Lin Guang shook his head, earnestly said, "No, you have already done very well."

Liu Feifan sighed lightly, solemnly said, "Lin Guang, you are destined to make a remarkable impression."

"After watching your battle with Du Qing, I realized… the Experimental School might have become a cage limiting your development."

"But I hope, no matter how strong you become in the future, you never become that kind of person."

"Don't become a new roadblock."

"A new…[noble family]."

Lin Guang paused.

Then, he nodded with treasuring importance.

Liu Feifan let out a long breath, seemingly finally mentally prepared, turned his head, faced Lin Guang directly, but his expression was still complex.

"You came specifically to see me today, you must have something to say."

"...Yes."

Seemingly affected by the atmosphere, Lin Guang also became serious, and slowly started to speak.

"Principal, I plan to..."

Liu Feifan's Adam's apple moved up and down, his eyes inadvertently showing a sad expression.

He finally finished the second half of the sentence: "Next year, I'll participate in the tournament."

"..."

"..."

The two of them stared at each other wide-eyed.

After a full ten seconds, Liu Feifan couldn't help but say, "Then what? Where to? Which team?"

Lin Guang was also stunned, "Then what? Just planning to compete next year directly with Sister Leng."

"Huh?"

Liu Feifan opened his mouth wide, "You came specifically to find me this time… not to talk about transferring schools?! No school has taken a fancy to you, willing to spend big money to poach you?"

"...Principal, you're overthinking it."

Hearing this, Lin Guang finally understood why the principal suddenly started reminiscing about the past, earnestly emotional, and couldn't help but laugh wryly.

"The Experimental School has treated me well, how could I do such a thing?"

"Moreover, Teacher Kaiwen is also here; her staying here probably has her reasons, I can't forcibly take her away."

Liu Feifan stood frozen, his entire expression began to fluctuate wildly, changing from extreme complexity to ecstatic joy, and then from ecstatic joy to extreme embarrassment.

"This, this... oh dear!"

"Why didn't you just say this over the phone? Sending a message so seriously, I really thought it was something big!"

"The state competition doesn't limit the number of entries, if you don't mind winning or losing, it's naturally a good thing to see the world a year in advance, why would I have any objections?"

Even Liu Feifan, who usually handled things with ease, found it a bit hard to maintain his face.

After receiving the message an hour ago, Liu Feifan immediately started thinking about what Lin Guang suddenly wanted from him during the summer vacation, the more he thought, the more afraid he became, already preparing for Lin Guang to pay the penalty and leave.

After all, to be fair, what the Experimental School provided Lin Guang was quite trivial on his path of growth.

His strengthening was basically achieved through his own efforts in the wild.

If there's anything to credit, it's that it connected Lin Guang with Doctor Kaiwen.

...But Doctor Kaiwen isn't even school staff, this big shot is just here for courtesy, occupying a building for research, and casually working as a Spirit Beast doctor—that building was funded by the doctor herself, the total cost was so high that Liu Feifan's hand trembled at a glance.

If Lin Guang really wanted to leave, although it might not be suitable morally, it wouldn't be blameworthy either… this small Experimental School truly cannot match his talent.

You can't force a kid to give up a better future, can you?

But Lin Guang actually didn't have the intention to leave?

And if that's the case, what was he brewing emotionally for so long?

Lin Guang couldn't help but hold his forehead, "I thought this was quite a big deal, moving the lineup for next year, and possibly needing to advance some training resources, it's hard to explain over the phone… and I was also thinking about coming to school for some training."

"Oh, it's all small things! All small things!"

Listening to this conversation, the Void Spirit Land Crow couldn't help but cover its eyes with its wings, sighing, "Ah, fool!"

After a while, Principal Liu normalized, thought for a moment, and asked, "Lin Guang, do you have any goals for this competition?"

"Round of sixteen?"

"Or be bold… make it to the quarterfinals?"

Principal Liu suddenly slapped his forehead, laughing as he said, "Speaking of which, although Lv Jiangxue didn't say it explicitly, wasn't it still related to us scraping into ninth place this year?"

This year's state competition was held in Zhen Sheng City. Lv Rui's cousin, as the captain of the Experimental School team this year, astonishingly achieved a miracle of one-to-two in a disadvantageous situation, narrowly defeating a public school from Nanhai City.

If Lin Guang hadn't helped her comprehend a Two-Star Natural Spirit Pattern at the Golden Mountain Hot Spring, she might have lost to the opponent's final burst; Lin Guang had even received her thank-you message before.

Seeing Lin Guang's noncommittal response, Principal Liu understood that he was wary of the contract signed when entering the Golden Mountain Hot Spring, so he changed the topic, saying, "Unlike this year, next year will be a 'prosperous year,' and the major sects and families will be focusing their attention."

The rewards for each high school league, except for some of the most basic ones, are not fixed.

This is understandable, after all, those at the pinnacle are not just tools or machines for holding competitions, but rather to select the true geniuses of the Spirit Master civilization.

Strength and weakness can certainly be discerned through the eyes of a True Man.

The more valuable the competition, the more attention they pay.

Even if the ranking isn't great, as long as one shows exceptional qualities, strong individuals and major powers will naturally take notice.

Moreover, next year's competition will have so many talents that it's almost inconceivable. In the past, Liu Feifan would never have dared to dream of such achievements for the Experimental School.

But if Lin Guang chose to participate... then he might dare to entertain the thought a little.

However.

Under his eager gaze, Lin Guang smiled and shook his head, saying calmly:

"The ranking? I have no thoughts about it."

"Ah, this..."

Principal Liu was taken aback.

In his impression, except for unexpected situations, with Lin Guang's personality, if he voluntarily proposed to do something, he surely had a degree of confidence.

He never straightforwardly "showed weakness" in something he decided to do.

"Just... could you tell me how you arrived at this conclusion?" Principal Liu asked tentatively.

Lin Guang replied calmly, "Considering the talents' grades and ranking, the species and attributes of spirit beasts, cultivation time, secret techniques, and inheritance... these 'paper data' comprehensively, with Jiang Nalan in Zhen Sheng City's points competition, it's unlikely for the Experimental School to advance as a seed team."

"According to the usual draw rules, my opponents are likely to be stronger and ahead of me."

Just like although the three major families are uncrowned kings in Zhen Sheng City, there are quite a few forces almost comparable to the three major families in the other two cities.

It doesn't have to be that strong; facing several opponents of Jiang Xinyue's caliber who also have a lead of a full year in cultivation time, it's really challenging for Lin Guang at the moment.

"So, based on objective reasoning, reaching the top sixteen with Senior Sister Leng would be a pretty good result."

Liu Feifan nodded heavily.

"But—"

Lin Guang's tone shifted:

"I believe that quantifying the strength of oneself and opponents, and setting an insurmountable barrier for oneself in competition, is extremely foolish behavior."

"If victory could be determined by rational analysis, then we might as well decide the outcome based on 'paper data' scores right after the draw, and skip the competition altogether."

"Victory and defeat can only be determined at the very last moment of battle."

"If you show fear in such a safe competition as the state tournament, regardless of the final result, as a Spirit Master, you've already lost your will, making it impossible to achieve greatness."

"Because on the real battlefield, you'll only face more dangerous challenges and obstacles, more easily shrinking back from hardships."

"So no matter how strong the opponent, how wide the gap, or how slim the odds, my goal can only be..."

Lin Guang's tone was decisive: "Victory."

These words left Liu Feifan stunned.

After a while, he regained his senses and sighed longingly, "Ah, what a pity."

"If I could have been more ambitious over the years, making the Experimental School better, perhaps we could attract more talented students, or even discuss cooperation with family sects, your burden would be much lighter."

"Now it seems, next year your only reliable teammate is Leng Shengnan."

"But..."

"Monsters like you who can't be measured by talent are still too few."

"Although Shengnan's battle awareness is excellent and she excels at unrestricted combat, her talent sequence is too far back, plus the drag of the Ice Fairy... Against those truly exceptional talents, there's probably really not much chance of winning, at most she might just weaken some of the opponent's status."

Regaining his composure, Lin Guang shook his head: "The Ice Fairy is a drag... that's not necessarily true."

Principal Liu was stunned again, then a touch of delight flashed in his eyes, and he subconsciously lowered his voice: "Are you saying that in Professor Zian's research notes... there's research related to the Ice Fairy?"

"Yes."

Lin Guang nodded earnestly, "The notebook I found at home indeed contains related records, but it requires rather rare spiritual materials."

"With a Tier Seven Secret Realm descending nearby, a large number of rare spiritual materials appeared on the market in Zhen Sheng City. There's no denying the possibility of the senior sister soaring high."

Unlike the White Phoenix Parrot, which at least had an irreplicable evolutionary type created by Professor Hu Tuzhi.

The evolutionary path for the Ice Fairy has always been a blank, with only unrealistic guesses and never-successful experiments.

But hearing these words, Principal Liu had no hesitation and said, "Tell me the names of the spiritual materials, and I will definitely help to keep an eye out!"

After Lin Guang's battle with Du Qing, he became a devoted "fanatic" of Lin Guang.

Whatever Lin Guang says or does, he would trust and support him unconditionally!

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