# Chapter 127: Opening Ceremony
The moment Zhong Yingxue caught sight of that figure, she felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity!
Xia Yao felt the same!
But hadn't Jiangnan been taken away by the Dark Night?
How could he possibly appear in Suka, E Country?
That was overseas territory!
Yu Qingqing rolled her eyes. "Come on! How could it be the Southern God? He's way too pale!"
Zhong Yingxue and Xia Yao exchanged glances. True!
That person's face was pitch black—he might even be a Black guy!
That saying about "care causes disorder" probably described this feeling exactly.
And just then!
Luo Tianxiang spotted Zhong Yingxue's group and walked over, squinting as he said:
"Where's Jiangnan? Don't tell me he doesn't dare to show up?"
"I'm still waiting to teach him a lesson!"
"Hmph! Just a useless piece of trash hiding behind women, dreaming of taking my spot? Keep dreaming!"
Zhong Yingxue shot back angrily, "Luo Tianxiang, watch your mouth!"
"Xiao Nan will come!"
Xia Yao sneered, "You? Just wait to get taught a lesson!"
Luo Tianxiang sneered, "Don't think I don't know what you two are plotting!"
"The National High School Spirit Martial All-Star Tournament is coming up! Do you really think I'd let you two go?"
"However Jiangnan came, I'll make him go back the same way!"
Wu Liang narrowed his eyes without a word and punched straight at Luo Tianxiang's head!
Luo Tianxiang effortlessly sidestepped, then slammed his palm into Wu Liang's chest!
Sending him staggering back three steps, face flushed red!
"Big dumb idiot, you've got no right to speak here!"
"I'm waiting for Jiangnan!"
"Zhong Yingxue! You'll be mine sooner or later!"
Zhong Yingxue bit her lower lip in fury as Wu Liang took a deep breath. "This kid! He's really strong!"
Xia Yao gritted her teeth. "That bastard! He's already at Silver One Star! How much money did he blow through to get there?"
"Xiao Nan..."
At that moment, the entire school assembled!
The principal stepped up to speak!
And it was excruciatingly long!
Throughout it all, Zhong Yingxue and Xia Yao kept staring toward the school gate!
But Jiangnan was nowhere to be seen!
"This time, same as always, we'll select the top three students from each province's high schools to transfer in! Join our Songjiang Spirit Martial for study!"
"Everyone applaud and welcome!"
Fourteen students walked up to the stage one by one, Wu Liang among them!
He too was burning with anxiety!
Why hadn't Jiangnan arrived yet?
Principal Sun Hongzhi frowned. "Isn't there one missing?"
A teacher beside him replied, "Jiangnan from Jiangcheng No.1 High School hasn't shown up!"
Sun Hongzhi fumed, "Late on the first day of school? What kind of student is this?"
The teacher looked troubled. "This Jiangnan was first place in the Tianchi Spirit Martial Exam! His results were excellent!"
Sun Hongzhi: "So what if he's first? Does being first give him the right to be late?"
"Does he think Songjiang Spirit Martial is too small a place to hold his esteemed personage or something?"
The principal's scolding grew louder and louder!
The dozen transfer students shrank their necks, knowing this was a show of authority meant for them!
The crowd below buzzed with discussion!
"Who is this Jiangnan anyway? Such a big shot attitude?"
"So what if he was first in Tianchi Spirit Ruins? That impressive?"
"Ha! Just some kid from a no-name school! He thinks being first in his own school means something? Never seen the real world!"
"This is Songjiang Spirit Martial! A legitimate spirit martial high school!"
"It's over now, Fatty Sun is pissed!"
The words were unbearably harsh!
Zhong Yingxue and Xia Yao listened with growing annoyance!
Being a transfer student already meant being excluded, and now Jiangnan hadn't even shown up!
They never expected the principal to use this as a pretext!
Sun Hongzhi: "If he won't come, then Songjiang Spirit Martial doesn't want him! Send him back!"
Teacher: "P...Principal? Isn't that a bit harsh?"
Sun Hongzhi squinted. "Are you the principal, or am I?"
Teacher: ...
Luo Tianxiang grinned wide. "Oho! Looks like I don't even need to make a move! Jiangnan doesn't have that kind of luck!"
"Not strong enough, yet still so full of himself? Tsk tsk tsk, isn't he embarrassed?"
Zhong Yingxue glared at Luo Tianxiang, her knuckles white from clenching!
Xia Yao's face darkened! What was the principal thinking?
How could he send Jiangnan back?
Sun Hongzhi looked at the fourteen transfer students. "Only those who follow the rules can achieve great things! All of you remember that, got it?"
"Yes, Principal!"
"Understood!"
Wu Liang ground his teeth in hatred—he hadn't wanted to come to Songjiang in the first place!
Sun Hongzhi nodded in satisfaction. "Mm! For this opening ceremony, we also welcome our new first-year students!"
"Every semester, Songjiang Spirit Martial conducts a half-month military training for incoming freshmen!"
"To lay a foundation for future campus life! This time, I've gone to great effort to invite members of the Dark Night Army to serve as instructors for our freshmen!"
At these words, the students burst into exclamations!
"Damn! The Dark Night Army? Principal's incredible! He can even mobilize the Dark Night Army?"
"Dark Night! China's Dark Night! I'm so excited I could die!"
"These freshmen are so lucky!"
"I can't wait for training to start!"
"Dark Night Army! They're too strong! Soldier brothers are the best!"
Seeing the students' excited expressions and the adoring looks they gave him,
Sun Hongzhi felt immensely pleased with himself.
"Mm! Students..."
"Rattattattat~"
The principal's speech was abruptly interrupted by the sound of helicopter rotors.
All the students looked up at the sky and gasped!
A large armed helicopter flew over!
It circled above the school, carrying black-uniformed, fully armed Dark Night soldiers!
"Oh my god! Dark Night! It's the Dark Night! They're here already?"
"Armed helicopter? Too cool!"
"I love it! Did they just come back from a mission?"
"I've got goosebumps all over!"
Sun Hongzhi: ???
What the hell?
The instructors were here already?
Weren't they supposed to come in three days?
Delivered by armed helicopter? Did I really have that much pull?
A rope ladder dropped down!
Nine Dark Night soldiers disembarked, everyone watching the scene!
Just then, everyone's minds went blank!
A young man in baggy shorts, a floral shirt, and a blood-red T-shirt with slippers dangled down from the helicopter!
His face was filthy, like he'd been begging on the streets for half a year!
Xia Yao: !!!
Zhong Yingxue: !!!
Wu Liang: !!!
Jiangnan!
It was actually Jiangnan!
Landing on the ground, Jiangnan looked up and yelled, "Don't slack off on training when you get back! Get lost now! What's there to see me off for? I'm a grown man!"
An Ning and Chen Chen smiled bitterly!
They hadn't expected to make it in such a rush—coming straight from Suka without a moment's delay, right to the school!
Chen Chen's expression turned serious!
"Dark Night, all members! Salute!"
At that moment, whether it was the Dark Night on the ground or those still on the helicopter,
They all saluted Jiangnan! Right hand in a military salute, left hand fist pressed against the heart!
Jiangnan beamed a bright smile and said nothing!
This salute, he deserved to receive!
And on the sports field, the students of Songjiang Spirit Martial were dumbfounded!
Who was this young man? What status did he have?
Why were all the Dark Night soldiers saluting him?
And he'd spoken to the Dark Night so casually, even telling them not to slack off on training?
What was going on?
Was this guy also in the Dark Night Army?
Jiangnan turned around. "Sorry about that, Principal! Got held up by something. I'm not late, am I?"
Sun Hongzhi was puzzled. "You are..."
Jiangnan wiped the black grime off his face. "It's me! Jiangnan! The one who got first in Tianchi Spirit Ruins!"
Sun Hongzhi's eyes widened as he shuddered violently!
Shaking like a sieve!
Holy *&%#!
What the hell...
[From Sun Hongzhi, Resentment Value +1000!]