175 Chapter 175 Sojourn (1/2)

”How could he possibly do that, Young Mistress?! He can't see us, or can he?!” The Shadow exclaimed and his form beside Gu Wenren rippled in alarm.

This showed well enough that he was indeed shocked by the apparent show of awareness shown by our very own Young Master Clark even in the midst of the Inner Disciples Exam which took place leagues away from the domain of Gu Wenren.

”Of course he can. And I have an intuition that this is perhaps only the tip of the mystery that shrouds the entirety of Clark Colter and his roots.”

Gu Wenren murmured and had a faraway look in her eyes.

Her doubts were of course based on facts especially after how seemingly abnormal Young Master Clark's speed was during their first encounter.

It would be correct to assume that our bored gamer could have already matched the agility of the initial stage of a Golden Core Expert at that time.

In the end, this has only ever deepened Gu Wenren's suspicions about the true cultivation of the second Legacy Disciple of the Demonic Sword Sect.

”Should i do some digging about the history of the boy, Young Mistress?” The Shadow asked that broke the silence that ensued between them.

”No need for you to do a trifling task like that, Uncle. I have already sent a man to investigate further. In fact, i have the report in my hands even as we speak. Now we only need to wait for the Inner Disciples Exam to finish.” Gu Wenren said.

”What are you going to do next, Young Mistress?” Shadow queried as he did not like the sound of where this discussion was going.

”Nothing. I'm just going to do what's best for the sect, Uncle. Same as I normally do.” Gu Wenren smiled and it would have brought any man to his knees in adoration.

Alas, it did nothing of the expected result towards Shadow.

This aged and faceless uncle had all but seen Gu Wenren when she was still a babe and one hundred twenty years later, Shadow still called the lovely lady as his Young Mistress.

And since this old uncle knew the nature of how Gu Wenren could be, he has only one thing on his mind at the moment.

'I hope you go out from your closed door cultivation soon, Patriarch!' Old Shadow prayed inside.

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”What a sorry bunch of losers! Of the 5,238 Outer Disciples, only a measly amount of 917 passed the Inner Disciples Exam.

It appears like you have been slacking in your training, Elder Chang Tu.” The overseer of the Exam, Elder Tao Ru, scolded the Head of the Outer Disciples Court.

”It is not that I failed to do my task, Elder Tao Ru. I believe that Elder Hong Tian is only superb in her job in training her valued disciples in the Inner Disciples Court.”

Elder Chang Tu was smart enough to evade any repercussions by subtly giving praise to the Head of the Inner Disciples and master of Elder Tao Ru himself.

”HAHAHA! You are indeed right in your words, Elder Chang Tu. My master is certainly the best teacher alive in the sect!”

Tao Ru laughed and this showed well enough of how much he approved of Elder Chang Tu's deserved praise.

Although the Inner Disciples had their cultivation lowered back to match their opponents but their experience in combat was never truly diminished during the exam.

This was the greatest advantage that the Inner Disciples had that could not be easily bridged upon by any Outer Disciple.

In this case, it was pretty sad to see that less than twenty percent has passed the Inner Disciples Exam this year.

”Come! It's time for you to enter the Inner Disciples Court.” Elder Tao Ru motioned to the 917 winners on the stage.

”The rest of you, SCRAM!” The old Elder from the Demonic Sword Sect looked at the rest of the audience and roared wantonly to shoo the dogs away.

In his eyes, these Outer Disciples were nothing but trash and a complete waste of space in the sect.

”At once, Elder Tao Ru!” The poor disciples basically ran from the scene and never looked back.

Three breaths later and the figure of Old Tao Ru also left the place without another word spoken but not before giving due obeisance to his absolute master, Elder Hong Tian.

The leader of the Inner Court also stood up and elegantly returned to her domain with lots of her trusted servants in her wake.

When the lofty Lady Head of the Inner Court was finally gone and nowhere to be seen, another disciple took the place of Elder Tao Ru.

”Hey, you fucking rats! I am Inner Disciple Huang Min. But to you fresh fishes out here, i am your god and no other! Move! We don't have all day to dawdle in here!

If I see any of you rotting trash get so as to br...”

This designated disciple named Huang Min yelled and spoke pretty much the same as Elder Tao Ru and a string of profanity and threats rang once more in the huge stadium.

In the end, the newly ascended disciples were akin to meek sheep amidst the sharp tongue lashes of Huang Min who was already in the 5th Stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Perhaps there was only one person who was free to act normally as he did and this was of course none other than our avid gamer.

”Do you want to return to your residence and train, Young Master Clark?” Elder Feng Ren asked in a kind voice.

”Hmmm... Okay, Uncle Ren. Since there's nothing good to see in here, we might as well go back.”

Our bored gamer nodded and proceeded to return to his party amidst the envy of everyone's eyes. Even Huang Min could only tuck his tails and remain quiet in the calm exit of Young Master Clark.

”Lucky bastard!”

”Nonsense! What luck do you refer to?”