CH 59

Chapter 59: Meeting Roommates

"Teacher, don't worry, I will keep it safe," Xiao Qingyang held his emblem and prepared to absorb enough spiritual energy to open the Qiankun Bag. He would place the emblem there because it was the safest place. Besides, he had finally found a place with spiritual energy, and even if someone tried to drive him away now, he wouldn't leave.

If Xiao Qingyang's initial purpose for coming to the Royal Military Academy was to fulfill the wishes of the original host, now he genuinely wanted to stay here to absorb spiritual energy for cultivation and learn along the way.

"Alright, go find your dormitory," Teacher Li said, turning around and heading in another direction. It was the responsibility of the new students to find and settle into their dormitories after completing the registration.

After the enrollment process, each new student would receive not only an emblem but also a school code of conduct, a school map, dormitory number, and key.

Xiao Qingyang looked at his dormitory number, Y619. Opening the map, he located the Y dormitory building and headed in that direction, looking forward to his future years at the academy.

The concentration of spiritual energy here was still acceptable. Xiao Qingyang believed that it wouldn't take long for his spiritual power to replenish within the Spiritual Spring. With that, even if someone tried to cause trouble for him, he wouldn't be afraid.

The Royal Military Academy was truly enormous. Xiao Qingyang had been walking for nearly half an hour and still hadn't seen the Y dormitory building. It seemed much closer on the map, but when he started walking, he realized how far it actually was.

Reluctantly, Xiao Qingyang checked the map again and confirmed that he wasn't going in the wrong direction. The Y building was indeed just a short distance away from his current location, but that small distance on the map seemed impossible for Xiao Qingyang to traverse.

In fact, the school provided campus shuttles for students to use because the campus was too large, and the distance between the academic and dormitory buildings was considerable. Students usually relied on the shuttles to commute between classes.

Unfortunately, Xiao Qingyang was unaware of this since he had just arrived at the school. He could only continue "driving" along Route 11.

Fortunately, Xiao Qingyang's physical fitness had improved significantly compared to before; otherwise, he might not have reached the dormitory building even after walking for an entire day.

Nevertheless, Xiao Qingyang was still exhausted. When he saw the Y dormitory building appear in his line of sight, he was so moved that he almost cried.

"Finally, we made it," Xiao Qingyang exclaimed, gasping for breath.

"Hey, are you also a new student this year?" a boy approached from behind, casually greeting Xiao Qingyang.

Xiao Qingyang nodded wearily, not in the mood to say much at the moment.

Clearly noticing Xiao Qingyang's fatigue, the boy asked, "Did you attend the training?"

To participate in training on the very first day of school, this classmate must be diligent and impressive, thought Xu Kaiyang silently.

"I'm Xu Kaiyang, also from the Supernatural Abilities department. Let's train together in the future," Xu Kaiyang said with a smile.

"I... I'm from the College of Spirit Medicine" Xiao Qingyang managed to recover and speak smoothly.

"College of Spirit Medicine? Are you a Spiritual Herbalist?" Xu Kaiyang was surprised that the classmate he casually struck up a conversation with turned out to be from the Pharmacist department. .

You see, typically the dormitory buildings are arranged according to the students' majors. Students of the same major are usually assigned to the same dormitory. Only when there's not enough space in the dormitories will students from different majors or colleges be placed together.

Xiao Qingyang happened to be one of those assigned elsewhere, hence being placed in the Y dormitory building. But the College of Spirit Medicine usually had very few new students, so why was he assigned here?

"I'm majoring in Alchemy (pharmacist)," Xiao Qingyang added.

The College of Spirit Medicine had two majors: Spiritual Herbalist and Pharmacist.

This was because both Spiritual Herbalists and Pharmacists possessed spiritual power, and their numbers were relatively small, so they were assigned to the same college.

"That's impressive. I never expected to meet a Pharmacist," Xu Kaiyang thought that meeting a Spiritual Herbalist was already impressive, but he never imagined Xiao Qingyang was a Pharmacist. "I live in Room 619, where do you live?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Qingyang raised his head and glanced at Xu Kaiyang. He never thought he would meet his future roommate so quickly.

Xiao Qingyang replied, "I also live in Room 619."

"We are truly destined to be together. We're actually roommates," Xu Kaiyang couldn't believe he had encountered his roommate so soon. And when he realized Xiao Qingyang was from the College of Spirit Medicine, he became even happier and more excited.

"By the way, what's your name?" Xu Kaiyang suddenly remembered that he hadn't asked for Xiao Qingyang's name yet.

"I'm Xiao Qingyang," Xiao Qingyang responded.

"What a coincidence! My name also has the character 'Yang,' the one with three drops of water. It seems we are truly fated," Xu Kaiyang remarked.

"I have the character 'Yang' from the word 'sun' in my name," Xiao Qingyang explained. Meeting a roommate was truly a stroke of fate.

"It's the same pronunciation anyway. Let's go back to the dormitory quickly. I can't wait to meet the other two roommates," Xu Kaiyang said excitedly.

The dormitories for new students were four-person rooms, with each person having their own bedroom and a shared living room and kitchen in the middle, ensuring both privacy and the opportunity to bond.

"There's no elevator here?" Xiao Qingyang looked at the building in front of him, feeling dumbfounded.

Are there still buildings without elevators in this world?

"We do have one, but it's on the eighth floor. You have to climb up to the eighth floor on foot to take the elevator further up," Xu Kaiyang, who seemed to be well-informed about the academy, replied.

Xiao Qingyang asked, "Why?"

He really didn't want to take another step at this point. His legs felt like they were no longer his own.

"It's for physical exercise. Also, this building houses students from other colleges as well. If it were exclusively for the Academy of Supernatural Abilities or the College of Mecha Engineering, there wouldn't be any elevators at all. Going upstairs is all done on foot," Xu Kaiyang explained.

Xiao Qingyang instantly felt grateful to be in the College of Spirit Medicine. Living on the sixth floor wasn't so bad. At least he didn't have to climb two more floors. But still...

"I'm so tired."

"By the way, weren't you supposed to attend training earlier? Why do you look so exhausted?" Xu Kaiyang suddenly remembered how tired Xiao Qingyang appeared when they first met, as if he could collapse any moment.

Since he wasn't from the Academy of Supernatural Abilities, he shouldn't have daily training. So why was he so tired? Xu Kaiyang was curious.

"This school is so big, and the teleportation point is too far from the dormitory building. Of course, I'm tired from walking all the way here," Xiao Qingyang said matter-of-factly but noticed that Xu Kaiyang was giving him a strange look. He couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"

"Don't tell me you don't know about the campus flying cars?" Xu Kaiyang stared at Xiao Qingyang as if he were a strange creature.

Is there still someone who doesn't know about the campus flying cars? Considering the vast size of the school, one should have realized it.

Moreover, it's several tens of kilometers from the teleportation point to the dormitory building. Even for them, as supernatural beings, it would be exhausting to rely solely on their legs, not to mention Xiao Qingyang, who was known as a physically weak Pharmacist.

How did he manage to walk all the way here? He's exhausted and out of breath. It's already impressive that he's not collapsing from exhaustion.

In a short period of time, Xu Kaiyang had already gained a new level of respect for Xiao Qingyang.

Xiao Qingyang: ...

He truly hadn't noticed the campus flying cars.

So, he walked all this way and ended up tired like this when it was completely unnecessary?

Xiao Qingyang, feeling utterly disillusioned with life, refused to accept this fact.

When they arrived at the dormitory, the other two roommates were not there, but the rooms were already organized, indicating that they had arrived earlier and then left.

"We only have these two rooms left. Which one do you choose?" Xu Kaiyang asked Xiao Qingyang.

"I'm fine with either," Xiao Qingyang replied, looking at the two rooms side by side.

Their four bedrooms were arranged in pairs, with a large living room in the middle. For him, any of the bedrooms would do.

"Then you can take the one inside, and I'll take the one outside," Xu Kaiyang said.

Xiao Qingyang nodded and said, "Okay."

Pushing open the door, the dormitory bedroom wasn't very spacious. Inside, there was a bed, a desk, and a wardrobe, but it was better than he had imagined. After all, he had grown accustomed to living on the planet Yalan, let alone here.

Xiao Qingyang quickly made his bed, without bothering to tidy up the rest of the room, and immediately sat on the bed to absorb the surrounding spiritual energy.

He had been without spiritual energy absorption for far too long. The spiritual power spring had also dried up due to his search for the little golden dragon, and he still occasionally experienced some tingling pain.

However, when the absorbed spiritual energy circulated through his meridians and transformed into spiritual power stored in the spiritual power spring, Xiao Qingyang felt as if a parched land had encountered a long-awaited rainfall. His whole body became relaxed and comfortable.

It was only when a knock came on the bedroom door that Xiao Qingyang snapped out of his cultivation. He realized that the outside, which had been sunny before his practice, was now shrouded in darkness.

"Qingyang, are you inside? If you are, answer me," Xu Kaiyang's voice came from outside.

Several hours had passed since Xiao Qingyang entered the bedroom, and there hadn't been a single sound. Worried that something might have happened, Xu Kaiyang couldn't help but knock on the door.

"I'm here," Xiao Qingyang replied, stretching and yawning widely. He turned his neck and twisted his waist, trying to relieve the stiffness that had built up in his body after several hours of cultivation.

It had been a while since he had been able to focus on cultivation like this, and his body was struggling to cope, but the results were good.

Xiao Qingyang checked the spiritual power stored in the spiritual power spring and found that there was more spiritual power accumulated inside than the total conversion from all the small white dots he had absorbed before. And this was just the result of half a day of cultivation.

If he could cultivate for this long every day, the spiritual power spring would soon be filled to the brim.

"The cafeteria is serving dinner now. Do you want to go and eat together?" Xu Kaiyang's voice came again.

Although Xiao Qingyang still wanted to continue his cultivation, he also felt that it would be impolite to just talk through the door with his new classmate and roommate. So he got up and opened the door.

"I'm not hungry, so I won't go," Xiao Qingyang said as he opened the door.

"What were you doing all afternoon? There was no sign of activity, and I was worried that something had happened to you," Xu Kaiyang asked with concern.