In the end, the two of them didn’t actually beat Copico. After all, they had just met and would be classmates from now on. It was better to stay on good terms, right?
So, they settled for one putting him in a headlock while the other poked his sides, making Copico howl in pain.
Once they were finished, the two returned to their seats feeling refreshed. Copico, meanwhile, lay on the ground trembling, twitching occasionally. Anyone who didn't know better would have thought he’d been manhandled by ten large men.
He crawled back up and asked resentfully, “Can I at least get a reason?”
Renomon replied, “Leona is my big sister.”
Zhang Ye nodded. “Right, Leona is his big sister.”
Copico looked at Zhang Ye with a face full of confusion.
Fine, it made sense for the brother to be upset, but what was his excuse?
Copico felt a bit disgruntled, but he soon regained his energetic self and asked excitedly, “So, have you guys thought of anything?”
After a moment of silence, Renomon was the first to speak. “I’m from the Salomon family, so I’ll go with ‘Crimson Flame Lion’!”
Zhang Ye asked in confusion, “Wait, why ‘Crimson Flame Lion-Dad’?”
Renomon’s face darkened. “It’s ‘Crimson Flame Lion’!”
Zhang Ye gave an awkward laugh. “Oh, right, right.”
Then Zhang Ye looked at Lina and Samanra. “What about you two?”
Samanra thought for a moment and said, “I’m from the Wind Spirit family, so I’ll just go with ‘Spirit of the Wind.’”
Zhang Ye chimed in, “‘Lymph of the Wind’?”
Samanra’s forehead also sprouted dark lines. “It’s ‘Spirit of the Wind’...”
Zhang Ye chuckled. “Haha, got it, got it.”
Everyone looked at him, feeling a mix of speechlessness and amusement.
The first time might have been a mistake, but the second time was definitely on purpose!
Lina thought for a long time but couldn’t come up with anything, so she said to Zhang Ye, “Ye, why don’t you help me pick one?”
Zhang Ye gave a cheeky grin. “Heh, you’ve asked the right person. I’m the little prince of naming. I guarantee I’ll give you a cool and magnificent title!”
“Mm-hmm!” Lina looked excited, and the others watched him expectantly.
Zhang Ye said, “You’re from the Lionheart Empire and have a light-attribute constitution, so you shall be called... ‘Rich Lady’!”
Everyone: “...”
Lina’s lips twitched, unsure whether to cry or laugh.
Seeing everyone’s expressions, Zhang Ye couldn't help but burst into laughter. He then looked at Lina. “I’m just messing with you. Lina, how about ‘Flash’?”
In his old world, Tracer had another translated name: Flash.
Zhang Ye hoped that Lina could break free from the shackles of being the “Peerless Joke of the Lionheart Empire” and become the brightest light, unbothered by anything.
“Flash... Flash...” Lina murmured, the starlight in her eyes growing brighter.
She gave Zhang Ye a brilliant smile. “Yes, I like it very much!”
“Thank you, Ye!”
The three of them had chosen their titles, so everyone turned their gaze toward Zhang Ye. “Ye, what about you? What title are you going to take?”
“Whatever works,” Zhang Ye said casually. “Let’s go with ‘The Suave, Handsome, Dashing, Beloved-by-All, Flower-Blooming, Full-Attribute, All-Encompassing, Zero-Blind-Spot, Humanoid Magical Self-Propelled Artillery Battery.’”
Everyone: “...”
Wait a minute!
Are you reciting a poem here?!
A title that long counts for ten of anyone else’s!
“Ye, isn’t that... a bit too long?” Lina said, stifling a laugh.
“Long? This is already the condensed version. I still have dozens of idioms in my head I haven't used yet. If I weren't afraid the readers would catch me fluffing the word count...” Zhang Ye grumbled.
Everyone: “...”
After finishing breakfast, the group went to see the training grounds and the combat arenas. With Zhang Ye and Copico as the resident jokers, the group was constantly laughing.
Even Samanra had a beautiful smile on her face; it was clear that this beauty wasn't actually cold-hearted.
With laughter and joy all the way, the group quickly grew much closer.
“Strange, why haven’t we seen Nan?” Zhang Ye had been looking for Nan’s figure the whole way, but even after a full lap around the academy, he was nowhere to be found.
“Nan? Is that the freshman number one, Nan?” Copico said. “He’s incredible. His points broke the academy’s previous record by three times!”
Everyone looked at Zhang Ye with knowing smiles.
The reason for it was understood by everyone except Copico. Even Samanra could guess it was because of Zhang Ye.
After all, Zhang Ye had robbed Nan along with everyone else. If he returned so many points to them, he would definitely have returned them to Nan as well. It was highly likely that Nan’s sky-high points were all given by him.
To be honest, she had guessed correctly.
“Nan might have gone to the library,” Samanra suggested. “The library holds many magic books. Basically all freshmen go there.”
Zhang Ye’s eyes lit up upon hearing this.
Magic books?
Didn't that mean a lot of magic?
Ella said his analysis could parse magic from magic books, so what was he waiting for?
“Then let’s go! I can’t wait!” Zhang Ye said excitedly.
Little spells, wait for your big brother to come and analyze you!
The group headed toward the library.
Meanwhile, on the other side.
Nan looked at the surrounding buildings with a scrunched-up face, staring at the map on his badge.
“Where... is the library?”
...
The group arrived at the library and couldn't help but marvel at the grand architecture.
This library was way too big!
It had to be over five hundred meters wide from left to right!
Not to mention how incredibly tall it was!
Just how many books were inside!
Zhang Ye’s eyes were glowing like lightbulbs (ΦωΦ)—just how much magic was inside!
As they stepped into the library, they were greeted by row after row of bookshelves, packed densely as far as the eye could see.
This was a true sea of books!
Zhang Ye randomly pulled out a book to analyze, and instantly, over a dozen spells were added to his mind!
However, a large portion of them could not be analyzed because the records were incomplete. They only noted the effects and stories of the magic along with some editors’ opinions, and many were even incorrect without clear learning methods.
It made sense; these books were likely meant to improve a student’s understanding of magic rather than for learning it directly.
To truly learn magic, one had to go to the second floor of the library.
Although there were many books on the first floor, those with complete learning methods were few and far between.
Even so, with so many books, the amount of magic inside was staggering. Even if only one in every few books could be learned, there were still thousands of them.
Furthermore, Zhang Ye could analyze and learn even some of the incomplete magic records.
As long as the records were somewhat detailed and not ridiculously wrong, Zhang Ye’s system could perform a reverse deduction to complete them.
However, the time required to analyze such “incomplete magic” was several times longer than for “complete magic.”
But Zhang Ye was still very excited. Regardless of the analysis time, he would learn them all first!
And so, his perception, which exceeded that of a One-star Saint-tier, spread out. He could analyze every spell recorded in the books within his perception range!
Analyze!
With this analysis, Zhang Ye’s eyes nearly popped out of his head!
There were tens of thousands of spells!
Good grief!
Although ninety percent of them were “incomplete magic” and would take longer to analyze, being able to learn this many spells was enough to make Zhang Ye ecstatic.
Not to mention, there were even Saint-tier spells among them!
He had hit the jackpot!
Unfortunately, the second floor of the library had perception isolation; otherwise, Zhang Ye would have wanted to learn every single spell recorded in the entire library.
Entering the second floor required Permission Level. Freshmen did not have the permission to go up; they could only increase it by completing missions or making contributions to the academy.
The group huddled in the library for half a day, only coming out reluctantly after the sun had set to head to the canteen for dinner.
Zhang Ye also thoughtfully ordered a meal for Gujiu. Everyone chatted as they ate, sharing the things they had seen in the library books and exchanging views.
After dinner, they returned to their respective dorms. When Zhang Ye left, he conveniently packed a breakfast portion for Nan as well.
Judging by the BBQ session in the secret realm, Nan was also a closet foodie.
However, when Zhang Ye returned, he found that Nan wasn't back yet.
Just then, the freshman badges suddenly flashed, popping up a magic projection.
Zhang Ye looked at it and grinned.
It turned out there would be a Freshman Welcome Party in ten days. Both new and old students could sign up to perform.
A welcome party—that was a great stage!
Performing on stage and showing oneself off might even grant priority dating prospects for the upcoming school year!
The key point was that there were rewards!
First place would receive three thousand points and a good amount of cultivation resources!
Zhang Ye felt it was necessary to participate.
He would discuss it with the others tomorrow.
Ding-dong! Suddenly, the doorbell rang, making Zhang Ye happy.
Was Nan back?
But he immediately dismissed the possibility.
Nan didn't need to ring the doorbell.
He opened the door and walked to the front yard, finding a girl in a school uniform.
“Hello, Junior. My name is Rolman. I’m here to deliver your school uniforms and rewards!” The senior sister immediately gave Zhang Ye a warm smile upon seeing him. “What was your rank in the freshman exam?”
Hearing this, Zhang Ye hurried forward. “Hello, Senior. I’m Zhang Ye, fourth place.”
“Mm, that matches. Here are your school uniforms and rewards; they’re all inside the ring.” Rolman handed over a low-grade space ring.
This ring only had a few cubic meters of storage space, but it was more than enough for uniforms and rewards.
“Where is the other one?” Rolman asked. “He’s named Nan, right? The freshman number one.”
Zhang Ye said, “He’s out.”
“I see... then please give the ring to him for me,” Rolman said with a smile.
Zhang Ye asked, “Aren't you afraid I’ll pocket the rewards?”
“Not at all. This ring can only be opened if it matches the school badge,” Rolman laughed. “Besides, Junior is so handsome; I believe you’re not that kind of person.”
Upon hearing this, Zhang Ye immediately shook his head. “You caught me. As expected, being too handsome is a real hassle; I have no privacy at all. Sigh.”
Rolman: “...”
After seeing the senior sister off, Zhang Ye didn't check the rewards immediately. Instead, he muttered, “Strange, why isn't Nan back so late? Could he be lost?”
Ella flew out and said, “How did you reach that conclusion? Nan is so strong and has a map; how could he get lost?”
Zhang Ye shook his head. “You don’t understand. This has nothing to do with strength. In my world, there’s a Sword Saint named Zoro who was a complete airhead when it came to directions.”
“Whatever, I’ll go look for him.”
With that, his powerful Divine Sense perception spread out.
With a fifteen-kilometer search radius, he immediately found the mana fluctuations belonging to Nan.
“Let me see... Nan is at... Holy crap, why did he run off to the back mountains? Was he lured there by some senior sister?!” Zhang Ye was shocked and immediately said, “No way, I have to go save him!”
With that, he rushed straight toward the back mountains.
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