A little girl at a magic school, she's a goofy troublemaker who can do anything.

However, the monthly exam was still very difficult.

After three and a half days of continuous exams, Li Wenyin was completely overwhelmed and felt utterly lost. When she lifted her blanket at night, she found it filled with potion-making manuals, and she even dreamt that her public course teachers were frantically chasing after her.

Mu Feng's condition looks similar to hers.

When Li Wenyin pushed open the classroom door, she saw Mu Feng lying stiffly on the floor.

The person had already left a while ago.

They met eyes, exchanged a knowing look of weariness, and smiled knowingly at each other.

The other person had absolutely no confidence, just like me! They did terribly on the exam! Yay!

"Get up already, you're acting like you're sick."

Pei Yuan, who had just entered, suddenly made a sarcastic remark, and then Qin Guanyu and Yu Zhiyuan also entered.

Mu Feng jumped up, muttering complaints under his breath.

"What's wrong with lying on the floor and being happy after finally finishing the monthly exams?"

He stretched his shoulders and arms, instantly forgetting about the failed exam, and regained his vitality.

"Senior, you're getting ahead of yourself," Li Wenyin said dejectedly. "The real highlight is the upcoming academy team competition."

The conflicts between students of the four major magic academies stem, to some extent, from the competition between these academies, large and small.

While individual grades are important, students who rank in the top 100 of their grade in exams can earn extra points for their college.

However, the competition between colleges is even more intense and fierce, with a wide variety of categories and intense battles. The competition is fierce and the participants fight to the death, all for the sake of earning more points to improve their college's annual ranking and to make a name for themselves.

From the deans and professors of each college to every student.

Just like the competitions and friendly exchanges between various sects that often occur in cultivation novels.

There were no friends to meet, just a pure competition.

The team competition is a college-wide contest. Each team consists of four to six students. Students from the first and second years, the third and fourth years, and the fifth and sixth years can form a team. Teams are formed freely and then compete against teams of the same level from other colleges by drawing lots.

The content of the competition is also unpredictable, and is still determined by drawing lots. The questions are set by various professors, who prepare the questions in advance.

It's not a hard and fast rule that you have to participate in the college competition; team registration is voluntary.

However, since it concerns the honor of the academy, unless someone like Pei Yuan from last year couldn't find anyone to team up with, or Yu Zhiyuan had a specific reason, they would generally participate.

Now that Teacher Wuya has gathered all five of her students, they will definitely participate.

I pray that I will draw a good fortune.

-

What I feared most came to pass.

"The first match, numbers 356 and 218!"

Upon hearing the lottery results announced, Li Wenyin immediately went to check the list. They were team number 356, so team number 218 was...

I hadn't seen the other names clearly yet, but I spotted Yu Lanxie's name at first glance.

Li Wenyin's vision went black, and she felt like she was about to faint.

Yu Lanxie, the flag bearer of Oak Academy, the legendary first-year genius with a curse.

Last year's bottom-ranked Obsidian Academy, team number 356, the emerging oddball Li Wenyin team, faced off against the top-ranked Oak Academy, team number 218, the emerging genius Yu Lanxie team.

Mu Feng drew the lots. After stepping off the stage, he stared at them with a deathly pale face.

Pei Yuan, showing no mercy, said, "You should cut off your own hands and carry thorns on your back to apologize."

Mu Feng shouted, "Pei Yuan! You can't do this to me—"

Li Wenyin chimed in from the side, "Senior, you're really unlucky. How are we supposed to fight Yu Lanxie and the others?"

Mu Feng: "Li Wenyin!—"

Qin Guanyu, who was used to playing the peacemaker in their arguments, said, "Don't be discouraged, I believe in you."

"Do you think we can win?" Li Wenyin turned to ask him.

Qin Guanyu hesitated. The usually frivolous, easy-going, and easy-going man was unusually troubled, as if he was thinking about how to phrase his words.

Li Wenyin turned around and said, "Even Senior Qin can't come up with any inspirational quotes!"

Mu Feng: "..."

I feel so hopeless.

-

The other students who participated in the lottery were actually quite satisfied with the result.

Flag raisers versus flag raisers, this is going to be a good show.

After the lottery ceremony for the first competition held in the school lobby, several Obsidian Academy students of the same grade whom Li Wenyin didn't recognize came over one after another and said to Li Wenyin and her classmates:

"Go for it! Our little flag raisers, I believe you can win!"

"Give them a good slap in the face! Let's crush the arrogance of those idiots who were so cocky after being last year's champions!"

"I believe in you, for the glory of Obsidian Academy."

"..."

We said goodbye to these kind-hearted strangers.

Li Wenyin turned around and patted Mu Feng's shoulder in a deliberately profound manner.

"Go for it, future flag raiser! Believe in yourself, you can do it all by yourself! You'll beat Oakwood Academy and kick Yu Lanxie!"

"..." Mu Feng stared at her in astonishment. "What?"

After saying that, Li Wenyin put her hands behind her back and strode away with a deep and thoughtful demeanor.

Seeing this, Pei Yuan reached out and patted Mu Feng on the shoulder.

"One person draws a lot, and one person becomes the winner."

Pei Yuan shook his head, sighed, and left.

Yu Zhiyuan didn't know what to say, and looked around at them somewhat awkwardly.

He gave Mu Feng an approving look, then hurriedly left.

Even Qin Guanyu didn't linger.

Standing still, Mu Feng instantly felt the coldness of the world, grabbed his hair, roared, and chased after them.

"Hey guys, wait for me! You can't leave me behind all by yourself!"

-

After the lottery ceremony ended, the crowd dispersed, and the lobby and the area outside were noisy and bustling.

They excitedly and noisily exchanged information about themselves and their opponents, preparing for the upcoming competition.

In a corner, the Oakwood boy with naturally curly hair casually chewed on a blade of grass, leaning against the wall waiting for someone.

A moment later, another Oakwood student came running up to him.

Yu Lanxie removed the blade of grass from his mouth, nodded slightly, and asked, "How's the investigation going?"

Another student said, "It was very noisy around, so I couldn't hear clearly, but I vaguely heard Li Wenyin say..."

He stopped halfway through his sentence, his voice growing softer as he carefully considered his words.

Yu Lanxie tilted his head and asked:

"Speak up, what can't you say?"

"She said," the student's voice rose involuntarily as she became nervous, "that she would punch and kick you, and easily manipulate you!"

This loud shout startled all the other students from Oakwood College nearby.

How dare you!

Mere Kokuyoin students! Mere Kokuyoin flag bearers!

That's incredibly arrogant!

Yu Lanxie was slightly surprised. He tilted his head and thought carefully for a moment, then asked with a nasal tone, "Li Wenyin? Is she the flag bearer with the red ribbon from the Obsidian Academy?"

"That's right, that's her!" the student replied. "Yu, look, since she's already made it clear, why don't we go and get ready together later?"

"unnecessary."

Yu Lanxie straightened up, tilted his head and rubbed his stiff neck, then glanced at him with a wicked smile.

"I teamed up with you guys only because of the number limit. I can manage on my own. You and your two friends just need to be responsible and not hold us back."

He finished speaking and left, hands in his pockets, walking casually and nonchalantly, with a blade of grass still dangling from his mouth.

The student: "......"

He almost forgot that Yu Lanxie from their academy was just as arrogant.

-

Joking aside, we still need to accept and prepare for the future when we get back.

In Obsidian Academy, in their private classroom.

Qin Guanyu stood on the podium, writing and drawing.

"I just inquired about it. The 218th Yu Lanxie Squad is led by Yu Lanxie. The other three members are skilled in offensive magic, defensive magic, and magic theory, respectively, but none of them are particularly outstanding."

As Qin Guanyu spoke, he wrote something on the blackboard.

"What's strange is that those three people's friends went in and out of the classroom and library together, but none of the three seemed to be very familiar with Yu Lanxie; they were just classmates."

The Oak Academy's learning system is similar to the Ocean Academy's large-class teaching, but being classmates doesn't really count for much.

"One cow leads three idiots," Li Wenyin said, cupping her face in her hands.

Pei Yuan crossed his arms: "These are just temporary partners we brought in to make up the numbers."

Mu Feng nodded: "Then we just need to focus on dealing with Yu Lanxie."

"We don't know what the competition will be about yet," Li Wenyin pondered, "we can't let our guard down."

Yu Zhiyuan asked appropriately, "Since he wasn't familiar with them, why didn't he go with people he knew?"

"Well, I heard..." Qin Guanyu explained, "Yu Lanxie is not popular in Oak Academy and doesn't get close to anyone."

The others all turned to look.

Qin Guanyu: "Yu Lanxie is unruly, rarely attends classes, and doesn't show much respect for teachers. But even though he doesn't seem to be studying at all, his grades are top-notch in every aspect, so he's not very popular at Oak Academy."

"That means he's not popular at Oakwood."

Li Wenyin sighed.

"Look at our department, skipping classes and fighting with teachers are common occurrences. It would be abnormal if the students weren't a little bit crazy."

"Li Wenyin!" Mu Feng said, "How could you so subtly mock our senior Pei Yuan like that!"

Pei Yuan: "..."

Pei Yuan: "Get lost."

-

After summarizing what Qin Guanyu had inquired about, Li Wenyin roughly understood the situation: Yu Lanxie was very strong individually, but he was not loyal to the team, and the other three teammates were just there to make up the numbers.

Actually, dealing with Yu Lanxie alone would be enough, which makes things a bit easier. There are five of them plus Mu You, so at worst, Li Wenyin will just cry and hide behind her senior.

No matter what the competition is about, we'll meet force with force and water with water.

As the saying goes, know yourself and your enemy and win a hundred battles.

Since she couldn't get any information about Yu Lanxie from the novel, Li Wenyin decided to personally investigate Yu Lanxie before drawing lots for the competition tomorrow.

Taking advantage of the lull in Mu Feng and Pei Yuan's argument, Li Wenyin planned to slip away.

Just before she left, she felt someone tugging at the hem of her school uniform.

Turning around, I saw Muyou's little hand.

He blinked his beautiful, round eyes, tilted his head back, and asked in a childish voice, "Where are you going, senior?"

"Let's go check out Oakwood."

Li Wenyin took Mu You's small hand and gently rubbed his head.

Mu asked again, "Are we going to follow that Yu Lanxie?"

"...It wouldn't be accurate to call it tailing," Li Wenyin said, trying to save face. "It was more like taking a look around and scouting the enemy's situation."

Muyou: "I want to go too."

-

It's not a common occurrence for someone to lead a seven or eight-year-old boy around the school.

But when he saw that those idiots were busy arguing and didn't have time to look after the child, Mu You had always been closest to Li Wenyin.

Li Wenyin agreed without much thought and led the person out to walk together.

Mu was quite well-behaved, letting her hold his hand the whole time. Her curious little head turned around to look at the other students coming and going, making her look like a little kid.

"How was it? The atmosphere was great, right? You'll definitely be able to come when you're all grown up," Li Wenyin said proudly.

"Hmm!" Mu said with a smile, "Senior, I just remembered that my family seems to have mentioned Yu Lanxie to me."

"Wow, what a coincidence! Youyou, what do your family members say about him?"

Li Wenyin asked all her questions at once.

"Have you mentioned any weaknesses or things you're not good at?"

Upon hearing this, Mu fell into deep thought again, his little head bowed, seemingly struggling to recall something. After a long while, he finally spoke:

"I can't remember clearly, but I heard that he has severe face blindness."

"Severe face blindness? Can't recognize people?" Li Wenyin was a little surprised.

I didn't see that coming.

However, Yu Lanxie doesn't make friends much, so thinking about it this way, it's actually quite possible.

Li Wenyin asked curiously, "How severe is it? What does it look like?"

Mu You: "I heard that he's so bad at recognizing people that he can't even tell his own parents apart just by looking at their faces."

"Good heavens," Li Wenyin exclaimed in shock, "Can't you even tell the difference between men and women?"

Mu nodded again.

"But many people don't know that he has face blindness. He has his own special way of recognizing people, which has kept this fact from being revealed."

However, if someone truly suffers from severe face blindness, this can be a significant weakness that can be exploited.

Li Wenyin pondered that if she could find out Yu Lanxie's way of recognizing people, regardless of whether the competition was a physical or intellectual contest, as long as she made good use of this weakness, her chances of winning would increase significantly.

Li Wenyin has always been the type to learn through practice. After being told this secret, her desire to find out more couldn't help but surge up again.

She needs to go and find out exactly what kind of person Yu Lanxie is.

-

Observing Li Wenyin's series of changes in expression, and seeing the bright and excited look in her eyes as she plotted how to test him.

Mu shifted his gaze, a cunning glint in his eyes, and a mischievous smile crept across his face.

What will Li Wenyin do next? Last time she came to Oak Academy and burned down the library. This time she learned that Yu Lanxie has severe face blindness. What will she do to verify this? Mu is very much looking forward to it.

No one loves causing more trouble for the student council than Mu You right now.

Li Wenyin, who was already enthusiastically making plans, was completely unaware of the series of facial expressions of the little boy she was holding that were completely out of character for his age.