The Farm Girl’s Charismatic Fortune
Chapter 133 - 130 Won

Chapter 133: Chapter 130 Won

The battle for the top ten was about to begin.

Those who managed to hold onto the arena were mostly quite capable and usually over ten years old.

If Zhang Ting hadn’t been knocked off the stage by Ruo Zhou, he would have been the only one under ten among these ten contestants.

He could have been called a prodigious youth!

Unfortunately, Zhang Ting was defeated by Ruo Zhou and missed out on the top ten.

Zhang Ting sat on the side, with an attendant applying medicine on him; his whole body was in pain, but he felt even more infuriated, with an acute pain in his chest and a brooding expression.

Madam Zhou was both angry and distressed, "There’s no problem, Ting, your father is the General, and Ruo Zhou is nothing. In the end, he’s still going to be a soldier under you."

Zhang Ting’s gloomy face remained unpleased. He had set his sights on first place today!

"To think he’s worthy of being a soldier under me? He isn’t!"

He would never give him the chance to join the army!

Madam Zhou hurriedly soothed him, "Right, right, he doesn’t deserve it."

In these peaceful years, as wars became less frequent and danger reduced, many people wanted to send their children to the army for experience and to earn some military pay. If they managed to attain some military accomplishments and became officers, it would transform their family’s status. Ruo Zhou was probably aiming for this as well.

If it were the past, Madam Zhou would also have thought about helping him, considering Ruo Zhou was her own flesh and blood.

But Ruo Zhou should never have knocked Zhang Ting off the stage today.

She wouldn’t help him anymore; even if she wanted to, she couldn’t. With such ill-treatment toward Ting, Zhang Feng wouldn’t agree to it.

She was truly disappointed in Ruo Zhou!

~

The battle for the top ten began.

This time, Gao Teng tactfully let the other students challenge Ruo Zhou first, lining up last himself.

Facing these arena masters, Ruo Zhou was no longer as relaxed as before.

After all, many of the students participating in this entrance competition came from military families, with most having practiced martial arts since the age of three. Nearly a decade of training, all of them gifted and talented. If not for underestimating their opponent, they would not have been knocked off the stage by Ruo Zhou’s punch.

Gao Teng had been careless and underestimated his opponent, which led to his elimination with a single punch.

Now that Ruo Zhou had made a name for himself, how could they underestimate him?

This time, Ruo Zhou did not have it easy.

Sometimes, he would get hit by a punch or two.

These were people who had been practicing martial arts for years; not only were they quick to dodge attacks, but some could also identify Ruo Zhou’s weaknesses and attacked them specifically.

However, Ruo Zhou was no weakling. Often, after about a dozen rounds, he could find his opponent’s weakness and seize the opportunity to knock them outside the boundary line with a punch.

Eight contenders stepped up to challenge Ruo Zhou and all were defeated by him. They then began to challenge each other again, for the rankings needed to be determined.

Finally, it was Gao Teng’s turn to enter the arena. Excited, he said, "Brother Ruo, I’m here!"

Ruo Zhou greeted him with a bow, "Brother Gao."

Gao Teng replied, "Brother Ruo, give it your all. Let’s have a good fight! Watch the punch!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he threw out a punch.

Ruo Zhou quickly dodged and swung out a punch in return.

The crowd saw them exchanging punches, left and right, with each blow creating gusts of wind.

Gao Teng was incredibly strong, and when Ruo Zhou carelessly took a punch, he felt half of his body go numb!

Ruo Zhou gave as good as he got, striking Gao Teng and causing him to grimace in pain. Both seemed to have met a worthy opponent, fighting to a draw for now.

After a quarter of an hour, Ruo Zhou had mostly gauged Gao Teng’s strength and stamina. Seeing Gao Teng’s power wane, he found the right moment to use all of his strength and punch Gao Teng out of the ring!

All the referees couldn’t help but stand up!

"Excellent!" Someone shouted loudly.

Gao Teng took several steps back, just stabilizing his body as he stepped out of the red line!

He looked down at his feet and, realizing he had barely stepped out of the circle, couldn’t help but curse, "Damn it! Are you even human?"

Just how strong was Ruo Zhou? His strength and speed had both slowed, yet he could still unleash such tremendous force?

So, during the hundred or so moves they exchanged earlier, he hadn’t been going all out?

Was he even human?

He was clearly a head shorter than himself, yet where did that small body get such immense strength from?

Ruo Zhou gave a fist-and-palm salute, "Brother Gao has been generous in yielding."

Seeing the shock in Gao Teng’s eyes, Ruo Zhou glanced at the other students. In fact, it was only in comparison to Gao Teng that he appeared frail; he was considered tall among the other students.

Ruo Zhou felt assured!

Without a doubt, Ruo Zhou took the first place in this competition, with Gao Teng in second, and the third place went to Lei Zhenyang, who was also a son of a military officer.

The academy competition officially came to an end.

The top one hundred and twenty students from the first round of competition would rest for three days and then formally enroll in the academy to start their apprenticeship.

Those who were eliminated in the first round but succeeded in their challenges could also enroll in the academy.

The fate of the other students was now up to luck.

Since the academy’s recruitment competition had a significant age range from seven to twelve, all were treated equally in the competition, which was undoubtedly unfair to the younger children.

However, the martial arts masters in the academy would take note of the younger children who showed talent and then recruit them as apprentices.

Therefore, some younger students, even if they failed in the competition, might still catch the eye of a master and be recruited into the academy.

After all, the younger the age when starting martial arts training, the more likely to succeed, but it seemed like starting young was an advantage in learning just about anything...

After the competition, the students left the academy one after another to return home.

Yan Huan and Yan Jiaojiao didn’t want to go back yet. They had been to Dengfeng Academy before and wanted to play in the various martial arts training grounds before leaving.

Yan Huan whispered something in Yan Jiaojiao’s ear.

Yan Jiaojiao immediately said to Ruo Xuan, "Xuanbao, there are many fun places here. Let’s have some fun before we leave, and Uncle Yan Shan can even take us horse riding!"

"Can we?" Ruo Xuan naturally had no objections; she too wanted to see where her brother would be learning martial arts—she had never seen what a worldly academy looked like.

Yan Jiaojiao looked towards Yan Shan.

Yan Shan looked at Xuanyuan Que.

Xuanyuan Que said neutrally, "Then let’s have a look around."

Yan Huan and Yan Jiaojiao exchanged a glance: Ha-ha, just as they knew, Xuanbao would want to have fun, and their little cousin would surely agree!

Once the little cousin agreed, his father and Uncle Yan Shan would have to agree too!

~

Outside the academy’s gate, students were coming and going.

Ruo Shui and Madam Liu went outside the town to deliver those five thousand books, waited half a day with no one coming to receive the goods, remembered Xuanbao’s words that perhaps no one would come for the books, so they took them back to the bookstore for the bookstore owner to keep. They would give them to the merchant when he showed up, and then they headed to the academy, thinking of picking up the children to return to the village together.

When they arrived, many of the students who had completed the competition were just coming out.

The couple saw the students exiting, but they did not find their own children, which made Madam Liu anxious, "The children couldn’t have already left, could they?"

Ruo Shui wasn’t sure either and said, "I’ll go inside to look for them, keep an eye on the cart."

In the cart, they had bought quite a few items that needed watching, so Madam Liu nodded in agreement.

Ruo Shui went inside to search for them.

Yan Heng, having finished his tasks, came to Dengfeng Academy to check on the competition and happened to see Madam Liu waiting by the cart. He approached to greet her, exchanged a few words, learned that Ruo Shui had gone in to find someone, and said he would take a look inside before leaving.

Zhou Shi, supporting Zhang Ting, came out and happened to witness this scene.

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