Daily Life in the Countryside After Being Reborn

Chapter 843: Chapter 9: Dominating the Scene (Part 2)

After confirming that the competition in the auditorium had ceased, Xiao Xian put away the vincetoxicum fern.

Under the gaze of more than a hundred pairs of eyes, she braced herself as the vincetoxicum fern rapidly shrank. When its roots deeply embedded underground were retracted, cracks appeared on the cement floor.

With each additional crack, the vice dean of the Biological Engineering College couldn’t help but twitch his eyebrows.

The vincetoxicum fern finally shrank to the size of a shuttlecock, and Xiao Xian casually tossed it into her clutch bag, which she carried with her evening dress.

"It seems everyone enjoyed tonight’s welcome event," Michael coughed.

The auditorium was in complete disarray, with a huge pit below the chandelier emitting a chilly air.

The remaining floor was cracked into countless patterns under the rooting of the vincetoxicum fern, not to mention the tables and chairs that were missing legs and arms and the glass cups shattered across the floor.

Merely repairing the damaged auditorium required substantial funds and time. The vice dean wore a miserable expression until representatives from the Roster family and Christopher family expressed their willingness to fund the repair, which brought a reluctant smile to his face.

Upon leaving the auditorium, Xiao Xian had transformed from an inconspicuous exchange student from China into a super exchange student with infinite potential and a spiritual plant.

"I didn’t realize that a Plant Spirit was such an incredible thing; I always thought feathergrass was just a peculiar plant," Yiyi learned of Wang Shuai’s efforts to rescue her and felt grateful, yet she also resented him slightly for leaving Xiao Xian. If anything had happened to Xiao Xian, she would have felt extremely guilty.

Yiyi had also used the vincetoxicum fern when constructing the watermelon shed, thinking it resembled feathergrass and simply called it that. She only knew that the grass could grow large or small and was highly durable. She didn’t expect that this magical plant was a Plant Spirit.

"Xiao Xian, I was too careless this time, forcing you to reveal your abilities in front of others," Wang Shuai assumed Xiao Xian knew the origins of the Plant Spirit. Generally speaking, as a Cultivator, everyone had their own life-saving trump cards. He thought the vincetoxicum fern was Xiao Xian’s trump card.

"Actually, even I didn’t know how the vincetoxicum fern rooted itself and grew in a critical moment. I also didn’t know why everyone reacted so strongly when they saw a Plant Spirit," Xiao Xian admitted to Yiyi after returning to their apartment.

"No one expected that Aisha and Anna, who appeared halfway, would be so powerful," Yiyi was somewhat dejected after witnessing their comparison. She had already felt her strength was relatively weak among the exchange students, and the ’sound wave’ incident that night confirmed it further.

Initially, Yiyi consoled herself by thinking that Xiao Xian had the Spiritual Rhinoceros Scissors while she had her hand-to-hand combat skills, so she shouldn’t be too inferior. But now it seemed that in the face of a sudden attack, she had to rely on Wang Shuai’s help, while Xiao Xian, in a crisis, had activated another function of the vincetoxicum fern. Although she knew she should be proud of Xiao Xian’s growth, she couldn’t help feeling a bit lost.

"It’s better to know the opponent’s strength early on than in the middle or at the last minute. Don’t be too discouraged. You saw what happened tonight. Other than a few Gold Grade leaders and special intermediates like Ye Heng, almost everyone else was affected. I was just lucky to have the vincetoxicum fern with me," Xiao Xian didn’t intend to use her luck as a reflection of her strength.

"Don’t comfort me. I need to train harder," Yiyi clenched her fist, determined not to be defeated easily.

Xiao Xian and Yiyi weren’t the only ones inspired by the welcome event.

The British exchange student delegation gathered immediately after the event.

"I didn’t expect so many experts to emerge during this exchange activity," said Little John as he stood with his hands behind his back in the room assigned to the leaders.

"Experts, do you mean including Aisha? I disagree," Anna continued to voice her dissent, still distressed about her violin bow, an heirloom crafted by a renowned bow maker two centuries ago, with only two in existence worldwide.

"Her progress in the past two years is evident. Even if she can only tie with you now, who knows what the result will be in two more years," Little John was straightforward and didn’t sugarcoat his words, "Moreover, our focus this time is on the Chinese exchange student who has just emerged and holds a Plant Spirit."

"John, I don’t think there’s anything to make a fuss about a Plant Spirit. In my eyes, it’s mostly useful for defense. I believe the male student in the Chinese delegation should have decent strength, at least comparable to their leader. It seems strange for such a person to be among the intermediates," stated Kwak, the man who had fetched Anna’s violin earlier.

"What’s to fear? They have an extraordinarily strong intermediate student, and we have hidden Lorraine," Anna smiled sweetly, knowing her actions that night would only draw attention to herself, diverting attention from the truly skilled, absent, injured member of their delegation.

"Lorraine’s injury turned out to be a blessing in disguise. I believe we can break the host’s tradition of taking the lead in this exchange activity," Little John raised his glass, clinking it with the others, "Let’s toast to winning this exchange activity’s reward, a map detailing the Mirage Gate’s whereabouts." (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please visit Qidian () to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)