"Brother Mo, where are you planning to go now?"
"Me?" Mo Chengxuan hesitated for a moment, then said, "It's alright to tell you. My purpose in coming here is Pan Mingzhe. I've been secretly following him all along. Otherwise, how could I have known so coincidentally that Fairy Ning was injured by him and then come to you for help?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Yunhao's expression changed in surprise, and he frowned, saying, "Brother Mo, are you going to investigate the Blood Sect alone? Wouldn't that be... too dangerous?"
Mo Chengxuan smiled faintly and mocked, "It might be somewhat dangerous outside, but I feel quite safe here in the Cangxuan Secret Realm..."
"..."
"Alright, alright, Brother Shen, there's no need for you to worry about this. Let us lowly people fight it out ourselves. As for Brother Shen... as long as you score more than 15,000 points before the final round begins, you can participate in the third stage of the competition."
Shen Yunhao nodded, not surprised at all.
Assuming that each participant who enters the second stage has a score of 4,000, then when there are only 50 people left, the average score per person will be around 15,000.
Considering that there are many people with extremely high scores like Xiao Luoyang, the actual value is likely to be even higher.
If someone doesn't even have 15,000 points when the third stage begins, it means that their strength is likely lacking, and it's normal for them not to participate in the third stage.
Shen Yunhao currently has over 18,000 points, which definitely meets the requirements for participating in the third stage.
That's why he chose to spend more than half a month in seclusion in the valley, practicing the unity of man and sword, in order to participate in the final third stage.
"Moreover, once the third phase begins, the number of participants will definitely be far less than fifty!"
Shen Yunhao was stunned for a moment. "What do you mean by that? The conference clearly stipulates that the Xuanlei Pavilion will be opened when the number of participants reaches fifty. Even if there are a few people whose scores are not up to standard, how can it be said that the scores are far below the required level?"
"Because there are probably quite a few people like me who voluntarily chose to leave... Okay, okay, let's not talk about this anymore!"
Mo Chengxuan gestured with his lip in one direction and teased, "I think... Brother Shen would better go and clarify things with that Fairy Wu now, otherwise, it wouldn't be good if they turned against each other..."
"..."
Shen Yunhao looked in the direction he was pointing and sighed softly.
After spending more than a month together, Shen Yunhao didn't want to strain their relationship, so he decided to face what needed to be faced.
...
Wu Yun'er hadn't gone far. She sat alone on a smooth boulder in the woods, her slender shoulders rising and falling slightly, as if she were lost in thought.
Shen Yunhao sighed softly and stepped forward.
Hearing footsteps, Wu Yun'er didn't turn around, but her sarcastic words drifted over: "Oh? Isn't this Superman Qiang... oh no, our Guanghan Palace's eldest son-in-law Shen? How could you bear to leave your gentle, delicate, and charming wife behind and come to this desolate place to find me, this 'princess-sick relative'? Aren't you afraid your little darling will get jealous?"
"..."
As it turns out, no matter how much Wu Yun'er changes, her sharp tongue will never change!
However, upon hearing this, Shen Yunhao felt a sense of relief.
The fact that this girl is being sarcastic and bringing up old grievances at this moment actually shows that she is not particularly angry, but rather feels more like...wronged, resentful, and awkward.
He walked to the boulder, looked at her retreating figure, and said earnestly:
“Miss Wu…”
Wu Yun'er's body trembled almost imperceptibly. The way she was addressed made her heart tighten inexplicably, but she still held her head high and did not turn around.
"Back in the Tianshan Mountains, because of those unpleasant experiences, I did indeed misunderstand the girl..."
"However, after spending this time with you, I've realized that you're not the princess I imagined, but rather... a special group of people."
"Special group?" Wu Yun'er finally couldn't help but turn her head slightly, but still didn't look at him completely.
"Hmm." Shen Yunhao nodded and smiled, his gaze fixed on the vast ancient forest in the distance.
"For various reasons, these kinds of people don't know how to express themselves or maintain ordinary friendships when interacting with others, so they may have very few true friends and very few people who can truly understand them."
Therefore, they often set their sights on very high peaks, wanting to prove themselves to everyone... even if it means doing some rather extreme things!
Wu Yun'er's body suddenly stiffened.
Shen Yunhao was right!
She is the great-granddaughter of Wu Yun'er, the head of the Enforcement Hall, and is naturally the most outstanding among her peers in the Guanghan Palace...
Therefore, she always felt that other people looked at her with scrutiny, distance, and even... a label called "nepotism".
That kind of look... I really hate it!
So she poured all her energy and all her stubbornness into her cultivation, wanting to prove with a more dazzling performance that she was not a nepotism beneficiary in the eyes of those people!
For this...at any cost!
Wu Yun'er took a deep breath and was about to sneer when Shen Yunhao's voice behind her suddenly softened.
"However, once such people regard someone as a friend or...someone more important, they will give their all, ten or a hundred times more sincerity to protect and trust them, without reservation!"
The girl's heart skipped a beat, as if she had been hit hard by something.
She clenched her fists instinctively.
At this moment, Shen Yunhao took two steps forward and smiled at the depths of the dense forest.
"I misunderstood you a lot before, and it was wrong of me to say those things. I apologize to you for that..."
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