Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
No one was surprised. It did sound like something Du Yue would say.
Most people preferred the rich to the poor, especially in a world where everyone who practiced paid much attention to resources, but it wasn’t a pleasant comment. No matter how many people agreed to it, it wasn’t allowed to voice it in public.
Above all, Du Yue had put it in such an extreme way. It incurred great anger among the onlookers.
Many of them weren’t from an aristocratic family of inheritance or a first-class group.
Even Grand Elder Snowbrow was shaking her head, since neither the dean of the Sacred Institute nor any lords of aristocratic families of inheritance would dare say what Du Yue had said in public. If they did, they would lose the public’s support.
The end of the video was Du Yue and Jiang Chen’s bet.
People realized Jiang Chen had actually won the bet, since Murong Yuan had left.
Three outstanding grades!
They were like three slaps across Du Yue’s face.
“Elder Du Yue, have you realized yet how ridiculously you acted?” Jiang Chen didn’t show any mercy before the silent Du Yue. He pressed the latter for an answer.
“I lost,” Du Yue muttered like he was talking to himself. He suddenly raised his head, still with that disgusting look, and said, “But a single case can’t prove anything. The resources owned by aristocratic families of inheritance—”
“Elder Du Yue, I didn’t expect you not to keep your word. In this case, I won’t waste time talking,” Jiang Chen interrupted him.
Du Yue had admitted his defeat but not his mistake. It didn’t matter. Jiang Chen had played the video before the public. Along with Ying Wushuang’s performance, it wasn’t difficult to sense from the onlookers’ looks that the elder had lost nearly all of his authority.
Jiang Chen and Ying Wushuang glanced at each other, about to leave.
“If you’re so great, you take the test, too. If you can get three outstanding grades, I’ll admit I’m wrong!”
Du Yue was so stubborn that he was still trying to save face, but Jiang Chen and Ying Wushuang stopped at the same time.
Ying Wushuang was smiling with interest. Du Yue had dug a grave for himself.
The practice equipment in Jiang Chen’s yards would record the results after each use.
For that moment, only her and Jiang Chen’s results had been recorded.
Before she had started practicing, Jiang Chen, of course, had been ranked number one. Then Jiang Chen had been away for a long time and she had tried to surpass him, but until that day, Jiang Chen was still ranked above her.
Jiang Chen wasn’t going to take the test that day, due to which Du Yue thought him unqualified.
After all, he had joined the Hero Palace not long before. In his mind, Ying Wushuang had most likely achieved this performance because she had been using the practice equipment of the Hero Palace secretly for the previous year.
“Are you sure?”
Jiang Chen seemed surprised that someone would play with fire so eagerly. He smiled meaningfully.
He likes to stay in the limelight, but he doesn’t intend to take the test today. It must be due to a lack of confidence, Du Yue thought to himself. Then he nodded and said, “Yes, I’m sure. As long as you can get three outstandings.”
He had even asked for three outstandings. This was cruel, because except for Ying Wushuang, no one had ever achieved it.
“If I make it, will Elder Du Yue give me the same excuse? As far as I know, you’re shameless enough to claim even two people doesn’t prove anything,” said Jiang Chen.
“Huh, if you get three outstandings, I’ll slap myself ten times! I mean it!” Du Yue shouted.
Wow!
The onlookers were still there, surprised to hear Elder Du Yue’s words. They hadn’t expected him to make such a big bet.
“All right. Everyone here will be my witness!”
Then Jiang Chen strode over to the water jar. He didn’t seem nervous at all. In fact, he looked even more relaxed than Ying Wushuang, who had just broken the record.
He joined the Hero Palace less than two months ago. Ying Wushuang might have been practicing secretly in the past one year, but he definitely wasn’t.
The Hero Palace’s practice equipment is the best in the Dragon Field. The requirement of the test is also based on it. He hasn’t ever performed the tests of the Hero Palace before. It’ll be impossible for him to earn an outstanding, Du Yue thought. His speculation wasn’t wrong.
But only if it wasn’t Jiang Chen.
Grand Elder Snowbrow and the others were surprised by Ying Wushuang’s performance. They were even wondering whether it had anything to do with the practice equipment Jiang Chen had built.
If that was true, the shock would be as great as it was toward the method to develop extraordinary meridians.
And it was exactly because it was too shocking that they refused to believe Ying Wushuang had managed to get three outstanding grades after only two weeks of practice.
Jiang Chen’s test results would give them the answer.
“Jiang Chen doesn’t have to take the test. Elder Du Yue made a fool of himself already. He got what he wanted.”
“Yeah. It isn’t easy to get three outstandings.”
“If he fails, Elder Du Yue will definitely take the opportunity to reproach him and save face.”
There were only a few disciples from the Sword Association present, so not many people there disliked Jiang Chen. Furthermore, they were all irritated by Du Yue’s words. That was why they felt pity for Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen was standing by the jar with his palms on the water surface, the same as Ying Wushuang had done, but he looked extremely calm. His hands were steady.
Ying Wushuang admired him for his strong mentality, since it was his first time taking the test.
“Start.”
His halo of heaven started to move, then ripples occurred. There were more and more of them each second, starting to rotate from left to right.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
In less than one second, the current had become extremely loud and violent.
People were worried that the water would spray out of the jar. If that happened, he would fail the test.
When the current reached its peak, it was incredibly close to spraying out of the jar. Everyone was extremely nervous, but soon, they found they had been tricked by Jiang Chen. No matter how close it was, the water would never spray. Everything was under his control.
When Jiang Chen stopped, the water had rotated forty-nine laps. He had broken the record again, and undoubtedly, earned himself an outstanding.
Before people could recover from the shock, Jiang Chen had walked towards the copper pillar and entered its three-foot-long circle.
Ying Wushuang saw he was still calm. He threw his palm out directly.
It looked like an average punch, but the disturbance it created was no weaker than that of Ying Wushuang’s punch.
Being an integral part of nature.
It occurred to Ying Wushuang that people who had mastered this status didn’t have to rely on emotion to exert explosiveness.
“Another outstanding!”
The onlookers who had just come to themselves from the first test result were struck dumb once again.
Undoubtedly, Jiang Chen’s performance had been more amazing than Ying Wushuang’s.
There was no suspense for the last test result.
They all looked towards Du Yue.
He had perfectly interpreted that he was shooting himself in the foot.
He had been embarrassed a lot, but he thought it was enough. He stopped Jiang Chen, intending to slap himself in public.
When the last test result had been published, Du Yue had totally lost his cool. His shoulders were trembling.
“Elder Du Yue, please,” Jiang Chen walked towards him and said with smile.
“I’ll kill you!”
Du Yue had lost his mind. He couldn’t hold down his anger anymore—he was going to show his power and prestige through his strength.
However, he forgot there was a group of grand elders standing not far away. They had confirmed their assumptions. They were looking at Jiang Chen like he was gold.
“Stop!” several grand elders shouted at the same time, as rumbling as thunder.
