Enemies Meet on a Narrow Road

Chapter 20 Enemies Meet on a Narrow Road

Their eyes met, and Lu Si'en abruptly looked away, displaying a strange restraint.

Ye Jingqiu was taken aback. For some reason, she felt that Lu Sien's attitude towards her had been a bit strange since they returned from the Papal Palace.

There seemed to be a strange distance between us, but it was different from the unfamiliarity we felt towards Xie Yue and Hu Liena. It was a very awkward feeling.

Countless times when Ye Jingqiu tilted his head, he would meet Lu Si'en's gaze. He didn't know what was strange about it, but in short, it just felt weird, just like now.

When Ye Jingqiu looked away, she clearly felt Lu Si'en's gaze fall on her again.

baffling.

Ye Jingqiu ignored him and turned his gaze to Xie Yue.

Xie Yue spoke up, "Although the soul beasts in the Beast Hunting Forest are relatively weak because they are domesticated, they are still soul beasts. As the captain, I only have one requirement: to be cautious. All seven of us must return to the academy safely."

As he spoke, Xie Yue's gaze swept over everyone present.

Everyone nodded, having no objection to his words.

……

As the rising sun set, the entire Spirit Hall Academy was bathed in light.

Ye Jingqiu spotted Lu Si'en waiting at the crossroads from a distance. She looked around in surprise but didn't see Xie Yue and the others.

Hu Liena and Shen Qingqing stopped in their tracks when they saw Lu Si'en. Lu Si'en was usually serious and rarely smiled, often wearing a stern face. Even though they were teammates, he still gave everyone an invisible sense of distance.

Ye Jingqiu stepped forward. "Lu Si'en?"

The latter looked up at her.

"Where are the captain and the others?"

"I don't know, we're not in the same dorm. I came over here before I saw them."

Ye Jingqiu nodded knowingly, then stood in front of Lu Si'en. Hu Liena and Shen Qingqing were talking about something and stood far away from the two of them.

The atmosphere between the two was strange, with an eerie silence hanging over them.

Finally, Ye Jingqiu spoke first, tentatively asking, "Lu Si'en, do you have a problem with me?"

Lu Si'en suddenly turned to look at Ye Jingqiu, her eyes filled with confusion. "Why would you think that?"

"I just feel like there's something strange about how you look at me every time..."

Before Ye Jingqiu could finish speaking, Lu Si'en quickly interjected, "That's not true."

This was the first time Ye Jingqiu had seen Lu Si'en like this. Just as she was about to speak, Song Liyang's voice came, "Lu Si'en, why didn't you wait for me? I was only washing up when my roommates said you had already left."

He was panting heavily, with Xie Yue and Yan following behind him.

Our roommates?

Ye Jingqiu's suspicious gaze fell on Lu Si'en. Just now, he had said that he was not in the same dormitory as them, but Ye Jingqiu still did not ask.

Lu Si'en ignored Song Liyang and stood beside Ye Jingqiu, speaking in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Let's go."

Ye Jingqiu nodded slightly, and the seven of them walked together toward the academy gate. There were already many people standing there. After they settled down, Xie Yue went to report to the teacher.

He returned shortly afterward and said, "There are five teams involved in this mission. One team hasn't arrived yet. We'll set off once they get here."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw five people coming from afar. Because they were going out today, none of them were wearing the school uniform of the Spirit Hall Academy.

Judging from their attire, the seven people who arrived were a group of noblemen. Only when they got closer did Ye Jingqiu realize that the leader was someone she didn't recognize.

The person was Song Baiyu, who had previously clashed with Ye Jingqiu. Seeing that Hu Liena's expression was not good, she muttered under her breath, "Why is she everywhere?"

Song Baiyu's gaze fell directly on Ye Jingqiu. She gave Ye Jingqiu a cold smile, then pointed her thumb down three times.

This is clearly a provocative act.

"You..." Shen Qingqing was about to step forward when Ye Jingqiu stopped her.

Standing in front of the five teams were six teachers and ten students. These ten students were the Soul Masters who were going to the Beast Hunting Forest to hunt for their second Soul Ring.

Of the six teachers, excluding the one who was taking notes, the remaining five must be the teachers leading the group.

The teacher, holding the notebook, said, "You can find your preferred teams to assist you in this mission of hunting soul beasts and absorbing soul rings. Of course, we can also assign you teams."

As soon as he finished speaking, two of them strode towards Song Baiyu's team. They were also dressed in extremely luxurious robes.

They even sneered as they passed Ye Jingqiu and his group.

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Apart from the two selected teams, the rest of Ye Jingqiu and his group were randomly assigned.

The teacher said, "The first team to return after completing the task will receive extra points, while the last team to return will have points deducted accordingly."

"Your target this time is a hundred-year-old soul beast. The team leader will only intervene if you encounter a thousand-year-old soul beast or if you are truly in mortal danger."

He paused, then said seriously and methodically, "Remember, safety is the most important thing."

"yes--"

The five teachers also walked to the end of each team and stood there. The one who came to Tianyi team was a middle-aged man with half-gray hair. In contrast to his appearance, he had a very muscular body that looked like it might burst out of his clothes at any moment.

The five teams set off one after another, and Xie Yue, being the fourth to arrive, was the fourth to step forward and receive the token.

As soon as Ye Jingqiu stepped out of the academy gate, he looked back and saw that the middle-aged male teacher was no longer in sight; he must have been following him in the shadows.

The two students assigned to Tianyi Team were twin sisters who looked almost identical, with the same long, dark green hair. The only difference was that their scorpion braids pointed to opposite sides of their heads, making it difficult to tell them apart.

The woman with the scorpion braid pointing to the left said, "My name is Shuang Zuozuo."

Before the person on the right could speak, Song Liyang said, "Then you must be a double right-hand man?"

The person in question nodded reluctantly, "You guessed right."

Hearing this, Song Liyang suppressed a laugh and walked up to Yan, lowering his voice so that he didn't know what the two of them were talking about.

Just then, a playful voice came from behind, "As expected of a team from the slums, the task assigned by the teacher is quite formidable."

Ye Jingqiu's disgusted gaze fell on Song Baiyu. This person had been quiet for a while, but now he had reappeared like a leech.

The boy standing behind Song Baiyu with a big, round belly said loudly, "Shuang Zuozuo, Shuang Youyou, we've been classmates for a while, why don't you come with us? We'll help you get your second soul ring."

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