Chapter 220 Refusal and Kindness (3.5k)
After hanging up the phone, Zi Yun looked at Su Jiu’s face, which had mostly recovered. A reluctant gentle smile appeared on Zi Yun’s cold little face, and she said to Su Jiu, “Student Su Jiu, you are a Priest, right? One of your dual bloodlines is healing.”
“Indeed, Senior Schoolmate Zi Yun, do you have any problems?” Su Jiu nodded lightly and smiled, no longer having the fierce appearance of the banished immortal from before, acting like an ordinary junior schoolmate.
Since the other party thought she had a dual bloodline, it would be better to go along with it. When the Ghost Car avatar could awaken a second time, it would be an extra trump card.
“There are no problems… I just hope you will transfer to our Medical School. You know that our academy’s resource allocation is on the same level as the Alchemic Academy.” Zi Yun said with a bit of expectation in her eyes, then paused and pointed to the front row seats of the judging panel,
“If you are a Priest, I really suggest you come over. Recently, due to the skin rot problem, the medicinal herb supplies that Priests can obtain are beyond your imagination—let’s go down there first, my grandpa wants to see you later.”
Clearly, she hadn’t seen the amount Bai Ming had just transferred, otherwise she wouldn’t have said that.
Looking at the ruins in front of her, Su Jiu slowly walked off the stage with a few people, a contemplative look flashing in her eyes. She didn’t think entering the Medical School was a bad thing—
If she transferred schools, her combat experience was already sufficient. If she only learned some basic theories, it would be better to study Priest skills and also find a cure for Bairnis.
As the surrounding people gradually left, the most grand competition for freshmen of the year also gradually came to an end. At this moment, five figures walked over. Judging by their appearance, they seemed to have something to say to Su Jiu, and then the members of the White Water Society around them wisely left.
Bai Qianyu pointed to her QQ on her phone, tilted her head playfully, and followed the crowd away. After all, they still had a large-scale “loot division” to do today.
Su Jiu smiled helplessly, this little girl.
“Student Su Jiu, do you have any thoughts on transferring to our Medical School? From your skills, it doesn’t seem like you focus on ice elements. Would you consider changing departments?” An ancient voice sounded, seemingly with a hint of excitement.
Hearing the voice from the right, Su Jiu immediately turned her head to look and found that the owner of the voice was the Dean of the Medical School who had just announced the competition. Upon closer inspection, she saw that he was wearing a light green robe adorned with falling leaves, and a dark blue and purple bauhinia medal on his chest was particularly dazzling.
Su Jiu was slightly stunned, and a look of respect immediately appeared in her eyes. She knew that dark blue and purple represented the third level of the Medic Medal, which could only be obtained after saving more than 100,000 people.
Her gaze swept over the five people and lingered on Lin Tingyu’s face. Seeing that she was always smiling at her unintentionally, Su Jiu felt a little ashamed. Just as she was about to say something, she hadn’t spoken yet.
“Hey, Old Man Zi, isn’t this against the rules? The academy assigns students to departments based on their best interests according to the academic system. Are you going to break the rules?”
Another voice sounded, it was the previous Deputy Dean Yan. He was dressed as a scholar, and his sky-blue robe was like a mage in a game. He wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses with a monocle and was idly playing with two metal rotors in his hand.
At this moment, he frowned slightly as he looked at the old man.
He was quite happy to find Su Jiu in his academy and even win the first place, but this old man suddenly wanted to take her away, which confused him.
You want a peerless genius who can heavily defeat a monster like Hu Yang when she’s in her berserk state to come and learn medicine and save people? Isn’t that sheer nonsense?
“Little Yan, with Su Jiu’s extremely rare and special attribute healing bloodline, if she comes to our academy, she will surely shine!” Zi Chen smiled faintly, then waved his sleeve and said loudly, looking at Su Jiu with fiery eyes, as if staring at a perfect piece of raw jade.
“Old Man Zi, how do you know she has a healing bloodline? You know, on the arena, this Su Jiu never used any healing skills, but instead used ice-element skills before. Isn’t her ice-making technique, which she learned from me, much better than yours?” Deputy Dean Yan frowned and said lightly. This was the disciple he had taken a liking to, and he absolutely couldn’t give her away easily.
As for the other two, especially the old man in red, they looked like they were watching a show. His slightly reddened eyebrows twitched, as if he couldn’t wait for them to fight.
Hu Yang, whom he supported, had lost, so he had no other thoughts. After all, Su Jiu wasn’t fire-element, so he would just watch the show.
“How is that possible? Student Su Jiu, show this Dean Yan something. Didn’t Xiao Yun say you are a healing Priest?”
Hearing Deputy Dean Yan’s words, Zi Chen suddenly remembered that he was only listening to his granddaughter’s one-sided account, and his heart suddenly sank. He quickly spoke out.
He had subconsciously assumed Su Jiu was healing-element just now. He knew that non-healing-elements also used some minor healing techniques. If he made a mistake, it would be a huge blunder.
As soon as these words were spoken, all eyes looked over with a “whoosh!” sound, especially those of Deputy Dean Yan, which were the sharpest.
Sensing the five gazes filled with different emotions—some watching the show, some ardent, and some meaningful—made Su Jiu’s scalp tingle. However, she thought about how she was going to enter the Medical School anyway.
“This student indeed has a healing bloodline.”
Taking a deep breath, a white light flashed, revealing the form of the Ice Cicada. Then, a dark green light appeared at her fingertips, and a faint cold current surged outward.
“What a dense life aura—this is equivalent to a High-Rank Battle General, isn’t it?”
Su Jiu’s move made Zi Chen, who was still worried, relax his old face. He squinted and looked, and when he saw the light in Su Jiu’s hand, his eyes even showed a hint of surprise.
He then glanced at the still-surprised Deputy Dean Yan, smiled, and asked Su Jiu, “Then, Student Su Jiu, are you interested in coming to our Medical School? As for benefits, they will definitely be higher than other schools… And apart from majoring in medicine, other courses in our school are no different from other schools.”
“Old Man Zi, you’re being a bit unfair. Even if she comes to our academy, she can choose to major in medicine. As for the lost resources, I’ll double compensate her with my personal funds.”
“Such an ice-element genius should not be confined to your academy.”
Hearing Zi Chen’s words, Deputy Dean Yan seemed a little displeased. How could he easily give up the disciple he had taken a liking to? As he spoke, wisps of cold air emerged from his body, and his robe fluttered slightly.
“Are you going to fight with me?”
Seeing the other party’s actions, Zi Chen raised his white eyebrows, and a faint green light appeared on his body. A verdant green airflow surged outwards from his feet, he said calmly.
Deputy Dean Yan’s eyes narrowed, as if he was about to say something else.
“Alright, stop quarreling. What kind of behavior is this to be arguing in front of a student? Why don’t you both ask the person concerned?”
Seeing that the two were about to fight over this, Lin Tingyu’s gaze at Su Jiu sharpened slightly, and a smile appeared on her lips as she said faintly.
All eyes turned to Su Jiu again. Su Jiu secretly rubbed her nose and exchanged a helpless glance with Bairnis. This was another difficult task.
Her gaze flowed between the two deans. After a moment of deliberation, Su Jiu, under everyone’s gaze, first bowed slightly to Dean Yan with an apologetic look and said, “Thank you, Dean Yan, for your kind offer, but… this student still wishes to enter the Medical School. After all, saving people through medicine has been my childhood dream. I hope you will grant my wish.”
Although she said many polite words, they were not entirely false. Ever since she learned the notes of that strange ranger, she had developed a different feeling for the title of “Priest.”
“Fine, fine… Then you can follow Old Man Zi. After all, he is one of the strongest Priests in the entire academy.”
Dean Yan looked at Su Jiu deeply, then withdrew his gaze after a moment. He tapped the gold rim of his left monocle and forced a smile, then turned and walked away.
Halfway there, he suddenly remembered something, and then fished out a book from his storage bag and tossed it to Su Jiu before waving his sleeve and leaving, with a rather carefree air.
“A powerful ice-element young person like you shouldn’t be limited to offensive slashes. This is a book about defensive skills, although it’s only at the High-Rank Battle General level.”
Deputy Dean Yan’s voice came from afar, gradually fading, and finally disappearing.
Retracting her gaze, Su Jiu held the small book and looked down at the frosty white characters on it, muttering to herself, “Ice Manipulation Art…”
The old man in red beside her glanced at the book in Su Jiu’s hand, stroked his beard, and chuckled, saying, “Old Yan and I often quarrel, but he’s quite a decent person. He often studies some strange skills. This is something he concocted himself. If he gave it to you, it means he values you highly.”
Su Jiu nodded lightly and scanned a few pages. She was a bit surprised by the usage of frost in it, shaping it like magic, which was an unprecedented idea…
After a while, she felt the gazes around her and realized that she shouldn’t be looking now. She put the book away and mentally noted down Dean Yan.
She thought to herself: Magical Capital University is indeed extraordinary. In just one week, she has gained so much.
Zi Chen was overjoyed that Su Jiu was willing to come to his Priest academy. After chuckling, he gently brushed his ring and handed Su Jiu a grass full of cold air.
“Heavenly Nether Cold Grass, it can help you accelerate the condensation and compression of your avatar’s Qi Sea. Since you’ve joined our Medical School, we naturally can’t be stingy.”
Looking at the medicinal herb that looked like a large foxtail, Su Jiu gently took it. Just by touching it, she could feel the biting cold. She stored the herb and bowed again.
Bairnis, who was beside Su Jiu, also bowed slightly with Su Jiu, following her master as a basic courtesy.
“Not bad, you have the pride of a young person on the stage, and you have the proper humility off the stage. You are a good seedling.”
Seeing Su Jiu’s composed demeanor, Zi Chen’s face showed more appreciation. He tossed a green token over and said with a smile,
“With this token, you can freely enter some special areas. Throughout the campus, you have the same status as the senior counselors of the fourth year. You can lead a team to accept missions and receive your monthly allowance.”
“Thank you, Dean Zi.”
Hearing this, Su Jiu respectfully took the token and caressed the leaf pattern carved on it. Faintly visible in the center of the leaf was the symbol of the Oriental Pearl.
After chatting for a while longer, Su Jiu was about to bid farewell and return to research the Ice Manipulation Art when a voice stopped her. It was Lin Tingyu, who had been watching the show for a long time.
“Student Su Jiu, wait… I want to ask if you are interested in becoming Principal Kuangjian’s disciple. You only need one requirement to become a disciple of the Wanderer.”
Upon hearing this, Su Jiu turned her head and found that the other party was still smiling at her, as if she had already guessed that she used a sword.
“Kuangjian?”
Su Jiu noticed that the gazes of the deans around her had changed. But after thinking for a long time, she still asked Lin Tingyu softly,
“What do I need to do?”
Seeing that Su Jiu was so sensible, Lin Tingyu smiled faintly and explained softly, “Principal Kuangjian’s swordsmanship is too overbearing and difficult to integrate with other sword techniques. If you want to learn it, you have to forget your existing swordsmanship…”
Before Lin Tingyu could finish, Su Jiu gently shook her head, bowed again, and said with an apologetic smile, “Teacher, I’m afraid I cannot learn this sword technique. The sword technique on me is less of a sword technique and more of a friend’s aspiration.”
After saying this, she bowed slightly to the stunned crowd again, took Bairnis’s hand, and walked towards the training grounds of the main campus, leaving the astonished crowd.
“Student Su Jiu, do you know what Wanderer represents?! Such an opportunity is even rarer than your promotion to Chief.” Lin Tingyu recovered from her shock, frowned, and shouted in Su Jiu’s direction. She had expected the other party to accept it with joy, but this was too unexpected.
Hearing the other party’s voice, Su Jiu stopped slightly, lowered her brows, and sighed softly, saying in a low voice:
“It is precisely because I know that I cannot learn it. I’m sorry.”
