Chapter 69 Return and Wait

"Why haven't you left yet?"

After a brief sadness, Aunt Jinglan looked at Gu Xingzhou who was still there with some confusion.

Gu Xingzhou also had a toothache: "Yeah, why haven't I left yet..."

Due to many previous accidents, Gu Xingzhou lost the transport device he was carrying. Those who later entered the secret realm of Wanshou Mountain to rescue were different from the candidates.

The candidates entered through the "Secret Realm Teleportation Device for Martial Arts Examination", and each candidate had a special "teleportation mark" on his body.

No matter what happens during the exam, whether the watch is lost or not, once the exam is over, the candidates will return to Daxia, regardless of life or death.

Gu Xingzhou and his people are different. Their 'teleportation marks' are all imprinted on the 'secret realm teleportation devices' they brought in.

Now that the equipment is lost, all that has returned to Daxia is its mark.

Gu Xingzhou cannot be teleported back now and can only pass through the "gate".

“Ahem… Actually, I have something I want to discuss with Shanshenmu.” Gu Xingzhou changed the subject and said to Shanshenmu, “Shanshenmu, I want to discuss a deal with you.

I hope you can abide by the agreement with Ji Ruo. In exchange, I..."

I didn't say it before because Ji Ruo was really happy, and Gu Xingzhou couldn't bear to destroy this pure happiness.

Now that Ji Ruo and Liang Shixian have finished their examinations and returned to Daxia, Gu Xingzhou can discuss serious matters with the mountain god Mu.

He wanted to protect Ji Ruo's happiness.

"If Xiaoji is my friend, I swear on the earth veins that I will never regret it. You don't have to tell me this." Shanshenmu said as a matter of course, "We have made a promise."

Gu Xingzhou: “?”

He originally thought that the mountain sacred tree was just a joke, but he didn't expect it to be true.

The mountain sacred tree has now been integrated into the earth's veins, and swearing by the earth's veins has become a very important oath.

But there is no insurance, and this oath actually has no effect.

Shanshenmu suddenly said, "You can't go back, right? I can't feel the power of traveling through time and space that Xiaojiru and the others just had in you."

"Hahahaha, how is that possible? I stayed here because I really have something to talk to you about."

"I'm serious!" Gu Xingzhou said seriously, "I want to make a deal with you on behalf of the Daxia Education Department."

Aunt Jinglan had no friendship with Gu Xingzhou, nor was she interested in any of Gu Xingzhou's transactions. After saying hello to the mountain god tree, she took Dabao and Erbao away from the top of the mountain and returned to the nest.

"Chiu~ (Mountain God Tree, I'm going back first. If there are other guys who want to trouble you, you can contact me. There are no guys in the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain who can be our opponents now.)"

"good."

Shan Shenmu asked Gu Xingzhou: "What deal?"

"The content of the transaction is what you agreed upon with Ji Ruo." Although the mountain god tree had sworn by the earth's veins, Gu Xingzhou still felt it was not safe.

If the mountain god tree unilaterally breaches the contract, how sad would the child be?

He wanted to add an extra layer of insurance for Ji Ruo's agreement.

This insurance is also beneficial to Daxia, killing two birds with one stone.

"That kid can't get much 'fertilizer' by himself. If you are willing to stay on good terms with humans, I can cooperate with you on behalf of Daxia. In the future, you can provide various spiritual medicines and fruits, and we Daxia will provide you with 'fertilizer'. We will not infringe on each other. How do you think?"

Shanshenmu was silent for a moment: "Okay."

Because of Ji Ruo, the Mountain God Tree became the biggest winner tonight, and instantly became the absolute master of the secret realm of Wanshou Mountain, controlling the existence of the entire earth veins.

Not only now, but also the future 'food' has been settled.

So it feels pretty good to people who have something to do with Ji Ruo.

Moreover, if Ji Ruo promised to provide it with "fertilizer", the same thing would happen to Gu Xingzhou, and it would not suffer any loss anyway, so why would it not agree?

"But we have to make a pinky promise." said Shanshenmu.

It stretched out the branch that it had previously linked with Ji Ruola towards Gu Xingzhou and came in front of Gu Xingzhou.

Gu Xingzhou was stunned for a moment, then he stretched out his little finger: "Let's pinky it."

"Let's make a pinky promise for a hundred years. No change!" Shanshenmu imitated Ji Ruo and made a pinky promise with Gu Xingzhou.

After the agreement was reached, both parties fell into silence.

Gu Xingzhou didn't know what to say, and the mountain god tree itself was not good at speaking.

Ten minutes later——

The mountain god tree suddenly said, "You left a message in the earth for other humans to save you, right?"

The mountain god tree that controls the underground veins can now mobilize all the information "stored" in the underground veins of the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain. Everything that exists has traces.

"You said in the message that your 'transmission device' was lost..."

Gu Xingzhou: "Hahahahahahaha, did you find out? This is so embarrassing..."

"There are a few humans outside the mountain top trying to get in here. They must be here to pick you up. Do you need me to help you let them in?"

"…Then I'll trouble you."

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Yuncheng No.1 Middle School.

Flag raising square.

There were a total of 863 candidates from Yuncheng No. 1 Middle School participating in this martial arts exam. Perhaps because of good luck, most of the students were relatively close after being teleported.

Or maybe it was because of the educational policy of Yuncheng No. 1 Middle School - Yuncheng No. 1 Middle School was the best middle school in the entire Yuncheng. The best did not mean how strong the students were, but that the death rate in Yuncheng No. 1 Middle School's annual martial arts exam was the lowest even in the entire province.

The main martial arts teaching direction of No. 1 Middle School is various escape techniques.

For most students, the first reaction when encountering danger is to run away, and run fast!

It's almost a conditioned reflex.

In short, many people from Yuncheng No. 1 Middle School were injured this time, and quite a few even lost limbs.

However, because the military examination had only started for half a day at that time, the top leaders had already reacted and organized a rescue.

A large number of warriors flocked to the secret realm of Wanshou Mountain to participate in the rescue. On the first day of the martial arts exam alone, 655 people from No. 1 Middle School were rescued.

And because of the large-scale geological changes that occurred on the third day, for unknown reasons, almost all the candidates and inspecting warriors were transferred by the earth veins to the entrance and exit of the secret realm.

By the evening of the third day, the number of students rescued had reached 861!

The search and rescue operation is still going on, but since then, this number has never changed.

A total of 863 students from Yuncheng No. 1 Middle School took the exam, and 861 were rescued. This loss does not seem to be that big.

But life cannot be calculated like this.

More than 70% of the students were injured, and more than 20% had broken or missing limbs.

Class 3 and 4 were the only class where no students were injured, but they were also the only class where any students did not return.

The two students who failed to return were probably...

Since the students from other classes had already returned, the school allowed them to go home after counting the casualties.

Those students also have families, and their families are worried, and it is not easy to keep them in school forever.

Only the students in Class 3 and 4 of Senior High School volunteered to stay and wait for their classmates who had not returned.

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