As those people were discussing, Wu Tian, bored, also looked around.
The contestants from various countries had all arrived, their faces filled with confidence, showing no signs of stage fright.
However, this was also quite normal. After all, anyone who could reach this point was a genius, wasn't that right?
It was likely that these people had the same mindset as Ling Tengyun and Yimulan, believing they would undoubtedly win the championship.
It was at this moment that Wu Tian noticed something, his gaze becoming confused and solemn.
In a corner, he saw Yagami Yuriko.
Yagami Yuriko was still wearing her black long dress, her entire appearance dominated by skin as white as snow.
She stood there, seemingly without any imposing aura, yet no one could approach her.
Like an elf of the dark night, she made people stop in their tracks!
Almost all the contestants were avoiding her, as if approaching her even slightly would bring about something unfortunate.
Wu Tian was quite interested in Yagami Yuriko.
After all, this girl was likely to be his strongest opponent in this competition.
But at the same time, he was also somewhat puzzled.
This wasn't right. According to the rules, shouldn't there be five contestants from each country?
Yet, why was there only Yagami Yuriko from Bird Country?
Just as Wu Tian was feeling perplexed by this, Yagami Yuriko sensed his gaze and looked over at him.
He was slightly startled, then quickly averted his gaze.
After waiting for a while longer, it was almost time for the competition to begin.
The referee shouted loudly, "Where is Team India? Why haven't they arrived yet?"
"If they don't show up within half a minute, they will be considered to have forfeited automatically!"
Upon hearing this, someone from the China team immediately exclaimed with surprise, "No way, are we this lucky? Team India can't make it?"
Ling Tengyun sneered and said, "In my opinion, Team India must have known they couldn't deal with me, so they fled at the last moment."
"Ultimately, all this talk about Yimulan and Yimulan is just hype."
"They have no chance of competing with me!"
Wu Tian couldn't help but feel confused. What was going on? After being taken away by the police the day before yesterday, did Team India lose their qualification to compete?
Time slowly passed, but Team India still showed no signs of arriving.
Seeing this, the referee decided not to wait any longer.
He shouted again, "Alright, we've waited long enough."
"Since Team India is not coming, we will consider them to have forfeited!"
Just as the members of the China team were about to cheer, someone at the entrance shouted, "Wait a moment!"
Everyone looked towards the entrance and saw Team India rushing in.
The referee was clearly displeased with this lateness and said with some annoyance, "Team India, why are you so slow?"
The person from Team India took the simultaneous translation earpiece and explained, "There was a small incident, so we were late."
The referee said, "Such a major competition, and you're still late. This shows you don't take the competition seriously at all."
"If this kind of mistake happens again next time, I will directly disqualify you!"
The person from Team India nodded repeatedly, while Yimulan felt a surge of anger.
In India, he was a person of noble status. To have to bow to a referee today was something he found difficult to accept.
But ultimately, it was all because of Wu Tian from the China team!
If it weren't for that scoundrel, how would they have been arrested and taken to the police station?
Fortunately, the country had intervened and pleaded on their behalf, otherwise, they would still be detained.
The more Yimulan thought about it, the angrier he became, and he immediately began searching.
When he saw Wu Tian, he immediately walked up to Wu Tian in a rage.
He gritted his teeth and said, "So you are indeed a contestant!"
"You bastard, just you wait and see how I'll kill you!"
Wu Tian smiled faintly and said, "Kill me?"
"Why do you still have the courage to say such things? Haven't you suffered enough losses yesterday?"
"If you still want to fight me, you can come ahead. I won't stop you anyway."
Yimulan said angrily, "Do you still think you can beat me?"
"I was ambushed last time, but if it were a real fight, you definitely wouldn't be able to beat me!"
"Is that so?" Wu Tian smiled. "But why do I feel like it will be the same no matter how many times you come?"
Yimulan said, "Don't try to provoke me with such tactics. I'm telling you, it's useless."
"You want to force me to commit a foul and get me disqualified? You're being too naive!"
"If you have the guts, come and face me later. I will definitely make you lose convincingly!"
Wu Tian smiled and said, "Alright, no problem. Then I'll look forward to the legendary Divine Ox Needle technique."
Yimulan snorted coldly, and with the others, turned and left.
Watching them leave, Ling Tengyun said with a dark expression, "Hey, what's going on? Do you have a grudge against each other?"
Wu Tian's lips curled up and he said, "What does that have to do with you?"
"This is my private matter. You're not going to interfere in my private affairs, are you?"
Ling Tengyun was very displeased with Wu Tian's tone.
He said darkly, "Fine, I don't care what conflict you have, but the feud you've started, you have to resolve it yourself."
"Today, I'll let you face Yimulan. Trading one of your lower-tier horses for one of their top-tier horses is a worthwhile deal."
Wu Tian smiled and said, "Don't speak too soon."
"What if I win, and you guys lose? Wouldn't that be embarrassing for you?"
Ling Tengyun scoffed, "You're really daydreaming!"
"Do you think I haven't investigated you? You're just a village doctor, how can you possibly win against Yimulan?"
"I really don't know how your Southern Regional selections were conducted. I say, the leaders of your Southern Region, aren't their brains filled with cat urine!"
"By placing you among us, are you meant to be a single rotten apple spoiling the whole barrel?"
Wu Tian smiled and said, "You shouldn't say such things. Who told you that village doctors can't be厉害 (lìhai - formidable/powerful)?"
"In the history of China, there have been many village doctors who were divine physicians."
Ling Tengyun mocked, "They are them, and you are you. Do you really think you're someone special?"
"I can't be bothered to argue with you anymore. Anyway, I'll leave Yimulan to you to deal with."
"If you lose later, don't blame me for arranging such a formidable opponent for you, hahaha..."