The Emperor God Wife Is Naughty
60. First Match

The first match will be tomorrow morning. To this day, the 20 great academies conducted a banquet led by Yeshan Academy from Ye City in the City Lord Residence in the center of the city near the arena building.

The deans joined together with the other deans in a more official room. While the tournament participants were in the other room enjoying the banquet service provided by the City Lord.

Xie Ran was in a corner of the room by himself with a glass of wine in his hand. Wine is low in alcohol so it will not get drunk easily. He looked outside the window, looking at the view of Ye City from the top floor quietly without saying a word or joining the others.

For more than a month, he felt empty. Although there were 4 cute animals, he still felt less without a certain Emperor bothering him. For a moment, Xie Ran thought Qu Xuanzi really did not return after he said those rude words. Somehow he regretted.

"Your Majesty won't break his words." Ann Rou suddenly appeared in human form leaning against the wall calmly watching the crowded banquet.

"I know." Xie Ran slightly drank the wine in his hands.

"Tomorrow is your first game, why not practice with the kids?"

"If I apply for practice, they'll complain because we've been training non-stop. At least for today they relax and socialize among other students of the academy to strengthen relations."

"I don't think that." Ann Rou looked at those children who looked saturated with boring banquets without any entertainment. "Why don't you just socialize?"

Xie Ran snorted. "That's not my forte. After all, I live as someone who is hated."

"I don't think so. There are many people who love you, but you don't realize it. Maybe if you pay attention one more time, you'll get an answer."

Xie Ran did not reply, but rather pondered on it. A lot of people care, but they always don't care. He only cares about what he achieves and acts rationally in carrying out the mission without considering anyone's feelings. It was already his daily intake, or even his life.

Seeing how boring Xie Ran was, Ann Rou sighed and parted. "I went for a walk." After that he disappeared like a ray without leaving a trace.

Xie Ran was still silent not responding for a while until finally a foreign and handsome man approached, the girl still did not notice.

"Xu Mo." The man introduced himself and smiled faintly at the girl.

Xie Ran slightly turned his head and nodded without speaking. It made Xu Mo feel this girl was attractive because normally no one would be cold to her let alone a girl. Even the girl from Tianshang Academy.

"The first time I was ignored, I felt hurt." Xu Mo was indeed a wry face making Xie Ran look at him stupidly.

"Then what should I do?"

Xu Mo chuckled. This girl between stupid and innocent made her look cute. "At least, tell me your name. If you're a match, we'll meet at a later time and already know each other."

"I don't know you."

"You already know me, I'm Xu Mo, from Shenyang Academy."

In the end Xie Ran introduced himself. "Xiao Ran."

"Tianshang Academy? You're quite famous as a team representative."

Xie Ran did not know he was that famous. She thought she would be a neglected girl and become an invisible shadow. Apparently he underestimated the reputation of Tianshang Academy.

"What did they say about me?" Xie Ran was curious as to how his reputation among these elite disciples was.

"Cold girl who loves to eat and is a loner. Outline like that." Xu Mo said honestly. After seeing Xie Ran's expressionless flat face, he immediately fixed his words. "It's just a rumor. After talking to you, you're pretty interesting."

"You're cold, but also plain and cute like plain paper pink... Sorry if it's not polite, I said the assessment based on my point of view. I also feel, you're a little mysterious that adds to your appeal."

"thank you. But, I'm not someone who can be judged easily." Honestly Xie Ran does not like to be said cute. He prefers to be mean, cruel or cold. He even preferred to be dubbed as the Devil because he did admit it.

"Other times, when I pay a visit to Tainshang Academy, I will look for you as an old acquaintance."

Xie Ran did not respond anymore but instead looked at Zhou Kui who was approaching him. The man looked sour in his own way.

Seeing Zhou Kui's presence, Xu Mo left immediately and joined his friends back. Zhou Kui looked at his departure and snorted.

"Don't get close to him. The Playboy of the Xu Clan was extremely shameless." Zhou Kui sneered. How dare that man approach his sister.

"What's wrong?" Xie Ran asked about Zhou Kui's arrival.

"About tomorrow's match, Pei Xi already got a record regarding the participants of Ouyang Academy. This first game won't be easy." Zhou Kui handed over a notebook regarding the students of Ouyang Academy.

Xie Ran read it, looking at the identity profile of each student and the skills possessed. Each of them had a king level cultivation technique and the highest was the Emperor. They have perfected it and become stronger than the level itself.

The Ouyang Academy group was in the corner of the banquet room, chatting ria and they were all men who had large and burly bodies. The aura that was brought was too arrogant and arrogant so that it made anyone disinclined towards him.

Xie Ran closed his notes and pressed his temple. A clicking sound rang out in his mind before his gaze turned into that of a robot performing scans on the target once the sound of the system was heard.

The average of them had physical strength no less powerful than him or even stronger. Their original combat abilities came from physical combat, not magic entirely despite having developed emperor-level magic. It is well worth being a tournament participant. Their strength could probably be recognized by Xie Ran regardless of how powerful enchantment magic was.

"They are worthy." The words of Xie Ran who acknowledged their strength made Zhou Kui sigh. Even Pei Xi and Xiao Ran acknowledged their strength, what was the power?

Xie Ran spoke back, "I've checked, they have the same qualifications as us. I think this fight is not easy and can produce balanced strength. But since this is the first fight, we cannot expend all our strength so as not to inflict a clear weakness in the eyes of the other participants."

"We're going to suppress our power while they're oppressing us?" Zhou Kui was slightly surprised by Xie Ran's plan.

"Trust me, I know what I'm doing. It's not wise to expend all the power on the first fight, it'll cause trouble."

"Actually the real threat is not Ouyang Academy." Pei Xi came along with the others and looked at them seriously. "There is a Yeshan Academy itself. If we get an individual fight with Yeshan Academy, our team is at a disadvantage."

"Therefore, in the first game, we must finish quickly and not give anyone a chance to see our true abilities." Xie Ran gave a solution. "Only at the time of the final match, we only use full strength and prepare the trump karfu. I'll plan it."

"I don't think it's good to talk about it here. Let's go back to the inn!" yan Yao exclaimed at them. In the end, they parted ways away from the boring banquet while they discussed the strategy together with the reserve members.

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The next day, was the day where the first match between Tianshang Academy and Ouyang Academy was held. The audience greeted enthusiastically and cheers excitedly saw their support academy take the stage.

In this match, not all of the core members entered the arena. Only Xie Ran, Pei Xi, Liu Chang, and Mei Liena were among the reserve members Jiang Jun, Yu Yin, and Qian Jue.

The reason why Zhong Xiaorong, Zhou Kui, and Yan Yao did not come along, was because they had different powers and intended for Xie Ran to hide for a while. Especially for the fairy-level magic Zhong Xiaorong. It wouldn't be that easy to let them all see it and let them see the weak-looking skin of Tianshang Academy—except Pei Xi and Xie Ran.

In front of them, the participants of Ouyang Academy took the stage together. Seven burly men with large and strong muscles. When compared to Tianshang Academy, they were much bigger and stronger.

"The match between Tianshang Academy and Ouyang Academy, begins!"