Sun Mo didn't like to be crowded. Hence, he would always wake up a little earlier to eat his breakfast before the canteen's morning rush hour.
"Let's continue to eat steamed buns today and add some porridge. I don't want any salted vegetables."
Sun Mo calculated the savings in his pocket. Although it wasn't healthy to eat meat in the morning, the steamed buns in the canteen were extremely good.
After leaving the dormitory and turning onto the small path in the field, he could see many intern teachers who had just finished their morning exercises and were walking back.
Because they were competitors, they wouldn't greet each other. Their gazes were either assessing each other or ignoring each other.
"Teacher Sun!"
When Sun Mo heard someone calling him, he couldn't help but feel a little surprised. He looked over in the direction of the voice and saw a beautiful young girl standing under a maple tree by the roadside.
"It's you?"
Sun Mo was a little surprised. The young girl was wearing a well-tailored male attire. However, her fair skin, gentle facial features, and slender figure made it clear that she was a girl dressed up as a guy.
This girl was none other than Li Ziqi who had almost drowned because she wanted to save Sun Mo. The system had even issued a mission for Sun Mo to take her in as his student.
"Teacher Sun!"
Li Ziqi smiled sweetly. Her eyes immediately curved into two crescent moons. She lifted her legs and ran over. However, she had just taken a few steps when the tip of her feet kicked the stone slabs.
Pak!
Li Ziqi was like a frying pan, slamming onto the limestone slabs.
"Are you alright?"
Sun Mo jumped in fright and hurriedly went to help her up. However, he stopped because Li Ziqi had directly hugged her head with her hands. Her legs were bent and she was curled up into a ball.
"Boohoohoo, I've embarrassed myself again. Why am I so stupid?"
Li Ziqi really wanted to find a hole to hide in.
"This ant can continue to admire the scenery of this world because of your kindness."
Sun Mo didn't go over to help Li Ziqi up. Instead, he squatted at the side and looked at an ant that was passing by.
"Eh?"
Li Ziqi started.
"You are really a good and kind girl!"
Sun Mo smiled. He pinched an ant and shook it.
"Eh?"
Li Ziqi was still in a daze. However, she soon understood. Sun Mo must have thought that she had fallen because she had dodged the ant. Aiya, she had instantly turned from a fool to a kind girl. Her face had been preserved. This made Li Ziqi feel happy.
"No one has ever treated me like this before!"
Li Ziqi felt very strange. In the past, whenever she fell, the servants, guards, and her aunts would all be scared half to death and hurriedly come over to console her. But today, it was the first time in her life that she had experienced something different.
How should he put it? He wasn't as embarrassed as he used to be. Instead, he was a little happy.
"Have you eaten?"
Sun Mo put down the ant and passed a handkerchief over.
"Yes, I have."
Li Ziqi took the handkerchief and was stunned for a moment. Only then did she realize that her mouth was wet. Clearly, her nose was injured and there was blood flowing out. She hurriedly wiped it away.
"What are you doing here?"
Sun Mo wasn't narcissistic enough to think that the other party was here to look for him.
"The student recruitment meet will be held three days later. In addition, there's also the battle hall's test today. Hence, I came to take a look in advance."
When Li Ziqi saw the fresh blood on the handkerchief, her face turned red. "I'll return it to you after I wash it clean!"
…
The battle hall of the Central Province Academy was rather famous in the entire Jinling City. The students there were all proficient in combat.
If there were any students who wanted to achieve something on the path of martial arts, joining this place would definitely not be a bad choice.
"There are so many people!"
Li Ziqi couldn't help but click her tongue when she saw that many students had gathered outside the battle hall. "Are they all challengers?"
"Yes!"
Sun Mo searched for Qi Shengjia's silhouette. Some of these students were praying, some were making use of the time to warm up, and there were also some who had confident looks on their faces as they chatted idly with others.
The reputation of the battle hall was too great. Hence, the test held once every three months would always be filled to the brim. In fact, there was a situation where a member of the battle hall had to face three to four students. In order to prevent such a situation, the hall master of the battle hall had set a rule. After a challenger was defeated, they weren't allowed to challenge again. They had to wait until half a year later.
This was Qi Shengjia's final chance. Once he lost, he would have to wait for another half a year. Moreover, he didn't know what the result of his next challenge would be. Even if his father didn't have any complaints, he would still drop out of school.
The expensive school fees and the fact that he didn't have any progress in his studies caused Qi Shengjia to have no face to stay.
At 8 pm sharp, the sound of the war drums rang out.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The students who filled up the public square in front of the battle hall all shut their mouths at the same time. They inclined their heads and stared in the direction of the gate.
A young man who was close to two meters tall stood there like an iron tower and announced in a clear voice.
"All challengers, line up in front of the gate and draw lots. Based on the number drawn, you will have to fight in sequence. If you pass the number, you will be treated as giving up."
After the students heard this, they immediately rushed forward like a swarm of bees, wanting to fight for a good spot.
"Silence! Whoever fights for a spot will be stripped of their qualifications to challenge."
The young man berated. His voice wasn't loud, but it was like thunder exploding in everyone's ears.
The students immediately lined up obediently. This was Zhu Ting, who was ranked fifth in the battle hall in terms of strength. He was famous for not recognizing his own family and doing things according to the school rules. Since he said that his qualifications would be stripped, there would be no possibility for him to make an exception.
No one wanted to lose their qualifications because of fighting for a spot. That would be too miserable.
When the line became orderly, the efficiency would be much faster. The students walked past a metal box in front of the gate and stretched out their hands to draw lots.
"Heavens bless us!"
Just when a student finished shouting, Zhu Ting berated him.
"The heavens won't bless you. You can only rely on hard work. If you don't have confidence, just scram. Don't waste everyone's time."
Zhu Ting scolded, "And you guys, move faster. Do you think the box is a woman's body? Don't you want to take it out just because you put your hands in it? "
Zhu Ting's words were interesting, but none of the students dared to laugh.
Everyone didn't dare to waste any more time. They stretched out their hands and pulled out a wooden token from the box. They didn't even have the time to look at it carefully and hurriedly made way.
"As for the rest, we'll draw lots tomorrow!"
After 500 people finished drawing lots, Zhu Ting immediately stopped the students behind him. It was because the number of people in the battle hall was maintained at 500.
"You guys make your preparations. Ten minutes later, we will start the challenge immediately!"
After Zhu Ting spoke, he picked up the metal box that weighed at least 100 jin and turned to return to the battle hall.
"It's over!"
Just when Zhu Ting's figure disappeared, a student smashed the wooden token in his hand onto the ground and couldn't help but wail in agony.
The people at the side glanced over and immediately felt sympathy for him.
On the wooden token that was the size of a thumb, three words were engraved. '1, Fang Yan.'
Fang Yan, a seventh-year student, was publicly acknowledged as the number one person in the battle hall. This unlucky fellow was able to draw his opponent out of 500 students. His luck was truly terrible.
Fang Yan wasn't the only one sighing in disappointment. Almost all the students who drew the top 100 basically had grief-stricken expressions on their faces.
The wooden token used for drawing lots was the member token of the battle hall. Other than the name, the number in front was the student's ranking in the battle hall.
There were also all sorts of competitions in the battle hall. According to the results of the competitions, the ranking would be updated once every half a year.
Sun Mo didn't spend much time and found Qi Shengjia. He was sitting on the stairs and staring at the ground listlessly. His eyes were red and it was clear that he had cried before.
"Bad luck?"
Seeing Qi Shengjia's state, Sun Mo could basically guess the answer.
"Your opponent is Peng Wanli."
Zhou Xu passed a wooden token over. Sun Mo didn't take it, but he saw the number in front of the name was' 106 '.
"Everyone can see your hard work. If you continue like this, half a year later, even if your opponent is in the top 100, you would still be able to win."
Wang Hao consoled, but even he didn't believe his own words.
During these few days, Qi Shengjia was filled with confidence and even spoke more. He, who had always been shy, even said things like he would be able to pass the test. However, after drawing lots, his spirit, qi, and spirit dissipated.
"Teacher!"
Upon seeing Sun Mo, Qi Shengjia let out a mournful cry. It was like a cuckoo crying blood.
"Yo, isn't this student Qi Shengjia? When you said that you would be able to pass the battle hall's test, your expression wasn't like this! "
Yan Li specially came here to see Qi Shengjia fail and then ridicule him. He didn't expect that this fellow's luck would be so bad. There was no need to challenge him and it was already confirmed that he would lose.
"Let me see, who is my opponent?"
Yan Li came over. "Peng Wanli? Tsk tsk, this person is from the same year as us and is at the sixth-level of the body-refinement realm. His Eighteen Arhat Palms is extremely famous. You are only at the third-level of the body-refinement realm, how can you win? "
"Shengjia is at the fourth-level."
Wang Hao rolled his eyes.
"Fourth-level? Did you break through recently? "
Yan Li was astonished. After that, he cursed in a low voice. Although he was at the fifth-level and Qi Shengjia was one level lower than him, he still felt unhappy when he saw someone he hated breaking through.
"Are you done yet? Quickly leave! "
Zhou Xu frowned.
"I'm only reminding him out of goodwill not to get beaten to death. Let alone the fourth-level, even if he was at the sixth-level, he wouldn't be able to win against Peng Wanli."
Yan Li laughed loudly and left. This loathsome pauper was finally going to drop out of school and scram. This felt so good. He definitely had to go out and have a big meal to celebrate.
"It's over."
Qi Shengjia stood up and walked out shakily. He was going to give up.
Wang Hao and Zhou Xu weren't surprised at all. If he went up, it was fine if his injuries were light. But if his injuries were serious, they would have to spend a lot of money on medical fees.
Sun Mo's brows furrowed so tightly that they could clamp a crab to death.
"I shouldn't have such extravagant hopes. Boohoohoo!"
Qi Shengjia lifted his hand and wiped his tears.
Sun Mo stared at Qi Shengjia. He could see that Qi Shengjia's potential value was still very low. Such a thing wouldn't increase for no reason just because of 'sympathy' or 'you are a good person'.
"System, open up the merchant store!"
As Sun Mo silently commanded in his heart, a shelf appeared before him.
There were pitifully few items. Sun Mo looked around and his gaze landed on the lucky treasure chest at the bottom left of the shelf.
'Lucky treasure chest, worth 10 favorable impression points. There's a 0.1% chance of drawing out a skill, item, cultivation art, etc.'
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