CH 68

Chapter 68: No Mercy

"Qingyang, you finally came back. Let me introduce you to everyone. This is my roommate, Xiao Qingyang, a pharmacy major," Xu Kaiyang pulled Xiao Qingyang over and introduced him to the others one by one, saying, "These three are my classmates, Shen Yu, Gao Lingqi, and Li Ying. Their animal forms are a fox, a white tiger, and a flying eagle, respectively."

"These two are my classmates Liu Jiaming and Liu Jialiang. They are brothers. And this is Jiaming's good friend, Zheng Kainan, a mecha maintenance major," Lin Weiran also introduced his classmates.

Now their team of ten members was finally complete. They consisted of four ability users, three mecha warriors, one mecha maintenance student, one pharmacist, and one chef.

"Hello, everyone," Xiao Qingyang greeted them with a smile.

The others also greeted Xiao Qingyang one by one, and everyone began to get acquainted.

They were all young people around eighteen or nineteen years old, the prime time for making friends. So, after getting past the initial awkwardness, they became more familiar with each other, and communication among them became much smoother.

"How about giving our team a catchy name?" Xu Kaiyang suggested.

"That's a good idea," Shen Yu agreed.

Liu Jiaming asked, "What should we call it then?"

"How about 'Beast Assault Team'?" Xu Kaiyang was the first to propose.

"That sounds awful," Li Ying bluntly vetoed.

"Then how about 'Ace Strike Team'?" Xu Kaiyang continued.

Li Ying continued to mock, "Are you trying to pick a fight with the strike team?"

"If you're so capable, then come up with a name yourself," Xu Kaiyang retorted.

Li Ying was instantly at a loss for words because he was actually bad at coming up with names and couldn't think of a suitable team name.

Seeing him struggle to come up with a single word, Xu Kaiyang smugly raised his middle finger at him.

He couldn't even come up with a team name, yet he dared to criticize the name Xu Kaiyang suggested. Who gave him the courage?

The others were also not good at coming up with a team name, and after a long time, no one could think of a suitable one. Xu Kaiyang turned to Xiao Qingyang and asked, "Qingyang, do you have any ideas?"

Xiao Qingyang shook his head.

"Well, since no one can think of anything, let's go with 'Ace Strike Team'," Xu Kaiyang made the final decision, his smug expression making others feel like punching him.

If Xu Kaiyang knew that the team names the members struggled to come up with were ultimately useless, he would probably feel like banging his head against a wall. The others, on the other hand, would be cheering with both hands and feet raised.

Of course, these were all later stories.

...

In preparation for the upcoming freshman training, all the freshmen in the school were training hard, hoping to shine and become the top contenders for the championship in the training.

What Xu Kaiyang didn't tell Xiao Qingyang was that the top three teams in the freshman training would not only receive generous rewards and resources but also get a chance to enter a small secret realm for further training.

This opportunity was particularly tempting for ability users, pharmacists, and spirit plant cultivators because the secret realm contained precious resources that were unavailable outside.

The environment inside the secret realm was more suitable for the cultivation of ability users, with training speeds several times faster than in the outside world. Ability users could gain more training opportunities inside.

As for pharmacists and spirit planters, if they were lucky, they might obtain higher-level spirit plants that were not available outside.

Therefore, the students from these three academies were especially motivated to compete for the top three positions.

Apart from Xu Kaiyang, Lin Weiran also knew about these rewards, but he didn't inform Xiao Qingyang and Gu Xiaotian either.

Among the team members, these two were the weakest, and in order to let their roommates enjoy the freshman training without any burden, they both agreed to keep it a secret.

However, even if they had known, their team was not necessarily able to enter the top three. After all, they were not among the top few in their respective majors, and the overall level of the team was only average.

This freshman training was meant to broaden their horizons. As for the rewards, it would be great if they could obtain them, but there was no need to be disappointed if they couldn't.

Nevertheless, they still needed to train hard and not neglect their efforts.

Xiao Qingyang wasn't aware of all the details of the freshman training, but he knew that the stronger he was, the better. Therefore, he decided to fully refine the strengthening pills before the training began, raising his physical level so that he could have better self-defense capabilities and minimize the burden on his teammates.

Time flew by, and half a month had passed. Long Jingze, whom they had agreed to meet at the school, had not appeared yet, and Xiao Qingyang had no idea what he was busy with.

However, Xiao Qingyang clearly didn't have much energy to spare for Xiao Long. Their freshman training was about to begin.

The location for the training was on the other half of the planet, requiring the students to travel there by spaceship.

All the students participating in the training gathered on the large playground, arranged neatly in teams of ten, waiting for the opening ceremony.

Xiao Qinglan's team was not far from Xiao Qingyang's team. She could easily see Xiao Qingyang standing in the middle of his team with just a turn of her head.

Ever since Xiao Qingyang joined the Royal Military Academy and ended up in the same class as her, Xiao Qinglan felt that nothing went her way, and she was constantly annoyed.

Back in the Xiao family mansion, she had always found this useless waste of space irritating and often caused trouble for him when there was no one else around.

But a waste was still a waste, even if bullied, he didn't dare to fight back, which only made Xiao Qinglan more ruthless.

Later, she and her mother finally managed to drive this annoying waste out of the Xiao family. She thought she would never see this waste again. How could a person who couldn't do anything end up on an abandoned planet? Was there another way for him to survive if he didn't die?

But what she didn't expect was that this waste Xiao Qingyang not only survived on the remote and abandoned planet but also awakened his mental power, becoming a pharmacist. Furthermore, he even dared to return to the Imperial Capital and become her classmate.

How was this possible?!

When Xiao Qinglan first saw Xiao Qingyang in the pharmacy department, she didn't believe he was there for classes. She thought he was just unwilling to accept that he didn't have any mental power and was attending classes as an outsider.

However, after Xiao Qingyang defeated Li Qiang, Xiao Qinglan couldn't sit still. She used her connections to investigate Xiao Qingyang's process of entering the Royal Military Academy and found out that he had actually passed the entrance exam. He wasn't just attending classes as an outsider. Moreover, it seemed that his mental power had recovered.

Upon learning this news, Xiao Qinglan almost bit her silver teeth in frustration. That same evening, she made a video call to her mother and told her everything in detail.

"Are you saying that the bastard has come back again?" Even through the screen, one could feel Qian Yuqi's shock and anger.

"Yes, he's in our class now, constantly hovering around me. It's driving me crazy," Xiao Qinglan said, equally frustrated and irritated.

Qian Yuqi couldn't believe that even after being driven to an almost uninhabitable abandoned planet, he managed to survive and even return to the Imperial Capital. How could his luck be so good?

No, she absolutely couldn't let that bastard come back again. Even if Xiao Honghui didn't care about this son, she wouldn't allow that bastard to wander around in front of her and mock her. And...

Qian Yuqi suddenly realized that her daughter seemed to have revealed some important information. Uncertain, she asked, "Did you just say he's in your class?"

Xiao Qinglan didn't notice Qian Yuqi's reaction and nodded, "Yes."

"A waste without any mental power, how could he be in your class?" Qian Yuqi asked, trembling. A bad premonition began to rise within her.

When Xiao Qingyang was tested and found to be both physically and mentally useless, Xiao Honghui had given up on him directly. But since he was still a Xiao family child, he was kept until adulthood before they found an opportunity to drive him away.

Before driving Xiao Qingyang away, Xiao Honghui had arranged for him to enter the Royal Military Academy, even if it was just a spot in the School of Arts. Qian Yuqi still didn't want to give Xiao Qingyang any advantage, so she made arrangements to keep him far away before the start of the semester.

However, she never expected that he would come back. Not only did he return, but he also went to the Royal Military Academy and even the School of Spiritual Medicine. How was this possible?

A waste without any mental power, how could he be admitted to the School of Spiritual Medicine?

Qian Yuqi didn't dare to think of the most likely answer. It was the answer she least wanted to hear. However, Xiao Qinglan only wanted to vent her dissatisfaction and didn't notice her mother's resistance. She continued, "His mental power awakened, Mom. That waste doesn't have any mental power at all, and he's already an adult. How could his mental power suddenly awaken? I think he's just deceiving the teachers and the academy. I can't sense even a trace of his mental power. I must expose him as a fraud."

While Xiao Qinglan was expressing her frustration, Qian Yuqi felt as if lightning had struck her after hearing the first sentence. She couldn't hear anything else after that.

His mental power awakened.

That bastard's mental power awakened.

How was this possible? She clearly...

"Mom? Mom? What's wrong with you?" Xiao Qinglan called out anxiously after not hearing her mother's voice for a while.

"I'm fine," Qian Yuqi waved her hand towards Xiao Qinglan, trying hard to appear unaffected, but she couldn't do it.

She was filled with great panic now.

"Don't let your father know about that bastard's return, especially the fact that he awakened his mental power," Qian Yuqi cautioned carefully, but she couldn't calm down in her heart.

The reason Xiao Honghui despised Xiao Qingyang was because he had no mental power and was considered a waste. If... if he were to find out that he had awakened his mental power now, the consequences...

No, she absolutely couldn't let Xiao Honghui know about this. She had to get rid of him before Xiao Honghui found out that Xiao Qingyang had returned!

Qian Yuqi's eyes flickered with a strong determination. She had been too merciful before, just driving that bastard away, but this time, she would not show any mercy.