In an era where everyone is cultivating immortality, the system wants me to become a demon?

Chapter 178 Xiao Meng: Su Yuan... I want to be treated like that by you again.

"What are you here for?"

Upon seeing the newcomer, Xiao Kong immediately became wary.

Xiao Meng pursed her lips and said indifferently:

"After the joint entrance exam of eight schools, my dad kept telling me to reflect on the reasons for my failure."

"Now that I've reflected on my actions, I believe that during the preparatory course assessment, I should cooperate with you guys... mainly with Su Yuan."

"So I've come to you now, is there a problem?"

Xiao Kong's expression was displeased, and he was about to speak when Su Yuan spoke first:

"More allies mean more fighting power, and I warmly welcome Xiao Meng to join us."

"Please take a seat, we've just started discussing tactics."

Xiao Meng nodded casually and plopped down in a spot a little distance away from the five students in the advanced class.

Although Xiao Kong was dissatisfied, he said no more.

Only Su Yuan remained in the classroom to continue speaking.

"Before school ended, Teacher Taibai sent me a detailed document about the preparatory class assessment."

"Once the assessment begins, we, as members of the Night Watch, have two paths to choose from."

"The first option is to stay in our own school and wait for outside students to come to us and challenge us."

"The second approach is to take the initiative and strike hard at the first moment when the candidates from outside Taihua City enter the city."

"However, regardless of which path you take, the Night Watchers and the visiting examinees are not allowed to engage in group battles; they must fight one-on-one, otherwise it will be a violation of the rules."

Hearing the rest, Wu Ziying couldn't help but ask:
"Teacher... Su Yuan, if the Night Watchmen and the outside examinees can only fight one-on-one, what's the point of us joining forces?"

Su Yuan smiled slightly:
"It certainly has significance, and it's very important."

"Foreign candidates who wish to pass the preparatory course exam must defeat more than three Night's Watchmen."

"In that case, we can send someone to test the enemy's strength first."

"Once we figure out the enemy's strengths, we'll deploy Night's Watch members who counter them to defeat them. We can afford to lose, so losing once or twice won't be a big deal."

Wu Ziying nodded in realization.

Xiao Kong then asked another question:
"But we don't have enough people here. Even including Li Zhengxing and Yun Ling, there are only eight of us. Can we manage?"

Su Yuan explained:
"The examiners naturally took this into consideration."

"In this assessment, candidates from outside Taihua City will not flood in all at once, but will enter in batches of ten."

"The next group will come in after the first group has stayed in Taihua City for two hours."

"It is worth mentioning that even if the outside candidates successfully defeat the three Night Watchmen and obtain the token of passage from them, they may not be able to rest easy."

"If the Night's Watchman who was defeated by him is spurred on by his defeat within these two hours and challenges and defeats the outsider candidate again, he can reclaim his token."

"Of course, this is something that can only be done by myself; no one else can do it for me."

Everyone nodded suddenly.

So, in addition to defeating three Night's Watchmen in succession, the outside candidates also have to guard the token in their hands for two hours.

This level is extremely difficult to complete.

For some weaker outside candidates, even if they challenge all eight Night Watchmen, they might not be able to obtain three tokens within two hours.

The final attrition rate will likely be very high.

After listening to Su Yuan's explanation, Xiao Meng frowned and said:

"So you want to mediate, find out which out-of-town student is best suited for us, and then target that out-of-town student?"

Su Yuan nodded slightly:

"This is just one of them."

"Depending on the strength of the enemy, I may also resort to some unconventional methods to weaken the combat power of the foreign candidates."

"Unconventional methods?"

Xiao Meng was slightly taken aback.

Su Yuan smiled and said:
"For example, they were hit by a truck as soon as they got off the airship, or they were delayed by something on their way to challenge us, causing them to exceed the challenge time, etc..."

Xiao Meng hesitated and said:
"But doesn't the exam rule say that we can't use external force?" Su Yuan shook his head:

"But what I just said was not done by external force, but entirely by my own strength."

"At most, it only relied on some materials or magic items below the Foundation Establishment level, which is all within the rules."

Hearing Su Yuan's calm and indifferent tone, Xiao Meng felt a chill in her heart for some reason.

She was worried about whether she could perform well in the assessment, but suddenly she felt...

The people who should be so worried are not themselves, but the test takers from other places.

Afterwards, the group discussed the details of the battle before dispersing.

What puzzled Su Yuan was that although Xiao Kong, Wu Ziying, and Chu Lanxi had all left, Xiao Meng was still lingering.

Su Yuan keenly sensed that Xiao Meng's visit to him this time was not just to discuss tactics.

"Xiao Meng, is there anything else you need from me?"

Faced with this question, Xiao Meng, whose expression was always aloof, became slightly hesitant.

She didn't answer, but instead glanced at Chen Nuoyi, who was watching curiously from the side.

Su Yuan coughed lightly and said:

"The class monitor is not an outsider, so you can just say whatever you want."

"Okay... okay."

Xiao Meng gritted her teeth and said:
“During the joint entrance exam of the eight schools, you branded me with many demonic symbols.”

"Although I was under your control at the time, I could clearly feel the magic talisman's miraculous effects."

"So when the preparatory course exam starts, could you brand some more magic runes onto me?"

Su Yuan was slightly taken aback:
"Isn't that a bit inappropriate? Aren't you essentially using my help?"

Xiao Meng seemed to have already prepared a response to this question.

She leaned slightly towards Su Yuan and said earnestly:
"Actually, in a sense, I'm also considered material below the Foundation Establishment level... just a talent."

"If retaining my own consciousness would be considered a violation, then why don't you just hypnotize me completely?"

Upon hearing this, Su Yuan paused briefly, then slapped his thigh:
"Wonderful!"

"How did you come up with a strategy that I didn't even think of? I never imagined that Xiao Meng, who looks so honest and unassuming, would be such a talent when it comes to finding loopholes."

Xiao Meng smiled somewhat awkwardly.

Given her personality, it's impossible for her to come up with such a bizarre way of cheating.

This cheating method was actually devised by her father, Xiao Butian.

The purpose was to have Su Yuan take over when she faced a powerful enemy she couldn't defeat, allowing her to directly trade one for one with the enemy.

While the methods for passing the Night's Watch examination are not as specific as those for outside candidates, there are still certain evaluation criteria.

The most significant criterion is the number of Night's Watch tokens one possesses.

At the beginning, each Night's Watchman will receive a token equal to the number of outside candidates.

Each time a token is lost, the score drops significantly.

After Su Yuan takes over his body, the credit for defeating the enemy will go to Su Yuan, but as long as he doesn't lose the Night Watchman's token, his score won't drop.

It's a kind of cheating method that isn't considered cheating.

Xiao Meng felt a great sense of relief after Su Yuan readily agreed to her request.

Next, it's time to make the most of the last two weeks to study hard and wait for the preparatory class assessment.

Fifteen days passed in the blink of an eye.

As news spread that the ten preparatory classes for this year would be located in Taihua City, the city became more and more lively every day.

Everywhere you look, there are slogans about the ten preparatory classes.

Tourism in Taihua City has also become unprecedentedly developed.

Before the preparatory class assessment officially began, the examiners from the top ten universities, who would later become the teachers of the preparatory class, had already arrived and met with Tai Baiji and Ye Muyu, who were already in Taihua City.

(End of this chapter)