"Kong Shishuang, you!"
Kong Shishuang strode straight towards the high platform. With each step, memories of the Dark Swamp Land flooded back to her.
Eight months in that place had left a deeper mark on her than the more than a decade of her life.
The hardships and struggles were engraved in her bones, unforgettable and unforgivable.
"Girl, since you've passed the second - level trainee trial, you can be promoted to a third - level student out of turn."
Third - level student?
If it had been the former Kong Shishuang, she would surely have danced for joy at this news. But things were different now.
"Uncle Chen, thank you."
Afterwards, the supervisor on the high platform announced that Kong Shishuang's team had completely skipped a level and entered the ranks of third - level students.
These people didn't even mention Zhao Shuning's name. In their eyes, if a little life disappeared, it was just gone. Even if she had died, it wasn't anything to be surprised about, right?
The supervisors of the Misty Rain Tower were incredibly cold - blooded.
Presumably, within a month at most, the news of Zhao Shuning's death would reach the ears of the Zhao family.
Such a prodigy, dying in this place. I wonder how furious and heart - broken her family would be.
When Kong Shishuang and her group arrived, the poisonous snakes had long since disappeared, and they didn't see Zhang Tianyuan either. However, the feud between Shui Yunsheng and Tianyuan Sparrow was finally settled.
This time, the number of people selected as second - level trainee students was much larger than before.
Most of them were from Shui Yunsheng.
Previously, Zhao Shuning had told them to protect the people in the gang. Once they reached the trial site, the members of their own gang must unite and help each other. That was why so many people from Shui Yunsheng had survived and successfully been promoted to second - level students. But there was no trace of joy on their faces.
The little girl who had led them and said that Shui Yunsheng would get better and better was gone.
Not surprisingly, after this trial, Huang Sheng started recruiting students again.
Zhang Tianyuan, Li Can and several others became his students.
As for Kong Shishuang's team, although they were promoted out of turn, their abilities were not outstanding, so Huang Sheng didn't even bother to look at them.
He had originally wanted Kong Shishuang to join his class, but Kong Shishuang just smiled and turned to walk towards Teacher Su Nian, who was ignored by everyone.
Huang Sheng just shrugged and didn't care.
This young miss Kong Shishuang was so arrogant that everyone in the tower was fed up with her. If it weren't for her brother being Kong Ye, Huang Sheng wouldn't even spare her a second glance.
"Teacher Su."
Su Nian nodded. She looked at the people behind Kong Shishuang and said sadly, "Kids, you've worked hard."
Kong Shishuang shook her head and looked into the distance.
"Teacher, the ones who worked hard aren't us."
It was Zhao Shuning, the one who had led them onto the right path. It was a pity that Zhao Shuning would never come back.
That night, Zhao Shuning finally gasped her way onto the shore.
By now, she was completely exhausted, without a shred of strength left.
Originally, after drifting on the Undercurrent River for a month and finally reaching the shore, she discovered a crucial problem: she didn't have a map!
In the Dark Swamp Land, deep ravines like the Undercurrent River were everywhere. Without a map, it would be very difficult for her to reach the fifth height.
Moreover, the place where she landed was completely unfamiliar.
She struggled onto the shore and found that the trees around her were incredibly tall, with their branches intertwined, forming a huge barrier.
Zhao Shuning was still young. After jumping up and down several times, she still couldn't see if there was a path behind the forest.
She had hoped to reunite with Se Se and the others, but now it seemed that just getting out of this maze would be a great achievement.
"Zhao Shuning, Zhao Shuning, have you had your head kicked by a donkey?"
When you gave the map to Se Se back then, couldn't you have taken a little time to make a copy?
Zhao Shuning was extremely distressed now, but she didn't dare to be decadent any longer. Since she was already on the shore, although the Dark Swamp Land was full of dangers, at least there was no shortage of food. As long as Zhao Shuning searched carefully, she wouldn't starve.
This time, it also greatly improved Zhao Shuning's ability to find her way.
She began to learn to make marks. Whenever she passed a place, she would use stones to carve some special marks on the trees.
"Damn it, the Misty Rain Tower is so unreliable. There are still people here, but they withdrew everyone so early."
While cursing, Zhao Shuning also thought she was unreliable. If her abilities were stronger, not to mention the Dark Swamp Land, even more complex terrains couldn't trap her.
As a third - level spiritual pharmacist and a third - grade alchemist, Zhao Shuning still felt a little scared when she was alone.
"If Zhao Huai were here, it would be great."
When she said this, Zhao Shuning couldn't help but hug her arms tightly.
Yes, if Zhao Huai were here, it would be great.
Wherever Zhao Huai was, he would always protect her behind him.
Isn't it ridiculous? In this new life, Zhao Shuning had actually developed a sense of dependence on a teenage boy.
She wondered how her father and mother were. Had her father's foot disease recurred? Would Li Can find someone to deal with the Zhao family after he got out?
However, with Zhao Huai around, they probably couldn't do anything to the Zhao family.
Although Zhao Huai was just an ordinary person with poor spiritual and spiritual power, for some reason, Zhao Shuning just felt that Zhao Huai had an unlimited future. Think about it, a person without spiritual power, spiritual energy or combat power could actually make an ancient monster obey him. If you said he was an ordinary person, Zhao Shuning would never believe it.
"Damn it, why am I so sentimental now?"
Ordinary people's emotions were really a bondage.
But for Zhao Shuning, she especially liked this happy bondage.
Zhao Shuning's current abilities were quite good, but her problem was that her body was too petite. Every time she jumped high to check the surrounding terrain, she couldn't hold on for long. This maze she was in was really strange.
How could such a large expanse of lush and towering trees grow in the Dark Swamp Land?
There must be a reason. There must be some terrifying creatures in this maze.
What those creatures were, Zhao Shuning hadn't encountered them yet.
"No way. My luck can't be this bad. I've been so unlucky already. I can't possibly run into some overpowered being that will crush me to nothing."
However, her words seemed to be prophetic.