Chapter 513: Love Me, Love My Nest ~~,

pirit root", so in a short time, she could reach the tenth layer of Qi Condensation Realm.However, this also meant that her realm wasn't stable. For cultivators above Fifth Layer Sky to reach the tent...Chapter 513: Love House and Its Birds

"Why are you so late" Yu Rong also came over to ask.

"I got lost, I couldn't find the gym," Hao Ren said.

He looked around before asking again, "Isn't Yao Jia here"

Hearing this, Zhao Yanzi squeezed Hao Ren's arm hard, making him wince in pain.

"She was the one who arranged for us to watch the game, but she has something else going on and can't make it," Yu Rong looked at Hao Ren with surprise. "Didn’t she tell you"

“She did mention it, I’m not entirely sure...” Hao Ren said vaguely.

He had assumed that Xie Yaojia would come together with her brother.

In the venue, a dozen beauties were dancing energetically. Zhao Jiayan was sitting on the sidelines, drenched in sweat. Some of his teammates beside him looked dejected as well.

"What are you looking at!" Seeing Hao Ren gazing into the field, Zhao Yanzi put her palm up to block his view.

This beautiful young girl was really meddlesome; Hao Ren didn’t know whether he should feel happy or sad… Zhou Liren watched with a pounding heart.

“I’m not looking at the girls, I’m watching my classmate,” Hao Ren grabbed her arm and looked towards Jinghua University’s side of the court.

In comparison to Donghai University, Jinghua University was playing in their home ground with a full spirit. The captain of the Jinghua University basketball team, who was over two meters tall, was setting up tactics for the second half.

“Go Jinghua! Go Jinghua! Go Jinghua!”

The cheers from the opposite side of the venue were loud and in unison.

In this stadium which could accommodate ten thousand spectators, over five thousand alumni of Jinghua University had come to support them, almost taking up half the seats.

Most of them wore school uniforms, looking neat and imposing. Various banners fluttered, boosting morale for the Jinghua University basketball team.

In comparison, Donghai University only had a few hundred alumni who specially came from Beijing to watch the game, scattered across the seats.

"How can this be" Zhao Yanzi started to feel anxious as well.

Due to Hao Ren’s connection, she felt some attachment towards Donghai University. Especially since Donghai University represented Donghai City and Zhao Jiayan seemed like a close friend of Hao Ren, after overcoming numerous difficulties to reach the finals from various angles, she didn’t want Donghai University to lose.

After pondering for a moment, she took out her phone and made a call.

"What are you doing" Hao Ren turned his head to ask Zhao Yanzi as he was keeping an eye on the situation from both sides of the court.

"I didn't do anything!" Zhao Yanzǐ pouted.

The special music sounded, marking the start of the second half. The college basketball league used a common time regulation with four quarters, each lasting ten minutes. Hao Ren was almost half an hour late and missed two quarters of play.

Exhausted all over, Zhao Jiayin shook his head and continued to play. Facing Jinghua University, where the average height exceeded 2 meters, even if he had excellent jumping ability and physical strength, he still felt overwhelmed.

Indeed, Jinghua University, with a ten-point lead, played calmly, while Donghai University was somewhat disorganized.

Hao Ren used to not understand strategy but after practicing sword arrays and studying architectural design under Zhao Hongyu, as well as through the battles of soldiers, he gradually developed a sense of大局觀 (overall situation).

The five players from Donghai University each ran around chaotically, while Jinghua University steadily advanced, with every positioning and movement having its own meaning.

Hao Ren focused his gaze and suddenly noticed that the new captain of Jinghua University was faintly emitting a blue light: a Level Kan cultivator.

In a world where reaching Level Zhen was common for dragon cultivators, Level Kan seemed weak. However, compared to ordinary people, a Level Kan cultivator surpassed the peak of martial arts and thus was still very strong.

Rushing rushing rushing...

At this moment, a large number of spectators suddenly rushed in through the aisles leading to the stands.

All were dressed in white training uniforms, each over 1.8 meters tall. The two lower rings of stands near the court were mostly full, but the top ring was still empty.

These vast crowds immediately occupied the seats at the very top and looked down on Jinghua University's cheering group.

The basketball referee was momentarily startled by the sudden influx of white-clad spectators and nearly forgot to watch the game situation.

"Donghai University! Cheer on! Donghai University! Cheer on!"

The powerful cheer instantly drowned out Jinghua University's cheers, even scaring some students from Jinghua University into silence.

Hao Ren asked Zhao Yanzǐ, "Where did they come from"

"Uncle Sun’s martial arts academy has branches all over the country. The Beijing branch is also a large martial arts academy and not far from here," Zhao Yanzǐ said with a smile.

Hao Ren turned to look at the stands behind him, roughly calculating that there were 6000 martial artists!

Zhao Yanzǐ simply made one phone call to Sun Yun’s Beijing martial arts academy and directly mobilized a cheering group of 6000 people!

In the midst of the game where Zhao Jiayin failed to score, he suddenly heard the powerful cheers, looked up, and saw a huge banner unfurled at the top of the basketball arena: Hao Ren says, good brothers should cheer on!

Immediately, Zhao Jiayin wore a brilliant smile.

Damn you, brat, you finally showed up... And made such a big scene!

He looked back at his teammates, "Boys! The time of Donghai University has arrived!"

"Alright!" Seeing the vast sea of cheering supporters, the players from Donghai University's basketball team were instantly invigorated.

Their fight was not in isolation!

Hao Ren looked back at that banner and couldn’t help but smile. The banner had been hastily created with red cloth and black ink, yet its large characters were powerful and vigorous, not inferior to a specially made one!

And the words on this banner were exactly what Hao Ren wanted to convey to Zhao Jiayin!

Turning his head to look at Zhao Yanzi, he felt admiration for her quick wit. Zhao Yanzi sweetly smiled and gave Hao Ren a V sign with two fingers.

Good girl… Hao Ren gently said it in his heart.

But if this was spoken out loud, she would definitely hit him.

In the arena, Donghai University's basketball team’s fighting spirit returned instantly. Zhao Jiayin skillfully dribbled the ball and passed it behind his back; the ball smoothly bounced up, and the number 6 player who had already rushed to the basket grabbed the ball and easily scored two points.

Good…

The six thousand plus members of Sun Yun Martial Arts Academy cheered in unison.

This scene even made the home team, Jinghua University a bit nervous. Although Zhao Jiayin was eager to hear the girls’ wild cheers, such an imposing support had its own advantage in terms of morale.

“Go go go…”

While Zhao Jiayin ran on the basketball court, he directed them as well. His fighting spirit had originally been crushed, but Hao Ren’s appearance reminded him of their previous battles against Jinghua University at Donghai University's gymnasium; the enmity between the two universities forced him to not give up.

The captain of Jinghua University was a Kan-level martial artist, but facing Zhao Jiayin, who had gradually absorbed some residual spiritual energy from Hao Ren, he wasn’t particularly at an advantage.

Xie Wanjun relied on years of basketball competition to reach the pinnacle of martial arts strength, equivalent to the third layer of Concentrate Spirit Technique. And since Zhao Jiayin slept under Hao Ren’s bed, some of the qi from the heavens and earth that Hao Ren cultivated flowed into Zhao Jiayin's body, allowing him to also achieve the second level of Concentrate Spirit Technique.

The basketball competition wasn’t solely about physical strength; Zhao Jiayin’s reaction speed, control over his team members, was superior to Jinghua University’s new captain.

Shua… shua… shua…

Donghai University's basketball team was in a triumphant surge and managed to regain six points!

But even so, they were still two points behind!

The third quarter came to an end!

Zhao Jiayin’s entire basketball outfit was soaked through, including his sneakers. But as the core player of the team, he had to play the full game!

"Oh come on, it's the finals now, don't lose!" Cao Ronghua, who was sitting next to Zhou Liren, said a bit nervously.

"Damn! You're such a jinx!" Huang Jianfeng glared at Cao Ronghua fiercely.

He usually enjoyed watching movies and wasn't very interested in basketball. However, this time, he had also emptied his own pockets to support Zhao Jiayin, traveling by train with Zhou Liren to Beijing to cheer for Zhao Jiayin.

Zhao Yanzi didn’t quite understand the guys' affairs but seeing Hao Ren so engrossed in it, she felt that this basketball game was also very important. In her heart, she hoped that they would win too.

After returning to the sideline, Zhao Jiayin was about to pick up a towel when his phone on the long bench suddenly vibrated.

Zhao Jiayin saw an unfamiliar number and hesitated for half a second before picking it up anyway.

"This is Xie Wanjun," a calm voice came through from the other end of the phone.

Zhao Jiayin's back straightened abruptly. The terrifying training that Xie Wanjun had given him was still fresh in his memory, and hearing Xie Wanjun’s voice now made his nerves tense up.

"You only have two minutes left. Put your phone on speaker and call everyone over," Xie Wanjun instructed via the phone with a commanding tone.

Zhao Jiayin quickly gathered all the players around him; indeed, there was only a brief two-minute break between the third and fourth quarters.

"I'm in America. I wanted to come personally but couldn't make time for it, so I've been watching the live stream online. You have only two minutes left, pay close attention," Xie Wanjun's voice echoed through Zhao Jiayin’s phone speaker.

"After observing the first three quarters of play, Beihua University has a new captain; we can't use our previous tactics against them anymore. The old Beihua University favored long passes and quick counterattacks to leverage their rebounding advantage, but now they tend towards short passes and fast attacks with their strategy centered around their captain. So in the fourth quarter, you must play like this..."

The majority of players on Donghai University's team were Xie Wanjun’s old subordinates; hearing his voice made them feel increasingly close to him and deeply moved.

Even though Xie Wanjun was in America, he still cared about them. Especially for those graduating seniors this year, after today’s game, they would truly graduate, making it their final chance at glory; thus, their desire to win grew even stronger.

"Our goal is..." In the end, Xie Wanjun asked on the phone.

“National Champion!”

The dozen players gathered around the phone shouted in unison.

The special music played once more, marking the start of the final quarter.

Donghai University’s basketball players returned to the court with a completely different demeanor and body language.

"Looks like we're going to win," Zhao Yanzi leaned close to Hao Ren's shoulder and said with a smile.

"You've got your share of功勞 (merit)," Hao Ren looked at her and said, crinkling the corners of his eyes.

“I'll let you kiss me if we win,” Zhao Yanzi shrugged and said.y Mountain Sect arrived with overwhelming force to watch over the Mysterious Peak; Hao Ren naturally used all means necessary to fight back, even destroying more than half of the Heavenly Mountain Sec...