Chapter 170: Special Enrollment Student
When Wu Li appeared in front of them again, she was still as elegant and beautiful as before. However, her complexion was noticeably pale, lacking the healthy rosiness she once had.
Si Er asked curiously, “Wu Li, are you injured?”
“No…” Wu Li replied softly. “I just received some bad news and feel a bit upset.”
Lu Taiping instinctively asked, “What bad news?”
The moment he said it, he felt it was inappropriate. Surely the bad news couldn’t be that Wu Li’s uncle had died, right?
“My uncle passed away.”
Lu Taiping: !!! Was that really the answer? That couldn’t be…
From what Guagua had implied, Wu You’s sudden death seemed related to Wu Li. Could Guagua have guessed wrong?
Wu Li lowered her head, her bangs covering her expression.
“I had an uncle who treated me very well. Every time he came home, he would bring me interesting little trinkets from outside.”
“My parents passed away when I was very young. Fortunately, my uncle always took good care of my younger brother and me…”
At this point, tears fell from Wu Li’s eyes. When she had cleaned house, she kept telling herself that what she killed were members of the insect race.
Even if her uncle were still alive, he surely wouldn’t have been able to endure having his body used like that.
So she kept telling herself she had killed insects, that everything she did was justified.
She tried her best to ignore everything about her uncle, but now that it was mentioned, all those memories surfaced.
Her uncle had died just like that—without explanation. Dead…
Wiping away her tears, Wu Li said, “But the dead cannot return to life. There are still things we need to do. Let’s finish this competition first.”
“Are you sure you’re okay in this state?” Si Er asked with concern.
“I’m fine. Even if my mood isn’t good, my soul pets can help.”
“Meiqiuer, Meitanger, Meikuair—this is your responsibility now.”
“Ah… those names…”
Si Er had just been about to complain when he saw the three soul pets lined up in front of him. They were truly as black as coal.
The Misfortune Crow went without saying. The one called Meiqiuer fit its name perfectly—round and pitch black.
It looked like a puppy, yet not quite like one.
The one called Meikuair was square-shaped, like a cube that had come to life.
Where did she even find such strange exotic beasts? They look so bizarre…
[Aside from the Misfortune Crow, the other two are unique to the Wu Clan. You won’t find them anywhere else.]
So what? What can these two lumps of coal actually do?
[Don’t say it like that. Xuanxuan’s soul pets are all black too, and you’ve never disliked them.]
I don’t dislike these ones either. They’re oddly shaped, but kind of cute.
I wouldn’t have thought of coal if their owner hadn’t named them that herself.
[That’s true…]
Guagua shook his ears. Meanwhile, Yu Bei Eagle was whispering complaints into Yu Bei Wolf’s ear.
“Good thing Xuanxuan didn’t name us like that. Otherwise we’d be called Coal Eagle and Coal Wolf?”
“That sounds awful!”
Yu Bei Wolf replied, “I think it could be even worse, but I can’t think of anything.”
“Then don’t! All this ‘coal, coal, coal’ is terrifying.”
“But why are that girl and her soul pets all so black? She’s not even a dark attribute.”
Yu Bei Turtle muttered, “Hungry, hungry, hungry—they’re all non-attribute.”
“Hungry, hungry, hungry—but their skills are related to luck. Better not mess with them.”
Hearing Si Er’s thoughts, Wu Li took the initiative to explain.
“You’ve already seen Meitanger. It can interfere with people’s luck and curse them with misfortune—it’s quite effective.”
“Meiqiuer can conceal certain information. High-level exotic beasts are very sensitive to others’ malice and killing intent. Meiqiuer can mask those signals so they won’t even realize they’re being ambushed.”
Si Er’s eyes immediately lit up.
This is good, this is perfect. Our current situation is ideal for ambushes!
“As for Meikuair, it can absorb other people’s bad luck to strengthen itself, and it can also share its own misfortune.”
“In a moment, we’ll send it out together with Meitanger. With stacked misfortune, those exotic beasts shouldn’t be able to stop us for long.”
“Wu Li, your soul pets are truly unique,” Si Er said.
Is this stacking buffs? But misfortune-type buffs are really terrifying. Good thing we’re not enemies right now.
By the way, Guagua, which academy is Wu Li from? Not Azure Dragon Academy, I hope?
[No, she’s a special enrollment student from White Tiger Academy.]
Huh? Her exotic beasts don’t seem to match White Tiger Academy’s style.
[Actually, I think our Black Tortoise Academy suits her better. The principal and elders definitely wouldn’t dislike her.]
[But she didn’t know that. She hadn’t researched the Four Great Academies before. She was just following her uncle’s aura to enter the Central City, but she didn’t have a pass.]
[To apply for a pass, she needed a proper reason. In the end, she chose to participate in admissions. She even picked a line at random.]
[During the assessment, her performance was outstanding and her talent exceptional, which left the White Tiger elders in a dilemma.]
[If it were just an attribute mismatch, they wouldn’t have hesitated. But all of them were afraid of the Misfortune Crow and that Meikuair!]
[In the end, it was the White Tiger principal who made the final decision. He thought that a touch of black amid a sea of white was very cool.]
[All four academies have uniforms—though whether you wear them is another matter.]
[The principal had custom uniforms made for her. The design is the same as the others’, but while everyone else’s are white, hers are all black.]
The White Tiger principal sure has personality…
[He sees Wu Li as their academy’s secret weapon.]
[He doesn’t believe his students are weaker than those of Azure Dragon Academy—they just lost in terms of luck.]
[He thinks that if Wu Li’s Misfortune Crow and Meikuair can keep the Azure Dragon side unlucky, then this year’s first place will belong to White Tiger Academy.]
[So he gives her extremely generous treatment—top-tier special enrollment benefits. Even better than what you and Xuanxuan get.]
The more Si Er listened, the more speechless he became.
If our Black Tortoise Academy takes first place this time, will Wu Li still keep her special enrollment benefit?
[Probably not. The academy definitely won’t pay.]
[But the White Tiger principal is someone who values his pride. Once he’s said something, he won’t take it back.]
[So after the academy funds are frozen, he’ll have to use his own private money.]
Si Er’s eyes lit up.
That’s great! Let him pay out of his own pocket!
Wu Li’s benefit won’t change either. Perfect!
Wu Li didn’t particularly care about her benefit, but hearing Si Er’s thoughts, she couldn’t help thinking that he was truly a kind person.
