Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2557: Atonement for Sins 20.0
Xiao Lian chatted with Song Qiyun, Meilin and Hongye for a long time, but Shen Haolin and Shen Cha didn't call her over, so she felt a little uneasy.

He didn't know if his performance brought shame to the Shen family army and the Shadow Camp, but he secretly observed the expressions of Shen Haolin and Shen Cha during the conversation, and it seemed that it was not as serious as he thought.

Merlin left several times during this period to bring tea to Shen Haolin, Shen Cha and others. Xiao Lian was eagerly waiting for her to come back. Every time she came back, she was a little disappointed to find that she was not called over.

Song Qiyun, Hongye and Meilin had already noticed that something was wrong with him, and had guessed his worries to some extent, but they pretended to know nothing. They were not very clear about Shen Cha's purpose in asking Yingshun to bring the person up, and they couldn't just leave the person here and sit there alone, feeling uneasy.

Fortunately, Shen Cha didn't let them wait too long. When Bai Meng went to chat with Yingshun, Yingbao and Xue Ruitian took over Bai Meng's original position. She waved to Merlin, signaling her to bring Xiao Lian over.

"Okay, the boss is calling, come with me!" Merlin patted Xiao Lian's shoulder, watched him stand up from the stool with great difficulty, helped him up, and asked with concern, "Are you okay?"

"It's OK, I just feel a little exhausted." Xiao Lian looked at the eagle not far away and said in a low voice, "I was in the ring all morning, but I wasn't as tired as this afternoon's match. I felt like the lunch I had was consumed in an instant."

"This is normal." Merlin supported him and walked slowly towards Shen Cha. Seeing him dragging his legs, he sighed softly and said, "This is just the beginning. You will know in the future. This situation will happen more and more."

"More and more?" Xiao Lian was shocked. "I've been in the Shadow Camp for a long time, and I didn't realize it..."

"When this competition is over, go back and start training again, and you'll know."

Merlin led his men to Shen Haolin, Shen Cha, Xue Ruitian and Ying Bao, and the two men saluted them.

"This is..." Xue Ruitian noticed that Xiao Lian was limping when she came over just now. He quickly asked Merlin to bring him a stool and let him sit down. "What happened? Is your leg injured?"

"My Lord, I'm not injured, I'm just exhausted." Xiao Lian thanked several people and sat down properly at their suggestion. "Maybe I'll be fine after a rest."

"Just go back and take a hot bath." Xue Ruitian nodded, looked at Xiao Lian who was sitting upright, chuckled, and said, "Don't be so nervous, just chat casually, just relax a little."

"Okay!" Although she agreed, Xiao Lian still did not relax and continued to sit upright.

Xue Ruitian looked at the other three people, shrugged helplessly, and then looked at Xiao Lian, "How do you feel after this fight?"

"Feelings?" Xiao Lian thought for a moment, "My strength is still not that good, it's far from enough."

"You're not strong enough?" Xue Ruitian smiled faintly, "You can hold on to the ring for a whole morning. If you can't do it, how will those who were defeated by you feel? There are so many weak people in my Shen family army. Shouldn't we reflect on ourselves? Why do we train so hard, but our soldiers are still so incompetent?"

"My Lord, I...I didn't mean that."

Xiao Lin stood up from the stool in a flash, but because he stood up too fast and with too much force, he stretched his leg and couldn't help but let out a cry of "Ah".

"Okay, okay, don't get excited, sit down quickly!" Xue Ruitian couldn't help but frowned when he heard this, "Don't be too humble, just say what you want to say. Being too humble will easily drag others down." "I really think I'm not good enough, otherwise..." Xiao Lian looked in the direction of the hawk, "How is it possible?"

"What are you thinking about?" Xue Ruitian saw the direction where Xiao Lian was looking, and he was so angry that he almost laughed, "Given your current situation, it will probably take you several decades to defeat the Eagle Falcon."

"Decades?"

"That's right!" Yingbao nodded. "Although Yingbao is supposed to try his best, I don't think he can do it. At most, he can do 20% or 30%." He looked at Shen Haolin, Shen Cha, and then at Xue Ruitian. "Isn't that right?"

"Yeah!" Xue Ruitian immediately understood what he meant and nodded in agreement. "Don't even mention you. If I fight against a full-strength Eagle Falcon, I can't guarantee that I will win. So, just have a small goal to strive for, but don't have too much hope for yourself."

"So that's how it is." Xiao Lian looked yearning, "I"

"You need to take it step by step. You can't try to do it all at once." Shen Cha raised his eyebrows. "Just now, when you were sitting there, you should have also seen the situation on the ring below. What do you think of Shao Bai's strength as the champion who will take over from you?"

"Ah?" Xiao Lian was stunned by the question. He looked at Shen Cha blankly, "I"

"So, you haven't even taken a look for such a long time?" Seeing Xiao Lian shook her head, Shen Cha sighed softly and said, "Why? I just noticed that you were chatting. Of course, no one can tell you what you do during your rest time. After all, you just went through a big battle. But if there's a new person on the ring who's better than you, can you take some time to take a look and see how they fight?"

"I do not know."

Xiao Lian swallowed his saliva, lowered his head, and did not dare to look directly at Shen Cha. To be honest, he still did not understand what Shen Cha meant and why he wanted him to watch other people's competition.

"I don't know what you mean?" Xue Ruitian gestured to Shen Cha, thinking that what she said was a bit too harsh, and motioned for her to let him do it. Seeing Shen Haolin handed Shen Cha tea and asked her to drink some tea slowly, he turned his gaze to Xiao Lian and said, "You mean, whether others are powerful or not, whether others are good or bad, it has nothing to do with you, right?"

"Yes." Although Xiao Lian didn't want to admit it so readily, this was indeed her truest thought. Once she said it, the rest of the words came out very fluently. "I just need to work hard to improve myself. It's not up to me to decide whether other people play well or not. I have my own way of playing, and others have their own ways of playing. There is no way to learn from each other, right?"

"So that's what you think." Xue Ruitian exchanged glances with Shen Haolin, Shen Cha, and Yingbao, looked at Merlin, and waved at him, "I see. You've worked hard today. You may not be able to go back by yourself. Let Merlin find someone to take you back!"

"Ah? Oh! Then I'll take my leave!"

Xiao Lian felt that the conversation ended very abruptly and was confusing, but since the Marquis had asked her to leave, she had no choice but to leave.

Several people watched Merlin helping Xiao Lian slowly get down from the platform, and they all sighed at the same time.

"This kid." Xue Ruitian looked at Shen Haolin, Shen Cha, and then at Yingbao, "There's something wrong with him."