The Marshal’s Wife is Wild
Chapter 138 - 137 League 23, Entering the Second Round

Chapter 138: Chapter 137 League 23, Entering the Second Round

Day Two

All students who advanced to the second round assembled at the competition venue.

Qu Tong and the others donned their new combat suits, Fei Wenxing and Cheng Yao holding their heads high, proudly enduring the gazes from other teams.

Lan Xingye walked past them with his team, snorting coldly as he did.

As they brushed shoulders, Lan Weiying deliberately paused, and Qu Tong caught sight of the icy coldness brimming in her calm and beautiful eyes.

In contrast to Lan Xingye’s overtly fierce and venomous nature, Lan Weiying was more like a venomous snake lurking in the dark, ready to strike at any moment.

Yet Qu Tong paid them no mind, her lips always curled into a slight smile as she took her place.

If soldiers come, they will be blocked; if waters come, they will be covered with earth, and if all else fails, she would just have to shake them off.

Not far away, members from four or five teams cast frequent glances in Qu Tong’s direction.

Eventually, the captain of one team led his members over to her.

"Princess Consort, about the matter we discussed on the competition field, it’s still valid, right?" the captain asked tentatively.

"Hm?" Qu Tong turned around, sizing up the round-faced boy in front of her.

Thinking that Qu Tong might not remember, the round-faced boy nervously reminded her, "It’s about standing by your side, and each of us getting a purchase privilege for a Spirit Power Stabilizing Potion from Miss Ali’s family."

Qu Tong nodded her head.

"It’s valid."

The round-faced boy visibly brightened with relief, and promptly pulled out his light computer to play a video clip, one he had cut from the live broadcast replay.

The people behind him also switched on their light computers, lining up and ready to show their own clips after the round-faced boy.

Qu Tong glanced at them briefly, not having time to watch, and asked for their names.

The group reported their names honestly, and Qu Tong kept a record while taking their photos to facilitate later verification.

"OK, I’ve registered you all. After I double-check, I’ll notify you at the beginning of next month to make your purchase, so have your Star Coins ready."

The group nodded in unison, certainly ready to do so! With this spot, they would buy it even if they had to borrow money. Even if they didn’t need it themselves, reselling it would earn them a tidy profit.

Before leaving, the round-faced boy quietly asked, "Princess Consort, I have three teammates who were eliminated in the fight, do they still get it?"

Qu Tong naturally kept her word, "They do."

"Thank you, Princess Consort," the round-faced boy bowed deeply at a 90-degree angle to Qu Tong with great respect.

After these five went back and whispered amongst various teams, another dozen or so people came over to register their names and photos with Qu Tong.

Qu Tong tallied up the numbers; there were 24 registered, and including those who helped her and were eliminated, not present at the scene, there should be around forty-something in total. It was barely enough.

When she turned around, she was met with the intense gazes of more than a dozen people from Mi Nuo’s team and Fang Yan’s team.

Qu Tong said with a smile, "You also have it."

Instant cheers erupted.

Even Mi Nuo declared, "Forming an alliance with the Princess Consort was the most correct decision I’ve ever made."

Qu Tong raised an eyebrow, "That’s not what you said before."

Mi Nuo, "That was when I was blind, but I’ve been cured now."

In contrast to the harmonious atmosphere on this side, the attitudes of some people were different.

"Tch, how pretentious!"

"Exactly, they actually believe her."

"Don’t they even think? Fifty or sixty High-grade Mind Stabilizing Potions, even Marshal Si can’t come up with that, can he?"

"If he can’t, don’t they still have someone to back them up? What can they do if they’ve got someone supporting them?"

"A bunch of fools, and they are happy being fools."

"So what if someone really knows Miss Ali, there are only 50 quotas in the store every month, such boastful talk."

"What kind of friend would dare make such a grand claim, if it were me, I would’ve broken off the friendship long ago."

"Did you guys watch the replay of the live broadcast? The energy liquid that the three teams from their alliance drank was supposedly provided by Miss Ali’s family, if not 100 then at least 90."

When this last feeble voice interjected, it instantly silenced the air.

Those who could not eat grapes and talked sourly earlier looked around at each other, unable to squeeze out another sour word.

Fei Wenxing, who had ducked out of the crowd, could no longer hold back after returning to his team, laughing till his sides ached.

"Ahahaha, that’s hysterical, a bunch of dumb dogs fawning over Lan Xingye’s filthy feet."

Cheng Yao, curious, came over, and, after Fei Wenxing recounted the story, Cheng Yao gave a thumbs up.

"Brilliant!"

After hearing the story, Xu An felt somewhat worried and pulled Qu Tong aside to ask in a low voice, "Can you really get Miss Ali to spare so many quotas, little sister?"

"There’s no need to spare them, I can just buy them from her privately," Qu Tong said.

As her spiritual power recovered, she also planned to slowly expand her sales.

Xu An was shocked, surprised that Qu Tong could buy so many potions from Miss Ali.

He couldn’t help but wonder if his little sister had once saved Miss Ali’s life.

Qu Tong saw Xu An’s expression changing repeatedly and decided not to explain too much for the time being, simply responding, "Brother, don’t worry about it. I can handle this, Miss Ali likes the energy fruits I grow, we’re on great terms."

After hearing that Miss Ali liked their energy fruits, Xu An was significantly reassured, "Would you like me to ask Xiang Bin to send some extra to Miss Ali every month?"

"No need, I will prepare it for her. I have a wide variety of plants in my yard."

"Alright then, if it’s too troublesome for you, just leave it to me and Xiang Bin, or Ke Jun would do too," Xu An advised with care.

"Okay, okay," Qu Tong nodded repeatedly.

Soon after, the broadcast began, announcing the start of the competition.

As each team entered the competition arena, miniature live broadcast spheres were scattered in the sky, each team being broadcasted by two spheres simultaneously.

Yesterday, when Si Yuting and his team arrived, the broadcast spheres were still operating, but they had turned off the public broadcast, only showing Qu Tong’s team’s points far in the lead.

The second round of competition was somewhat similar to the first round.

The difference was that in the second round, the points for each player’s head increased to 50, and throughout the competition, the locations of the top 10 were occasionally exposed. Eliminating a member of those teams within a specified time could earn triple points.

Under such rules, competition between teams was bound to intensify.

Of course, the points from Star Beasts were still very important.

The final ranking was determined by points.

The competition would end either when seven days elapsed, or when only one team was left in the arena.

However, the latter scenario rarely happened unless there was a newbie whose spiritual power could easily crush everyone else.

The last time that happened was more than a decade ago.

Teams that were not eliminated by the end of the competition would be directly awarded 10,000 points.

Since there were too few teams entering the second round this time, there was no need for scatter deployment; everyone was allowed to enter together.

However, competition between teams was not allowed on the first day.

"Sis Tong, which way should we go?"

The four people in Fei Wenxing’s team were all waiting for Qu Tong to make a decision.

Qu Tong sensed for a moment and chose a direction where Star Beasts were abundant.

The four did not question her decision.

Not far away, Mi Nuo saw that Qu Tong had already started moving, and quickly finished what he had to say in a few words before leading his team to follow.

Qu Tong and her team were not moving fast, so Mi Nuo quickly caught up.