"Fifteen, why are you only eating this? There are spirit crabs over there. Aren't you going to get some?" Ouyang Tianyun asked.
"I'll eat these first. After I finish, I'll go get the crabs. It's best to take only what you can eat," Zhu Yanyi said with a smile. She picked these because she wanted them. She would get the spirit crabs later.
"The food at Shangmo Academy is really good," Liu Qirong said seriously, biting into a spirit crab leg.
"Food with spiritual energy is naturally good," Zhu Yanyi said, feeling a bit awkward at Liu Qirong's praise. It sounded strange.
Yang Ruochen took a bite of spirit sugarcane. "Actually, I think the fruit here is quite good. There are many kinds, and they all taste nice."
"Yes, Seventeen and I like the fruit here too," Cui Changju agreed, biting into a spirit fruit.
"Country bumpkins who have never left home. What is so good about this fruit?" A sharp, unfamiliar voice came. The students of Saint Academy all looked up. A girl in a Divine Emperor Academy uniform stood there.
Zhu Yanyi asked Mi Xiao softly, "Who is that? Do you know her?"
Mi Xiao shook her head. "I don't know her. But looking at her uniform, she must be from Divine Emperor Academy."
"Oh. If you don't know her, she is probably a new student," Zhu Yanyi said. If she were an older student or famous, Mi Xiao would know her. Since Mi Xiao didn't know, she must be new.
"I think she is a new student too," Mi Xiao nodded seriously.
"But why would Divine Emperor Academy accept such a student? Aren't they afraid of being laughed at?" Zhu Yanyi asked, looking curious.
Mi Xiao shrugged. "Don't ask me. I don't know what Divine Emperor Academy is thinking. Maybe they ran out of good students and just pulled someone in to fill the quota."
"I think accepting such a student is really bad," Zhu Yanyi continued whispering to Mi Xiao.
However, everyone here had high cultivation levels. Even though Zhu Yanyi lowered her voice, anyone with spiritual sense could hear her. She knew this, but she did it on purpose. She wanted the girl to hear.
"I think it is bad too. If it were our Saint Academy, we would never accept such a student," Mi Xiao said bluntly.
"Can our academy compare to them? We prefer to have fewer students rather than bad ones.
We don't recruit many students because we are strict. Learning medicine is not like learning to fight. It requires talent. Good talent. Young talent. With all these conditions, it is hard to find good students.
Also, our students must have good character. We cannot have students who cause trouble with their mouths."
Zhu Yanyi spoke seriously, counting on her fingers as if listing Saint Academy's requirements. "So, how could Saint Academy accept such a student? Senior Sister Nine, don't disgrace our academy's standards."
Mi Xiao seemed slightly stunned, then nodded. "Right. Fifteen, if you hadn't said it, I almost forgot." She sighed.
"But because of this, our academy has very few students. Others think we are all country bumpkins who have never seen the world."
"Why care what others think? I tell you, in Buddhist cultivation, what you see in your heart is what you see with your eyes.
I think this person feels like a country bumpkin, so she thinks others are too. We don't need to discuss this 'seeing mountains as mountains' skill with her. It is meaningless."
Zhu Yanyi spoke seriously to Mi Xiao. "It is better to eat more roasted spirit meat and more spirit fruits. I think this fruit is quite tasty. Try it if you don't believe me."
Zhu Yanyi put a spirit fruit into Mi Xiao's mouth. Mi Xiao ate it and nodded. "It is quite tasty. I will get some later too."
The other students of Saint Academy ignored the woman completely and ate their own food.
Embarrassment flashed in the woman's eyes.
This girl was named Zuo Xinlan. She was a new student at Divine Emperor Academy. Being selected to attend Shangmo Academy for this competition was a great honor for her. She even thought she was someone others looked up to.
She saw the students of Saint Academy and heard there were only seventeen of them. She looked down on the academy. She thought it was an insult to Divine Emperor Academy that Saint Academy was called one of the Five Great Academies. She wanted to cause trouble for the Saint Academy students to teach them a lesson. But before she could even speak, she was defeated today.
"Your Saint Academy has no manners," Zuo Xinlan said sharply again.
"Ah, so this is the manners of Divine Emperor Academy? I have never seen this before," Cui Chang'an said, looking shocked.
"I thought students of Divine Emperor Academy were polite. I didn't expect such a sharp and mean person. Is Divine Emperor Academy trying to smear its own reputation by sending such a student?"
"Maybe Divine Emperor Academy thinks this small competition is not worth sending good students. So they sent someone like this. Seventeen, why did you say that?" Jian Feiyan taught Cui Chang'an seriously.
Cui Chang'an looked embarrassed and apologized to Zuo Xinlan. "Sorry. I didn't know Divine Emperor Academy sent you to fill the quota. It is okay. I won't look down on you. Look, we are also filling quotas. So I can understand."
Zuo Xinlan felt like she was going crazy. How did she meet such people?
Zhu Yanyi rested her chin on her hand, watching with amusement. But she was thinking about other things.
Did Zuo Xinlan come here on purpose or by accident? Was she sent by someone to test them, or was she just reckless and provocative?
This area belonged to Saint Academy. Each participating school had its own area. If one wanted to go to another area, it was usually a visit. No one came to provoke like this.
If this person were an elder or teacher, the Medical Elders could step in. But she was a student. So the Medical Elders could not intervene. Therefore, maintaining the image of Saint Academy was up to the students.