In the broad central square of the city, nine enormous flying Magical Beasts stood in a row. From a distance, they looked like a line of small fighter jets.
Instructor Xi Wen stood at the very front of the crowd, rising onto her tiptoes from time to time to gaze in the direction of the Xiao Family.
At last, under her eager, expectant gaze, the figure she had been thinking about appeared within sight and soon arrived nearby.
"Instructor Xi Wen, I'm not late, am I?"
"No. We were scheduled to set off at the hour of the Snake, and there's still quite a while to go. It's just that when I didn't see you, I couldn't quite feel at ease."
The female instructor answered with a smile.
These past few days, she had been exactly like some lucky person who had suddenly won the grand prize. Before cashing in the winnings, her mind simply could not settle, and everything felt like a dream.
"Since you're here too, everyone's present. Shall we set off right away?"
She glanced at Xun Er and Qing Lin behind Chen Xiao, then asked aloud, as if she had forgotten that she was the instructor.
Chen Xiao nodded, then turned to look at the two girls behind him.
"Xun Er, Qing Lin, I'll see you at Jia Nan Academy."
The words of farewell had already been said. There was no need to repeat them.
Xun Er gave a light nod and waved goodbye, hiding the traces of emotion extremely well.
Qing Lin's reluctance, however, was written all over her face. She waved her little hand without stopping, nearly shaking the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake hidden in her sleeve into a slurry. It crawled out along her arm and hissed at Chen Xiao, flicking its tongue