章 43: More trials I guess

A/N: This chapter was kinda rushed. I'm getting busy again so sorry about that.

When everyone heard this, a look of shock entered their face.

Had Huang Yu truly been unaffected the entire time throughout the test? He might be bluffing, but his expression seemed genuine.

Tang Wulin opened his mouth to question Huang Yu about this, but before his words got stuck in his throat as Huang Yu seemed to shift his gaze onto a random empty bit of space.

"Excuse me Miss Shen and the elders of Shrek Academy, but will the test start after you all leave?"

There was silence for a few moments after that.

A while later, Shen Yi reappeared in front of the students of class zero with a forced smile on her face.

"Sorry, Huang Yu, but the apparatus for the test is facing… some problems right now… We'll just have you guys skip this test alright?"

The moment she said this, all the students of class zero couldn't help but think the same thing.

'Shameless.'

As she brought them to the next testing area, Huang Yu went next to Gu Yue before whispering into her ear. "Seriously, what was the test?" There was clear humour in his voice.

Gu Yue turned to look at him with a raised eyebrow. "You really don't know? I thought you were just playing around. Did you not feel something pressing down on you at all?"

"There was a very annoying itch on my head. Does that count?"

"Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan were forced to their knees by that pressure and all you felt was an itch?"

"Yea."

"..."

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The next two trials went pretty smoothly. For the second one, an Earth Rhinoceros came and charged at them but it was stopped dead in its tracks when Huang Yu shot a beam of sword intent through its head.

The third trial was even easier than that. They just had to cross a hallway with giant guillotine blades swinging around.

You'd think that this would be difficult, but in actuality no, it really wasn't for them.

In fact, when Huang Yu walked straight ahead without waiting for Shen Yi, a guillotine blade fell from the ceilings and smashed into him with over thirty thousand newtons of force.

Guess which one broke.

On the other side of the hallway, Shen Yi was gritting her teeth when she remembered what Huang Yu had said when he got hit.

"Not bad. Makes for a nice back massager. Too bad it's just a bit too fragile though."

Right now, they were at the fourth trial. Instead of a giant hall as they were expecting, this time, it was a giant room.

"Wait here. I'll be going to get this trial's administrators. This trial will test your personal strength so you should bring out your greatest specialties to wow them." After that, Shen Yi disappeared again.

Not even five minutes later, she had reappeared with three people in tow. Two were middle-aged while the third was an elderly lady, who was known to others as Elder Cai.

Elder Cai held a walking stick in her hand, her gait unsteady as she walked over to a long table and took a seat. The two middle-aged men treated her with respect, sitting down on each side of her after she was seated. Due to this, Shen Yi was left to stand on the side.

"The trial's administrators are here now." Shen Yi said. "Which one of you will go first?"

Xie Xie went up first. He went up and introduced himself before showing off his cloning ability. He got an average rating in return along with some feedback for improvement.

Xu Xiaoyan was next. Unlike Xie Xie, she was stopped the moment she finished her introductions. Apparently, her martial spirit was some super rare variation or something so she got a free pass.

When it was Tang Wulin's turn, something pretty interesting happened. He summoned a golden ring before punching out at Elder Cai. Since she was a Titled Douluo, she batted his first few blows aside with relative ease but she didn't stop there as she mocked him continuously throughout the exchanges.

To be honest, when Huang Yu saw this, he really felt that this old lady was one of those people…

You know… the ones you see very often after the young masters shout out, "Do you know who my father/ancestor/sect is?"

It wasn't conclusive yet though. He would need more evidence before he could declare her as one of those.

During one of Tang Wulin's punches, Elder Cai summoned her nine rings, symbolising her cultivation as a Titled Douluo before punching back. As you would expect, Tang Wulin was sent flying away and smashed into a wall.

"Next." she said as if she hadn't just launched a student into a wall.

At this, both Huang Yu and Gu Yue looked at each other. The two seemed to communicate with their eyes before they both stepped back.

""Rock, paper, scissor, shoot!""

"Ha! I win. Paper beats rock, so you go first Gu Yue."

Having lost the match, Gu Yue huffed before turning around. Huang Yu could faintly hear her grumbling to herself. "How the hell do rocks even lose to paper? It doesn't even make sense..."

Everyone in the vicinity was flabbergasted at what they saw. Were these two so confident that they could pass that they could still play games to see who up first?

The old lady's face quickly distorted into one of anger. She was about to shout out but suddenly remembered that one of the people there was the boy with sword intent. Although she couldn't outright fail them out due to a warning from Yun Ming, she could still make their lives a bit more difficult.

Gu Yue walked to the centre of the stage. She did not bow nor introduce herself as her three classmates did previously. Instead, she simply said, "I'm beginning now."

Why did Huang Yu hear a crack from Elder Cai when Gu Yue said that?

In the end, although Elder Cai was extremely unhappy and wanted to make trouble with Gu Yue, she couldn't help but marvel at her masterful control over the elements. Gu Yue had created a flower formed from four elements, something completely extraordinary for a Spirit Elder, with complete ease.

It should be known that doing something like that required extremely great mental faculties since one would have to perfectly balance all the elements together. If she had even made one misstep during the creation of that flower, it would have blown up in her face.

When Elder Cai saw this, all her anger had faded away. She knew that she must have this girl as her disciple and she wouldn't take a no for an answer.

However, she decided to wait before she made the offer. There was still another person yet to be tested. It was Huang Yu, the only person in the world with sword intent at the moment.

With a nod of her head, she dismissed Gu Yue before Huang Yu came up to take her place.

Before Huang Yu could even say anything, Elder Cai suddenly spoke up. "You were the one to break the black dragon mural weren't you?"

"Pardon?"

"You don't have to play dumb. You should know that you'll have to pay for it when you join Shrek Academy." Her words were firm as confident, as if it was a fact that Huang Yu would join Shrek.

Huang Yu was dumbfounded. The black dragon mural? What did have to do with him? He didn't remember expressly doing anything to it. "I have to pay for it if I join Shrek?" he asked to make sure.

"Yes."

"But do you have any proof it was me though?"

"There is no need. I just know that it was you."

Wow… this....

Yea… Huang Yu wasn't really that far off the mark about this old lady.

A sly look appeared on Elder Cai's face. "Of course, you don't have to pay if you decide to become my disciple. So what do you say?"

"I refuse!" Huang Yu said without hesitation.

"What? Why?" A look of shock appeared on Elder Cai's face. She had already expected that Huang Yu would be forced to agree, then she would get Gu Yue in on the bandwagon as well. She didn't expect that Huang Yu would refuse just like that.

"One of my favourite things to do is to tell someone 'no'"

Everyone, even Gu Yue who had gotten slightly pissed off at Elder Cai, was flabbergasted hearing those words.

Elder Cai's face burned red with anger. "Fine then! Do what you want! Just know that you will be in sky-high debt when you enter Shrek Academy!"

Hearing this, Gu Yue was starting to burn up in anger. Just as she opened her mouth to back Huang Yu up, even more shocking words came out of Huang Yu's mouth.

"I guess I just won't enter Shrek then…"