“The kid from Medicine King Valley caught his thirty-seventh one! He’s in the lead!”
“The girl from Wood Cauldron Mountain is catching up! She’s taken the lead with thirty-eight!”
“The boy from Wood Cauldron is not bad too! He’s catching up!”
The atmosphere in the valley was lively as the three candidates competed against each other.
“He broke forty!”
Instantly, the valley erupted in cheers.
“There’s not much time left. I don’t think any of them would break fifty, but that’s already very impressive!”
“Right, the time for the test is almost up. Where’s that Tang kid?”
Someone finally remembered that interesting kid.
“Huh! Where is he? Where did he go? Did he run away?” Everyone tried to look for Tang Hao.
“I didn’t see him leave, so he must be somewhere here. Did he go over there?” Someone pointed into the distance.
“Haha! That kid must be very worried now. He’s probably too embarrassed to see us!” Everyone laughed.
Soon, they saw a figure appear at the valley entrance.
“He’s coming!”
The valley was in an uproar.
Even Su Zhengyu stopped what he was doing and turned to look at the valley entrance.
He chuckled contemptuously. The entire place had been searched countless times, so how could there be anything of value left behind? Only a naïve idiot would think that they could still find treasure.
Thud! Thud!
The figure trudged through the fog.
Everyone could not help but be shocked when they saw him. The kid’s appearance was extremely sloppy; his clothes were torn and tattered, and his entire body was covered in black goop and emitted a foul stench.
Su Zhengyu was stunned for a few seconds before he doubled over with laughter.
‘How pathetic!
‘More importantly, he came back empty-handed!’
“Quick! Call me Grandpa!” Su Zhengyu said while laughing.
Tang Hao rolled his eyes at him, then tossed a cauldron over.
Su Zhengyu was shocked. He dodged quickly and was surprised when he saw the cauldron that fell on the ground. “What’s this?”
“I picked it up, my good grandson!” Tang Hao said mockingly.
Su Zhengyu was in disbelief. “How… how is that possible? There shouldn’t be anything left! That must be a fake! A fake!”
His face was flushed red with anger.
The other people also felt that it was incredulous. No one expected that the kid could find something useful. Just like Su Zhengyu, many people thought that the cauldron was fake.
Perhaps the kid happened to bring a useless cauldron with him.
“You can appraise it yourself if you don’t believe me!” Tang Hao said.
“Hmph! I don’t believe it!”
Su Zhengyu grabbed the cauldron and began to study it carefully. Many people surrounded him as well.
“This is the real deal! But why would there be something left behind?”
“The material is indeed from ancient times. It’s worth something if it’s sold as scrap.”
That was what they concluded after appraising the cauldron.
Meanwhile, Su Zhengyu’s expression darkened.
He could not believe that the kid actually found something of value. Did that mean he had to call the kid Grandpa? That would be a humiliating thing not only to him but also to his sect.
“What are you waiting for, my good grandson?”
Tang Hao said, feeling extremely cathartic.
Everyone was looking at Su Zhengyu with a hint of mockery in their eyes.
Su Zhengyu’s facial muscles twitched. He was extremely embarrassed.
“No, it’s definitely fake! Don’t try to deceive me, you despicable bastard!” He shouted, preparing to deny everything.
Everyone exclaimed in surprise.
“Is that how a prodigy from Wood Cauldron Mountain should behave? He’s shameless!”
“That’s right. He’s too shameless!”
Everyone was whispering and chuckling.
“What are you laughing at?” Su Zhengyu roared viciously.
“Behave yourself, my good grandson! It’s OK. Your grandpa will forgive you!” Tang Hao chuckled and walked forward to pick up the cauldron and kept it.
Su Zhengyu gritted his teeth so hard that he was about to break his jaw.
“You can be smug for now. I’m glad that I won’t have to see you again after this stage!” He said hatefully.
“Oh, is that so?” Tang Hao sneered. “What’s so difficult about subduing a cauldron soul?”
“Hah, what a boast! There’s not much time left, probably only fifteen minutes. If you can subdue one, I’ll spell my name back… back…”
He did not finish that sentence.
The smile on his face froze, and his eyes glazed over.
That kid grabbed a disused cauldron, and a soul instantly flew into it. The cauldron did not move at all, and the soul was as tame as a little sheep.
The entire process took about ten seconds.
That kid had subdued a cauldron soul in about ten seconds!
That… was impossible!
The spectators were also stunned, and they stood rooted to the spot, dumbstruck. They were preparing to join in the mockery, but they did not expect to witness that scene.
“Huh… my vision has gone a little blurry. I must have been mistaken!”
Those people rubbed their eyes, looked carefully, and were utterly shocked.
There was no mistake. That kid had subdued a cauldron soul in ten seconds.
Ten seconds!
How was that possible?
That was a miraculous speed!
Everyone exclaimed in puzzlement.
Tang Hao was also shocked when he stared at the disused cauldron in his hand.
“It’s… that simple?”
He was also in disbelief.
“Maybe that’s one of the weaker souls?”
“Yes, yes, that must be the case!”
Everyone tried to find a reasonable explanation.
“Be still, my heart!” Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Su Zhengyu also breathed a sigh of relief. That spectacle had given him a shock.
Tang Hao grabbed another cauldron, and a soul instantly whooshed over and went in it. Then, the cauldron fell silent.
Everyone’s eyes opened so wide that they almost popped out of their sockets.
‘F*ck! It happened again! Don’t tell me the souls in this patch are all weak!”
Their jaws dropped, and they could not close their mouths.
“Damn! It’s that simple?”
“That can’t be! Another one!”
Tang Hao grabbed the cauldrons one by one. The souls scattered in the sky flew over and rushed into the cauldrons. Soon, the pile of subdued cauldrons next to his feet was like a small mountain.
It was a spectacular scene.
“This is crazy! Totally crazy!”
“That kid is a freak!”
Everyone could not stop exclaiming in shock.
