Chapter 178 (2/2)
A young man wearing a white traditional chinese outfit, followed by two female attendants wearing a red and green dress respectively, forced a path through the crowd towards Fang Zhengzhi's position.
With this, the already packed crowd that blocked the Imperial Academy's gates barely had any room to maneuver. Some of the slower people were pushed down with the b.u.t.ts. .h.i.tting the floor.
Hence, among the soft discussions, the disharmonious cursing grew.
”Where're your eyes?!”
”Leg, leg... My leg!”
”Ahh, Lady, you're sitting on my face!”
”...”
The extremely puzzled Fang Zhengzhi heard the moans of the last guy. His curiously wondered what kind of soreness would that be when someone sat on his face.
Therefore, he started to find out the source of this voice.
However…
Unfortunately, as he was still finding, a figure blocked his line of sight. Furthermore, two more people stood on each side of this figure.
It was Su Donglin and his two female attendants.
The two attendants had delicate and elegant features. It was hard to discern their age. On their backs was a sword slung diagonally. The unique features were their eyes. Sharp and piercing just like the swords sheathed in the scabbard.
”It's the Sword Attendants,” Yan Xiu spoke. His gaze was not on Su Donglin either. Like Fang Zhengzhi, his attention was on the two attendants.
The feeling of being overlooked caused Su Donglin's face to darken. The once pale and unblemished face immediately dropped in temperature.
”So you are Fang Zhengzhi?” Su Donglin opened his mouth.
”Looking for something?” Fang Zhengzhi heard his question and turned to look at Su Donglin in slight annoyance.
Su Donglin saw the look of annoyance on Fang Zhengzhi's face. It was like his heart got pierced by something, the chill on his face got even icier.
”Do you know what kind of people I hate the most? It's those low-lives like you who chase after fame and glory by faking it. I'm different from the likes of you. I relied on my abilities. Soon, my name would be carved on the Roll Tablet. There's a place where you could no hope to even see!” Su Donglin stared at Fang Zhengzhi, his eyes br.i.m.m.i.n.g with arrogance.
Rationally speaking, he had no grudges against Fang Zhengzhi but in the three days after the examination, the person everyone was talking about was Fang Zhengzhi.
He originally thought that after the examination, he would be able to enjoy the most triumphant of glories but instead, he was all but forgotten.
The feeling was like after marriage, as he was about the go on a honeymoon but realized that someone was already a step in front of him and enjoy himself.
How could he bear with such a feeling?
Fang Zhengzhi did not understand Su Donglin's thoughts. He felt that everything was happening too suddenly. Without antagonizing anyone, someone jumped out and proclaimed that his abilities were superior to Fang Zhengzhi's abilities.
You had the ability…
You came up just because you had the ability?!
”Have you heard of this saying?” Fang Zhengzhi did not reply Su Donglin. Instead, he posed a question to him.
”What saying?”
”Thirty years on the east bank, the next thirty years on the west bank.”[1]
”Are you saying that you are young and still have a lot of time ahead of yourself?” Su Donglin underestimated him.
”No, what I meant was, I'm the east bank and you are the west bank. If you want to be at the top, wait another thirty years,” Fang Zhengzhi answered in an exceedingly indifferent tone.
”You...arrogant p.r.i.c.k!” Su Donglin's face changed. HIs pupils dilated in rage and his aura exploded. A raging tidal wave of energy poured out from his body.
With his Late Stage Heavenly Reflection State's capabilities, he had confidence that he could make someone who just reached the Heavenly Reflection State to kneel before him.
However, to his disappointment.
Fang Zhengzhi totally did not sense the pressure from him.
Instead, he looked at Su Donglin innocently. He felt like a boat inside the storm. Bobbing up and down within the storm but never sinking.
”Young master, Master has ordered to refrain from causing trouble!” Right at this moment, the attendant in red suddenly opened her mouth. Although her voice was not loud, it had a mysterious sharpness to it.
”Hmph! I hope there is a fluke and you pa.s.s the Theory Examinations!” Su Donglin was held back by the attendant. However, unlike most n.o.ble young masters, he did not vilify her for her disrespect but instead, he collected back his aura.
Peace was restored.
Fang Zhengzhi's gaze once again went past Su Donglin, directing it at the female attendant in red. He could sense that those two were not the common attendants because their power was definitely above average.
Su Donglin once again felt the piercing pain of being overlooked. His eyes flashed but he did not dispute with Fang Zhengzhi any further because the gate of the Imperial Academy had opened.
Two rows of soldiers in s.h.i.+ning armors swiftly marched out from within the gates.
The crowd that initially surrounded the gates saw the soldiers and immediately retreated to a distance. They opened a path from the gates of the Imperial Academy to the Roll Tablet.
[1] This Chinese saying ”三十年河东,三十年河西” means that the world is ever-changing, nothing will stay the same. For the first thirty years, you might be on the east bank side of the Huang River but in the next thirty years, the flow of the Huang River might change such that you become situated on the west bank instead.