Chapter 338: White Tiger and Rabbits (1/2)
A pink hair woman stared at Miaomiao in disbelief. She had met him at Poseidon Spa House and fought with Ma Ping several months ago.
Zhu Qiao and her three servants came here under the instruction of Zhu Huifang to either infiltrate Sun Wentai's sect or seduce Sun Bofu.
At first, her mother wanted Zhu Qiao to marry Sun Wentai's son. Of course, Zhu Qiao disagreed as she disliked brutish men. Still, Zhu Huifang's order was absolute, and this otherworlder couldn't defy her mother.
Without a choice, she came here to fulfill the alternate objective, infiltrating the Jiangdong White Tiger Sect.
Then, she saw someone that she had never expected to meet here.
'Xu Miao? No, isn't his real name Mao Miaomiao? Why is he using another alias?'
Zhu Qiao covered her face with a dark veil and a hood. Fortunately, she had been wearing a black cloak, covering her body. All her subordinates also had the same clothes to hide their pretty faces.
”Young Lady Zhu, isn't that Xu Miao? I thought he was already dead,” One of Zhu Qiao's entourages also recognized him.
”Shush! Keep quiet. He hasn't recognized us yet. Don't say anything.”
”… Yes, my lady.”
The gang of four women continued to observe Miaomiao from the sideline.
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”Cao Mao, isn't it? Show me your exam ID and the hotel token.”
Huang Gongfu pretended that he had never met Miaomiao before. He asked for the ID and hotel token, which would reveal Miaomiao's wealthy status.
As soon as the elder asked for Miaomiao's hotel token, a teenager among the 6-man group scoffed.
”I bet he's just a filthy Shrimp. He's just lucky to know that all exceptional people can gather here to take the exams first!”
The other guy also laughed at Miaomiao, ”Look at that country bumpkin. He has no backbone, and he's stupid. He must have wasted a lot of resources to reach the 4th-stage.”
”Ha! You're right. He's older than us, but he is just another 4th-stage trash with no elder accompanying him. We're younger than him by several years, and we're all 4th-stage cultivators. Our natural talent is different!”
These people were young masters from the local families. Their age was between 16 and 18, but they were all considered geniuses among their peers. Because of their mindset and upbringings, they didn't consider Miaomiao as their rival.
Little did they know that Miaomiao's wealth surpassed their parents, he flashed the Mega-Shark token and his ID.
”Here are my ID and token, senior.”
Although Miaomiao didn't understand why those naïve men looked down on him, who wasn't even a protagonist, he ignored the cliché no-name NPC goons and revealed his status.
Huang Gongfu spread his Qi and pulled the ID and the token toward him. As if he wanted to help Miaomiao face-slap the group of arrogant youngsters, he intentionally exclaimed in a loud voice.
”A Megalodon Token from the Tiger's Den Hotel? Only the wealthiest and the most prestigious men from the top echelons on this continent can have it! Wow! Junior, not only you have the prerequisite strength, you have such a status that no one among your peers can match!”
The corny praise made Miaomiao want to puke. The elder was terrible at acting to the point that it hurt to watch.
Still, the declaration was effective. While Miaomiao had been facepalming, the arrogant group shut their mouths and stared at Miaomiao's token in disbelief. Even Gan Ning, who initially thought of Miaomiao as a rich boss, was astonished.
Zhu Qiao also squinted her eyes and looked at Miaomiao. She inspected his look from head to toes, checking if he had the quality to be her sugar daddy since he was so rich.
Not only the voice of Huang Gongfu astonished the people around him, but the nearby crowd, who didn't have the hotel token, was shocked as well. All eyes focused on Miaomiao, the dark horse that came out of nowhere.
Words spread like wildfire. A commotion occurred as they murmured. Various elders, who accompanied their children to the exam, started making phone calls, ordering their men to check Miaomiao's background. Several parents with their teenage daughters rushed over, planning to introduce themselves to Miaomiao.
Unfortunately for them, Huang Gongfu took out a talisman and tore it. A dome barrier emerged and prevented everyone from getting closer to him and the people around the boulder.
Miaomiao was relieved that the elder stopped the gold-digging gangs from introducing their daughters to him. He wasn't interested in taking in more wives unless they were heroines or a protagonist's plot armor, such as Xiong Zhenzhen.
As the uproar went on, a flying mountain suddenly appeared in the sky and slowly descended.
Seeing the large entity that covered the sky, everyone stopped making noise and looked at the flying mountain in awe.
”Jiangdong White Tiger Sect! The ancient flying island is as amazing as always!”
”The Jiangdong Mountain is here! I wonder if one of us can inherit the Divine White Tiger's bloodline during the assessment trials!”
”It's here! The exam will start soon! Last year, only three people among over ten thousand people become their inner disciples after they passed the special test. How many people among us can be that lucky this year!?”
”Do you know if the exams will be the same as last year? I'm excited!”
”Pay attention to the host's welcome speech. They always hinted at something crucial. Every time someone figured it out, they got promoted into inner disciples instantly!”
”Right! The exam starts now!”
Some of the crowd bragged about their knowledge while honest test takers were looking forward to the event in excitement.
The floating mountain island stopped descending, hovering 3,000 feet above the ground. Then, a massive hologram face of a white tiger appeared in front of the mountain, facing the crowd below. It began speaking in an archaic voice.
[Welcome to the annual event of Jiangdong White Tiger Sect! I am the Guardian Beast of the Sun Clan, and I'm the host of the first special selection trials this year. Today, we shall begin with the special test first, and the outer disciple trials shall begin afterward.]
The crowd stopped talking and listened to the tiger in solemn. In the past, elders from the sect or the Sun Clan always showed up to host the event. However, this year, they brought out their guardian beast.
Everyone paid attention to the tiger's words in detail. After all, many elders always inserted cryptic words and hints for the special trial during the welcome ceremony speech.
[In the past, beasts, demi-human beasts, and demons were living peacefully on this continent. Everything followed the rules of the jungle, but every race respected each other. We avoided conflicts and war since it caused unnecessary bloodbath and chaos… Until human cultivators appeared.]
The tiger paused and observed the facial expression from the crowd below. It smirked as if it mocked every human cultivator here.
[Even I, the descendant of the Divine White Tiger Tribe, is imprisoned and kept as a pet. In my early days, I always looked for a chance to break free from the human's little cage, but they always overpowered me with their trickery. I kept failing and being tortured every day.]
The speech was not a speech anymore. It turned into the tragic biography of this guardian beast, and the humans below were intimidated by the tiger.
The beast's tone was unfriendly. He openly revealed his resentment toward human cultivators.
[One day, I made the biggest mistake of my entire life. I gave up. I submit to the ancestor of the Sun Clan and swore with my dao oath that I would protect their descendants until I die…]
”…”
Miaomiao gazed at the illusion of the white tiger's face. He rubbed his chin and wondered if Mao Xueyan's current bloodline was the same as this beast. He was also curious what they would do if they were to meet.
The beast suddenly revealed a relieved smile. For a moment, it glanced toward the northwest.