"Master."
Wang Jiaojiao happily raised her wine cup and toasted Zuo Yi, "Thank you for your guidance. More than half of the credit for my victory today is yours. Let me toast you!"
This morning, in the preliminary round of the Martial Alliance's Hangzhou division held at the Xixi Martial Arts Arena, Wang Jiaojiao had defeated her opponent with a single strike and obtained her first victory. As such, she was overjoyed and specially invited Zuo Yi, Shang Yulin and Bao 'er for lunch.
There was also Sun Qiang.
Sun Qiang was not as lucky as Wang Jiaojiao. Although his opponent was not very strong, his swordsmanship and combat experience completely overwhelmed Sun Qiang's. He lost the match after two rounds.
This meant that Sun Qiang would stop at the preliminary round and be eliminated.
Yes, this was also one of the reasons why Wang Jiaojiao could hold her head high.
Zuo Yi did not know whether to laugh or cry. He flicked Wang Jiaojiao's forehead and said, "Wait till you become the champion before you say these words to me!"
How could she be so complacent after just winning a preliminary round? Wasn't she embarrassed?
"Uh …"
Wang Jiaojiao immediately deflated like a deflated balloon. She lowered her head and looked pitiful.
"Sister Jiaojiao."
It was Bao 'er, who was sitting beside Wang Jiaojiao, who was sympathetic. He shook her arm and said, "You are already very strong."
Previously, when she saw Wang Jiaojiao obtain victory, the little girl nearly shouted herself hoarse.
She cheered and applauded for her.
"Really?"
Wang Jiaojiao immediately recovered 99% of her HP. She beamed and said, "Bao 'er is still the best."
Zuo Yi glanced at her. Is she secretly saying that I'm not good?
Jiaojiao's desire to live was strong. "I know Master is doing this for my own good. I will work harder and persevere!"
Zuo Yi could not help but laugh. He raised his glass of champagne and clinked it with hers. "It's good that you know. You won this round mainly because of luck. Don't be complacent because of this. There are too many people stronger than you."
Wang Jiaojiao's opponent was stronger than her, but she lost because of carelessness and bad luck. If she had fought steadily and surely, Wang Jiaojiao would not have had a chance of winning.
However, Wang Jiaojiao's improvement over the past half year's learning was very obvious.. Therefore, Zuo Yi still gave her a few words of encouragement.
Wang Jiaojiao said obediently, "Thank you, Master."
"Don't be discouraged …"
Jiaojiaojiao's sword's a ten years to sharpen your sword... and Jiaojiao's Jiao.... if you lose this year, you, you, you, you, lose this year. and's, you... you... you. you.
"Yes!"
. Sun Qiang nodded his head forcefully.
Little Fatty had lost quite badly, so the blow he received was quite heavy. However, he had a rather cheerful personality, so he quickly recovered his mood and began chatting and laughing.
In fact, other than Wang Jiaojiao and Sun Qiang, there were seven Tenhiro Budokan students who participated in the first day's preliminaries. Five of them defeated their opponents and successfully advanced to the next round.
This made Shang Yulin's mood very good. She drank a few glasses of champagne with Zuo Yi.
The Martial Arts Alliance Tournament's ranking and results were the most solid honor for a martial arts dojo. Her greatest wish was to enter the top hundred in the country. Because she had lost the qualification, she had high hopes for her students.
Ignoring the three students who directly advanced to the finals, Shang Yulin actually hoped that someone could stand out in the division and enter the national finals step by step.
If it were half a year ago, she would not have dared to have such thoughts. But now, Tenhiro Budokan had nurtured a batch of elite students who specialized in Hongwu Boxing. Although they did not have a deep foundation, they still had great potential!
After eating and drinking to their fill, Zuo Yi took out two mountain fruits from his interspatial ring and shared them with everyone.
He used a dagger to cut open the tough skin of the fruit, then cut the yellow pulp into small pieces and placed them on a fruit plate. He let everyone eat with toothpicks.
"It's very sweet!"
Wang Jiaojiao was the first to taste it. Her eyes immediately lit up. "It tastes so good!"
Sun Qiang silently stuffed two pieces into his mouth and nodded vigorously. It was too delicious!
"Yeah."
Shang Yulin took a bite and expressed her agreement. She asked curiously, "What fruit is this?"
"I don't know what it's called …"
Zuo Yi said, "If you like it, you can take two back."
There were hundreds of them stored in his interspatial ring. He immediately took out a few more and gave them to Wang Jiaojiao and Sun Qiang.
Everyone was already used to Zuo Yi's method of "making something out of nothing".
Zuo Yi did not give any to Shang Yulin. He would send a basket to her house later.
"Thank you, Master!"
Wang Jiaojiao beamed with joy as she hugged the mountain fruit and said, "I'll take it back and let Mom and Dad try it."
"Sister Jiaojiao, Brother Xiao Qiang …"
Bao'er quickly said, "After you finish eating the fruit, remember to leave the core for me. Don't throw it away."
"Ah?"
Wang Jiaojiao was puzzled. "Why do I have to leave the core?"
"Because I want to plant trees."
The little girl replied seriously, "When the fruit trees grow, we will be able to eat more fruits in the future."
Wang Jiaojiao giggled. "That's great. I promise to leave the core behind."
Sun Qiang raised his hand. "Don't worry, Junior Sister!"
In fact, the two of them only thought that Bao'er wanted to use the core to plant trees for fun. They did not know that she really had the ability to catalyze the growth of plants.
Zuo Yi was deep in thought.
It was good that the little girl had such an idea. The problem was, could the species in the trial space be planted in the Bluestar?
Because the laws of the world were different, the success rate of transplanting species from different worlds was very low. Only the wizards of the Wizard Tower could use special arrays in their laboratories to cultivate them.
Of course, this also prevented the invasion of otherworldly creatures.
"Dad …"
Bao'er pulled Zuo Yi's hand and whispered to him, "I want to go back and plant the core."
"Okay."
Zuo Yi certainly would not refuse the little girl's small request.
After eating the fruit, everyone went their separate ways.
Wang Jiaojiao and Sun Qiang went home separately. Shang Yulin returned to the Xixi Martial Arts Practice Field to continue watching the afternoon competition. Zuo Yi took Bao'er to their new home in the city and then directly teleported to the treasure tree through the indoor transmission array.
"Ga!"
The two had just teleported to the tree house when suddenly a loud cry came from the side. "Bao'er!"
It was Pipi the parrot that called out to the little girl.
What surprised Zuo Yi was that Pipi was not alone. Pipi was surrounded by more than a dozen colorful parrots of different sizes.
There were tiger skins like Pipi, phoenix heads, chicken tails, crimson breasts, and even King Kong!
These beautiful parrots stood high and low on the branches. They surrounded Pipi like stars around the moon, making Zuo Yi feel strange.
"Pipi …"
Bao'er did not think so much. She smiled and stretched out her small hand to Pipi.
Pipi immediately flew over and landed in her palm. She lowered her head and rubbed her wrist with an incomparably intimate look.
And this scene made all the parrots squawk noisily!
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