Chapter 47: The Trees Have Eyes

Chapter 47: The Trees Have Eyes

Finding someone talented based on appearance alone was an impossible task. But I kept an eye on interesting-looking people, like the red-haired guy.

Weird hair, plus the xianxia world equaled someone having some strange bloodline thing going for them.

There were cases where humans mated with humanoid monstrous beasts, and it was said to create monstrous talents. However, I wasn't exactly sure how true that was, as the books on the second floor hadn't gone into details about such things. Though it wasn't like I had read anywhere near all the books on that floor.

We walked back down the slope to where we had docked our boat. Song Song had a knowing smirk as she looked at the sea expectantly.

"What're we going to do now?" I asked.

Despite how Song Song left most things to me, she was still the official leader. So whenever I had the opportunity, I would have her handle things.

"Well, we just sit around and rest while waiting for the other slow pokes to show up. Before everyone shows up, we can't even start the exam," her smirk widened. "Go and eat all the food on the ship if you want to, to pass the time."

She was clearly absorbed in her own world, so I just shrugged and played along. I called over the others and tried to think about how I would introduce soccer here. We were all cultivators, so kicking a wooden ball was probably okay.

"Do any of you have a sword?" I asked, and not much later, half a dozen people took out their swords and showed them to me. "Okay, I'm taking one of yours and going to make a ball from wood."

They looked a bit confused as to why I would do something like that. So instead of talking more, I showed them by jumping up a tree and cutting off one of their branches. The branch was as thick as an average tree, and as it crashed on the ground with a resounding thud, even Song Song looked away from the sea, her gaze wandering over my body.

"You okay?" She asked.

"Of course."

"Don't go hurting yourself before I can show you off."

What was that supposed to mean? I was not a new expensive handbag she could show her... friends?

Did she even have friends?

Well, I guess we could be considered friends in a way.

I didn't bother thinking much longer about it and instead cut a rough ball-shaped wooden sphere. Then I showed the others how to play soccer. This chapter is updated by nov(e)(l)biin.com

Not even ten minutes later, as one of the guys kicked the ball, it shattered into a thousand splinters. It seemed like a superhuman body, and the wooden ball did not fit well.

"No, Wilson!" I murmured under my breath while looking at the broken pieces of wood on the beach sand.

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Fishing, running around, wrestling with some weird dolphin-like fish, and many other things. After all that it was almost mid-day, and nine other ships showed up on the horizon.

Unlike our own, their ships looked worse for wear, like they had gone through a sea battle. Some had ripped sails and cracked hulls, and one ship had a large hole in the side.

If I were a betting man, I would bet on them fighting amongst each other.

The outer disciples looked excited. While the inner disciples, who were the leaders of the teams, were nonchalant about it.

No matter how one looked at this, the system was rigged and heavily favored certain people. Since the inner disciples would stop anyone from the outer sect from disqualifying anyone who showed potential. Likely ending up with some inner elder getting the benefits of gaining a talented disciple. Not to mention those who had connections with the sect and all that.

"Let's go," Song Song brought me out of my thoughts.

We followed along and moved into the forest, while in the back of my mind was that figure who I had seen at the top of the hill.

For some reason, a chill went down my spine when thinking about it. Like every instinct warning me against something.

Had I met them before?

I tried recalling such feelings before, and as far as I could tell, Liu Feng had never encountered such a thing.

"Liu Feng, I need you to wake up a bit," Song Song slowed down and moved next to me, as her eyes wandered around.

"Sorry. There was something on my mind."

"Then think about it later. Because we are about to be bombarded right now."

As soon as she said that, there was a shift in the air, and three Qi signatures made themselves visible while over two dozen disciples appeared from behind trees. Some had heavy looks, while others seemed like they would be anywhere else but here.

But what was worrying was the three inner disciples leading all these disciples. The three guys had their hands between their backs, and gentle smiles on their faces. One might mistake them as unthreatening, if it werent for all the people surrounding us.

One of them opened their mouths to speak, but Song Song interrupted them.

"These days, guys seem to be growing bolder with each passing second. Where did you find the guys to get in my way?" Song Song licked her lips as the Qi around her flared, and since we were so close, I could feel her Qi clearer than ever before.

It felt like warm mucus proactively wrapping around me.

Even the three inner disciples narrowed their eyes and brought their hands forward, beads of sweat rolling down their cheeks. They no longer even played at trying to look like they weren't here to fight, and all the arrogance was gone in a split second.

The man in the middle, who was the tallest and looked like the leader, clenched his teeth and said, "It seems like you must have recently broken through."

"Well, unlike you bastards in your mid-thirties still trying to act and look young, some of us have actual talent in cultivation," Song Song shrugged.

Then she nudged me and added, "No offense to you, Liu Feng."

"I'm not old," I answered.

However, with her nudging, I knew she was preparing something. So I went ahead and played along with her word games.

"But you are not quite talented," she made a snide comment.

"True," I admitted, sighing and putting my hands behind my back like an old man. At the same time, with my hands behind my back, I was going through the hand seals to activate an array.

Two thoughts were going through my mind in this situation. The first one was that Song Song had been scarily right; that gut feeling of hers was quite something. Second, what kind of array would work best in a forest?