Chapter 283 – Ancient Martial Arts Competition (Part One)

“Teacher, calm down!”

“How can I possibly calm down?! At least you practiced dancing for the School Festival, but now you’re just peacefully studying like nothing’s happening—what’s going on?!”

“Teacher, a calm heart brings natural coolness.”

Damn it, if this continues, the Ancient Martial Arts Competition is doomed!

Closing her book, Ye Yunxi slowly stood up and pulled out an entry form: “Look, I’ve already filled out the registration form!”

Everyone’s eyes lit up as they excitedly took it.

“Senior Ye Lanshan is going first? Great, that works!”

“The club president is second, perfect, that’s good too!”

But as for the others…

Wang Tingting twitched her eyelids upon seeing herself in third position, while Sun Chao, Ren Qi and others also twitched their mouths at seeing their names. Fang You, however, pouted and launched into chatterbox mode: “No no no, this won’t do Goddess! Why am I last? Shouldn’t the strongest fighters go first in Ancient Martial Arts? I want to be in the front, I don’t want to compete last, please please please… blah blah blah…”

“The finale always comes last.”

With that one sentence, Fang You brightened up, happily accepting his role as the awesome final competitor.

“So, can we start practicing for the competition now?”

Everyone’s eyes sparkled with anticipation.

“Nope, continue studying.”

“……”

Why are we still studying at a time like this?!

It was practically a chorus of despair.

But Ye Yunxi just curled her lips into a cheerful smile and lightly tapped her small whip: “Keep studying!”

Everyone had no choice but to submit, lowering their heads and continuing their studies with tearful reluctance.

From the sofa, Ye Lanshan blinked, his sleepiness completely gone.

To be honest, he felt somewhat uneasy too. Not training—did this mean they weren’t aiming for first place?

But that didn’t seem right either. If members of the Ye Family stepped forward now to challenge Ye Yunxi’s capability using this as leverage, she might have to relinquish her position as Heir.

Unable to contain his curiosity any longer, Ye Lanshan finally asked: “How do you plan to win? Do you have a strategy?”

“Isn’t the competition order already written?”

“……”

That’s it?

Ye Lanshan felt some regret—he shouldn’t have placed too much hope in Ye Yunxi.

But seeing the little lady’s inexplicably confident smile, he couldn’t help feeling somewhat expectant again.

Overall, his heart was tangled with uncertainty, making him quite uncomfortable.

Yet Ye Yunxi remained unfazed.

Winning first place was absolutely necessary—the literary and martial mission was still pending, and she still wanted those Stamina points. But would a living person really be defeated by such trivial matters?

If you use your brain more, solutions will emerge, right?

Thus, Night Phoenix kept studying right up until the Ancient Martial Arts Competition began.

The Gymnasium had been converted into a Competition Arena, with various clubs busy cheering for their contestants.

Competitors wore standing-collar traditional jackets with knotted buttons, their chests embroidered with their respective club emblems. The loose sleeves and pant legs flowed gracefully, evoking a distinct ancient style.

Then there was their own team, uniformly dressed in School Uniforms.

“President, did we forget to prepare competition outfits?”

Qin Jieyi brushed back her golden hair, looking around as she vaguely sensed her guess might be correct.

But Ye Yunxi wouldn’t acknowledge that—with the System around, how could she forget??

She directly accessed the System: “Exchange ten competition outfits, make them stylish ones!”[Ding! Competition uniform successfully exchanged, Prestige: -40,000!]

Pretending to take the uniform out from her backpack, Ye Yunxi tossed it backward: “Go change into it!”

Everyone got excited for a moment, but when they unfolded the clothing, they all froze.

This…

Is this the competition uniform??

Pre… President, would you like to put the uniform back into your backpack and take it out again??

(End of Chapter)