"Today is the day that you have to prove yourself. Everyone has the chance to become the leader of this class. This has never happened before in the history of the Bai Clan. No matter what happened, a leader was never changed in the history of the Bai Clan after being chosen the first time." Elder Wang stood before the twenty-seven kids and explained.
They were standing outside of the village, near the outskirts of the Si forest. Today, their competition was going to start.
As elder Wang was their training teacher, he was the one managing the first round of the competition with four other elders.
"Look behind me. Your first round is in there. I will be dividing all of you into nine groups, each group having a total of three kids." Elder Wang pointed his right thumb behind him towards the forest. He was looking at twenty-seven kids. His back was facing the forest.
"I, with some other elders, have released a total of five Rank 1 Black Rabbits in the outskirts of the forest. These Black Rabbits are known for their speed. They are quite fast. Their battle strength is the same as that of normal rabbits, but their speed is quite fast. So, capturing is a little difficult."
"What you have to do is to capture only one rabbit. Every rabbit has an emblem on them. These emblems have been attached to their bodies, so firmly that only after killing them can you remove these emblems. Every team only needs one emblem to win. And a total of five teams can win this first round."
"As these rabbits are quite fast, I would recommend for you to work together; Otherwise, it would be difficult to capture them. And nobody is allowed to seize the other team's emblem. Thus, the first five teams to get the emblems will win."
"Don't worry, these Black Rabbits won't enter deep into the forest. Our clan cultivators are keeping an eye on them as well as the outskirts of the forest; So, you don't need to worry about the beasts' attacks and only need to focus on the competition. If you do face any kind of danger, just shriek as hard as you can, and our help will try to arrive as soon as possible."
"And we have already cleared the outskirts of the forest of any danger. So, are there any questions?" Elder Wang explained the first round of the competition and its rules.
"Elder, what if no team can capture the rabbits?" A boy asked a question
"Simple, you will be removed from the class. If nobody can even capture even a single Black Rabbit, then what is the meaning of being a cultivator? And how can you represent our clan if you can't even capture a Rank 1 Black Rabbit?"
"You will be given three days to complete this round. During this time, you have to capture at least one Black Rabbit. Even if after three days, not all the Black Rabbits are caught, then the remaining teams who have not captured any rabbits will be lashed with ten whips. Such as, if only one team manages to catch a Black Rabbit, then the remaining twenty-four kids will be lashed with ten whips each."
"If there are no other questions, I will be choosing the teams then." Elder Wang began to compose different teams, with each team having three kids. A total of nine teams were created.
As Chin Mae was under the guarantee of Yang Zhai, he and Yang Zhai were placed in the same team, with one other boy. Elder Wang chose the other teams according to their talents and relationships.
"So now, the competition can begin. Go," Elder Wang signaled for the competition to begin.
When the kids saw this, they hurriedly ran into the forest's outskirts. Everyone wanted to have an advantage by capturing a rabbit faster than the others. Thus, every team ran with all their might.
But their enthusiasm did not last for long because they soon found out that finding a Black Rabbit was harder than they thought. Every team went their own way, but no matter how everyone looked, there was no Balck Rabbit to be found.
Yang Zhai was walking in between the trees with Chin Mae and the other boy. But he could not find anything as well. They had been walking for a whole day, but they found nothing.
Even though they were walking on the outskirts of the Si forest, the trees present here were too many and dense. It would be no surprise if a Rank 1 attacking beast appeared out of nowhere. After all, the forest's outskirts were too dense, there was always a chance of the cultivators missing one or two attacking beasts.
"Brother Yang, what should we do?" Chin Mae asked.
"Yes, brother Yang, we have been looking for an entire day and found nothing. At this rate, the remaining two days will also pass, and we will be eliminated in the first round." The boy with them also asked.
Yang Zhai did not say anything and kept on walking. He could not bother with these fools.
Was Yang Zhai some kind of omniscience or prophecy teller? How could Yang Zhai know where to look for the Black Rabbits or where they would appear?
Even though Yang Zhai had a lot of experience from his previous lives, his body was still too weak, and he also did not have any method to sense anything. Right now, he was only a normal kid with normal thinking, uh…uh(coughing). Ok, his thinking could not be called normal, but his body was still normal.
"Shh…," Yang Zhai heard a bush move and suddenly stopped. He also signaled for the other two to stop.
After a while, they saw a Black Rabbit come out of a bush. It had big feet, almost as big as a human's. Its color was black and had black eyes. An emblem with tree patterns was attached around its neck. It looked around and looked toward Yang Zhai and the others curiously. It kept on staring at them.
Whist, Yang Zhai, and the other two stood without moving. They were still like statues. They knew that if they moved, this Black Rabbit would run away. And with its speed and these dense trees, it would be difficult for them to capture it. They might not be able to find another rabbit in the remaining time.
Thus, they had become as quiet as statues.
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