Longevity Martial Arts: I have a Mysterious Water Snake Avatar-Chapter 525 - 406 Who Are These People?_2
What is *wrong* with this person?
Hong Yuan was truly rendered speechless by Ji Yunjin.
It wasn’t that he had never taught anyone before; he had instructed his niece Mo Yue’er and his disciple Hua Menghuang, achieving good teaching results with both.
Therefore, he had never worried about his own teaching ability!
But watching Ji Yunjin spin herself dizzy in the sky above, Hong Yuan felt an inexplicable frustration building and solidifying in his heart.
He knew it. The Dream World trial for the Dream Tao’s path to sainthood wouldn’t be this easy to overcome.
"SIGH..." Hong Yuan pressed his forehead and let out a heavy sigh.
Someone with this level of talent wouldn’t even have been qualified to interact with him—Hong Yuan—back in the Martial World...
Nearby, Jiang Yuyue couldn’t help but cast a sympathetic glance at Hong Yuan after witnessing her best friend’s Mecha piloting skills.
But when Hong Yuan ordered her to become Ji Yunjin’s sparring partner, she realized she had celebrated too soon.
Thus, another victim was added to the list of the tormented!
They trained day and night, all to ensure Ji Yunjin could smoothly execute the Forest Elf’s three major skills before the "Meta-Universe Mecha+" campus competition began.
"AAAHHH!!!"
"How can you be so terrible?! With talent like this, what makes you think you can be a Mecha pilot?!"
"Yunjin, after the ’Meta-Universe Mecha+’ event is over, please change careers, okay? I don’t want to be the one collecting your corpse someday..."
"And another thing, who the hell convinced you to join the ’Meta-Universe Mecha+’ event in the first place?"
"It was Ming XiangYue, wasn’t it? I swear, I’m going to beat him to a pulp when he gets back."
"I just don’t get it! You’ve been practicing for nearly five days! You should be as synchronized with the Forest Elf as possible, yet you’ve only just barely managed to master the ’Rainstorm Pear Flower Needle’ skill?"
"Darling, please, just tell me, why are you like this?"
"..."
Jiang Yuyue no longer possessed the refined demeanor of a well-bred lady she had when she first met Hong Yuan.
Now, she resembled a madwoman, ranting incessantly at Ji Yunjin, wishing she could personally take the field and replace Ji Yunjin as Hong Yuan’s competition partner.
This was because, unable to bear it any longer, she had tried piloting the Forest Elf Mecha once. The level of skill she demonstrated surpassed that of Ji Yunjin, who had been practicing for four days.
Jiang Yuyue had merely been observing, while Ji Yunjin had received Hong Yuan’s direct coaching.
The disparity in talent was truly immense!
「At this moment.」
Hong Yuan, Ji Yunjin, and Jiang Yuyue were eating at a desk in the Mech Armor Club’s office.
Listening to Jiang Yuyue’s outburst, Ji Yunjin, who was sitting meekly on her stool, hurriedly picked up a piece of braised pork and placed it in Jiang Yuyue’s bowl. Then, facing Jiang Yuyue, she said in a timid, ingratiating tone, "Yuyue, you know I... I lost my parents when I was little."
"You also know how important the ’Meta-Universe Mecha+’ event is to me. I really, really want to do well."
"Besides, without your help, I can’t even imagine the kind of setbacks I’d face. I promise you, after the event ends, I won’t touch Mecha combat ever again."
"..."
Jiang Yuyue felt helpless. She simply couldn’t fathom how Ji Yunjin thought she could compete against the elites from various universities. She might not even make it out of their own school’s qualifiers to secure one of the three competition slots.
As this occurred to her, Jiang Yuyue seemed to have a thought and looked towards Hong Yuan, only to find him calmly picking up a piece of sweet and sour pork rib and eating, completely unfazed.
Hong Yuan, of course, wasn’t panicking.
Ever since he embarked on the path of cultivation, he had never lost, because he only deigned to compete with those inferior to him. This was true for Heavenly Horned Ant Tianli, and it was true for the Soul Killing Demon Emperor.
Evidently, this "Meta-Universe Mecha+" event in the Dream World was also within his grasp.
His Martial Cultivator abilities were gradually being restored.
If someone truly managed to pose a threat to the hopelessly inept Ji Yunjin, then he, Hong Yuan, wouldn’t mind intervening a little.
Everything was for his Original Body’s Dream Tao path to sainthood!
「Some time later.」
Hong Yuan led Ji Yunjin and Jiang Yuyue to the virtual battlefield of the Meta-Universe.
Out of the twenty-four hours in a day, Ji Yunjin and Jiang Yuyue spent almost a full eighteen immersed in the virtual battlefield, training incredibly hard.
Of course, Hong Yuan’s relentless supervision also deserved credit.
Diligence can indeed compensate for a lack of talent!
Perhaps it was Ji Yunjin’s diligence, perhaps Jiang Yuyue’s patience, or perhaps Hong Yuan’s militaristic management that finally yielded results.
After many long days, on the night just three days before the campus "Meta-Universe Mecha+" competition was scheduled to start, Ji Yunjin finally managed to achieve a harmonious state with the Forest Elf.
She could now smoothly execute the Forest Elf mecha’s three major skills: Green Rainbow, Rainstorm Pear Flower Needle, and Blade Tornado.
Faced with such a challenging trainee, even Hong Yuan felt a grudging admiration.
Fortunately, at this point, Ji Yunjin had finally achieved the initial objective.
Not only did Hong Yuan and Jiang Yuyue breathe a sigh of relief, but Ji Yunjin herself felt as if a heavy burden had been lifted. It was as if she had been reborn, the world regaining its vibrancy.
She couldn’t help it; Hong Yuan’s expressionless face always made her uneasy.
A part of her desperately wanted to resist Hong Yuan’s tyrannical rule, yet her body was so infuriatingly compliant, eagerly following his orders, striving to use every ounce of her skill.
Since Hong Yuan and the two girls logged into the Meta-Universe’s virtual battlefield through the campus network, their activity left traces.
It was at this very time that the professors and teachers at Flame Dragon University responsible for organizing the "Meta-Universe Mecha+" event were browsing through the information of the numerous contestants. They were surprised to find that the amount of time Hong Yuan’s team—the Sky-Splitting Squad—spent in the virtual battlefield was far longer than that of other teams.
These professors, who were unaware of the actual circumstances, felt greatly reassured and were generous with their praise.
"Impressive!"
"Such perseverance is commendable! I’m starting to really admire these two kids!"
"Aside from the time they spend sleeping, Han Jiuming and Ji Yunjin of the Sky-Splitting Squad are practically immersed in the Meta-Universe’s virtual battlefield all day long, honing their Mecha combat techniques."
"They’re working so incredibly hard, practicing so late every single day! The other contestants aren’t nearly as dedicated. It reminds me of when I was studying for my postgraduate entrance exams. SIGH, those were the days... best not to dwell on the bitter past—"
"If these two students don’t secure one of the three qualifying spots, it would be an absolute injustice!"
"Er... you can’t quite say that. After all, securing one of the three qualifying spots will be determined by actual competition. It considers not only the Mecha pilot’s operational skill but also the Mecha designer’s modeling proficiency!"
"PHEW! Even if these two don’t get a qualifying spot, they absolutely deserve an award for being the most diligent team. I even suggest that they be considered for the guaranteed graduate school admission slots for their cohort."
"A sound proposal."
"It’s rare to find such hardworking students these days. I agree, it’s an excellent idea!"
"..."
After all, the "Meta-Universe Mecha+" competition’s qualifiers were decided through actual matches, so no specific video footage was circulated.
However, these shrewd old foxes—the professors—had long been able to accurately observe from the fluctuating network data values that Hong Yuan’s trio was not slacking off but was, in fact, practicing diligently.
Therefore, these professors, who only knew part of the story and not the whole, were momentarily deceived.
They heaped praise upon Hong Yuan and Ji Yunjin’s Sky-Splitting Squad, lauding their supposedly outstanding qualities.
Even Jiang Yuyue, who was merely their training partner, received high commendations from them.
These days, university students willing to truly focus and diligently apply themselves were few and far between.
Most were engrossed in a dazzling world of myriad temptations and distractions, which made the apparent dedication of Hong Yuan’s trio seem particularly commendable.
Meanwhile, for Hong Yuan, Ji Yunjin, and Jiang Yuyue...
"DING-DONG..."
"DING-DONG..."
The notifications in their school account inboxes chimed incessantly.
Hong Yuan saw the commendations from various unfamiliar teachers and professors, along with invitations for him to pursue further studies in the field of "Mecha Design."
At that moment, Hong Yuan experienced a rare flicker of genuine surprise.
Ji Yunjin, on the other hand, was grinning from ear to ear. She hugged Jiang Yuyue tightly, her eyes glistening with joyful tears.
To be able to study in depth at Flame Dragon University, a key national university, and to gain the appreciation of the teachers and professors—this meant that she, Ji Yunjin, could potentially shorten her path to success by ten or twenty years!
No matter how unpleasant her personality could be, she always longed for a good life and was willing to fight for it.
It was just that she had chosen the wrong person to use as a stepping stone.
She should never have tried to use "Han Jiuming" as a launchpad...
