Chapter 143
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**Eighteen Rings!**
Eighteen rings, truly and truly eighteen rings!
Throughout the entire territory of the Azure Cloud Empire, ever since the Azure Cloud Academy initiated the Strength-Testing Drum examination, no one had ever managed to strike out eighteen rings!
No!
Yes!
Five hundred years ago, Ye Wentian, the ancestor of the Ye clan, struck out eighteen rings during his examination at the Azure Cloud Academy when he was still young.
After a gap of five hundred years, another youth has now managed to strike out eighteen rings.
“Impossible!”
A roar of fury shattered the silence.
Only to see Qin Hao bellowing at this moment, “Absolutely impossible!”
He himself, having awakened his bloodline power, could only strike out twelve rings. Ye Wushuang, a mere waste who had failed to make progress in martial cultivation for three years, had merely been given a chance to enter the path of martial arts. How could he possibly strike out eighteen rings?
Qin Hao glared at Ye Wushuang, his eyes suddenly brightening as he shouted, “The Strength-Testing Drum must be malfunctioning!”
Instantly, a storm of discussions erupted around them.
“Right, right, the drum must be broken…”
“How could a waste like him strike out eighteen rings? There must be some trickery involved.”
No one could accept the fact that Ye Wushuang had struck out eighteen rings!
“Trouble?”
Ye Wushuang looked at Qin Hao, who was at a loss, and with a sneer, he walked to another Strength-Testing Drum. Clenching his fist tightly, he struck again.
The sound of *thud-thud-thud* rang out once more.
Eighteen rings, spreading out once again.
“Could this one be broken too?”
As Ye Wushuang finished speaking, he took another step forward, approaching yet another drum, and struck it with his fist once more.
The sound of *thud-thud-thud* echoed continuously.
Eighteen rings, spreading out once again.
At this moment, everyone was stunned.
On the main platform,
“Elder Tang, please… don’t get too excited…” Bai Yi said with a wry smile.
Tang Chuyi snorted and said, “I… What haven’t I seen in my life? Why should I be excited?”
Bai Yi’s face turned pale as he said, “Then could you… let go of my hand? My wrist is about to be crushed by you…”
Tang Chuyi snorted again and slowly sat down. However, his hand, as he picked up the teacup on the table, was trembling slightly.
Eighteen rings!
It was truly… too rare.
At this moment, in front of the Strength-Testing Drum, Ye Wushuang looked at Qin Hao and said again, “Qin, the peerless genius, could it be that all these drums are broken?”
At this moment, the entire venue fell into a deathly silence.
On the viewing platform, Ye Qingfeng raised his voice and asked, “May I ask Mentor Bai Yi, twelve rings are rated as peerless genius. What about eighteen rings?”
This question caused many people to look up at the main platform.
Bai Yi, taken aback by Ye Qingfeng’s question, was also stunned.
What rating was eighteen rings? He… really didn’t know.
Mourou Ying and Bai Yi both looked at Tang Chuyi.
Tang Chuyi cleared his throat and slowly said, “After our Azure Cloud Academy established the Strength-Testing Drum, we set the ratings as follows: nine rings for a genius, ten to twelve rings for a peerless genius, and thirteen to fifteen rings for an unparalleled genius!”
“Sixteen to eighteen rings, however, are… a born sage!”
“The limit of the Strength-Testing Drum is eighteen rings.”
Upon hearing this, everyone began to discuss animatedly.
Genius, peerless genius, unparalleled genius, born sage!
The disciple in charge of recording picked up his pen and said, “Ye Wushuang, a born sage!”
Ye Qingfeng laughed heartily at this moment, “Good job, Nephew Wushuang! Without awakening any bloodline power, you are still a born sage, which is far superior to some so-called peerless geniuses who have awakened their bloodline powers.”
Everyone could hear the sarcasm in Ye Qingfeng’s words, clearly directed at Qin Hao.
Ye Qingfeng also wanted to shout boldly, “Tonight, my Ye family will throw a grand feast to entertain everyone,” but after thinking about the current situation of the Ye family, he decided against it.
Moreover, the gold and silver Ye Wushuang had earned were the result of his own hard work and risk, so there was no need for such unnecessary fuss.
At this moment, Qin Hao’s face was extremely ugly.
Ye Wushuang, however, walked down and smiled, saying, “Everyone still remembers the bet I had with Young Master Qin Hao just now, right?”
