The place where Immortal He teleported them was indeed the location for third - year students' missions.
However, the specific teleportation point was not very accurate.
This place was called the Maze Forest, a vast expanse of forest. Once a spiritual pharmacist or an alchemist stepped into the Maze Forest, it was almost impossible for them to get out easily.
Although Su Nian and Huang Sheng were leading the group, and everyone thought they were just here to broaden their horizons without much danger, the reality was far more complicated.
Those lush green trees might be spirits that devoured human souls.
The colorful little flowers could be carriers of deadly poisons.
Even the unassuming grass might be a mutated weapon.
Here, every move was restricted. Third - year students had to be led by their tutors to come here for missions.
Each mission was different. Here, Huang Sheng and Su Nian would focus on examining the students' ability to use spiritual arts, that is, gathering spiritual energy to form their own spiritual tools and then using these tools to fight against the mountain spirits and wild monsters in the forest.
But this time, from the very beginning, it was unfair.
According to the rules, the students should be divided into two groups, one following Su Nian and the other following Huang Sheng.
However, among the more than a hundred students, only five were willing to follow Su Nian.
Su Nian was capable and could protect Kong Shishuang and the other four students. But Huang Sheng was different.
There were many students with weak spiritual energy in his group. Although the large group made Huang Sheng look dazzling, whether he could protect the students was another matter.
Today, a student was injured during the mission.
It was evening, and the setting sun cast long shadows of the trees.
"Teacher, Han Xing's leg seems to be crippled!"
Hearing someone say this in the crowd, Huang Sheng frowned involuntarily. Then he walked up to the young man named Han Xing.
At this moment, his right foot had turned blue - purple, with two shallow tooth marks on it.
"What attacked you?"
"A small snake about two inches long, with a bright green body and cold as ice. When it coiled around the student's leg, it bit down before the student could react."
The young man was fairly good - looking. At this moment, his brows were tightly knitted, and his expression was full of pain.
After a quick examination, Huang Sheng said, "It should be a one - inch green snake."
The one - inch green snake was a highly venomous snake. It was cold - bodied and usually ran away immediately after biting someone. The bitten person had to sit still on the spot, cut a small hole in the bitten area with a knife to let the poisonous blood out, and only then might the leg be saved.
"Han Xing, did you move after being bitten by the one - inch green snake?"
The young man lowered his head, his face contorted in pain. "Yes."
"Ridiculous! Didn't I tell you before that after being bitten by a one - inch green snake, you must rest on the spot immediately? You already have weak spiritual energy. Being in our group is already a burden, and you can't even take good care of yourself."
"Teacher Huang, when you mentioned the one - inch green snake before, you didn't describe what it looked like. So I... I didn't know that the snake that bit me during the mission was a one - inch green snake."
Huang Sheng gave him a disdainful look and then said, "You're not fit to continue. Stay here. I'll come back for you after I lead the other students to finish the mission."
"Teacher Huang—"
Was the teacher going to abandon him?
If he was left alone in the Maze Forest, with all its hidden dangers, he didn't know what other perils he might encounter.
But judging from Huang Sheng's expression, he was going to abandon Han Xing.
"What? Do you want to delay the progress of all the teachers and students because of yourself?"
Hearing Huang Sheng's question, the other students also showed signs of annoyance on their faces.
"Han Xing, it's your own fault for not practicing hard enough that you got bitten by the one - inch green snake. You didn't listen to the lectures properly. It was all your own doing. Teacher Huang has already worked hard to take care of so many of us. You're just causing trouble for him."
"In my opinion, you're right. Don't make a fool of yourself here."
"Han Xing, our mission is already halfway through. You can't hold us back. We've left Teacher Su far behind. Wait for them to catch up slowly and then ask them for help."
The students criticized Han Xing one after another, blaming him for getting injured and saying that he was dragging down Huang Sheng's team.
Zhang Tianyuan stood by, looking like it had nothing to do with him.
Huang Sheng, on the other hand, looked smug.
As long as he showed a little dissatisfaction, some students would try to gain his attention and willingly become his tools. Anyway, this young man named Han Xing had poor aptitude. Even if he lost his life in the Maze Forest, his family wouldn't dare to come to the Misty Tower to find fault with him, Huang Sheng.
Everyone was chatting away merrily, and most of their words were sharp and unpleasant.
"Your minds are even more vicious than that one - inch green snake."
A small team walked out from deep in the forest. The young man at the front had a magnetic voice, and his face was full of mockery.
But when he said these words, no one dared to object. Even the noisy students fell silent at that moment.
Zhang Tianyuan's eyes flashed with disgust and jealousy when he saw the young man.
"Du She, what are you doing here?"
Du She led his team and bowed to Huang Sheng. He couldn't forget this courtesy of respecting his teacher.
"I'm here to see how you abandon your companions."
Du She's voice was cold. He scanned the group of students opposite, and they all lowered their heads, not daring to meet his gaze.
It was well - known that although Du She hadn't attended classes for the past three months, it had no impact on his practice of spiritual arts.
Moreover, after he came out of the Dark Swamp Land, he was taken in as an apprentice by Elder Chen, the leader of the four major stewards. Even Zhang Tianyuan couldn't compare to such an honor.
"Du She, are you questioning our teacher?"
Du She didn't answer the student's question. Instead, he turned around and whispered to the people behind him. Immediately, someone stepped forward to bandage Han Xing's wound on his foot.
Seeing this, a hint of dissatisfaction appeared in Huang Sheng's eyes.
"Du She, do you want to take Han Xing with you?"
"Yes."
Huang Sheng provoked him. "But he will delay the progress of our whole team."
Du She gave a cold smile and replied, "Teacher Huang must be misunderstanding. Since I stepped into the Maze Forest, although I didn't choose Teacher Su, I definitely won't choose you either. Taking Han Xing with me will only affect my team, and it has nothing to do with you."
"You—"
"Teacher Huang, you've done a great job."
When a student was injured, the first thing he thought of was not how to cure him but was afraid that he would delay the progress and wanted to abandon the injured student to Teacher Su's group, who was already at a disadvantage.
For a teacher like this, where was the so - called "moral integrity of a teacher"?