The little girl shook her head gently.
The teacher thought it was a shame.
Jingliu was wonderful in every way, with outstanding looks. Unfortunately... she wasn't lively enough.
He looked around and finally found the class monitor.
The teacher crouched down and repeatedly stressed the precautions to the class monitor. Only when the convoy reached the Academy gates did he stand and urge the child to leave.
They had begun screening new students with clean family backgrounds and outstanding looks long ago.
Beyond their backgrounds and looks, the children also needed cheerful, outgoing personalities and exceptionally high emotional intelligence.
Only the finest, most outstanding children qualified to represent Cangcheng before the Xianzhou's senior leadership.
The young children had no idea how significant this trip was.
But the adults knew.
They understood all too well that, for the vast majority of people, this would be the highlight of their lives.
This would be their only chance to meet a leader of such high standing.
The moment they learned that the general had sealed off Starskiff Haven and the Main Road, they quickly guessed the visitor's identity.
The heads of Cangcheng's Six Commissions and its general-the highest-ranking leaders in all of Cangcheng-would presumably accompany the Marshal to the Forest of Utmost Loyalty.
The teacher and his colleagues saw the finest students in their classes onto the Starskiffs, then returned to the other children.
He led the students onto the vehicle. Once everyone was seated, he said sternly:
"Let me stress this again. We're going to the Forest of Utmost Loyalty, the resting place of the Xianzhou's heroes."
"No one is allowed to bring a Jade Abacus."
The students all nodded.
Still uneasy, the teacher continued his battle of wits with the students. By the time they were halfway there, he had confiscated