ASER - Chapter 154
Chapter 154: Menace!
The remaining thousand who hadn't set off were either a step slower in reacting—not as fast as those ahead who were trying to save time for the Nurturing Pool, nor did they rush to rob backpacks like A'Diao. But people follow the crowd, and the others quickly reacted. Unfortunately, their reactions couldn't keep up with the teachers'. Teacher Green Pepper was spurred into action by A'Diao's audacious move and immediately fled, and the other teachers promptly followed suit.
Since they were all Star Realm teachers, their physical constitution was naturally excellent. They leaped onto the stairs and sprinted upwards.
At this moment, the examinees at Song Erhu's level who remained thought to themselves: Although you're teachers, everyone's Spiritual Power is restricted. We're young and in great shape, surely we can outrun you?
Chase!
A large group swarmed after them.
However, people like Duanmu Qingyang, though lagging behind, were the steady-tempered sort. Although they also realized the backpacks were definitely useful, containing not just food but also necessities that these teachers deemed effective in this environment, thus offering a clear advantage, it would be very difficult to stubbornly pursue the teachers after they fled. Unless one could catch them off guard like Chen Adiao, or cooperate flexibly like Quan Lie and his companion.
What works once or twice might not work a third time. They quickly abandoned this approach and chose the safest, most conservative option: climbing the stairs. Moreover, through their normal physical senses, they perceived the running speed and breathing of all the cultivators who had jumped onto the stairs and scattered.
Duanmu Qingyang and a few others, about twenty or so, all chose the third staircase.
Huh?
The audience wasn't blind; they immediately sensed that this third staircase might be the best. But why was it the best?
"Is there something fishy about it?"
"Didn't you see? Among those who started latest, several are ranked in the top thirty, like Duanmu Qingyang, Ge Qian, Baili Huayue, and others. They all chose the third one, which means it's the best. The four staircases are different."
"That seems right. The Seventh Prince started first just now, and he chose the third staircase... But that Chen Adiao chose the fourth staircase. Strange, did she choose wrong?"
"Why look at Chen Adiao? Does she always have to be right?"
"Probably because she's cunning? It seems the cunning and shameless ones all ran to the fourth one, like Quan Lie and that Xia Sanlu. Could there be something fishy there too? I'm more curious about those backpacks. What important things are inside that the teachers themselves would carry? Could it be food and supplies?"
The audience was buzzing with discussion, but they soon discovered the problem, because some examinees who hadn't even run up a few dozen steps started shouting.
"Damn, there's gravity!"
"I've got 100 times gravity over here! How much do you guys have?"
"Staircase one here, 150 times gravity! Aaargh, damn it!"
"You guys on number two have 100 times, number one has 150 times, haha! I'm on number three with 50 times. I'm still the smartest! I knew these stairs weren't right. Staircase three has the least dust, obviously the gravity is lower, so fewer dust particles settle. And your breathing when you run is different too."
"By the way, how much gravity does staircase four have?"
The fewest people were on staircase four, but Quan Lie's pair and A'Diao both ran on number four, so... Yuan Shu and his group all ran on number four. Don't ask why; if you do, the answer is they trusted A'Diao's cunning. But this time, it seemed they'd messed up.
A'Diao had messed up, and they had messed up along with her.
"Damn, 300 times!!" Yuan Shu was already panting after running only fifty steps, leaning against the wall and yelling upwards, "A'Diao, A'Diao! Didn't you eat enough today? What the heck! It's 300 times!"
As a result, A'Diao, who was sprinting up the stairs, replied: "I know it has the highest multiplier. Didn't you see the totems on the wall? It's a gravity formation. Three complete circles mean 300 times."
"???"
"Damn! Then why did you still choose number four?!"
Yuan Shu and the others all felt they had been tricked. Could A'Diao have deliberately tricked them? But that wasn't right. Even if she tricked people, she wouldn't drag herself into it unless there was something to gain, like when she poisoned herself last time.
"Because of what's below."
A'Diao was in a good mood, so she explained to the people below, incidentally preparing to gather a tiny bit of Mental Power, like gleaning meat from a mosquito's leg.
"???"
Yuan Shu and the others didn't get to hear A'Diao's explanation before they heard strange sounds from the ground level below.
Gacha, gacha, gacha.
What sound was that?
At this moment, the 13,000 examinees on the four staircases were mostly between the 200th and 700th steps. Because the space was enclosed, the echoes were loud, so they all heard the commotion below.
This commotion wasn't right. It wasn't normal human breathing, so... the statues below!
Without even looking down, the quick-witted ones, like the Seventh Prince and others who were in the first tier sprinting, immediately abandoned their steady running pace and collectively sped up.
Simultaneously, inhuman roars indeed came from below. Then, the stone powder on the outer shells of the statues on the ground disintegrated, and they all came to life.
"They're Demonic Spirit Stone Statue Golems."
"Huh, Lushan Academy is truly generous. They even found such rare Demonic Spirits. No wonder most of those students didn't notice anything amiss."
The Qingzhou Academy Principal sighed, "Stone Statue Golems are fossil-type Demonic Spirits. They inherently suppress their demonic aura, and are camouflaged by an outer stone shell. Under control, they won't awaken, but once triggered, they revive... I'm afraid only a very small number of students figured out the trick from the cryptic totems on the wall."
Jiang Zhou stroked his chin, speculating: "Or perhaps the ground where those Stone Statue Golems were located had no dust, indicating they weren't normal statues. Their outer shells were molded and sealed, not shedding stone powder... Anyway, everyone has their own methods of observation. Some are quite cunning. So, if A'Diao and those other two crafty ones knew about the 300 times gravity and still chose the fourth path, then this fourth path must have an advantage, for example..."
Sure enough, the Stone Statue Golems mostly ran towards the first, second, and third paths, completely unwilling to go to the fourth.
So?
Everyone: "..."
It seemed they could have an epiphany.
Chen Yang: "Huh? Why?"
Xie Yuqing: "Because it's too heavy? Going to the fourth path under 300 times gravity would be even more tiring for them, making it impossible to catch up to A'Diao and the others?"
So this was the simplest solution, and ordinary people had an epiphany.
This was also the main reason A'Diao and the others chose the fourth path.
To avoid the Stone Statue Golems, they would rather endure 300 times gravity.
Anyway, the unluckiest ones were definitely on the first and second paths. A group of people watched the Stone Statue Golems madly approaching from below and had to speed up their running, everyone sweating profusely.
The third and fourth paths each had their advantages, balancing out their disadvantages.
The third staircase: most of the monstrous elites were on the third path, like the Seventh Prince and others. Because the gravity multiplier was the lowest and their physical constitutions were generally the strongest, their speed was the fastest. They were basically already sprinting towards the 1000th step, and it seemed there were a total of 5000 steps further up.
However... they soon discovered that on the fourth staircase, Qiao Liushui, He Sijian, Xie San, and a few others who had started at the same time as them were beginning to slow down.
Because the multiplier was still 6 times higher, the difference was too great; they couldn't take it.
For now, the third path still seemed the best, because the strong could naturally pull away, letting those behind become cannon fodder to delay the Stone Statue Golems. Their gains were the greatest.
This was the formidable aspect of the Seventh Prince and his group. On the fourth staircase... Qiao Liushui and the others had only successively reached the 700th step, the gap obvious, but...
"Excuse me, could those in front make way? Let me go up first."
Polite words came crisply from behind, but the action wasn't polite at all, because someone jumped over their heads from behind.
The first to jump was A'Diao, followed by Quan Lie and Xia Sanlu.
Qiao Liushui and the others were startled.
This is?
"The backpacks must contain weight-reducing ores that counteract gravity, like Skyfloat Adamantine? Anyway, it has to be a natural material, not restricted by the Confinement, and something these teachers prepared for themselves!!!"
Damn it, no wonder that Chen Adiao was the first to rob the teachers! This damn scoundrel is so treacherous! And no wonder those teachers were scared and all ran away.
And indeed, the two teachers who had been robbed were still behind. Although their sprinting speed was faster than the Seventh Prince and his group, it was clear... a few teachers with backpacks were already at the very top.
With their strength plus these kinds of gems, their speed was naturally the fastest.
But A'Diao's trio had them too, so they were madly overtaking Qiao Liushui and the others.
Watching A'Diao run ahead.
Everyone finally experienced emotional fluctuations.
She was still leading at the very front, having secured the greatest advantage.
The Seventh Prince frowned slightly.
On the other side, Qiao Liushui's eyes flashed. He suddenly burst forward, sprinting up in one breath and lunging fiercely at A'Diao's back, attempting to snatch the backpack.
His burst was very fast, a surprise attack, but A'Diao's physique... honestly, after 1000 bone dislocations and the marrow-cleansing effects of the Grade B formula, it was no joke. Her perception could even discern that the stone texture on the Stone Statue Golems' shells was not of natural geology.
So Qiao Liushui's burst...
Swift and fierce, but ineffective.
She abruptly turned sideways and delivered a high side kick.
Bang!!
Her boot landed on his face.
Qiao Liushui was actually kicked off the stairs with one blow!!!
Damn, it was over 700 steps up... The others watched as Qiao Liushui, one of the seeded contestants, was swiftly KO'd by A'Diao.
However, Qiao Liushui, while dangling and falling, suddenly raised his hand and lifted his wrist.
Swoosh!! Another device on his wrist, a wristwatch, shot out a sticky spiderweb, which quickly adhered to the 700th step. He sprang back, flipped himself up, kicked away an examinee blocking his path, and then, with a swollen shoe-sole print on his face, burst forward again to charge upwards.
What a tough guy! Able to yield and stand firm, with precise judgment.
Quan Lie and Xia Sanlu felt their scalps tingle. Gritting their teeth, they sprinted upwards with all their might.
Damn, damn, damn! If you can't beat Chen Adiao, you target me?
But this Qiao Liushui is so strong.
His wristwatch turned out to be a primitive physical mechanism, requiring no energy source to activate. Could it be that this person knew the exam details?
That shouldn't be the case. Lushan Academy's exam methods were too tricky; it could only be due to this person's foresight.
The Aptitude Assessment... it was indeed possible that energy would be sealed.
A'Diao also saw the commotion below. She was a little surprised too, thinking to herself that among these geniuses, there were indeed many talented individuals, and few were simple.
At least recently, she had been focused on meridian cultivation and bloodline matters, rarely pondering the details of the Aptitude Assessment.
But she only glanced at it, then utilized the effect of the special ore in her backpack to burst forward with all her strength.
This thing could negate almost 300 times the gravity, meaning she basically didn't need to bear any gravity at all, and there was no interference from the Stone Statue Golems. Therefore, the fourth staircase was indeed the optimal choice.
Meanwhile, on the other staircases, the Stone Statue Golems had caught up, including to the Seventh Prince and his group.
Their speed was too fast. Although they had no energy attacks, their purely physical attacks gave the cultivators headaches. People were constantly being knocked down, either having to climb again or hastily grabbing the stone wall to stabilize themselves and avoid falling to the very bottom.
Too difficult!
Why did the Aptitude Assessment have to include this!
Lushan Academy is too brutal!
A'Diao sprinted upwards, soon about to surpass the Seventh Prince and the others.
The Seventh Prince's eyes darkened, and he immediately sped up.
Suddenly, Chen Adiao's speed actually slowed down.
Toilet: "Huh, what are you doing? Afraid of retaliation if you surpass the Seventh Prince?"
A'Diao: "No, there's something wrong with these murals."
A'Diao had actually been paying attention to these murals all along, because the murals below contained hints. This was Lushan Academy testing the examinees' observation, analysis, and judgment skills, while the stair gravity tested physical aptitude, considered one of the most basic parts of the Aptitude Assessment.
Since she had already analyzed the most effective clues and made the best judgment, were these murals still necessary?
Yes.
A'Diao saw the content of the murals. She paused for a moment, then immediately slowed down and began to carefully examine them.
A'Diao's behavior was strange and too obvious. It was quickly noticed by people on the other staircases, including the Seventh Prince and his group.
This person could not be underestimated. At the very least, her intellect was formidable; ranking third in the literary exam was no joke. Even when the Seventh Prince's strategists advised avoiding A'Diao, he himself had actually been paying attention to her.
At least regarding the backpacks, Chen Adiao had been one step ahead of him.
So now... what was special about these murals?
A group of prodigies who had already run to the 1000th step seemed to have been led astray. They subconsciously looked at the murals on the side or above. And when they looked—damn!
The female cultivators' faces changed color, and the male cultivators blushed crimson.
The walls were covered in erotic art.
This Chen Adiao... Duanmu Qingyang initially frowned, but soon realized something and memorized all these images.
For this, she slowed down and was once again entangled by the Stone Statue Golems she had previously shaken off.
The screen transmitted the images. The audience had generally acknowledged A'Diao's intelligence and had high expectations, but upon seeing this...
Er...
Xie Yuqing quickly covered Chen Yang's eyes with one hand, but then glanced over and saw Xu Zhaoyin watching with a very serious expression.
What kind of person is she? Usually so prim and proper, but inwardly so risqué! My Diaodiao is acting so improperly right now, she must have been corrupted by you when you dragged her over to teach her a few books as a child.
Don't tell me you taught my child Diaodiao this kind of erotic art?
In her heart, Xie Yuqing firmly placed a large wok of blame on the other person's head.
Xu Zhaoyin was still unaware. She only knew that these were not erotic pictures, but...
"The Lust Trial of the Buddhist Eightfold Purgatory."
"It must be related to the Aptitude Assessment above."
Xiao Jin also saw these murals. With just one glance, she understood the information.
The murals contained a topographical map, but the map was incomplete. It needed to be deciphered to form a topographical maze in the mind. Ultimately, by successfully combining it with the missing pieces from the remaining seven Purgatory terrains depicted on the murals of the 4000 steps above, one could learn the locations of the devices and measure their aptitude with the fastest speed.
It was a race against time, or... for other rewards?
Anyway, Lushan Academy never conducted the simplest exams. So, the first person to figure out this topographical map... what advantage could they gain?
But just because Xiao Jin saw through it didn't mean these somewhat naive rookie examinees could.
Even if they saw the key, it didn't mean they could assemble the topographical map.
Anyway, people like Song Ling and Xu Ye didn't even consider this.
Because if you tried to compete in intellect with freaks like Chen Adiao and the Seventh Prince, who were in the top ten of the literary exam, you were truly courting death.
Unless your physique and the effect of gravity gave you an advantage over them, you had no chance of winning.
In that case, give up on studying it and just focus on conquering the stairs.
But surprisingly, A'Diao sped up again, running even faster than before.
The Seventh Prince was still studying the topographical map. Just as he figured it out and saw A'Diao running off, he frowned and immediately gave chase... Then he began to comprehend the second piece, only to find that Chen Adiao's speed continued to increase.
Huh? Did she give up on comprehending it?
The Seventh Prince thought for a moment and immediately realized that this person either felt that studying this wasn't in her best interest, or she felt she couldn't match his advantage in integrating the topographical map, so she simply gave up to be the first one up to search for the devices directly.
After all, he was first in the literary exam, and she was third.
So, should he compete with her to be first on the gravity stairs, or study the topographical map?
The Seventh Prince chose the latter.
"Since Lushan Academy created a topographical map, it means the devices are not easy to find. Moreover, there must be more than one device. The first person to find them will naturally have priority benefits."
"And if she's the first one up... she'll know the consequences—the teachers above will definitely be faster than her. Once they get to the top first, they will surely gang up on her. This is also a kind of rule."
Thinking this, the Seventh Prince simultaneously solved the second piece of the topographical map.
But even though he was distracted by studying the map and was caught up by some Stone Statue Golems, "Get lost!" the Seventh Prince barked, and with a raise of his hand, he smashed a Stone Statue Golem to pieces.
The stone fragments shattered and fell below.
The people below watched in terror.
No way, this person's pure physical strength is that strong? The Imperial Clan's foundation is truly terrifying. No wonder this person could get such a horrifying score in the preliminary exam.
Even while fighting, he maintained the second-fastest speed among the examinees, second only to A'Diao.
If A'Diao didn't have the gravity-negating bug, she would have been left far behind long ago.
A'Diao also saw how terrifying the physique of people like the Seventh Prince was. She understood that while she could dislocate bones, they might have even more incredible and better body tempering secret methods from the first generation, and they might have started tempering since the very first day of the Spiritual Energy revival, or even earlier. She had only gradually increased her improvement speed later by relying on Toilet's development. There was a time and resource gap here that she currently couldn't bridge.
That's why in every assessment, she had to pull some tricks to close the distance, otherwise she would be left even further behind.
Soon, under the effect of the ore in her backpack, A'Diao sprinted up with the lightest and fastest speed.
The backpack, it really was a bug.
But there were also 13 Star Realm teachers who had the same advantage as her, and even their physiques...
She disappeared from the sight of the examinees below.
The examinees below didn't know where she had climbed to, but a few thought about her fate—attacking Lushan Academy teachers was indeed a loophole in the rules, but hadn't she considered the backlash?
Did you really think only you, Chen Adiao, are smart?
Just wait to be ganged up on by 13 teachers who are faster than you!
The screen didn't stay locked on A'Diao, because she was just one person. After she ran out of sight of the examinees below, the screen's lock on her disappeared, instead giving some screen time to those teachers.
The Lushan Academy teachers were indeed preparing to gang up on A'Diao. They were still at the 3000th step.
And they were all on the fourth staircase as well.
The optimal choice, of course.
"After we get up, we'll split up and block all 4 staircase exits. Don't just stare at one. This damn girl is always cunning. She must have guessed we'd ambush her. She might even jump to another staircase exit early to escape. We'll split up and block them all. Three against one should be enough to deal with her!"
"OK, OK, we must beat her to death!"
"Forget beating her to death, just kick her down the stairs and make her climb again! Let her be arrogant, let her be wild!"
"Hehehe!"
Twenty minutes later, they all saw the 5000th step above, with 500 steps remaining for them.
Actually, even they were panting. Inwardly, they cursed the Headmaster for being brutal, but to maintain their composure, they kept smiling, all while preparing to go up and deploy their blockade against A'Diao.
Just then.
Waiting and waiting... waiting and waiting.
The audience was also waiting.
After waiting for quite a while.
A dark shadow shot up.
The 13 teachers: "?"
The audience: "???"
Damn, so fast?
"Quick, quick, quick! Beat her now!"
"Quick..."
Before one teacher could finish shouting, Teacher Green Pepper's face turned pale.
Not good!
The one who came wasn't Chen Adiao, it was...
Swoosh!
A Stone Statue Golem shot down like an afterimage, like a bowling ball, directly attacking and crashing into them.
Bang!!!
It knocked over five teachers in one go, sending them directly tumbling down the stairs.
Damn, damn, damn! What's going on?!
The remaining few teachers were shocked but couldn't react in time.
Their speed was no match for it.
Their physique was even less comparable to this Stone Statue Demonic Spirit. After all, they hadn't built up their fundamentals like physique to such an incredible level as the Seventh Prince. Even though they were at the Star Realm, after being affected by the Confinement, they only had an advantage over most examinees, which was why they needed the gravity-negating treasures.
But they should be affected by gravity! How could their speed be even faster than theirs?
Unless...
The audience was also puzzled, until they saw—a crystal stone hanging around the neck of this Stone Statue Golem.
It was clearly the Skyfloat Adamantine that negated 300 times gravity.
They were native Stone Statue Demonic Spirits from this environment. You teachers, with your powers sealed, under the same gravity-negating conditions, still want to compare speed and physique with it?
I can take on a whole group of you!!!
The teachers: "!!!"
The audience: "..."
Who did such a wicked thing?
Of course, it was that little cutie, Chen Adiao.
The screen was so smart, it replayed the video. So everyone saw that five minutes ago, Chen Adiao had jumped to the third staircase ahead of time.
Why could she jump? Because on the fourth staircase, she was weightless. Coupled with her inherently strong physique, she managed to cross that distance... Actually, the distance between the four staircases must have been precisely set.
Without the advantage of negated gravity and terrifying explosive power, it would be impossible to jump across.
A'Diao had also calculated this herself before coming up with this strategy. After jumping over, she directly grabbed an upward-moving Stone Statue Golem, hung the Skyfloat Adamantine around its neck, and then, before it could react and attack her, threw it back to the fourth staircase...
Its gravity had already been negated, leaving only its own body weight. A'Diao's strength was still considerable, so it wasn't difficult at all to throw it back to the fourth staircase using a tossing method. So...
Thwack!
The Stone Statue Golem landed on the fourth staircase, a bit dazed itself, but immediately rushed upwards, its speed extremely fast, like an afterimage!
You see, all the Stone Statue Golems run along their designated staircases; this is a rule.
She had observed before that it seemed no more than three Stone Statue Golems ever ganged up on the same person. This indicated there was some connection, and this rule was probably to prevent all Stone Statue Golems from being lured away by one examinee, which would affect their interference with other examinees. So, there was also a setting for them to continue running upwards and attack examinees. Therefore, as long as the Seventh Prince at the front of the third staircase was besieged by three Stone Statue Golems, any excess Stone Statue Golems would also keep running upwards, never jumping midway.
So, if she moved it to the fourth staircase and negated its gravity, wouldn't it have to keep running up the fourth staircase, and wouldn't it then be able to... attack the teachers above?
Later, after Teacher Green Pepper and the others were knocked off the stairs and fell with a great clatter, the examinees below on the four staircases: ???
The teachers had just managed to climb up, and now they were collectively jumping off the building?
Damn, what happened up there? Was there another group of Stone Statue Golems, or had the Seventh Prince caught up and attacked them, or was Chen Adiao causing trouble?
Everyone had no idea what had happened and were just worried. But in principle, this was a good thing for them, because they weren't sure if the teachers who went up, besides possibly attacking Chen Adiao, would also attack them.
At least now, their risk had also been eliminated.
However, A'Diao, at the very top, did not return to the fourth staircase, because she was also the fastest on the third staircase.
The fastest person below, the Seventh Prince, was still 800 steps away from her. And apart from Quan Lie's pair on the fourth staircase below who had backpacks, no one else had an advantage over her. But those two had split one stone, meaning they only negated 150 times the gravity.
So... she was still the fastest.
Swoosh!
A'Diao rushed up to the 5000th step, becoming the first person to reach the top of the gravity stairs. The audience also saw the scene change: outside the staircase exit, or rather, the testing space for the first trial's ABC assessment, was a huge, dense forest, vast and expansive. It was impossible to see the situation clearly amidst the dense trees.
But A'Diao directly darted into the forest.
"Her objective is very clear."
"Could it be..."
"No way, didn't she give up studying those mural terrains later? It's impossible for her to instantly decipher them every time, right? Stronger than the Seventh Prince?"
"Probably not. Let's wait and see if she can find the equipment. If she finds it..."
35 seconds later, A'Diao, sprinting through the dense forest, leaped over a bush and directly found a device for testing ABC aptitude.
The audience: "!!!"
Damn, 666!
How did she do it?
Xie Jingyu was a bit stunned. "She's that amazing? She could decipher the terrain even while running so fast?"
Zhao Yi: "Probably not. Otherwise, she wouldn't have needed to linger so long at the first Purgatory level. She had a certain amount of decryption time, almost the same as the Seventh Prince. But the issue is that she chose another problem-solving method that could save the most time—for example, she memorized all the topographical maps of the remaining seven Purgatory levels while running, and then slowly solved them during the rest of her run. But this way, her brain needed to simultaneously carry the murals of seven Purgatory levels, creating a larger topographical maze... The difficulty of cracking it increased a lot, but it indeed saved a significant amount of time. So this time... she was faster than the Seventh Prince."
"Faster by about five minutes."
In the audience stands, experts were as numerous as clouds, and so were intelligent people. Many understood what had happened and thus discussed it animatedly.
In the Duanmu household.
"This girl is so formidable?"
"How could this be..."
Were they happy?
Not at all!
As soon as they arrived, they heard some people whispering that their precious daughter had been cuckolded. Which parents would be happy about that?
But this Zhao Ritian is really not acting like a decent human! The Zhao Clan is also unscrupulous, ptooey!
The people of the Duanmu family all glared angrily at Zhao Yi.
Zhao Yi: "..."
Why am I taking the blame again?
My third uncle is also present.
At this moment, the Seventh Prince only had 500 steps left, but what the audience saw was Chen Adiao already touching the first device.
Beep!
First to discover device reward notification.
It directly prompted: "First Discoverer Reward: Granted an additional three hours in the Nurturing Pool. Add to wristwatch?"
"Hahaha!!! Yes, yes, yes, yes!"
A'Diao was ecstatic.
Damn!
She hugged the square, cold device and gave it a kiss.
Her behavior was not at all noble and aloof, but rather like a country bumpkin overjoyed.
Just as the audience was sighing with emotion, they saw A'Diao add the reward to her wristwatch, and then the device asked her if she wanted to start the test.
"Excuse me, is there a reward for being the first to test?"
"In your dreams."
"..."
So cold. A'Diao frowned, and then hugged the device again.
Device: "???"
No, what are you doing?!!!
Audience: "???"
They only saw the slender and frail "little cutie" A'Diao hugging a large device, like a 500-jin bear, and sprinting through the forest.
No, what are you doing?
In the audience stands, Xiao Mieluo facepalmed.
"She's going to change the device's location, making the recorded positions completely useless for those who painstakingly deciphered the topographical map later!"
Damn!
Damn A'Diao, aren't you afraid of being killed by the Seventh Prince and the others?!
At this time, the Seventh Prince was still working hard... At his speed, superior to those below him for a period, he should be able to secure at least six or seven devices in advance, because he knew the locations of all the devices and had already optimized his approach. This would be enough, and he predicted this reward must be related to the Nurturing Pool.
However, for some reason, he felt vaguely uneasy. Those teachers who fell from above, was it Chen Adiao's doing?
If so... this was trouble.
A glint flashed in the Seventh Prince's eyes as he prepared Plan B.
The prodigies below were also still working hard...
So tired, but victory is in sight!
Especially some of the literary exam experts who had deciphered the topographical map; they were all inwardly confident of victory.
Even if the Seventh Prince deciphered it fastest, he alone couldn't handle 15 devices, right? When we get up, we can surely grab one device, and then the reward will be ours.
Thinking about Lushan Academy's generosity, the reward must be very NICE.
So... Keep it up! gogogo!
And at this moment, they still didn't know that A'Diao had finished moving one device, ruthlessly thrown it into a deep lake, and then went to deal with the second device...
I'm a hardworking little bee, moving bricks all day long... Lalalala~~
Keep it up! gogogo!
Nurturing Pool hours +3+3+3...
In the audience stands, the powerful nobles, core figures of Daoist sects, and the think tanks of those princes appeared calm and composed on the surface, but inwardly, their Mental Power was surging, and nine out of ten were tightly gripping their teacups or armrests.
This Chen Adiao... Menace!
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