The professor's gaze towards Wei Feng had changed; it was now full of approval. He nodded repeatedly and said "Very good" three times.
But he didn't forget the boy who had initially pointed to that room, and asked, "Yu Jiabao, what are your thoughts?"
Everyone's eyes instinctively turned to Yu Jiabao, whose face flushed red.
The professor leading the group looked at him gently, with encouragement and urging, "It's okay, Yu, it doesn't matter if you make a mistake."
Yu Jiabao then pointed to the third room and murmured, "It seems that the intelligence core in this room is missing a part, so its energy fluctuations are very weak."
Before the professor in charge could speak, Wei Feng began to sneer, "Hey student, it's fine if you can't sense it yourself, but what's the point of copying my and Wu's answers? This isn't an exam, why would you cheat?"
Yu Jiabao's eyes suddenly reddened, and he stammered for a long time without being able to speak, his eyes filled with tears of grievance.
Although Ruan Chen felt some sympathy for the boy, she wasn't a saint and wouldn't suddenly become so kind as to help this Yu Jiabao out of his predicament.
Even if Ruan Chen can help a weak person once today, he will still face all kinds of malice from others in the future. Can Ruan Chen help him for a lifetime?
The professor in charge clearly had no intention of helping Le Jiabao out of the predicament, and didn't even say a word on his behalf, as if he was completely unaware of the conflict and contradiction between the two students.
In fact, this summer camp is not only looking at their grades and abilities, but also their character. Just as Ruan Chen thought, a child who is too weak cannot become a swordsman, no matter how good his grades are or how strong his willpower is.
Just like when Ruan Chen deliberately tripped up Wei Feng, it was obvious to everyone that Wei Feng had suffered a loss, but the professor in charge seemed to see nothing and didn't ask a single question.
The professor leading the team didn't ask for Ruan Chen's opinion, presumably because he already knew about Ruan Chen's situation.
Just as this matter was about to come to an end, a pattern suddenly caught Ruan Chen's eye out of the corner of her eye; it looked very familiar.
Ruan Chen looked at the boy's shoes. They were a pair of sneakers that had been worn for a long time. The edges of the shoes were frayed, and you could see from the side that the shoes were badly worn. The shoes were grayish-yellow, but not the kind of grayish-yellow that was intentionally designed. Rather, they were the color that white sneakers had oxidized over the years.
Fortunately, the shoelaces don't wear out easily, which is why Ruan Chen can see the pattern there.
That's the school emblem of Meicheng No. 3 High School.
Ruan Chen then realized that the reason why the boy from Meicheng hadn't caught her attention earlier was because he had only mentioned his province when he introduced himself.
Ruan Chen had to connect his surname with his tragic past, because "Yu" is indeed an uncommon surname.
Coincidentally, the most powerful and influential person that Ruan Chen had ever encountered in her life before she turned twelve was also surnamed Yu.
Yu Le's business empire was the Pleasure Hall in the slums. Back then, Ruan Chen had even discussed business with Yu Le, pretending to be mature and imitating the adults around him by calling him "Brother Le".
But if Yu Jiabao is related to Brother Le, given his underground business in Meicheng back then, surely he wouldn't have let this kid live such a miserable life? His shoes are worn out like this, and he still has that deep-seated inferiority complex. No wonder Wei Feng dares to step on him.
Ruan Chen slightly turned her body to block the camera, and quietly took out her phone, preparing to search for information related to Yu Le from back then, to see if it had anything to do with Yu Jiabao.
There was a message from Fu Jianzhi in the phone's notification box.
Ruan Chen naturally checked Fu Jianzhi's information first before doing her own thing.
Fu Jianzhi's information consisted of only a few words, but it precisely answered Ruan Chen's question: "Yu Jiabao is Yu Le's youngest son."
Well, Ruan Chen couldn't help but sigh, it really was Qiao'er's mother who opened the door for Qiao'er.
At this point, Ruan Chen hadn't figured it out yet. Everything that happened around her was never a coincidence. In the world's spiritual network, her excessive power would unconsciously affect everyone around her.
Moreover, if Yu Le hadn't had a sudden thought back then, she wouldn't have had a chance to escape from a grown man after swallowing the 90,000 yuan that sold Fu Jianzhi.
If someone were to look up Yu Jiabao's past history, they would find that before the age of fourteen, Yu Jiabao had average intelligence, repeated two grades, and was about to fail to graduate from junior high school.
But after Yu Le did a rare good deed and helped Ruan Chen, Yu Jiabao seemed to have a breakthrough. His grades improved by leaps and bounds, and he even awakened his spiritual talent.
By the time Ruan Chen came to her senses, the professor in charge had already signaled to the students that they could try to connect with the Ten Famous Swords.
Ruan Chen's mental network remained intact, overlooking the entire situation. She could clearly sense the students vying to extend their goodwill to the intelligent cores, cautiously letting her mental energy circulate around them.
But a minute passed, and there was no movement in the room.
Another minute passed, and these proud and arrogant swordsmen, as if playing house with children, grew impatient and began to express their resistance.
These students naturally wouldn't give up; instead, they started attacking each other without any instruction, as if defeating their competitors would allow them to demonstrate their strength to these famous swords and become the master of one of them.
Ruan Chen wasn't the only one observing coldly; Wei Feng was too.
Wei Feng walked towards Ruan Chen. Knowing that Ruan Chen was not someone to be trifled with, his arrogant attitude softened slightly, but his tone was still disdainful, "What, why don't you give it a try? What if you hit the jackpot?"
Ruan Chen crossed her arms and glanced at him lazily, "It doesn't hurt anymore, does it?"
Wei Feng shuddered, realizing that he had shown fear in front of Ruan Chen. He glared at her angrily and then released his mental energy.
A powerful force suddenly appeared in Ruan Chen's mental world. It seems that Wei Feng is quite capable, not just a plagiarist.
The students over there were clumsily manipulating their mental energy to attack each other—because they hadn't received professional training, they couldn't cause any real harm.
Wei Feng first probed Tai'a. He had heard from his uncle that Marshal Lin was Tai'a's pilot when he was young. If he could become Tai'a's new master, he might be able to gain Marshal Lin's approval and establish a connection.
However, Tai'a clearly conveyed a signal of resistance.
Wei Feng's spiritual energy circled the Seven Star Dragon Abyss twice, but in the end, he was disgusted with this soulless fool and turned to Chi Xiao, where the energy fluctuations were low.
The bad news was that Chixiao didn't respond to him at all; the good news was that Chixiao didn't reject him.
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