After Ling Luoyi finished laughing, Gu Yuncheng said, "Luoluo, are you getting those new shops to set up teleportation arrays?"
Gu Yuncheng understood Ling Luoyi very well, so just by hearing her requests, he knew what she was planning.
"Yes," Ling Luoyi admitted. She hadn't intended to hide it from him anyway. She said, "A'su, this continent is vast, but the cultivation of the human race is very low. Taking Yunyuan City as an example, cultivators with contracted beasts would need half a day to reach the nearest city, let alone those without contracted beasts. Therefore, I want to establish a teleportation network that can save a lot of time."
"But Luoluo, you'll have to expose yourself a bit more."
Gu Yuncheng didn't go directly to the Ling Residence; he came from somewhere else. Along the way, he had also heard rumors about Ling Luoyi and knew what she had been doing this month.
"I know," Ling Luoyi said. "But you also know that I hold this identity, and I can't just do nothing."
Gu Yuncheng thought of her identity and understood.
Those in high positions cannot just enjoy the offerings of others; they must also bear their responsibilities.
He did, and so did she.
The next day was the fourth day of the genius selection. Today's competition was the revival round, and the participants were those eliminated in the previous two days.
Ling Luoyi and Ling Luochen had both already advanced, so they didn't need to participate in today's competition and could also choose not to come.
However, many disciples from the Ling family had been eliminated in the past two days. The other members of the Ling family were afraid of causing trouble for Ling Luoyi and stayed in the small world, not coming out. Therefore, if they also didn't come, it would appear to the outside world that the Ling family had abandoned these eliminated disciples, which would be disheartening.
There were many participants in the revival round, but compared to the number of eliminated individuals, it was less than half. This was because some knew they couldn't win and didn't come to avoid embarrassment.
The competition, however, would not be postponed just because not everyone was present.
As soon as Si Shi arrived, an elder appeared on the stage. It was not the same elder from before.
The competition venue still had ten arenas, with a time limit of one hour. The top ten people remaining in each arena would advance.
There wasn't much to see in such a competition, so the spectators were mostly family or friends of the participants. None of the ten people who sat on the high platform in the previous two days had come.
On the Ling family's viewing platform, Ling Luochen looked at Ling Luoyi holding the white fox, drowsy, and said, "Luo'er, what's wrong with you lately? Why are you so tired?"
They had come by carriage, one carriage each, so Ling Luochen couldn't help but ask at this moment.
"Ah?" Ling Luoyi opened her eyes, yawned, and said, "Big Brother, I'm fine, just bored."
Ling Luochen looked at Ling Luoyi's energetic eyes and couldn't see any sign of fatigue, knowing she wasn't lying.
"You didn't have to come; I could have come alone."
"Big Brother, if I didn't come, you might be in trouble."
Ling Luochen knew she wasn't exaggerating. Among these disciples, his cultivation was the highest. However, there were many people in Yunyuan City with higher cultivation than him. The Ling family was currently not receiving visitors, so it was possible someone might make a move against them.
But with Luo'er as a first-tier Spiritual Scholar, the Spiritual Scholar realm was uncommon in Tianwu Kingdom; there were only a few. Therefore, with her present, they wouldn't dare to act.
Although they had teleportation talismans as a life-saving method, it was best not to use them in front of outsiders.
With this in mind, Ling Luochen said, "Luo'er, thank you."
"Ah?" Ling Luoyi didn't expect him to say that and was a bit taken aback. "Big Brother, why are you being so formal?"
Ling Luochen wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, he decided against it. He pointed at the white fox in Ling Luoyi's arms and asked, "Luo'er, when did you get this little white fox? I haven't seen a fox by your side before."
Ling Luoyi looked at Gu Yuncheng and smiled, saying, "This little fox has been with me for a long time and is very important to me."
"It looks quite beautiful. Can I pet it?"
"This one?" Ling Luoyi noticed Gu Yuncheng's claws on her arm tightening slightly and smiled. She said, "This little fellow has a bad temper and doesn't like people touching him."
"Is that so? Then forget it."
Today's competition quickly neared its end. The elder who had appeared earlier arrived on time and announced, "Today's competition is concluded. Congratulations to the disciples still standing on the arena for passing the revival round. Tomorrow at the same time, the advancement matches will be held."
After the competition ended, the Ling family disciples stood together below the Ling family's viewing platform.
"You all worked hard today. Go back first; you still have to continue tomorrow."
"Yes!"
The Ling family disciples' neat response echoed, and the surrounding people cast glances, some with curiosity, some with indifference, and some with malice.
Ling Luoyi ignored them all and led the disciples back to the residence.
It was Gu Yuncheng who remembered everything.
*
In Qingyin Pavilion.
"Luoluo, the person on the fourth viewing platform to the right of the Ling family today, are they the Ling family's enemies?" Gu Yuncheng asked, recalling those particularly malicious gazes.
The fourth on the right?
Ling Luoyi thought for a moment and said, "That should be someone from the Wei family. I told you about them before."
"Luoluo, do whatever you want to do. I will accompany you."
Gu Yuncheng didn't say he would help her because he knew Ling Luoyi had her own pride. He only needed to be by her side and protect her when she needed it.
Ling Luoyi understood his thoughts and said, "A'su,"
Before Ling Luoyi could finish her sentence, Gu Yuncheng said, "Luoluo, you know I don't like it."
Ling Luoyi looked at him and suddenly smiled, "Okay."
Including those who advanced yesterday, there were twenty-four Ling family disciples who advanced today, which was an excellent result in the history of the genius selection.
Especially in this genius selection, the Ling family's advancement rate was the highest.
Following them were the Imperial family and the Song family, both with twelve people advancing.
As for the Wei family, only five people advanced.
Although there were only two hundred participants in tomorrow's competition, which seemed few, being able to stand out from hundreds of thousands meant that each of them was not simple.
On the fifth day of the genius selection, because there were fewer competitors, the competition venue was changed to a smaller one.
The later stages of the genius selection were no longer timed arena matches but one-on-one arena matches. Such competitions were more exciting. As there were more spectators than in the previous days, the spectator stands were larger, but everything else remained the same.
Today's competition was from two hundred to ten, meaning each person had to win at least twenty consecutive matches to advance.
The challenge order was based on cultivation from the first day. Ling Luoyi was the first.
Ling Luoyi placed Gu Yuncheng on a stool and said warningly, "None of you are allowed to touch this fox! Do you hear me?"
"Yes!"
Although they didn't understand why Ling Luoyi said this, her expression was very serious.
Ling Luoyi stood on the stage and heard the elder say, "First match, Ling Luoyi. Whoever is willing to fight her, please come onto the stage."
The elder waited for a moment and found no one coming up. The elder was not surprised and announced, "Ling Luoyi advances. All other participants are recorded as losing one match!"
The corners of everyone's mouths twitched. With her cultivation, who would dare to fight her?
The elder also silently grumbled.
The genius selection only limited the age and lower cultivation limit of the participants; there was no upper cultivation limit, as no one expected anyone to reach the first-tier Spiritual Scholar realm before the age of twenty-five!
As for those participants in the Spiritual Practitioner realm, they were already twenty-four or twenty-five, and they were only at the first tier!
Therefore, even though the leaders of other families wanted Ling Luoyi to withdraw from this selection, they had no reason to do so and could only watch her solidify her first position.