“Hehehehe, you won't escape my grasp!”
Ye Qiao laughed heartily, looking every bit like a trouble-making villain.
Hearing this laughter, Luo Qingyu was speechless. She looked up at Ye Qiao, who was hovering in midair on her sword, and shouted, “Little Junior Sister, can you be serious? That laugh of yours is too terrifying.”
Standing nearby, Ye Qinghan felt a headache coming on. An overwhelming swarm of demon beasts was hot on their heels, the situation was critical, yet the person he liked actually had the leisure to chat with Ye Qiao.
He grumbled inwardly, truly unable to understand. Was this what people meant when they talked about having a junior sister complex?
Luo Qingyu chuckled as she fled, turning to look at Ye Qinghan beside her and teasing, “So? Don't the two of us look like a couple on the run right now?”
Hearing this, Ye Qinghan's face filled with confusion. “What is a couple?”
Luo Qingyu was slightly taken aback, then explained, “A couple means Dao companions.”
The moment she said this, the tips of Ye Qinghan's ears and his neck instantly flushed a deep crimson.
Luo Qingyu was secretly astonished. No way, the prestigious chief disciple of the Wenjian Sect is actually this pure-hearted?
Ye Qinghan composed himself, suppressing the surging emotions in his heart, and said in a low voice, “Running constantly and continuously consuming spiritual energy is not a long-term solution. Let's fight our way back.”
With that, Ye Qinghan turned around and charged straight toward the surging beast tide behind them, drawing his sword and plunging into the swarm of demon beasts.
Seeing this from midair, Ye Qiao immediately flew on her sword to Ming Xuan and Xue Yu's side, calling out loudly, “Second Senior Brother, Third Senior Brother, hurry and follow him! Steal his kills from behind!”
Ming Xuan looked puzzled and asked, “How do we steal his kills?”
Ye Qiao explained loudly, “When Ye Qinghan beats a demon beast down to critical health, land the final blow while he's not paying attention. Got it?”
Hearing this, Xue Yu and Ming Xuan instantly had an epiphany.
The two of them quickly joined the kill-stealing war.
Standing not far away, Luo Qingyu heard their plan, and her lips couldn't help but twitch.
As expected of her Little Junior Sister, her execution was as formidable as ever.
Thinking no further, she immediately joined the fray, raising her hand to retrieve her artifact and launching attacks at the demon beasts before her.
From time to time, Zhou Xingyun swung his stick, deliberately squeezing into the areas where the Chengfeng Sect and Wenjian Sect were.
Among them, Ye Qinghan had it the worst. Just as he finished slaying one demon beast, a new one would immediately pounce on him. The demon beast points were skyrocketing at an astonishing rate.
Wenjian Sect: 5,000
Changming Sect: 4,300
Chengfeng Sect: 3,000
...
Miaomiao stared at the jade slip in her hand. Watching the points skyrocket like a wild tempest, she couldn't help but mutter to herself, “Did they poke a demon beast's nest? How are their points rising so fast?”
Si Miaoyan added from the side, “Can't be helped. The Changming Sect disciples this year are just pretty unhinged.”
...
Once the five days were up, the secret realm ended, and all the Personal Disciples were teleported out.
With the first secret realm trial over, the final points for the five sects were calculated.
Wenjian Sect: 300 points
Changming Sect: 250 points
Chengfeng Sect: 200 points
Bishui Sect: 100 points
Yueqing Sect: 0 points
Seeing the points on the leaderboard, Xue Yu and Ming Xuan both breathed a sigh of relief.
Mu Zhongxi shouted excitedly, “Our Changming Sect is in second place!”
On the field, some were rejoicing while others were grieving.
Looking at the Yueqing Sect's point total, Song Hansheng's eyelids twitched violently, and his face instantly darkened. This was the first time the Yueqing Sect had ever ranked dead last in the tournament.
Ye Qiao slowly strolled over to the Yueqing Sect's group and blew a whistle.
Song Hansheng's face darkened, anger surging in his heart. “Are you mocking me?”
Ye Qiao shrugged. “Not at all. We're just genuinely happy.”
Xue Yu immediately chimed in, “Exactly. Can't we just be happy?”
Ming Xuan: “We got second place, after all.”
Zhou Xingyun calmly uttered two words: “Happy.”
Mu Zhongxi also echoed, “We're just happy. What can you do about it?”
Ming Xuan turned his head to look at Luo Qingyu and nudged her arm. Snapping back to her senses, Luo Qingyu also said, “Yes, yes, yes. Happy.”
The Yueqing Sect group: “...”
Within the Wenjian Sect team, who had taken first place, Ye Qinghan had a complicated look on his face.
As he passed by the Changming Sect group, he turned to look at Luo Qingyu, his expression softening slightly as he spoke, “Congratulations.”
Seeing the way Ye Qinghan looked at Luo Qingyu, the Changming Sect group glared at him with highly unfriendly eyes.
Left with no choice, Ye Qinghan turned around and departed with his fellow disciples.
Ming Xuan clicked his tongue and said, “Little Junior Sister, did you see the way Ye Qinghan looked at Fourth Junior Brother? It was practically like he was looking at something he loves.”
Hearing this, Xue Yu nodded heavily in agreement. “Indeed. That look was definitely suspicious.”
Zhou Xingyun also added calmly, “He can't hide his feelings at all.”
Mu Zhongxi leaned in and said, “He wants to steal Fourth Senior Brother away!”
Ye Qiao immediately added, “From now on, we must absolutely never let him meet Fourth Senior Brother.”
Luo Qingyu spoke up helplessly, “I can hear everything you're saying.”
Zhou Xingyun warned in a deep voice, “Stay away from him.”
After saying this, Zhou Xingyun gestured for Ye Qiao to take Luo Qingyu back to their courtyard to rest. Ye Qiao immediately grabbed Luo Qingyu, and the group walked toward their lodgings.
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