Insufficient balance

  I quickly went over and asked: "How is it? Is Your Majesty biased towards the Duke?" Dong Ri also looked at Teacher Wen with anxious eyes.

  The teacher sighed and said: "That's not the case, Your Majesty is a very wise ruler, but also very cunning. He is fair to both sides, no one has an advantage."

  "You look unhappy," I asked further.

  The Emperor continued, "Although Your Majesty did not favor any side, he gave me a difficult task. He asked the Imperial Academy to send a team to participate in the national martial arts competition held in Shandong every five years, and also asked the Biqi faction to send a team. He explicitly stated that whoever's team achieved a higher ranking would be considered correct, and the losing side must publicly apologize to the winning side."

  "What? How can you be so sure?" This is somewhat unreasonable, we are the reasonable side.

  "Longbow, you don't know, Biqi is extremely powerful in Xuda, even His Majesty has to give him three points of deference. Moreover, Xuda is a place where martial arts are highly valued, and many things are decided by martial competitions." said Wen Laoshi with deep meaning.

  Dong Ri interjected, "We're not afraid either. Our college has many powerful students, so we don't have to be afraid of those nobles." Indeed, with our strength, those aristocrats are no match for us.

  The teacher frowned and said, "This is exactly what I'm worried about. Bichi will definitely make his eldest son participate in this competition as well. The team competition requires each team to have 5 people, and although the students from our academy are not weak, they are all relatively young and can't possibly have a deep foundation in their skills. On the other hand, Bichi's side is different, and just his eldest son alone will be difficult to deal with."

  I curled up my lip, "What good can that fat pig produce? His idiot-like son is a perfect example."

  "Longbow, you can't underestimate any opponent. You should know that the strongest of the four major dragon knight legions is the Da Long Legion. His eldest son is the commander of the second legion of the three major dragon knight legions. This position isn't something that can be obtained through power or bribery. His eldest son was 3 years old and was already a genius knight of Da Long, becoming a Sky Knight at just 30 years old. He's only inferior to Xing Yun Da Long, the son of Imperial Prince Chi Lu Da Long, who was known as the War Tiger and was the former commander of the third legion."

  What? Isn't that Big Brother? So, in that case, neither of the Duke's eldest sons will be weaker than Big Brother.

  "After a year, heaven knows whether he will reach the level of a Luminous Knight. Although Longbow has the strength of a magic master, after all, his training time is relatively short, and it's not known what other powerful people Pichi will send out, so I'm really worried about this match."

  My heart is also racing, although becoming a Knight of Light is not an easy thing, but nothing is absolute, if the other five people participating in the competition all have the strength of Big Brother, then we will definitely lose.

  "When I was struggling in my heart, Dong Ri spoke up and said with great enthusiasm: 'Teacher, don't worry, even if we risk our lives, we will definitely achieve the final victory. We are on the side of justice and absolutely cannot let them succeed.'"

  "On a winter's day, I was infected with the words, 'Yes, we will definitely win.'"

  The teacher smiled and said to Dong Ri, "Foolish child, you know what is called justice? Only the strong are just, the winners are kings and the losers are thieves. Moreover, from a fundamental point of view, Bi Qi isn't a bad person, he's just got a few bad habits."

  I stared at Dong Ri and said, "He's not a bad person after all."

  The teacher smiled and said, "You're still young and too naive. Moreover, there's no one in the world who is absolutely bad or absolutely good. Good and evil are just a thought away from each other. So you must do what is right without considering whether it's big or small, and don't do what is wrong even if it seems insignificant. Take Bijie for example, he's just a bit stubborn and has strong racial prejudices, but when it comes to major issues, he can still make the correct choice. Can you say he's very bad?"

  Mr. Wen's words deeply moved me and laid the foundation for my entrepreneurial ideas in the future.

  "All that's for later, the competition is about to start and even if we had a training session it would be too late. I'll choose three of the strongest students to participate with you all. For the next few days, I'll have the five of you spend more time together to build teamwork. I require you all to ensure your best condition and strive for good results. Actually, even if you lose, it's not a big deal, at worst I'll just swallow my pride and admit defeat to Coach Beike, he shouldn't be too hard on me."

  In the end, Teacher Wen was somewhat self-deprecating. But I could hear a bitter tone in his words, and it's clear that he doesn't think much of us. Winter Day and I both made up our minds to definitely win against Beichi's team. Teacher Wen is already so old, and people from Xida are extremely concerned with saving face, we absolutely can't let him be humiliated.

  "Alright, I'm tired today too. Get some rest early and tomorrow morning, I'll bring your teammates over to practice with you. Dong Ri, I worry about you the most. Your strength is still relatively weak, so you need to work hard."

  After finishing speaking, Teacher Wen went back to her own room.

  After dinner, I practiced with Dongri in the yard. I hesitated and said to him: "Dongri, this competition will be very tough, I think you should make full use of your advantages."

  "What advantages do I have?"

  I smiled and said: "Of course you have an advantage, your bow and arrow are quite formidable."

  After hearing what I said, he immediately lost spirit and said: "Bows and arrows? I only have accuracy, but not much strength. That's useless against a strong opponent."

  "I profoundly said: 'How can it be useless? I want your accuracy, we can use magic arrows.' As I whispered my plan in his ear, his furrowed brow gradually unfolded."

  Dongri smiled and punched me, saying: "Good for you to think of it, let's do it this way. For the next two days, we'll practice our coordination."

  I nervously said: "Keep your voice down, this is our secret weapon after all."

  On a winter day, he quickly covered his mouth, and his comical movements made me laugh so hard that I was holding my belly. Only then did he realize I was teasing him, and he came over to mess around with me.

  In front of the window, our Chinese teacher silently shook his head and muttered to himself: "It's true that young people don't know the taste of worry, I wonder what secret skills they have."

  What's the secret technique? Let's see it in the competition.