Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Jun Lansheng squatted as he counted out the things. “They surprisingly have 45 tokens. Along with the 28 tokens we already have that makes a total of 73.”
“A total of 312 students participated in the exercise. Of the lot, we have 73 tokens. Good job.” said Luo Enen with her eyes glinting.
“Judging from Lu Tonglian’s skills, she did not have to fight most of her opponents and resorted to threats mostly,” sneered Gu Fenghua. Even though Lu Tonglian and her flunkies were considered talented among their peers, the students accepted by Celestial Academy were equally strong.
Also, Gu Fenghua knew Lu Tonglian’s personality well. She was narrow-minded and vindictive, so she was bound to seek revenge on anyone who refused to hand over their tokens. Since most of the students were commoners, they were unable to take on the consequences of her revenge. So it was normal for them to hand over their tokens. After all, they could still get points by gathering resources and taking tokens from other students, so it did not make sense to oppose the third princess.
“Tsk. You call this royalty? She is such stinky tofu,” sneered Jun Lansheng in contempt.
“Why don’t you like stinky tofu? It’s delish.” Luo Enen knew that Jun Lansheng was in the habit of cursing people using the food he hated. How could he hate delicacies like stinky tofu? How could anyone hate stinky tofu?
“I can’t believe you like stinky tofu.” Gu Fenghua’s lips contorted. “Excuse me. I don’t like it either. Stay far away from me and hottie if you ever eat it.”
“I just loved talking to Fenghua.” Jun Lansheng swayed his head and felt delighted by what she called him. Also, she hated stinky tofu as well, so she had good taste and was a true friend! “I will make you stuffed beef balls, cumin stir-fried rabbit, and fried pork cutlet!” Jun Lansheng was so happy that he decided to return Gu Fenghua’s favor and told her what he was making for dinner.
Luo Enen’s mouth watered listening to this. She turned to look at Gu Fenghua and felt deeply impressed that she could make Jun Lansheng painstakingly cook without hesitation with just a few words.
After they were done organizing their backpacks, Gu Fenghua and the others started to collect herbs. Although the resources were better than the outskirts of the mountain, they were only fifth-grade at best, but it helped that they came in great quantity.
Gu Fenghua and her team left after they were done and found somewhere to camp and rest for the night.
Meanwhile, the third princess and her entourage had gradually come to.
Luo Enen and Jun Lansheng quickly came to terms that Gu Fenghua was not as weak as her reputation sounded. However, the third princess and her entourage remained in disbelief after they regained consciousness.
Jun Lansheng had thrown the third princess and her flunkies far away. By the time they regained consciousness, they were badly bitten by mosquitoes. Since it was summer, there were plenty of mosquitoes around, and Jun Lansheng did not hold back and cleaned them out completely, so he had taken all the insect repellent as well. So their faces ended up badly bitten by mosquitoes.
“I wonder what Gu Fenghua’s eldest brother gave her that was powerful enough to defeat all of us.” Lu Tonglian was beside herself with fury. Gu Fenghua had attacked her using something that her crush gave her. The more she thought about it, the angrier she felt. It did not once cross her and her minions’ minds that Gu Fenghua was formidable.
“I didn’t get a close look. Everything happened so fast,” said a young woman enviously with sinister-looking eyes. “I wonder what could be that powerful.” A look of greed swept across her eyes and the third princess caught it.
Lu Tonglian said nothing and merely sneered in her heart. How could someone like her harbor fantasies about Gu Fenghua’s weapon? Since Gu Fenghua’s eldest brother had given it to her, only she was fit to own it. Gu Fenghua, just you wait.
“I think it was a sword. Gu Fenghua might not be who we think she is…” said a young man increasingly softly as everyone turned to cast him cold reproving looks.
“If Gu Fenghua was genuinely powerful, would she end up like this?” sneered the young woman with sinister-looking eyes. She had spoken everyone’s mind. “She has her brothers to thank.”
The young man went quiet. It was true that Gu Fenghua’s formidable older brothers doted on her a lot. He had never heard that Gu Fenghua was capable of practicing martial arts either. Perhaps his eyes were playing tricks on him. Gu Fenghua must have managed to defeat them using some treasure her brothers had given her. Otherwise, it was impossible to explain how all of them ended up passing out.
“This isn’t over yet. Come on. Let’s work on finishing this exercise first.” Lu Tonglian swallowed the pain. She wanted to take some medicine for her injuries, but discovered that all she had left were the clothes on her back. Everything else was gone, including her sword. She gritted her teeth and her face contorted. Who were those people with Gu Fenghua?
“That’s Jun Lansheng, the young master of the Jun family,” said a man with a badly swollen face.
Lu Tonglian looked in the direction of the voice and ended up startled. Who was that?
The young man said in a stifled tone when he realized that the third princess did not recognize him, “Your Highness, I’m Zhu Zileng.”
“Is he a member of the Jun clan?” Lu Tonglian frowned in surprise. “Why haven’t I seen him before?”
“He was taken in as a disciple at a young age and left home to practice martial arts. He only came back recently,” replied Zhu Zileng in a stifled tone. Even though Jun Lansheng had left the capital for years, Zhu Zileng still remembered him keenly.
Jun Lansheng was still as tubby as ever. He once jeered at Jun Lansheng for being fat when he visited the Jun residence. Jun Lansheng ended up beating him to a pulp, so it was not his first time getting bashed by Jun Lansheng.
He was surprisingly a member of the Jun family. Lu Tonglian’s face turned solemn. He came from a powerful clan that was famous for having talented martial artists. One of their existing family members also had a close relationship with the royal family. How did Gu Fenghua become friends with Jun Lansheng? Also, they seemed rather close.
Never mind. Now was not the time to think about this. There were always other opportunities for her to take care of Gu Fenghua. The important thing now was that she had lost all her tokens and resources, so she had to find some way to make up for the loss.
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Gu Fenghua and her team made camp near a river at night. Luo Enen pitched the tents diligently. Jun Lansheng made the fire, prepared his cooking equipment and ingredients. And Gu Fenghua set up the furniture and cutlery. All of them went about their tasks happily.
After Gu Fenghua was done with her job, she went over to watch Jun Lansheng cook. Jun Lansheng had chopped the beef finely, sliced the rabbit meat evenly while the pork cutlet was fried to perfection with oil oozing from it.