Chapter Summaries

After the Dark Cloud Leopard attack, Zhao Wuji suspected Tang San and Dai Mubai had tried to kill Lin Xiao but lacked proof. Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing grew more hostile toward them, and the group resumed traveling under stricter precautions.

• Zhao Wuji decided to keep Tang San and Dai Mubai under close watch and reconsidered forming a team around Lin Xiao.
• Ning Rongrong asked Lin Xiao whether Tang San and Dai Mubai had plotted against him, and Lin Xiao told her what he suspected.
• Ning Rongrong tried to confront the two, but Lin Xiao stopped her and urged her to wait until they had evidence.
• Ning Rongrong told Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing about the plot, and Zhu Zhuqing concluded that Tang San and Dai Mubai had arranged the Dark Cloud Leopard attack.
• After daybreak, Zhao Wuji kept the students apart and began stopping at towns for the night instead of camping in the wilderness.

As the students reached a town near the Star Dou Great Forest, Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun provoked Canghui Academy, starting a fight that Tang San joined while Lin Xiao refused to help. The battle grew more dangerous when Canghui Academy's teacher Ye Zhiqiu stepped forward.

• Zhao Wuji told the students to rest before entering the Star Dou Great Forest, while Lin Xiao anticipated the coming clash with Canghui Academy.
• At dinner, Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun sat apart from Lin Xiao's group, and Dai Mubai seized on Canghui Academy's arrival to provoke its students.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun started fighting Canghui Academy, and Oscar urged the others to help under the academy's motto about stirring up trouble.
• Lin Xiao said those who provoked trouble should settle it themselves, so he continued eating while Tang San joined the fight after Lin Xiao challenged him.
• Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and the other girl stayed out of the battle as the students gradually steadied their position, prompting Ye Zhiqiu to step forward.