# Chapter 1343: Depart! Traveling with Sorrow! (Bonus Chapter)
After finishing up matters with the Bei family, Jiangnan directly rode his bike back to the academy!
To hide spatial fluctuations, Jiangnan didn't even use teleportation!
He completely immersed himself in the role of Luo Tianqing!
Meanwhile, Yang Jian went in to continue refining details with Bei Qiu before letting the Bei family leave!
Afterward, he deleted all surveillance footage, erasing any trace that Luo Tianqing had ever been there!
Everything was done flawlessly!
And for Jiangnan's subsequent operations, he made a series of preparations!
...
It was Tuesday, and Pioneer Academy seemed somewhat quiet!
On the small grave mound belonging to Jiangnan on Sky Island, more than a dozen bouquets of fresh flowers had been added!
Although unwilling to accept the fact that Jiangnan was dead, life had to go on!
First period in the morning was close-combat theory class!
During morning self-study, Class Ten was deathly silent—this was the quietest self-study session in history!
Zhong Yingxue, Wu Liang, and the others were all present, none absent, attending class normally!
Even Lan had joined as a new student, sitting in the first row!
Due to her short stature, the desk was already at chest level!
And the only empty seat in the class was the one by the window!
Zhong Yingxue, Mila, and the others all had heavy dark circles under their eyes, their faces haggard!
Xia Yao's eyes were swollen, her double eyelids having cried into single eyelids!
Wu Liang and Xiong Er stared blankly at Jiangnan's seat!
Qin Shou sighed and walked over, heavily patting Wu Liang's shoulder!
٩(◞‸◟) "Brother! Snap out of it, yeah? Although Nan Shen is gone, you still have us!"
"If you keep being this depressed, can you really be worthy of all the hardship we've been through?"
Ye Xinghe and Qi Yu also punched Xiong Er's chest!
(⇀‸↼) "Everything will be alright. From now on in the academy, we've got your back!"
Wu Liang murmured, "During normal self-study, Brother Nan's seat is always empty. I've gotten used to it..."
"Because I know Brother Nan is out there causing trouble somewhere. But today, the seat is still empty..."
Mila burst out crying!
˚‧º·(˚˃̣̣̥᷄口˂̣̣̥᷅)‧º·˚ "Because Jiangnan Gege will never come back! No one will ever sit in that seat again!"
Her cries echoed through the classroom. Wu Liang's mouth twisted, and tears shot out like a water gun!
.･ﾟﾟ･(°¯᷄口¯᷅°)･ﾟﾟ･.
"Ahhh~"
He immediately broke into a macho man's crying session. Xiong Er lay on his desk howling, soaking his bear fur with tears!
How could Zhong Yingxue hold it in any longer? She clutched her clothes, tears dripping down as she silently sobbed without making a sound!
(ᵒ̴̶̷̥́～ᵒ̴̶̷̣̥̀*)
Oh, how pitiful she was~
Yu Qingqing and Rabbit Baby quickly came over, pulling out wet wipes to wipe Zhong Yingxue's tears!
Their own eyes were red too!
(*ớ﹏ờ) "Sister Xue, don't cry. You have to be strong. If you're like this, what are we supposed to do!"
(*꒦ິ口꒦ີ) "Wuwuwu~ Can't cry! Wuwa~"
Rabbit Baby was telling others not to cry while crying harder than anyone!
Xia Yao's eyes twitched. Oh my gosh, Xuexue and the others were progressing so fast?
She needed to step it up too!
Xia Yao just stared blankly at Jiangnan's empty seat, her eyes red, biting her lips until they turned blue!
Leng Yan looked at Xia Yao, her nose tingling!
('-﹏ก̀) "Why isn't Wolfbane Sister crying?"
Rabbit Baby cried even louder!
(;´༎ຶ⌂༎ຶ`) "Sister Yaoyao must have cried all her tears dry last night, so now she can't shed a single tear anymore!"
These words made countless people in the class lose their composure, directly hitting their tear ducts!
Even the grown men couldn't help but shed tears!
Xia Yao was secretly overjoyed. Rabbit Baby was simply a divine assist, you know?
(ﾉ)థжథ)
Meanwhile, Zhong Yingxue cried while blaming herself. Although she was immersed in her role,
this was her first time lying—why did she have an inexplicable sense of guilt?
Was it because she had a conscience?
She wondered if Little Nan ever felt guilty when lying, since conscience was something Little Nan didn't possess.
Seeing the situation, Lan knew she absolutely couldn't fall behind!
Since she couldn't lie on the desk, she crawled into the desk drawer to cry!
Having long roamed the underground world of Nightless City, tears came easily to Lan. Playing pitiful was her specialty!
At this moment, cries rose and fell in the classroom, clearly audible even to the neighboring class!
The neighboring class was also infected with sadness and started crying!
One class started it, and all the classes began wailing!
Even the new student classes—Zhou Yuqing, Luo Changge, and the others—looked at the Barrett bullet holes on the classroom walls, were moved by the scene, and howled!
The entire teaching building was filled with anguished cries!
In the corridor, Guan Hu, as the teaching director, looked through the window at the class situation and helplessly sighed!
And Jiang Tianqing, holding a folder as she came to teach, listened in bewilderment to the anguished cries from all the classes!
ᥬ(❀꒪꒫꒪) What the heck?
Although she had asked Zhong Yingxue and the others to show some sadness, did the effect have to be this outstanding, for crying out loud?
Why were all the students joining in the crying?
Just as Jiang Tianqing was about to enter the classroom, Guan Hu grabbed her arm and shook his head!
(´-ι_-｀) "Maybe skip the first class? Give them time to recover!"
Jiang Tianqing's eyes widened: (งᵒ̌^ᵒ̌)ง "Recover what? Don't forget the duty of a mentor!"
"This kind of situation will only happen more and more. Should they just keep being sad forever? Strong mental resilience is a necessary condition for becoming a pioneer!"
"I'll be the bad guy!"
Saying this, Jiang Tianqing's eyes reddened slightly!
Guan Hu was stunned. He knew that with Jiangnan dead, Luo Tianqing was equally heartbroken!
Yet she still chose to take on the responsibility as a mentor!
Thinking of this, Guan Hu felt somewhat ashamed!
(｡･ˇᯅˇ･) "You're a good mentor. Go ahead~"
Jiang Tianqing nodded heavily, her face full of gravity as she pushed open the classroom door and walked in!
She stood at the podium!
Feeling extremely strange inside. She should have been sitting among the students for class, but now she was giving them a lecture instead!
Looking at Wu Liang's tears, which were like a water gun spraying Ye Xinghe and Qi Yu all wet!
Jiang Tianqing's mouth twitched slightly. You're really going overboard with the sadness, you know?
Are you cosplaying a sprinkler truck or something?
Jiang Tianqing picked up the folder and slammed it heavily on the podium!
"Bam!"
(ꐦ°᷄◠°᷅)☛ "I'll count to three. All of you, hold it in! Three! Two..."
As soon as she said this, the classroom immediately fell silent!
Rabbit Baby was so scared that her ears stood up, and she instantly held it in!
୧(๑◔﹏◔ิ๑)୨ "Why does this sentence remind me of my mother's scolding when I was little?"
Not just Rabbit Baby, but many were triggered by childhood fears!
The "count to three" method was universal for all mothers, you know?
But Zhong Yingxue, Mila, and the others were still crying, continuously wiping their tears and sobbing!
(ᵒ̴̶̷̥́﹏ก̀)
Jiang Tianqing gritted her teeth: "Look at yourselves! What do you think you're doing? Jiangnan is dead—are you not going to live anymore?"
"Shouldn't you be living even harder, carrying his share with you?"
"A 22-year-old World's Strongest Diamond, Jiangnan shone on the world stage, unrivaled among his peers!"
"Why can't you? Shouldn't you inherit Jiangnan's will and strive toward him as your goal?"
Xia Yao suddenly lay on the desk, her shoulders shaking non-stop!
Hua Ling beside her couldn't bear to watch. Sister Yaoyao must be crying very sadly, right?
Xia Yao: (⋟﹏⋞)!!!
No way! This Wolfbane was about to lose it! If she didn't know the mentor in front of her was Little Nan in disguise, she would have believed it!
There's no way you praise yourself like that! Have some shame!
Jiang Tianqing showed a pained expression!
(˵¯͒⌢͗¯͒˵) "I know! I know you're sad. This academy is full of traces of Jiangnan's life!"
"Every glance brings back painful memories. As your mentor, it's my duty to help you move past this grief!"
"You need to travel with your sorrow, leave this place of sadness, turn grief into motivation. When you return, you'll be stronger than you are now!"
"Members of Jiangnan's Team, pick a mission from the mission hall! I'll be your supervising mentor!"
Yu Qingqing beside her nodded continuously!
"That's a good idea. Going out to execute a mission will keep your mind off things. Sister Xue, just pick one!"
Zhong Yingxue bit her lower lip, wiped her tears, and opened the mission hall app, directly selecting a newly posted mission!
It was a matchless-level mission beyond SSS-class—simply hell difficulty!
Yu Qingqing's scalp tingled just looking at it!
Matchless-level? Sigh~
Sister Xue and the others were really going all out, huh?
Seeing Zhong Yingxue choose, Xia Yao and the others also submitted their mission orders!
This was all pre-arranged, to have a legitimate reason for going on external duty!
That way, it wouldn't arouse anyone's suspicion!
And it was only natural for Jiangnan, disguised as a mentor, to lead the team!
The mission was to secretly go to the E Guo permafrost, explore the lost battlefield of the ancient Su era, and seek the truth of the ancient Su war!
This mission was also posted by the Spirit Martial Association on Yang Jian's orders!
As a connection point with Jiangnan, everything was under control!
Jiang Tianqing slammed the table: "Good! Ambitious! A matchless-level mission is worthy of your team's strength!"
"Leave today! After class, you all prepare properly. No more crying now!"
"Let's begin class!"
After a wave of intense acting, successfully fooling everyone, Jiangnan finally started teaching the students!
After class, Jiang Tianqing went to explain the matchless mission situation and intentions to Zhao Dezhu!
Such matters naturally wouldn't be blocked by Zhao Dezhu!
Luo Tianqing was an experienced old pioneer. He specifically instructed her to take good care of Zhong Yingxue and the others, help them relax, and not let them get too pent up!
All expenses were on public funds!
Jiangnan was overjoyed! There was such a good thing?
But he didn't show it, afraid of getting beaten!
Everything was ready. Wu Liang, Xiong Er, Mila, Lan, Xia Yao, Zhong Yingxue, plus Xiao Jiuwo and Xiao Nuo Mi (Little Rabbit Bastard)
(ิ◕㉨◕ิ)(•́(エ)•̀)
(❛ั◠❛ั∗)(⁰̷̴◠⁰̷̴*)
(ᵒ̌◠ᵒ̌๑)(︶◠︶✽)
(•᷄～•᷅◍)໒꒱(՞•ﻌ•՞)
(･᷅◠･᷄๑)᭄
Plus Jiang Tianqing, all stood at the academy gate!
The reason for bringing Little Rabbit Bastard was to use its pocket space as cover for his alternate dimension!
The spatial fluctuations it produced could also well mask his operations!
Everything was fully prepared!
Jiang Tianqing stood there wearing black stockings and high boots!
A knitted sweater and denim jacket on top, a white baseball cap on her head, her black long hair tied into a ponytail hanging behind her!
Cool and valiant, she couldn't help but smile brilliantly!
"Depart! Traveling with sorrow!"