Just as Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen were at a loss for words, thinking about borrowing some money from Lei Jun later, a familiar voice rang out.
"Zhenzhen, Zhang Yu, you're already here."
The two quickly turned around and, seeing Zhao Tianxing emerge from the subway station, they rushed towards him like zombies, grabbing hold of him as if he were their savior.
Zhao Tianxing had come specifically to watch their competition today.
Zhang Yu: "Old Zhao, lend us some money. We need to buy dinner."
After a while, Zhao Tianxing transferred 10 yuan, looking helpless as he said, "My mom is afraid I'll spend money recklessly, so she only let me bring this much."
Useless mama's boy, I'm ashamed to be associated with you.
But 10 yuan was better than nothing.
Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, dragging their hungry bodies, ran into a nearby convenience store and bought a few buns.
However, with their current cultivation and physical condition, a few buns were far from enough to satisfy their hunger.
Bai Zhenzhen's eyes gleamed with a green light as she looked at the convenience store and suddenly said, "Yu, let's rob the convenience store."
Zhang Yu nodded: "Sure, you handle the robbery, and I'll handle disposing of the loot."
Bai Zhenzhen then asked, "Do you think White Dragon High School will provide free food?"
Zhang Yu: "Free? We'd be lucky if they don't charge us double."
At that moment, their eyes suddenly lit up.
A familiar figure was standing in front of White Dragon High School's gate, looking reverently at the school's sign while taking photos with his phone.
"Old Qian!"
Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen rushed over, grabbing Qian Shen's hand and saying, "Please treat us to dinner. We're too hungry to compete."
Qian Shen looked at them puzzled, then opened his phone and said, "Is 300 enough?"
Holy crap! Zhang Yu was shocked.
Then he began to reflect on what he had been doing for the past two months.
Being friends with Bai Zhenzhen, a card slave? And Zhao Tianxing, a mama's boy?
Old Qian! You are truly my real friend!
With Qian Shen's treat, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen devoured 12 sets of 10-yuan meals in the convenience store, costing Qian Shen 120 yuan.
Rubbing her slightly bulging belly, Bai Zhenzhen said contentedly, "That's enough. After all, we still have a competition to attend. Half-full is fine."
Zhang Yu nodded in agreement, then turned to Qian Shen and said, "Don't worry, Old Qian. After the competition, when we get the prize money, we'll pay you back."
Qian Shen, however, didn't seem to care about that.
Instead, he suddenly scratched his head and asked, "That... will Zhang Pianpian, who scored 699, come to watch your competition today?"
Zhang Yu gave Qian Shen a pitying look.
Ah, poor Tom, completely infatuated with a high scorer.
Zhang Yu really wanted to tell him, you scored 620, she scored 699, the gap between you two is too big to be friends.
But after patting his just-filled stomach, Zhang Yu said, "Probably not. She's very busy. No time to watch a first-year competition."
Qian Shen nodded thoughtfully, "Right, she's in her third year now, probably busy preparing for college entrance exams and interviews, right?"
Zhao Tianxing, standing to the side, kept glancing at the time on his phone and reminded them, "You guys arranged to meet Teacher Lei at midnight, right? It's almost time. Shouldn't we hurry over?"
So the four of them once again arrived at the gate of White Dragon High School.
Seeing that Teacher Lei Jun hadn't arrived yet, Zhang Yu suggested they go in and wait.
Little did they know, as soon as the four of them approached within a meter of White Dragon High School, it was as if they had been detected by some kind of scanning device.
A warning sound then came from an electronic screen nearby: "Non-White Dragon High School personnel, please do not enter."
The four turned to look and saw the following message on the electronic screen:
For school visits, please scan the code to purchase a visitor ticket.
A single 12-hour visit ticket allows access to areas below the third floor, priced at 500.
Students with monthly exam scores or college entrance exam scores above 660 can visit for free.
Those with scores below 550 or without a high school diploma are prohibited from visiting.
Damn...
So underachievers and dogs are not allowed, huh? Not only are those below 550 not allowed in, but why is it that only those above 660 get free admission?
Zhang Yu looked at the information displayed on the electronic screen, then at his group.
At that moment, he felt that all four of them had been looked down upon by White Dragon High School from top to bottom.
And as for buying tickets... he didn't have 500 yuan in his bank account right now.
Was he going to be eliminated by the 500 yuan at the gate of White Dragon High School before the competition even started?
Zhang Yu could only awkwardly turn his gaze back to Qian Shen, only to find that Bai Zhenzhen was also looking at Qian Shen.
Qian Shen, however, was gazing longingly at the gate of White Dragon High School, sighing, "Just as I heard, not just anyone can enter White Dragon."
With that, he was about to scan the code to buy a ticket.
Just as Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen were about to ask to borrow money for tickets, Teacher Lei Jun finally arrived, albeit late.
"You two don't need to buy tickets," Lei Jun said, waving his hand at them.
"We're here for the competition. White Dragon High School has issued us tickets."
After receiving the electronic tickets from Lei Jun, the group finally entered White Dragon High School smoothly, with only Zhao Tianxing standing awkwardly outside the gate.
Under the gaze of the four, Zhao Tianxing scratched his head in embarrassment, repeatedly saying, "You guys go ahead. I'll call my mom for money, buy a ticket, and then come in to find you."
Lei Jun also knew that Qian Shen and Zhao Tianxing were here to watch Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen's competition, so he nodded and said, "The competition venue is on the underground first floor. You can come over by yourself later."
As soon as Zhang Yu and his group stepped into the building of White Dragon High School, Zhang Yu noticed a peculiar smell in the air.
Qian Shen took a deep breath and praised, "Do you smell that? The sweet scent in the air?"
"This is a special brain-boosting agent added to the air circulation system at White Dragon High School. It enhances brain focus, increases neural excitement, and adds a bit of fruit and flower fragrance..."
Zhang Yu was speechless.
Damn, the air at White Dragon High School really is fragrant.
As they continued forward, they saw that the corridor floor was divided into white and red sections.
The white section was in the middle, labeled "Exclusive path for students with 660 points and above."
The red sections were on the sides, labeled "Exclusive path for students below 660 points."
Zhang Yu was momentarily stunned, then laughed in exasperation...
So, those below 660 can only walk on the sides, huh? Qian Shen explained from the side, "Every area and facility in White Dragon High School has score standards for student access. Students must move within designated areas according to their scores."
Zhang Yu was again speechless...
Why are you explaining? Qian, you're from Songyang, how do you know so much about White Dragon? Thinking of switching schools, huh?
Next, they followed the corridor to the elevator, intending to take it down to the underground first floor, only to find a sign that read "Elevator use prohibited for those below 660 points."
Zhang Yu realized that in White Dragon High School, those below 660 points are not treated as human; they're practically immobilized.
Fortunately, Zhang Yu and his group were visitors and didn't need to adhere to these rules meant for the school's students.
So the group took the elevator down to the underground first floor, where a massive sports arena, about ten meters high and covering tens of thousands of square meters, instantly appeared before them.
The venue was filled with high school students walking around, clearly many competition participants from various schools had already arrived.
But as Zhang Yu looked around, he noticed that almost all the competitors were from the top three prestigious schools, with hardly any from other high schools.
"Compared to the law competition, this martial arts competition is almost like an internal league for the top three schools."
And in the surrounding spectator stands, apart from some scattered students from various schools, there were three groups of students sitting neatly, heads held high, like military formations.
Looking at the rows of students and their school uniforms, Zhang Yu exclaimed in surprise, "Are those students from the top three schools?"
He was very surprised: "Students from the top three schools aren't seizing every second to study, but are here to watch the competition?"
Especially when he saw the students from White Dragon High School, their eyes wide, chests out, full of energy and vitality, as if they had hyperthyroidism.
At that moment, a male voice came from the side: "They're all first-year students from the top three high schools. After all, observing the battles of their peers can help improve their own martial arts combat skills, understand the gap between themselves and the strong, and strengthen their resolve on the path."
Zhang Yu and the others turned to look in the direction of the voice.
They saw Lian Tianji from Ziyun High School walking over slowly, smiling at Zhang Yu and saying, "I guessed you'd come to participate in the martial arts competition. Sure enough, here you are."
Then he glanced at Zhang Yu's group and said in surprise, "Only a few of you came from Songyang?"
The next moment, he nodded thoughtfully, "But it's understandable, after all, it's Songyang."
Zhang Yu felt that his Songyang school uniform had been inadvertently looked down upon again.
But Zhang Yu was never a filial son of Songyang.
What did it matter to him if Songyang was looked down upon? His real identity was an outsourced employee of the Songyang City Patrol Team.
So Zhang Yu curiously asked, "How many people came from the top three high schools?"
Lian Tianji pointed to a spot beside the competition area and said, "Look, they're all over there. Ziyun, White Dragon, Red Pagoda, each school sent a full team of 10. We've already had a round at school, and only the top ten could come to compete."
After parting ways with Lian Tianji, Lei Jun said, "Let's go, we need to report to the competitor's rest area first. Qian Shen, you find a seat in the spectator stands."
Zhang Yu and his group arrived at the rest area assigned to their school.
Zhang Yu looked at the rest areas for the top three high schools, Songyang High School, and other ordinary high schools.
How to put it.
Zhang Yu felt that the three types of rest areas were like the difference between a 'VIP lounge', a 'sunshade', and a 'straw mat'.
The 'VIP lounge' of the top three high schools had sofas, recliners, drinks, fruits, and snacks.
The 'sunshade area' of the key high schools had a row of chairs and a box of water.
And the 'straw mat area' of the ordinary high schools had just a row of benches.
Old White Dragon is really afraid that the stinky ordinary high schools will come to White Dragon to freeload, huh.
"This is too discriminatory."
On the other side, after seeing off the three, Qian Shen walked up to the spectator stands.
Just as he was about to find a seat, he suddenly noticed a familiar figure in front of him.
He quickly walked up and found that the person was wearing a hat, sunglasses, and a mask, and immediately turned his head away upon seeing Qian Shen.
Qian Shen looked at the top of the person's head, then at his face, and said in surprise, "You... are you He Dayou from 611?"
He Dayou from 611, qualified to sit with him and watch the competition.
And He Dayou really didn't want to be recognized, especially not by people from his school, thinking he came to watch Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, hence the disguise to sneak in.
Little did he expect to be recognized by Qian Shen face to face, so he could only turn his head helplessly and say, "Yeah, you came too, Qian Shen."
Qian Shen curiously asked, "Are you also here to watch Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen's martial arts competition?"
He Dayou smiled indifferently, "Their strength... isn't even up to the average in the competition. What's there to see at that level?"
"Actually, it's my middle school classmate who's participating in the competition, and he specially invited me to come watch."
Qian Shen simply sat down next to He Dayou and asked curiously, "Which high school is your middle school classmate from? What's his score?"
He Dayou turned his head away, looking like he didn't want to talk.
...
On the other side of the competition field.
The competitors first gathered together, then listened to the organizers announce the rules.
"To prevent strong competitors from being eliminated too early on the stage, this competition will first have a scoring match."
"Based on the competitors' scores, everyone will be divided into 8 groups, then draw lots for matches within the groups, and the top from each of the 8 groups, a total of 8 competitors, will proceed to the elimination matches..."
Just as everyone was curious about how the scoring match would be scored.
With a series of thuds, a golden figure over two meters tall slowly entered the competition field.
The referee at the front announced, "The content of the scoring match is for each of you to take turns fighting the Yellow Turban Warrior."
"The average physical strength level of the competitors this time is 1.98, so the Yellow Turban Warrior will maintain a physical strength output of 1.98, and will fight each of you for one minute."
"Then the judges will score you based on your performance during that one minute."
"The specific scoring rules are as follows..."
(End of Chapter)