July's weather was murderous.
Jibei City, one of the four major "furnaces," could literally heat up to the point of taking flight (physically) in July, August, and September. It was the kind of heat where you could fry an egg on an electric manhole cover.
"Brother! I want plum juice!"
"Brother! I want ice cream!"
"Brother—!"
Mo Fei, with a slight leg injury, could only sit in her wheelchair and watch TV. However, she gained another power: the ability to order Mo Chuan around at will.
What? Human rights, you ask?
Mo Chuan: This is my place in the family hierarchy.
Mo Chuan took an ice cream from the refrigerator, thinking with a pang of regret: This ice cream doesn't look particularly special, but why is it so expensive… If Fei'er hadn't insisted on trying it, would I have bought it?
Tomb Blood Cream… I'll remember this. Next time I see this brand, I'll definitely avoid it and stay far away.
"Hehehe~ Plum juice and ice cream, here you go!" Mo Chuan smiled and handed the items to Mo Fei, "How is it? Do you want anything else?"
"The wheelchair is too hard! My butt hurts after sitting for a long time."
"Okay, I'll go get a cushion."
"No need!"
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"I want to sit on your lap!"
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In the end, under Mo Fei's persistent coaxing, she got her wish and sat in Mo Chuan's arms, holding ice cream in one hand and plum juice in the other, engrossed in watching a web drama.
Mo Chuan could only watch along, holding a bag of chips, sometimes eating them himself, and sometimes feeding the little girl.
Speaking of which… Mo Fei had grown up… She wasn't that little girl who would cry at the sight of a puppy anymore…
Feeling the warmth in his embrace, Mo Chuan suddenly felt as though even the air-conditioned room was a bit too hot.
Mo Fei, meanwhile, was getting anxious.
Why wasn't there any reaction? Didn't the book say that as long as she sat in his arms, he would react? What was going on?
Mo Fei's cheeks flushed red like an apple, and she thought: What should I do? This is so awkward! If my brother doesn't react soon, I'm going to react!
Just then, a phone call broke the awkward silence.
Mo Chuan pulled out his phone, "Hello?"
"Mo Chuan, come to the school. Your and your sister's admission invitation letters have arrived." Su Li's voice came from the phone.
"Okay, thank you, Teacher Su." Mo Chuan hung up and said, "Get up, I'm going to pick up our admission invitation letters."
"Huh!? That exam still counts? I thought they stirred things up and we'd have to retake it!"
"It seems it counts… It's a blessing to not have to retake it. Old Zhang, Lan Xin, and Jing Jing will probably have to go too, so you just stay home obediently."
Mo Chuan moved Mo Fei from his arms onto the sofa, changed his clothes, and headed out.
Seeing Mo Chuan leave, Mo Fei quickly felt her pants.
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Su Li saw that all four had arrived and placed the large bag in her hands onto the table.
"So many?" Everyone except He Lanxin was quite surprised.
"As one of the few teams that completed all the tasks and performed exceptionally well, naturally, many schools will extend invitations to you." Su Li said as she distributed the invitation letters to the four, "Lan Xin has the most, twenty-four."
He Lanxin calmly accepted the stack of invitation letters. Mo Chuan took a glance and saw that top universities like Imperial Capital University, Longjing University, and Bailu Academy were among them.
"Mo Chuan is second, nineteen letters."
Mo Chuan took his own and looked: Hmm… it felt similar to He Lanxin's, just without prestigious righteous universities like Bailu Academy and Yuelu Academy. It wasn't hard to guess the reason was related to his ghost cultivation.
"Tang Jingjing and Zhang Hanshan are third, fifteen letters."
The two accepted their invitation letters and began to examine them one by one.
"Mo Fei, five letters."
Mo Chuan frowned, took them, and looked. The result almost made his eyeballs pop out:
The first Sword Dao university since the spiritual energy recovery: Ji Province Imperial Capital Myriad Sword Sect
The foremost Sword Pavilion of Western Shu: Ba Province Jingguan City Qingyun Pavilion
Island of Immortals: Qing Province Penglai Immortal Seeking Tower
Sword Ancestor: Su Province Guanhua Mount Hua Sect
Daoist Sword Sect: Jiang Province Jiangdong Longhu Mountain Chunyang Temple
The five major Sword Dao universities of the East, West, South, North, and Central Dragon Country had all sent invitations to Mo Fei.
No wonder there were only five.
When others saw that all five gathering places for sword fanatics had sent invitations, who would dare to wade into these waters!
"Teacher Su, why Mo Fei…" Zhang Hanshan asked, looking bewildered.
"Mo Fei's ability is one of the ten famous swords of the Dragon Country, and the principals of these schools, without exception, have abilities related to the ten famous swords."
"The principal of Myriad Sword Sect's ability is the Chixiao Sword; the principal of Immortal Seeking Tower's ability is the Zhanlu Sword; the principal of Qingyun Pavilion's ability is the Chunjun Sword; the principal of Chunyang Temple's ability is the Seven Star Longyuan Sword; the principal of Mount Hua Sect's ability is the Tai'a Sword."
"It is said that they, along with the current famous sword ability users, have formed a Famous Sword Pavilion, specifically to find famous sword ability users, such as those with abilities related to the Great Ten Swords (Xuanyuan; Zhanlu; Chixiao; Tai'a; Seven Star Longyuan; Ganjiang; Moxie; Yuchang; Chunjun; Chengying) and the Minor Ten Swords (Juque; Moyang; Sanbu Hongmei; Qinggong; Zishuang; Dengshi; Xuanmang; Yi Nian Bi An Hua; Daotian; Luosha)."
The crowd nodded after hearing this. They had indeed heard of this Famous Sword Pavilion; there had even been reports about them before, seemingly concerning overseas competitions.
"Alright, alright, take them home and look at them yourselves! Once you've chosen, send them to your Teacher Huang. It's possible that some of you might even have home visits."
"?? Home visits?"
A while later, seeing that no one else was around, Su Li threw an arm around Mo Chuan's neck.
"Little Mo Chuan, where are you going? I need to apply!"
"You're not going to use your charm technique again like last time, are you…"
"That's not called charm technique! That's called strategy!"
Seeing Su Li's indignant look after her thoughts were exposed, Mo Chuan shook his head and turned his gaze back to the invitation letters in his hand.
Su Li, in order to revive the Qingqiu Fox Clan, did not hesitate to cooperate with the Underworld. She borrowed the power of the fragments of the Yasakani no Magatama to activate a large-scale transfer array, changing the landing site of the Hundred Ghosts Night Parade from Neon Country to Qingzhou, Dragon Country, in exchange for their promise (a pie in the sky).
Before that, in order to enter the special recruitment examination site in the most low-key manner, she used a charm technique on the interviewer when Qingzhou High School was recruiting combat teachers. After a perfunctory interview, she was hired.
Therefore, Su Li, angered by Mo Chuan exposing her thoughts, punched and kicked his shoulder.
Anyway, her attacks were no different from hitting air, and her hands hurt, but she felt better after the beating.
"Alright, stop messing around," Mo Chuan gently pushed away Su Li's hand that was tugging at his earlobe and pointed at the invitation letters, "Do you have any suggestions?"
"Go to Imperial Capital University."
"Why?"
"Because there's a very powerful ghost cultivation teacher there, and people there aren't too prejudiced against ghost cultivators."
"...What's the ghost cultivation teacher's name?"
"Qing Lian Zi."
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