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As she spoke, she stroked the Zhen Qi stone and closed her eyes to meditate. In an instant, the Zhen Qi stone's light became even brighter, and Luo Liya knew that it was Tao Tie sending her Zhen Qi into the Zhen Qi stone, and they melded together.

She felt as if a warm current flowed through her heart, and then she felt extremely comfortable, as if her entire body was comfortable everywhere.

Fang Zheng did not disappoint the crowd and became the first in the second round. The judges were very optimistic about him, and after Leng Shang announced that today's competition was over, Fang Zheng put on his previous clothes and left the training grounds. After Luo Liya bid farewell to the moon spirit, she quickly followed him.

Then, she saw Fang Zheng greeting a few students, and when she looked over, weren't those people the ones who had met her with Fang Zheng in the poisonous forest at the back of the academy? Her heart leaped to her throat as she carefully hid in the crowd, afraid that they would discover her.

Fortunately, Fang Zheng didn't go with them, but went in another direction by himself. Luo Liya couldn't help but pat her chest, following him at a moderate pace in case he found traces of her.

He left in a hurry, gradually becoming less and less human. Unknowingly, Luo Liya was brought to the forbidden area by him. When she saw Xu Shang's inscription, Luo Liya finally reacted, a complex look flashing across her eyes.

She thought Fang was about to try to enter the forest again, but he suddenly turned around and fixed his eyes on her. His thin lips curled up as he said, ”Come out. Are you tired after following her for so long?”

So he had intentionally lured me here.

She thought he hadn't noticed her following him. Looks like that Fang Zheng isn't simple.

Since there was no one around, Luo Liya openly appeared and stared at Fang Zheng. As she approached, Fang Zheng's clear and sharp eyes became more and more profound, and when Luo Liya walked in front of him, he finally opened his mouth.

”It's you?” Are you really a student of the academy? ”

”Of course, on that day, it was all because you didn't believe me. You even thought I was a demoness.” Luo Liya said mockingly, her eyes looking straight at Fang Zheng.

”It's because they didn't believe me and I don't believe them. It's just that I've deliberately searched for her and never heard of her name before. Now it seems that I'm ignorant and ill-informed.” Fang Zheng was also motionless as he stared at Luo Li Ya, and the two of them started to fight with their eyes.

When Luo Liya heard him say this, her expression froze. He was a Martial Master, and everything he saw and heard was limited to the circle of Martial Masters. He himself had never heard of her name before.

”I don't want to waste words with you. I'm just following you because I want to ask you a favor. If we meet in the future, can you pretend that we don't know each other?”

Luo Liya spoke tactfully. She was prepared to use a soft method first, but there was no way she could use a hard one.

Fang Zheng, on the other hand, seemed to have already expected her to say this and curled his lips, ”Why should I help you?”

”Helping me is equivalent to helping yourself. You can't enter the forbidden area, this is the biggest rule of the entire academy. If you tell anyone about me, you and that friend of yours won't be able to escape either.”

After saying that, she pursed her lips, her bright eyes carrying a faint spirit. Fang Zheng carefully looked at the woman in front of him, previously he had not really observed her when he saw her, but he could vaguely remember her appearance.

”Alright, I promise you, but I have conditions.”

”Condition?” He actually wanted to negotiate with her? If it wasn't for her, he and his friends might very well be locked in the poisonous forest and never come out again.

”That beast of yours …” Later on, I flipped through a lot of books. Those are the ancient divine beasts, the Taotie, right? ”

Luo Liya silently nodded, her expression becoming somewhat complicated.

”Since there's a Taotie, your true qi must be very strong, so I want you to help me deal with someone.”

”Who?”

Fang Zheng softly said a name, Luo Liya frowned in confusion: ”I don't know him.”

”He is my greatest opponent. Although I have defeated him today, that might not be the case in tomorrow's finals. Thus, I need you.”

Hearing that, Luo Liya did not look too good, but she still pursed her lips and rejected him: ”The judge for the martial arts competition is the most powerful soldier lord of the Blue Water Nation, and there are many commanders, do you think I can escape from their eyes?”

”As long as you want to, you can. If you don't help me, even if the academy punishes you, I will expose you. At that time, I'm afraid you won't have the qualifications to participate in the martial arts test.”

Fang Zheng said softly, his words undoubtedly stepping on Luo Liya's sore spot, Luo Liya frowned at him, she never thought that Fang Zheng would be so despicable, yesterday when he was competing with that tall and sturdy man, she was even helping him with his grievances, she never thought that he was actually a kind and sinister person.

”Then, do you think that I will agree?” Luo Liya said in a deep voice, her eyes were rolling with strange thoughts, but her face was expressionless, making Fang Zheng's heart clench.

”If you don't agree …”

Fang Zheng had not finished speaking when he suddenly stopped, his eyes staring straight ahead, his body frozen, as if frozen.