Chapter 289
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“Rest easy,” Shi Yan said with a chuckle. “There are senior disciples at the Condensation Meridian stage, as well as mentors from the Outer and Inner Courts, keeping watch around us. There won’t be any second- or third-order spiritual beasts here.”
A first-order spiritual beast is already at the Condensation Meridian stage. A second-order spiritual beast, on the other hand, possesses the strength of the Yuanfu stage. Take, for example, the second-order spiritual beasts, the Jade Thunder Tigers, that Chu Yunsheng and his group encountered in the ruins of the Wenxuan Hall. Those were merely in their juvenile stage and only had the power of the Condensation Meridian stage. A fully grown second-order spiritual beast would be at least at the Yuanfu stage, and some of the more powerful ones could even match the strength of the Tiangang stage.
Shi Yan continued, “This trial is for real. And… every year during the new students’ trial, some disciples end up dying. If the five of us stick together, we should be much safer.”
“Especially Brother Ye. Now that you’ve reached the Condensation Meridian stage, you must be even stronger.”
Ye Wushuang, however, smiled and said, “As long as you’re not afraid that I’ll be a burden to you. After all… the Chu Clan, the Qin Clan, and even the Shang Clan might target me.”
Hearing this, Shi Yan was taken aback. He knew that Ye Wushuang had offended the Qin Clan, but when had he offended the Chu and Shang Clans?
Before Qing Chengtian could explain, a group of teenagers, around sixteen or seventeen years old, approached together.
“Are you Ye Wushuang?”
The leader of the group, with a well-proportioned build and slightly tanned skin, looked at Ye Wushuang with a tone of interrogation.
“Yes, I am.”
“Good. I heard that you performed exceptionally well in the three stages of the Qingyun Academy examination and have now reached the Condensation Meridian stage. In that case, let’s have a little friendly competition!”
As the young man spoke, he began to stir the spiritual energy within his body.
Ye Wushuang raised an eyebrow.
If the young man simply wanted to test his strength, Ye Wushuang would have been happy to oblige. However, the young man’s arrogant expression was truly irritating.
“I’m not interested.”
With a wave of his hand, Ye Wushuang dismissed him, showing no interest in engaging further.
“A nobody from a small place, truly fearless through ignorance,” another young man beside the leader sneered. “Ye Wushuang, do you know who this is?”
Ye Wushuang raised an eyebrow again.
“He is the second son of the Liang family from the capital, Master Liang Yusheng. He is already at the first level of the Condensation Meridian stage. He is giving you the honor of a duel!”
The young leader spoke again, “Don’t think that because you ranked first in the overall examination, you can get carried away. In a real battle, it’s not about examination scores.”
Liang Yusheng waved his hand and looked at Ye Wushuang again, saying, “I ranked twentieth in this examination. I don’t know about the others, but I can’t accept that you, who ranked first, are truly the best.”
“Come on, let’s have a match.”
Ye Wushuang looked at Liang Yusheng again and said indifferently, “I said I’m not interested.”
“Scared, aren’t you?” Liang Yusheng sneered. “I knew it. You, from a small place, must have used some trick to get that first place.”
“If you’re scared, then kneel down and kowtow to me three times. And tell everyone that Ye Wushuang doesn’t deserve to be first.”
Hearing this, Ye Wushuang’s brow furrowed. Did these young masters from the capital really think they were invincible, able to bully anyone they didn’t like?
“Since it’s a competition, let’s make it interesting.”
Ye Wushuang spoke up, “For this duel, each of us will put up ten thousand spirit stones. The winner takes all. Master Liang, are you up for it?”
Ten thousand spirit stones! That was no small amount.
But Liang Yusheng, seeing that Ye Wushuang’s aura was on par with his own, thought that Ye Wushuang was just trying to set conditions to intimidate him. However, Ye Wushuang had underestimated him.
“You’ve got a deal.”
Liang Yusheng smiled and said, “Young man, when you lose ten thousand spirit stones, you’ll still have to kneel to me.”
At that moment, the two figures stood three zhang apart. Meanwhile, in the vast valley, hundreds of new students had already gathered, drawn by the commotion…
