After traveling through the book, I conquered the male protagonist Long Aotian!

Chu Lingxiao looked at Gu Qingze, his eyes full of admiration for him.

Obviously, this was their first time hunting spirit beasts, but Gu Qingze always acted as a leader along the way, like a guide, making plans and pointing out his shortcomings in combat.

Under Gu Qingze's guidance, he has begun to get rid of his initial fear and is now basically able to hunt down low-level spirit beasts with strength below the seventh level of Qi training on his own.

Whenever he lacked confidence, as long as he looked at her encouraging eyes, he seemed to be less afraid.

Chu Lingxiao looked at the young man squatting on the ground calculating the results of their battle. The fine light and shadow fell on his body, as if he was coated with a layer of golden luster by the sunlight, just like a god in the sky.

He looked at him seriously, his eyes filled with love that he himself didn't even notice.

"Today's harvest is quite large. Including the one just now, we have harvested eight low-level crystal cores."

Gu Qingze put them away carefully, stood up, smiled and looked back at Chu Lingxiao.

It was another emotion he couldn't understand.

Gu Qingze felt inexplicably irritated. This was definitely not happiness, nor was it sadness. Why did he feel that this look was familiar?

He suddenly remembered that when Zhou Yue said he wanted to protect Su Ming, he seemed to have shown a similar look.

I see!

Showing this look means that you want to protect the other person.

Gu Qingze was somewhat touched. He was indeed his good friend who always thought of him.

“That’s a really good result.”

Chu Lingxiao was also very happy. Obviously, today’s gains made him very satisfied.

"Let's keep going. Let's find some more spirit beasts to hone our strength. Opportunities like this don't come often, so we must seize them!"

Gu Qingze smiled and was about to move forward when he suddenly realized something was wrong and his eyes shifted to the right.

"what happened?"

Seeing him like that, Chu Lingxiao couldn't help but ask.

"There is movement over there, let's go take a look."

Gu Qingze looked at him, obviously asking for his opinion.

Chu Lingxiao was also very curious about what was happening over there, so he nodded in agreement.

Gu Qingze took his hand and moved slowly in that direction, using the grass to block his view and observing what was happening there.

On a small open area, there were dozens of students from Qingyun City Academy, who were being herded together. There, there were also dozens of figures leaning against tree trunks casually, with teasing expressions in their eyes.

Although those dozens of figures deliberately acted lazy, Gu Qingze could still feel the temperament from them that only desperadoes could have.

What is the unique temperament of a desperado? He couldn't describe it, maybe it was the bloody smell coming from his body and the terrifying look that could only be acquired after killing dozens of people. Just being stared at would make one's whole body tremble with fear.

These people are obviously in the same group.

"What do you want?"

There were actually quite a few familiar figures standing in front of the students. Of course, the most familiar ones were Zhou Yue and Su Ming. Their eyes were the same as those of the other students, looking at the group with anger, fear, and some caution.

"You little brats, didn't I tell you that if you take out all the crystal cores and valuables from your bodies, I'll let you go."

One of the guys who looked younger than the others explained with a grin.

"Are you trying to rob?!"

A young boy said angrily.

"Really? You just realized it now."

The young man was speechless. He had said this many times since he surrounded them. Could he have captured some deaf people?

"Old Ten, your ability to select people is not good enough!"

His accomplices behind him burst into laughter and couldn't help teasing the young man.

The young man seemed to be thin-skinned. He looked at the students from Qingyun City Academy and said angrily.

"Hand over what I just said!"

"We are students of Qingyun City Academy, and we have dozens of guards following us who are more powerful than you. If you let us go now, we won't pursue the matter."

Some students told about the guards who followed them, hoping to intimidate the group.

"We know. Aren't you here for the trial? Did your teacher tell you that sometimes being robbed is also part of the trial? Hahaha!"

The young man looked at the students with a smile.

"If I'm guessing correctly, those guards are just protecting your lives. As long as they don't kill you, they won't care, right?"

"So, no one can save you now, so just hand over all your things and stop wasting our time."

"As long as you hand them over, we will release them. That's all that's needed. Don't delay our brothers from grabbing the next batch! Otherwise, if you force us into a corner, don't blame us for taking action."

The young man flexed his fists and feet, then grinned into a "kind" smile. His jagged teeth were as scary as those of an untamed beast.

"you!"

Zhou Yue couldn't help getting angry and clenched his fists.

Hand over everything? Are you kidding? Knowing that there would be a test, everyone brought their best.

What if these people lied? If we handed over the things and they didn't let us go, we would be in an even more disadvantageous situation.

"What? You want to test the power of my fist? My cultivation level is about the same as yours, or even higher. Are you sure you want to see who is stronger between us?"

The young man licked his teeth and looked at him as if he were prey. Zhou Yue was completely discouraged.

The young man was right. His cultivation was a little higher than his, and the experience he gained from the environment he lived in was something he could not compare to.

And even if he tried his best to defeat him, those accomplices behind him were not pushovers. Would they really stick to a gentleman's agreement and not help the young man?

Zhou Yue's eyes flickered, and after a moment, his clenched hands finally loosened slowly.

He smiled bitterly and looked at Su Ming helplessly.

Su Ming seemed to have noticed something, and slowly held his hand with his own, giving him a reassuring smile.

"Be good, let's just consider it as a loss to ward off evil. Maybe they will really let us go as they said."

The others could only sigh. They knew that they were not on the same level as the people in front of them and could only blame themselves for their bad luck.

"That's right, this is what a good and sensible child should do."

The young man smiled with satisfaction when he saw them give up resistance.

But he was still a little disappointed, because he had thought they could struggle for a while longer.

Watching them handing the storage bags to the group of people one after another, Gu Qingze signaled to Chu Lingxiao with a look.

"How about it, do you want to intervene and help?"