The next morning.
After breakfast, everyone arrived at the training ground. Three people were already there: Flender, Zhao Wuji, whose bruises and blackened face had yet to fade, and Zhao Hao, leaning on a crutch.
When everyone saw Zhao Wuji and Zhao Hao, they froze for a moment before bursting into laughter.
Zhao Wuji and Zhao Hao looked utterly ridiculous. Zhao Wuji had at least seven or eight bruises on his face, especially those pitch-black panda eyes around his sockets. He looked exactly like a living giant panda.
Zhao Hao, standing beside Zhao Wuji, had not suffered quite as badly, but his foot was wrapped in white bandages. The sight of him limping along with a crutch was indescribably funny, and standing next to Zhao Wuji only made him look even more ridiculous.
"Ha ha, Teacher Zhao, and this... this brother here, what happened to you two? One of you looks like he got beaten senseless, while the other looks like he had his leg snapped. Pfft, pfft, ha ha..."
Oscar teased them from the side, while Ma Hongjun fearlessly mocked them without mercy. The others could not help laughing as well.
For a moment, Zhao Wuji and Zhao Hao's faces darkened. Yet neither dared say anything. They could not reveal the truth: one had been beaten up by an expert, while the other had twisted his ankle badly while walking. One feared getting beaten again, while the other feared being laughed to death.
"Alright, alright. Let me say a few words, then you can set off." Flender's voice rang out, and everyone slowly suppressed their laughter. Zhao Wuji's gloomy expression improved somewhat.
"Something happened to Zhao Hao, so he will not be going with you to Star Dou Forest. Once you leave the academy, be careful. And while traveling