Chapter 159: Training of the Two Teams

"Oh? Did someone else also send breakfast to Li Luo?"

When Xin Fu's voice fell, Lu Qinger's expression shifted slightly, and a trace of a smile appeared on her moving, beautiful face as she asked.

Xin Fu nodded earnestly: "It was Senior Sister Jiang."

Lu Qinger's eyes darted, and she immediately said: "Senior Sister Jiang has a special relationship with Li Luo, so it's not strange at all that she would send him a meal."

She gave a faint smile and suddenly said to Xin Fu: "Student Xin Fu is exceptionally gifted; surely many girls send you breakfast as well?"

The expression on the somewhat pale face beneath Xin Fu's hood stiffened, filled with an indescribable sense of sorrow. Since arriving at the Astral Sage College, apart from Bai Mengmeng, Lu Qinger was actually the second female student to speak to him.

Moreover, why did Lu Qinger's words sound gentle, yet contain hidden sharpness?

Xin Fu swept a glance at Li Luo, his expression complex. Is Lu Qinger counterattacking for the captain? My previous hint didn't start a fire, but instead ended up burning myself?

Something doesn't feel right.

Normally, the one with the headache right now should be the captain... A girl as outstanding as Lu Qinger should, logically, be quite proud and aloof.

But what is this... helping the captain counterattack me?

Is Lu Qinger's perspective too broad, or are the captain's methods too superb?

Regardless, Xin Fu knew he had lost, so he cast an admiring look at Li Luo: Captain, you truly are a role model for us all.

Seeing Xin Fu's crestfallen look, Li Luo felt secretly amused: You bad apple, always trying to trap me, your captain; now you've been humbled, haven't you?

Feeling satisfied, he cast an appreciative look at Lu Qinger.

But regarding his gaze, Lu Qinger acted as if she hadn't heard, her eyes cold and indifferent, seemingly completely different from the joyful and gentle demeanor she had when she first entered the room.

Li Luo felt a bit helpless about this; a girl's thoughts are truly hard to fathom. Forget it, better to just bury my head in eating.

While eating, Yu Lang mentioned something: "By the way, Instructor Mi'er and Instructor Xi Chan seem to be planning for our two teams to have a training match today."

Li Luo and Xin Fu were both startled and looked up: "Our two teams?"

Instructor Mi'er's team, obviously, was Bai Doudou, Qiu Luo, and Yu Lang.

"I did hear Instructor Xi Chan mention this yesterday, saying that this kind of sparring training would let us understand each other better and improve together," Bai Mengmeng also said.

Li Luo nodded and said: "Then I'll spar with Yu Lang."

"Get lost!" Yu Lang was furious. You're being too obvious about picking the soft persimmon! I'm only sparring with Bai Mengmeng today; I'm willing to be hit by her little fists!

"Captain, you should play with my sister instead," Bai Mengmeng said with a smile.

"Bai Doudou is a captain, and you are a captain too. How can you have the nerve to send us team members?" Xin Fu also rolled his eyes at Li Luo and said.

Li Luo felt a bit melancholy. That Bai Doudou is no pushover; one cannot relax even a little when trading blows with her.

"What is Bai Doudou's strength now?" Li Luo asked.

Yu Lang didn't hide anything about this, as there was no need: "She has already reached the second stage of the Resonance Master, the Resonance Pattern stage, likely the first pattern."

"So she really is at the second stage..."

Li Luo sighed, though he wasn't surprised. During the Teacher Selection Tournament, he was only at the lower-grade White Seed, and now, in less than a month, he had reached the lower-grade Flower Seed. Although this was thanks to the Resonance Dawn, the speed was definitely extremely fast.

And Bai Doudou was already at the upper-grade Flower Seed during the Teacher Selection Tournament, so it was normal for her to have improved to the second stage after this period of cultivation.

However, don't look at the gap between the upper-grade Flower Seed and the Resonance Pattern stage as just one stage; the difference between them is quite significant. The Resonance Pattern stage signifies that the Resonance Power seed within the Resonance Palace has begun to take shape, with dense Resonance Power forming resonance patterns on the surface of the seed. Compared to the Seed Opening stage, this is a phased improvement.

The Resonance Pattern stage has five levels, and each level forms a resonance pattern on the Resonance Power seed, so it is also known as the Five-Pattern Realm.

It seems that if I really spar with Bai Doudou today, I must go all out, otherwise, getting beaten up would damage my dignity as a captain.

After finishing breakfast, Li Luo took Lu Qinger and Yu Lang to tour the living environment.

And when they reached Xin Fu's place on the second floor, Li Luo originally intended to breeze past, but Lu Qinger and Yu Lang suddenly spotted the drawing board on the easel.

Their gazes fixed, and Yu Lang suddenly let out a loud cry, saying with heartbreaking grief: "Li Luo, you scoundrel, what are you doing with Mengmeng?"

Lu Qinger's pretty face also turned slightly cold, and she hummed lightly: "A lone man and a lone woman, sharing a room, and you even left a drawing as a memento? Young Mansion Master, aren't you being a bit too romantic?"

Li Luo was dumbfounded and couldn't help but want to roar: These are clearly just two stick figures, how can you tell it's him and Bai Mengmeng?

He could only struggle to defend himself: "Xin Fu just drew this casually, what can you even tell from this?"

Yu Lang pointed and gestured at it, saying excitedly: "Such obvious figures, it's practically missing your names written on it, how could we not tell?"

Lu Qinger crossed her arms, bit her lip, and looked at Li Luo with some resentment and annoyance.

Li Luo felt his heart was tired. Is his aesthetic sense really broken? Why does he only see some randomly drawn lines, while Yu Lang and Lu Qinger can see through it at a glance?

What has this world come to?

Xin Fu, who had seemed non-existent, suddenly spoke up: "Captain, when one person questions you, perhaps it's the other person's problem, but when everyone questions you, you should really reflect on yourself!"

Li Luo rolled his eyes at this troublemaker, then, harboring some self-doubt, finally finished showing the two of them around the small building.

Because there was training between the two teams later, Yu Lang stayed behind, while Lu Qinger needed to go back to cultivate, so she left feeling a bit sullen.

Leaving the small building, Lu Qinger walked along the lakeside. The morning mist had not yet dispersed, drifting from the lake in front of the building, creating a unique elegance.

Lu Qinger wore a thin coat, her legs beneath her short skirt slender and straight, her snow-like skin crystal clear, and her exquisite, moving face carried a sense of hazy charm under the mist.

Occasionally, students would pass by, their gazes constantly drifting over.

But she wasn't in a particularly high mood. She casually pulled off a branch and tore the leaves off one by one, her maidenly heart as poetic and picturesque as a painting.

The branch was soon stripped bare. She sighed softly, raised her eyes, and was immediately slightly startled.

Because she saw two figures standing on the path by the lake ahead, their gazes fixed on her.

The two beautiful figures were not strangers; they were none other than Jiang Qing'e and Yan Lingqing.

Lu Qinger's gaze met Jiang Qing'e's. For that instant, the air seemed to stagnate. She hesitated for a moment, but did not turn and leave; instead, she stepped forward, a smile appearing on her clear, beautiful face.

"Senior Sister Jiang."

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