"Must I say it?"
Sun Mo frowned.
"Yes, you must say it!"
The observer was wearing a black hood, only revealing a pair of eyes. His gaze was sharp as he stared at Sun Mo.
"No comment!"
Sun Mo replied.
Si ~
Hearing Sun Mo being so unyielding and directly rebuking the observer, Song Ren was so frightened that his heart trembled. (My heavens, do you have to be so iron-headed?
He is an observer. Are you not afraid that he will make things difficult for us?)
Fan Yao's lips twitched as he pondered over how to salvage the Central Province Academy's image. Gu Xiuxun felt like laughing. (Do you think Black Doggy Sun is fake?)
"I'm a participating teacher, yet you are actually asking me the reason? In that case, why do we need an observer like you? To be a freeloader? "
Sun Mo had long since been unhappy with this fellow. It was just some small authority, why was he so arrogant?
"If I were to cheat, would I take the initiative to tell you?"
"Teacher Sun, why don't you speak less?"
Fan Yao persuaded.
"Teacher Sun Mo, I will record your words in the record!"
The observer's tone was still cold. Hence, Sun Mo couldn't tell if he was angry or not. However, the only good thing was that after saying this, the observer disappeared into the forest with a swoosh.
"Teacher Sun, you are too impetuous!"
Song Ren didn't know what to say.
"I didn't cheat, what's there to be afraid of?"
Sun Mo spoke in a righteous tone. Let alone an observer, even if the main judge asked him, he wouldn't answer. The secret of Little Silver was too important.
"Don't worry, the observer couldn't discover any cheating because of his strength. If he dared to record it, the one who would lose face would be the observer and the Saint Gate's face."
Gu Xiuxun consoled.
Indeed, from the perspective of human nature, the observer wouldn't do such a thing that harmed others without benefiting himself.
"Eh?"
Song Ren was enlightened. "So, Teacher Sun scolded him for nothing?"
"Yes!"
Gu Xiuxun surveyed Song Ren. (You are only 21 years old, but your sideburns seem to be a little bald. But even if you aren't bald, given your slow reaction time, how can you woo a girlfriend?
Even if you woo a girlfriend, you wouldn't be able to discover it even if your girlfriend made you a cuckold!)
"Teacher Sun, you couldn't have thought of this before scolding him, right?"
Song Ren asked.
"He might be eavesdropping!"
Sun Mo's lips twitched. He wasn't a fool. He knew very well whether he could scold others or not.
"Eh!"
After hearing this, Song Ren tactfully shut his mouth. Sun Mo dared to offend the other party, but he didn't dare to. However, he was rather envious of Sun Mo's courage.
Ding!
Favorable impression points from Song Ren + 20, Friendly (160/1,000).
Fan Yao's mood was very gloomy. The students had taken the wrong route. What should he do? Especially this feeling of watching them continue to make mistakes, it was really terrible.
…
Honglu Prefecture was north of White Dew City, 60 degrees to the west. Along the way, one would have to pass through plains, hills, valleys, and swamps.
One could say that the Saint Gate had chosen this end point because they wanted to test the students' overall strength.
The first day of the death race.
As time passed, the members of the guild gradually became familiar with one another. Then, Zhang Yaozong's heart was like a boulder that had been thrown into a lake, rapidly sinking to the bottom of the valley.
His guess wasn't wrong. Li Ziqi was indeed even more useless than the sickly invalid.
Tantai Yutang's body was weak, but he could keep up with the group and there wouldn't be any accidents. However, Li Ziqi couldn't do the same.
Her athletic ability was extremely bad. It wasn't that she didn't have enough stamina. Rather, it was that her body's balance and coordination were too weak.
For someone who could even fall on flat ground, how could you expect her to show an outstanding performance when crossing mountains?
As expected, after passing through the plains north of White Dew City, Li Ziqi's speed gradually slowed down. Also, everyone could sense that it was extremely strenuous for her when she was hurrying on her way.
"Eldest martial sister!"
Lu Zhiruo stretched out her hand to support the little sunny egg. Her face was filled with worry.
"I'm fine!"
Li Ziqi pushed away the papaya girl's hand. In the end, because of this, she lost her balance and slipped, falling down the slope.
"Ah!"
Li Ziqi was shocked and cried out. However, she soon shut her mouth.
Bang! Bang!
Although this small slope wasn't too steep, Li Ziqi couldn't control her body and slid down. During that time, she even knocked into two trees.
"Eldest martial sister!"
Lu Zhiruo jumped in fright and rushed over to help her.
"Careful!"
At the side, Chu Jian's reaction was quick. He darted over and grabbed Li Ziqi's wrist.
After a period of chaos, everyone climbed up the slope.
Li Ziqi leaned against a white birch tree and panted heavily. Her face was filled with perspiration and her hair was messy, sticking to her face and neck.
"Eldest martial sister, drink some water!"
Lu Zhiruo passed a water bag over.
Li Ziqi pushed it away. Although she was expressionless, her heart was filled with depression and reluctance. She knew that she wasn't agile enough, but wasn't this too bad?
"Li Ziqi, I admit that at the instant you fell down, you controlled your emotions and didn't scream. I'm very impressed. However, your body is truly too weak."
Zhang Yaozong squatted before the little sunny egg and looked straight into her eyes.
"You should just forfeit!"
On this warm autumn afternoon, Zhang Yaozong uttered the cruelest words.
"Why?"
Lu Zhiruo grew anxious.
Wu Jitong and Xu Dingjiang exchanged a glance but didn't say anything. Actually, they also had the same intention.
"Because of Li Ziqi, we have been overtaken by over 60 student groups on our way here."
Zhang Yaozong was unhappy as well.
The competition had just started, and they were already losing a spot due to non-combat reasons. Which group leader would feel happy about this? However, they had to do this. If they brought Li Ziqi along, they would only be dragged down even more.
"I can keep up!"
Li Ziqi's silver teeth bit her lips.
"Li Ziqi, you are also an intelligent person. So, don't lie to yourself. You are already so slow on the plains. Now that you are in the hilly region, it's as good as giving you a death sentence."
Wu Jitong interjected, "It's better to end the pain quickly than to prolong the pain!"
"How can you guys be like this?"
Lu Zhiruo felt injustice for Li Ziqi. "Eldest martial sister has already done her best!"
"And then?"
Zhang Yaozong glanced over and spoke in a solemn tone, "If doing her best is the reason why she can stay, then I can be sure that there are at least 100 new students who would work harder than her."
"Group leader, your words are a little overboard. Up until now, Ziqi's performance is very perfect in my opinion."
Tantai Yutang chimed in.
Body coordination was something one was born with. Even if one trained day and night, the improvement wouldn't be great.
In the world, athletes in all sports depended on their talent to survive. If one's talent wasn't enough, no matter how hard they worked, they wouldn't be able to get good results.
If it wasn't for the Ancient Dragon Capturing Hands and the first level of the Grand Universe Formless Divine Art that had stimulated Li Ziqi's potential, she would have long since fallen behind.
"Perfect to the extent that we are now in the 70s?"
Zhang Yaozong mocked.
"It's my fault. I won't deny it, but I have my advantages as well!"
Li Ziqi's lips twitched. "I will use my own methods to contribute to this group!"
"Li Ziqi, put down your wild ambitions."
Zhang Yaozong stared at Li Ziqi. "We want to win. Please make the right choice!"
"Oi, are you forcing her to give up?"
Tantai Yutang walked over and pushed Zhang Yaozong's shoulder, telling him to lean back.
"Don't fight!"
Li Fen hurriedly rushed over.
When Xuanyuan Po saw these people arguing, he also knew that there wouldn't be a result in a short time. Hence, he decided to go to the side and meditate.
Li Ziqi fell silent. She started to wonder if it was a wrong decision for her to insist on following them. After all, Zhang Yaozong was saying this because he wanted to win.
What was more important was her teacher. If she dragged down the group and lowered their ranking, the ones who would be hurt in the end would be the Central Province Academy and her teacher!
"Li Ziqi, don't look down on yourself. This competition has just started. Who knows what will happen later?"
Tantai Yutang persuaded.
"If we bring her along, we won't be able to complete the entire competition in five days!"
Zhang Yaozong's words weren't wrong. "Moreover, even if we complete the competition, what's the use of getting the 70th or 80th rank?"
"Group leader, it's not wrong for you to want to get rid of those who are dragging us down and give us a perfect performance. However, you are lying through your teeth and not admitting Li Ziqi's strength. This is too much!"
Tantai Yutang took out a piece of pearflower candy from his pocket. He peeled off the wrapper and tossed it into his mouth.
There was no problem for him to be a selfish person. After all, such a competition would affect everyone's future. It was understandable for him to be selfish. However, he shouldn't use such a high-sounding reason like Li Ziqi dragging down the group.
"What strength does she have? Is she strong enough to fall? "
Zhang Yaozong's tone was unkind. This Tantai Yutang was always creating trouble! As expected, he shouldn't have allowed these two fellows to join the new student group back then.
"You guys, stop arguing. I..."
Li Ziqi looked at the disdainful gazes of Wu Jitong and the others. Her heart trembled and she was preparing to withdraw. However, before she could finish speaking, she was interrupted by Lu Zhiruo.
"Eldest martial sister, don't give up!"
Lu Zhiruo grabbed Li Ziqi's hand. "Teacher has high hopes for you. Are you going to repay his expectations by giving up?"
After hearing Sun Mo's name, Li Ziqi pursed her lips.
"If Teacher is the group leader, I believe that he won't abandon any of his group members. He will think of all ways to get everyone to tide through this difficult situation together!"
As the papaya girl spoke, she glanced at Zhang Yaozong. "I feel that a good group leader wouldn't abandon his teammates in times of danger. Instead, he would rack his brains to think of a solution."
"It's brains!"
Tantai Yutang reminded her.
"In any case, my teacher would definitely do that!"
Ding!
Favorable impression points from Lu Zhiruo + 100. Reverence has yet to be filled.
Although Sun Mo, who was hiding in the shadows, couldn't hear what Lu Zhiruo was saying clearly, he could roughly guess. When he heard the notification, he suddenly sighed ruefully.
The papaya girl truly had incomparable trust in him!
Everyone felt a little awkward. This was especially so for Wu Jitong and Xu Dingjiang. After all, they were a newly formed group and weren't familiar with each other. Hence, when a problem occurred, the first thing they thought of was to get rid of the trouble and not implicate themselves.
"Zhiruo, thank you!
Li Ziqi smiled at the papaya girl and took two deep breaths to calm her emotions. After that, she glanced at Zhang Yaozong. "Sorry, I won't give up anymore!"
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