Chapter 358: The Examination Ground
Chapter 358: The Examination Ground
Worried?
Princess Lan Yi Hua would rather believe that the sun was rising from the west rather than believing that Princess Lan Xiao Yue was concerned about her. The words that spout out from the princess’ mouth were all lies and more lies coated with honey.
"I’m fine. You can leave."
Princess Lan Xiao Yue’s lips curled up. "Do you really think that you’ll be the Empress, Sister? Getting matched with an unknown prince while I’ll be engaged with the crown prince..."
"Stupid."
"What do you say, Sister. Don’t insult people..."
"Prince Lin Fei is not the crown prince." Prince Lan Yi Hua didn’t beat around the bushes. "Why don’t you try to ask them who’s the most important prince among the three who are eligible for the throne?"
"Wha..?"
Before Princess Lan Xiao Yue finished speaking, Princess Lan Yi Hua had already slammed the door. Since the dorm was made so that no one could barge into other people’s room, Princess Lan Xiao Yue wouldn’t be able to break in unless he was more powerful than the teacher.
Her face turned bad. She muttered to herself, ’What are you talking about? It can’t be that Prince Lin Xiao is the crown prince, can it? That’s no way it’ll be true.’
Just as she was about to walk out, she heard the conversation of others.
"Hey, is it true that Prince Lin Bo Wang is starting to make his move?"
"Yes. I heard it from trusted news. It seems that the appearance of the new prince hastened his progress."
"Didn’t it mean that we can finally see the most brilliant prince making his move? That’s awesome!"
"Sssh! Don’t let anyone know about this. You know how low profile he wants to."
Princess Lan Xiao Yue was stunned. She wanted to walk in the direction of the voice but refrained. However, her mind was clearly disturbed by the conversation that she just heard. It was true that Prince Lin Fei looked so dazzling that many others paled in comparison.
However, there was still that Prince Lin Bo Wang, who was so low profile yet a lot of people already told her that he was one of the best options. After all, despite being so low profile, he had never been at disadvantages.
’Could it be...’
As Princess Lan Xiao Yue rushed off, the two figure appeared on the side. Lin Yun looked at Fan Ling. "Do you think she’ll buy it?"
"What we’re speaking is partially the truth. I’m sure that she’ll find out that it’s true after some time. There’s no need to hurry," Fan Ling said in leisure tone. She was actually a bit amazed with the plan that Lin Xiao concocted this time because that brat didn’t want to be the one being used by others.
He would be the one using others first.
"Well, our task today ends here. Let’s go."
"En."
...
The next day, Lin Xiao actually wanted to send the betrothal gift, but Princess Lan Yi Hua had dragged him to the Examination Grounds first. It seemed that she wanted him to finish other matters first before trying to propose to her. He had no other choice but to comply with her request.
Looking at the Examination ground that was mostly empty, Lin Xiao knew that the others were not here today. They didn’t have any intention to take the test when they didn’t even have the qualification to try the one at higher stage.
"I’m going in now."
"Hmm. If you fail, I’ll be personally kicking you out."
Lin Xiao looked at Princess Lan Yi Hua helplessly. Did she have that low confidence in him?
Lin Yun was the opposite. "Don’t dazzle others too much, Brother."
Teacher Su Luo also came to the Examination Grounds when she heard that Lin Xiao would be taking the test. She looked at him with scorn, clearly not believing his previous claim. In fact, most new disciples had only passed the fourth stage by now and couldn’t pass the fifth stage.
Of course, Lin Xiao didn’t pay any attention to the teacher and walked into the tower.
He was sent directly to the fifth stage since he had already passed the fourth before.
"Oh, you’re here. Let’s start."
Swish!
This time, the examiner was the one who made his first move while Lin Xiao dodged quickly to the side. Even without using his movement skill and only relying on his physical reaction, he could evade perfectly.
Lin Xiao arched his eyebrows and then swiftly punched forward.
Bang!
The examiner blocked his attack as an astonished expression was formed in his face. This was the first time in his life that he felt the man in front of him was not any worse than him when he went all out.
But how could that be? He was already at Golden Core Stage and yet, the brat was only at Foundation Establishment. He still restrained his power to be staying at Foundation Establishment as he attacked once more.
Swish!
Lin Xiao was calmly calculating the attack and furrowed his brows. Mountain Punch, his skill that he had been using for so long, paled in comparison to many other more powerful skills when they reached Foundation Establishment. It seemed that he would have to use sword if he wanted to pass the fifth stage.
Well, it didn’t matter to him.
A sword appeared on Lin Xiao’s hand as he looked at the examiner before him. His lips curled up to form a smile.
Mountain Sword, Fourth stance.
Slash!
Clang!
The sword only managed to create a tear on the examiner’s clothes as he also used his sword. He was astonished at Lin Xiao’s power behind the attack that nearly wounded him if not for the fact that his real rank was higher.
"You can pass already with this kind of strength."
"Well, can we spar a bit more? I want to know your real power."
"Oh?" The examiner arched his eyebrows. "You can fight more powerful people above this floor."
"Nah, I don’t plan to head up yet today."
"In that case, prepare yourself."