After numerous years of tradition, an atmosphere of legend and mystery enshrouded the [Residence of Heaven's Will].
In the minds of the students it represented an indisputable and unattainable status. Other student groups and clubs could hardly compare. In these past years, even the higher ups of White Deer Academy gave it a significant amount of attention.
For every White Deer Academy student, to be able of enter the [Residence of Heaven's Will] once, would become a symbol of status.
The moonlight was bright.
Today the [Residence of Heaven's Will] was especially active.
The previous year's fourth year students were just graduating and the new fourth year students were about to become the new senior students of the academy. The leaders of the [Residence of Heaven's Will] had also passed on the control of the residence by relinquishing it to the three most exceptional aristocratic students.
The banquet was held namely for this occasion.
The energy formation separated this water garden from the outside world. In the night, it glimmered with a dazzling brightness, making it seem glorious and beautiful.
As a student passed by here, faintly hear the sounds of dance and music, they could not help but display an expression of admiration and envy.
It was a pity that to enter here, the requirements were too high. Even for a typical person from a small noble family, they did not possess the rights to enter here.
In the same night, Jiang Xiaohan's mood was not bad.
Because this was her first time entering the [Residence of Heaven's Will].
From the first moment on when entering the White Deer Academy, one of Jiang Xiaohan's goals was to be able to enter the [Residence of Heaven's Will] and to become a member of this top group.
For this she had sacrificed a lot, being rejected numerous times and mocked.
She hated the fact that she did not come from a noble family, she hated her parents who were only the lowly poor.
She evidently had exceptional talent in the martial path, greatly exceeding a typical noble child. But she had to endure the shame of her background, she had to put in hundreds, thousands of times the normal effort to achieve recognition.
And the reason that she was able to appear in the [Residence of Heaven's Will], was not due to her own efforts and talent, making the group recognise her. It was only due to the fact that Han Xiaofei had gifted her tickets to the banquet tonight.
See, this was the laughable reality.
People from a noble family could casually gift tickets that children from a poor background could never obtain, even if they put in a thousand times the effort.
Within Jiang Xiaohan's heart she felt sorrowful, but she still wore her most beautiful outfit to make herself seem dazzling. On her face, she had her more beautiful and sincere smile, linking arms with Han Xiaofei and appearing in the banquet.
She was able to tell that the instant she appeared in the banquet numerous eyes of male students brightened.
Those lofty noble female students, none of them could compare with her.
"Xiaofei, you're late, you must be punished to drink…" A tall noble student came over and greeted Han Xiaofei. Then his gaze fell upon Jiang Xiaohan, saying, "Your female partner is very beautiful, which family does she comes from… She seems slightly familiar…"
Then, few more people who were familiar with Han Xiaofei came over to socialize.
"Let me introduce you, this is junior sister Xiaohan who was able to enter the top twenty in the Deer City rankings."
"Jiang Xiaohan? Eh, I've heard…" The tall noble students seem to have thought of something, frowning.
Jiang Xiaohan could be counted as a significant figure within the fourth year. But due to her family background, she originally did not have the right to appear in the [Residence of Heaven's Will]. Who would have thought that Han Xiaofei would bring her here, disregarding the rules slightly.
But after thinking for a bit, one of the current leaders of the [Residence of Heaven's Will] was Han Xiaofei's cousin, Han Shuangfu. With this connection, he estimated that Han Xiaofei would not be punished or blamed.
In a short while, a considerate amount of people had gathered near Han Xiaofei.
Jiang Xiaohan put out all the stops and very quickly these haughty aristocrats were talking and laughing with her, she rapidly became a hit.
One could not deny, that this beautiful girl had exceptional charisma and allure.
"I heard that senior brother Xiaofei and junior sister Xiaohan went to the selection grounds today? Did you encounter any interesting things?" intoxicated by liquor, the tall noble student casually asked.
Han Xiaofei had a faint smile; "Nothing much, but junior sister Xiaohan managed to meet with someone from her past…"
"Eh? Who is this person, let's hear it," some people encouraged.
Jiang Xiaohan lowered the goblet in her hand and with a beautiful smile casually said, "It was only one of my childhood playmates. He had entered this year's selection process, but maybe because of impacts from these past years, his brain has become a bit abnormal. He keeps thinking that he is a genius, going insane after reaching his limit. I saw he was so pitiful, I only went to try and persuade him with a few words…"
"These kinds of trash without any shred of self-awareness is plenty everywhere. Junior sister Xiaohan you are kind, you did not need to interfere at all," a noble girl with large eyes said.
"Oh, I just could not bear it…" Jiang Xiaohan sighed, displaying an extremely regretful appearance.
"Junior sister Xiaohan's playmate from her childhood? Then does this mean, he is already fourteen or fifteen years old? Haha, in so many years, still not being able to enter the academy, he is definitely garbage…" The noble students loudly laughed.
After finishing laughing, the noble students casually asked, "Does this idiot have a name? Come, say it for everyone to hear, haha!"
"That's right, this is an extremely interesting event," Han Xiaofei with a faint smile, said, "That's right, what's the name of the loach again? Junior sister Xiaohan."
Jiang Xiaohan, hearing that, said with a full smile, "Thinking about it, this fellow is pretty famous within Deer City but it is not the good kind of fame… He's called Ye Qingyu!"
Before the voice had fully dispersed.
The smiling expression of the tall student and the other nobles had frozen.
"Ye Qingyu?" The tall student's tone has changed slightly, saying, "That fellow is your childhood playmate?"
Jiang Xiaohan did not manage to notice the change in attitude of the group. She said with a smile, "That's right, it was the person who was once named the number one genius. The joke of the previous Dean, he actually believed! Speaking about it, he is rather pitiful…"
After leaving the blood qi appraisal grounds today, to prepare for tonight's banquet she was accompanied by Han Xiaofei to select her outfit for tonight. Therefore, the things that happened after, she certainly had no knowledge of.
To be able to enter the [Residence of Heaven's Will] evening banquet for a girl drunk in status like her, was absolutely the most important thing to happen to her after entering White Deer Academy. She had diverted her entire attention and immersed herself in enjoyment and joy of being able to attend this event, completely not considering Ye Qingyu's affairs.
And the Han Xiaofei who was accompanying her all along, naturally would also not know what happened afterwards.
But the noble students and the other fourth year students were extremely clear of what had happened and Ye Qingyu's terrifying performance.
Using only five appraisals, not only entering White Deer Academy, but also managing to rank number twenty-one in the examination rankings.
This kind of person, how did he become the pitiful person Jiang Xiaohan was describing.
Within the entire Deer City, it was unknown how many people's faces were ferociously slapped until swollen tonight. It was even more unknown, how many people hoped to become a 'pitiful' person like Ye Qingyu!
"Ah, senior brother Han, concerning this Ye Qingyu… do you also feel that he is a pitiful worm?" A noble student with a good relationship called Gao Shenghan, coughed twice to hint at something lest he say something wrong.
Han Xiaofei did not manage to catch the signal, casually saying with a smile, "What's wrong with that appraisal? A loach dreaming of becoming a genius, fantasizing about becoming a carp leaping over the dragon gate*. He has dreamed too much that he is quickly going insane!"
Jiang Xiaohan continued on with a smile, saying, "That's right, this Ye Qingyu is already crazy. After becoming the laughing stock of Deer City in his fifth attempt to enter the academy, the head supervisor in order to not let him be embarrassed, intentionally allowed him to wait to go through the test when no one was there. Who knew he would not appreciate the thought behind this, but would instead cause trouble in the testing area? Because I remembered our shared history, I went to give him a few words of advice but he mocked me instead…"
Before she had finished, suddenly a voice was heard—
"Hypocrisy! Laughable! Pitiful! Ignorance!"
These words were said bitingly and clear, bringing with it an undisguised contempt and disdain. It was obviously targeted at Jiang Xiaohan and Han Xiaofei.
Han Xiaofei's expression darkened.
What kind of person would dare to be so arrogant in front of him?
He turned his head to look with a face filled with rage, and in the far away light saw a student wearing robes as white as snow walking towards him.
The next instant, the anger on his face disappeared entirely.
The figure walking towards him was an extremely beautiful girl.
With a graceful posture and a slim waist, she had a thick cloud of black hair which set off her white jade-like skin even more. What was originally an ordinary student robe, when she wore it, it became like something sacred. She managed to bring out what normal people could not in the robe, and the robe accentuated her long legs.
She came from under the moonlight, as if she was an aloof ice fairy.
"So it was Senior Sister Bai Yuqing!"
"We greet Senior Sister Bai!"
"No wonder, the person who did not give face to Han Xiaofei was her.
She is currently the fairy of White Deer Academy, the number one Bai Yuqing and also one of the three leaders of [Residence of Heaven's Will]."
"The influence of the Bai family is definitely not weaker in the slightest when compared to the Han family."
At this instant, everyone chattered with excitement. Every student stood and greeted the white-robed Bai Yuqing, evidently showing the high status she had within White Deer Academy's fourth year students.
Even Han Xiaofei dared not tarry, standing and greeting Bai Yuqing with his hands clasped.
Jiang Xiaohan lowered her head slightly, a hint of anger flashing through her eyes. She knew that this girl was insulting her, but she could not show the slightest trace of dissatisfaction.
This girl called Bai Yuqing, the position and status that she possessed had always been a figure that Jiang Xiaohan admired and envied at the same time.
*Chinese idiom, basically the carp once it had leaped over the gate would become a dragon.
Jiang Xiaohan could be counted as a goddess within White Deer Academy, possessing abundant admirers but when compared to Bai Yuqing, it was like the difference between the sky and the earth.
Bai Yuqing of White Deer Academy!
She was truly a goddess that can affect the entire Deer City.
"What is the meaning behind senior sister Bai's words, can it be that you are familiar with a trash like Ye Qingyu?"
Bai Yuqing was like ethereal frozen moonlight. She gave him a glance but did not say anything.
But Han Xiaofei understood the meaning behind that glance—
It was a type of lofty disdain and contempt that naturally exhibited itself.
As one of the top four handsome men within the academy, within the eyes of the number one goddess of White Deer Academy, he was not any different from a flea.
This caused Han Xiaofei to be unspeakably furious.
But there was nothing he could do.
"Haha, Junior Brother Han may not know, but the trash that you mentioned in today's examination rankings achieved a shocking result.
Just by relying on the results of five appraisals, he was able to enter the top thirty of the rankings. Furthermore, he was personally admitted by great teacher Hon, becoming the first in history who obtained the right to enter the academy just by doing five appraisals," a noble carrying a fan walked out from beside Bai Yuqing said with a faint smile.
Once the noble had finished speaking, Han Xiaofei instantly realised what had happened and the rage in his heart instantly turned into consternation.
And Jiang Xiaohan's expression at the same instant, underwent a huge change.
"What did you say? How is this possible? Only going through five appraisals but placing in the top thirty, does this mean…" Han Xiaofei thought of a difficult to believe explanation.
"That's right," the noble carrying a fan confirmed with a smile. "The results of Ye Qingyu's five appraisals, was the top results possible…"
After saying this, he hesitated for a bit feeling that his words were not impactful enough. "According to rumours this was because of limits in the testing apparatus of White Deer Academy, perhaps, Ye Qingyu's performance is even more terrifying and is in a realm we cannot hope to comprehend.
Han Xiaofei was dumbfounded.
"How is this possible?" Jiang Xiaohan involuntarily shouted. "That trash how can he reach this stage? If he was really so gifted, then in the previous four examinations how did he perform so badly? He… must have cheated!"
Numerous eyes concentrated on her.
The fan carrying students still retained his faint smile, but the gaze he used to look at Jiang Xiaohan was now filled with a slight mockery.
"Cheating? How is that possible, the instruments used to examine the students in the selection process are made by experts of the Bitter Sea stage. It has never failed before. From the time since White Deer Academy was founded, no one has successfully cheated before.
Besides, within the appraisals there were hundreds if not thousands of people spectating, with great teacher Hon personally supervising. Ye Qingyu is but a commoner, what kind of method could he use to cheat?"
"Since Senior Brother Zhou Yu has judged that he did not cheat, then naturally he did not cheat." Han Xiaofei recovered his posture, looking embarrassed.
The fan carrying noble student was called Zhou Yu and was similarly from a noble family. From when he was small, he read all sorts of books claiming that he has an eidetic memory, reading over 10 thousand scrolls. He possessed profound wisdom and never made a mistake and was also skilled in the art of divination where it was rumoured that he could understand Heaven's Will. An air of mystery surrounded him and he was known as [Little Wizard] within the students.
Within the fourth year students, Zhou Yu was one of the top five in the rankings, considerably higher than Han Xiaofei.
There naturally could be no objection to his words.
Han Xiaofei secretly gave Jiang Xiaohan a signal, indicating that she should no longer speak about Ye Qingyu. Being laughed at was one thing, but offending Bai Yuqing and Zhou Yu would be a great loss.
Furthermore, the events tonight was evidently caused through the fact that they did not pay attention to the news, saying wrong things and becoming a laughingstock.
But the mental state of Jiang Xiaohan had already been devastated by this piece of news.
Her brain was a complete blank. At this instant, even she herself was not clear on what her emotions were – was it regret, was it rage or was it something else entirely? In the end, this emotional turmoil caused this clever, beautiful girl to entirely miss Han Xiaofei's signal.
If it was her on any other day, she would definitely shut her mouth. But at this instant, she had already lost all reasoning. She again questioned in a loud voice, "Impossible, completely impossible, if he did not cheat…
Then how do you explain his previous four performances"
Zhou Yu seemed as if he had already predicted this question.
He waved his fan, and with his signature smile, said, "Idiots are always fooled by the scenes in front of him. Wise people can see the truth behind the scenes. Ye Qingyu's performance in the last four years, the only reason he could have performed so badly can only be due to one thing: Its not that he can't, but it's that he won't."
"He won't?" Jiang Xiaohan hesitated.
"I guess that Ye Qingyu has some sort of special reason that he doesn't want to enter White Deer Academy. He intentionally failed his examination so that was the reason why he performed so poorly. He pretended he was dumb, so people naturally wouldn't suspect anything.
And this time where he shocked everyone, was because this time he finally wants to enter the White Deer Academy, so he showed his true ability."
Everyone who heard this could not help but be dumbfounded.
If that was really true, then this Ye Qingyu was really too terrifying.
A person, how confident does one have to be, to make such a crazy choice?
He consecutively gave up four times the chance to enter the White Deer academy. This kind of chance was extremely rare – even for the youths from small noble families or merchant families.
In an instant, the originally festive and bustling evening banquet, became silent.
When Jiang Xiaohan had recovered her mental state a little, monstrous waves was crashing in her heart.
Then if what he said was real, then the boy who stole chicken eggs for her when she was who she regarded as a hero, the boy who she had already judged as an insignificant laughingstock, had already become a true hero.
But her choice was…
At this instant, Jiang Xiaohan's heart was filled with regret.
But this regret, was very quickly and forcefully dispersed by her.
Her heart was covered with anger and hatred.
Ye Qingyu must have done this intentionally!
He must have done this intentionally, choosing to enter White Deer Academy at this time, making her a joke in her first time appearing in the [Residence of Heaven's Will]. This kind of person, was too shameless and despicable.
After a long while, this rare silence was finally broken by a sound.
"So what? Even if he is more confident, to waste 4 golden years, adding in his poor background without the support of spirit medicines, Ye Qingyu no longer has anything to look forward. You have to realize that cultivating has long been the choice of wealthy people. It's truly a pity with his talent, it's truly a waste of a treasure!"
This voice ringed across the hall.
The person who spoke was Bai Yuqing.
The number one goddess of the academy would rarely open her mouth and evaluate other students.
But this time, she broke from the norm and evaluated Ye Qingyu.
At this time, everyone could not make clear from what perspective was this goddess standing at. Previously when she spoke she was defending Ye Qingyu, but this time she was demeaning him with her evaluation.
Hearing these words, without knowing why, Jiang Xiaohan's heart began beating happily.
But the next words of Bai Yuqing caused her to freeze like a statue.
"The [Residence of Heaven's Will]] is not a place where people like you can come. Please leave." Bai Yuqing looked at Jiang Xiaohan.
Her glance was from a lofty position, like she was a queen who decided everything. Currently she was looking at a servant, directly dismissing her.
"But… I came here because I received an invitation card."
Jiang Xiaohan felt the naked mockery and insult. She grinded her teeth forcing herself not to react because she did not possess the requirements to react. But in her heart, the anger and hatred within, was like the eruption of a volcano.
Bai Yuqing flicked her hand.
A strange energy emitted from her, the air fluctuating. Before Jiang Xiaohan could react the invitation in her hands flew out, landing within the hands of Bai Yuqing. With a flash of white light, it turned into dust scattering into the night.
"Right now you no longer have an invitation," Bai Yuqing said calmly.
Tyrannical!
Overbearing!
Powerful!
The strength of the number one goddess of White Deer Academy was demonstrated fully.
"Senior Sister Bai, Junior Sister Xiaohan was invited by me…" Han Xiaofei could not endure it anymore, speaking up for her.
Bai Yuqing turned her head, her gaze landing on the smile on Han Xiaofei's face. She seemed to have thought of something, saying "Oh you can leave too. Within three months, you are no longer permitted to enter [Residence of Heaven's Will]"
Han Xiaofei's expression changed in an instant.
It was an extremely strict punishment, from now on he could no longer hold his head high in front of the other noble students.
He was about to argue when a bland male voice from behind him spoke "Did you not hear leader Bai's words? Quickly leave."
"Brother cousin?" Han Xiaofei turned around to have a look.
A white-robed student with an angular face appeared from behind him.
This person had thick eyebrows and large eyes, his bronze-coloured skin seeming to hint at his explosive power. Compared to people of the same age, he was taller by a head and he possessed bulging muscles as if he was flexing it.
The instant he appeared with his tall body like the peak of a mountain, it seemed like even the moonlight in the sky was hidden by him. Many people's vision went dark, their breathing stopping.
Han Shuangfu!
One of the strongest students within the entire fourth year of White Deer Academy and was also one of the leaders of [Residence of Heaven's Will].
The object of admiration of many students.
"Brother cousin, I…" Han Xiaofei seemed as if he wanted to say something.
"Quickly leave," Han Shuangfu said blandly.
Han Xiaofei was taken aback. He did not imagine that his brother cousin would not help him but would rather tell him to leave. But he always treated his cousin with the utmost fearful respect, so he did not dare say anything more. Accompanying Jiang Xiaohan, they left [Residence of Heaven's Will] in a shameful fashion.
These two people could be said to have made a big blunder today.
Within a night, their actions would spread out across the entire White Deer Academy, becoming a joke.
"My cousin is too insensible, my apologies for bothering Junior Sister Bai," Han Shuangfu said with a smile, clasping his hands.
Bai Yuqing, with an expressionless face said, "If he is not sensible, then you should spend time to teach him."
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