He had clearly killed hundreds of monsters in the huge waves without mercy, but he felt compassion for the monarch-level monsters that begged him for mercy? Ren Zihua wanted to express his inner doubts, but Feng Xiaolan's sudden sad look stopped him.
"I'm sorry, I didn't expect that to make you so upset."
"Ah, I'm sorry, I'm fine." Feng Xiaolan quickly cheered herself up, "Please don't take it to heart."
The two were silent for a while, and then Ren Zihua spoke again: "What song are you listening to?"
"This, you probably haven't heard of it. What I listen to are songs that almost no one will listen to." Feng Xiaolan said a little embarrassed.
Ren Zihua shook his head and said that he had never heard of it: "This is normal. Sometimes I also like to listen to the compositions of some completely unknown singers. The feeling of enjoying the treasures I discovered is really good."
The empty auditorium made the two voices sound particularly loud. Feng Xiaolan gave Ren Zihua a pair of headphones. The sad melody and bitter wording of the song were deeply reflected in Ren Zihua's mind. At that moment, he seemed to feel that he could slightly feel the muddy and tortuous state of mind of the shy young man in front of him.
"I've heard your name before, when I just graduated." Feng Xiaolan took the initiative to chat at the end of the first chorus, "At that time, everyone around me was talking about the awakening of the supreme sword spirit in Nanjing. Well, that’s when I heard someone mention your name.”
"Ah, am I so popular?" Ren Zihua still looked a little surprised, "No, no, no, compared to me, you are the most well-known big shot during this period, the number one scholar in the country - yes, yes, How long did it take you to reach the top of the mountain in the last test?”
"Um... I remember it was about five minutes." Feng Xiaolan seemed to be frightened by Ren Zihua's sudden enthusiasm, and replied at a loss.
"That's awesome. It took Liu Luo and me nearly ten minutes to reach the top of the mountain, but you only did it in half the time. You must have killed that giant pterosaur too, right?" He graduated not long ago. The scene of the test is still vivid in his mind, and Ren Zihua still clearly remembers the scene when Wan'er led him to kill the giant pterosaur at an altitude of several thousand meters.
"I didn't kill it." Feng Xiaolan turned his face to the other side so that Ren Zihua couldn't see his expression at the moment. "I accelerated away from it and reached the top of the mountain."
"It's amazing. I didn't expect it at the time." Ren Zihua continued to say with admiration, "You are worthy of being the top pick in the country. It seems that I am still too young and I have to improve my strength quickly."
Feng Xiaolan was not happy about Ren Zihua's words of appreciation. He looked down and saw that the time on his phone was almost seven o'clock: "I'm not that powerful, I'm just a useless swordsman who can't kill monsters."
"What are you talking about? I'm still recalling the mystery of your sword technique that instantly killed hundreds of monsters -"
"Seeing how you would eliminate Lake without hesitation, I knew that you are more suitable to make a living in this profession than me." Feng Xiaolan interrupted Ren Zihua in a low tone, "I may never be able to do something like this. You are so decisive in killing."
The second chorus of the song came, and the tragic climax made the two people's original heavy mood even more difficult to calm down. Ren Zihua felt that Feng Xiaolan was unknowingly pushing himself far away to maintain a strict sense of distance, just like he was doing to the other students who were visiting the second floor of the Whopper.
"Don't speak so harshly. Everything is difficult at the beginning." Ren Zihua tried his best to smile more naturally so as not to be distracted by the sudden awkward atmosphere. "Besides, I don't agree with what the old man said. What did he say? A swordsman who cannot kill monsters without hesitation cannot be regarded as a qualified swordsman. I really don’t know how he can say such a second-rate thing. If a person can really kill a living being without changing his expression, how can he be considered a qualified swordsman? Is he considered a person?"
"Do you really think so... But I think Principal Murong is right." Feng Xiaolan was touched by Ren Zihua's words, and her expression became much better, "And this is what a swordsman should have. Awakening, by the way, which major did you enroll in? I see that you not only have an extremely rare talent for sword energy, but your strength in magic is much higher than your current strength in swordsmanship."
"I remember that I chose a major called swordsmanship intensive training with Principal Wang. It is said to be a major that specializes in teaching people to learn swordsmanship and swordsmanship." Ren Zihua recalled.
"Then we should be classmates from now on." Feng Xiaolan said happily, with a rare smile on his face.
"Really? That's great." Ren Zihua said and grabbed Feng Xiaolan's shoulders. "Maybe we are in the same dormitory. I will teach you more in the next four years!"
"The opening ceremony is about to start. Let's find a place to sit down first." Feng Xiaolan replied rather awkwardly, perhaps because he was not used to Ren Zihua's friendly way of showing off.
After a while, the students who had visited the second floor of the castle came to the auditorium through the magic stone.
Xi Meng, who had already dressed in a black evening gown at some point, the first thing he did when he walked into this luxurious auditorium was to look around for Ren Zihua.
She sat down next to Ren Zihua with some frustration to attract the latter's attention, but Ren Zihua, who was chatting happily with Feng Xiaolan, did not notice her arrival at all.
"You also think that the baby face of the purple-haired swordsman looks very strange, right? That guy looks like a primary school student, but he turns out to be such a powerful person. This is really unacceptable for a moment, Protector of the Country Ten Aren’t all the Erjian members full of freaks like him?”
"You can't say that, although that guy does look a bit weird..." Feng Xiaolan said hesitantly. The resentful look in Ren Zihua's eyes made him feel a little scared.
