete with jo, for the championship.
Lu Fan’s withdrawal from the freshmen exam would certainly cause considerable controversy.
The University could not let Lu Fan and Jian Ying suffer in silence, so they had already decided that Lu Fan and Jian Ying’s withdrawal from the freshmen exam would not affect their place in the Noble Class.
Moreover, not only would they be directly admitted to this year’s Noble Class, but they would also directly receive 10,000 points! This was a reward higher than the championship prize!
Lu Fan did not really care much about this compensation. After all, both he and Jian Ying had more University Points than they could spend. If they really needed more University Points, they could just go to the Dragon Capital Arena and get them through sparring, which was not too difficult.
But the University’s sincerity was evident, which made Lu Fan feel quite comfortable.
These University Points could be used later to continue clearing the Poison Spider Forest Dungeon Instance with his regular team. He estimated that with 20,000 University Points in the account, and Han Ke’s earnings, it would be enough for everyone to continuously clear Dungeon Instances for at least a year.
After the agreement, Zhao Shengming had nothing else to instruct, only telling Lu Fan to be prepared. If everything went smoothly, he would need to be ready to set out for the Flying Dragon Cemetery Secret Realm in two days.
After leaving Zhao Shengming’s office, Lu Fan went directly to find Jian Ying and told her about this matter.
Jian Ying never imagined that by teaming up with Lu Fan, she would unexpectedly gain an opportunity to go to a Secret Realm with him.
She naturally had no objections to this. It was just giving up the freshmen exam, after all. Since they would still remain in the Noble Class and still get 10,000 University Points, why bother participating in these matches every day?
So the two quickly agreed, just waiting for the location information for the Flying Dragon Cemetery to be bought. With Dragon Capital University’s help, they would go to clear the Secret Realm.
However, Jian Ying was not the type to take advantage of others. She had already agreed with Lu Fan that for this trip to the Flying Dragon Cemetery, she definitely would not be taking any of the Clear Rewards obtained.
She would be satisfied just gaining the Experience Points from the Secret Realm.
This was just how Jian Ying was. She did not like to owe others. Naturally, Lu Fan had no objections to this.
Early the next morning, the second round of the freshmen exam continued.
The arena already had many Senior Students carrying support signs, coming to watch Lu Fan’s match.
Ever since the battle of the two Dragons, Lu Fan had successfully won over countless fans with his handsome appearance and monstrous strength. Many people came to the arena early today specifically to cheer for Lu Fan.
Everyone was looking forward to seeing Lu Fan continue to overwhelm his opponents with absolute dominance.
Of course, it would be even better if some worthy Player appeared, forcing Lu Fan to summon his Pet Dragon, giving everyone a chance to finally see it.
However, at the start of the second day’s semifinals, the invigilating teacher announced news that shocked everyone, ‘Team number one, Lu Fan and Jian Ying, had forfeited, ending their freshmen exam journey.’
When this news came out, the whole venue was in uproar. No one could understand why Lu Fan would choose to give up when he had just so overwhelmingly defeated Chen Tianzhi and seemed very likely to win first place in the freshmen exam.
Even their opponents were very pleasantly surprised because if Lu Fan and Jian Ying had shown up, they had originally planned to forfeit themselves.
As a result, with Lu Fan and Jian Ying forfeiting first, they got an easy victory, and the two were so excited they hugged each other on the stage, crying tears of joy.
The originally packed arena immediately lost half its audience due to Lu Fan and Jian Ying’s forfeit. These people had basically all come to see Lu Fan, so with Lu Fan forfeiting, what were they still doing in the arena?
Although the freshmen exam continued, everyone had lost interest in the exam itself and instead started discussing why Lu Fan and Jian Ying had forfeited.
Dragon Capital University had a dedicated University Network, with a special section for everyone to post and communicate, functioning like a forum.
In that section, the long-standing hot posts like ‘Top Ten New Student Beauties’, ‘Current New Freshmen Ranking’, were all pushed down, with only one post’s popularity skyrocketing – ‘Breaking News! Dragon Tamer Lu Fan and Sword Tamer Jian Ying Withdrew from Freshmen Exam!’
As soon as this post was made, countless people replied to discuss.
The total number of students in Dragon Capital University was only about ten thousand, but this post had over twenty thousand replies in just half a day.
Many people were discussing this matter excitedly, even arguing heatedly.
Some people started to speculate about the inside story of Lu Fan and Jian Ying’s withdrawal from the freshmen exam. Many stated the lack of rationality for Lu Fan, who had easily defeated Chen Tianzhi, to not dare to show up against two nobodies who had squeezed into the top 100 only because Lu Fan and Jian Ying had withdrawn.
Some said it was because although Lu Fan’s victory over Chen Tianzhi looked easy, everyone was watching, and Lu Fan had actually suffered severe internal injuries from clashing hard with the Armoured Earth Dragon several times!
Some believe he was just putting on a brave face at that time, and as soon as he got off the stage, he went to the hospital for treatment. How could he be in any condition to participate in the following matches?
This post was so convincing that someone even replied, saying they had personally seen Jian Ying supporting Lu Fan to the infirmary to receive treatment from a Priest, making many people believe it to be true.
The reason why people believed this explanation was because Chen Tianzhi, being so strong, was completely crushed by Lu Fan, losing too quickly and decisively.
To say that Lu Fan had also been injured in the battle, leading to his inability to participate in the subsequent matches, was reasonable.
Of course, there were still some people in the comments who knew a bit more. They had heard from somewhere that the Secret Realm Hunters Guild would be auctioning information about a batch of Secret Realms in these two days.
They deduced Lu Fan was probably going to receive special training from Dragon Capital University, and did not have time to participate in the freshmen exam, which was why he withdrew.
Unfortunately, this theory quickly sank to the bottom and not many people believed them.
This post continued to have frightening popularity until noon, with many people eating melons and expressing their views, mixing truth and falsehood, making it very difficult to distinguish.
At this time, the protagonists of the post discussion, Lu Fan and Jian Ying, were sitting at the dining table in Villa No. 1, too full to move.
At the table were also Qin Qiu, Han Ke, Tao Xiaoman, as well as Xiao Cui and Xiao Ye, who were still lying on their backs on the table with their bellies round from overeating, unable even to wag their tails.
Today’s lunch was sumptuous, and fortunately, Xiao Cui and Xiao Ye were both big eaters, so there were never any leftovers.
Tao Xiaoman did not eat too much today, not only because she wanted to lose weight but also because… she was already very full from eating melons.
Tao Xiaoman sat in her chair, holding a tablet in her hand, occasionally giggling “hehe hehe.”
“The forum is getting more and more interesting. Look, there is someone saying they personally saw Lu Fan being supported to the infirmary by Jian Ying, then coughing up blood and fainting. That Jian Ying was so worried that she cried, looking like a weeping beauty, making everyone who saw her feel sorry for her. The original poster believes Lu Fan and Jian Ying might have some unusual relationship with one another…”
Hearing this, Jian Ying gently stroked her flat belly while showing a slightly disdainful expression. “Boring…”
Lu Fan was even more torn between laughter and tears. After glancing at Tao Xiaoman, he said, “You’re still scrolling through this post? I took one look and closed it. It’s all nonsense, and the more nonsensical it is, the more people believe it. I’m really at a loss.”
“Haha, just take it as entertainment, it’s quite interesting.” Tao Xiaoman laughed, her index finger quickly scrolling through the newly appeared posts, looking to see if there were any more outrageous stories.
Suddenly, her finger froze, and her expression became complicated: “Even more outrageous stuff has really appeared. Lu Fan, take a quick look at this!”
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