"These past three days... hehehe..." Zuo Xiaoduo crossed his legs and said smugly, "I took part in special training under a reclusive master. Apparently, His Majesty the Emperor of our Flame Martial Empire arranged it. That's more or less how it went. Life's encounters are unpredictable. Envy won't get you anywhere... hehehe..."
"Pfft!"
Thirty-five middle fingers rose before him in perfect unison.
Everyone believed that Zuo Xiaoduo had undergone special training. Personal instruction from an expert, even blood-flow massage to straighten out his meridians and the like, were all conceivable and understandable. Otherwise, his improvement could not have been so enormous.
But that nonsense about His Majesty the Emperor organizing it...
All they could say to that was, heh.
Here in Phoenix City, heaven was high and the emperor far away. Zuo Xiaoduo's boasting knew no bounds. If His Majesty had really organized it, there was no way someone like Zuo Xiaoduo would have gotten a turn!
Just then, Qin Fangyang walked in, his face wreathed in smiles.
"Today, I must commend you!" Qin Fangyang stood at the lectern, smiling broadly.
"I'm not commending you for all stepping forward when Li Chenglong was beaten. That was what you should have done, and it doesn't warrant praise, because you are one body to begin with. Nor is it because Zuo Xiaoduo stood up for you and beat those people. That was also what he should have done, and likewise doesn't warrant praise."
"What I want to commend is this: you didn't know whether Zuo Xiaoduo would succeed. You were already injured, yet because Zuo Xiaoduo went, you followed him."
"That resolve to press forward without looking back is what deserves my praise, what deserves to be remembered by me, your teacher!"
"That is unity in its truest sense! Even if it