High-level martial arts: Long spear with black flames to suppress demons.

Time flies, and it's June 24th.

For all the senior high school students in the entire Eastern Empire, today is definitely a tense and exciting day.

Today is the day the college entrance exam results are released.

The morning sunlight shone into the courtyard of Guanlan Mansion.

Shen Chang'an was wearing a loose-fitting training uniform and was slowly practicing Tai Chi under the old locust tree in the courtyard with Zhang Hai.

In the past few days, Shen Chang'an had filled out all the application materials for the special recruitment within the Zhenye Division and handed them over to Lao Zhao. Lao Zhao also quickly sent the application to the provincial headquarters, and now it was just a matter of seeing which key university in a major city would be willing to accept him.

The only part that Shen Chang'an found a little troublesome while filling out the forms was the "family background" section.

Shen Chang'an was an orphan who was picked up by Uncle Zhang from the roadside. Uncle Zhang himself didn't know who the child's biological parents were, and they didn't even leave any keepsake.

So when filling out the form, Shen Chang'an was too lazy to make things up, and simply filled in the names of Uncle Zhang Hai and Aunt Li Yue in the column for adoptive parents.

After finishing a slow and deliberate set of Tai Chi, Shen Chang'an breathed a sigh of relief and followed Uncle Zhang back to the hall.

The atmosphere in the hall was heavy at this moment.

Li Yue and Zhang Qingqing sat nervously side by side on the sofa, staring intently at the laptop on the coffee table, their fingers constantly pressing the F5 refresh key, waiting for the score checking website to open.

"It's not open yet?"

Shen Chang'an asked casually.

"It's driving me crazy! It said it would open at 9:00, but it's already 8:50, and the website is so laggy I can't even get in!"

Li Yue complained without looking up.

"You guys take your time with the brushing, I'm going to take a shower first."

Shen Chang'an went upstairs to take a shower without caring, and changed into clean clothes before coming down. He saw the mother and daughter still struggling with the lagging webpage.

He leisurely walked to the single sofa next to him, sat down, picked up the herbal tea that Uncle Zhang had brewed, took a sip, and casually turned on his phone.

At this moment, messages were scrolling wildly in the high school class group chat at a speed that was impossible to catch with the naked eye.

Students who usually stay silent suddenly came out in droves. Some lamented that they might fail the exam, some prayed that the passing score would be lowered, and others frantically forwarded various "exam god possessed" memes.

Watching his classmates' vibrant and varied lives, Shen Chang'an leaned back on the sofa, peering at the screen with great interest, as if watching a youth comedy.

Just then, a private message popped up on WeChat.

It was sent by Li Xiwan.

Li Xiwan: "Chang'an, have you heard anything about your special recruitment application?"

Shen Chang'an moved his fingers to reply, "Not yet. Old Zhao said the results should be out in the next day or two. What, are you nervous?"

Li Xiwan: "Hmm... a little. I'm worried that not many good schools will be willing to accept me. After all, I've only been with the Zhenye Division for less than a month, I haven't made any contributions, and I've only just barely stabilized my cultivation at the first level. Schools in big cities definitely have very high requirements."

Shen Chang'an replied reassuringly, "What are you thinking? Even though you're only at the first realm, your magical talent is highly sought after everywhere, okay? Don't worry about it. There will definitely be many universities vying for you."

Li Xiwan: "But... what if I get assigned to a school in a remote city? I'm still a little scared... I'm a bit... alone..."

Seeing Li Xiwan's still somewhat hesitant reply, Shen Chang'an stroked his chin and thought for a moment:

Do you want to be with me?

......

at the same time.

Training room at the Qingzhou District Zhenye Division branch.

When she saw the message Shen Chang'an sent on the screen, "Do you want to be with me?"

Li Xiwan froze instantly.

Her breath hitched, and her already rosy face turned bright red in an instant, even her slender neck was flushed.

"Is...this so direct...?"

Li Xiwan bit her lower lip in a panic, her heart pounding wildly in her chest, and countless scenes from idol dramas flashing through her mind.

Although extremely shy, after a brief internal struggle, she bravely typed a single word on the screen with trembling fingers, adding a faint tilde:

"I want to~~"

As soon as the message was sent, Li Xiwan was so embarrassed that she buried her face in her knees and didn't dare to look at the screen.

However, just three seconds later, Shen Chang'an's reply popped up.

Shen Chang'an: "That's fine then. I'll go along with whatever you want. Anyway, as long as it's a university in a big city, it doesn't really matter to me which school I go to."

"Old Zhao told me that the student records of us special admission students are essentially tied to the Zhenye Division's organizational structure, and we will eventually be transferred to the local Zhenye Division branch. So, if any school in any city is willing to take you, just tell me, and I will apply to go to that city, so we can look out for each other."

After sending this message, Shen Chang'an, sitting on the sofa, was completely unaware of the huge ambiguity in his abbreviated, straightforward question. He was even quite satisfied with his decision, which demonstrated excellent teamwork.

And in the training room.

Li Xiwan, peeking at her phone screen through her fingers, was first stunned, then her clever mind instantly realized—Shen Chang'an's "together" meant "working together at the Zhenye Division branch in the same city."

Although a slight sense of disappointment flashed through her heart, Li Xiwan couldn't help but smile sweetly when she saw Shen Chang'an's words, "I'll accommodate you," and all the unease in her heart instantly vanished.

Li Xiwan: "Okay! Thank you! [cat sticking to each other.gif]"

This is an emoji I stole from Baiyin.

Just as Li Xiwan was happily chuckling to herself while holding her phone.

"Clatter".

The training room door was pushed open, and Baiyin walked in carrying two towels and two bottles of sports drinks.

"Xixi, training's over. Quickly wipe your sweat so you don't catch a cold..."

Baiyin stepped forward and handed over the towel, but suddenly froze.

She stared suspiciously at Li Xiwan's face, which was as red as a ripe apple, and leaned closer to ask, "Xiwan, why is your face so red? It's like a monkey's bottom. Did you suffer a backlash of spiritual energy and go into a qi deviation just now?!"

"Huh? No...no!"

Li Xiwan was startled. Feeling guilty, she locked her phone behind her back, frantically fanning her cheeks with her small hands, her eyes darting around as she tried to defend herself:

"I'm fine... it's just... it's just that the training room is so stuffy and hot today! Yes, so hot! Could you please turn the air conditioning down a bit?"