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Qin Tian watched Leng Yu from a distance.

Leng Yu also looked at Qin Tian from afar.

Her eyes seemed to say, what, you saw me and still want to hide?

Qin Tian hesitated for a few seconds, then had no choice but to brace himself and walk toward Leng Yu, internally cursing himself a thousand times.

”I was too excited to see Sister Bing, plus Long Yin and the Dragon Clan haven’t given me any tasks, so I forgot about them... How stupid!”

Qin Tian gritted his teeth, sighed, and forced a smile on his face as he walked toward Leng Yu, and said, ”Why are you here?”

”What do you think?” Leng Yu stared at Qin Tian and said something meaningful.

”How would I know, wasn’t it just a chance encounter?” Qin Tian replied.

”No, it wasn’t.”

Leng Yu spoke directly, startling Qin Tian.

”I saw you with a woman by accident, and then followed you all the way. I know you’ll definitely say you went to Qin’s Elixir Medicine Shop to buy elixirs, so, Qin Tian, there’s no need for that excuse, I’ve seen it all. You’re very close with that woman.”

Leng Yu’s words left Qin Tian speechless. He scratched his head, smiled, and said, ”Since you saw it, I have nothing to hide. That woman, yes, she’s my wife.”

”Is that so?”

As soon as Qin Tian finished speaking, Leng Yu asked sharply, ”How come I haven’t heard of a wedding? How did this woman suddenly appear without me knowing before?”

”Uh... Leng Yu, are you questioning me? Then how do you want me to answer you?” Qin Tian didn’t know what Leng Yu wanted.

Leng Yu said, ”Qin Tian, don’t you think I don’t know what you’re up to.”

Another mysterious statement, leaving Qin Tian dumbfounded. He asked back: ”So what do you think I’m doing?”

When he said this, Qin Tian was actually a bit worried inside.

After all, Leng Yu was a spy, investigating intelligence, tracking, and probing were her fortes.

”You want to deceive that woman’s feelings and then get her elixir medicine shop.”

Leng Yu’s words were firm, but they almost made Qin Tian spit out his drink.

Whoa, deceive feelings and swindle a medicine shop?

Qin Tian laughed to himself, thinking Leng Yu had found something, but it turned out to be just her conjecture!

”Hehe, you’re laughing? Do you know that, as your partner, I despise such behavior! You must keep your distance from that woman!”

Seeing Qin Tian laugh, Leng Yu seriously ”warned” Qin Tian.

Qin Tian nodded, ”Okay, okay, you’ve seen through everything, I have nothing to say.”

Only then did Leng Yu relent, and with Qin Tian, they headed to East Han Academy. She whispered, ”You’ve also signed up for the graduation competition, right?”

”Yeah, except for those with connections in the Dragon Tiger Class, everyone should have signed up, right?” Qin Tian said.

”No, including those in the Dragon Tiger Class, they all signed up.”

Leng Yu looked at Qin Tian and said, ”Qin Tian, you must perform well. Try to impress those influential spectators so you have the chance to climb higher and penetrate their circles.”

Qin Tian nodded, ”Let’s work hard together.”

...

Half a month later, the graduation competition officially commenced.

This was an annual major event for East Han Academy, with students and teachers from all grades attending if they were available, and they cared about who won the championship and which influential figures watched the event.

In the previous three years of graduation competitions, Qin Tian hadn’t been at the academy and hadn’t seen it firsthand. This year, he directly participated, and after witnessing East Han Academy’s meticulous preparations and everyone’s enthusiasm, he was truly surprised—

East Han Academy indeed attached great importance to the graduation competition.

At the opening ceremony, nearly a thousand people attended, which was almost the total number of people at East Han Academy.

The vast Martial Arts Square was packed with spectators.

And on the podium, where everyone’s attention was focused, row after row was filled with influential figures who had come to watch the competition. Qin Tian carefully observed them, and there were at least thirty.

There were some he knew and some he didn’t, though he didn’t know most of them.

”Wow, that’s Governor Xiao Zhan of the City Guard Army, he came personally. Truly imposing, his aura is just as rumored, exuding authority without anger.”

”Look beside him, even the City Lord came, and several high officials from the City Lord Mansion. Tsk tsk, it seems this year’s graduation competition is more valued by the higher-ups than in previous years.”

”Indeed, right now the East State Army is in a great war with the Dragon Clan Army. The East State is in urgent need of personnel, and since East Han Academy is the top Cultivation Immortality academy in the East State, these influential figures naturally hope to find capable War Generals here.”

People nearby whispered in amazement, and Qin Tian quietly listened.

On the podium among those influential figures, Qin Tian saw Xiao Zhan, saw Feili Xue, and also saw several City Guard Army officials. As for the City Lord sitting at the center next to Xiao Zhan, Qin Tian knew him, but they hadn’t exchanged a word.

”Hehe, the Marquises of the four major camps don’t usually come, but this year the Marquis of the North Camp came in person. The other three major camps, their soldiers went to war, but they sent generals to watch. It seems they’re really planning to recruit new blood from our class to fill in the gaps.”

”Tsk tsk, the four major camps are a bit perilous, especially in this wartime era, it’s a tough life. I’d still prefer to go to the City Lord Mansion or the City Guard Army, those places pay well, are safe, offer quick promotions, and have plenty of perks, quite good.”

”Of course, you can casually visit brothels, it’s even more leisurely.”

”Looking forward, looking forward, this year the most likely to win the championship, Murong Fei and Nangong Bingfeng, didn’t come, hehe, a headless group, this championship, who knows who it’ll belong to.”

”Indeed, it’s said those two went to cross a tribulation a few months ago. Not sure why they haven’t returned.”

”Hehe, did they encounter a Heavenly Tribulation? That would be unfortunate. They’re a pair of star-crossed lovers. If they faced a tribulation, I bet the City Lord Mansion and the Murong Family would be furious.”

”Sigh, let’s not talk about them. Without them around, I think anyone with cultivation at the Peak of the Nascent Soul Stage has a shot at winning, just depends on their performance and luck.”

Various people whispered, and on the podium, the white-bearded dean of East Han Academy was already giving the opening speech.

With his resonant True Qi, his voice boomed, not introducing the influential figures one by one, but rather talking about the history and fine traditions of East Han Academy, then mentioning the key figures from East Han Academy, and finally saying:

”This is an era of emerging talent, and now, your era has come! Perform well! I hereby declare that the East Han Academy’s graduation competition this year has officially begun!”