The Seven-Colored Divine Sparrows landed in the plaza one after another.
When Zhou Fan and the others landed,
Xi Yan, who had arrived in the Imperial Capital a few days earlier, was already waiting for them in the plaza.
Luo Luodong said, "Principal, we're here."
Xi Yan nodded. "Good. You're here."
Xinghai University was not the first to arrive. Quite a few flying mutant beasts were already parked in the plaza, carrying people from schools all over Xia Country.
Different schools rode different flying mutant beasts.
As one of the four elite universities, Xinghai University rode Seven-Colored Divine Sparrows, one of the highest-grade species of flying mutant beasts.
The other universities used various flying mutant beasts, but most were relatively common species.
Gale Eagles, Wind-Piercing Eagles, Snowflame Birds, Sky-Piercing Birds, and so on were all common flying mutant beasts that offered the best value for money.
Setting aside the cost of training them,
a single Gale Eagle only cost around ten thousand a month to feed and maintain.
By contrast, each of Xinghai University's Seven-Colored Divine Sparrows cost over a hundred thousand a month!
Flying mutant beasts of that caliber were not something ordinary people could afford to keep.
One or two might have been manageable.
But Xinghai University kept fifteen or twenty of them. Few universities could afford to be so extravagant.
That was the difference between elite universities and ordinary ones.
"Holy shit! What kind of flying mutant beast is that? It looks incredible!"
"That's Xinghai University's Seven-Colored Divine Sparrow. Don't bother getting jealous."
"So they're from Xinghai University. That's fucking awesome."
"All four elite universities are taking part in this National Competition. We're bound to face people from Xinghai University too."
"I remember Xinghai University got a really powerful freshman this year. His name's Zhou Fan, right?"