Chapter 102 Volcano?

"Ah? Volcano?" Xia Yan, wearing a sleeveless T-shirt and denim shorts, sat on the training room floor, a picture of anything but a refined lady, covered in sweat.

The sweat-soaked clothes clung to her body, her ample chest rising and falling with her rapid breathing, causing Hai Tianqing's smiling eyes to widen slightly.

"Cough, cough." Han Jiangxue coughed softly.

Hai Tianqing scratched the back of his head and said, "Yes, yes, vo-volcano."

"Look at you, acting like you've never seen the world!" Jiang Xiao muttered, also sitting on the ground.

Jiang Xiao's voice wasn't loud, but since there was no one else around and they were in a closed training room, everyone heard him clearly.

Hai Tianqing's face flushed, and his smile became even more awkward.

Xia Yan's eyes widened, and she stretched out her leg to kick Jiang Xiao's butt, saying, "Have you seen the world?"

"Didn't I just see it?" Jiang Xiao muttered quietly, and then he untied her shoelaces. Was he just going to let Xia Shiqi kick his butt for nothing?

Jiang Xiao was also dripping with sweat. He had just been sparring with Xia Yan, and it had been an intense fight!

Strictly speaking, when the two of them practiced their swordsmanship, it was no longer Xia Yan teaching Jiang Xiao, but Jiang Xiao training Xia Yan.

Jiang Xiao's solid foundation and the occasional fancy sword techniques did indeed leave Xia Yan dumbfounded, but she also benefited a lot.

Xia Yan restrained her strength and tried not to use her physical attributes to crush Jiang Xiao. She also stopped using Star Techniques and began to seriously discuss combat with Jiang Xiao.

Although she was stubborn and never said it was "discussing," both she and Jiang Xiao knew what the situation was.

"You're rebelling, untying my shoelaces? Tie them back for me." Xia Yan said, shaking her leather boots.

Me?

Tie your shoelaces?

In your dreams!

Jiang Xiao scrambled to his feet, ignoring Xia Yan completely, and looked at Hai Tianqing, saying, "Teacher, what's the itinerary?"

Hai Tianqing opened the crumpled paper with the information and said, "Report to Jia City the day after tomorrow and check into the hotel together. The officials will send you to the competition venue by bus."

"The day after tomorrow? That's so soon?" Li Weiyi was shocked. Although he had been mentally prepared for the secondary wasteland reclamation competition to start in early March, he only received the news now that they had to report the day after tomorrow. The security measures were too good, weren't they?

"Sigh, what a pity." Jiang Xiao said, pouting.

"What?" Xia Yan asked curiously.

As she spoke, she got up and came behind Jiang Xiao, putting her arm around his neck.

"If the officials had notified us earlier, the school might have let us go to the volcano for training in advance. We missed out on a free trip. Eh? Eh?" Jiang Xiao said, but suddenly felt something was wrong.

He felt Xia Yan strangling his neck from behind. She leaned forward and pressed her arm backward and downward, slowly and forcefully putting Jiang Xiao on the ground.

She pressed Jiang Xiao to sit on the ground, then stepped in front of Jiang Xiao's eyes, relentlessly demanding that Jiang Xiao tie her shoelaces, while looking at Hai Tianqing and asking, "What day do we leave?"

"Just go on the same day. It's only a little over two hours from here to Jia City." Hai Tianqing replied, watching as Jiang Xiao tied Xia Yan's leather boots into one dead knot after another.

While Jiang Xiao was hugging Xia Yan's long legs in retaliation, he sighed regretfully in his heart.

What creatures were in the volcanic other dimension?

Lava ghosts, lava ghost witches, lava ghost generals, lava ghost warriors.

The Star Techniques of these guys were basically the representative Star Techniques of Bei Jiang province.

Warriors had Flame Arc and Flame Cleave.

Mages had Scorching Flame and Exploding Flame.

Healers had Zhong Ling's Seal.

If Cyan Glow and Endurance were undoubtedly the basic Star Techniques of Bei Jiang province, then these Star Techniques in the volcano were the mainstay of Bei Jiang province's Star Techniques.

Jiang Xiao's Zhong Ling and Seal came from the Star Beads of an Awakened, but the source was the lava ghost witch in the volcano.

These two Star Techniques were both Silver-quality Star Techniques. Ten Star Beads of lava ghost witches could upgrade Zhong Ling and Seal to Gold quality!

The current Silver-quality Zhong Ling could jump six times. How many times could the Gold-quality Zhong Ling jump?

Was the healing effect of the Gold-quality Zhong Ling better?

Was the jumping speed faster?

Was it easier to control?

What would the Gold-quality Seal be like? Although it was a mark Star Technique, there had to be some changes after it was upgraded, right?

Lava ghost witches were also relatively rare creatures. If the school could provide a "free trip," Jiang Xiao would have a greater chance of upgrading the quality of his Star Techniques.

That was why Jiang Xiao felt regret.

He heard Hai Tianqing continue to say, "You will see many familiar faces. The students who participated in the provincial league are basically outstanding in their respective cities and counties, and they should also participate in this secondary wasteland reclamation competition."

"Also..." Hai Tianqing looked at Xia Yan with a smile and said, "Control your emotions. If there are no accidents, Gao Junwei and the others will also participate. The secondary wasteland reclamation competition does not allow students to fight each other, otherwise, they will lose their qualifications to participate. I will have to tell Xing Lang and the others later."

"Hmph." Xia Yan snorted dismissively and said nothing.

Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue exchanged a silent glance, and neither of them spoke.

It seemed that Hai Tianqing's news wasn't very accurate. He didn't know that Gao Junwei had already died.

He didn't know how Er Wei had dealt with the bodies of the mother and son. Gao Junwei was gone from No. 3 Jiangbin High School, and he didn't know what kind of person would come up to fill the position.

"Secondary wasteland reclamation competition, as the name suggests, you have to investigate another dimension." Hai Tianqing explained the rules to everyone, but everyone already knew the rules of secondary wasteland reclamation by heart.

It was worth noting that the competition only lasted for three days, which was a real race against time.

The rules required that within three days, the participating teams had to create a map of the other dimension within the specified time, and the map was required to mark the distribution of monster populations.

The larger the map and the more detailed the information, the higher the score would be.

What made Jiang Xiao a little sad was that if they wanted a high score, they had to change the distribution of the monster population as little as possible, which meant that they should kill as few other-dimensional creatures as possible.

What did wasteland reclamation mean?

Obtaining basic information about a new other dimension faster, more completely, and in greater quantity while minimizing any changes.

Of course, it was impossible not to conflict with monsters during the process of exploring terrain and collecting information. They could only say that they should minimize the impact on the location of the monster population distribution as much as possible.

The participating team members would wear camera equipment, and any changes the students made to the other dimension would be seen by the judges and ultimately become a scoring factor.

Because of this, Jiang Xiao's money-making plan fell through.

Back when he participated in the competition in the Armory, he could enter without a ticket, and he could bring back and sell the Star Beads he killed.

Jiang Xiao was going to talk to his teammates about how they should kill and extract Star Beads if they really encountered lava ghost witches.

Han Jiangxue and Xia Yan would support him, so it should be fine.

"Ah!" Jiang Xiao was thinking when he heard Xia Yan's furious voice from above, and then her right leg suddenly lifted.

Jiang Xiao subconsciously grabbed her leg and didn't let go...

Under normal circumstances, if she lifted her leg so hard and Jiang Xiao was holding her shoe, the leather boots would have come off, but Jiang Xiao had tied a row of dead knots for her...

"Jiang! Xiao! Pi!" Xia Yan stomped her feet and said angrily, "You jerk, what are you doing!?"

Jiang Xiao hugged her thigh and swayed in the air, "Tying~shoe~laces~"

"Do you tie all the shoelaces in your house into dead knots? And a row of dead knots?" Xia Yan asked.

"I'm not tying your shoelaces." Jiang Xiao grabbed a row of dead-knotted shoelaces, "I'm tying up your life, ah ah ah ah."

Xia Yan suddenly swept out with a whip kick: "Waaah!"

I'll kick you eight meters away with one kick!

Hai Tianqing looked at the two people fighting and felt very relaxed. He knew the strength level of this team. As far as this year was concerned, they would be among the best in the province.

What was important was the National High School League.

That,

was where this team of geniuses would really be tested.

Countless Bei Jiang people were looking forward to seeing what kind of results this team could bring back and how much they could improve Bei Jiang province's ranking in the country.

The words "unprecedented" were something the people of Bei Jiang could only think about in the past, but this year, it seemed that a team was going to do it!