65 Dining Hall (1/2)
”He is doing it on purpose,” Xue Wei mumbled to himself. ”I bet he is doing all of this on purpose. He wants me to suffer. He wants me to be hated by all of them.”
”I bet he is having a whole lot of fun right now,” Xue Wei continued, but he refused to look at Lan and his smug face more than necessary. He poked the food with his chopsticks and could not help but praise the quality of the food that they were provided in the Genius Camp.
The meal consisted of meat from Fierce Beasts alongside different medicinal herbs and roots.
These medicinal herbs and roots were so weak that one had to eat an astronomical amount to see any actual change in one's cultivation, however when eaten in a meal, these limited portions of energy would spread through the body and assist in supporting the foundations and make them even steadier.
Xue Wei had eaten food like this at special occasions, but to eat it daily was simply wasteful. Were they given special treatment today, since it was the first day, or was the Genius Camp wasteful with their resources?
The Kingdom of Heping was a poor country. Thus it should not be able to provide the soldiers with such luxurious food every single day, so Xue Wei, completely ignorant of whatever was happening around him, ate every single last bite on the plate.
When he finished his meal, he went back with his tray to the people behind the counter that had delivered food to him before. Without waiting for Lan, he headed straight back to his tent.
As he exited the dining hall, Xue Wei saw a whole group of experts waiting for him outside. All of them glared at him and looked around to see whether or not they could find Lan.
But Lan was not present, and one of the geniuses left the group unnoticed and stood at the entrance to the dining hall, keeping an eye on Lan.
”You are on your own this time, kiddo,” Lan's voice sounded in Xue Wei's mind. ”You will get stronger, or you'll get beaten to a pulp. Either way, you will learn something.”
”Is this another one of your teaching lessons?” Xue Wei sneered back with his compressed voice, and Lan's laughter rang through the entire area.
No one knew what he was laughing about apart from Xue Wei, who furrowed his brows. His eyes narrowed, and he could feel the killing intent within him growing dangerously out of control.
”He is doing it on purpose,” Xue Wei shook his head with annoyance. ”What did you just say?” someone asked when they saw Xue Wei's reaction, but Xue Wei just looked at him as if he was looking at trash.
”I was not speaking to you,” Xue Wei snapped at the genius in front of him.
The genius that was standing in front of him was a one layer Earth Warrior. When he looked around him, he saw that everyone present were at the first layer apart from two at the second layer.
Although he could deal with first layer Earth Warriors easily, and could tussle with someone at the second layer, there were simply too many experts surrounding him right now.
”When in doubt, flee,” Xue Wei quickly made up his mind. It was clear that Lan wanted him to face off against the entire Genius Camp, but Xue Wei was aware of his own shortcomings and simply activated Forbidden Rush.
Having activated his movement technique, he could easily sidestep the attacks that suddenly rained down upon the location where he had been standing moments before.
Their attacks had been delayed by a few seconds. It was clear that they had not channeled the attacks before they suddenly saw him vanishing into thin air, and thus their attacks also hit nothing but the location where he had been standing.
”He vanished!” someone exclaimed, but the others just looked at him as if he was an idiot. It was clear that he had vanished, there was no reason to mention it.
”It seems his uncle valued him greatly and gave him an outstanding movement technique,” one of the two-layer Earth Warriors said as he stroked his chin.
”You guys are better off not trying to make things difficult for him like this,” a voice sounded from behind, and the others turned around to see a third layer Earth Warrior behind them.
”We cannot accept him! He is a simple Ordinary Warrior, and he is close to the prophet from the central of the continent!”
”He will become cocky if we do not teach him a lesson!”
”We cannot accept him as he is. He is a shame to our Genius Camp!”
”Do you think the Prophet fell for his handsome looks?”
So many of the experts called out at the same time, and the third layer Earth Warrior that had appeared behind them just shook his head smilingly.
”I never said that we could not teach him a lesson. I merely said that we could not do it like this.”
”For instance, if he is wounded during practice no one can say anything about it.”
”If he were to encounter an accident, then who is to be blamed?”
”What if he were to encounter a Fierce Beast or a deserter in the arena, what good is his movement technique then? Fleeing can only work so far. I heard that one could bribe the gatekeepers of the Arena to rig the matches.”