Chapter 149 - The Scum Is Nice

Outside the secret realm, the audience was in an uproar. "Oh, my god! I didn't expect this reversal!" they exclaimed in shock.

"Cheng Sheng really regretted it, right? Leaving Jie Mei…" someone said.

"Chen Han and Feng Mo are mad because they doubted Cheng Sheng's character!" somebody said.

"Yeah. This shows they didn't have that much faith on Cheng Sheng." Someone sighed.

"Who could've expected for Cheng Sheng to be so loyal to his friends, to the point of sacrificing a person to secure their safety in the future?" somebody shook his head. If they had let Jie Mei stay with them, they really will wear out themselves for protecting an extra person. They would also deplete their resources faster – like foods and water. A weak woman is a leech.

He didn't know his words will be true later – in a different way.

"Cheng-shixiong!!" You Rou and Lei Ling burst into in tears as they covered their mouth to prevent themselves from sobbing further. 

Meanwhile, Lei Qing covered her face with her hand as she silently cried beside Lei Ling and You Rou. "Cheng-shidi…" she sobbed.

Zuo Zhe watched them cry, before he turned to the system's screen showing Cheng Sheng's group and Chen Han's group currently. "…" the hell, guys! Do you have to go this far?! He thought as he looked at Lei Ling, Lei Qing and You Rou. His eyes are filled with sympathy. You three have it hard for being fellow disciples and friends with these idiots… he thought and a vein popped in his forehead when he saw Yu Sheng's grinning face. Bastard… he thought as his face darkened. "Tch!" he clicked his tongue and slapped the system's screen close.

"Young master Zuo… what happened to you?" Lei Ling asked as he wiped his tears. "Could it be… you're also mad?" he asked.

"… yeah." Zuo Zhe answered through his gritted teeth when the system opened its screen automatically. I'm hella mad with these idiots! I've had enough of them! He thought as he listened to the surroundings that was filled with cries and tears. This world is really doomed… he thought and face palmed.

Inside the secret realm, the Zunjingde Sect and Qian Lin had settled down by the cave behind the waterfall. Jing Kang used a talisman to scout the surrounding before he found a cave behind the waterfall.

"Fourth young master Jing, thank you." Qian Lin told Jing Kang.

"Ah Kang is always reliable." Jing Cheng said.

"Definitely!" Jing Hei nodded in agreement as they looked around the small cave that's surrounded by talismans Jing Kang had set up a formation for them tonight.

"It's perfunctory." Jing Kang said. I wish it would be Ling Ling1 who's with me, but I don't want to expose him in danger, so I'll bear with this for now. He thought.

Jing Bai smiled, seeming to know what Jing Kang was thinking after he saw Jing Kang's ears turning red. "Yiyi, here. I roasted a fish for you." He said as he turned to Zheng Yi.

"Stop calling me with that nickname!" Zheng Yi said, yet still accepted the fish from Jing Bai. "I have something to show you." He told them before he showed them the Cleansing Stone he's carrying.

"Wha… Sun Yi defected from Cheng Sheng's group?!" Jing Hei exclaimed in shock.

"I can't believe this…" Qian Lin was shocked to see Cheng Sheng, as well as Chen Han's group, cry.

Zheng Yi let them watch the Cleansing Stone. This isn't against the rules, and in fact, this is also an arrangement for each team. The Cleansing Stone records each group, but it can also be accessible to the other teams. As well as their scores. It depends on the Alliance's disciple if he wanted to show it to the team he's assigned to.

For example, the disciple assigned to Kang Ce's group. Since they were ignoring him, he only recorded their score and nothing else. For the other group, the disciple assigned to them was being lazy thus he's also just recording their score.

"Da ge has the highest score!" Jing Hei exclaimed when he saw their scores.

"Tang Zhe has greater score than Xi Ming." Jing Bai was surprised. Xi Ming is the third place, just one point less than Tang Zhe.

"Chen Han and Sun Yi aren't losing." Qian Lin said. Chen Han and Sun Yi are the fourth and fifth place, respectively.

"Cheng Sheng is also strong, as well as Fei Yin." Jing Bai said. Cheng Sheng is the sixth place and Fei Yin is the seventh place. He and Gong Xian tied in the ninth place. Jing Hei tied with Feng Mo in the tenth place and Qian Lin is the eleventh. Jing Kang is tied with Li Tian in the twelfth place.

Shan Lu is the thirteenth place. Xi Xing is the fourteenth place. Tang Yun is tied with Xiao Le in the sixteenth place. Guo Cheng is tied with Fu An in seventeenth place and Kang Ce is tied with Xiong Si in the eighteenth place.

What's surprising is Yu Sheng who is the eighth place and Wu Xi is the fifteenth place. They're not gonna lie, but Yu Sheng and Wu Xi are obviously stronger than them. Yu Sheng should belong to the top five, and Wu Xi should belong to the top ten.

Yet… they thought as they looked at Yu Sheng and Wu Xi's name written in gray color. Each contestant's name is written with the color of their sect. Gray is for the rogue cultivators, white for the missing people and black is for the dead people.

"It's only the first day but many have died." Jing Kang said. The fifth team had half of their members died. In Kang Ce's team, the two other disciples who left also died.

Kang Ce, who saw the ranking list, clicked his tongue. "As I said, idiots die faster." He smirked and climbed up a tree to sleep for tonight. He doesn't care about the two rogue cultivators.

Meanwhile, Xi Ming's group had settled down in the canyon.

"Ge. Is this okay?" Xi Xing asked when he saw Xi Ming was ranked third, lower than Tang Zhe's place.

Xi Ming smiled because Xi Xing was concerned about him. "It's fine." He said and rubbed Xi Xing's head. "This is just the first day." he told him.

"Mn." Xi Xing nodded as he and Gong Xian cooked. It was natural for them to know how to cook since they grew up in the street. There's no one to cook for them when they were young.

The Alliance's disciple who's with them, after he showed the situation of Cheng Sheng's group with Xi Ming, was invited to eat with them after Xi Ming became happy knowing Cheng Sheng is not a bad person. He had a good impression of Cheng Sheng, thus he became disappointed of him before1.

"Let's eat!" Xi Ming said. However, before they could start, they heard a rustling sound outside.

They turned, only to see someone appear from the darkness.

Outside the secret realm, Lei Ling, Lei Qing and You Rou are worried. "Da shixiong can cook, right?" Lei Ling asked after they saw Cheng Sheng's small group through the Cleansing Stone when the Alliance's disciple checked on them. 

"I… think so." Lei Qing said as they watched Fei Yin started the fire while Wu Xi carried the vegetables and meat they bought yesterday. They only saw him give meat buns to Cheng Sheng before, and the meat buns must have been bought by him somewhere. 

"I just hope it's edible." You Rou bit her nails as they anxiously watched Fei Yin started to cook while Cheng Sheng laid enchantments all around their camp. Meanwhile, Wu Xi went back up the tree to look around their area in case an enemy appears.

"…" Zuo Zhe stared at them blankly. What do you mean, you hope it's edible? He thought as he pressed his lips thin in indignation. Fei Yin's hands are magical and he's a five-star chef! How can you doubt his cooking skills?! He thought as he watched Fei Yin cooking after the Cleansing Stone projected their group. Instead, they should envy Cheng Sheng and Wu Xi for getting a chance to eat Fei Yin's dishes!

"Huh? Isn't that – " the crowd exclaimed when they saw the Shanliangde Sect's side.

"Sun Yi?!" they exclaimed in shock when they saw Sun Yi appeared before the dumbfounded Shanliangde Sect disciples.

Inside the secret realm, Xi Ming was shocked. "Second young master Sun…" he called as they stared at Sun Yi with widened eyes.

Sun Yi sadly smiled as he sat on the side. "Let me rest first." He said and panted as he leaned his back on the wall.

Xi Ming and the others are still shocked. "Uhm…" he called when they heard Sun Yi's stomach suddenly grumbled. "You can eat with us." He told him.

"Really?" Sun Yi said. Seeing the group nodded, his face lit up and he smiled. "Thanks a lot!" he said as he took the bowl they gave him.

"… somehow…" the Shanliangde Sect disciples said as they, Fu An and Xiong Si stared at Sun Yi eating. "… we feel blessed?" they said.

After all, Sun Yi is really a beauty! Their group's attractive index increased!