As the principal, Qiongqi personally came out to greet the guests from other schools. Standing on the flat ground of the academy, he felt that a large dark cloud suddenly appeared in the sky, blocking out the sunlight. Looking up, he found that it was actually a giant whale.
When a figure flew down from the giant whale, it was a strong, middle-aged merman with a blue beard, holding a trident. He was also Lan Huajiao, the son of the Sea King, but ranked twenty-eighth. He was several generations older than the other contestants and had come here as a teacher leading the team from the Deep Sea School.
"Hahaha, long time no see, Qiongqi," the bearded man laughed and called out.
"Ah! Isn't this Jiao? We haven't seen each other for decades. We must have a good drink tonight!" Qiongqi said with a loud laugh.
"Of course, I also brought you a case of our unique royal tribute wine from the deep sea," Lan Huajiao said with a smile.
"Really? Then let's go to my office now and have a drink there first." Qiongqi's eyes lit up when he heard about the royal tribute wine, and he pulled Lan Huajiao inside.
"Wait a minute, you really haven't changed. You'll even play around with work as long as there's alcohol," Lan Huajiao said with a smile.
"Hey~! Principal Qiongqi, Teacher Jiao! Long time no see." At this moment, a bird monster flew in from the sky.
"Ah~! This isn't..." Before Qiongqi could finish speaking, the sky turned fiery red.
A massive meteorite, radiating fiery red light, was about to crash down from the sky, illuminating the surrounding rooftops in a crimson glow, like a final, dazzling display before destruction. The bird-like monster's expression changed; it leaped up, opened its massive beak, and inhaled the meteorite's flames. The firebird, deprived of its flames, dissipated, and more than a dozen almost identical fire sprites tumbled through the air before crashing to the ground.
"Really! Teacher Bifang, why are you stopping us?!"
"A direct, impactful entrance would definitely be more striking!"
"That's right! That's right! That way, a lot of useless monsters will be scared away!"
"Then we won without even having a match!"
The fire sprites chattered incessantly.
"You guys! Behave yourselves! This is another school! Don't cause trouble like you do at home! Didn't I tell you this before we left?"
"Huh? But that would be so boring."
"Let's burn something!"
"Yes, let's burn something!"
"You bastards, if you dare to mess around, I'll eat you alive!!!" Teacher Bifang roared angrily.
"Oh dear! The teacher is angry!" The fire sprites pretended to be scared, huddled together, and cried out with laughter.
"Teacher Bifang~! Everyone~!" At this moment, cheerful laughter came from the sky, and a long black shadow flew in.
"Hey, Alice, hands! Hands! Don't let go!" Qin Jing reminded her repeatedly.
The girl saw the familiar monster, waved one hand, and flew down faster.
"Ah! It's Alice!"
"It's Alice!"
"Haha! Alice, we missed you so much!"
The fire sprites flew up and hugged the blonde girl's back. Some held her hands, while others danced around her, all looking very happy, clearly showing a deep affection between them.
"Hello everyone, it's been a long time." Alice greeted each fire sprite with a smile.
As fellow monsters from the secret realms of the Americas, she had been familiar with these fire spirits who lived under the protection of Lord Fire Phoenix since childhood.
Qin Jing finally breathed a sigh of relief after landing on the ground. He and Alice came out of the old warehouse, intending to take the cat cart back to school, but they saw meteorites falling from the sky on the way. Thinking it was some kind of disaster, they quickly flew over.
"Alice, seeing how energetic you are, I'm sure your father will be very happy," Bifang said as he stepped forward to greet the girl.
"Hello, Teacher Bifang." Alice saluted Bifang, who was a famous great monster in the academy system. Alice's father was a high-ranking official who also managed civil affairs and education, so they had met since childhood.
"Hahaha, what spirited students! Anyway, let me take you to your lodgings first," Qiongqi said with a loud laugh.
"Oh, thank you for your trouble, Principal Qiongqi," Teacher Bifang said, pulling the fire spirits along.
"Qiongqi, there's no need for that here. We were worried we wouldn't be comfortable staying here, so we simply brought a castle with us," said the fishman Lan Huajiao.
"Haha, I knew it all along. The Sea Emperor Clan has always been generous. This mountain area belongs to Penglai Academy. As long as it's empty, you can use it as you like," Qiongqi said with a nonchalant laugh.
At that moment, the roar of some machine echoed in the air. Looking up, it turned out to be a super-large combat spaceship with huge cannons and a green paint job that exuded a strong sense of steel and machinery. In the middle was a white tiger roaring mark, like an airplane magnified hundreds of times, or an aircraft carrier flying in the air.
It even dwarfs the giant whales in the sky; this is a massive steel monster.
"Wow, that's incredible! Those guys from the White Tiger Secret Realm..."
"Is this the White Tiger Army? I heard they built a secret realm in that huge pit over there and found humanity's most secret and advanced mechanical technology. So it's true." The fish-man Lan Huajiao had always lived on the deep seabed, and this was his first time there.
"Those guys on Baihu's side are really warlike. Do they want to equip monsters with the same mechanical powers as humans so they can fight?" Bifang couldn't help but feel worried as he watched.
"Teacher, there are things up there that need to be melted down."
"What!?" Bi Fang's worries deepened. It seemed that this White Tiger Festival was not so simple.
Decades ago, during a great war between humans that nearly led to mass extinction, the two strongest nations at the time clashed and reduced each other to wasteland. In order to drag other countries into the conflict, they prepared to launch Harmony Eggs to the entire world. Fire Phoenix and White Tiger each defeated one of the powerful nations, preventing the extinction but also turning that place into two craters.
To eliminate the hidden dangers there, Fire Phoenix and White Tiger each opened new secret realms in the area, built inside a large pit thousands of meters deep, and have been clearing away the unexploded bombs there in their own ways ever since.
Unexpectedly, after so many years, the hidden dangers in the Americas where the Fire Phoenix is located have been basically eliminated thanks to the various monsters' supernatural abilities. The pollution in the surrounding area has also been greatly improved. Although it is still a forbidden zone for humans, it is like a new paradise for plants and animals. There, they don't have to worry about being cut down or hunted. Everything is thriving.
Meanwhile, in the White Tiger Secret Realm, they are secretly collecting remaining data and trading with humans outside. Now, they've even built a real space carrier. And if the fire spirits aren't mistaken, there are some kind of weapons on board that need to be eliminated.
Bi Fang gazed at the sky with mixed feelings.
With a deafening roar, the space carrier landed on the open ground of the academy.
After that, the doors on the space carrier were opened, a long ladder was lowered, and one by one, beast-like monsters who looked more like soldiers than students walked down from it.
Among them was a handsome, tall man who seemed quite special. He had no demonic aura and appeared almost like a human.
From the moment he came down, his eyes were fixed on Qin Jing.
Qin Jing exchanged a puzzled look with the other person.
The man also sensed Qin Jing looking over and smiled knowingly.
Section 215, Chapter 31: Gao Quanshuai's wealth and status are overwhelming.
“These are the guys who came from the White Tiger Secret Realm,” Alice said, frowning.
"The White Tiger Secret Realm?" Qin Jing then remembered that the monster she had fought with Ya Zi in the human world seemed to come from there. She didn't expect them to participate in the Tiger God Festival as well.
Previously, when he saw the spaceship in the sky from afar, he always felt that he was seeing future technology, or alien visitors, especially when monsters came down from above. It looked like aliens were invading Earth.
The members of the White Tiger Military Academy who came to participate in the competition slowly walked down the long ladder lowered from the aircraft carrier. Leading the way was the scarred tiger demon of the White Tiger Army, followed by tigers, leopards, black panthers and other monsters, who walked in unison toward the place where Qiongqi was.
Behind them was a group of female demons, who were walking around a handsome man in a flirtatious manner.
The scarred tiger demon walked two steps away from Qiongqi, stopped, stood straight, and saluted, saying, "Principal Qiongqi, Teacher Jiao, Teacher Bifang, greetings. All the exchange students from our White Tiger Military Academy are here."
"Oh, welcome to Penglai! This isn't a military academy, so please relax. By the way, where are your team leaders?" Qiongqi asked.
"The teacher has arrived and will come to visit later. I will temporarily take over as the team leader," the scarred tiger demon said in a serious tone.
"Hmph, it's that Leopard Shadow guy! That's why his demonic aura was so well hidden. If you're here, just show yourself. Even though our academy's students were attacked in the human world last time, I didn't eat him." Qiongqi complained, though he did intend to catch him in the sealed training room and beat him up to vent his anger.
"No, Master Leopard Shadow was merely following the orders of Lord White Tiger," the scarred tiger demon said, neither confirming nor denying, in a neither arrogant nor humble manner.
"Oh, you've got guts! I like young demons like you. How about you transfer to Penglai Academy? After you graduate, I'll offer you the best salary to be a teacher here," Qiongqi said with a smile.
"I refuse. We are all members of the White Tiger Army who have sworn to follow Lord White Tiger for life!"
“Then you’ll be the next leader, Hu Chi,” Bi Fang asked as he walked up.
Hu Chi, a renowned genius of the new generation in the demon realm. The White Tiger Military Academy's system is different from ordinary schools. They start training students from childhood, and by the time they graduate, they are already qualified and competent officers.
Tiger Pond is currently equivalent to a third-year student at Penglai Academy. He crossed the threshold to become a great demon more than a year ago, even earlier than Falcon Forest.
"Hello, Teacher Bifang, are you leading the team this year? You've brought only a bunch of kids. Does this mean you're planning to give up on the competition?" Hu Chi asked with a smile.
The fire sprites were furious when they heard this.
"What did you say?! I'll burn you!"
"I'll burn you all to the ground, turning you into hairless giant cats!"
Although Su Jiu expressed his desire to establish formal diplomatic relations with humans at several gatherings, both Huo Feng and Bai Hu strongly opposed it, but their purposes were different.
The Fire Phoenix does not trust humans, but it does not deny them either. It hopes to maintain the status quo and that neither side will affect the other's way of life.
The White Tiger, on the other hand, is hostile to humans, regarding them as his hypothetical enemy. Having once been regarded as a symbol of war god by humans, he understands their worship of war and violence, and their inherent savagery. They may be able to maintain peace for a hundred years because of favorable circumstances, but it is impossible for this peace to continue indefinitely.
When monsters clash with humans, a battle is inevitable.
Therefore, the White Tiger established a secret realm and continuously studied the weaknesses and habits of humans, making him arguably the most proactive among all the great demons in understanding the existence of humans.
However, their purpose is to prepare for the war that will come sooner or later. While cultivating their demonic energy, they also develop human technology, and now they have achieved military technology and machinery that are no less advanced than those of humans.
To the Fire Phoenix, the White Tiger was a troublemaker disrupting the peaceful order, while to the White Tiger, the Fire Phoenix was an old stubborn person who was oblivious to the passage of time and stuck in his ways.
Compared to Su Jiu from Penglai Academy, these two sides are more like mortal enemies.
"Behave yourselves." Bifang picked up a few fire sprites that were trying to fly over and looked towards Huchi, saying, "Our teamwork here is impeccable. But your side, which prides itself on its strict military discipline, has brought a bunch of female monsters and what's with that guy? New test subjects?"
"Let me introduce you! Gao Quan, come here!" Hu Chi called out to the handsome man.
The handsome man apologized to the laughing and talking female demons and walked up.
“These are students from our White Tiger Military Academy, genuine human beings,” Hu Chi said.
"Hello teachers and students, I am Gao Quan, a human!" the handsome man said with a friendly smile.
"And hello, Qin Jing! I've long admired your name. As a fellow human, I hope we can get along well in this world." Gao Quan smiled and extended his hand to Qin Jing.
"Ah... hello." Qin Jing looked at the handsome man who was half a head taller than her. Although he smiled very kindly, she felt a little awkward. But since he had already shown kindness, she couldn't ignore him. After hesitating for a moment, she still extended her hand.
"Haha, my family is a well-known business family in the capital of the human realm. You can find out about the Gao family in the capital with a little inquiry. If you have the chance, you must come to the capital for a visit. I will definitely treat you well then," the man said with a smile.
"Oh, thank you." Qin Jing nodded, thinking that she should pull her hand away, but found that the other person was holding it even tighter. This person was too enthusiastic.
"And you, where do you come from? Are you from a prominent family? Are your parents cultivators from a major sect, or high-ranking officials and wealthy merchants?" the man asked, holding Qin Jing's hand.
“No, my family is quite ordinary, but if you’re traveling in Tokyo, I can treat you to some affordable and delicious restaurants that only locals know about,” Qin Jing said, trying to pull her hand away, but the other person still held on tightly.
"Is that so? Then how exactly were you, a commoner, chosen and brought to this academy?!" The man grinned through gritted teeth, his grip tightening until the veins on his hands bulged.
"Huh? I was just forcibly brought in." Qin Jing finally realized she had been provoked. Since it didn't hurt at all, she thought the man was just too excited to see his own kind. But what was with her hand being grabbed? She secretly used the strength of the Black and White Tai Chi Fist to push the man's hand away.
Gao Quan felt as if the thing he was holding had suddenly turned into a python, twisting and releasing tremendous force, sending his hand flying. After the initial pain, he felt a lingering numbness.
Gao Quan looked at his numb hand and then at Qin Jing in surprise. He hadn't expected that someone who was much thinner than him could be so strong.
At this moment, several little heads peeked over, staring curiously at the two of them.
"Huh? Is this what humans are like?"
"This is the first time I've encountered this."
Section 216, Chapter 32: New Humans Arrive at the Academy
The fire spirits, their bodies glowing red, squinted at Qin Jing and Gao Quan with their round eyes. As elves raised in the secret realm of the Americas, they had never seen any humans since birth.
Under the guidance of the Fire Phoenix, when talking to students about humans, they often use words like dangerous, fickle, and untrustworthy.
However, for the carefree and fearless fire spirits, it was nothing more than curiosity.
"Even with two hands, two legs, two eyes, and one mouth..."
"Isn't that just like a monster transforming into human form? Isn't there anything special about it?"
For some reason, the fire spirits seemed disappointed with humans, just like the pandas they saw, which were not the pure black and white creatures they remembered, and they were disappointed.
Upon seeing the fire spirits, Gao Quan's previous gloom vanished, and he smiled, saying, "Haha, hello everyone, I'm Gao Quan. We're both exchange students here, let's get along well."
"Hey, are you human too?" a fire sprite poked its head out and asked.
"Hmm." Qin Jing glanced at the fire sprite peeking out and said coldly. He really didn't want to face that brat.
"I feel like something's different about her," the fire sprite observed Qin Jing with her round eyes.
"Oh, right, now it's free time. I'm planning to visit the shopping street near Penglai Academy. Little Fire Sprite, would you like to come along? I can treat you to your favorite food," Gao Quan invited with a smile.
"We really shouldn't go, it feels much better here," the fire sprites shook their heads.
"Hey, what's your name or what?"
What grade are you in?
Are you a boy or a girl?
The fire sprites seemed to have their curiosity piqued, and they all crowded around, some even starting to touch Qin Jing's body.
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