Qiu Shuang glared coldly at the three women and rebuked them sternly, "Elder Yu Hong ordered the three of you to teach Junior Sister Ruo Shui Cloud Essence Swordsmanship. Is this how you treat her?" The lead female disciple hurriedly waved her hands. "No, it wasn't. She fell on her own." Qiu Shuang snapped, "Still trying to quibble? I saw everything from outside the academy!" The faces of the three female disciples all turned pale with panic.
Although what had just happened began because Ruo Shui had lost focus, was it not also the result of their deliberate scheming and bullying?
Had it merely been a momentary lapse in concentration, given the gap between their attainments in the sword, at most it should have interrupted her Sword Moves. How could it have sent her sword flying and forced her to stagger and fall so badly?
"No, don't blame them. I was the one who was too stupid." Ruo Shui scrambled to her feet in alarm, lowering her head as she apologized again and again. Not knowing the full story, she did not wish for others to suffer because of her mistake. Seeing the three female disciples being scolded, she even felt deeply apologetic.
"That's right, she only fell because she was too stupid," one of the female disciples added derisively. Qiu Shuang looked coldly at Ruo Shui, and a trace of displeasure unconsciously surfaced in her eyes. She truly disliked Ruo Shui's timid, cowardly demeanor.
Yet upon closer inspection, she was startled by Ruo Shui's pure, innocent beauty. That pitiful, utterly guileless face in particular made her heart soften at once, and a surge of sympathy rose within her.
When women encountered another woman whose looks and bearing surpassed their own, most would instinctively develop a competitive hostility, much like