The atmosphere in Area A1 was chaotic, and the expressions on every student's face were very solemn.
Tong Yiming stripped the short-haired student of his right to participate in the competition, which directly made everyone feel a great deal of pressure, and they experienced the cruelty of the competition.
The match had yet to begin, so the team had to come up with the most appropriate response. Otherwise, if they fell one step behind, they would fall behind at every step.
"Is there even a need to consider? He will definitely bring a teacher! "
Lu Zhiruo's little face was filled with panic. Only by being together with Sun Mo would she feel at ease.
"If you bring a teacher along, you will lose a ranking!"
Even though Wu Jitong was short, he was very opinionated and confident. "This is a competition between us students. I don't believe that there aren't any teachers who can do it!"
"That's right. It's too embarrassing to bring a teacher along."
Xu Dingjiang was originally hesitating, but after hearing Wu Jitong's words, he immediately stood on his side.
"Is this a question of shame?"
Li Fen argued, "Don't forget that if we let Teacher take action midway, our ranking will drop by three places. We might as well bring Teacher along now!"
"The other schools will definitely bring them too!"
Peng Kunqi interrupted.
"But the top five schools definitely won't allow it!"
Zhang Yaozong returned. With a single sentence, he set the tone. His gaze swept over everyone present.
"Why did we come here? To avoid relegation? To get into the Third Division League? No, Sun Mo is right. We came here for the sake of becoming the champion. Hence, we must set the standard of the champion. Hence, we mustn't bring Teacher along! "
Tantai Yutang's lips twitched. One couldn't help but say that this fellow's words were very provocative.
"I still suggest bringing a teacher!"
Li Ziqi spoke, "You have to consider the safety of the students. Since the main judge said that we would lose two people and our ranking would drop by one, it means that the process of this race would surely be filled with danger."
"If we don't bring a teacher, we'll lose two people for one person. We can afford this loss."
Zhang Yaozong glanced at Li Ziqi. "Also, the most important point is that humans are dependent on others. If they bring their teachers along, they would instinctively think of seeking help from them."
"That's right. Only in a desperate situation can a person's potential be completely stimulated!"
Xuanyuan Po bumped his fists together.
Upon hearing this, Li Ziqi rolled her eyes. (Do you think everyone is like you, a combat addict who gets more excited the more dangerous the situation is?)
It wasn't just Li Ziqi's group who was quarreling. The other student groups were the same because this involved game theory. How could they maximize their benefits?
Everyone had a different opinion.
"Last minute, countdown starts now!"
After Tong Yiming looked at the pocket watch, he started to count down the time.
Sixty!
Fifty nine!
…
"Four minutes have passed already?"
Lu Zhiruo's countenance was pale and filled with hesitation.
"Now is not the time to worry about this problem!"
Tantai Yutang chortled and patted the papaya girl's shoulder.
"Can you be more serious? We're talking about serious business! "
Upon seeing Tantai Yutang's attitude, Wu Jitong felt unhappy. Moreover, the student that Tantai Yutang had replaced was someone from the same hometown as him. Their relationship wasn't bad.
"Let's vote by raising our hands!"
Li Ziqi and Zhang Yaozong thought of this solution at the same time because they discovered that there would be no results if they argued.
"Forty!"
Tong Yiming pressed the sound amplification stone and spoke again, "If there are any groups that have made their decision, you can set off now."
As the sound of Tong Yiming's voice faded, seven groups rushed toward the exit of the # 1 zone.
"From the looks of it, they aren't going to bring their teachers with them?"
"Let's quickly set off, we won't be bringing our teachers with us either!"
"That's right, even if they don't want to bring their teachers, we can still do it!"
"Can you compare with them? They are here to fight for the championship. It's already not bad if we can maintain our ranking."
The other groups quarreled even more fiercely. Moreover, as the countdown continued to decrease, the pressure on everyone increased tremendously.
Tong Yiming's lips twitched. Only seven groups? This was less than what he had expected. Moreover, they were all from Mingshao, Sky Orchid, and Haizhou, which were ranked in the top ten last year.
(Sigh, seems like the 108 famous schools in the'D 'grade didn't have any improvements during this year.)
Tong Yiming turned his head and his gaze landed on Zhang Yaozong's group. Because of Tantai Yutang's words earlier, he remembered the location of this group.
"Seems like there's still no hope for the Central Province Academy this year!"
Tong Yiming felt regret. As expected, once a famous school declined, it would be extremely difficult to climb back to the peak.
"Quick, raise your hands to decide!"
Zhang Yaozong urged. "Those who agree to bring our teachers, raise your hands!"
Swoosh! Swoosh!
Two arms were raised. They were Li Ziqi and Lu Zhiruo.
Li Fen raised her hand halfway, but when she saw that no one had raised their hands, she put it down again.
"Alright, 8 to 2. We won't bring our teachers. Let's move out!"
Zhang Yaozong urged and took the lead, dashing out.
He was preparing to take the top spot in the league tournament this time around and become famous. Hence, he was impatient to catch up to the other groups.
"They are too arrogant."
Li Ziqi shook her head. However, since things had come to this, she immediately tossed aside her unhappiness and focused on the competition. She started to think about how to get a good result without a teacher leading them.
3!
2!
1!
"Time's up, you guys have lost the qualifications to bring your teachers."
Tong Yiming roared, "All new student groups, move out immediately!"
"Run, quickly run!"
"Do your best!"
"We will definitely win!"
Many students had helpless expressions on their faces as they rushed toward the exit. There were also some students shouting slogans to motivate their teammates.
Tong Yiming stood on the rostrum and counted. Not a single student group chose to bring their teachers. Or rather, not a single student group made a decision within five minutes.
"Their performance is extremely poor!"
Tong Yiming frowned.
Actually, regardless of whether they brought their teachers or not, it wouldn't affect the competition too much. Hence, it was much better than hesitating and arguing here.
If they argued, it would mean that the group leader had no authority nor ability. They wouldn't be able to unify the opinions of the group within a few minutes.
Although the competition hadn't officially started, the Saint Gate's examination had already started.
Getting the students to enter the A1 zone within the time limit, announcing all sorts of strict rules, setting a five-minute countdown, and killing a student to warn the others were all to create panic and nervousness. By doing so, the students would feel immense pressure.
In the future, cultivators would face all sorts of desperate situations. Whether they could maintain their calmness under immense pressure and make the correct decision would determine their survival rate.
"I wonder what's going on inside?"
Fan Yao stretched his neck and looked around. However, the door was tightly shut and he couldn't see anything.
Suddenly, a man dressed in black appeared in front of everyone.
"Central Province Academy's student group, I'm observer # 63. Please remember what I'm about to say!
"I've been observing the performance of your student group from the start and have recorded it down!
"Don't strike up a conversation with me!
"Don't ask for my name!
"Don't leave my line of sight!
"Don't interact with the students without my permission. Once discovered, your qualifications to participate will be stripped immediately.
"Once you can't keep up with me, you'll be considered to have fallen behind and bear the consequences.
"Now, wait here for eight hours before setting off!"
After the black-robed observer spoke, he passed a map to Fan Yao and left.
"What if we can't find any students?"
Song Ren frowned. He didn't like the attitude of this observer. It was arrogant and cold.
"If we can't find them, we'll naturally fail."
After Gu Xiuxun swept her gaze around, she sat down and closed her eyes to rest.
This was the first time Sun Mo was experiencing such a competition, and he felt very fresh. This was much more difficult compared to doing test papers in a classroom.
"This is a test the Saint Gate is giving to our teachers. Don't be nervous and maintain a calm state of mind!"
Fan Yao reminded.
These eight hours were to increase the teachers' nervousness and to test if the teachers could find the students in time.
In the White Dew Building, the teachers sat on the ground and started to meditate, accumulating their strength.
...
After the Central Province Academy's student group left the White Dew Building, they sprinted madly.
The map was written in red words that they weren't allowed to use any transportation tools. In that case, they could only rely on their own legs to travel.
"Tantai Yutang, can you do it?"
Zhang Yaozong led the group and would occasionally turn his head to glance. The sickly invalid with the surname Tantai was the person he was most worried about.
"Cough, cough!"
Tantai Yutang took a handkerchief and covered his mouth. "Don't worry, I won't die for now!"
Zhang Yaozong was so angry that he coughed up blood. If it wasn't for the fact that he didn't want to affect their morale, he would have directly spat back. (Am I asking you if you will die or not?
I'm worried that you will be a burden.)
After running for two street blocks, Tantai Yutang's coughing grew more intense.
Honestly speaking, it was very annoying to hear it.
"Oi, group leader Zhang, can you show me the map?"
Tantai Yutang grinned.
"Why? You don't trust my map reading ability? "
Zhang Yaozong questioned. He wanted to use Tantai Yutang to establish his prestige.
They mustn't continue to be so chaotic. They had to unite the will of the group and have only one voice. Only then would they be able to avoid chaos when they encountered danger.
Zhang Yaozong was very confident. He didn't want everyone to express their own opinions.
"There are 20 of us. If we pool our opinions, we should be able to find the best route!"
Li Ziqi suggested. She felt that the opinions of each group member were very important.
"20 of us?"
Zhang Yaozong's lips twitched as he looked at Lu Zhiruo and Li Fen.
These two girls were under immense pressure. One only wanted to rely on her teacher, while the other had no ideas. He didn't feel that the opinions of trash like them were of any use.
"Why are you looking at me?"
Lu Zhiruo had an adorable look on her face.
"He looks down on you!"
Tantai Yutang chortled.
"Do you feel that the group isn't chaotic enough?"
Li Ziqi frowned. The sickly invalid was truly a time bomb. Maybe, this fellow had never thought of competing properly and was just looking for excitement.
"Oh!"
The papaya girl lowered her head, her expression dimming. She also knew that she was trash.
"Between two o 'clock, running straight will definitely be the shortest. Hence, if there are no roads, I plan to cross the mountains. You guys better be mentally prepared!"
Zhang Yaozong explained.
Naturally, if the road was too difficult to traverse, Zhang Yaozong would still choose the main path marked on the map. However, there was no need to tell these guys about this.
"Hmph, given your intellect, you guys aren't on the same level as me!"
Honestly speaking, Zhang Yaozong looked down on his teammates. He still had to look at his own performance.
Seeing that Zhang Yaozong didn't want to take the map, Li Ziqi originally wanted to take it. However, she tripped and fell to the ground.
Bang!
The little sunny egg's face was fine, but her palms were injured.
"..."
Zhang Yaozong turned his head. (You can even fall in such a place?) Upon hearing Li Ziqi's heavy panting, he suddenly discovered that this girl's strength might even be weaker than the sickly invalid!
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