Sure enough, a red dot of light had suddenly appeared at Nuoding City's location on the map.
He remembered the position of every red dot. Where had this one come from?
Wait...
The surprise Mirror Xiaoming could find... was the Mirror World!
And the Mirror World wasn't on this map. It was a hidden map.
Wang Xiaoming stared at Mirror Xiaoming, speechless.
"What would it have cost you to just give it to me? Acting tsundere?"
Mirror Xiaoming raised an eyebrow and looked at him in annoyance. "Why did you think I'd let you have it that easy? I've already given it to someone else. Whether you can find it depends on your own abilities."
With that, Mirror Xiaoming vanished from the window in an instant.
Wang Xiaoming stood by the window, watching his figure disappear into the air. He was silent for a moment.
"Nuoding Academy, huh..."
He raised a hand to his chin and quickly considered his options.
There was nothing important going on at the academy today anyway, and someone was handling his registration for him. He might as well make the trip while he had the chance.
He could also check on things in Nuoding while he was there. Maybe he'd run into Little Scumbag, Gangzi, and Rogue Rabbit... He might even pull a hidden-edition Tang Hao.
With that thought, he hesitated no longer.
"Not like I have anything better to do."
He swept a hand through the air in front of him, and a grayish-white Dimensional Wall silently unfolded.
Wang Xiaoming stepped through, and the Dimensional Wall closed behind him without leaving a trace.
The next moment, his feet landed on soft earth.
A breeze carrying the scent of grass and lake water brushed against his face.
Wang Xiaoming looked around and confirmed that his appearance hadn't attracted any attention. At this hour, most people should have been in class.
He glanced at the map. The dot was close by, inside a small building just ahead.
Mirror couldn't be so bored that he handed the thing over to some dean of discipline, could he?
That would be underestimating him a little too much.
He wasn't a student, so he had no reason to fear that sort of thing.
Wang Xiaoming strolled along, studying the surrounding buildings as he went.
Probably because classes were in session, there was hardly anyone on the road. Only the faint sounds of lectures drifted through the air.
Compared to the gold-and-jade splendor of Heaven Dou Royal Academy, this place was as plain as a village elementary school.
But its simplicity also gave it a certain warmth.
As he drew closer, he finally spotted a student in uniform hurrying along ahead with books in his arms.
Wang Xiaoming took two quick steps forward and tapped the student on the shoulder, offering him a friendly smile.
"Excuse me, could you tell me what that building up ahead is?"
The student jumped in fright. He turned around and saw Wang Xiaoming's unfamiliar face, and a puzzled look appeared on his own.
Wang Xiaoming's clothes and bearing really were rather out of place here.
Dressed so splendidly and speaking so politely, Wang Xiaoming made the person facing him instantly grow reserved.
The student wondered, There are rich people this polite at Nuoding Academy?
He must not be from around here.
"That's the teaching building. Are you... from another school?"
Wang Xiaoming was about to answer when an angry roar suddenly exploded behind him like thunder.
"Stop right there!!!"
The student's expression changed. Without time for another word, he turned and ran.
Wang Xiaoming looked back to see a bald, middle-aged man charging aggressively out of the teaching building's side door.
Moving as fast as the wind, the man rushed up to Wang Xiaoming and looked him up and down twice.
"Hey! What class are you in?! Not only are you skipping class, you even dare to go without your uniform! Who's your homeroom teacher? Don't you know the rules? Do you believe I'll expel you?!"
The more the dean of discipline spoke, the angrier he got, until his spittle was nearly spraying onto Wang Xiaoming's face.
Wang Xiaoming took a step back without changing his expression, avoiding the disgusting spray.
"My name's Yu Yuanzhen. Expel me if you want. Suit yourself."
With that, Wang Xiaoming swaggered past him, completely ignoring the man.
The bald man stood there, dumbfounded for a moment.
Yu Yuanzhen?
Wasn't that the name of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's leader?!
But by the time he turned around again, Wang Xiaoming was nowhere to be seen.
At that moment, Wang Xiaoming was by the back doors of the lower-grade classrooms on the first floor, searching everywhere for the things and people he wanted.
There were only two lower-grade classrooms.
In the last row of the classroom farther back, Wang Xiaoming easily spotted a figure with a scorpion braid and bunny-ear accessories. She was leaning over her desk, folding paper with several other people.
That must be Xiao Wu.
But after looking around, he realized he couldn't tell which one was Tang San at all.
A lot of people here were small, skinny, malnourished kids with dark skin... The sight made the corner of his mouth twitch.
Judging by the map, the red dot was either in this classroom or one upstairs.
Damn it, give me a 3D map!
Could Mirror have given the thing to someone here?
Wang Xiaoming frowned. He really knew how to make trouble for him.
He'd go have another spar with him tonight.
He turned to leave, intending to go up to the second floor and see what was going on.
Just as he turned around, Xiao Wu suddenly sensed something and looked outside, catching sight of Wang Xiaoming's departing back.
It's him!
Xiao Wu sprang to her feet and shot out of the classroom, leaving even the lackeys beside her somewhat stunned.
The teacher in the room frowned, but after seeing it was Xiao Wu, he could only pretend not to have noticed.
Geniuses always received special treatment.
"Hey, stop right there!"
Wang Xiaoming was just about to step onto the stairs when a shout came from behind him, bringing him to a halt.
He turned around and saw a sweet, cute little girl running toward him.
"Xiao Wu?"
He cautiously looked behind Xiao Wu and found that she was alone.
She knew him... which meant Mirror had handed it to her in person.
At least he had some conscience.
Otherwise, it would still have pained him a little to use the power of money to buy back his own things.
Only when Xiao Wu reached him did he ask, "Why are you alone? Where's Tang San?"
"Tang San? That guy's probably off forging iron. I don't want to talk about him."
As she spoke, Xiao Wu turned her head away.
She had wanted to fight Tang San last night, but he had actually pretended to lose, making the fight no fun for her at all!
Xiao Wu's attitude left Wang Xiaoming baffled.
Something was wrong-twelve parts wrong out of ten.
Even if Xiao Wu hadn't fallen for Tang San yet, she shouldn't have been acting like this...
Could Mirror have won Xiao Wu over in just one night?
Was he really that capable?
But he soon learned that he had been wrong.
Standing in front of him, Xiao Wu reached straight into the rabbit bag hanging from her body and took out a palm-sized card deck.
Wang Xiaoming recognized it at a glance. It was Ryuki's card deck!
That guy actually gave the card deck to Xiao Wu?
There really was a loli!?
Wang Xiaoming reached out to take it, but Xiao Wu stepped back, keeping it out of his reach.
Under Wang Xiaoming's puzzled gaze, Xiao Wu held the card deck and stared straight at him as she spoke in a low voice.
"I admit I want to stay alive, but... Sister Xiao Wu wants to see whether you have what it takes. If Sister Xiao Wu knocks you flat later, don't even think about making me call you master!"
Wang Xiaoming: "???"
What are you going to call me?