Chu Lingxiao looked at Gu Qingze, his eyes full of admiration for him.
It was obviously their first time to hunt spirit beasts, but Gu Qingze always acted as a leader along the way, like a guide, making plans and pointing out his shortcomings in combat.
Under Gu Qingze's guidance, he has begun to get rid of his initial fear and is now basically able to hunt down low-level spirit beasts with strength below the seventh level of Qi training on his own.
Whenever he lacked confidence, as long as he looked at her and gave her an encouraging look, he would seem to be less afraid.
Chu Lingxiao looked at the young man squatting on the ground and calculating the results of their battle. The fine light and shadow fell on his body, as if he was coated with a layer of golden luster by the sunlight, just like a god in the sky.
He looked at him seriously, his eyes filled with love that he himself didn't even notice.
"Today's harvest is quite large. Including the one just now, we have already harvested eight low-level crystal cores."
Gu Qingze put them away carefully, stood up, smiled and looked back at Chu Lingxiao.
It was another emotion he couldn't understand.
Gu Qingze felt inexplicably irritated. This was definitely not happiness, nor was it sadness. Why did he feel that this look was somewhat familiar?
He suddenly remembered that when Zhou Yue said he wanted to protect Su Ming, he seemed to have shown a similar look.
I see!
Showing this look means that you want to protect the other person.
Gu Qingze was a little touched. He was indeed his good friend, always thinking of him.
"That's a really good result."
Chu Lingxiao was also very happy. Obviously, he was very satisfied with what he had gained today.
"Let's keep going. Let's find some more spirit beasts to hone our strength. Opportunities like this don't come around often, so we must seize them!"
Gu Qingze smiled and was about to move forward when he suddenly realized something was wrong and his eyes shifted to the right.
"What's wrong?"
Seeing him like that, Chu Lingxiao couldn't help but ask.
"There's some movement over there, let's go check it out."
Gu Qingze looked at him, obviously asking for his opinion.
Chu Lingxiao was also very curious about what was happening over there, so he nodded in agreement.
Gu Qingze took his hand and moved slowly in that direction, using the grass to block his view and observe what was happening there.
In a small, open area, dozens of students from Qingyun City Academy were being herded together. There, dozens of figures were casually leaning against tree trunks, their eyes filled with playfulness.
Although those dozens of figures deliberately acted lazy, Gu Qingze could still sense from them the temperament that only desperadoes possessed.
What was the unique aura of a desperado? He couldn't describe it, perhaps it was the smell of blood emanating from his body and the terrifying look that only comes from killing dozens of people. Just one glance from him would make your whole body tremble with fear.
These people are obviously in the same group.
"What do you want?"
Standing in front of the students were quite a few familiar figures. Of course, the most familiar were Zhou Yue and Su Ming. Their expressions were like those of the other students: anger, fear, and a hint of caution as they looked at the group.
"You little brats, didn't I tell you? Take out all the crystal cores and valuables from you and I'll let you go."
One of the younger looking guys in the group explained with a grin.
"Are you trying to rob me?!"
A young man said angrily.
"No way? You're just realizing it now."
The young man was speechless. He had said this several times since he surrounded them. Could he have captured some deaf people?
"Old Ten, your ability to select people is not good enough!"
His accomplices behind him burst into laughter and couldn't help teasing the young man.
The young man seemed to be thin-skinned. He looked at the students from Qingyun City Academy and said angrily.
"Hand over what I just said!"
"We are students from Qingyun City Academy, and we have dozens of guards who are more powerful than you following us. If you let us go now, we won't pursue the matter further."
Some students told about the guards who followed them, hoping to intimidate the group.
"We know. Aren't you here for the trial? Did your teacher tell you that sometimes being robbed is also part of the trial? Hahaha!"
The young man looked at the students with a smile.
"If I'm guessing correctly, those guards are just there to protect your lives. As long as they don't kill you, they won't care, right?"
"So, now that no one can save you, you'd better hand over everything obediently and stop wasting our time."
"As long as you hand them over, we'll let them go. That's all that's going to happen. Don't delay us from grabbing the next batch! Otherwise, if you push us too far, don't blame us for taking action."
The young man flexed his fists and feet, then grinned with a "kind" smile. His jagged teeth were as terrifying as those of an untamed beast.
"you!"
Zhou Yue couldn't help getting angry and clenched his fists.
Hand over everything? Are you kidding? Knowing the test was coming, everyone brought their best.
What if these people lied? If we handed over the things and they didn't let us go, we would be in an even more disadvantageous situation.
"What? You want to test the power of my fist? My cultivation level is about the same as yours, maybe even higher. Are you sure you want to see who's stronger between us?"
The young man licked his teeth and looked at him as if he were prey. Zhou Yue was completely discouraged.
The young man was right. His cultivation was a little higher than his, and coupled with the experience gained from the environment he lived in, he could not compare to them.
And even if he fought hard to defeat him, those accomplices behind him were not pushovers. Would they really stick to a gentleman's agreement and not help the young man?
Zhou Yue's eyes flickered, and after a moment, his clenched hands finally loosened slowly.
He smiled bitterly and looked at Su Ming helplessly.
Su Ming seemed to have noticed something, and slowly held his hand with his own, giving him a reassuring smile.
"Be good, let's just consider it as a way to ward off disaster. Maybe they will really let us go as they said."
The others could only sigh. They knew that they were not on the same level as the people in front of them and could only blame themselves for their bad luck.
"That's right, that's what a good and sensible child should do."
The young man smiled with satisfaction when he saw them give up resistance.
But he was still a little disappointed, as he had thought they could struggle for a while longer.
Watching them handing the storage bags to the group of people, Gu Qingze gave Chu Lingxiao a look.
"How about it, do you want to step in and help?"
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