Versatile Mage: One innate talent for each system

Chapter 117 The World University Competition is about to begin

Jiang Yuan felt the soft touch on his arm, turned his head slightly, and looked at Ai Tutu beside him, asking, "Are you sure you want to hold my arm like this?"

Ai Tutu's outfit today was very revealing. She wore only a thin white tight-fitting tank top, which perfectly outlined her exquisite curves, demonstrating that small things can yield great results.

The super short shorts she wore almost completely exposed her long, snow-white thighs, making them particularly eye-catching under the light.

Ai Tutu shook Jiang Yuan's arm nonchalantly and said, "What's wrong? Is this not allowed?"

Jiang Yuan nodded involuntarily and sighed softly, "Truly extraordinary."

"What's so extraordinary?" Ai Tutu blinked in confusion, then glanced down at Jiang Yuan's gaze and instantly understood the meaning behind his words.

With a slight upward twitch of her lips and a mischievous smile on her face, Ai Tutu not only didn't let go, but instead hugged Jiang Yuan's arm even tighter.

"Stop, I just came to see if you and Mu Nujiao are here," Jiang Yuan said, gathering his thoughts.

"What's wrong? Why did you call us?" Ai Tutu tilted her head and asked with a curious look.

"I've prepared a gift for you," Jiang Yuan said.

"A gift?!" Upon hearing the word "gift," Ai Tutu instantly perked up, her eyes sparkling with excitement. She quickly asked, "What gift? Let me see!"

Jiang Yuan smiled and slowly took out the gift.

“I remember that your major is the same as Mu Nujiao’s, which is plant-based, and your minor is light-based, right?” Jiang Yuan asked, looking at Ai Tutu.

“Yes!” Ai Tutu nodded hurriedly, shaking his head like a rattle drum, but his eyes never left the Dawn Fruit in Jiang Yuan’s hand.

Although the Fruit of Dawn is called a fruit, it looks like crystal, with a smooth and lustrous appearance. It is dotted with golden specks of light inside, and only the delicate plant veins on the surface of the peel tell the story of its identity as a fruit.

This unusual fruit is rarely seen in China; it is a special fruit from abroad.

Ai Tutu was filled with curiosity; it was the first time she had ever seen something so rare.

"Plant type and light type, this Dawn Fruit is practically tailor-made for you." Jiang Yuan smiled gently as he handed the Dawn Fruit to Ai Tutu, explaining its effects in detail as he did so.

Upon hearing about the effect, Ai Tutu became excited: "Really? Dawnlight can suppress darkness, then your undead..."

"Don't even think about it. You think your Xiaoguang can restrain my undead? Unless your plants are Xiaoguang plants, then maybe." Jiang Yuan interrupted.

The Dawn Plant is a plant whose ability to emit light has reached its peak; its effect of emitting light has a suppressive power against darkness that is almost equivalent to that of the sun.

"Tch, I thought it was really impressive." Ai Tutu's excitement subsided considerably.

"So you don't want it anymore? I'll take it."

Jiang Yuan made a move to take the Fruit of Dawn, but Ai Tutu immediately hugged it to her chest and dodged to the side.
"Yes, of course I want it! Who said I don't!"

"I'm going to absorb the Fruit of Dawn. Go find Sister Mu in her room!"

After saying that, Ai Tutu darted into her room.

Jiang Yuan knocked on Mu Nujiao's door.

The sound of slippers stomping could be heard from inside.

With a click, the door opened.

Jiang Yuan waved and said, "Good afternoon."

"Hey, Jiang Yuan, you're here. I thought it was Ai Tutu knocking on the door," Mu Nujiao said in surprise.

Her clothes were more formal than Ai Tutu's, but still quite revealing. However, her outfit wasn't the kind that would make you scream if you opened the door.

"What do you need me for?" Mu Nujiao left the room and, seeing that Ai Tutu was not in the living room, asked in confusion, "I remember Ai Tutu was in the living room. Where did she go?"

"Never mind her, I brought you a gift." Jiang Yuan said, taking out the Precious Flow Ring. "Ah!"

Mu Nujiao covered her mouth, her eyes trembling.

Why give yourself a ring?
Our relationship hasn't reached that point, has it?
In a casual relationship, you wouldn't give someone a ring as a gift.

"Is this a gift for me?" Mu Nujiao asked to confirm.

Jiang Yuan nodded and explained, "This is the Ring of Precious Flow, it can..."

Mu Nujiao listened attentively, took the gift from Jiang Yuan, and said with an undisguised smile in her eyes, "Thank you for the gift, I like it very much."

After saying that, he put it directly on the middle finger of his right hand.

"It looks beautiful," Mu Nujiao said with a smile.

“I think it suits you quite well. I’ve already stored my water magic in it, so you can use it if you encounter danger,” Jiang Yuan said.

This contains his high-level sixth-grade water magic – Raging Sea Devouring the Sky, which, once unleashed, possesses destructive power comparable to half a super-grade water magic.

Even high-level mages would be instantly killed.

As for Mo Fan, needless to say, it's purely about restraining him.

"By the way, the World University Competition is about to start, did you know?" Mu Nujiao stroked the ring lovingly, then remembered the competition and asked.

Universities across China have already begun selecting their candidates, and some have even released their candidate lists, with only the final competition remaining.

Therefore, there is an increasing amount of news about the university competition, which is also a very important event recently.

“I know that. The dean told me before that he wanted me to represent Pearl Academy in the National Academy team,” Jiang Yuan said.

"Did the dean tell you? Then you've already secured a vote for our academy. Although you haven't participated in the academy's ranking yet, you're currently recognized as the number one in our academy, and no one will object to the dean's decision," Mu Nujiao said with a smile.

"I heard that to officially join the National Government team, you need four votes. What's going on?" Jiang Yuan asked.

He really didn't understand the rules of the Nationalist government team.

The original work doesn't provide much detail; all that's known is that one path is recommended.

Another path is to run for office and earn a spot based on merit.

"The four votes represent four forces betting on you, signifying their support for your entry into the Nationalist government's ranks."

"Under normal circumstances, votes alone are not enough. A final voting ceremony is also needed, where all candidates from the National Government compete to determine the strongest candidate to form the official National Government team," Mu Nujiao explained simply.

Jiang Yuan knew what the unusual situation was: it was like Mo Fan in the original time, who was strongly recommended by the head of the Chinese army and became a candidate for the National Government team with just three votes and without participating in the voting ceremony.

To everyone else, this was seen as opening a huge back door.

Of course, it's useless for the Nationalist team to use back channels, because there's a rule of elimination based on the bottom ranking. If you're not strong enough, you'll be eliminated sooner or later.

There is no situation where a pearl is covered in dust.

　Some people are saying it's become a single update now, but no, it's just that it's not updating two chapters at once anymore.

　　These past two days I've been writing one chapter at midnight, then another one or two in the afternoon. It's entirely because I can't stay up late anymore; my heart is aching from staying up so long, I'm just too tired.

　　I finished one chapter an hour early today. I still have one more chapter to finish. I'll see if I can finish it before dawn. If not, I'll finish it after dawn.

　　Don't worry, I won't stop updating unless the book's performance drops drastically. My previous books were all finished quickly because the performance was too poor, and there have been no instances of stopping updates.

　　This book is performing quite well, but if possible, it would be great if you could help promote it. Thank you so much, dear readers!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)