Chapter 136 Armory

It was an ordinary afternoon in a training room at the gymnasium.

Jiang Xiao's team and Xing Lang's team from the same class had just finished sparring.

Under Han Jiangxue's command, Jiang Xiao's team "barely" won.

Although everyone was a student in Class 1 of the key class, there were top students and underachievers in this elite class.

Obviously, Jiang Xiao's team was several levels stronger than their opponents.

Although the battle seemed back and forth, especially with Xing Lang, a little cannonball, fighting fiercely in close combat, the final result was already determined.

Han Jiangxue mostly practiced formation changes, and after several twists and turns, finally won by a narrow margin, winning this sparring match.

The two sides rested for a while, and Xing Lang left with his team. The gymnasium was large, and each team had its own separate training room. They had come to challenge.

This big brother type Xing Lang was also particularly interesting. The first thing he said when he entered the door was, "We're here to find the gap."

The gap was obvious, and most people thought it was in the number of star slots.

Han Jiangxue's extraordinary talent, with 30 star slots, was unmatched, and she could even look down on the entire Bei Jiang province. This was an indisputable fact.

A deeper level of disparity was perhaps that everyone had different hearts.

What kind of dream do you have, and to what extent have you shed blood and tears for it? This was the story hidden behind everyone.

After Xing Lang's team left, the four members of the team were left in the training room.

"Get up, Xiao Pi, time to practice the blade." Xia Yan stood up, walked to the wall, and threw the huge wooden blade leaning against the wall to Jiang Xiao.

Recently, Xia Yan had taught Jiang Xiao three moves. According to her, this blade technique had a total of nine stances. She would not teach him the last three stances until she thought every one of Jiang Xiao's movements was flawless.

With a good foundation, Jiang Xiao was familiar with the first three moves. Although the level of Xia Family Blade Technique on his Inner Vision Star Chart had not improved, overall, both Xia Yan and Jiang Xiao were very satisfied.

"The practice location for the Bei Jiang Province High School League has been announced," Li Weiyi said when he saw that there was no one around.

"Huh? When?" Xia Yan was stunned for a moment, motioned Jiang Xiao to practice the basics on his own, and turned to look at Li Weiyi.

Jiang Xiao smacked his lips helplessly. He was already familiar with Xia Yan's teaching habits. 200 overhead chops, rising cuts, lunging thrusts, and upward parries were required.

This was still Xia Yan's modification to take care of him. Several basic movements were practiced together with basic footwork, which would save more time than practicing each one separately.

"This afternoon, Qingmei told me." Li Weiyi shook his head with a wry smile. As an Awakened, he didn't even know this information immediately, but his girlfriend checked the official website of the Bei Jiang Province High School League every day.

"It was released so quickly? What's the date? November 17th?" Jiang Xiao said while training, his movements meticulous, "Doesn't the Bei Jiang Province High School League start in mid-January next year? Announce the competition location two months in advance?"

"Because the competition location has been changed," Li Weiyi said helplessly.

"Armory..." Han Jiangxue held her phone and frowned when she saw the name of this other dimension.

"Ah? Armory?" Xia Yan was also stunned for a moment. She didn't have the habit of questioning Han Jiangxue, a habit that had been subtly formed by the team members' correct decisions over a long period of time.

But Xia Yan's tone was still raised, obviously questioning the decision of the Bei Jiang Provincial Government and the senior education department.

"The competition location for the Bei Jiang Province High School League has always been the Snow Plains in previous years. What's going on this year?" Xia Yan said incredulously, "Our school chooses the Snow Plains every year for students to practice in, isn't it just to let the students adapt to the environment as soon as possible?"

As a characteristic of the northern province, the Snow Plains had relatively few kinds of other-dimensional creatures, most of which were of the bronze level, and the danger factor was relatively low, but the environment there was extremely harsh, so it became an ideal place to test the comprehensive qualities of the children.

Jiangbin High School organized high school seniors to go to the Snow Plains every year for training, precisely in order to allow the children to have more contact with the Snow Plains, and to prepare them for the Bei Jiang Province High School League with limited resources and time.

Xia Yan looked dissatisfied and said, "Besides, the Armory? Is that a place we can enter?"

Han Jiangxue turned to look at Xia Yan and said silently, "The first place in the team gets 10 extra points on the college entrance examination. We must enter."

Xia Yan scratched her hair in distress, and the incomprehension and worry on her face eventually turned into disgust, which then evolved into deep loathing.

It could be seen that the disgust and loathing were not fake. She really loathed this so-called "Armory."

Every family has its own problems.

For Li Weiyi, he didn't have any special feelings about the Armory, but since the last trip to the Snow Plains, a shadow had been cast over his life.

It wasn't from the mercenary group or the other-dimensional creatures, but from his family.

Li Weiyi's mother had always been noncommittal about Li Weiyi's career choice. She didn't object, but she didn't support it either. Li's mother only cared about her child.

Li Weiyi was able to embark on the path of an Awakened, on the one hand because he wanted to join this profession himself, and on the other hand, because of his father's great support.

But after the Snow Plains incident last time, Li's mother's noncommittal attitude had changed slightly.

Those who had never experienced it firsthand could not imagine how Li's mother had survived the month of waiting outside Jiannan Village, and what kind of suffering and torment she had endured.

At noon, after Li's mother learned about the location of this year's Bei Jiang Province High School League, she sent a WeChat message to Li Weiyi.

Li Weiyi knew his mother's character too well. Perhaps at this time, she was still wavering between her son's choice and her son's safety.

Li Weiyi's father hadn't been home for a long time, and that silent support from afar didn't seem to be playing a good role at the moment.

The most critical point was Li Qingmei. She was the prospective daughter-in-law in Li's mother's eyes, and her attitude had more influence than anyone else on the team, but she had also experienced a month of hellish torment.

Since the Snow Plains, Li Qingmei seemed to have forgotten about it. She still had a sweet smile on her face and never mentioned the month of waiting, but Li Weiyi could feel that she was more clingy.

The announcement of the competition location this time might be the fuse that ignited everything.

Jiang Xiao, who was practicing the blade, also sighed secretly. Although his other-dimensional subject had failed, he knew a lot about the "Armory."

At least he knew a lot about the knowledge in the books.

The Armory, a place that felt like "swords and shadows," was indeed very dangerous.

The environmental conditions there were much better than the Snow Plains. It was a terrain of grassland and forest, neither cold nor hot, suitable for combat.

The creatures there were more diverse than in the Snow Plains. There were bronze-level creatures and silver-level creatures.

What really made people hate the Armory was...

The other-dimensional creatures there looked too much like people.

Whether it was White Ghosts or White Ghost Witches, no matter how human-like they were, their dark ghost faces and thick fur would prevent them from escaping the ranks of monsters.

But the other-dimensional creatures in the Armory were too similar to humans in appearance.

This was not good.

This was very bad.

Especially for these immature children, entering the Armory for training was not conducive to their physical and mental health.

Xia Yan was different from others. She and Han Jiangxue had both struggled in life and death. They had even destroyed corpses in front of Jiang Xiao.

They were not murderers or indiscriminate killers, but they were not afraid of killing.

Speaking of which,

Not afraid was not afraid, but there was always a limit.

Not afraid was not the same as liking.

Every time you made a move, it was like slaughtering a fellow human being. Even a person with a sound mind would be greatly affected if they stayed there for a long time.

Therefore, Xia Yan thought that all the leaders who made this decision were idiots.