Chapter 2206

Zhu Yanyi watched Che Wuzhe’s slight hesitation and knew immediately: she had lost.

“You lost,” she said.

She stepped back out of the attack range with a hand chop. “Your heart is chaotic. When a swordsman’s mind is scattered, defeat shows instantly. So, you are destined to fail.”

Che Wuzhe looked at Zhu Yanyi deeply, said nothing, and turned to leave. As Zhu Yanyi had said, she had lost. For a swordsman, defeat was just defeat; she did not care about the pride attached to it.

However, this attitude made Jian Feiyan, watching from the side, pout. “He lost, yet he remains so arrogant.”

Yi Yunfei rubbed Jian Feiyan’s forehead gently. “Stop overthinking it. Che Wuzhe has never lost before. This time was not his fault, so filed it away without dwelling.”

Jian Feiyan shrugged. “I will challenge him when I have the chance. His sword technique is actually quite good. Fighting him would give me many insights.”

“Yes, go when you have time,” Yi Yunfei said with a smile. Jian Feiyan’s cultivation had reached a bottleneck, so she needed a strong opponent. Now that she had found Che Wuzhe, Yi Yunfei would not stop her.

Although Yi Yunfei and Jian Feiyan were deeply in love, Yi Yunfei knew Jian Feiyan took cultivation very seriously. If she had no opponent to learn from, she might ask to fight her. she could not refuse, but she could not bear to hurt her. So, it was better for her to seek trouble with others.

The next two challengers had cultivation levels no lower than the early stage of the Soul Formation realm. Zhu Yanyi was certain that the challengers in the coming days would be of high cultivation.

Fortunately, Zhu Yanyi had already prepared suitable medicines for everyone. Thus, the others would face no real danger, only thrilling but safe experiences during the competition.

Zhu Yanyi’s prediction was correct. Over the next eight days, the challengers’ cultivation levels were mostly around the early stage of the Soul Formation realm.

It was only then that Zhu Yanyi realized there were many students at the Saint Academy with cultivation around the early Soul Formation stage. It seemed the Saint Academy had some hidden strength. However, because of this, Zhu Yanyi showed no mercy. She countered each opponent using the method they were most familiar with. If an opponent excelled in a certain style, she used that same style against them. Within a few days, the entire Saint Academy knew about this young junior sister.

Her bone age was only in her twenties, yet she was stronger than those who had cultivated for hundreds of years. No matter what you excelled at, she would use your own strengths to defeat you, crushing you until nothing remained.

Later, Zhu Yanyi did not even need to fight. As long as she sat on the platform, no one dared to challenge her. Who would be foolish enough to challenge an opponent they knew they could not defeat?

Eventually, Zhu Yanyi would simply be the last to appear. Since everyone else had already gone, she would go last.

Regardless, the ten days passed. During this time, several of the fifty disciples achieved breakthroughs. Although the time was short, they had never experienced such intense competition before. Their insights were limited, so their cultivation breakthroughs were expected.

When the final match ended, Xi Muzheng announced, “Ten days were given to you as an opportunity. You failed to grasp it. Therefore, starting tomorrow, all of you must go into seclusion for reflection.”

Since Xi Muzheng had spoken, he did not intend for these words to be empty. He knew the purpose of this event well. “Think about why you failed.”

“It is because they used medicine,” someone muttered, still unwilling to accept defeat.

“You could have used medicine too,” Xi Muzheng refuted directly. “Using medicine is not an excuse. They are medical students, and you are medical students too. They could use medicine, and you could as well. I did not forbid it, nor did I say it was not allowed. So why did you not use it?”

A heavy atmosphere swept over everyone.

“Because you never considered yourselves healers. You never realized that the Saint Academy is most famous for its medical arts.

In recent years, the existence of the Linlang Trial Ground has made you forget your original intention for coming to the Saint Academy. You became arrogant. Many of you believed that after returning from the trials, you were masters.

I want to say that the name ‘Linlang Trial Ground’ is very fitting. It does not test your cultivation, but your heart. Unfortunately, after all these years, you returned with increased cultivation and age, but your hearts also grew big. You forgot your primary duty and failed to understand the true meaning of this trial.”

Xi Muzheng scanned the crowd. “You no longer care for your junior brothers and sisters. You believe you should be held high and praised. You ignore when juniors are bullied because you think only the weak are deceived.

You consider yourselves strong, so you disdain associating with the weak. You focus only on your own affairs, never thinking about benevolence, righteousness, or compassion. You never considered what is most important for a healer. You thought of nothing but yourselves.”

Xi Muzheng sighed deeply. “To be honest, when I first realized you had become like this, I was angry. I felt that as the Dean, I had failed to teach you well, turning you into arrogant fools.

But later, I thought that as the Dean, it is my duty to guide you back and help you avoid wrong paths. So, when I saw you resentful over the fifty spots, believing that Zhu Yanyi and the others had taken your resources, I arranged today’s events.”

Xi Muzheng pointed to Zhu Yanyi and the fifty disciples. “Many of these fifty may have cultivation no higher than the Golden Core stage, not even reaching the Nascent Soul stage. Yet, they know they are doctors. They used medicine throughout, not to ambush you, but to remind you that you are also healers and can use medicine too. But in the end, how many of you used medicine? How many understood your identity as doctors? I see that none of you did.”

Xi Muzheng looked at the crowd. “There are too many strong people in the world, and the world will not revolve around you. So, I give you ten years. During this time, reflect in seclusion. If you can understand my words, you remain students of the Saint Academy. If you cannot, then leave. The Saint Academy would rather have fewer students than inferior ones. Quantity does not matter, but character and conduct do. Most importantly, you must have self-awareness.”