Xu Yuehuai stood up from the ground as if nothing had happened. "It's nothing, it's just that you took too long to come out. We waited for a long time."
She wasn't exactly lying; she showed no sign of guilt. Fu Ziyi glanced at them suspiciously, but ultimately could only accept this explanation. She then joined them in standing aside, waiting for the rest of the people to come out.
After only a quarter of an hour, there was still no movement from inside. Fu Ziyi couldn't help but say, "Why haven't they come out yet? Are they all that weak? They're so slow."
He had dealt with sacred beasts before and knew how difficult they were to deal with. He said these words only to comfort himself and not want to admit that it was true.
Just as he finished speaking, a flash of white light appeared before his eyes, and three more people appeared: Shangguan Xi, Nangong Yu, and Xuan Chi.
As soon as Nangong Yu came out, she confronted Fu Ziyi, "Who are you calling weak! We only took a little time, how dare you talk like that!"
Nangong Yu's voice was weak. After seeing Xuan Chi standing next to him, he collapsed onto Xuan Chi. He coughed while covering his mouth and said, "I'm so tired. This thing is really hard to deal with, but it's also really fun to be with this sacred beast. If I had known you would dislike me, I would have come out earlier and not played with it."
Upon hearing this, Fu Ziyi smiled and said sarcastically, "Keep being stubborn here, and see if anyone will want to talk to you."
Fu Ziyi and Baili Xiuwen complained, but stepped forward to help them over so they could heal properly. Once Nangong Yu felt better and his vision cleared up, he looked around and said, "Hey, why hasn't Shi Mu come out yet? I just saw four people standing here, and I thought Shi Mu had come out before me."
Nangong Yu frowned slightly, looking at Mei Ming with confusion in her eyes, "Why are you still here? Why are you still with us?"
"Hey, isn't it obvious? Of course I want to get on Miss Xu's good side. She's such a capable person, if I don't get to know her better, I feel like I've wasted my trip here." Mei Ming wasn't telling the truth. When he heard Xu Yuehuai say that, he knew she didn't want her teammates to know the truth, so he didn't mind doing her a favor.
Nangong Yu's eyes were unfriendly. "You bastard! You actually managed to seduce her."
The group chatted for a while, then realized that Shi Mu hadn't come out yet. Nangong Yu was resting his head on his hands, his eyes unfocused. The others also had a different idea in mind. "Let's go."
Xu Yuehuai spoke first, and everyone looked at her. No one objected. After so much time, Shi Mu had probably already failed.
After Xu Yuehuai finished speaking, he stood up and looked at the long corridor in front of him. The wood-attribute area was different from the metal-attribute area. The ground was covered with the roots of large trees, and below the roots were all abysses, endless abysses.
Nangong Yu turned his head and saw that no one wanted to speak, the atmosphere was heavy. He tugged at the corner of his mouth and spoke first: "Wow, don't these trees need soil and nutrients? That's so strange, how do they survive in a place like this!"
Xu Yuehuai looked at the trees in front of her, her eyes darkening for a moment. "Everyone be careful, don't fall, and..."
She paused briefly, her eyes holding a range of emotions that were hard to decipher.
Nangong Yu turned to look at Xu Yuehuai, "And what?"
"And there's a good chance something will come down there and pull someone down," Mei Ming added from the side.
Xu Yuehua nodded. "Anyway, this is the first time for everyone here, so be careful. If there is any danger, remember to shout for help. I will come to help if I hear you."
Mei Ming was about to tell Xu Yuehuai to take care of her health, since she had just been seriously injured but was now acting like nothing was wrong and saying these boastful things.
"Then I'll have to rely on Senior Sister's protection to survive," Nangong Yu said jokingly.
Fu Ziyi glared at him with hostility, giving him a sharp look. Nangong Yu had just looked away when he noticed Fu Ziyi's extremely displeased expression. "What are you looking at! If you're so capable, why don't you stop relying on Senior Sister?"
Nangong Yu pouted, his face showing a determined look, but Fu Ziyi was helpless against him at this moment and could only stare at him for a while.
Fu Ziyi turned around and said disdainfully, "You're hopeless."
"You're spineless~" Nangong Yu repeated Fu Ziyi's words in a sarcastic tone. Fu Ziyi was so agitated that he wanted to punch Nangong Yu, but Xu Yuehuai interrupted them in time.
"I'll go first, you all follow behind. Be careful and concentrate," Xu Yuehuai reminded the group, worried that they might be in trouble.
On the other side, Shi Mu lay on the ground, covered in blood. He had tried his best but failed to pass the first test. He had even boasted that he wanted to go to the front with them and that everyone should improve together. Perhaps Zhan Qi was right; he was not worthy to stay by Xu Yuehuai's side.
Looking around, all six of them had extraordinary backgrounds, except for him, who was ordinary from the beginning. It was only because he gained Xu Yuehuai's favor that he gained some fame and some respect.
But from beginning to end, it wasn't because of him at all. Even now, after trying so hard for so long, he still can't keep up with their pace. What face will he have to say that he and Senior Sister are in the same team after they leave?
Shi Mu placed his hand on the waist token beside him, closed his eyes, and crushed the token.
The broken waist token meant that the disciple had voluntarily given up the challenge of the competition. It was not that Shi Mu wanted to give up. He had no spiritual power left, not even a trace of it in his dantian. Staying here would only lead to his death. He still wanted to live a good life.
When Shi Mu appeared on the stage, disciples from Qingtao Valley immediately took him off. Zi Sangyi just shook his head regretfully. He thought Shi Mu would at least reach the second or third level, but he didn't expect him to be eliminated in the first level.
However, this is enough to prove that this competition was challenging enough that many people couldn't pass it.
Those who couldn't get through were, in a way, protected. The danger in the ruins was self-evident; without sufficient strength, going into the ruins would only be a pointless death.
When Shi Mu arrived at the rest and treatment area, his eyes were still unfocused. He just lay there blankly, completely oblivious to everything else. He opened and closed his eyes, seeing blue sky and white clouds, and doctors in white coats coming and going, treating him.
Bandaging, taking medicine, and the constant talking in his ear—everything made him feel irritable.
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