It's perfectly reasonable for me, a fisherman, to catch a Georgios, right?

Qin Ming nodded slightly. Although Xu Ruping's words did not explicitly point to anything, they seemed to indicate that he was not optimistic about Qin Ming's match against Lü Wanyun tomorrow, as if he was giving him a heads-up.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore."

Xu Ruping took out an exquisite wooden box from his pocket and pushed it in front of Qin Ming: "Qin Ming, this is a gift for you when we meet. Do you think it's appropriate?"

The box was opened, revealing three exquisite stones that emitted red, yellow, and blue colors.

[Fire Stone: Contains trace amounts of fire-type elemental power. When used by certain Pokémon, it can accelerate their evolution; or, when absorbed by fire-type Pokémon, it can slowly enhance their abilities.]

[Thunder Stone: Contains trace amounts of Electric-type power. Using it on certain Pokémon can accelerate their evolution, or allowing Electric-type Pokémon to absorb it can slowly enhance their abilities.]

[Water Stone: Contains trace amounts of water-type elemental power. When used by certain Pokémon, it can accelerate their evolution; or when absorbed by a water-type Pokémon, it can slowly enhance their abilities.]

The three evolution stones had a faint shimmering light flowing inside, which made them look like high-quality items. Each one could easily sell for a million on the market.

The three together amount to three million.

Xu Ruping offered to deliver the money, but Qin Ming did not accept it rashly out of greed. Instead, he gently placed the exquisite wooden box containing the evolution stones back on the table.

"Principal, what's going on?"

"The Qin family's remarkable tradition of remaining calm and clear-headed in the face of substantial wealth is truly admirable!"

Xu Ruping praised him in his heart, then chuckled and said, "Just as I said, this is my gift to you."

"You can take this as a senior's support for a promising junior. I hope you can accept this sentiment without feeling guilty."

This is Xu Ruping's investment in Qin Ming.

Having figured out the other party's intentions, Qin Ming didn't hesitate this time.

After carefully putting away the beautiful wooden box, she said gratefully, "Thank you, Principal!!"

"Haha, you're welcome."

Xu Ruping maintained his friendly expression: "If you need anything in the future, just come to me."

"OK!!"

Qin Ming nodded slightly: "Thank you for your guidance, Principal!"

After a few more polite words, Qin Ming took his leave.

Watching Qin Ming's departing figure, Xu Ruping poured himself a cup of tea, took a sip and let the freshness of the spring tea linger in his mouth, while pondering in his heart.

"After getting to know him, Xiao Qin is even more outstanding than I imagined..."

"Three evolution stones...is that a bit too little of a gift for a first meeting..."

"Forget it, let's increase the stakes later..."

Xu Ruping suppressed his thoughts, took out his phone, and dialed a number.

"Hello, is this Lao Lin?"

"Do you have time tomorrow? Our school's selection competition finals are tomorrow, there's a really good kid there, I'd like to introduce you to him."

"Yes, that's him, Qin Ming, who won the Little Fire Dragon Medal at your training association a few days ago."

"That's right, this kid fought his way through all the obstacles to reach the finals."

"Okay, see you tomorrow."

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After saying goodbye to Xu Ruping, Qin Ming returned to dormitory 208.

As soon as he got back, Qin Ming was immediately besieged by his three roommates.

"Brother Qin, what does the principal want with you?"

"Brother Qin, what did the principal talk to you about?"

"Brother Qin, how's the principal doing?"

As they spoke, the three men scanned Qin Ming from head to toe, as if trying to find something different about him.

Faced with the gazes of three hungry wolves, Qin Ming knew that if he didn't confess, he might be devoured by them.

He could only take out the wooden box that Xu Ruping had given him earlier and said, "It's nothing, the principal just gave me a little something..."

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Chapter 96, Shock: Qin Ming is both a cultivator and a fighter.

"Ah, my 24K titanium alloy eyes are going to be blinded! These three evolution gems are too dazzling! Take them away, take them away!!"

"Take it now! My eyes are brimming with uncontrollable envy!!"

Sun Pengcheng and Li Shiwei both acted unusually exaggeratedly. Chen Junliang stared blankly at the three gems with flowing light inside and asked, "Brother Qin, did the principal say anything when he gave you these things?"

Qin Ming knew that Chen Junliang had always regarded Xu Ruping as his idol, so faced with his eager eyes, he had no choice but to repeat Xu Ruping's words.

It would have been better if I hadn't mentioned it, because as soon as I did, my three roommates burst into tears: "If you're good enough, good resources will naturally come knocking on your door!!"

"Is this how geniuses are treated?!"

"I understand now! I finally truly understand the saying, 'The phoenix will only perch on the parasol tree!'"

"As long as you are an excellent phoenix tree, a phoenix will surely linger there!"

Chen Junliang immediately exclaimed, "Brother Qin is awesome! I'm bowing down to you! You'll be my idol from now on, please let me cling to your coattails!!"

Sun Pengcheng and Li Shiwei immediately repeated.

"Brother Qin is awesome! I'm bowing down in admiration. You're my idol from now on. Please let me cling to your coattails!!"

"Brother Qin is awesome! I'm bowing down in admiration. From now on, you're my idol. Please let me cling to your coattails!!"

Faced with his three roommates' exaggerated antics, Qin Ming could only roll his eyes helplessly. Later, Qin Ming offered to treat them to barbecue in Groudon that evening, and the three of them finally stopped.

Qin Ming calmly took his three adopted sons from dormitory 208 to dinner, but the campus network, which was usually only used to grab elective courses, log on to the confession wall, and chat about gossip, was in an uproar.

Countless senior students left their thoughts on today's selection competition on the campus network.

"A freshman actually made it all the way to the finals! Is there no justice?! Is there no law?!"

"Honestly, it's really embarrassing for us upperclassmen to see freshmen make it to the finals!!"

"My family doesn't understand! Now when I go out, even if a junior calls me 'senior,' I don't dare to admit it. I feel so ashamed to admit that I'm a third-year senior!!"

"Although I knew that being a trainer in China was very competitive, I never expected it to be this competitive."

"After three years of trying to become a Trainer, I realized I can't even compete with a freshman. I'm giving up, I'm just giving up, whatever!"

"Seniors, don't be anxious. In fact, we freshmen are generally quite weak. Don't use Qin Ming, that prodigy, to measure us."

"Exactly, Qin Ming is a prodigy, so his year of college doesn't really matter!"

Besides criticizing Qin Ming for being incredibly strong, many people are discussing the upcoming final match between Qin Ming and Lü Wanyun.

"To be honest, I support Lü Wanyun this time. The two Pokémon that Lü Wanyun has revealed so far are very strong. Espeon has reached the mid-level of the Gym Leader, and Alakazam is even stronger, both of which have reached the peak of the Gym Leader and are only one step away from becoming Elite Four members."

"Besides her powerful Pokémon, Lü Wanyun, as the future successor of the Shenzhen Gym, often takes the place of the Gym Leader to meet challengers from all walks of life, so she has extremely rich battle experience."

"On the other hand, Qin Ming's Milotic is only at the Elite level, and his Lucario is slightly stronger, but it is only at the Gym Leader level. I don't mean to put anyone down, but just based on the data, from any perspective, Lü Wanyun is better!"

"The original poster's analysis is very thorough. Indeed, on paper, Lü Wanyun is in an absolute dominant position. I also support Lü Wanyun in this round."

"I support Lü Wanyun."

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"Although I also support Lü Wanyun, as a fellow freshman, I'll still give Qin Ming my friendly support."

In the final predictions for the selection competition initiated on the campus network, 90% of the votes supported Lü Wanyun, while the remaining 10% were almost all votes cast by freshmen, mostly out of friendship.

Despite many people's skepticism about Qin Ming's performance in the finals, they have all acknowledged his talent in the comments section of the poll.

"To be honest, the best result of freshmen in previous years was only the top eight, but Qin Ming skipped the top four and entered the final. That's really amazing."

"Simply describing it as 'amazing' doesn't quite do it justice; it's absolutely incredible that a freshman made it to the finals!"

"That's right, if someone had told me before the start that a freshman could make it to the finals, I would have thought they were crazy!!"

"By now, everyone has acknowledged Qin Ming's exceptional talent. If given another six months, or even a year, I would undoubtedly choose Qin Ming!"

"Unfortunately, talent needs time to mature and transform into strength, and what Qin Ming lacks most right now is time."

"That's right, if Qin Ming is given time, he will definitely amaze everyone!!"

"I'm already looking forward to it. Once Qin Ming successfully joins the Shenzhen University team after the selection competition, he'll definitely shine in next year's Crazy April. Give him another year and a half to hone his skills, and who knows, he might even lead our Shenzhen University to lift the championship in the University League!"

"Damn, the person upstairs really dares to dream! Imagine someone urinating yellow urine to wake them up!"

"Our school's best result in the university league is only the top eight. The championship has always been held by Tsinghua, Peking University and Dan University. It's too difficult to win the championship from them."

"What's there to be afraid of? With Qin Ming's talent, he'll absolutely defy the heavens when he grows up!!"

"Let's not get carried away with that, let's focus on the current selection process!!"