Everyone was discussing the matter of the spiritual elixir.
However, Feng Yuqin and her companions continued moving forward.
This time, Feng Yuqin quickened her pace.
Seeing this, Zhao Yuanyuan and Dong Yaxian immediately followed suit.
"Feng Yuqin, are you planning to win?" Zhao Yuanyuan asked.
"We've all placed our bets. We should make a dash for victory," Feng Yuqin said as she climbed the steps.
"But it's so hard to win," Dong Yaxian said. "There are several young geniuses from noble families participating in this trial. They're extremely powerful."
Feng Yuqin raised an eyebrow. "Why are they here for the trial?"
"Because they've been in seclusion in their families, training with the sole purpose of passing this trial," Dong Yaxian explained. "This trial not only allows the successful participants to enter the Mountain and Sea Academy but also offers numerous rewards and the opportunity to apprentice under the elders."
Many people were here for the apprenticeship.
Since all the elders in the Mountain and Sea Academy who took in apprentices were high - ranking ones, such a status would greatly benefit their future development.
"What are the rewards?" Feng Yuqin wasn't concerned about the apprenticeship. She was more interested in the rewards.
Moreover, she hadn't heard anything about the rewards before.
"I don't know. It's almost random," Dong Yaxian said. "For the final stage, it's a random reward, but even the worst one would make the effort of the trial worthwhile."
"Isn't there anyone who can't reach the final stage?" Feng Yuqin asked.
"Of course there is, and there are quite a few," Zhao Yuanyuan said speechlessly. "Feng Yuqin, are you really not concerned about this? Then why did you come for the trial?"
"To enter the Mountain and Sea Academy. I haven't paid much attention to other things," Feng Yuqin replied truthfully.
Zhao Yuanyuan: "..."
Dong Yaxian: "..."
The onlookers outside: "..."
"Isn't this Feng Yuqin being a bit too arrogant?" There were also teachers from the academy watching.
Hearing Feng Yuqin's words, some of them didn't take a fancy to her.
"Not at all. I think she's quite good," said Kou Chengzhi, an alchemy teacher.
"You're just like her," Lin Tianlong, not far away, said, his tone full of dissatisfaction with Kou Chengzhi.
"What? Are you dissatisfied with me?" Kou Chengzhi raised an eyebrow. "But you can't do anything about me."
Hearing this, Lin Tianlong's face turned ugly.
However, Kou Chengzhi was right. He really couldn't do anything.
After all, the other was an alchemist.
The Lin family was relatively weak in alchemy.
This was also the reason why when they heard that there was a powerful alchemist in the Xuan Yu Realm, the Lin family sent people there to bring the person back.
Not only did many people die, but this time, even the last few died in the Heavenly Net Forest.
So far, they still hadn't figured out how the teleportation formation was destroyed.
The people sent to the Xuan Yu Realm were dead.
They died in the mouths of the demonic beasts, and there was no way for the Lin family to ask them anything.
Even their souls were gone.
There was no chance for the Lin family to call back their souls.
Seeing Kou Chengzhi being so arrogant now, Lin Tianlong wished he could go up and tear his face apart.
"Hey, have you noticed that Feng Yuqin has quickened her pace?" Liu Yu, the deputy head of the Law Enforcement Hall, a neutral faction, spoke up.
Every academy had a Law Enforcement Hall, and this was no exception.
If there wasn't a Law Enforcement Hall here, people like Lin Tianlong would be even more arrogant and excessive.
However, the Law Enforcement Hall wouldn't easily protect anyone.
Those who could be protected by the Law Enforcement Hall would make others extremely jealous.
"Yes, her speed seems to have increased," Kou Chengzhi said in surprise, even sitting up a bit straighter.
"Aqin, why have you quickened your pace?" Dong Yaxian and the others had become familiar with Feng Yuqin, and their way of addressing her had changed from her full name to an affectionate abbreviation.
"Aqin, wait for us. We're in the same group," Zhao Yuanyuan exclaimed in surprise.
Feng Yuqin stopped in her tracks. "What difference does being in the same group make?"
"At the last step, we'll enter the formation together," Zhao Yuanyuan realized that he had actually omitted this rule when he was explaining things to Feng Yuqin.
Feng Yuqin twitched the corner of her mouth. "I thought I could wait for you guys up there."
"No," Dong Yaxian said with a smile.
"So you're planning to hold me back?" Feng Yuqin stood on the steps and looked at the two of them calmly.
Dong Yaxian: "..."
Zhao Yuanyuan: "..."
However, the two of them weren't unreasonable people.
Although they really wanted to follow Feng Yuqin, they didn't want to drag her down.
So Zhao Yuanyuan spoke up. "Why don't you go first? Dong Yaxian and I will go together."
Normally, Dong Yaxian would surely retort.
But this time, Dong Yaxian actually nodded in agreement. "I'll go with Zhao Yuanyuan. You go first."
Feng Yuqin raised an eyebrow. This was different from what she had expected.
Although Hun Bing had said that these two people were decent, her naturally distrustful nature still made her want to test them subconsciously.
"Master, they really mean it from the bottom of their hearts," Hun Bing heard the two people's inner thoughts and told his master.
"Come up here, you two," Feng Yuqin said to Zhao Yuanyuan and Dong Yaxian.
The two of them glanced at each other and quickened their pace to come in front of Feng Yuqin.
"I'll teach you a trick to quickly climb these steps. I guarantee we'll be in the top three," Feng Yuqin motioned for the two of them to get closer and then whispered something in their ears.
"Is this Feng Yuqin here to make a fool of herself?"
"Yes, she must be. She even had the audacity to say that she could be in the top three?"
"Hasn't she seen how far ahead the first - place contestant is?"
"Maybe she's pretending to be blind."
Just as these people were mocking, Feng Yuqin and the other two started moving.
This time, their steps were almost in sync.
Moreover, their speed was much faster than before.
This discovery shocked everyone.
Soon, Feng Yuqin's group surpassed the second - last group.
Then, they surpassed the third - last group...
The people who were overtaken were stunned.
"What's going on? Why did they suddenly become so fast?" One of the people in the second - last group was a bit panicked.
After all, with Feng Yuqin's group at the bottom before, they weren't the last.
But now that they had been overtaken by Feng Yuqin's group, they were the last.
"They... they've overtaken the fourth - last group," the onlookers outside were shocked.
Even the fourth - last group that was overtaken was dumbfounded.
Because when they took a break just now and looked back, they clearly remembered that Feng Yuqin's group was in the last place.
How could they be overtaken in such a short time?