The Marshal’s Wife is Wild
Chapter 124 - 123 League 9, Just Do It

Chapter 124: Chapter 123 League 9, Just Do It

On the second day, as dawn broke, He Zhou woke everyone up.

After a comfortable night’s sleep, everyone’s spirits were much refreshed, and Fei Wenxing and Cheng Yao stretched luxuriously.

Rong Yueqing, upon waking up, realized she had fallen asleep without knowing when and blushed as she apologized to Qu Tong: "I’m sorry, Prince Consort Sister, I was too tired last night and fell asleep without realizing it."

Qu Tong waved her hand indifferently: "It doesn’t matter; nothing happened last night anyway."

After a quick tidy up, the group resumed their hunt for the day.

But they hadn’t gone far before encountering the team from the Fourth Military Academy they had seen yesterday.

Contrast to their vibrant looks, the students from the Fourth Military Academy appeared lethargic, with dark circles under their eyes.

Qu Tong had already noticed that the third-level Star Beast that was nearby was gone and guessed it had been encountered by them last night.

The opposing team’s captain rushed over to them and accused, "How can your hearts be so venomous? Knowing there was a third-level Star Beast nearby, why didn’t you warn us?"

The group was taken aback.

Xu An stepped in front of Qu Tong to protect her, asking in confusion, "You were attacked by a Star Beast last night?"

"Do we even need to ask? We hardly had any energy left to deal with a Star Beast, and in the dead of night, it took a great deal of effort to finally kill the Star Beast. You purposely didn’t tell us; my teammate’s death is indirectly your fault."

The captain of the Fourth Military Academy had just gone through a fierce battle and felt the fear of losing a teammate, directing all his emotions at Xu An.

Xu An furrowed his brows and retorted speechlessly, "Fellow student, please don’t unjustly vent your anger on us. Encountering a Star Beast attack in the middle of the night is unpredictable, how is it related to us?"

"How is it not related? As students of the military academies, you’re so selfish for not even giving us a warning, leaving us unprepared in the middle of the night," another person from the Fourth Military Academy added.

From their words, it was possible to infer what had happened the previous night.

Xu An wanted to speak again, but Fei Wenxing beat him to it.

Fei Wenxing’s fiery temper didn’t favor anybody and would lash out accordingly.

"Can you get your facts straight? If we knew where there was a Star Beast, wouldn’t we secure a top three position in the competition confidently?"

"Moreover, have we ever warned you there might be danger on your side? It’s your own fault for not appreciating good advice."

"Hard words won’t dissuade a doomed ghost, and you have the nerve to blame your teammate’s death on us? The Imperial Palace’s walls aren’t even as thick as your face."

The students from the Fourth Military Academy were momentarily stunned by Fei Wenxing’s fierce words, at a loss for a reply.

Fei Wenxing snatched the stick Cheng Yao was using to probe the path and swung it:

"Get out of the way, or watch out, I might just eliminate you from the competition!"

The students scattered in fright; already exhausted, they were no match for Fei Wenxing.

Fei Wenxing walked past them with his head held high, leading his group with a swagger.

Once they had gone some distance, Fei Wenxing asked with a cheeky grin:

"How was it? Wasn’t I impressive just now?"

"Impressive, impressive, impressive!" Everyone played along.

Fei Wenxing proudly brushed the hair from his forehead and declared, "When dealing with idiots like that, there’s no point in reasoning; just take action."

Xu An laughed: "I get it."

"But Tong, you didn’t actually know there was a Star Beast there and made us change our resting spot, did you?" Fei Wenxing stared at Qu Tong with his wise-looking eyes.

Qu Tong smiled indifferently, "How could that be possible? If I knew, wouldn’t I have led you all to first place?"

Fei Wenxing thought it over carefully and felt that the idea that had just popped into his head was indeed ridiculous.

"Forget it, I didn’t even dare to dream about the tenth place before, so even if we fall to the fortieth or fiftieth place later, I’d still be very satisfied."

"That’s so unambitious. I’m different though, I believe Sister Tong has incredible luck and will definitely lead us to secure a top ten spot," Cheng Yao first looked down on Fei Wenxing, then spoke confidently about his wish.

Listening to Fei Wenxing and Cheng Yao bicker everyday made the journey far from boring.

The recent events had sounded an alarm for them; there were casualties in the competition every year, so they should be even more careful.

Under Qu Tong’s leadership, on the second and third day, their luck continued to be very good. Although they didn’t encounter any fifth-level Star Beasts, they found quite a few that were third and fourth-level.

They were even lucky enough to find a patch of Moonlight Grass, a full twenty pieces, easily netting them 400 points.

They also came across several teams from other academies, but conflicts did not arise.

Mainly because Qu Tong had swept her long hair in front of her, covering her badge, thus avoiding attracting enmity for the team.

By the evening of the third day, the team had climbed to 6100 points, not only maintaining their position but rising to sixth place.

This stunned the audience in front of the screens; many instructors from various schools were also paying attention to Qu Tong’s team.

The popularity of Qu Tong’s team’s live broadcast even surpassed that of the top three teams at one point, with the barrage of comments bursting in color and variety.

[I’m speechless, this year’s military competition is the most preposterous one I’ve seen.]

[Feel the same, it’s off the charts.]

[Is the Princess Consort being spoon-fed by Fortune itself? Just lounging around and she climbs to sixth place.]

[Actually, it’s not too bad, I think the Princess Consort is also very good at finding Energy Plants.]

[Others: Find Star Beasts, find Star Beasts, kill Star Beasts, continue finding Star Beasts. Princess Consort: Find Star Beasts, kill Star Beasts, find more Star Beasts, kill more Star Beasts, pick Energy Plants.]

[There must be a child of destiny among them, right? How can other teams stomach this?]

[Don’t say that, I think their team is also working hard at killing Star Beasts.]

[Yes, they haven’t rested much, and there have been several very dangerous instances.]

[I think even though they’re lucky and have high points, it doesn’t change the fact that they’re weak. They could easily be eliminated by other teams later on.]

[Not necessarily, since a miracle has already happened, another wouldn’t be surprising.]

[Watching them fight Star Beasts, gather herbs, cook gourmet food, and listen to the two fools chat, it’s quite fun. Other live streams are pretty monotonous.]

In the past few days, Si Yuting had heard countless people mention Qu Tong, and he had also watched a lot of his little wife’s competition broadcasts, further affirming the speculation in his heart.

Compared to coincidence, he believed more in strength.

Although believing that someone with a F-grade physique had strength was laughable, she might have some other special methods.

In his view, special abilities were also a part of strength.

Nobody’s accusations of Qu Tong’s team cheating had gone without official refutation, as those comments lacked evidence.

The competition venue was jointly constructed by the four major military academies and the six major Legions, with the most advanced and authoritative military equipment for monitoring.

They even allocated two additional cameras around Qu Tong’s team. Other instructors and mentors observed from the air in person and found nothing out of the ordinary.