Chapter 91

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Chapter 91: The Killer Move

The events in the canyon soon reached the Cloud Boat.

Su Muyu frowned slightly at Minister Professor Yu’s order to set up a checkpoint in the canyon. Although it was shameless, it was a rule agreed upon by King Yan and Mansion Master for this important exam, so she had to follow it.

What worried her more was that someone had stopped this matter and killed a ninth level of the Qi Refining Stage while being only at the sixth level.

She quickly learned that this person was named Su Muzhi, a name very similar to her own, which surprised her a bit.

However, many people share the same name in this world, not to mention two characters. Su Muyu looked to the other side at Minister Professor Yu and found that he was also frowning.

Just then, Minister Professor Yu looked over, and as their eyes met, Su Muyu instantly understood his thoughts.

They both wanted to recruit this Su Muzhi; being able to kill a ninth level of the Qi Refining Stage while only at the sixth level was truly genius-level among the Four Great Sects.

Su Muyu stood up and left the hall to discuss this matter with Su Yucheng immediately.

"Who is this Su Muzhi, really?"

Su Muyu asked, "Why was there no news before? Could he be one of Minister Professor Yu’s people?"

Prince Su Yucheng held a list and said, "According to the information on this list, this Su Muzhi comes from a small family in Yu Prefecture. I checked, and indeed there is such a family in Yu Prefecture, and they have some connection to our royal family."

"Hmm!"

Su Muyu said, "Investigate further. Whether he was arranged by Minister Professor Yu or not, we must bring him into our royal line."

"Minister Professor Yu’s side probably won’t let this go either. Even though all the people he arranged have offended Su Muzhi, if Minister Professor Yu decides to recruit him, then…"

Su Yucheng looked a bit worried.

Su Muyu furrowed her brow and said, "I will do whatever it takes, even if I have to use the Tianyuan Decree."

Su Yucheng was slightly shocked because there are only three opportunities in a year to use the Tianyuan Decree for the royal family, and it is the same for the Mansion Master.

But this is only for those extraordinary geniuses. With the Tianyuan Decree, one can directly enter the inner mansion to cultivate, without needing to refine their skills in the outer mansion.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Minister Professor Yu also gathered people together and asked the same question as Su Muyu.

However, the answer he received was similar to Su Muyu’s. When Su Muyu suspected that Yi Qianmo was from the Mansion Master group, Minister Professor Yu also suspected that Yi Qianmo belonged to the royal lineage.

"No matter what, this Su Muzhi was able to kill Xiao Xiao, who was at the ninth level of the Qi Refining Stage, with just one sword strike at the sixth level of the Qi Refining Stage. He is truly talented and must not be missed!"

Minister Professor Yu said.

"But this guy killed Xiao Xiao and embarrassed us, causing the remaining seven people to lose their chance to enter the academy. If we try to recruit him, wouldn’t that be very embarrassing? Moreover… our relationship has already reached this point. What if we fail to recruit him…"

A cultivator beside them said.

"As long as we can recruit him to our side, what does it matter that we were embarrassed once? Furthermore, by approaching him after he embarrassed us, we are showing our sincerity. This could actually become our advantage."

Minister Professor Yu replied confidently.

Just as both sides began to prepare to recruit Yi Qianmo, in the valley beneath the Cloud Boat, all the students had already returned.

As night fell, the examiner announced that time was up, marking the end of the big exam, and all that was left was to check the materials and wait for the results.

All the students were taken onto the Cloud Boat, which made a buzzing sound and quickly left Yanshan.

Nearly a thousand people participated in this big exam, but less than two hundred returned. The Innate Martial Artists suffered the most, with only over a hundred coming back.

The cultivators fared better, but still lost more than half, with fewer than forty returning. For anyone who died, their pass tokens shattered.

A group of people stood on the deck of the Cloud Boat, and the examiner began to check the materials. Su Muyu also stepped out, standing beside Prince Su Yucheng.

In an instant, Yi Qianmo felt dozens of gazes on him, but those people did not approach to talk to him, as they were still checking materials and assessing the results.

First were the Innate Martial Artists; although they suffered heavy losses, many strong individuals emerged from their ranks, including those who had slain over a hundred strange beasts.

Based on the materials gathered, points were calculated, and the top ten received the opportunity to enter the outer mansion of Tianyuan Academy for training; this person rightfully became the first among the Innate participants.

After the results of the Innate Martial Artist came out, it was immediately the turn of the cultivators. Less than forty cultivators started lining up to present their materials, and the examiner would check the death time of these materials.

If the materials were not collected within three days or did not come from a spirit beast within the Yanshan area, it would be considered cheating. Cheaters would have their scores canceled immediately and would never be allowed to enter Tianyuan Academy again.

The cultivators did not have many materials; very few had killed more than ten, let alone over a hundred spirit beasts.

Yi Qianmo, who was in line behind, was very confident at first, but he did not expect that the cultivator named Wu Qing, who was in the thirtieth position, had actually killed twenty spirit beasts.

"Storage bag!"

This Wu Qing did not look remarkable; he appeared quite humble, but he pulled out materials from his storage bag that totaled thirty spirit beasts, most of which were ranked between third and fifth level.

After counting, his score surprisingly reached one thousand one hundred points, while the second place behind him only had five hundred points, a full six hundred points lower!

"Cheating! He must be cheating!"

Everyone looked at Wu Qing, their eyes filled with doubt. Faced with their gazes, Wu Qing appeared completely calm, as if he had expected this all along.

After the examiner’s inspection, these spirit beasts were found to belong to the spirit beasts inside Yanshan. Moreover, all these spirit beasts died within three days.

At the moment the examiner announced the results were valid, the deck fell silent, and people’s gazes toward Wu Qing became filled with awe.

As Wu Qing stood to the side, someone immediately approached him to chat. When Su Muyu and Su Yucheng saw this person, their faces turned dark.

At that moment, Wu Qing respectfully bowed to Minister Professor Yu, who nodded slightly and smiled warmly.

Only at this moment did Su Muyu realize that Minister Professor Yu’s true ace was Wu Qing, not the eight cultivators who set up the obstacles.

What discomforted her the most was that her prepared ace never showed up.

"Why is it so hard to get first place!"

Yi Qianmo glanced at Wu Qing and thought, "If I had known, I would have taken 10% of the materials those guys were fighting over."

"Lianshan Sect Xu Zhou, step forward!"

The voice of the examiner was heard.

Xu Zhou immediately walked over and took out his materials. With Wu Qing’s score ahead of him, Xu Zhou’s score seemed a little less impressive.

However, the materials he presented still surprised everyone present, as they included twenty spirit beasts.

After the examiner checked and calculated, he announced the score.

Xu Zhou ranked second with a total of seven hundred ninety points.

Xu Zhou stood up, glancing over at Yi Qianmo with a look of pride.

Su Yucheng, standing next to Su Muyu, proudly said to her, "Aunt, this person is pretty good, right?"

Su Muyu nodded but did not say anything.

"Dongshan Prefecture Guan Shanqing, please step forward."

Just then, the examiner called out a name, and Guan Shanqing looked very anxious.