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Misty fog engulfed the entire area of the arena, rocky mountains surrounded the four disciples of Yunmeng.

"Where are the Feral Ghost Targets?" One of the disciples asked.

An eerie silence was all they can hear.

"Let's spilt into two groups, then gather at the exit later." Jiang Cheng suggested and with that he and Wei WuXian departed.

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Wei WuXian and Jiang Cheng was navigating against the rocky wall, sideways on a narrow path in between the mountain.

"Hey, where the hell are you leading me to?" Wei WuXian jokes, breaking the silence between them.

Jiang Cheng scowled. "Stop complaining! Just follow me-Gah!" Before being struck in the forehead from a rock sticking out from above.

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Wei WuXian tries to hold in his laughter as both of them were both crawling in a small cave.

"How about we go back the way we came?" Wei WuXian suggested jokingly, a couple of giggles slip from him. "Rest assured. I definitely won't tell anyone."

"Just shut up, will you!" Jiang Cheng exclaimed, looking back at Wei WuXian before glaring forward when suddenly, another rock hits him in the forehead.

"Pfft hahaha!"

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Jiang Cheng groaned as he and Wei WuXian made it out in the open, rubbing his reddened forehead.

"Jiang Cheng!" Wei WuXian called out.

"What now?" The latter replied back.

"Look!" The Head Disciple said as he pointed up at the sky, spotting their targets.

Jiang Cheng gasped. "Are those...Feral Ghost Targets!"

Said ghost targets then let out a snarl before all three charges down toward them. Jiang Cheng loaded his bow, firing a couple of arrows and managing to hits two of the targets. However, one escapes and was nearing to the latter.

The Jiang Sect heir froze on the spot with a look of horror washing over his face as the ghost target was about to bite his head off when suddenly, it freezes.

It slowly fades away as an arrow fell onto the ground from it's forehead. Jiang Cheng stares at the arrow for a second before looking to his left, spotting Wei WuXian shooting two more arrows and killing the targets.

The boy clad in black and red turns to Jiang Cheng and gave him a grin. "You're welcome~."

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Wei WuHui's face lit up immediately when the symbol of Jiang Sect appeared in the sky. "They did it."

Jin GuangShan stood up from his seat with a teacup in his hands as he saluted to Jiang FengMian. "Sect Leader Jiang, disciples of your sect are truly skilled in archery! I'm sure that your sect will take the championship again this time."

"You must be joking, Sect Leader Jin. Nothing is certain until the match is over." Jiang FengMian replied, just as a few more fireworks were fired into the air, displaying the symbols of the Lan, the Jin and the Nie sects.

Wen Chao stared in irritation while Wen RiLuo silently sip on her tea as her brother glared over to the relaxed Sect leaders and maidens before angrily drinking his tea when suddenly, the first sign of the Wen sect earning a point as their symbol appeared in the sky.

Wen Chao smirked arrogantly but his excitement quickly disappeared when five grey symbols of his sect appeared right after.

"Uh-oh, 5 down when the match is just getting started." Jin GuangShan commented.

That made Wen Chao slammed his cup onto the table hard, his tea splatting on the surface.

Jin GuangShan's brows furrowed as he looked away awkwardly.

"Wow, 5 Wen disciples are out already." Nie MingJian whistled as she looked up at the sky.

"I guess they're not all skilful as we've thought." Wei WuHui added.

"Shush, you two." Lan ChunTao scolded lightly.

Wen Chao grunted angrily as he shot up from his seat and went to stood in front of his father, saluting to him. "Fuqin, I ask your permission to participate in this match!"

Wei WuHui's brows furrowed. "Is that really fair? The match has already begun, what is the point of joining in when it's halfway done?" She questioned out loud.

Wen Chao scowled, glaring over to the maiden. "Huh? What does a wretch like you know? Don't butt in when it's not your place."

"You...!" Nie MingJian hissed as she slammed her hand on her table, both her and Wei WuHui giving Wen Chao death glares.

Wen Chao smirked arrogantly. "Am I wrong? Wei WuHui, you and your pathetic brother are children of a servant's, are you not? You two don't even have the right to stand against m—!" A black blur flashes in front of him in mid-sentence, his eyes widened in horror as a fist was about to slam into his face when suddenly it froze.

Silence fell upon them as the Sect Leaders stared at the commotion in shock.

Wei WuHui breathed heavily as she glared at the male Wen, her fist mere inches away from his face was caught in another's grasp as she glared up, seeing that Wen RiLuo was the one who stopped her.

Wen RiLuo stared back at the latter, gazing at the fiery rage that swirls in those silvery-grey orbs as a bright blush appeared on her cheeks. 'Beautiful...the rage that she's giving to me, I can feel it...I want more of it'

"Wei Gū-Niang, I apologise for my Dìdi's rudeness. He was spoiled from his mother and rarely knows that something shouldn't be said out loud." Wen RiLuo smiled as she let go of Wei WuHui's hand.

"But Jiejie-!" Wen Chao was about to protest when he froze in fear as his sister turned toward him with a smile still on her face as her cold red eyes stared at her brother. "Hm? A-Chao, did you say something?"

Wen Chao shuddered in fear, cold sweats dripping from his face as he gulped nervously before shaking his head. "N-No, Jiejie."

"A-Hui, calm down." Jiang FengMian cooed as he wrapped a comforting arm around Wei WuHui's shoulder while guiding her back to their seats.

Wei WuHui felt her sworn sisters' rubbing her back as they mutters calming words to her ears, which successfully melts her anger down as she breaths in and breaths out repeatedly.

Eventually, Wen Chao was allowed with the permission from his father to go into the arena.

'It happened so fast...I didn't realise that I was going to hurt Wen Chao' Wei WuHui stared down at her tea, her reflection staring back at her then she unconsciously rubbed the wrist where Wen RiLuo grabbed her. 'Until Wen RiLuo stopped me...her hand...it's so cold'

TRANSLATION NOTE:

— Dìdi: younger brother

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(Please correct my translation if I'm wrong and the GIFs and pictures used in this chapter does not belong to me, but their rightful owners)