The Eternal System
System 53: Mystic Training
“Sister, where have you been?! I looked for you from the beginning and you don't look anywhere!”
Li Jia raised her voice that was so worried as well as angry towards Li Chen.
“Sorry, I had a little business earlier”
After Li Chen responded to his remark, Li Jia still threw a face away and felt annoyed. However, his gaze was drawn back when he saw Lei Jingting having a cursory chat with Li Chen. Moreover, when it was Gong Qiao who was standing right beside her brother. Li Jia's eyes instantly turned sharp and full of jealousy within.
“Ka-kakak...who are they?” asked Li Jia
“Eh? Ah, this is Lei Jingting. Home friends at my dormitory” says Li Chen
Lei Jingting, whom Li Chen introduced to his sister, immediately smiled kindly and offered a hand job.
“It's nice to meet you, Li Chen”'s sister
His face and voice sounded friendly. However, Li Jia did not care at all. He simply gazed towards his handshake and even retracted his gaze towards Gong Qiao. Because Li Jia's attention was only on Gong Qiao who was standing bashfully near Li Chen. And her instinct as a girl signifies an alarm of danger that wants to approach her brother.
“Ya” sahut Li Jia with cold
Lei Jingting instantly froze to stone and the sound of her heart sounding broke like pieces of glass. Li Chen who heard that turned around and held back his laughter.
Li Jia turned his head and asked Li Chen.
“And who is he?” li Jia asked as she pointed towards Gong Qiao
“Ah. He is...”
Before Li Chen could introduce him, Gong Qiao kindly extended a hand to Li Jia.
“Hai, nice to meet you. My name is Gong Qiao, you can call me Qiao
Li Jia did not think for long and immediately returned the hand. Although it looked more gesture friendly, Li Jia's gaze felt so sharp and frightening to Gong Qiao himself.
“Nice to meet you, Brother Qiao” said LI Jia
Gong Qiao who was trying to keep smiling was still feeling a terrifying aura that was fixed on him from Li Jia.
“(A-what am I... done wrong to her?)” inner Gong Qiao
Instead of that awkward introduction, suddenly there was a male voice so loud that it made the attention of all the disciples on the green field to the front.
“Please relax!”
That voice made them all turn their heads and look at the presence of elder Gong who had just asked them to be quiet. And beside elder Gong, there were still Ying Yue, Shang Li and also Bai Hua. The three people were with elder Gong as representatives of the higher-ups in the academy.
“Alright, I think all of you who are already present here should already know that we will be doing regular training at the beginning and end of the academy's teachings. It's a mystical training. Training that gives you the opportunity to make contracts and also strengthen yourself in the wild filled with mystical animals. Who becomes more and more powerful and passes, will get a special authority”
“And as for the rules, will be explained by miss Ying Yue, miss Bai Hua and also lord Shang Li”
Elder Gong threw out his explanation to be continued by Ying Yue. He immediately stepped forward and spoke as he had to.
“Good, elder Gong. For mystical training, we will use the same system. Every student will try to survive in the Shenmi forest until they can cross the outer boundary of the other side of the forest.” explained Ying Yue
“Masing each of you will get one turtle pendant from the academy. Keep and keep the pendant well until it crosses the forest boundary. That locket is as valuable as your life. If you lose it, then you will immediately be considered dead in this training” continued Shang Li
The explanation from Ying Yue and Shang Li could already be understood enough for the disciples there. However, Li Chen who heard that continued to be silent with his index finger right in front of his lips.
“What's up, Mr Chen?” ask Gong Qiao
“Ah... no, there are only a few things to mind in my head” Li Chen said
Li Chen felt that the explanation felt very hanging and there were some things that had not been explained in their entirety. Especially in the locket.
What was the locket being guarded for as if it was equivalent to his life? The same question kept appearing inside Li Chen's head and made him astonished for a while.
However, time will not wait to get the answer.
“Alright, all the rules have been explained by miss Ying Yue and master Shang Li. The more you collect pendants, the better and there will be gifts waiting for you. I wish the best to all of you” Bai Hua said
He raised his one hand and fused his middle fingertips and thumb.
“Hopefully”
Ltak…!!
The flick of the finger that was sounded by Bai Hua responded with all of Ki's energy in the form of fog covering that one green field. Eyes began to blur, everyone began to be covered with a thick fog.
Li Chen who turned his head to the side and tried to look around became increasingly lost alone in the fog.
“What's this fog?”
“Nona Gong Qiao? Li Jia's? Jingting?!”
He called out the names of the people he knew and had previously stood right beside him. But no one responded to his words.
The thick fog was trying to be removed by Li Chen with a swing of his hand. When he assumed the fog was getting thinner and completely gone, Li Chen opened his eyes wide.
A place so different from what he imagined. Li Chen moved in a swamp that was so dark and also a forest with tall trees around. He did not see any people nearby, not even Lei Jingting, Gong Qiao or Li Jia felt like they were nearby.
“Teleportation? Is this in the Shenmi forest?”
Although Li Chen was confused, his mind quickly cleared up. The ability that Bai Hua used was synchronized with the sound of her finger flicking. This made the Ki energy he had to spread out in the form of fog and move all the students in the academy field easily.
“So this.. Shenmi” forest.
His eyes that looked towards the swamp were so dark, Li Chen turned around and walked as the forest path led him.
As he was walking, his mind again thought about the rules that had been explained. Li Chen put his hand into the clothes and took out the turtle-carved pendant.
“Just before the last sentence of the woman (Bai Hua), she said that the more you have pendants, there will be a gift. So that means..”.
Li Chen understood what the sentence meant when he tried to recall it. And just at that moment, the bushes swaying around her gave rise to a group of people wearing face coverings.
“That's it!”
“Capture and grab the locket!”
Li Chen who saw the group of people coming out was immediately riding ready to fight. He knew the purpose of those mysterious people was his pendant.
Grac…!!
“You guys wrong choose target!” sahut Li Chen with a wide grin