Marked the Protagonist A (Translated)

Chapter 61: That Person from Your Family

Chapter 61: That Person from Your Family

"Your Highness is joking."

Chi Zhuo's reply was a bit slow but perfectly timed.

But that slight delay was enough to bring joy to Ji Chenxi, who smiled, "Indeed, I was joking; senior, please don't take it seriously."

Without lingering, Ji Chenxi said goodbye. As he had earlier, he released his mental power to check the outside situation. The area outside the underground maze was not much different, with many people gathered, though this crowd wasn't there for Chi Zhuo and the venomous spiders, but for him.

Ji Chenxi pulled out two gold coins bearing the emblems of the Royal Academy and the First Military Academy, tossing them casually into the air. After Chi Zhuo didn't need to participate, his desire for points diminished significantly. He even reflected on whether he should have borrowed Lu Jianhan's help. If he hadn't, he could probably have fought longer, but it felt unreasonable not to utilize available resources.

After briefly assessing the outside, Ji Chenxi returned to the cave.

Lu Jianhan fell into a brief silence upon Ji Chenxi's return before asking, "You're not thinking about the points I have, are you?"

Ji Chenxi raised an eyebrow, "I'm currently the undisputed first place, as long as no one takes these two coins from me."

"If Your Highness wanted to take our points, you could have done so earlier, no need to wait until now." Bai Anran was clear about his own points. He had more than most other new students, but compared to Ji Chenxi, it was hardly worth mentioning. "So, Your Highness, you came back specifically to have us safeguard your points?"

Ji Chenxi nodded in approval, "Though I could handle it alone, those people might not manage to take points from me. Still, there are several days left, and I'll need to rest."

Among the new students, there were only three S-ranks. If two of them worked for him, the subsequent assessments would feel like child's play.

Lu Jianhan and Bai Anran were still under the negative effects of the poison, and with no one to deliver antidotes, they had to rely on Ji Chenxi. Lu Jianhan had cooperated with Ji Chenxi once out of coercion, and he didn't mind doing so again.

As for the others, while there were a few A+ ranks, they couldn't withstand the onslaught of all the new students from two prestigious academies. It appeared that Ji Chenxi had coldly abandoned them to avoid dragging him down, but in reality, it offered them a chance to blend in with the other new students without hiding.

In the following days, the other new students frantically pursued Ji Chenxi, trying to snatch points from him. However, the issue was that none of them could compete with any of the three. Even Bai Anran, who seemed the weakest, was a proper S-rank, capable of easily defeating A-ranks.

Since the freshmen had little experience, even their methods of pursuing them were adorably naive, and Ji Chenxi completely disregarded them.

What was supposed to be a serious trial for the freshmen had turned into an outing for Ji Chenxi. Lu Jianhan was responsible for catching fish and hunting prey, Bai Anran was gathering wild vegetables and mushrooms, and cooking was also on Lu Jianhan's shoulders. As for Ji Chenxi, he just needed to eat, drink, and occasionally bully the freshmen.

Lu Jianhan, who needed to find prey, process materials, and cook: "..."

He strongly suspected that Ji Chenxi had brought him along just to have a free cook.

In the end, the trials were so lopsided that they couldn't even compare to when the upperclassmen were around, as there were many capable seniors, while most freshmen didn't even know how to use their mental energy or combat skills.