The others were still awake, and they were alarmed by the commotion. They drew their weapons and prepared for battle.
"Could it be another student group launching a sneak attack?"
Li Fen was very nervous.
She had heard that in previous competitions, it was common for student groups to kill each other for the sake of ranking.
"Shut up!"
Zhang Yaozong growled. He was worried that if he gave the order, the enemies would hear him. Thus, he signaled with his eyes, wanting his team members to disperse. However, these fellows did not seem to notice.
"How stupid!"
Zhang Yaozong was speechless. However, what made him even more gloomy was that Xuanyuan Po actually took the initiative to greet him with his silver spear.
"Do you have a brain?"
Xuanyuan Po's combat strength was very strong, and Zhang Yaozong was planning on using him as a main force. For this kind of probing, it was better to let cannon fodder do it.
Tantai Yutang hid at the side, looking at the sulking Xuanyuan Po. He couldn't help but smile.
This Zhang Yaozong had strength. However, he did not understand that sometimes, things would not always develop according to one's plan. One should take advantage of the situation.
When your authority isn't enough to make the students listen to you, you shouldn't be angry or discouraged. Instead, you should guide them to complete your orders.
Xuanyuan Po rushed out for more than 30 meters before stopping.
"It's you guys!"
Borrowing the moonlight, Xuanyuan Po could see that Li Ziqi had returned. She was actually riding on a big white tiger. This was a little impressive.
The tiger leaped a few times and landed in front of Zhang Yaozong.
"Leader, is this okay?"
Li Ziqi asked and stroked the big white tiger's mane.
Zhang Yaozong's lips twitched. He didn't know how he should refute. With the tiger as a mount, the little sunny egg would naturally be able to keep up with the group.
"Li Ziqi, how did you do it?"
Li Fen was shocked.
"You're a spiritualist?"
Shi Qiao was surprised.
"Look after your pet. Don't let it bite people!"
After Zhang Yaozong spoke, he no longer bothered with Li Ziqi.
Women always had no resistance to big furry cats. Li Fen ran over and reached out to touch it, but when she saw the tiger baring its teeth at her, she was a little nervous.
"It's alright!"
Li Ziqi patted the big white tiger's head to console it.
After some noise, the camp quieted down again.
Li Ziqi's back leaned against the big white tiger as she laid there, her expression dim.
Although the problem of transportation had been resolved, the little sunny egg wasn't happy.
Li Ziqi had a photographic memory and an extremely high intellect. Hence, she could learn everything very quickly.
Sun Mo had taught her well. In addition to Soul Imprint, he had taught Li Ziqi everything he knew.
Li Ziqi knew that she shouldn't bite off more than she could chew. Hence, she focused all her energy on the study of spirit runes and cultivation. Recently, she even took out some time to go to the Wind King Hall to listen to the Wind King's story and learn its secret arts.
Li Ziqi had long since reached the entry level in the art of spiritual beast control. However, she didn't delve into it because if she wanted to catch a pet, she needed to nurture her relationship with the spiritual beast. This was too much of a waste of time.
In the morning, when Li Ziqi clearly discovered that it was strenuous to travel, she had thought of catching a pet as a means of transportation. However, she didn't do it.
This was because the concept of Psychic Beast Taming was to treat pets as friends, not as objects to be enslaved and oppressed.
This was the request of the Sage who had created this discipline.
Right now, Li Ziqi's act of catching a pet for emergency could be considered to have gone against this principle.
The white tiger seemed to have sensed Li Ziqi's guilt. It leaned over and stuck out its tongue, licking her face.
"Haha, stop fooling around, it's ticklish!"
Li Ziqi wanted to push the white tiger's head away, but this fellow was too clingy.
Lu Zhiruo sat at the side and looked at this scene with a look of envy. After that, her face was filled with disappointment.
Her eldest martial sister was truly talented. She shouldn't have studied Psychic Beast Taming before, but she succeeded on her first try.
This was too much of a blow to her heart.
Honestly speaking, the reason why Li Ziqi could find this white tiger so quickly was because of the help of the spirit qi roaming dragon.
The next morning, just as the sky brightened, the group set off again.
With a mount as a means of transportation, Li Ziqi's speed was much faster. Moreover, she had to stop occasionally to wait for the group.
This caused Zhang Yaozong's expression to turn even darker.
"You can catch a pet? Why didn't you do it earlier? You've wasted so much of everyone's time! "
"Stop quarreling. How do we go to the intersection ahead?"
Xu Jialiang became the mediator.
"Head right!"
Zhang Yaozong snorted.
Everyone headed to the right. However, after running for over ten meters, Lu Zhiruo suddenly stopped. She tiptoed and looked toward the path on the left.
"What's wrong?"
Lu Qi asked. He was a little fond of this big-breasted girl.
"I... I feel that we're going the wrong way?"
Lu Zhiruo's eyes darted around.
"Wrong way?"
Zhang Yaozong frowned and took out the map to check. "There's no mistake, we should go to the right!"
"But... but I keep feeling that we should go to the left!"
Lu Zhiruo's personality was a little weaker. If it was in the past, she would definitely not dare to raise a different opinion. But this time around, this concerned her teacher's honor. She mustn't embarrass him.
"Your feeling is more accurate than the map?"
Zhang Yaozong mocked. Why were these disciples of his so troublesome?
"I... I..."
Lu Zhiruo lowered her head and pressed her two index fingers together, like a house cat that had done something wrong. In the past, she'd used tree branches to find the way.
The specific method was to find a one-meter-long tree branch and place it in the middle of the path. After that, she would suddenly let go and walk in whichever direction the tree branch fell.
Moreover, Lu Zhiruo had walked a few thousand miles from Shengjing to Jinling and had only made a few mistakes!
However, the papaya girl knew that this reason most probably wouldn't work.
"Li Ziqi, if you have any dissatisfaction, just tell me. Don't let her do such things, alright?"
Zhang Yaozong pinched his forehead. He felt that Li Ziqi was the one who instructed Lu Zhiruo to do this.
Li Ziqi had wanted to explain, but when she saw Zhang Yaozong's fatigued face, she gave up.
She also knew that this fellow had slept very late last night because he was thinking about how to win. He could be considered to have exhausted all his mental energy.
"Move out!"
Zhang Yaozong took the lead. In another hour, they would arrive at the human-faced canyon. That would be the true test.
...
At the back, on a hill 500 meters away, Fan Yao's group was observing the group. When he saw them suddenly stopping at the fork, he grew agitated.
"They finally discovered that there's a problem with the map!"
"That might not be the case!"
Sun Mo shook his head. Because the distance was too far, he couldn't hear what his students were saying. However, from the focus of everyone's gazes, the one who suggested this was Lu Zhiruo.
Lu Zhiruo always relied on her feelings when doing things. Such a reason wouldn't be able to convince Zhang Yaozong's group.
As expected, a few minutes later, the group was on their way. They were still on the wrong path.
"Sigh!"
Fan Yao sighed and pulled at his hair. What should he do?
"Teacher Gu, what are the chances of Zhang Yaozong discovering the problem with the map?"
Song Ren asked. If they were two days late, it would be useless even if they discovered it.
"I'm not sure!"
Gu Xiuxun's brows were furrowed so tightly that a crab could be squeezed to death.
"Ziqi, quickly discover the problem!"
Sun Mo prayed. As for Tantai Yutang, even if that fellow discovered it, he might not say anything.
At 11 am, they arrived at the human-faced canyon.
This was a gigantic meandering mountain that lay across the surface of the earth. If they wanted to circle around it, it would waste too much time. If they wanted to cross the mountain ridges, the danger was too great. Because it was a desolate area, the best route was to pass through the canyon in the hills.
Why was it called the human-faced canyon?
After arriving, everyone understood. At the entrance of the canyon, there were two stone walls on both sides. There were human-faced statues of different sizes that had been carved into the stone walls.
Some were tens of meters long, some were the size of millstones, and they had strange shapes. Not all of them were humans.
Lu Zhiruo glanced at them and anxiously grabbed Li Ziqi's sleeves.
Li Ziqi gulped down a mouthful of saliva, feeling a little flustered.
Some of these human faces were glaring in anger, while some were brimming with killing intent. It was unknown who had carved them, but they were vivid and lifelike, causing one to tremble in fear.
Zhang Yaozong and Tantai Yutang didn't look at those human faces. Instead, they were looking at the new student group not far away. Because Li Ziqi had a mount, her speed increased and she no longer dragged everyone down. They actually managed to catch up to the new student group from Chongde.
"Let's move out!"
Zhang Yaozong urged. "Xuanyuan Po, Zeng Gang, the two of you lead the way. As for the others, without my orders, no one is allowed to leave the group."
When Chongde's group leader saw this scene, he immediately urged his group members to move out.
Both sides couldn't help but chase each other, not wanting to fall behind.
Looking down from the sky, the canyon was like a meandering python lying on the hills.
After the two groups advanced for about ten minutes, they suddenly heard screams and the sounds of fighting.
"Everyone, stop! Quick, hide!"
Zhang Yaozong urged. On both sides of the canyon, there were cracks and caves. Some were two to three meters wide, and some were as thin as a finger.
"Remember, at the very least, you must form a group of two. Don't be alone."
Just as everyone went into hiding, a team retreated miserably from the Human-faced Canyon.
Originally, there were 20 people in the group, but now, there were only 15 left. Moreover, all of them were injured. One of them was being carried by a tall guy. His entire body had turned green and was emitting green poisonous gas.
"Group leader, just leave him behind. If not, you will be poisoned as well!"
A girl cried and begged.
"No way!"
The tall guy directly rejected. "Where's the signal tube? How many are left? "
"Three more!"
"Release one more, quick!"
The tall guy urged, "Where are those human-faced spiders? Are they still chasing? "
"We can't see them for now."
Although they couldn't see the spiders, no one dared to be careless. All of them used their fastest speed to rush out.
One of the signal tubes was turned on.
Bang!
After a loud sound rang out, a red fireball with a trail of flames behind it rose up into the sky.
This unlucky group left. The students from the Central Province Academy and Chongde walked out from the cracks on both sides of the canyon wall.
"This... isn't this a little too dangerous?"
Panic appeared on some people's faces.
This wasn't a joke. People would really die!
"What should we do? Should we take a detour? "
Li Fen suggested. That green-skinned student had given her a fright.
"Why are we taking a detour? Continue advancing! "
Zhang Yaozong's tone was unyielding. If they took a detour, let alone the top three, they might not even be able to get into the top 50.
"What are you guys still standing there for? Advance! "
Chongde's group leader gritted his teeth and gave the order. If the students from the Central Province Academy dared to leave, their Chongde would dare to leave as well!
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