Chapitre 12: Chapter 12 - Start of the Newcomer Exam
As time passed, the date of the newcomer exam grew increasingly near.
For the greater part of the month, Zhou Yuan had not relaxed even for a single moment. He practiced the frolicking dragon forms daily, relentlessly attacking his meridian channels time and time again, and also did his daily exercise which was increasing day by day. while every night was spent on the Primal Chaos Divine Grindstone Visualisation Method to temper his spirit.
The Heavyweight Rune on his body was also increased to 1.8 times his body weight.
In addition, the gaps in between were spent learning Genesis Runes from Yaoyao along with diligently practicing the Dragon Step and Dragon Tablet Hand even though he had learned them Zhou Yuan was trying to make them reach a new level.
This enriching and highly intensive training made even Zhou Yuan's body ache all over at the end of each day, while his mind was even more exhausted, but he did not feel distressed as he enjoyed the process. Fortunately, Zhou Yuan would become as lively as a tiger and filled with energy after the night's practice of the Primal Chaos Divine Grindstone Visualisation Method.
It was then that Zhou Yuan finally felt the benefits brought by the Primal Chaos Divine Grindstone Visualisation Method.
Although the training was tough, the results from persevering through it made Zhou Yuan jump with joy. He had finally unblocked his second meridian channel 10 days before the newcomer exam...
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In the flower park.
Zhou Yuan's foot shifted as his figure gave off a faint feeling of mist. He seemed to move carelessly, but his speed was extremely quick, appearing a dozen feet away in a few steps.
At the same time, his fist seemed to flicker. Every punch was slow and heavy, but when he punched, the faint sound of wind could be heard, making it clear that these punches contained great force.
These were the Dragon Step and Dragon Tablet Hand.
The Dragon Step was ungraspable as the mist, while the Dragon Tablet Hand gave off a weighty feeling. Fast feet and slow fist. Contrary to expectation, the combination of the two was rather impressive.
Dong!
Zhou Yuan's faintly flickering fist suddenly slammed into an artificially placed rock in the park. The rock immediately shook as numerous cracks grew on it. In the end, the rock shattered into multiple pieces with a loud boom.
Phew.
Zhou Yuan deeply exhaled, releasing a ball of white Qi. He looked towards the shattered rock in satisfaction.
While the technique showed great strength, Zhou Yuan knew he would only be able to release its true power after reaching the Heaven Gate Realm.
No matter how high-grade a Genesis technique was, it needed the support of abundant and powerful Genesis Qi to fully display its might. On this point, his current Genesis Qi was still much too sparse.
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On the day of the newcomer exam, the fish-belly-white sun rose from the horizon as the atmosphere over the Great Zhou Institute became extremely lively and filled with excitement.
Every new student who entered the institute would have to take part in the newcomer exam after a year of training. They would subsequently be allocated to a class and continue to more advanced training.
Therefore, there was no need to doubt the importance of the newcomer exam in the institute.
When Zhou Yuan arrived at the exam practice field, it was already a boiling cauldron of noise. Numerous boys and girls gathered in groups as they chatted with each other, each and everyone wearing expressions of both nervousness and excitement.
Zhou Yuan saw Su Youwei in the biggest group. She was undoubtedly the group's center of attention and the sight of this appeared somewhat like a bunch of stars surrounding the brilliant moon. After all, not only was she pretty, but her talent was likewise amazing and she had a determined character. All these factors undoubtedly made Su Youwei the focus of the newest batch of students.
A faint smile emerged on Zhou Yuan's face as he watched this scene.
In the crowd, the faintly smiling and chatting Su Youwei seemed to have sensed something and lifted her pretty face. Her gaze met Zhou Yuan's and the smile on her lips fully blossomed. The brilliance in that moment caused the eyes of the surrounding boys to brighten.
However, before they could redouble their efforts to be friendly, Su Youwei had already politely smiled at them and exited the crowd. With her small hands behind her back, she unhurriedly walked towards Zhou Yuan, eyes like crescent moons and a smile on her lips.
Zhou Yuan stared at Su Youwei. He could faintly sense that the Genesis Qi surrounding her body seemed to have grown stronger and immediately asked, "Opened your fourth meridian channel?"
"Opened it long ago. The reason why you do not know is that you've not come to the institute recently." Su Youwei's bright eyes blinked a few times as she spoke in a somewhat grudging tone.
"Oww did my Weiwei miss me so much, then all you had to do was say this to me and I would have come flying to you, anyways did little Weiwei like my hug?", Zhou Yuan said teasingly.
"Your Highness, please do not ask such Questions in front of everyone."
"Does that mean I can ask them when we are alone".
"Ye- I mean No, No your Highness you should not", by this time Su Youwei had realized that she had fallen into Zhou Yuan's Trap.
While Zhou Yuan was teasing Su Youwei, several gazes harboring malicious intentions were staring at them from a nearby platform.
"Looks like our prince does have the balls to take part in the newcomer exam." A smile was plastered across Qi Yue's face though it contained a trace of mockery. Although he would not say it, at first he was terrified of Zhou Yuan, he remembered how Zhou Yuan's Golden Eyes looked at him with utter indifference. This caused him to feel insulted due to his high self-esteem/Pride.
"To think that learning a few Genesis Runes would make him so conceited. He truly overestimates himself." At Qi Yue's side was a girl called Liu Xi. She had a pretty appearance with thin red lips and was currently staring at Zhou Yuan in disdain. Her gaze would shift over to Su Youwei from time to time as jealousy flitted across her eyes.
In the past, she, Liu Xi, was the most adored pearl in the Great Zhou Institute. However, all of this changed after Su Youwei appeared. Not only was she extremely popular amongst the newer students, but even the boys from the various classes would talk about her from time to time. Such popularity was not ordinary at all.
This made Liu Xi extremely furious. In her eyes, Su Youwei was merely a lowly commoner, someone worlds apart in both status and nobility compared to herself. Yet, this commoner girl had obtained popularity that surpassed her own, a fact that infuriated her.
It can be said that the insults they threw at Zhou Yuan, were mostly due to them feeling inferior to him even when he had not even started Cultivating, this also indicated that they did it to console themselves and soothe their wounded pride
Lin Feng stood slightly behind Qi Yue. The former was expressionless as he watched the chatting Zhou Yuan and Su Youwei, but a cold look flashed in his eyes.
When Qi Yue saw the look in Lin Feng's eyes, he could not help but chuckle as he patted the latter's shoulders. "No need to worry, everything is already in place. I have prepared the most excellent opponents for his highness for every match."
He smiled superficially as he stared at Zhou Yuan and said, "Since he dares to come, I will let him receive so much humiliation that he will no longer dare to show his face in the Great Zhou Institute ever again."
Upon hearing these words, Lin Feng and Liu Xi exchanged a look and laughed. Looks like there was going to be a good show during today's newcomer exam.
Well, it can be said that Lin Feng was completely Clueless about the beating he was about to be subjected to.
Clang! Clang!
As more and more new students gathered on the practice field, a loud sound spread from a tall platform. Everyone raised their heads and saw an examiner standing there.
"For this newcomer exam, your opponents will be decided through drawing lots. Everyone come forward and draw your lot, those with the same number will be matched with each other." The examiner's powerful voice spread across the entire field.
Following this, numerous new students went forward to draw their lots, causing the place to become increasingly bustling.
The upper echelons of the Great Zhou Institute were gathered on a viewing platform west of the field. Seated at the very center was the current headmaster, Chu Tianyang.
Beside him was a middle-aged man in purple robes. The man's face was thin and he had deeply set eyes, making him look rather stern. His was expressionless as he sat with his back against the chair, cup of tea in hand.
This person was the vice-headmaster of the Great Zhou Institute, and the one in charge of the B class, Xu Hong.
Xu Hong observed the field as he faintly smiled and said, "Headmaster Chu, I'm afraid that your A class will only be able to select those ranked eleven and below this time."
Chu Tianyang was expressionless. He naturally knew that most of the outstanding individuals of the new batch had already been enticed to Qi Yue's side and would undoubtedly enter the B class after the newcomer exam.
Chu Tianyang coldly replied, "Vice-head Xu, acting so smug so soon might not be a good thing."
Xu Hong did not mind Chu Tianyang's anger-filled response, the former's lips curling into a mocking smile. His B class had already obtained the top position in the class ranking exam for the past two years. If they took first place again this year, he would be able to contest for the headmaster position as per the rules of the institute.
When that happened, the new headmaster of the Great Zhou Institute would be Xu Hong.
The other surrounding class masters could only maintain their silence as they watched the two parties clash. They understood very well that behind this contest for the headmaster position was the battle between the Great Zhou royal clan and Qi Manor.
Chu Tianyang was deeply enraged by Xu Hong, but there was nothing he could do. Even he could not match the majority of the promises Qi Yue had made to entice those students.
"The only thing I can do now is hope that Su Youwei will perform well. She is very talented. If she enters the A class and is properly groomed, there might be a chance for her to vie with Qi Yue during the year-end class ranking exam."
Chu Tianyang softly sighed in his heart. Soon after, his gaze suddenly shifted to Zhou Yuan's location with some worry in his eyes. Although Chu Tiangyang knew that Zhou Yuan was now able to unblock his meridian channels, it had only been a month since then and even if Zhou Yuan's talent was not less than Su Youwei's, he would have likely barely managed to unblock only one channel.
With such strength, top ten was certainly out of the question and it was likely that he would not even be able to win a few matches today.
Zhou Yuan was the prince of Great Zhou, and the halo of this identity would surely draw the attention of others. Hence, it would damage the Great Zhou royal clan's reputation if he lost in an unsightly manner.
Chu Tianyang shook his head and mumbled in his heart, "I hope that his highness will be able to endure for a few matches."
At this current moment, Zhou Yuan and Su Youwei have already drawn their lots on the practice field. Zhou Yuan had drawn eighteen while Su Youwei had forty-seven.
"It's good that little Weiwei and I did not draw the same number otherwise I would have directly surrendered.", Zhou Yuan said.
He truly was not joking, if it came down to it, he would have given up as he could not fight with his little Weiwei.
Su Youwei did not reply as her face had turned red and she was also incoherently muttering something while keeping her head down.
While they were conversing, the referees had already ascended each practice arena and loud shouts sounded in succession.
"Number one, Qin Ya and Liu Ying!"
"Number two, Cheng Yu and Zhao Qingshan!"
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(I will not write in full detail about the exam as it is not so important and will directly skip to the final round)
On the tall platform, the smiles of the trio who were originally ready to enjoy a good show also turned rigid at this moment as their faces turned white with anger, disbelief, and shock.
Why? one may ask.
Well, it was because Zhou Yuan had dismantled each opponent in a swift and thundering manner without using any Genesis Runes. Heck, he did not even use his meridians, Just a simple punch or kick was enough to beat down his opponent outside the ring.
As Zhou Yuan finished his second last fight.
"So powerful." Su Youwei's pretty face was filled with astonishment as she watched Zhou Yuan walk over. As a four-channel opener, she could naturally tell how formidable his attacks had been on the arena. Especially that speed, even she did not dare to underestimate it.
Zhou Yuan chuckled before turning his head as he looked towards the tall platform nearby. Qi Yue's gaze coincidentally met Zhou Yuan's, both seeing the frostiness in each other's eyes.
Qi Yue stared at Zhou Yuan coldly and darkly as his lips cracked open into a smile, revealing a set of sinisterly white teeth. Subsequently, he extended his hand and slid it across his throat, an action that was filled with provocation.
Zhou Yuan merely let out a laugh in response as he muttered to himself,
"Still so lively. Just wait and see how I will beat you to death in the class ranking exam at the end of the year…"
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