Much to everyone's surprise, as Yujia discovered, she wasn't the one lagging behind.
They discussed their strategy as they made their way to their side of the mountain. From just one key leading figure that jumped out of the crowd— Rong Yuan— they arrived at a strategy quickly. Because the hike was long, and likely to take hours, rushing it and losing all of their stamina immediately was not a good idea. They would take it steady, but at a pace brisk enough to be counted as fast walking.
Since the trail was only wide enough for around three people to walk together, the group was split into five lines. Ye Yunhe, Rong Yuan, and another disciple were at the front. Jiang Muyun was in the middle with a few other disciples. Yujia, labeled as someone who would definitely drag the group back, was sentenced to be in the last row, with Yufeng and a disciple that had looked very frail.