Chapter 2242: What Are You Crying For? (1/2)

The moment Huang Xiaolong opened his eyes, the first thing that entered his sight was the person standing outside the large array. It was Xiao Feng, and his face was twisted as if he couldn’t decide if he wanted to cry or laugh.

“Lord Custodian Xiao Feng, did I pass the test?” Huang Xiaolong asked calmly.

After hearing that Huang Xiaolong had called him Lord Custodian Xiao Feng, Xiao Feng’s knees gave out, and he plopped to the ground on his knees in a panic, sobbing with all his heart, “Your Highness Holy Prince, you’ve passed the test, you’ve passed the test with flying colors!”

Huang Xiaolong called him Lord Custodian. Wasn’t that asking for his life?

There were no changes to Huang Xiaolong’s calm expression as he spoke, “Since I’ve passed the test, that’s a joyous event. What are you crying for?”

Xiao Feng’s body trembled as he shrunk back. His wailing sobs stopped abruptly, replaced by a panicked self-reprimand, “I would be damned, I would be damned! Pardon me please, Your Highness Holy Prince. I, I was just too happy. Yes, yes, that’s right, too happy!”

“I have troubled you then.” Huang Xiaolong responded tepidly. There seemed to be another meaning to his words.

Xiao Feng felt like crying even more after hearing Huang Xiaolong’s words. He was about to cry again for Huang Xiaolong to spare him, but he remembered that Huang Xiaolong had just passed the test. Hence he did not dare to cry in fear of ruining Huang Xiaolong’s joyous event.

Huang Xiaolong couldn’t be bothered to deal with Xiao Feng anymore. He turned and walked towards the doors.

The testing hall’s doors were still tightly shut at this time.

Despite seeing Huang Xiaolong leave, Xiao Feng still didn’t dare to get up from the floor. Instead, he moved forward on his knees in agile movements, chasing after Huang Xiaolong.

“Your Highness Holy Prince, please allow me to open the doors for you!” Xiao Feng volunteered enthusiastically from behind Huang Xiaolong.

“There is no need. This kind of work is too much to trouble Lord Custodian Xiao Feng.” With that said, Huang Xiaolong’s pulled at the handles and opened the doors wide to the sides.

As it was noon, bright rays of sunlight shone into the hall the moment the doors opened, shining on Huang Xiaolong’s face.

Sun Huage, Liu Cheng, and the others, who had been waiting on the other side of the doors, immediately straightened up when they saw the doors opening. When they looked up, they saw an unfamiliar handsome young man with an extraordinary bearing, with eyes like the dark deep space.

Sun Huage and Liu Cheng were stunned for a moment.

They had taken for granted that the person opening the doors would be Xiao Feng.

But Sun Huage soon reacted, and quickly knelt on single knee before Huang Xiaolong in apprehension.

“Holy Gate headquarters Law Enforcement Hall’s Sun Huage greets to Your Highness Holy Prince!”

“Holy Gate’s Division Master Liu Cheng pays respect to Your Highness Holy Prince!”

“Holy Gate’s Division High Custodian Li Junlong pays respect to Your Highness Holy Prince!” After Sun Huage and Liu Cheng, Li Junlong and the rest of the custodians all knelt on their knees in salute. Different from Sun Huage, Liu Cheng and the custodians knelt on both knees.

There was a sea of people kneeling on their knees in the courtyard.

Only one person remained standing.

Song Shaokang looked at Huang Xiaolong in apprehension, gripped by fear. His face was drained of blood, and seemingly, he was scared to the point of forgetting to salute.

Before Huang Xiaolong opened the doors, Song Shaokang had tried to inquire the present custodians through voice transmission about the person taking the test. However, in all matters related to the Holy Gate’s Holy Prince, even these custodians didn’t dare to speak mindlessly. Thus, up until this point, Song Shaokang was unable to determine if the person in the hall was Huang Xiaolong or not.

Up until a moment ago, Song Shaokang was still harboring hope, still fantasizing that the person inside was not Huang Xiaolong.

Huang Xiaolong saw Song Shaokang standing not far away. He was not saluting on his knees like the others. A low, cold sneer sounded from his lips. Due to Wan Zhuoyuan’s memories, Huang Xiaolong knew quite a lot of the Holy Gate’s rules.

Rules within the Holy Gate were extremely strict. Other than the Eminent Elders of the Holy Gate, all others needed to kneel upon seeing the Holy Prince, and greet the Holy Prince as His Highness.

Some people needed to kneel on a single knee, while most were required to kneel on both knees.

Even the Division Master Liu Cheng knelt on both knees in salute. Therefore, a common Holy Gate’s disciple like Song Shaokang should have promptly knelt on both knees, saluting Huang Xiaolong.

With Song Shaokang not kneeling, Huang Xiaolong could buckle a crime on Song Shaokong’s head, and the punishment could strip a layer of Song Shaokang's skin.

Sun Huage, Liu Cheng, and the several custodians also discovered that Song Shaokang was still standing, and their faces ashened at the sight, especially Liu Cheng’s. His body swayed, wishing he could faint on the spot. If the Holy Prince vented on the entire Falling Jade Dynasty’s Holy Gate division because of Song Shaokang, he as the Division Master would also be punished by the headquarters.