297 Assassination (1/2)
”He seems to be my dormitory mate in Hua Xia University… That's right! It should be him.” Hu Qiongqi pondered for a moment, then he nodded affirmatively. Although he didn't have much contact with Mo Wen, they had met twice, and he knew that Mo Wen was the new member of the Freak Dormitory.
”Your dormitory mate?” Hu Guiyuan looked at Hu Qiongqi weirdly. His dormitory mate in the university was actually Wang Yinru's son. Could there be such a coincidence in this world?
”Uh-huh.” Hu Qiongqi nodded. ”His name seems to be Mo Wen, but that doesn't seem to follow Wang Yinru's surname.”
”His surname is Mo?” Hu Guiyuan furrowed his brows as a radiance flickered in his eyes. He seemed to be thinking of something unknown.
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”That Mo Wen, why doesn't he have any teammates?” Gu Jingman widened her eyes and glanced at the youngster at the entrance of cave number five. When the Dafang Sect installed the big screen, she had discovered Mo Wen almost instantly. However, the others on the big screen had a few people with them, so why was Mo Wen alone?
Could he pass the assessment alone?
”That brother of yours has Cultivation in the Qi Nucleation realm?” Surprise flashed in the eyes of her third uncle, Gu Zelin, who was sitting next to Gu Jingman. As someone who had Qi Nucleation realm at such a young age, his talents were a bit too frightening. The Gu Clan Fort only had one ancient martial art practitioner in the Qi Nucleation realm, but he was the most senior great grandfather.
”Of course.” Gu Jingman proudly lifted her chin slightly. Though she didn't know Mo Wen's exact Cultivation, to be able to participate in the Sect Leader's Preliminary, his Cultivation must be in the Qi Nucleation realm and above.
She already knew Mo Wen was very strong from before as an ancient martial art practitioner above the Sea of Qi realm. It seemed like now she had simply way underestimated his ability. No wonder her grandfather said that Mo Wen had saved the Gu Clan Fort on the day he killed the Tang Clan's leader, and settled the Zhou and Tang Clans.
”But why is he alone?” Gu Zelin was a bit curious, as according to the rules of the Dafang Sect's Leader Selection, a clan was allowed to have more people participate. He didn't understand the situation in the Dafang Sect, so he was baffled when he discovered that Mo Wen was alone.
”I don't know either.” Gu Jingman spread out her hands. Mo Wen hadn't told her anything, so how would she know?
”Aren't you his sister? And you don't even know?” Gu Zelin glanced at Gu Jingman weirdly. She called herself someone's sister, yet didn't know Mo Wen's situation well enough, which caused him to doubt if it was true.
Gu Jingman gave her third uncle a supercilious look before saying matter-of-factly, ”I am not a detective. Why should I ask so much?” In actual fact, even if she had asked Mo Wen, he wouldn't have told her.
”Your brother's chances are slim. He is alone, so the dangers he is facing are definitely multiplied compared to others. It is difficult to judge if he will seize the sect leader's position.” Gu Zelin knitted his brows, as Mo Wen's situation was so obvious in the eyes of others. He was being euphemistic in his speech. If he was being blunt, it would be impossible for Mo Wen to defeat a team of several people with one person's ability.
”You think he is not prepared when he participates in a Sect Leader Selection Meeting alone? He is full of tricks up his sleeve and is not a person who is willing to be disadvantaged. If he dares to do it, he must have covered his bases.”
Gu Jingman curled her lips into a smile. During the time she had contact with Mo Wen, she naturally knew that Mo Wen was the kind of person who refused to be disadvantaged in any way. Since he dared to be there, he definitely had some confidence. Knowing that he would be disadvantaged and yet taking the risk was definitely not in his character.
”What bases could he have?” Gu Zelin laughed but didn't comment further. He thought Gu Jingman usually idolized Mo Wen somewhat, and that was the reason for her confidence in him. Even if Mo Wen had some bases covered, could a person defeat four to five people alone? There was definitely a vast difference in strength that couldn't be compensated for with just tricks.
Gu Jingman laughed and said, ”You just wait and see. He will definitely not be disadvantaged so easily. Perhaps he may rise above the rest and be selected as the Dafang Sect's leader, and I will be the sect leader's sister.”
Gu Zelin gave Gu Jingman a supercilious look. ”You are thinking too much.” Still thinking of being selected as the sect leader? He didn't know how his niece could have such confidence.
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Wang Yinru sat quietly in her seat while playing with a light blue dagger. She didn't look towards the big screen and didn't even pay attention to Mo Wen, as she knew that this was merely the appetizer. Those juniors of the Jiang Clan were naturally not a threat to him. The real fight would be later.
The cave ahead of Mo Wen was pitch-dark. The visibility would be low for normal people, with the sun's rays shining in occasionally on only a small portion of the cave. However, it didn't have any effect on Mo Wen, who was the kind of profound ancient martial art practitioner that could continue to view things in darkness.
The tunnel of Dafang Grotto was very deep, about a kilometer long. The five tunnels were a recent addition, as the Dafang Sect brought in an engineering team to construct them artificially. Hence, Dafang Grotto was not considered to be a natural cave.
Mo Wen leisurely traversed the cave and waited for the preliminary that the Dafang Sect had prepared. He knew that the arrangement to ambush him would most probably occur way beyond the other four caves, and there might even be a deadly situation awaiting him.