Mage Joan

Wandering around, Qiao An saw that the "big stomach king eating melon contest" was being held on the first floor of the gymnasium. The time limit was two minutes to see who could eat the most watermelon. There should be no red flesh left, otherwise it would be eliminated on the spot.

"This kind of competition... suits me well!"

Seeing the huge watermelons piled up in the competition venue, Qiao An couldn't help but eager to try.

"Joan, do you have a big appetite?"

Conti noticed that the registration stage was crowded with sturdy men with big waists, and felt that Qiao Ann was not suitable for this project.

"I don't have a big appetite, but I love watermelon."

Qiao An answered too frankly, making "Iron Rose of Shizhu Town" uncontrollable.

"It stands to reason that I should advise you not to make a fool of yourself, but considering that our invincible Dr. Vader can cheat with magic, it's easy to win a melon contest winner."

"What is cheating?" "Invincible Dr. Vader" gave Slude a blank look, with a serious expression: "The rules of the game have already emphasized that cheating is not allowed. Of course I have to participate in the game with my true ability!"

"Ah...is that all right?" Conti asked worriedly.

"No problem, I'm set for this melon today!"

Qiao An confidently stepped forward to sign up and paid the entry fee for two silver talers. As long as he could eat two melons within two minutes, he would be paid back.

Among all the contestants, including the girls, Qiao An is the slenderest and looks the least like the "big stomach king". However, other contestants and onlookers dare not underestimate his strength. After all, it is "invincible." Dr. Vader", you can’t show your face!

The Hakon brothers, who served as the referees of the game, gave an order, and the big stomach kings showed their magical powers, opened the melons with their bare hands, and ate their heads wildly.

Qiao An's performance among the players is not outstanding, although he seems to be trying hard, but his mouth is not big enough, and his swallowing speed cannot be compared with the big stomach kings.

Up to this time, the onlookers including Conti and Slude still had confidence in the "Invincible Dr. Vader" and expected him to stage a dramatic scene of the Jedi counterattack.

However, that scene did not appear until the end.

At the end of the two-minute game, "Invincible Dr. Vader" fell outside the finals and was eliminated in the first round.

Amidst the sighs of the onlookers, Qiao An walked out of the competition field holding half a melon that had not been eaten, and hiccuped to prove a simple truth—

Some people seem to be delicious, but in fact they are real dishes!

"I said you, which one is this singing?!"

Dr. Vader, who has witnessed the invincibility, won the last place in the melon eating contest. Slude, who has always been competitive, seems to be more shameless than Qiao An himself, and can't help but feel furious.

"You obviously don't have the strength of the big stomach king, don't you have no points in your heart? Who gives you the courage to participate in the melon eating contest!"

"Slud, what are you angry about?" Qiao An hiccuped and replied innocently: "I didn't expect to take the place and participate in this game, just because I wanted to eat melons."

"Ah?! This..." Slud was choked by his words, and almost lost his breath.

"Isn't this reason enough?" Qiao An gnawed another sip of the melon and said vaguely, "Just now you said ‘participation’ is important!"

Slude was speechless for a while, had to sigh with his forehead, and equated "Invincible Doctor Vader" with "Little Kid with a Mind to Never Grow Up" in his heart.

"Joan! Joan! Come here!"

Conti emerged from the crowd and waved to Joan excitedly.

"Let's see, I found another competition that you are good at. Do you want me to register for you?"

Qiao An looked at it curiously. Around the flagpole erected in the middle of the playground, surrounded by a group of healthy Asa youths, were gearing up to take turns to participate in the pole-climbing contest to see who climbed quickly and steadily.

"Aha~ I will do this!"

"Invincible Dr. Vader" eyes lighted up, and he felt like he was doing it again.

Recalling the experience of participating in the tree-climbing contest in Powatan Village, Qiao Ann stuffed the leftover half of the melon to Conti, geared up, and planned to step forward.

"You stop for me!" Slude hurriedly pulled him, "Just participate once, why are you still addicted?"

"Sister Slude! Joan really knows how to climb trees! In our village of Powatan, he also has a nickname called "Monkey Mage", and he can climb trees very fast!"

Conti talked about Qiao'an's glorious resume with enthusiasm.

"You can get it!" Slude laughed and cried. "You don't look at what status Qiao Ann is now, a magnificent scholar, a guest of His Majesty the Emperor, and Princess Vasilisa's arcane tutor, to participate in this kind of failure. A decent, kid-like game, is it appropriate?!"

"Since you have said so, forget it..."

Conti flattened his mouth in disappointment and ate the watermelon.

Qiao An finally failed to relive his childhood memories, mainly not because of Slaughter's dissuasion, but because he received a reply from the editor-in-chief of Tennyson before signing up for the climbing contest.

In a short letter, the excitement of the old man was permeated between the lines.

Qiao An has disappeared since he published "Introduction to Clusters" last summer, and has not published any works for nearly a year, so that the doubts about his exhaustion in the Austrian law academic circle are increasing day by day.

To this day, Mr. Tennyson received Qiao An’s submission, and he had spent more than half a year in his heart. He confirmed that the young man had not exhausted his talents. The short rest was just to reserve energy and continue to climb academically. Gao Feng, and the new papers in these two days is a clear proof of Qiao Anyong's climbing the peak!

In this reply, Mr. Tennyson warmly congratulated Qiao An on returning to the academic circle, and revealed to him that all colleagues in the editorial department have unanimously determined that his two newly submitted articles are of great significance and fill two pieces in the field of supernatural ecology. Academic blanks are expected to receive full marks, and they are scheduled to be published in the spring and summer issues of "Ofa Exploration" in 1627.

Prior to Qiao An, the academic research on beholders and mind-catchers only stayed at the level of individual specimens, and the subjects were also concentrated on the physiological level, rarely involving ecology and society.

To put it bluntly, it means trying to capture a beholder or mind-catcher, raise it in captivity to observe its physiological activities, and then slaughter it for dissection, study the skeletal organs, and finally make a specimen.

As for the ethnic life of the mind-severs and beholders, what cultural traditions and religious beliefs they have, how to get along with each other, and how to treat philosophical issues such as life, death, and emotion, there is no such research.

In fact, this is also understandable. There are many scholars who are interested in Mind and Beholder, but few dare to get in close contact. And like Qiao An, an anthropologist who has been investigating in Mind and Beholder community for a long time, I dare not say that it is unprecedented, at least it has not left enough research results in history. The latest chapter address of Master Qiao An: https://www.wuxiaspot.com/book/102085.htmlThe reading address of Master Qiao’s article: https://www.wuxiaspot.com/read/102085/Master Qiao An txt download address: https://www.wuxiaspot.com/down/102085.htmlMaster Qiao An’s mobile phone reading: https://m.wuxiaspot.com/read/102085/ In order to facilitate the next reading, you can click "Favorites" below to record the reading record of this time (Chapter 2740 Invincible Dr. Vader is defeated), and you can see it next time you open the bookshelf! If you like "Master Qiao An", please recommend this book to your friends (QQ, blog, WeChat, etc.), thank you stand by! (www.wuxiaspot.com)