Chapter 87 Chapter 87 Li Xuan and Mu Yin stood in the temple...
Li Xuan and Mu Yin stood at the front of the temple, while Mu Yang was pushed to the corner.
Li Yian was not popular due to her personality, so she was often pushed to the corner. But she did not expect that Mu Yang, who was always the center of attention, would be pushed to the corner.
She remembered what Ah Quan had said to her: No one wants to get close to him...
Li Yian felt a mixture of emotions. She hadn't expected Ah Quan to be telling the truth. She was more accustomed to seeing Mu Yang radiant and confident than to a dejected one.
An Si stood on the high platform, his face solemn. "Now, the scattered immortals from all over the world have basically gathered, but the whereabouts of the water spirit remain unknown. There are rumors of fish immortals appearing in the caves in the suburbs, and they are most likely water spirits. But the caves are occupied by monsters, and perhaps the water spirits are being held hostage by them. We must rescue the water spirit as soon as possible, gather all the scattered immortals, and gather the spiritual energy of all living beings in the world. Only then can we begin to work together to purify the world of all evil and save all life."
"As for the team leader, I will choose one from Mu Yin and Mu Yang."
He glanced at Mu Yang in the corner, frowned, and said, "Mu Yang, come over here."
An Si's mention of Mu Yang drew everyone's attention to him in the corner. For a moment, everyone's expressions shifted, and silence fell. Almost everyone present had been treated coldly by Mu Yang, and for no apparent reason. As much as they had loved Mu Yang before, they were now disappointed in him.
When Mu Yang walked towards An Si, everyone took a step back and made way for him.
Facing the unfriendly gazes of the crowd, Mu Yang pursed his lips, lowered his head, and stood in front of An Si with Mu Yin.
"As a team leader, you not only need strong leadership and the ability to rally people, but also strong spiritual power to purge the evil spirits and clear a path for everyone. Therefore, I hope you will have three competitions: a leadership competition, a cohesion competition, and a spiritual power competition."
"Sure." Mu Yin answered first.
Mu Yang was a little absent-minded. He raised his eyes and searched the crowd below. Finally, he found Li Yian in the corner. She was looking up at him.
Li Yian and Mu Yang's eyes met. She looked around in confusion, and finally realized that Mu Yang was looking at her. She could only use hand gestures to say, "Come on."
"Mu Yang, are you willing? Or do you choose to abstain?" Seeing that Mu Yang was slow to respond, An Si frowned.
Mu Yang seemed to have just come to his senses, retracted his gaze, and said to An Si, "I accept the competition."
An Si was displeased with Mu Yang's absent-minded attitude, his expression darkening slightly. At this critical moment, he hadn't expected Mu Yang's attention to be still on Li Yian, still obsessed with his romantic feelings. Mu Yang was, after all, a student he had valued for over a decade, and even though he was disappointed with him, he was willing to give him another chance to prove himself.
He gave the two of them a general outline of the competition and then led everyone to the open space of the martial arts academy.
A group of people automatically formed a big circle, with Mu Yang and Mu Yin standing in the center, each with a small team behind them.
The first test: leadership.
The martial arts academy has a wealth of training levels and various obstacles. Mu Yang and his team need to lead the team through the levels quickly. Each level has a task, such as allocating weapons, dispatching personnel, choosing routes... They need to make the best decision within half an hour and lead the team to complete the task.
A Quan acted as the referee. As soon as he finished reading out the rules, the team members behind Mu Yang were whispering to each other and discussing something in a low voice.
An Si stood on the high platform. Even though he was not close to them, he could still vaguely hear the students' words, "Why not just admit defeat? It's so unlucky to follow Mu Yang..."
An Si's face turned ugly and he said angrily, "The game has begun, everyone must fight with all their strength." An Si's angry voice finally stopped the whispering conversations below.
Mu Yang naturally heard what they said, his handsome face expressionless. He looked around, but didn't see Li Yian. He didn't care who looked at him, he only cared about how Li Yian looked at him. Even if he couldn't find Li Yian, he would still take it seriously and win to show Li Yian.
Mu Yang lowered his head, holding the map in his hand, and was about to look at it carefully when suddenly there was a loud noise in his head, as if a knife was stirring his brain.
"You wanted to trick me out and then seriously injure me. I fell into your trap! I won't go out again. I will eat your brain clean and your body will belong to me completely!" The violent noise made Mu Yang groan in pain, and his handsome eyes were stained blood red.
Mu Yang frowned tightly, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
Shut up! Shut up!
Mu Yin kept staring at Mu Yang and clenched his fists slightly.
At A Quan's command, the game began and both sides quickly took action.
Meanwhile, Li Xia was fast asleep, clinging to her neck, her arms clasped tightly around hers. Li Xia's hands wouldn't budge. Li Yian wanted to stand up and watch the game, but was hampered by this. She mentally cursed Li Xuan. Just as they reached the temple, Li Xuan threw the unconscious Li Xia to her and disappeared.
Although she had been Li Xia's nanny for a period of time, she is not a nanny now.
As the game started, the whole audience cheered for Mu Yin.
Li Yian kept trying to pry Li Xia's hands apart, but as soon as he pried them apart, Li Xia came up again. Finally, Li Yian gave up resisting and sat cross-legged in resignation, thinking to himself, no matter how loud they cheered, Mu Yang would win in the end.
She always has trust in Mu Yang. Even though Mu Yang is indeed down and out now, he is blessed by God as the male protagonist.
After an unknown amount of time, Li Xia slowly woke up in his arms. Seeing that he was hugging Li Yian tightly, his pretty face flushed slightly. Then he shouted loudly, "Where's Mu Yang? I want to find Mu Yang!"
This familiar and noisy voice made Li Yian's head buzz. Thinking of the noisy days they had spent together, he wanted to knock her out again.
Li Yian's face turned cold, he pushed her away and said calmly, "Mu Yang is competing with someone in the front."
When Li Xia heard this, she jumped up and ran towards the dense crowd. She kept pushing away the people blocking her way with her hands and squeezed into the crowd.
Li Yian also stood up and brushed off the dirt on his clothes, but heard a cold voice behind him, "You don't seem to care much about the outcome of the game?"
When she heard Li Xuan's voice, her face darkened and she turned around and glared at him.
But he saw that Li Xuan had changed into clean clothes, the wound on his cheek had been treated with ointment, and his messy hair was tied up high, returning to his usual noble and proud appearance. He was a man who cared deeply about his image. Not long ago, Mu Yin had only slightly scratched his face, and he wanted to kill Mu Yin.
Li Yian was stunned for a moment, then retracted his angry glare. "Mu Yang will always be the winner, right?"
"Heh." Li Xuan laughed sarcastically, "Mu Yang has lost two games in a row. Whether it's leadership or cohesion, he's nowhere near as good as Mu Yin."
He who wins the hearts of the people wins the world, but Mu Yang has offended everyone and no one is willing to cooperate with him.
Li Xuan paused, "The third game has already begun, but the outcome is almost decided. He is no match for Mu Yin."
"How is that possible?" Li Yian's face tightened as she hurried into the crowd. The crowd excitedly shouted Mu Yin's name. When she squeezed in and saw Li Xia, even Li Xia was calling Mu Yin's name, her face flushed.
Li Yian stood in the inner circle, staring at Mu Yang who was knocked away by Mu Yin's punch, and couldn't help but stand there in a daze.
The third competition was a spiritual power competition, including summoning, manipulation, and healing. In the spiritual power duel, Mu Yang was behind Mu Yin in all of them. In the spiritual power duel, Mu Yang was even knocked away.
Mu Yang quickly retreated dozens of meters, his back hitting the wooden stake hard. He knelt on the ground in a mess, covering his chest, coughing violently, and a few drops of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.
He struggled to his feet and stood unsteadily.
The whole place was filled with cheers for Mu Yin, occasionally mixed with disappointing accusations against Mu Yang.
Mu Yang lost completely and miserably. Looking around, everyone was looking at Mu Yin eagerly. They rushed forward to surround Mu Yin and congratulate him.
And he was left alone there.
"Yian..." Mu Yang's face was pale, extremely embarrassed. He saw Li Yian, whose lips were tightly pursed and his expression was confused. He was pushed back a few steps by the crowd that came forward to congratulate Mu Yin, and was soon submerged in the crowd.
In the chaos, she felt someone tugging at her sleeve. "Li Yian, that guy named Mu Yin is so handsome. Can you carry me to find him? I can't squeeze in!"
Li Xia kept shaking her hands.
Li Yian coldly pushed her away and left without saying a word.
For some reason, she felt awful. She didn't even want to watch the High Priest announce the winner and Mu Yin as the chosen leader.
She had always believed that Mu Yang had the aura of a male protagonist, that God favored him, and that even if he failed temporarily, he would be able to quickly turn defeat into victory. But the Mu Yang she had just seen was not only much weaker than Mu Yin, but also always absent-minded, as if he didn't care about the game.
It doesn't matter that he is weak, but his attitude is really infuriating.
She had grown up with Mu Yang and had watched him grow up firsthand. She knew how hard he studied and practiced, how talented he was, and that he never stopped getting stronger. But she hadn't expected Mu Yang to be so ruthless, losing to Mu Yin, who had never practiced before, and losing so miserably.
At noon, she had vowed that Mu Yang would become the strongest person. Now she was completely slapped in the face.
She walked out almost without looking back. Mu Yang called her name anxiously from behind, but she was in no mood to respond and left quickly.
Gradually, the martial arts training grounds were cleared, and the crowd had left. The vast open space was now covered in scattered snow. Mu Yang stood in the heavy snow, tears streaming from his eyes, drops of blood falling onto the white snow at his feet.
The world was in turmoil, but he had never felt so alone. Inner demons could devour the brain, directly changing a person's thoughts and forcing them to willingly sacrifice their lives. Mu Yang had always used willpower to resist the thought of suicide.
But at this moment, he would rather die right now.
The frown on Li Yian's face as he left, the expression of unwillingness to listen to him, still lingered in his mind. He had given up everything to follow Li Yian, but Li Yian loathed him, not wanting to hear a single word he said or explain himself. He wished to stay as far away from him as possible, just like everyone else in the Theological Society.
At this moment, the inner demon was still attacking his body. The incomparable pain all over his body was not as great as the pain in his heart.
If the heart were dug out, would it still hurt this much?
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Li Yian didn't stop until he had walked far away and deep into the bamboo forest, his mind in a mess.
It was not until he kicked the bamboo forest hard a few times that he finally let out some of his anger.
The game lasted two or three hours, from noon to afternoon. Now it was over, and it was almost evening. The weather was getting colder, and fine snowflakes were drifting in the evening breeze.
In the quiet bamboo forest, one could still hear faint cheers and indistinct conversations coming from the martial arts academy.
She had always considered Mu Yang her spiritual support, believing he would be the one to save the world from disaster. She and others would sacrifice their lives to support him. Even though she knew they would become enemies, or even perish at his hands, she never considered harming him.
But at this moment, Mu Yang was no longer as perfect as she had imagined, and it seemed that God no longer loved him.
But the spectator is so formidable, can Mu Yang still defeat her? Can Mu Yang, who is so weak now, really conquer his inner demons and get his own weapon?
Li Yian turned around with a headache, and finally knocked his head weakly on the bamboo.
Li Xuan, standing under the eaves not far away, looked at Li Yian, who was lost in the bamboo forest. He was also in a bad mood. He leaned against the wall, looked up at the snowflakes drifting in the sky, and murmured, "Is she really disappointed?"
He, Mu Yang, and Li Yian had always fought together. They had experienced countless life-and-death experiences together. The evil incident at the Mu Mansion, Cheng Qiu's murder, the white crane incident at the palace, the white crane habitat incident, the festival incident, and the recent tunnel exploration incident. All of this was vivid in his mind, as if it had happened yesterday.
As the main person in charge of protecting Mu Yang, he needed to pay attention to Mu Yang's behavior and safety at all times, and he also paid attention to Li Yian's every move. As for the reason for paying attention to Li Yian, he didn't know. After all, Li Yian never needed his protection.
Whenever he was around these two, he was always the first to notice their emotional changes.
Mu Yang fell into depravity, he was angry and disappointed, Li Yian was melancholy and disappointed, and he was not in a good mood either.
In the past, Li Yian would always startle when she saw him nearby. Now, he was not far away from her, but she lowered her head, immersed in her own thoughts.
I don't know how much time passed, but it was completely dark. Li Yian, who was hiding in the bamboo forest to vent his anger, suddenly raised his head as if awakened. He thought that he would go to the tunnel to investigate the secret of Hydra tomorrow, and he was still here with random thoughts.
The most important thing now is to discuss tomorrow's travel plans with my companions.
Li Yian hurriedly stood up from the stone bench and left the bamboo forest in a hurry.
The snow was falling harder and harder, and the snow on the ground was already over the ankles. Every few steps along the way, the seminary would light a lantern, and the orange candlelight illuminated the white snow on the ground, reflecting a faint light.
When Li Yian returned to the martial arts academy, A Quan was discussing something with other students. A crowd of people gathered together, including people from the liberal arts academy, and Mu Yin was surrounded by people.
When Ah Quan saw Li Yian, he couldn't help but curse, "I've been looking for you for ages and can't find you. It's already late at night and the meeting is almost over!"
He threw a roll of paper to Li Yian and said, "This is a map of the tunnel. Please take a good look at it tonight. Tomorrow we will be responsible for protecting the people from the Academy of Literature."
"Okay." Li Yian nodded lightly.
She unfolded the map, glanced at it briefly, and listened to A Quan briefly explain what to pay attention to tomorrow.
She glanced around and didn't see Mu Yang or Li Xuan. In the past, whenever they went out on an operation, they were the team leaders who gave orders in the middle.
Soon, the classmates left one after another. Before leaving, Ah Quan glanced at Li Yian and asked, "Why don't you go back and rest?"
"Mu Yang..." Li Yian looked uneasy. He hurriedly picked up an umbrella and walked quickly outside.
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