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Since entering the soul master world, Zhao Wuji hadn't suffered such a loss except for the Spirit Hall ambush a decade ago—especially not at the hands of a mereSpirit Elder. His eyes blazed with fury, ready to lash out.
"Don't you dare hurt him," Zhu Zhuqing said, the fastest to reach Ning Tian's side, propping up his 'unsteady' frame. Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong followed, standing protectively beside him.
Ning Tian smiled, wiping blood from his mouth and feigning extreme weakness. With Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu's support, he stood and pointed at the second incense stick. "It's over. Haven't you noticed, Teacher Zhao? The incense has burned out! If you still want to fight, we'll have no choice but to give up on enrolling."
Zhao Wuji glanced over and saw it was true. Annoyed but bound by his own rules, he couldn't act. Breaking them would undermine his authority, and a genius like Ning Tian couldn't be let go otherwise Flender would have his head.
"Fine, you pass," he said reluctantly, thinking to himself that jade needed polishing to shine. He'd train them harder later.
Dai Mubai, watching Zhu Zhuqing support Ning Tian, wanted to snap but didn't dare offend him outright. He called for Oscar and approached with concern. "Ning Tian, Zhuqing, are you both okay?"
Zhu Zhuqing shot Dai Mubai a cold glance, her expression hardening, but it softened when she turned to Ning Tian. After a pause, she asked, "Are you alright?" He'd been injured saving her, after all.
Xiao Wu's eyes reddened with worry. "Little Six, you're hurt."
"I'm fine, it's nothing serious," Ning Tian replied, stepping out of Zhu Zhuqing's hold and freeing his hand from Xiao Wu. As he secretly transferred his injuries to Tang San, he asked innocently, "Where's Tang San? How is he?"
Dai Mubai, relieved that Ning Tian didn't linger with Zhu Zhuqing, felt better. "He's fine, just a few ribs broken by Teacher Zhao's gravity enhancement. I've set them. Once he wakes up and eats Oscar's sausage, he'll be okay after a night's rest."
As he spoke, Tang San, now bearing Ning Tian's transferred injuries, coughed up a large mouthful of blood.
"Brother, what's wrong?" Xiao Wu called out, finally remembering Tang San, though she didn't move, Ning Tian was still 'hurt,' after all.
Zhu Zhuqing's gaze grew frostier as she saw how Dai Mubai had 'cared' for their teammate. She recalled two days ago when Ning Tian had defeated Dai Mubai at the Rose Hotel, drawing a crowd she'd been part of. Thinking of Dai Mubai taking those twins to a room made her stomach churn.
Zhao Wuji stepped forward to check, fuming. "Mubai, is this how you set his bones? You've caused internal injuries!"
"Ah, uh…" Dai Mubai stifled a laugh at Zhao Wuji's battered, toothless state, unsure how to explain. He shouted, "Oscar, get over here! Someone's hurt!"
"Coming, coming! Why the rush? Damn, Teacher Zhao, what happened to you?" Oscar's soft voice drew near as he jogged over, cartless, and gaped at Zhao Wuji's injuries.
"Cut the nonsense and make some sausages. Someone's badly hurt," Zhao Wuji growled.
Oscar didn't dawdle, activating his soul skill. "I have a big sausage!" "I have a small sausage!" Light flashed, producing a fragrant sausage and a thumb-sized one.
Xiao Wu finally understood Dai Mubai's earlier warning about Oscar's sausages.
"Ning Tian, you're hurt too. Have some. Don't mind Oscar's crude chants, the effects are solid," Dai Mubai offered.
"I'm fine, just need a rest," Ning Tian said, having shifted his injuries to Tang San.
Dai Mubai then offered sausages to Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong, but they all declined. Oscar's big sausage aided recovery—healing wounds, restoring stamina and soul power, easing fatigue and pain, and filling the stomach. The small sausage dispelled toxins. Both were highly practical.
While Ning Tian and the others abstained, Zhao Wuji benefited greatly. With his strength, the injuries were minor, and Oscar's sausages soon had him mostly recovered.
Looking at Tang San on the ground, Zhao Wuji frowned. "Mubai, Oscar, handle these five newbies' lodging. Classes start tomorrow." He gave Ning Tian a deep look before leaving.
As Oscar asked Dai Mubai what happened and learned Ning Tian caused Zhao Wuji's injuries, he was shaken. Later, they took Tang San to Oscar's dorm. Oscar, finding Tang San too shabby-looking, asked to share a room with Ning Tian but was refused. Ning Tian got a solo room.
Zhu Zhuqing, unharmed, wouldn't let Dai Mubai touch her, glaring as if ready to fight. She kept casting concerned glances at Ning Tian, who'd saved her, as did Xiao Wu. Oscar envied him,
Dai Mubai fumed, and Ning Rongrong looked gossipy. Only Tang San, unconscious throughout, was ignored.
Thus, a world where only Tang San suffered was completed.
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