“Cough. Qiaoqiao, I-I didn’t see you do anything!” Mentor Zhou was still curious.

He really didn’t catch when Qiao Mu had done anything suspicious.

It was evident that Qiao Mu had already done something to the Catkin Academy mentor prior to that!

From the Catkin Academy’s wimpy look, Miss Qiao’s attack had packed a pretty powerful punch.

“So silly.” A certain person refused to admit it and argued, “I couldn’t care less about doing anything to him.”

“What talisman did you use? It packs a lot of power,” the Venerable Peach Blossom Immortal asked.

Everybody then understood that Miss Qiao had used a talisman just now!

Strange, they didn’t see her do anything, so when did the talisman stick onto him?

Qiao Mu coughed and then silently popped another dried fruit into her mouth.

Mo Lian couldn’t resist muffling his laughter, and he caressed the little fellow’s head. “Naughty.”

Everybody nodded in agreement. They were especially in accord with the crown prince’s evaluation.

This child was indeed naughty!

Look at what she did to the Catkin Academy mentor. He had been shamed in public in utter disgrace!

The funniest thing was that Mentor Zhou had originally been praising this child with all his might, saying that silence was golden… yet he got faceslapped in less than three seconds!

This wouldn’t traumatize Mentor Zhou for the rest of his life, right?

See if he was going to randomly praise Qiaoqiao in the future.

Hahahahaha!

Everybody couldn’t resist wanting to dissolve into laughter when they thought of this.

Qiao Mu turned her petite face and shook her sleeve. She rescued Mentor Zhou from his embarassment by pulling out an explosion talisman and slapping it into his hand.

“Th-This is?”

“An explosion talisman.” Miss Qiao glanced at Zhou Danjin. “Do I need to demonstrate for you?”

“Oh, n-no need.” Just the name was enough to tell that this talisman wasn’t a pleasant one. It was better used against enemies.

Mentor Zhou put it away, and his mood promptly brightened.

Keep laughing, laugh your heads off!

Even though he got faceslapped instantly, which of you received the same treatment as he did? Xiao Qiao even gave him a talisman!

Qi Xuanxuan giggled while covering her mouth. “Mentor, our Qiaoqiao actually would probably never bicker with other people whenever she can use her hands…”

So please don’t make that kind of joke in the future!

Mentor Zhou chuckled in embarrassment before pointing to the stage and shouting all of a sudden. “Hey, hey. You guys should get ready now! You’re about to go up on stage again! This should be considered your first true match! Work hard! For the honor of the academy.”

With Mentor Zhou’s impassioned and fervent shout, the mentors and students of the nearby academies turned around to look at them.

Mentor Hu cleared his throat and covered his face while turning his head aside. He scooted his stool toward Mentor Wei Xu and muttered, “How come I don’t want to know this person at all?”

Mentor Wei Xu cast his eyes elsewhere without much of an expression.

“Alright, Mentor. Here, let me treat you to a bun!” The little fatty stuffed a veggie bun into Mentor Zhou’s mouth at once. He also bit onto one before walking up to the stage with Duanmu Qing and the others.

This match was Apex Academy versus River Horse Academy.

There was one thing Mentor Zhou was right about. After getting two byes in the previous rounds, this was their first true battle in the academy ranking competition.

They were very excited!

Students from River Horse Academy, you must not let us down!

We’ve been waiting to battle against you guys.

The eight students of Apex Academy lined up in a row on the stage. Besides the stoic face and Captain Duanmu, practically everybody else was looking toward the other side of the stage with kindly smiles, just waiting for the students from River Horse Academy.

They were still smiling two minutes later.