She ignored Yan Chen and called Lan Waihu to come to her. Lan Waihu was actually quite scared of Gu Xijiu, especially during training. Gu Xijiu was even harsher than her school teachers. Lan Waihu noticed Yan Chen's presence a while ago, but she dared not come over.
Only when Gu Xijiu called her did she run over with her blushed face, "Xijiu, how was my practice?" After speaking to Gu Xijiu, she diverted her attention to Yan Chen, "Hello Brother Yan Chen!"
Yan Chen nodded slightly, but he had a complicated feeling. Previously, Lan Waihu always liked to stay with him. Whenever she saw him, she would definitely run over to him and keep talking to him.
But now the situation had changed. If he did not call her, she would not come over. Even if she came over, she would just greet him and immediately look at Gu Xijiu with admiration and wait for her guidance.
If Gu Xijiu were not a girl, Yan Chen would have thought that this girl had fallen in love with Gu Xijiu. He then looked at Gu Xijiu and wondered what was unique about this girl. She could easily attract peoples attention, and even his Lan Waihu also admired her so much.
Gu Xijiu asked Lan Waihu to perform all of the tricks again, then she selected five tricks and tasked Lan Waihu to practice accordingly.
Lan Waihu was quite familiar with these five tricks, so it was not too complicated for her to practice them even if they were combined. After she practiced for one hour, she had already mastered it.
While she was practicing, Gu Xijiu was standing at the side observing and was ready to correct her when there was an error. Yan Chen did not leave either and was watching everything from the side.
He was also a very smart student. Based merely on Gu Xijiu's instructions to Lan Waihu, he could already understand what she was up to. He realized that it was a handy tactic and he secretly admired Gu Xijiu.
Qian Lingyu was back now. This guy could get angry very quickly but would also calm down at the same speed. When he returned, he was not angry anymore.
Just when Lan Waihu finished practicing, Gu Xijiu asked Qian Lingyu to join them practice together. Even Yan Chen was pulled into the field to practice together. After all, Yan Chen was the top student in the Ziyun class. Every skill that he used was fast and accurate. It was tough to defeat him even if the three of them used the formation that Gu Xijiu had just designed.
It was the first time Gu Xijiu had a real fight with Yan Chen. She actually secretly admired his high abilities because even the three of them together could not defeat him.
In fact, Yan Chen was worried too. He had always been the top in Tianju Hall. If he fought seriously, he could even defeat the entire Liuyun class together.
When he was pulled by Gu Xijiu into the field to practice, he did not use his full power, only half. He did not want to hurt them. However, when three of them were getting better at coordinating with each other, he used 80% of his strength to fight.
At first, he was just helping out, but after that, he was getting interested in fighting too. Four of them fought until the sky turned dark before they stopped because of tiredness.
Lan Waihu sweated until her clothes were soaked. However, she was very excited as this was the first time she enjoyed combating in a team. The feeling was undoubtedly delightful.
Her small face was blushing, and her eyes were sparkling. Although she was exhausted, she was thrilled too. She kept asking Gu Xijiu for one more match.
Yan Chen also wanted one more. He looked at Gu Xijiu, "Shall we have another match?"
Gu Xijiu stood up and looked disdained, "Why should I accompany you to practice?"
Yan Chen was speechless. Earlier, he was pulled into the field to practice together with them. But now she was behaving this way.
"Gu Xijiu, can you be more shameless?"
"Yes, I can." Gu Xijiu answered very happily, then she reached out her hand, "If you want me to practice with you, you have to pay me 100 spiritual stones."
Yan Chen was speechless.
In the end, Yan Chen gave in to Lan Waihu. He took out 100 spiritual stones in exchange for a match. He cried a little inside his heart.
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Following from that day, Yan Chen came to practice with the three of them almost every day. The venue selected by Gu Xijiu was secretive, and it was located where most people could not find. Thus, no one could watch their practice.
A few days later, the second match within the Liuyun class arrived. The result was that the three least favored students won all other teams and became the black horses.
No one would ever imagine that Lan Waihu, who always caused the team to lose, could battle so well. The idiot in combating turned out to be the critical player when coupled with the skill sets of Gu Xijiu and Qian Lingyu.
The three of them won with pride. Qian Lingyu was delighted, and Lan Waihu was even more excited. She ran rounds around Gu Xijiu and asked for a celebration.
It was a must to have a food feast to celebrate. Lan Waihu did not have enough skills in the past. Hence, she did not earn much income. Every month, she could only get 10 spiritual stones for her essential living expenses. She was a poor person, and she always needed Yan Chen's financial aid.
She could not afford to pay although she said she wanted to treat Gu Xijiu to a food feast. Fortunately, she had Yan Chen to help her.
Later in the day at the first floor of the Tianju Hall canteen where students from the Ziyun class would typically dine, three students from the Liuyun class sat freely in the middle of the canteen. Their meal was treated by Yan Chen.
Yan Chen was very forthright. He just said, "You can order anything today. As long as it is edible, I can pay for it!"
When he had just finished his sentence, there was cheering from Gu Xijiu's sleeves, "Great! Finally, I can eat until I am full! I want to eat roasted spiritual venison, spiritual leopard tendons fried with garlic, and…"
It was the large mussel. It rolled out, and the baby inside it started to order almost all the signature dishes in the canteen!
Yan Chen was stunned.
This meal had cost 2,800 spiritual stones, and Yan Chen almost became bankrupt because of this meal. He used all his properties that he had earned for these three years but still did not have enough to pay. The chefs here did not allow credit either.
In the end, Gu Xijiu helped to pay 1,000 spiritual stones on behalf of him. Only then did the four of them manage to leave the canteen.
Yan Chen quietly thanked Gu Xijiu but she waved and said, "You don't have to thank me." Then she took out a paper from her sleeve and handed it to Yan Chen. "This is the contract of your borrowing, please sign on it."
Yan Chen was speechless. A cool and elegant young man almost acted rudely. However, although he was angry, he did not want to owe Gu Xijiu, so he signed the contract and claimed that he would be paying off the debt in two years' time.