Chapter 144
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As Ye Wushuang’s words echoed, Qin Hao’s expression grew even more unsightly.
“If I strike more than twelve rings, Young Master Qin Hao will personally slap his fiancée, Yun Qingyue,” he had said.
“If I fail to do so, my life will be at Young Master Qin Hao’s mercy.”
“With so many witnesses here, I don’t think Young Master Qin would back down from a bet, would he?”
At this moment, Ye Wushuang’s face was adorned with a faint, gentle smile.
Qin Hao, on the other hand, looked as if he wanted to swallow Ye Wushuang alive. Yun Qingyue’s face was equally ugly. Even now, she couldn’t comprehend how Ye Wushuang had managed to strike eighteen rings.
“Brother Hao, go ahead,” Yun Qingyue said, her face pale as she raised her head and closed her eyes. “Even if I take a slap from Brother Hao, I won’t let him break his word.”
Hearing this, Qin Hao clenched his fists tightly, his chest heaving with anger.
Ye Wushuang, however, simply chuckled and said, “If Young Master Qin Hao can’t bring himself to do it, how about I change the condition?”
Qin Hao looked at Ye Wushuang with a puzzled expression.
“You don’t need to slap your fiancée. All you need to do is keep Yun Qingyue quiet for the rest of the test,” Ye Wushuang continued. “Because, honestly, the sound of her voice makes me… nauseous!”
At this moment, the expressions of many onlookers became quite interesting. Even a fool could see what was going on now.
Ye Wushuang wasn’t just here for the Azure Cloud Academy examination; he was also here to make things difficult for Qin Hao and Yun Qingyue.
The meek and easily bullied image of the Ye family’s “useless” son, the赘婿 of the Yun family, was nowhere to be seen in Ye Wushuang now. He had truly been reborn and transformed.
“Ye Wushuang!”
Qin Hao gritted his teeth and shouted in fury, “This is just the first test. I don’t know what kind of luck you’ve had, but I hope you can still smile after the next ones!”
With that, he clenched his teeth, swung his hand, and slapped Yun Qingyue.
*Slap!!!*
Yun Qingyue’s cheek was struck, and soon half her face was swollen and red. She covered her cheek with her hand, glaring at Ye Wushuang with a heart full of murderous intent.
You just keep gloating, Ye Wushuang!
When the examination is over, you’ll meet a very ugly end!
I will personally make you pay for all the humiliation you’ve caused me!
After the ordeal between Ye Wushuang and Qin Hao, and the commotion following Ye Wushuang’s eighteen rings, the examination continued. But now, everyone had lost their sense of anticipation.
With eighteen rings already achieved, what could possibly be more exciting?
In less than an hour, the first test, the strength test, came to an end.
Out of over twelve hundred participants, fewer than a hundred made it through!
Just this first test had eliminated more than ninety percent of the candidates. The strictness of the Azure Cloud Academy’s recruitment process was on full display.
At this moment, Bai Yi stepped forward again, holding a dossier that recorded the names of those who had passed the first test.
“The first test is over, and ninety-six people have passed,” Bai Yi said with a faint smile. “Congratulations to all of you who have made it through the first test.”
“And now,” he continued, “we move on to the second test.”
At this moment, several Azure Cloud Academy disciples had already brought out four stone statues and placed them at the four corners of the martial arts testing area. Each statue was three zhang tall and carved in the likeness of the sacred beasts—Qinglong (Azure Dragon), Baihu (White Tiger), Zhuque (Vermilion Bird), and Xuanwu (Black Tortoise).
The disciples placed the four statues at the corners and took out mirrors, placing them in front of each statue. The four mirrors emitted beams of light that enclosed a square area, a hundred meters long and wide.
Only then did Bai Yi speak again: “The first test was about strength, testing the solidity of your cultivation levels. The second test, however, is about the heart. It tests the resilience of your martial will and the determination of your aspiration towards the path of martial arts!”
