Chapter 173: The Stairs of Truth (1/2)
Indeed, there were at least 2000 people who were staying inside this hall. If the stair was nothing more than an ordinary stair, would it mean that everyone here would pass? That didn't sound plausible.
Sun Dragon Academy was not that generous.
”I'll try!”
A sound attracted everyone's attention as they turned around.
A youth walked to the stairs and stepped into the stair. His eyes turned dull as he stopped at the first stair. There was nothing that he did except for staring blankly at the front. Before long, his body suddenly slumped and the guard lifted his hand to throw the youngster out of the hall.
”You have failed,” the guard said in cold tone.
Lin Xiao was watching everything from the side with his eyes narrowed. The way the youngster stopped just now was not normal. It was as if his consciousness was pulled somewhere else yet his body stayed there.
Bang!
The door was closed again, so they couldn't see the reaction of the man who had failed. Everyone looked at each other and knowing that they didn't have the time until forever, one by one began to step into the stairs.
Thud! Thud!
Some people managed to walk like how Prince Lin Kai did, but the rest fall down after just one step. The elimination rate was very quick as only two out of five managed to walk past the first step. As for how many steps they could finally last, it was still unknown.
”Let's go now,” Lin Xiao decided when he saw that the people had already began to move in large batch.
”The other prince is staying low this time.”
”Is there any need to show off all the time?” Lin Xiao was speechless. Did these geniuses had nothing to do but to show off?
Hearing that, Lin Yun smiled sheepishly, he had completely forgotten about that. They all moved towards the stairs and began to climb one by one.
Stepping onto the stair, Lin Xiao suddenly saw the space around him changed. His eyes narrowed because he could see that this was nothing more than an illusion. In front of him was the familiar house, the house where he had stayed for more than 15 years of his life.
”Xiao, Yun, where are you two going?”
The moment the voice was sounded, Lin Xiao felt his body stiffened. He was very familiar with this voice, yet he knew that it belonged to someone who had died. Turning his body around, he could see his foster mother and father. Two children around the age of 9 or 10 were running about around them.
”Mother!”
”Father!”
It was the happy scene from his childhood, the memory that Lin Xiao treasured greatly. He was an orphan and understood that because he first met his parents when he was three years old. Before that time, he had no memory or recollection whatsoever and his parents never concealed it from him that he was their adopted son.