No one knew what Yue Yang, Prince Mingzhu, and Chi Mu, the lightbulb guy, had discussed in that little tavern.
Still less did anyone realize that the future landscape of Human Valley would change because of it.
Prince Mingzhu and Chi Mu departed that very day.
Yue Yang, meanwhile, stayed for three days. Only after purchasing a large quantity of local specialties did he return with the principal by airship to Proud Wanderers School in Silver Maple City. Before he left, Yang Ping of Blazing Sun City and his companions came looking for Yue Yang once more, hurling vicious provocations in hopes of goading him into choosing Yang Ping as his challenger at the evaluation ceremony a month later.
"Fine, as you wish." Yue Yang was as helpless as a sleepy old tiger seeing two little mice clamoring to challenge him to a duel. Could they please stop making such a racket?
After returning to Silver Maple City, Yue Yang finally took two leisurely days off.
Teacher Ou Meng, Teacher Wu Pu, and the others were making smooth progress. The principal felt things were manageable for now, but time would only grow tighter later. No matter what, he could not let Yue Yang, his proudest student, exhaust himself, so he gave him three days off to shake off the fatigue of the long journey. What the principal feared most was that Yue Yang would not rest enough and would be unable to face the upcoming Newcomer Life Evaluation Ceremony in peak condition.
Champion.
This was the honor the principal desired most.
Even though he had already seen Jin Qi's Strong-Magnetic Battle Puppet at the Golden Leaf City exchange meeting, the principal remained utterly confident in the Flying Battle Puppet they had developed.
The Strong-Magnetic Battle Puppet was merely one battle