After chatting for a while in the Dean's Office, Mo Xie left for the Lightning Institute on the Main Campus.
As soon as he entered the Lightning Institute hall, department head Qian Kun eagerly threw him a celebration. It was to congratulate Pearl Academy's first student selected for the National Team and welcome the hero of Hangzhou home.
Mo Xie felt helpless about the fuss, but he happily accepted everyone's cheers.
Once the celebration ended, everyone settled down and prepared for class.
"Mo Xie, over here."
A voice rang out. Mo Xie looked over and saw Xu Zhaoting smiling and waving at him.
With a faint smile, he walked over and sat beside Xu Zhaoting and Zhang Lulu.
"It's only been a few months, but you two seem even more in love."
Mo Xie looked at how affectionate they were, then at the resentful stares from the singles around them, and couldn't resist teasing them.
"Mo Xie, don't tease us. I haven't even brought up the rumors going around school that you're keeping two of Pearl Academy's Flowers as your little songbirds."
Mo Xie raised both hands, shook his head helplessly, and gave a wry smile.
"All right, I surrender."
He then used his mind to check their cultivation, and surprise and delight showed on his face.
"Looks like you've both made a lot of progress!"
Xu Zhaoting had improved considerably. His Lightning Element had reached the bottleneck of Intermediate Level Second Rank, and his Wind Element had reached Intermediate Level Second Rank as well. Both were higher than they had been at the end of last semester.
Zhang Lulu hadn't advanced as much, but her progress was still good by the Lightning Institute's standards.
"Yeah. I didn't slack off over the summer. I've been training hard, and I won't