The cramped space seemed to become quiet even though the water was still running. Duong had pulled up his pants, the feeling of shame and guilt made him silent. Chuc Bang also shyly pulled the blanket to wipe away his nephew’s semen and cover his body.
“I’m sorry…” After a while, Duong regained his composure and said, he wasn’t sure if Vo Phi Duong knew Chuc Bang before or not so he still chose to pretend to be amnesiac.
“You are a pervert!” Zhu Bing blushed and scolded softly, but Yang heard no anger or harshness in her voice.
Yang scratched his head in remorse, not daring to say anything. He could only ask a few questions before turning his face away to cultivate and wait for someone to come rescue him. The competition rules stated that unless their lives were in danger, the judges would absolutely not get involved, so Yang could only sit and wait for the round to end and someone to come rescue him. After all, he and Zhu Bing were both injured and could not escape on their own.
When Duong and Chuc Bang fell into the well, the demon frog with its tongue cut off went crazy, stomping and slashing at them before exposing its belly to die, causing almost all members of all four teams to faint!
Around the frog’s body, unconscious people were lying everywhere, only 3 people were still conscious, the three new students!
But he was only “conscious”, after a single move of Thuan Thien sword, Sung Hao lost all his spiritual power, he could only move away and sit down to recover his strength, Hoai Bao used all his spiritual power to defend but was extremely weak, Long Ngao also used Dragon Transformation and only had a small amount of spiritual power left.
The audience was in an uproar. Will the three new students temporarily cease fire or decide the winner?
The answer was revealed as soon as Long Ao smiled triumphantly. Thanks to his previous Dragon Transformation, he had preserved some spiritual power. Although it wasn’t much, it was enough to defeat the two useless guys and capture all the flags!
Long Ao looked towards Chong Hao who was sitting and cultivating his energy. He thought that Chong Hao was the captain so he would be holding the flag, so he walked over, not paying any attention to Hoai Bao who was trying to get up nearby.
“Do you want to hand in the flag yourself or should I get it?” Long Ao walked closer to Chong Hao and said triumphantly.
“Do you want to leave here laughing or crying?” A clear but cold young voice rang out from behind, making Long Ngạo shiver. He quickly turned around to look.
It’s Hoai Bao!
“Impossible!” Long Ao looked at Hoai Bao in disbelief. Just now, Hoai Bao was so weak that he could die with just one kick, yet now he was able to stand firmly and was even lightning fast as he approached behind him.
“You are pretending, you are not fighting with all your might!” Long Ao shouted angrily.
“The one who didn’t fight with all his might was you!” Hoai Bao replied contemptuously, took out a small pill the size of a fingertip and threw it to Sung Hao.
Sung Hao grabbed the pill, not knowing what it was, when Hoai Bao continued: “That’s the Nap Linh Dan, it can charge the soul with some spiritual power, helping it recover a little faster.”
Chong Hao swallowed it without any doubt, and sure enough, in just a moment, a small amount of spiritual power merged into his soul.
Seeing this scene, the audience was extremely surprised, especially the alchemists: “Spirit Recharge Pill? Isn’t this type of Spirit Pill already lost?”
“Although the effect is not high, it requires a lot of elixirs and rare herbs. I didn’t expect the Imperial City to show off by giving these to students to take the exam!”
No one knew that this was a Spirit Pill that Hoai Bao had made himself, based on the formula taught by his master. Making pills, a part of alchemy, required meticulousness and absolute perseverance, often having to sit and watch the fire and mix the medicine for many hours, many days, even many months, which was why very few people could do it. Even though Duong had the knowledge and the recipe, he did not have enough patience to make it, not to mention finding the ingredients was also a problem.
Since childhood, Hoai Bao loved to come into contact with and search for medicinal herbs. It was because of his search for medicinal herbs that he met the spirit of a learned old man. After a short time of contact, the old man discovered that Hoai Bao had a talent for alchemy, so he began to teach him the art of alchemy.
Sung Hao started to stand up, nodded to thank Hoai Bao then looked at Long Ngao with hostility.
The reversal of the situation made Long Ao extremely angry. He thought he was a peerless genius, but unexpectedly, his cousin, who was the same age, was intelligent and knowledgeable, finding the exact way to destroy the giant frog. Another 13-year-old boy was able to use a sword move that shocked even Long Ao. Now, there was another son of a powerful person giving away rare elixirs like candy.
Seeing the two opponents looming, Long Ngạo had no choice but to rush off, preserving the two flags he was holding: “Humph! You guys just wait!”
Seeing Long Ao go away, Chong Hao and Hoai Bao breathed a sigh of relief. Actually, the two Nap Linh Dan pills that Hoai Bao made were just trash, only able to absorb a very small amount of spiritual power, enough to stand up and scare Long Ao. After all, he was just a kid who was new to making medicine. Chong Hao was also smart, so he stood up and cooperated with Hoai Bao to scare Long Ao away.
But there is still one day left to play.
Hoai Bao and Sung Hao split up to find and tie up the remaining 3 members of the Dragon Clan. Members of the other teams also gradually woke up but no longer had the will to fight when they learned that Duong and Chuc Bang had been thrown down the well by the frog, the situation was unknown.
The teams moved on to discuss the number of flags.
“I am holding two flags.” Captain of the Ancient Capital team Nguyen Hoai Lam took out two red flags with yellow stars and raised them up.
“I keep one card.” Hong Dao of the Goddess team also raised her flag.
“Our team’s Phi Duong had 3 flags but they fell into the well. I don’t know if he can still keep them…” Van Hai added. Previously, Duong was holding two flags, and he stole one from Hai Duong of the Dragon Clan, so he had 3 flags.
“Our team only has one card.” Sung Hao raised the flag.
“So the Dragon Clan team is holding 3 flags, I propose this: the 3 teams Dragon Clan, Quoc Tu Giam and Nu Than all contribute to taking down the frog, so each team will keep 3 flags, our Co Do team contributed the least so we should accept defeat, next round we will try harder!” Hoai Bao said.
“No way! If it weren’t for you, the flag would have been taken by Long Ao!” Sung Hao objected.
The Dragon Clan team leader Li Dalong, who was tied up nearby, spoke up: “Long Ao is holding two flags, Zhu Bing has one. If we find Fei Yang and Zhu Bing and each destroy one flag, then all four teams can have two flags, the result is a tie.”
“You can play, sorry for tying you up!” Hoai Lam and Van Hai both came forward, patted Dai Long on the shoulder, and untied him.
Dai Long said in a wronged voice: “We don’t want to play the bad guy either. It’s just that Long Ao is the eldest grandson of the clan leader, so we are ordered to obey him unconditionally!”
“Let’s stop fighting. Let’s eat first!”
The whole group gathered around the fire, eating, drinking and laughing as if they were at a camping trip, making the audience and the organizers smile. Many people were surprised to realize that the original purpose of the competition was not to compete, but to create solidarity between regions and ethnic groups…
No more quests, no more battles, no more beasts coming to surround, on the screen there is only a peaceful and happy scene.
“I wonder if Duong is injured…” My sighed worriedly. The screen only displayed the captain positions of the 4 teams, so except for the referees supervising the competition, no one knew about Duong and Bang’s situation.
“But why did that woman rush out to take the hit for Duong?” Nhat wondered.
“She must have felt guilty seeing a kid not taking the beating…” Chung guessed randomly.
“But I wonder if Duong will be able to get anything out of it if he falls down there…” Tran muttered darkly.
“I’m going to sleep now…” Sinh said, snoring.
In the cave at the bottom of the well, Yang sat cross-legged and focused on cultivating. His body had stopped aching and his legs had regained feeling. For some time now, Yang had been unable to understand why his Heaven and Earth Devouring Technique had been progressing more and more rapidly. With each passing day, the absorption speed and range had increased, but for over a month now, the technique had stopped progressing.
“UH…”
A soft groan entered Duong’s ears. He quickly turned around and saw Bang wrapped tightly in the blanket, her body shivering from the cold.
“What’s wrong?” Duong asked worriedly, but Bang didn’t answer. He tried touching her forehead, feeling cold. Duong quickly took more of his clothes to cover Bang but it seemed useless.
Similar to many amphibians, the devil frog also has venom. Although it is not strong, it can still cause hypothermia in a weak person like Chuc Bang.
Chu Bang’s thin shoulders trembled, gradually falling into a coma.
“What should I do?” Duong was confused. He didn’t bring anything to keep warm, and he didn’t dare light a fire because he was in a very small cave. Thinking for a while, Duong suddenly remembered a very “cool” way to keep warm that he had seen a few times in movies.
Duong said with a reluctant voice but a lewd smile on his face: “I’m sorry, but to save you, I had to do it…”
Having said that, Duong looked to see if Bang heard him, but she had fallen into a daze, her body trembling slightly.
Duong took off his clothes, lay down, put his arms around Bang’s neck, hugged her, pulled the blanket over her, and used the heat from his own body to warm her.
In a cave a few hundred meters away, there were two masked people wearing black clothes. One was sitting cross-legged practicing martial arts, the other was sleeping.
A moment later, the sleepy person woke up, stretched, and asked, “How are the two kids?”
The person sitting cross-legged said: “Both of their spiritual powers are still together, one’s spiritual power is gradually recovering, the other’s spiritual power is a bit weak, perhaps the one who was hit by the frog’s attack.”
“Yes, you rest, I will keep an eye on them.”
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