Chapter 晚上 Time at Night

It was evening, at the hotel arranged by the national team.

Although several team members were from the capital and their schools were also in the capital, they were absolutely not allowed to go home. The national team had to manage them uniformly, and the participating students were all arranged into a hotel.

For two full days, Jiang Xiao's team assessed the other 42 teams.

Some teams were eliminated on the spot, and the number of eliminated teams was extremely high. However, a very few individual students from certain teams were selected to participate in the next stage of assessment.

Fortunately, Li Weiyi and Qian Zhuang, led by two senior students from the same team, made it to the second round. After being reviewed by the examination team, they were temporarily retained.

But it was unknown whether they could make it to the finals. After all, there were only three main teams and only two substitute teams.

As for Jiang Xiao himself, he had made a killing in the past two days.

42 teams, 4200 skill points.

What kind of concept was this? Added together, it was even more than what the Crescent Moon Medal gave?

Damn it, the inner star map was too rigid! How could this kind of assessment task be more rewarding than the Crescent Moon Medal?

Jiang Xiao was a typical case of eating from his bowl while scolding the street without even putting down his chopsticks.

He was simply the scum of all scums!

"Making so much, it's uncomfortable not to spend it." Jiang Xiao propped up the pillow, leaned against the headboard, and swayed his toes back and forth rhythmically.

By the window, Gu Shian heard Jiang Xiao's murmuring, obviously hearing it clearly, but he didn't know what Jiang Xiao had earned...

"Hoo." Gu Shian blew a puff of smoke out the window, turned his head to look at Jiang Xiao, and said, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, nothing." Jiang Xiao shook his head, glanced at Gu Shian, and suddenly remembered the situation when he participated in the World Cup last time.

At that time, his roommate was Zhao Wenlong.

Alas, these two, one drinking tea and the other smoking, truly had their own preferences.

Jiang Xiao suddenly said, "Do you like drinking tea?"

Gu Shian shook his head and said, "Adults drink alcohol."

"Come on," Jiang Xiao snorted, "Only kids want to drink beer, adults drink goji berry water."

Gu Shian: "......"

Jiang Xiao shook his left hand, gesturing with the military green military watch, and said, "Only kids wear watches, adults wear wristbands."

Gu Shian: ???

Jiang Xiao couldn't stop himself: "Only kids like women, adults all... ahem, never mind."

Gu Shian: "Why don't you say it?"

Jiang Xiao waved his hand: "Only kids ask questions, adults are already speechless to this world."

Gu Shian extinguished his cigarette with a look of discomfort, indeed almost speechless towards Jiang Xiao.

Jiang Xiao looked at his inner star map again.

A man cannot become rich without unexpected wealth, and a horse cannot grow fat without grazing at night.

What should he do with these 4200 skill points? Including Jiang Xiao's previous savings, Jiang Xiao had a total of skill points at this time.

Should he increase his own skills?

The Xia Family Saber Technique was already Platinum Rank Lv.8, should he use two thousand points on it?

Hmm, not good, not good.

The greatest benefit should be when he trains the Xia Family Saber Technique to Platinum Lv.9, using a thousand points to break through the threshold of Diamond Rank.

For these skills that he could train himself, Jiang Xiao never liked to use skill points to brute force his way through.

Good steel should be used on the cutting edge.

Those things that Jiang Xiao could not control, that could not be obtained through diligent study and hard practice, were where Jiang Xiao should spend his skill points.

For example, the rank of Black and White Candle Flame. Ten thousand skill points were enough for it to reach Diamond Rank. If nothing unexpected happened, after it increased another rank, could it provide Jiang Xiao with a new Dependent Star Pet slot?

For example, Jiang Xiao's four star pets at this time were almost all huge pits. The star techniques of these guys could all be listed in a row. They were indeed very strong, but they were all abyssal giant pits, and each star technique required Jiang Xiao to use skill points to level up...

"Knock, knock, knock." The sound of knocking on the door rang out. Gu Shian turned around and went to open the door.

"Teacher Chen." Gu Shian's voice came over.

Jiang Xiao closed the inner star map, put on his slippers, quickly got out of bed, and walked over curiously.

"Haha, not bad, not bad, you performed very well. Come on, the teacher will take you to eat barbecue." Chen Dapang slapped Gu Shian on the shoulder and said with a smile.

Gu Shian, who was over 1.9 meters tall and burly, simply became a weak chicken in front of Chen Dapang.

Of course, even Gu Shian had become a weak chicken, Jiang Xiao's physique... that was the weakest of the weak chickens...

The two put on their coats and quickly walked out, also seeing Xia Yan and Han Jiangxue waiting outside the door.

Jiang Xiao asked, "By the way, are those people from Xiangnan Military Academy alright?"

Chen Dapang comforted, "It's alright, didn't you save them all on the field? Are you referring to the trauma they suffered in their hearts?"

Jiang Xiao scratched his head. After so long, his buzz cut had already grown out.

Chen Dapang said, "They are all star warriors trained according to soldier standards, with strong hearts. There's nothing wrong, don't worry."

Chen Dapang put his arm around Jiang Xiao's shoulder and walked into the hotel elevator, saying, "Your team is guaranteed to be in the second round of the selection competition, you don't need to participate anymore."

Jiang Xiao was stunned for a moment and quickly said, "Don't, don't guarantee it, continue!"

Chen Dapang looked at Jiang Xiao with a strange expression.

Jiang Xiao was a little embarrassed by Chen Dapang's gaze, he smiled sheepishly and said, "I really like to learn from young talents, it fills me with motivation!"

Speaking so nicely, wasn't he just addicted to bullying newbies?

"Ding!"

The elevator door opened, and Chen Dapang led the team members out in single file, saying, "Putting you in the position of examiners is to make everyone realize the gap, to give these darlings of heaven a head-on blow. Your mission has been successfully completed."

Jiang Xiao grinned and said, "So it's not very effective anymore? What are we then? A tool team?"

"Haha." Chen Dapang laughed loudly and explained, "Although your team can create desperate situations for the opposing team, allowing the examiners to see the attitude, determination, and execution of the team being assessed, the real strength of both teams can only be displayed when the strengths of the two teams are about the same, at least when there is no qualitative difference. That's the focus of the selection. If you go up again, it's really not very effective."

The group walked to the parking lot and got into a large SUV. This model was indeed a good match for Chen Dapang's physique.

Jiang Xiao sat in the back seat, clinging to the back of the passenger seat, and said, "What are we doing now?"

Chen Dapang: "Be examiners, sit in the audience and assess together. In two days, after the national team officially determines the team, the intensive training will begin. At that time, there will be professional coaching teams to guide you, and tailor 5-8 tactics according to the star skill characteristics and ability levels of you four."

Chen Dapang turned on the turn signal and stepped on the gas pedal, suddenly thinking of something, he continued, "Han Jiangxue should know this process. You participated in the last World Cup, was it like this?"

Beside Jiang Xiao, Han Jiangxue, who was also sitting in the back row, said, "The first few rounds of selection in the last World Cup were completely different from this one, but the tactics should be the same. In the last World Cup, I memorized 7 tactics in Song Chunxi's team, 4 of which were initiated by me."

Chen Dapang nodded and said, "If nothing unexpected happens, your team will still formulate tactics with you as the core. The other three may have fewer. Under normal circumstances, it will be when facing teams with special configurations that you two will be the tactical initiators."

"One set is enough." Xia Yan rested her elbow on the window frame, looking at the brightly lit street, "I can't remember more."

Jiang Xiao curled his lips and said, "Individual matches are better, just study the characteristics of one opponent, it's not complicated."

"Speaking of individual matches." Chen Dapang seemed to have thought of something again and said, "The national team's individual matches are also being held in the first round. While your team is free now, Xiao Pi, if you have time, go there and report. You don't need to see those participating students, just go directly to see the main person in charge, Wu Ji, and report in person."

"Ah, no problem." Jiang Xiao casually agreed.

Chen Dapang said with a smile, "This year's individual competition has produced an incredible figure."

Jiang Xiao: "Hmm?"

Chen Dapang: "Zhongyuan Star Warrior University, Yi Qingchen."

Jiang Xiao blinked: "Wei Cheng Chao Yu Yi Qingchen?" (Weicheng is washed by the morning rain, the light dust is fresh and new?)

Chen Dapang: "Yi, the Yi of easy."

Jiang Xiao asked, "What's wrong with him?"

Chen Dapang: "Her blessing is also of silver quality, very lucky. She got an extremely rare white ghost witch star bead of silver quality."

Jiang Xiao: "......"

Chen Dapang: "She is also a combat healer, and the weapon she uses is also a giant blade."

Jiang Xiao: "Giant blade?"

Chen Dapang: "Yes, it is a weapon made according to your giant blade."

"Uh..." Jiang Xiao turned his head, passed the airport, and looked at Xia Yan by the other car window, saying, "This is probably one of the thousands of unnamed disciples of your Xia Family Saber Technique lineage."

Xia Yan looked distressed. In the field of giant blade skills, she was indeed Jiang Xiao's guide, but at this time, Xia Yan had already switched to practicing greatsword.

Moreover, Jiang Xiao was able to train his giant blade skills to such a degree that he had long since deviated from the scope of the Xia Family Saber Technique, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was the founder of a new school.

Chen Dapang continued, "Two years ago, Yi Qingchen was only a freshman, at the peak of the Star Cloud realm. Seeing you take a special support route at the World Cup, she then, with the help of her family and school, analyzed your game recordings, combat movements, and fighting characteristics, and then secluded herself for two years.

She only came out of seclusion recently, and is already in the late Star River realm. In the preliminary selections these two days, people have finally completely understood why Zhongyuan Star Warrior University sent her to participate in the individual competition."

Jiang Xiao snorted and said, "Closing the door to build a car, huh?" (Inventing in isolation?)

Chen Dapang said with a smile, "It is said that with the help of more than a dozen star warrior coaches in her family, she watched all your game recordings from high school, university, the World Cup, etc., analyzing your giant blade skills and attack characteristics frame by frame, almost completely stripping off your giant blade moves..."

Jiang Xiao: "Holy crap!?"

Chen Dapang said with a smile, "Xiao Pi, you don't know how much influence you had on the new generation of star warriors when you won the World Cup two years ago."

Jiang Xiao thought to himself, I'm doomed, I'm really going to lead astray a group of auxiliary medical star warriors...

Chen Dapang looked gossipy, looked at the rearview mirror, and said, "It is said that their family captured a lot of ghost-faced monks on the summit of the ancient tower, gave each monk a giant blade, and then threw all the ghost-faced monks into the training ground. Yi Qingchen has been killing her way through them with one slash after another for the past two years."

Jiang Xiao knew too well the abilities of those "training masters." Those ghost-faced monks were almost synonymous with combat masters.

The saying "Zhongyuan produces agile warriors" exists because of the existence of the Other Dimension Space at the summit of the ancient tower.

Chen Dapang: "Yi Qingchen's giant blade skills are based on your skills, fused with the ghost-faced monks' actual combat swordsmanship. In yesterday's match, she, as a support, overturned a great fighter in 1 minute and 17 seconds. I don't know what the situation is today, but she shouldn't lose, right?"

Jiang Xiao only felt his scalp tingling. This... this... what is this?

As a support, you don't study how to protect your teammates, you spend your days fighting among ghost-faced monks?

Chen Dapang had a look of excitement, not caring if it was his own business: "Go and take a look when you report, haha, even her buzz cut is the same as yours, she's simply the female version of you."

"Female version?" Jiang Xiao scratched his head and said, "Yi Qingchen is a girl?"

"Not only is she a girl, but she is also a pretty girl. I really didn't expect that a girl with a buzz cut could look so good." Chen Dapang slapped the steering wheel, looked at the barbecue restaurant in front of him, and slammed on the brakes, "It's this one!"

Jiang Xiao turned his head to look at Xia Yan and said, "Yan Shen! Get a buzz cut, open our Teacher Dapang's eyes and let him know what true beauty is!"

Xia Yan pouted and snorted, "Hmph, I believe you, you old scoundrel, you're trying to trick me into getting matching couple haircuts again."

Jiang Xiao: ???