Chapter 111 – Yan Xiangma Said! (1/2)

Chapter 111: Yan Xiangma said!

The moment Li Muyang opened his eyes, he could still feel the uncontrollable hatred in his heart.

He knew it was just fantasy, an illusion, a nightmare; however, the dream was too real and unforgettable.

He could not forget the horrifying scene of those black-clad bandits lifting their sabres overhead and hacking everybody in sight to death, he could not forget the serious and honest expression on Gan Yang's face when he said to him 'I saved you from Mangrove Woods so you owe big brother a favour, I want you to live well'. He even more could not forget Gan Liang's death and the anguished wailing of the ill woman the moment she heard her son has gone to Jiangnan.

So what if he gave her all the gold coins? Could it buyout the despair of losing her beloved son? Would it regain her hope in life and her confidence tomorrow?

Sorrow penetrating deep into bone, pain entering into the heart. That was all there was.

This is not a story; it is what Li Muyang experienced.

“Student——” Right in front of his eyes was a round, podgy face.

Li Muyang jolted awake, only to find himself lying on top of a huge platform. The platform, being enveloped by a sea of mist and with low hanging clouds rolling in rapidly, changing in both shape and colour, looked like the immortal pond in the heavens.

Li Muyang's eyes swept around, asking aloud: “Where is this? And who are you? What do you want to test me in this time?”

“Student——” A fat man in a gray suit repeatedly waved and said: “Student, don't get me wrong. I'm not an examiner, I won't be testing you anything——Congratulations, you have successfully pa.s.sed the four trials and scale Broken Mountain to become a student of Starry Sky Academy.”

Successfully pa.s.sed? Scaled the mountain?

Li Muyang pondered seriously for a moment, his profound knowledge of wine culture impressed the elderly wine expert so he successfully pa.s.ses the wine trial. He gave his life to save Cui Xiaoxin but he was still dragged down the cliff, was that a success or failure?

After that, he was saved by escort guards and encountered desert bandits, all the escort guards were wiped out—-was that the temper or avarice test?

What were the a.s.sessment criteria? What were the criterias for him to pa.s.s? Is there a model answer?

Does that mean that at Starry Sky Academy, when they say you have pa.s.sed then you have pa.s.sed, and when they say you have failed then they will immediately send you home —-isn't that a bit too informal?

Where is the moral credibility? Where is the fairness?

Of course, even though there are one million questions in Li Muyang's mind, he would never ask aloud.

Since he has been told that he has pa.s.sed then why would he not let go? What if they think you're immature and send him to some other a.s.sessments such as wind, rain, thunder and lightning or gold, wood, water, fire and earth?

He has not yet experienced the coolness of Starry Sky Academy but he has already deeply learnt from experience the idiotness of Starry Sky Academy.

How could they cause inflict such sufferings to their own students?

“Thank you.” Li Muyang said. “Where is this place?”

“This is the Stage of Appointing Commander.” The fat man said with a smile.

“The Stage of Appointing Commander? What army?”

The chubby man's lips pursed into a smile, saying: “Choosing strong people as commander, gathering people to slay dragons, this is not something an ordinary military could be compared to.”

“Gather to slay dragons?” Li Muyang's heart suddenly felt a coldness in his heart, he smiled and asked: “Why do we need to slay dragons?”

“I do not know.” The fat man smiled kindly. “Too long ago, who knows? However, there must be reason. Otherwise, the strong people wouldn't do something like this—–Everyone is very busy, isn't that right?”

“Yes, yes yes.” Li Muyang nodded repeatedly in agreement, saying: “otherwise, who would have that much time to slay dragons? I haven't asked for big brother's name?”

“Don't call me big brother—-you're a new student of Starry Sky Academy, in the future you would become one of the most dazzling figures in the entire Starry Sky. I'm just an odd-job worker, don't call me big brother—–you can call me He An.”

“Brother He An—-” Li Muyang did not care whether he was an important person or simply an odd-job worker; fatty Gongshu Yuan said to him when he left: grab onto any thick thighs. He just now noticed He An's thighs, they are also very thick—-Maybe he is a strong person? Maybe he was sent here by Starry Sky Academy to test him?

Li Muyang has lost faith in Starry Sky Academy, who knows if there would be another test after pa.s.sing the four trials, who knows whether this is fantasy or reality—–after he scanned around the surroundings, it felt more like fantasy than fantasy.

“No, no—–” He An hurriedly waved his hand. “Student, I don't deserve this.”

“Brother He An don't be polite, I'm also from a poor family, my family opens a pastry shop—–I'm unfamiliar with this place and the people, and the other cla.s.smates also don't seem to like me. So, I will need big brother to look after me.” Li Muyang said with utmost sincerity.

This time he wasn't lying, compared with other students who traveled on hummingbirds here, he really is 'from a poor family'. Also, those students did acted high and mighty and did not seem to like him at all. A girl with purple hair said to him that she would wait for him at Starry Sky but a dark-haired young man said to him 'don't let me see you in Starry Sky Academy'—–facing this kind of bullying at school, Li Muyang did not know what to do. Being looked after by an acquaintance, his life should be a little better, right?