After Zhou Qing withdrew, the others followed suit.
How can they represent the academy and all the students in it?
Even if this is not the case, more people would not dare to gamble with their own future.
A competition, betting your own future, is a gamble, a gamble of your whole life.
Not only did students from outside the academy withdraw, even several people who had been in the same academy as Tao Jing took a step back and chose not to participate.
Seeing that everyone was about to withdraw, Tao Jing said, "I was not thoughtful enough before. Let's stick to the bet we agreed on."
"Sure." Xiao Moer agreed indifferently.
But even so, it still couldn't stop the trend of people retreating.
When Tao Jing saw that Jin Xuan and the others were determined to withdraw, his expression turned very ugly.
Everyone can quit, except him.
Because he was the one who proposed the bet.
But to put it bluntly, this matter is not just his own, so why should he face it alone?
How could Tao Jing be willing to accept this? Naturally, she couldn't let Jin Xuan and the others withdraw.
He said directly, "No matter if others are afraid or not and dare not compete with you, I, Tao Jing, and my classmates Jin Xuan will never back down."
Jin Xuan and the others looked very ugly.
Damn Tao Jing, he actually dragged them into this.
The expressions of those who had withdrawn also turned unhappy. He was mocking them for being cowardly. However, they did not dare to say anything at this time.
Once I say it, I will have to agree to the competition and the conditions.
Between face and future, they naturally chose future.
As for Jin Xuan and the others, they naturally did so and chose their future first.
But before they could speak, Xiao Moer spoke before them.
"What do you want to compete in?" Xiao Moer looked at Jin Xuan and the others, as if he had finalized their spots.
Jin Xuan and the others remained silent. They didn't want to compete at all.
Someone from Hanshan Academy said, "Jin Xuan, are you afraid? If that were the case, you shouldn't have made such a request in the first place."
"Hahaha, is that so? I heard that this condition was originally proposed by someone from your Xiangshan Academy."
"When did the students of Xiangshan Academy become so cowardly?"
"Xiangshan Academy is one of the best academies in Chang'an City, after all. How come the students there are so despicable? They proposed the bet, but in the end, they were scared. If they were scared, they shouldn't have been so arrogant in the first place."
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Faced with the sarcastic voices from all sides, Jin Xuan and his companions' faces turned as black as pot stickers.
Jin Xuan said in a deep voice, "Who said we were scared? Who said we didn't dare to gamble? When did you ever hear us say that? The ones who were scared were the people from Hanshan Academy, not us from Xiangshan Academy."
Jin Xuan looked coldly at the young man who spoke first.
That person was his mortal enemy Park Tianqing.
Park Tianqing smiled but didn't say anything. If he spoke at this time, he might get himself implicated.
Jin Xuan had that plan in mind, but the boy actually held back and wisely didn't say anything.
At this point, only six students from Xiangshan Academy remained in the pavilion. Whether they were there on purpose or not, they couldn't escape. They obediently signed the agreement.
"Now, what's the competition?"
Someone immediately suggested, "Since it's the imperial examination season, why not have the four gentlemen present each come up with a question?"
The Four Young Masters is not one person, but refers to the four great talents of the Southern Tang Kingdom who were recently selected by all the students in Chang'an City.
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