Xiao Chen and the others followed Xiao Yu halfway around the enormous plaza before finally stopping at its western side, which was already at the rear of the plaza.
Xiao Chen swept his gaze around. Then Xiao Yu gave everyone a few instructions before stepping forward alone.
A short while later, Xiao Yu took out a jade-green token from her robes and quietly spoke with a soldier who looked like an officer.
Not long after, Xiao Yu waved at them, signaling for them to come over.
The middle-aged officer swept his somewhat stern gaze across the group, then waved his hand and shouted, "Let them through!"
At the middle-aged officer's shout, the tightly guarded crowd made way for a narrow path just wide enough for people to pass through.
Seeing this display, Xiao Chen thought that Jia Nan Academy truly wielded considerable influence. Otherwise, so many imperial troops would not have been dispatched to maintain order here.
Xiao Yu smiled gratefully at the middle-aged officer and put away the green token. Then she turned around, glanced at Xiao Chen with her beautiful eyes, and smugly lifted her chin.
Looking at Xiao Yu's expression, then glancing over her slender body that was flat in both front and back, Xiao Chen curled his lips. Xiao Yu simply was not his type.
Xiao Chen liked them big.
So, Xiao Chen ignored Xiao Yu's provocation.
The moment they stepped into the passage formed by the human wall, everyone felt a chill creep across their skin. The faint bloody stench emanating from the expressionless soldiers around them made their faces turn pale.
However, Xiao Chen was completely unaffected, because he had watched plenty of films with bloody scenes in his previous life.
That was all?
It was not enough to scare Xiao Chen.
Most importantly, Xiao Chen believed that with his system, as long as he did not court death, he would not die.
"Are these warriors who survived the battlefield?"
Someone among the group guessed.
Since wars occasionally broke out in the Jia Ma Empire, these blood-soaked soldiers were very likely veterans who had come down from the battlefield.
Xiao Yu's pretty face was slightly pale as she smiled wryly and complained to the middle-aged officer, "Ke Senior, you're deliberately making things difficult for us?"
"Hehe, Ruo Lin Instructor ordered it. If you want to take the back door, naturally you must endure a little test."
A smile appeared on the middle-aged officer's wooden face. His gaze swept over Xiao Yu and the others before finally stopping on Xiao Chen, his eyes revealing a hint of admiration.
Xiao Chen met the middle-aged officer's gaze without the slightest ripple in his heart.
When the group reached the center of the plaza, an open green tent came into view.
"Yu'er, let me have a feel and see whether you've gotten fatter."
As soon as they approached the green tent, a woman's laughter reached their ears. A red figure pounced over swiftly, grinning as she wrapped her arms around Xiao Yu and gave her willow waist a squeeze, teasing her playfully.
"Get lost."
Xiao Yu laughed and scolded as she pushed the woman out of her embrace. Then she turned to the Xiao Family members and introduced her with a smile, "This is my good sister from Jia Nan Academy. Her name is Xue Ni, and she's a four-star Dou Zhe."
Watching the two women fool around, Xiao Chen's gaze subtly swept over the pair of rolling peaks on their chests.
The woman named Xue Ni wore red clothes. Her slightly pretty face bore a radiant smile, while her long brown hair was casually tied into a ponytail. Her full breasts were simply luxurious, and beneath her slender waist were round, plump, perky buttocks.
Although her looks were slightly inferior to Xiao Yu's, her breasts were larger. That fiery, devilish figure was exceptionally enticing to men.
Xiao Yu affectionately held Xue Ni's hand. Judging from their expressions, the two clearly had an excellent relationship.
"They're all members of my clan. This is Xun'er. Hehe, pretty, right? But don't get any ideas about her. She won't be interested in you. This is Xiao Mei, and she's very lovely too. This is my younger brother, Xiao Ning, and this..."
When her eyes fell on the lazy-looking Xiao Yan, Xiao Yu tilted her head toward Xue Ni and whispered into her ear, "He's the Xiao Yan I told you about before."
When Xiao Yu had left for Jia Nan Academy, it had been precisely when Yao Lao was absorbing Xiao Yan's Dou Qi.
After first sweeping her eyes over Xun'er and Xiao Mei, Xue Ni's eyes lit up as she exclaimed, "Wow, your family really has so many little beauties. If they enter Jia Nan Academy, they'll drive that pack of male beasts completely crazy."
"Eh? Xiao Yan?"
After her exclamation, Xue Ni suddenly froze and stared at Xiao Yan in astonishment. "Is this the cousin you said had remained at the third stage of Dou Qi all along?"
After all, Xue Ni had only heard of Cultivation improving, never of it declining.
"As for the one standing beside Xun'er, his name is Xiao Chen. He's the one. Find a chance to teach him a lesson for me."
When Xiao Yu introduced Xiao Chen, she suddenly winked at Xue Ni.
"Ah, so he's the Xiao Chen you told me about, Yu'er. He's quite handsome!"
Upon hearing this, Xue Ni looked at Xiao Yu with a meaningful expression.
After introducing the Xiao Family members, Xue Ni walked to Xiao Yu's side and whispered, "Oh, right, I forgot to tell you. Luo Bu is also among this recruitment team. And on the way here, I heard that he advanced to become a four-star Dou Zhe."
At those words, Xiao Yu's smiling face immediately darkened, and she said impatiently, "Why did that annoying guy come too?"
"Isn't it all to see our beautiful Xiao Yu? All the way here, he's been thinking about you day and night," Xue Ni teased.
"But Yu'er, didn't you want to teach that Xiao Chen a lesson?"
Xue Ni glanced at Xiao Chen and gave Xiao Yu a meaningful look.
As Xue Ni's close sister, Xiao Yu quickly understood what Xue Ni meant. Xiao Yu lightly bit her silver teeth, and after her expression shifted for a moment, she turned back to glance at Xiao Chen, a strange light appearing in her beautiful eyes.
Xiao Chen felt uncomfortable under Xiao Yu's glance, and he had an ominous feeling in his heart.
Xiao Chen unconsciously touched his handsome face. Was there something on it? Clearly, there was not.
As for what exactly felt wrong, Xiao Chen could not say.
Xiao Chen was not a woman and had no sixth sense. He merely had a faint feeling that something was amiss.
A moment later, Xiao Yu, Xue Ni, and the Xiao Family members walked toward the large green tent.
As the group approached the green tent, they saw more than a dozen young men and women gathered in several small circles beneath the spacious shade of the tent, chatting idly among themselves. They were all students of Jia Nan Academy.
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