28: Chapter 28 I Will Definitely Catch Up with You
"Oh, I wanted to notify you that, considering the leveling needs of some high school seniors in the city, the leadership has decided to organize students to go out of town for leveling."
"I specifically called to let you know. I didn't expect you to have already headed out of town to level up ahead of time."
Hearing the principal's words, Tang Mo's heart warmed first, followed by a sense of surprise.
Since it was organized by the city, there certainly wouldn't be just Tang Mo alone.
It seemed that besides Tang Mo, others in Jiangkou City had also reached Level 10.
Out of curiosity, Tang Mo couldn't help but ask the principal who else had reached Level 10.
"Hahaha, not many, just Tu Xiaoxia, and from the Fifth Middle School, one named Gao Jin and another student named Wang Kun."
Tang Mo couldn't help but be a bit surprised; the Fifth Middle School actually had the strength to have two people reach Level 10 alongside Tu Xiaoxia.
One had to know, Tu Xiaoxia was a Legendary Class Professional.
However, Lin Hanwen on the other end of the phone didn't seem to care much.
"No need to be surprised; the principal of the Fifth Middle School spent a fortune to get those two kids to Level 10."
"Compared to you and Tu Xiaoxia, they are far behind."
Lin Hanwen's voice overflowed with deep pride.
"What level are you now?"
To avoid the principal being too shocked by knowing he was already Level 18, Tang Mo lied and said he was Level 16.
Although Lin Hanwen already knew Tang Mo was Level 14 during the beast tide,
he still couldn't help but be intensely surprised after learning Tang Mo was Level 16.
"Good lad, I really don't know how you level up."
"However, don't get complacent."
"You saw Tu Xiaoxia's father last time, so you should have some understanding of her family background."
"If you don't work hard, she could overtake you at any time."
Tang Mo knew the principal was cautioning him.
Reality was indeed like that.
For someone with a background like Tu Xiaoxia, leveling up was simply too easy.
This was reality, a reality one had to admit.
"I understand, Principal. I won't be complacent or slack off."
On the other end of the phone, Lin Hanwen gave a satisfied grunt and hung up.
Since Tang Mo had his own methods, he would let him level up on his own.
The leveling spots the city helped prepare might not necessarily be suitable for Tang Mo.
After hanging up, Tang Mo continued to search the internet for information regarding the Unified Examination.
In Ning Tong City, inside the Dayang Guild Consul's office.
A frustrated Li Ming was angrily questioning the guild's subordinates.
"Well? Did you find them?"
The people standing there presented what they had found to Li Ming one after another.
"This was found in the mouth of a dead beast; it looks like Hai Zhongsheng's clothes."
"This is an arm belonging to Second Qu. It has been identified by his family, confirming it's him."
...
Li Ming waved his hand, signaling them to stop talking.
Then he turned his head to look at the slick-haired Ma Xueyi in the office.
"It's all confirmed now. It seems Little Ma wasn't wrong."
"Hmph! To dare touch people from my Dayang Guild, they truly don't know the heights of the heavens. If I don't make them pay the price, where will the face of my Dayang Guild go!"
Ma Xueyi showed a respectful smile on the surface, but couldn't help thinking, 'With all the dirty things your Dayang Guild does, what face do you even have left?'
In Ning Tong City, the Dayang Guild was notorious.
They did almost everything from swindling to kidnapping, and every time something happened, they would find a subordinate to take the fall.
Most Professionals in Ning Tong City were ashamed of them, but they feared their strength, harboring anger they dared not voice.
However, none of this had anything to do with Ma Xueyi.
He only wanted to use the Dayang Guild's power to raise his own level.
The old and shrewd Li Ming naturally saw through Ma Xueyi's thoughts.
"As long as Little Ma can help my Dayang Guild find that kid, I, Li, will put it plainly: in the future, if you want to clear a dungeon, you just need to say the word, and our Dayang Guild's dungeon teams will open their doors for you."
Hearing this, Ma Xueyi's eyes immediately squinted into slits with joy.
"Thank you for your care, Consul. To be able to work for the Dayang Guild is the fortune of my three lifetimes!"
Li Ming nodded with satisfaction; this young man was very good at social niceties, and he was very pleased.
Although the guild was large, it still needed the injection of fresh blood.
Li Ming looked at Ma Xueyi and nodded repeatedly, clearly very fond of him.
Then he turned to the people standing behind him and said: "Notify Zhao Zhen, Sun Hao, and Zhou Ming to bring their squads."
"Once Little Ma finds the guy who killed Hai Zhongsheng, take care of him!"
"Remember to do it cleanly."
"Yes!"
"You must perform well, Little Ma."
Ma Xueyi nodded hurriedly.
...
Tang Mo had already seen a great deal of information regarding the Unified Examination online.
But he found that the topics for the Unified Examination were different every time.
Some involved fighting fierce beasts at a specific location, with the final score determined by the number of beasts killed.
Others were matches between Professionals, similar to a martial arts tournament.
The longer one lasted, the better the results.
The final winner would be the first place in the Unified Examination.
Still others required Professionals to go through pre-set obstacle courses.
The courses also included many bonus point items, and in the end, the ranking was determined based on the score.
Not only these, but a whole list of various other assessment contents followed, none of which were the same.
This made Tang Mo a bit uncertain about what form this Unified Examination would take.
If it were hunting beasts, Tang Mo naturally wouldn't fear it.
But if it were obstacle courses or matches between Professionals, it would be hard to say.
Just the Unified Examination was so unpredictable; the difficulty of getting into Xiafu University would be even higher.
Tang Mo knew that every year, Xiafu University would have its own special assessment content.
However, exactly what it was, no one knew.
Previous students only revealed that it was very, very hard.
"Sigh, thinking about this is useless. Increasing my level as quickly as possible is the way to go."
Unable to find any clues, Tang Mo had no choice but to close the webpage and search for information related to Xiafu University instead.
On the other side, Tu Xiaoxia was being led by an elite team to kill monsters in the Undead Mountain Dungeon.
Originally, Tu Xiaoxia, who was only Level 11, could not enter the dungeon.
But her father was the Guild Leader of the Tyrant Slaughter Guild, and he could easily obtain some rare items for her.
Among these was an item that could ignore the dungeon level limit.
This allowed Tu Xiaoxia to enter a Level 20 dungeon at Level 11.
The experience rewards for killing higher-level monsters were naturally much greater.
Moreover, under the leadership of the Tyrant Slaughter Guild's elite squad, Tu Xiaoxia and the others entered a nightmare difficulty dungeon.
Although it couldn't compare to the difficulty of a purgatory difficulty dungeon, the experience points gained would naturally not be small.
Furthermore, Tu Xiaoxia also possessed a Dungeon Entry Ticket, which could ignore the limit on the number of dungeon entries.
At this moment, her experience points were rapidly skyrocketing.
She had already learned from her father that Tang Mo was already Level 14.
Tu Xiaoxia worked so hard because she didn't want to lose to Tang Mo.
Looking at her almost full experience bar, a flash of determination crossed Tu Xiaoxia's eyes.
"Just wait, I will definitely catch up to you!"