Chapter 108 Student Exchange Meeting (1)
October 13, 2515 in the new calendar.
All major intersections in and out of Linnan City are under martial law by the magic special police force, and everyone entering and leaving is subject to identity checks.
Because today is the day of the national student exchange meeting between Tianji Magic Academy and the Fourth Magic Academy of the East Sun Alliance.
The predecessor of the East Sun Alliance was the East Sun Empire. The East Sun Alliance was a country integrated after the Third World War (the First Magic War) of the Tianxuan World. The East Sun Empire defeated dozens of surrounding countries, incorporated these countries into its territory, and established the East Sun Alliance.
There are four first-class magic powers in the eastern continent of the Tianxuan World, namely the Great Qin Empire, the East Sun Alliance Wan Yao Dynasty and the Great Seal Alliance.
These four countries are in a four-legged tripod in the entire eastern continent, and there are occasional frictions.
Among them, the country with the most origins with the Great Qin Empire is the East Sun Alliance.
A thousand years ago, the East Sun Alliance was just a younger brother of the Great Qin Empire, but hundreds of years ago, the Great Xin Dynasty, the dynasty before the Great Qin, aroused civil unrest due to the pedantry of the rulers, coupled with the invasion of Western countries, which plunged the Great Xin Dynasty into war.
In this war that lasted for nearly a hundred years, the East Japan Empire took advantage of the situation and occupied most of the territory of the Great New Dynasty. It even conducted inhumane experiments on the people of the Great New Dynasty and launched several massacres, making the people of the Great New Dynasty hate this country to the core.
Under external and internal troubles, the Great New Dynasty quickly collapsed. The founding emperor of the Great Qin Empire, Emperor Qin, unified the country with a domineering momentum, defeated the East Japan Empire, and ushered in the rebirth of this country.
The world gradually returned to peace, but the war between the Great Qin and the East Japan Empire never stopped, and lasted for decades until magic came.
Magicians emerged, and there were very few resources that could be used by magicians. Therefore, the Third World War broke out. The Great Qin Empire and the East Japan Empire counted the new and old hatreds together, and the most intense war in the East broke out.
In the Third World War, magicians emerged for the first time and were valued by various countries. Therefore, various countries began to continuously cultivate combat magicians to fight.
Daqin and the East Japan Empire were no exception. The wars between the two countries were fought back and forth, with both sides winning and losing. When other regions gradually became peaceful, the war between the two countries had a tendency to intensify. So other countries came forward to mediate, which ended the large-scale war between the two countries, but the small-scale wars never stopped.
It was not until two years ago that the Destroyed Monarch launched a strong attack in the Battle of Kagoshima, which ushered in a brief peace between the two sides.
Today's East Japan Alliance was established on the basis of the original territory of the East Japan Empire. In this alliance, the emperor is the supreme ruler and has absolute authority.
This student exchange meeting is the first official exchange meeting between the two countries in a hundred years, so both sides attach great importance to it.
Southeast Province is the person in charge of this exchange meeting. Linnan City is where the East Japan Empire carried out the massacre. The senior officials of Southeast Province are very clear about the hatred of the people towards the East Japan Alliance, so they imposed martial law in advance to prevent the people from doing anything out of line.
The magic special police force was fully deployed, and martial law was imposed along the way from the airport to Tianji Magic Academy. It rose to the level of diplomacy between the two countries and had to be taken seriously.
A huge banner was hung at the entrance of Tianji Magic Academy, which read "Welcome the East Japan Alliance Student Exchange Group", but most of the students who came in and out of the banner were dismissive. They were sworn enemies with the East Japan Alliance. If the East Japan Alliance's student exchange visit had not been approved by the cabinet, they would not have welcomed the East Japan Alliance to come here.
Although today is the day when the student exchange meeting begins, most students ignore it. After all, they are just spectators this time, and the school has already decided on the exchange candidates.
At this moment, in the school conference room, the administrative head of the Southeast Province sat in the first seat with a dignified face, and spoke seriously to the participants of the meeting: "I am also very unhappy to hold an exchange meeting with the East Japan Alliance, but who can blame our Great Qin for being a country of etiquette, so I hope you will not be too extreme, at least save face."
Hong Tu, the vice president of Tianji Magic Academy, smiled slightly: "Please rest assured, senior officials, we will definitely make them feel at home, but if they take the initiative to cause trouble..."
"My Great Qin is not afraid of those inferior nations!" The senior official waved his hand and said very proudly.
Hong Tu smiled and nodded, he was not afraid with this imperial sword.
"Time is almost up, the exchange group of the East Japan Alliance should be here soon." The secretary of the senior official said softly.
The senior official nodded slightly: "Then I will see how your Tianji Magic Academy performs next. Don't bring shame to the Empire."
"No, our students are still very strong."
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At 7:30 in the morning, a convoy stopped at the gate of the National Tianji Magic Academy, and the exchange group of the Fourth Magic Academy of the East Japan Alliance got off the car under the leadership of the teacher Yae Shengren.
Hong Tu squinted his eyes and smiled, but this smile looked hypocritical. Bei Ming Zhiyao beside him reminded him speechlessly: "Vice Principal, no matter how unwelcome you are, you have to go over for face."
"Oh!" Hong Tu responded softly, Bei Ming Zhiyao was a little helpless, looking at the leader of the East Japan Alliance, and found something wrong at a glance.
This teacher is too young, probably not even 25 years old, and he has become the highest leader of the East Japan Alliance in this exchange meeting?
With a gentle smile on his face, Yae Shengren walked step by step in front of Hong Tu and stretched out his right hand: "This is the first time we meet, I am Yae Shengren, the leader of this exchange group."
Speaking fluently in Da Qin dialect will inevitably make people look at him, and when he extends his hand, he bows slightly, which is very polite and makes it difficult for people to feel hostile.
Yae? Beiming Zhiyao's eyes narrowed slightly. This is a famous surname in the Dongri Alliance and even the entire world. This surname represents one of the highest standards in the magic world of the Dongri Alliance.
The Yae Family, one of the Ten Amaterasu Families, is a top-notch magic family that can compete with the Great Qin [Ten Amaterasu Families]!
Hong Tu stretched out his right hand and shook it with Yae Shengren: "You can serve as the leader of this team at a young age. You are young and promising."
Yae Shengren smiled slightly: "Vice Principal Hong is ridiculous. I can't be called promising with my level. But I have long heard about the illustrious reputation of the National No. 1 Magic High School. This high school has cultivated outstanding students for your country. What an outstanding magician.”
"This time our students also want to see the standard of students from your school. Don't let us down."
A glint flashed in Hong Tu's eyes, and the corners of his mouth curved up, seeming to be disdainful and frivolous: "I hope the blow to you will not be too great."
"Haha." The Eightfold Saint smiled and released his palm.
When we met for the first time, although there was no real sword or gun, the sharpness of the words was no less than the confrontation of real swords and guns. It was like dark clouds covering the sun, giving people a cold feeling all over.
Hong Tu and Yao Shengren both had smiles on their faces, but their eyes were as cold as ice.
Seeing that the atmosphere was becoming more and more tense and no one was willing to speak, Bei Ming Zhiyao smiled slightly and took two steps forward: "Everyone has come a long way and has been working hard all the way. You must be tired, so why not go to the rest room to rest first? We have prepared breakfast for you to enjoy.”
The Eighth Level Saint Ren turned his head to look at Bei Ming Zhi Yao, with a look of surprise in his eyes. Although he had seen Bei Ming Zhi Yao in photos, his elegant and noble temperament was still amazing.
"This must be the student council president Bei Ming Zhiyao. Please give me some advice."
Beiming Zhiyao smiled and made an invitation gesture: "Please."
As soon as he finished speaking, Vice Principal Hong Tu turned around and walked in at the lead, regardless of etiquette.
Beiming Zhiyao felt helpless, but she still understood the vice principal's character, so she didn't say anything.
The Eighth Level Saint's expression remained as usual and he didn't care much. Etiquette and etiquette were just the most superficial attitude and could not affect anything. It would be humble to pursue such a trivial matter.
Then he led the students from the Fourth Magic Academy into the gate of Tianji Magic Academy.
Students from the Qin Empire National Tianji Academy of Magic and the Dongri Alliance National Fourth Academy of Magic announced the official start of this student exchange meeting when they walked into the school gate.
Everything is proceeding step by step, but is there any unknown hostility lurking under this seemingly gentle exchange?
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(To be continued)