It turned out that this forest was called the Demon Wild Forest. There were tens of thousands of Demonic Beasts, and in the depths of the forest, there were even Ferocious Beasts and Wang Beasts. In the Balong Empire, Martial Warriors near the Emperor City liked to come here for training.
These three youths and two women were all from the Inner Courtyard of the Flying Cloud Academy in the Balong Empire. This time, they also came out for training. The Red-clothed girl was the leader of this group, named Su Ziyi. And the girl in green was her younger sister, Su Ruyi. The burly man was named Dai Dacheng, and he was the strongest in the group. There was also a dark-complexioned Youth named Bai Xiaojun, who was relatively taciturn. And the arrogant, handsome White-robed Youth was named Nangong Ming.
Upon hearing that the White-robed Youth's surname was Nangong, Zhang Hao couldn't help but glance at him, paying some attention. After all, with the surname Nangong, and being a Martial Warrior from Flying Cloud Academy, even if he wasn't from the main branch of the Nangong Family, he must be from a side branch.
After walking for three hours, the sky had darkened. The group found an open space to set up camp and lit a bonfire.
Zhang Hao also took the opportunity to find a place, change his clothes, and wash up with water.
When Su Ruyi and Su Ziyi saw Zhang Hao, they couldn't help but be stunned. The previously disheveled and ragged Zhang Hao, after tidying up, looked like a different person.
His facial features were as if carved by a knife, with distinct angles. He had a slight smirk, full of an evil and charming aura. His well-fitting black attire made him appear tall and straight, standing out from the crowd.
The five youths were instantly stunned, clearly not expecting that Zhang Hao would look like a completely different person after changing his clothes.
"Sister, is that the annoying boy?" Su Ruyi asked in surprise.
"It should be him. He just changed his clothes. This is his true appearance," Su Ziyi said with a slight smile.
Su Ruyi said somewhat speechlessly, "Why did this person pretend to be like that? If you didn't know, you'd think he was a beggar. So annoying."
Su Ruyi didn't realize at this moment that her attitude towards Zhang Hao had clearly changed. She didn't notice it herself, but Su Ziyi beside her did notice this obvious change in her sister. This made Su Ziyi find it amusing. Previously, her sister was clearly quite dismissive of him, but now the change was so great.
Zhang Hao didn't pay attention to the change in the others and sat down by the bonfire on his own.
"Brother Nangong, are you from the Nangong Family?" Zhang Hao asked Nangong Ming, seemingly casually.
Nangong Ming was clearly very proud of his identity as a member of the Nangong Family. In a large country like the Balong Empire, the Nangong Family firmly held the top position. This was also the capital for his arrogance.
Nangong Ming shook his head and said, "Although I am not a direct descendant of the Nangong Family, only from a side branch of the Nangong Family, I have already entered the sight of the Nangong Family's high-level members. An Elder from the main branch told me that as long as I can become one of the top ten Disciples in the Inner Sect of Flying Cloud Academy, he will let me enter the main branch and become a Disciple of the main branch."
Dai Dacheng and Bai Xiaojun beside him were all very envious. This was the benefit of becoming a Disciple of a large family. If you could enter a large family, you could obtain more cultivation resources.
Su Ziyi and Su Ruyi were not particularly envious. Although their Su Family was not as prominent as the Nangong Family in the Balong Empire, it was not much worse.
Bai Xiaojun took out a water bottle and drank a few sips. He originally wanted to give it to Zhang Hao, but after shaking it, he found that the water was all gone. He said to Zhang Hao apologetically, "Zhang Hao, I'm sorry, the water is finished."
Su Ziyi and Su Ruyi were also quite helpless. They came in a hurry this time and didn't find any water source in the forest. Therefore, they had been drinking sparingly. Now it was gone too.
Nangong Ming took out a little less than half a bottle of water and smiled proudly, "Hehe, I still had foresight. I saved half a bottle of water. Ziyi, Ruyi, don't be polite. Have a few sips."
Su Ziyi frowned slightly and said to Nangong Ming, "Nangong Ming, you should give your water to Zhang Hao. I saw that he hasn't drunk much water the whole way."
Nangong Ming shook his head and said, "That won't do. This water is what I saved along the way. I'm giving it to you because we are friends, and you are our leader. But this kid, we just met. It's already good enough to take him out of the Demon Wild Forest. After all, water is very precious in the Demon Wild Forest."
Su Ziyi was a bit speechless and said to Nangong Ming with dissatisfaction, "Nangong Ming, we are all together now, after all, and we are a team. Why are you always excluding Zhang Hao? Regardless of what happens in the future, Zhang Hao is our teammate now."
Su Ruyi also followed suit and said, "That's right, Nangong Ming, how can you be like this?"
But no matter how much the two women persuaded him, Nangong Ming still refused.
However, Su Ziyi was also very helpless. Although she was the head of this team, this team was only temporarily organized. Her position as leader actually had no prestige.
Zhang Hao smiled slightly and said to Su Ziyi, "Ziyi, it's okay, I'm not thirsty yet."
"Zhang Hao, there's still a long way to go to the outer edge of the Demon Wild Forest. We need to hurry, and it's impossible not to drink water," Su Ziyi looked at Zhang Hao somewhat helplessly.
"That's right, I still have a fruit here, you can eat it!" Su Ruyi took out a fruit the size of a longan and handed it to Zhang Hao.
Zhang Hao did not accept it and said to Su Ruyi with a smile, "No need, I have water."
Saying that, Zhang Hao took out a bottle of sprite.
"Huh!"
Everyone looked at the strange-looking bottle in Zhang Hao's hand with great surprise. These people were quite knowledgeable, but they had never seen a bottle like the one in Zhang Hao's hand.
"Click!"
Zhang Hao twisted open the sprite. A stream of bubbles emerged from the sprite. Zhang Hao took a comfortable sip with a straw.
"Zhang Hao, what are you drinking?" Su Ziyi looked at Zhang Hao's sprite with great curiosity.
"This is called sprite. It's a drink from my hometown. You can try it too. I guarantee you'll like it."
Zhang Hao threw a few bottles of sprite to the two women. They were even iced.
Su Ziyi and Su Ruyi also followed Zhang Hao's example and opened the sprite. Then they drank the sprite with a straw.
"Wow, it's so good," Su Ruyi said in surprise.
Su Ziyi had the same feeling as Su Ruyi.
Zhang Hao threw two more bottles of sprite to Bai Xiaojun and Dai Dacheng, but automatically ignored Nangong Ming.
The four of them had never drunk sprite before and found the cold, sweet feeling very novel. And it was also extremely delicious.
"Don't worry, I have a lot more!" Zhang Hao said with a smile.
Nangong Ming on the side felt secretly resentful. He had been saving half a bottle of water, but these guys were happily drinking water. It was too unfair. Nangong Ming hated all of them together.
