Chapter 231: Avoid Arrogance and Impatience, and Respond Calmly

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

The next morning.

Wang Xiao hummed an unknown tune as he headed for Yuheng Academy. He looked no different from usual, but in fact, he had been observing the surrounding movements from the corner of his eye along the way.

It was strange. In the past, when everything was calm, Wang Xiao did not feel anything when he walked on this path. However, now that he had doubts, he felt that someone might be hiding in any corner.

He walked all the way in a tense state, and as expected, there were no accidents.

“Looks like I’m too sensitive…

Wang Xiao smiled bitterly and was about to enter the academy when a person suddenly walked over. It was his class director, Tian Gang.

“Teacher Tian!”

Wang Xiao stood still and greeted him. He subconsciously raised his hand to pass something over, but when he raised his hand, he remembered that he had not written his battle comprehension for a few days.

Fortunately, Tian Gang did not seem to notice. He was stunned for a moment before hurriedly asking, “How’s my brother?”

‘Your brother?”

Wang Xiao was stunned when he heard this. “What are you talking about?”

“The matter of being secretly arrested by the military!”

Tian Gang whispered anxiously, “Didn’t you say that you would help me ask the military?”

“Oh! I remember now!”

Wang Xiao slapped his forehead in realization. “I’ve helped you ask. He was asked to cooperate with the investigation. I’m not sure when he’ll return.”

“Cooperate with the investigation?”

Tian Gang revealed a suspicious expression when he heard this. “My brother has only interacted with the Crimson Star people, but if he’s investigating the Crimson Star people, shouldn’t he be looking for you?”

Wang Xiao did not expect Tian Gang to react so quickly. Fortunately, his reaction was not slow. He paused for a moment and explained, “It’s to investigate the situation during the lord competition. At that time, Tian Qiang was not with us. The military wanted to ask about his situation.”

Tian Gang thought for a moment and frowned. “That’s not right either. It’s been more than a month since the lord competition. Why are they only asking

Wang Xiao really did not know how to explain it this time. He simply spread out his hands and said, “I’m not sure about this. Why don’t I help you ask Tian Gang was counterattacked. After thinking for a moment, he shook his head. “Forget it. Since he’s cooperating with the investigation, he should be back soon, right?”

Wang Xiao nodded in agreement, but he actually did not know the specific actions of the military in this matter.

However, logically speaking, Tian Qiang had already been secretly captured for a few days and should have already been interrogated.

In the end, no matter what, the military would definitely give the Tian family an explanation. However, he did not know if the Tian family could accept the fact that Tian Qiang had colluded with the enemy.

If it were in the past, Wang Xiao would definitely not have placed his attention on such a matter. However, after more than a month of interaction, his impression of Tian Gang had changed greatly.

Thinking of Tian Gang’s concerned gaze when he mentioned his brother, Wang Xiao hesitated for a moment and could not help but say, “Teacher Tian, actually, Tian Qiang is already an adult and can be responsible for what he does. Why are you giving yourself so much pressure?”

“You don’t have to worry about that! It’s our family’s matter!”

Tian Gang choked on Wang Xiao’s words. He paused for a moment before saying seriously, “The internal selection for the academy’s ranking assessment will begin this afternoon, How’s your preparation?

“Don’t be arrogant and rash. Respond calmly.”

Wang Xiao chuckled. This was what Tian Gang often said.

In the previous training, every time Wang Xiao made a tactical mistake, Tian Gang would say this to warn him.

Tian Gang understood and smiled. Then, he sighed with a complicated expression. “Although I don’t want to say this, if my brother was half as smart as you, his strength wouldn’t be like this.”

“Everyone has their own fate!”

Wang Xiao echoed and changed the topic without a trace. “By the way, Teacher

Tian, what are the rules of the school’s selection this time?”

Speaking of this, Tian Gang’s expression suddenly became strange. “The rules this time are to form pairs. The competition will last until the last ten people are left. It will be a flag capture battle… the kind we usually train.”

“What?!”

Wang Xiao exclaimed and instantly widened his eyes.

Wasn’t it too much of a coincidence that the flag capture battle that he had trained for more than a month had become an assessment?

Seeing Wang Xiao’s surprised expression, Tian Gang could not help but smile bitterly again. This was because when he first heard this news, his reaction was basically similar to Wang Xiao.

After a pause, Tian Gangzheng said seriously, “Don’t underestimate the enemy blindly just because it happens to be part of your training. This selection isn’t as simple as it looks.”

Wang Xiao frowned. “What do you mean?”

Tian Gang looked around and confirmed that no one cared about them before saying softly, “This time, it’s a round-robin battle. After each group’s competition ends, the winners will immediately be selected for the next round. There are more than 1,200 people in the school who are participating in the internal selection this time.”

“There are more than 1,200 people. Selected in pairs…”

Wang Xiao quickly calculated in his heart for a moment before his expression turned ugly. “Doesn’t that mean that if you want to become one of the last ten people, you have to pass at least seven rounds of competition in a row?”

“That’s right.”

Tian Gang nodded with a solemn expression. “Moreover, the Academy Head specially stipulated that you are not allowed to replenish recovery potions during the competition. Otherwise, it will be considered a violation of the rules and you will be directly eliminated!”

“Isn’t this too harsh?”

Wang Xiao could not remain calm at that moment.

If he could not replenish the potion, it meant that he could only use his initial energy to fight from beginning to end. The best way was to evenly distribute all the energy to the seven rounds of the competition to ensure that he could still have enough combat strength in the later stages.

However, this was only the ideal situation.

In fact, in these seven rounds of competition, as long as one encountered an evenly matched opponent, one would instantly lose control of their energy consumption. If one encountered two of such opponents, it was almost equivalent to giving up on the subsequent competition rounds.

Moreover, in this kind of messy and random competition system, unless one was extremely lucky, such a situation would definitely happen.

He could not replenish his energy and could not rest.

These two seemingly insignificant rules instantly increased the difficulty of this selection by more than a hundred times!

Wang Xiao frowned and thought for a moment. He looked at Tian Gang and probed, “Teacher Tian, do you have any way to deal with it?”

“I do.”

Tian Gang nodded without thinking. However, before Wang Xiao could be happy, he heard his tone change. “But why should I tell you?

Wang Xiao was momentarily stunned. Then, he frowned as if he had thought of something. “Are you taking revenge on me?”

“I’m not that bored.”

Tian Gang rolled his eyes and said seriously, “I’m the class director. If I tell you the way to deal with it, it’s equivalent to cheating and unfair to the other students.”

..That’s true.”

Wang Xiao nodded in realization. Tian Gang’s reason instantly made Wang Xiao give up on the idea of coaxing and pestering him. Now, he could only rely on himself..