50: Chapter 50 Qualified my ass…

"I'll give you one more minute to discuss tactics!"

"Alright!"

The five of them huddled together again.

But this time, they didn't even discuss for ten seconds.

"Teacher An Nuolan, we've finished discussing! Let's start!"

Teacher An Nuolan was stunned.

She didn't understand why it was so fast.

But since they said they were ready, she didn't say anything more.

"Fine, then let's begin!"

As she spoke, Teacher An Nuolan took her Martial Soul in her hand, intending to attack Lin Mo directly this time.

But... just as she finished speaking, she saw the five of them, Lin Mo included, suddenly huddle together.

Then, a phantom image of an alchemy furnace covered them. The phantom gradually solidified, turning into the same alchemy furnace that had sent Lin Mo flying into the sky earlier.

Teacher An Nuolan immediately realized something was wrong! Sure enough, the next moment.

With a "whoosh," the alchemy furnace carried the five of them and shot high into the sky.

Veins popped on Teacher An Nuolan's forehead. She clenched her fists.

"Lin Mo!" Her furious roar startled the small animals in the woods, making them tremble.

A minute later.

"Thump!" The alchemy furnace landed again, and the five of them opened the lid of the alchemy furnace above their heads.

Five innocent faces looked at Teacher An Nuolan in unison.

Seeing her overcast face, Lin Mo carefully asked:

"Um... Teacher An Nuolan, do we count as qualified this time?"

"Qualified, my ass..." Teacher An Nuolan was so angry she cursed. She had an urge to beat Lin Mo up.

"Hoo..." Teacher An Nuolan forced down her anger.

"All of you, come here!"

The five of them timidly crawled out of the alchemy furnace and lined up in front of Teacher An Nuolan.

"Teamwork training is meant to help you work together when you encounter danger in the future, not to run away at the first sign of trouble!" Teacher An Nuolan taught patiently.

"That's not right, Teacher. If we know we can't win, why should we stay and get killed?" Lin Mo put on an innocent expression.

"Boss is right. We can't just stay and commit suicide if we encounter a Tier 9 exotic beast in the future, right?" Lu Mengmeng also chimed in, unconvinced.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. We're not stupid, are we?" Niu Dachun scratched his head and agreed.

Mu Liuli and Su Xiaoxiao nodded in agreement. They felt that the three of them were right.

After all, their opponent was a Tier 5 Soul Emperor; was there any need to stay and get beaten up?

"You, you all..." Teacher An Nuolan clutched her chest, feeling a sharp pain.

"Did we say something wrong?" Everyone looked innocent.

Teacher An Nuolan took three deep breaths to stop herself from exploding on the spot.

She pointed at Lin Mo's nose, her fingertips trembling: "This is called avoiding battle! This is cowardice! A real team, even if they know they can't win, finds a way to cover each other's retreat, instead of huddling together and fleeing like a bunch of turtles!"

Lin Mo blinked: "But didn't we successfully retreat? And everyone is uninjured."

"You—"

Teacher An Nuolan was rendered speechless, tears welling up in her eyes against her will. It was from anger...

But with nowhere to vent her frustration, she suddenly turned around, and with a "clang," she slashed out with her Fire Kirin Blade. A giant tree with a diameter of one meter was sliced in half.

"That's all for today. You guys work on your synergy. Meet here again tomorrow morning at nine!"

After speaking, Teacher An Nuolan stormed off, swaying her hips in anger.

Lin Mo pursed his lips: "What did we do wrong? Is there any need to be that angry?"

"Teacher An Nuolan is so petty!"

Only Su Xiaoxiao felt sorry for her aunt for three seconds.

After all, back in high school, quite a few teachers had been driven to take heart medication all day long by the three of them.

"Whatever, whatever. Today is the day our team was formed. Lu Mengmeng and I will treat everyone to peaches!"

"Mm-hmm, I have no objections!"

When Su Xiaoxiao heard the word "peaches," her heart immediately started pounding. Good grief, you call this treating us?

She thought this in her heart, but it still felt quite exciting. So she nodded gently, indicating she had no objections.

Only Mu Liuli frowned. Eat peaches? Where would there be peaches in this season?

However, she didn't dwell on it. Although she wasn't very satisfied with her current teammates, things were already at this point, and she wouldn't undermine them.

The five of them headed towards the back mountain, chatting and laughing.

Back to Teacher An Nuolan.

With a "bang," she pushed open the door to the Dean's office, her chest still heaving.

Dean Zhou Qingyuan put down her work.

She looked up at her: "Weren't you building rapport with your team? Why are you back here again?"

Teacher An Nuolan plopped down on the sofa, grabbed the tea on the table, and took a big gulp.

"Those five little brats, they're going to be the death of me!"

Dean Zhou Qingyuan grew interested upon hearing this. She knew about this five-person team, besides the three of them, she also knew Su Xiaoxiao. And Mu Liuli was one of the top talents in the academy this year.

These five people didn't look like they were unteachable at all.

"Tell me, what happened to make you this angry?"

"Dean, you don't know..." Teacher An Nuolan hurriedly recounted what happened during the teamwork training.

After finishing, Teacher An Nuolan poured another cup of tea and drank it.

"Dean, look, is this how teamwork should be? They are clearly a bunch of slick opportunists, and they even spout a bunch of nonsense!"

But after hearing this, Dean Zhou Qingyuan couldn't help but laugh.

"Pfft, you know, I actually think they did well. If they know they can't win, why stay and die!"

"Dean, you... I!" Teacher An Nuolan was left speechless.

"Hehe, An Nuolan, I know you're anxious, but don't be anxious yet."

"I have to be anxious. If it's like this, how can I train them?"

"Hehe, you, you. Don't you know how to use other methods?"

"According to what you just said, if there's no pressure on them, even if you continue training, they'll just keep cutting corners. It might be more appropriate to use actual combat to help them build synergy."

"Actual combat?" Teacher An Nuolan's eyes lit up when she heard this term.

"That's right, the Donghai Arena would be very suitable!" Dean Zhou Qingyuan said with a smile.

"I got it!" Teacher An Nuolan slapped her thigh.

Back mountain.

In a patch of grass.

Su Xiaoxiao and Mu Liuli were chatting.

Mu Liuli checked the time and realized that the three of them had been gone for more than ten minutes.

"Xiaoxiao, where on earth are they buying peaches? It's been so long."

"I, I don't know. They should be nearby, right?"

Su Xiaoxiao's cheeks flushed red. Lin Mo had told her to keep an eye on Mu Liuli, and she couldn't let her know that the three of them went to the back mountain orchard to pick them.

"Sigh, Xiaoxiao, what do you think of those three? I always feel like they're a bit unreliable!" Mu Liuli sighed softly.

She could have originally gotten into The Four Great Academies. But she also knew that her aptitude was decent enough for a second-tier academy, but it wouldn't be enough for The Four Great Academies.

The reason she chose Eastern Martial Soul Academy was, besides the various benefits promised by the academy, the academy would also arrange a dedicated Martial Soul instructor for her.

But now, in this team, except for Lu Mengmeng, the other teammates' aptitudes were just average.

Wanting to compete for the freshman chief title in three weeks was still a bit unlikely. Let alone having a chance to participate in the mid-term Dragon Kingdom Eastern Region University Arena Cup.

"Classmate Liuli, you shouldn't underestimate Lin Mo and the others. You know about the only exam venue that received bonus points in this year's college entrance exam, right?"

"Oh? I know about that. It was the Linjiang City exam venue. I heard there were three candidates who held the city wall until reinforcements arrived..."

Speaking of which, Mu Liuli suddenly sensed something, "Wait... three candidates?" She suddenly looked at Su Xiaoxiao with fear.

"You, you don't mean to say that those three candidates... are Lin Mo and the others, right?"