Beauty and the Bodyguard

"Yes! Instructor Xu is right, I will definitely be careful!"

Lin Yi quickly nodded with a serious face. He knew that Xu Xiaoyan was really thinking for him, so he was not unhappy at all.

Xu Xiaoyan squinted her eyes and looked at Lin Yi deeply, as if to confirm if he really stopped underestimating his enemy.

"Very good, you can come with me now. If you can successfully obtain this quota, I will tell the outside world that you are in closed door cultivation and are not to be disturbed! After you come out, don\'t go around talking about the spirit cleansing pool. This is an important place in our Feiyang college. Although it\'s not a secret, there\'s no need to let everyone know. "

Xu Xiaoyan said as she prepared to bring Lin Yi to the event.

"Yes, please rest assured, instructor Xu."

Lin Yi wasn\'t a big-mouth person, so he wouldn\'t tell anyone.

Moreover, as a new student, if he made an exception to participate in the competition, it would attract criticism from others. It would not be beneficial to the school\'s higher-ups, and it was estimated that the higher-ups were also concerned about this, so they asked Xu Xiaoyan to specifically remind him.

As the two left the yard, Lin Yi glanced at the yard next to it. This was Xue Peng\'s house, and he\'d been keeping a low profile these days. Lin Yi hadn\'t seen him since the market.

However, it was also possible that Xue Peng had heard of the Academy\'s mission and was so low-key to avoid suspicion. But no matter what, if he wanted to find Xue Keyan, he could only keep a close eye on Xue Peng.

Lin Yi didn\'t know how long this trip would take, so he made arrangements for the little spirit beasts before he left.

Two of them were used to monitor Xue Peng, two to protect Shangguan LAN \'er, and two to act as backup at any time. They could also help look after the Murong siblings.

As for the last two, Lin Yi always brought them with him-he might be able to use them.

Of course, this was all done without Xu Xiaoyan realizing it. When she jumped on the flying spirit beast, Lin Yi had already made the arrangements and followed. The flying spirit beast rose into the sky and took the two to another mountain.

The flight time was very short, and they soon landed halfway up a mountain. There was still some time before the start time, but everyone was already there.

The nine students stood in a row. There was no need to ask to know that they were the top three from the previous three batches. Each of them was an extremely outstanding genius.

The host of this competition wasn\'t an outsider, either-it was the Vice Dean, Zhang jinmiao. Lin Yi wasn\'t sure if the higher-ups of the school had sent her here on purpose to give Lin Yi a bigger advantage.

But that didn\'t seem possible-even Lin Yi himself wouldn\'t agree to it, let alone Zhang jinmiao. He didn\'t have the authority to make the higher ups open the back door for him.

Lin Yi was determined to get the pool, but he\'d still have to rely on his own strength to get it.

"Deputy Director Zhang, I\'ve brought her here. If there\'s nothing else, I\'ll take my leave."

Xu Xiaoyan smiled and greeted him. She said that she was going to leave, but her feet didn\'t move. She didn\'t have any intention of leaving.

"You, if you want to stay and watch the show, just say it. Why are you being so petty with me?"

Zhang jinmiao smiled and shook her head. The familiarity between the two could be seen.

"Then I won\'t stand on ceremony. Deputy Director Zhang asked me to stay. It has nothing to do with me."

Xu Xiaoyan stood beside Zhang jinmiao with a smile, not treating herself as an outsider at all.

"Do I ask you to stay? How come I don\'t remember?"

Zhang jinmiao didn\'t know whether to laugh or cry as she looked at Xu Xiaoyan. She only told Xu Xiaoyan to tell her if she wanted to stay, but she didn\'t say that she could stay if she wanted to. Was this the same meaning?

"I don\'t care. I feel like you\'ve invited me. Alright, alright. Deputy Director, let\'s get started. Stop wasting time."

Xu Xiaoyan didn\'t want to continue this topic, so she quickly diverted Zhang jinmiao\'s attention.

"Hello, Vice Director Zhang!"

Lin Yi stepped forward to greet her-it wasn\'t appropriate to call her aunty Zhang in a situation like this, it\'d raise suspicion.

The nine seniors all had hostility in their eyes when they saw Lin Yi, some of them even looking at him with disdain. They thought that Lin Yi was just some lucky bastard who didn\'t have any real strength yet still wanted a share of the loot.

Zhang jinmiao hadn\'t seen Lin Yi for a few days, and she didn\'t expect to see him again during the contest for the soulcleanse pool. It was a pleasant surprise, and it proved that her judgment was right.

"Lin Yi, you\'ve done well. Whether or not you can get the chance depends on your performance. If you can\'t grab it, then you\'ll have nothing!"

Zhang jinmiao looked at Lin Yi, satisfied.

"Yes, thank you, Vice President Zhang. I will definitely work hard!"

Lin Yi lowered his head slightly and replied respectfully.

The older students were even more disdainful when they saw Zhang jinmiao talking to Lin Yi like that. Zhang jinmiao was the main person in charge of the recruitment this time, and they heard that Lin Yi was recruited by her.

In that case, the two could be considered teacher and student, and Lin Yi might\'ve used his relationship with Zhang jinmiao to suddenly appear in this competition without any strength at all!

"Since everyone\'s here, let\'s start now! Originally, there were nine of you fighting for a spot. However, because of a new student\'s special contribution this time, there\'s an additional person. Now, I\'ll explain the competition method. "

Zhang jinmiao didn\'t say anything else to Lin Yi-it\'d make him a target.

"The ten of you will be sent to the dark shadow Forest. You will be the first to reach the dark shadow Palace in the center of the forest. The one who embellishes the five elements token will get a place in the finals. There are three sets of five elements token, so only three people will be able to participate in the finals!"

Zhang jinmiao said as she looked at the ten people, including Lin Yi.

Lin Yi\'s heart skipped a beat-from what Zhang jinmiao was saying, three people at most would be in the finals, so ... There might not be even one?

Of course, the biggest possibility was that there would only be one person in the final. This would require him to get rid of all his competitors in the shadowy forest.

Indeed, competition was an extremely cruel thing!

No one here was an idiot-if Lin Yi thought of it, they\'d naturally think of it too. Lin Yi could clearly feel the unfriendly gazes directed at him-they probably all wanted to eliminate him first, right?