Watching this unfold, He Caitou gave Xuan Zi a complicated look. Xuan Zi took a sip of wine, then said casually,
"All right, everything that needed saying has been said. Next comes our training session. The format is easy enough to understand: another match. There happen to be eight of you here, so we'll do four..."
Huo Yuhao spoke up.
"Xuan Zi, what's interesting about four-on-four? If we're going to play, let's make it exciting. How about two-on-six?"
Xuan Zi's eyes immediately lit up at Huo Yuhao's words. His lips curled as he said,
"Two-on-six? Interesting. Then it's settled. But with such an enormous gap in your combat strength, who's willing to volunteer to stand against the other six?"
As soon as Xuan Zi finished speaking, He Caitou stepped forward and said to him,
"Xuan Zi, I'll do it!"
Xuan Zi took a sip of wine, then glanced at He Caitou. His eyes held a hint of distrustful disdain, but he still nodded and said,
"Good! We have one candidate for the smaller team now. Who'll be the other?"
Among the seven remaining, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng moved closer to Huo Yuhao, leaving only Dai Huabin and Bei Bei standing where they were.
Dai Huabin glanced at the girls behind him and Huo Yuhao surrounded by them, then stepped forward before Bei Bei could and said,
"I'll do it, Xuan Zi!"
Xuan Zi frowned again and sized Dai Huabin up. After a long moment, he took a sip of wine and said to him,
"Have some shame. Get back there! Bei Bei, you do it."
Dai Huabin froze. Bei Bei stepped forward with an air of unruffled ease, reached out to pat Dai Huabin lightly on the shoulder, then said to Xuan Zi,
"Xuan Zi,