Zou Shuming, being a man of his word, indeed followed behind Zhang Xiaohua on the mountain path as agreed, um, actually, he wouldn't have been able to surpass even if he wanted to.
Under the anxious anticipation of Elder Steward Mr. Lei and a dozen disciples from both the Pill and Herb Divisions, Zhang Xiaohua led in front, with Zou Shuming trailing behind, the two of them reached the mountain peak. Seeing Zou Shuming falling behind, all the disciples started cheering loudly, "Let's go, let's go!"
Unfortunately, the expression on Zou Shuming's face was bizarre upon hearing the cheering. On the contrary, Zhang Xiaohua seemed invigorated, he exerted more force and quickly reached the final point!
