"..."
On the other side, after leaving the Spirit Pagoda, everyone in Tang Wulin's group except Zhang Yangzi was in fairly good spirits. And the happiest of them all was, of course, Wei Xiaofeng.
"My performance wasn't bad this time. Looks like Teacher Wu won't assign me special training. Hehe..."
He let out a breath of relief, feeling fortunate.
But at that very moment, Wu Changkong's words instantly brought him back to reality.
"Wei Xiaofeng, your performance was good this time, but there's still room for improvement."
"When we get back today, the others can return to the dorms and rest. As for you, I'll train you personally."
Wei Xiaofeng: "..."
"Keep it up, Xiao Feng."
"I'm looking forward to seeing an even better you."
Xie Xie laughed without an ounce of sympathy, giving a wicked cackle.
Let that brat run his mouth again. Now look where it got him—Teacher Wu was going to deal with him personally.
"Oh, right. You too, Xie Xie."
"Stay behind with me later. You two..."
"Will train together."
Wu Changkong silently turned his gaze toward Xie Xie and spoke.
"Huh?"
"Teacher Wu, I..."
Xie Xie's face fell at once. He looked ready to cry. Wait, why was he involved too?!
He was just an honest, well-behaved student. He hadn't run his mouth like Wei Xiaofeng!
"Your strength is the weakest."
"Xie Xie, if you want to keep up with the others, you'll need to work harder."
Wu Changkong shook his head and said calmly.
Xie Xie, you don't want to be weaker than everyone else, do you?
"Exactly!"
"Train with me!"
Wei Xiaofeng wore a cheeky grin. Extra training was awful, sure, but if Xie Xie was doing it with him...
Well, that didn't sound so bad after all, did it?
"B-but I'm stronger