Chapter 78

Yawei curled up in the corner of the spacious seat, watching Long Yi and his group leave. The elven inspector across from her had already disappeared. Just now, when Long Yi and his group passed by, it was as if they hadn't seen her at all.

At this moment, Yawei shivered there, like a helpless little girl. The places on her body where Long Yi had touched her—her arms, chest, one side of her leg, and her lips—were all radiating a soft, life-filled glow. As the light flickered, Yawei curled up even tighter and trembled slightly with the light.

Before long, the light finally faded, and Yawei let out a long sigh.

"Ah... so refreshing. No wonder I like this little boy. The power in my body is so rampant... Just a short hug, and the power I consumed earlier is almost replenished. Tsk tsk, and this is before he has awakened. If he awakens, who knows how strong he will be!"

As she spoke, Yawei blushed, but no one knew what she was thinking.

After a while, Yawei's pair of pointed ears twitched slightly. A disdainful smile appeared on her face: "Third Prince, tsk tsk, you really are a failure. You can even think of such a method. Calling you a waste is almost a compliment. But what does this have to do with me? The survival of humans is just a trivial matter. The human world is so corrupt, and those monsters are really a bunch of fools for liking the human world. Heh heh, I need to find my sister quickly. Hmm, I'll take the little boy Long Yi with me when I go back. But, Long Yi's little girlfriend is quite troublesome. She's a national dragon rider, and I can't beat her. What should I do..."

For a moment, Yawei was at a loss.

At this moment, more people came to this seat to have a meal, and soon it was full. Yawei had already disappeared without a trace.

On their way back to the academy, Long Yi and his group were already on the road. The previous excitement had brought everyone closer. Especially Long Yi, who learned that although the chef usually looked like he was the only one in the world, he actually had a talent for comedy. And although Mosquito usually looked gloomy, he was actually quite introverted.

The cool night breeze blew, and everyone became more sober. Especially Ailin, whose shyness had faded, and her posture of holding Long Yi's arm became more natural.

"Brother Long, that mentor Yawei is very powerful. I saw her battle with that old man in black. She might be more powerful than the average elf."

Ailin could see through others' power levels at a glance and naturally had the ability to sense subtle power flows. As a member of a noble family, Ailin had dealt with elves many times, but none of them seemed as powerful as Yawei.

In Ailin's eyes, Yawei's battle with the old man in black almost ended with the old man's complete defeat. Yawei barely moved, and in her laughter, she fought several rounds with the old man who was using his full strength. Except for Long Yi and Ailin, who were extremely sensitive to energy, no one knew about this! The precision of their power control was simply breathtaking!

"Envious?"

Long Yi asked.

"Envious?" Ailin was taken aback, then nodded, "Yes, envious."

"You should be. Facing such a powerful person, anyone who says they're not envious is just putting on a show. I'm envious too. Having a goal gives us motivation. Although I believe I will definitely and soon have the strength to match them, I still feel it's too slow. If only I could be faster. However, we must take it step by step. There are many ways to suddenly gain great power, but almost every one of them has irreparable side effects. Only the strength gained step by step truly belongs to oneself. I firmly believe I am a genius. When I have the strength to surpass everyone, I will still be young and full of energy, not like that old man, who is half in the grave and still scaring children."

Ha ha ha ha!

Everyone laughed. In fact, everyone except Long Yi was scared at the time. Even Long Yi felt nervous for the first time and was ready to use his ultimate move. Fortunately, Yawei appeared, or Long Yi might not have been able to protect everyone.

However, once he used his ultimate move, his hard-earned cultivation would be in trouble.

"Brother Long is right. We are all geniuses. Who are we afraid of!" Wesley shouted loudly.

"I am a genius. Who am I afraid of!" the chef shouted.

"!" Mosquito rolled his eyes, looking disdainful of being with the group, but his suddenly inflated posture betrayed his thoughts.

Long Yi looked at everyone and said, "Actually, I envy you all. I envy Ailin's ability to see through enemies' strength at a glance; I envy Wesley's ability to see through opponents' weaknesses with his talent; I envy the chef's ability to make so many delicious dishes; and I envy Mosquito's ability to torture people with the Nine Mosquito Dragons. In fact, everyone has something that others envy. Instead of envying others, we should maximize our own strength."

Everyone nodded, except for the chef, whose face was completely downcast.

"Brother Long, I understand your intention to comfort us, but why are they all combat talents, and the only thing you envy about me is my cooking?"

Everyone laughed again. Wesley walked over and patted the chef's shoulder, with a look that said he understood everything.

The chef was furious. His Giant Swallow Dragon was not an ordinary dragon but a relatively rare dragon species. Once its ability to devour everything was fully developed, it could even devour spells, martial arts techniques, negative curses on allies, and even diseases!

Unfortunately, his Giant Swallow Dragon was still too small and could only eat ordinary food.

Long Yi knew this, but for some reason, bullying the chef always felt good.

As they returned to the academy, the chef suddenly called out to Long Yi.

"Brother Long, Brother Long, I have some good news to tell you." The chef lowered his voice mysteriously.

"Wow, what a coincidence? I also have something to say." Wesley was taken aback.

"Are you going to say the same thing?" Mosquito asked.

"I'm going to talk about the monsters," the chef said.

"Ah, that's it. I'm also going to talk about that." Wesley smiled.

"Monsters?" Long Yi and Ailin exchanged a glance. For these two good students who paid no attention to outside affairs, they had no idea what was happening.

The two immediately started talking.

It turned out that recently, in the famous neutral region of the Central Continent, the Windy Plains, the number of monsters had suddenly increased. The cause was a sudden appearance of a dimensional scar on the Windy Plains. The cause of the scar was unknown, but it allowed some powerful monsters to infiltrate. As soon as these monsters appeared, they immediately infected all nearby creatures, turning both animals and plants into their subordinates and beginning a疯狂的扩张。

各国几乎在第一时间都派出了龙骑士对这些四处流窜的怪物进行围剿，并且逐渐在风和草原会师。不出所料，在风和草原上，黑龙帝国的龙骑士与白龙帝国的龙骑士爆发了一系列冲突，白龙帝国的护国龙骑士之一艾尔莎还砍下了黑龙帝国一条护国黑龙的龙角，被黑龙帝国视为奇耻大辱。

据小道消息说，起因是那黑龙骑士对艾尔莎极为倾慕，现场向艾尔莎示爱，同时邀请艾尔莎加入黑龙帝国，结果艾尔莎二话不说，抽出斩龙剑就冲了过去。

当然，真相具体是什么，只有当事人知道了，小道消息流传的未必正确。

然后，大厨与卫斯理要说的事情，正与怪物有关。

正规军与怪物的战斗已经结束，大怪物全部被歼灭，但是那些被感染的怪物却进入了世界各地，一路感染，导致各国境内的怪物逐渐增多。

这些零散的怪物实力并不强，出动正规军进行大规模的搜捕有些浪费。所以帝国决定在龙骑士学院发布追击怪物的任务，任何二年级以上的学员都可以接取这个任务。既能消灭怪物，同时还能历练学员的实战能力。完成任务不仅有金币和装备的奖励，还有极为重要的，也是最吸引人的东西。

军功！

是的，这是罕见的军功任务！

在这个勉强算是和平的年代，军功可不是那么容易获得的东西。更不是这些还在学院的学生们可以想象的东西，而现在，一个获取军功的机会就这样摆在眼前，谁会不动心？基本上，现在军方家族的学员们都已经收到了来自家族内部的消息，正在全力备战，只等到皇家官方的任务发布，他们们就会立刻出发。

由于只有二年级才能接取任务，所以大厨与蚊子兄弟俩并未接到家族的通知，因为他们两人才一年级，家族认为与他们没关系。一直到他们从关系不错的学长那里听说一些风声，向家族询问之下，这才知道事情经过，于是正好借助这个机会告诉了龙一。而卫斯理纯粹则是依靠他惊人的信息收集能力了，不过这家伙究竟哪里来的情报，没人知道，问他也不说，说是要遵守线人保密的规则。

“龙哥，去么？”

艾琳对龙一问道，眼神中闪烁着期盼。对于这件事，艾琳其实是很感兴趣的，她急切地希望通过真正的战斗来检测自己的力量究竟有多强，而不是留在学院之中，魔斗士的战斗的杀伤力太强，在训练中恐怕也只有龙一才能和她对练了。可即便如此，艾琳还是感觉有些放不开，她需要一个真正的战场。

“去！当然去！为什么不去？！”龙一连续三次表达了自己的意愿。

每一个真正的战士都期盼着真正的战场，龙一更是不例外！

“既然如此，我先去收集一下资料，龙哥到出发前我要是没出现，你就来找我一下，我给你一些有用的东西。”卫斯理说完人就跑了。

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