87 Unbearable! (1/2)
A night passed.
When Wang Baole finished his reflection and meditation, he received a notification from the Chancellor informing him that the mystic realm of the four great Dao Colleges would open a month later and that he should make preparations as soon as possible.
There was only one month for him to prepare himself.
I'm going to reach the True Breath realm! Wang Baole was determined and immediately contacted Xie Haiyang. Regardless of the consequences, he threw out numerous Spirit Stones in exchange for pills and materials to refine Dharmic artifacts.
Wang Baole was hell-bent on grabbing hold of this opportunity.
Xie Haiyang had been incredibly busy recently. After all, regardless of whether it was a major examination or the upcoming mystic realm, countless people wanted to trade. In Ethereal Dao College, the name 'Xie Haiyang' was famous and reliable. No matter how busy he was, however, Xie Haiyang perked up the moment he received Wang Baole's voice transmission.
Wang Baole had always been generous, and Xie Haiyang had long placed his bets on Wang Baole as he thought that Wang Baole would definitely make it to the Upper Academy Island. If he maintained a good relationship with him, his business could be expanded in the Upper Academy Island as well.
Therefore, he promised that he would be able to deliver everything that Wang Baole needed and even gave him a discount.
”Schoolmate Baole, so long as it's me, Xie Haiyang, handling it, you can rest assured that you'll get everything you need in no more than seven days!”
Wang Baole was surprised hearing Xie Haiyang's promise. Not only was the number of items he ordered large, they were also superior goods. The fact that Xie Haiyang could deliver his request heartened Wang Baole, for he felt that Xie Haiyang's existence in the Dao College definitely made things easier.
Just like that, as Wang Baole waited, days went by. Finally, the one thousand individuals who had made it to the mystic realm of the four Dao Colleges were confirmed, and their names were announced on the Spirit Intranet.
To most people, the ranking list was no mystery. However, that did not stop people from looking it up the moment it was announced. At first glance, nothing seemed unexpected, but very quickly, their eyes widened as they shrieked and hyperventilated with surprise.
”Wang Baole's actually not in the list!”
”Gosh! How is that even possible?”
”Wang Baole won five out of five matches and demonstrated such amazing techniques. How is he not in the list?”
As everyone felt incredulous, the Spirit Intranet was heated with discussion. After seeing the list, Liu Daobin was severely taken aback and contacted Wang Baole immediately.
Wang Baole, who was meditating, did not look at the ranking list at all. The moment he received Liu Daobin's voice transmission, he froze. Even before he could open the Spirit Intranet, he began to receive innumerable voice transmissions continuously, all telling him that his name was nowhere to be seen on the rankings.
”Impossible!” Wang Baole could not believe it. His heart pounding, he immediately looked it up on the Spirit Intranet. After a brief moment, his expression turned awful. On that ranking list, his name really was nowhere to be found.
The very moment that the matter caused a commotion, the College Discipline Department of the Dao College sent out a notification.
That notification specifically addressed the reasons and explanations as to why Wang Baole was not on the list.
”After investigations, it was found that in the first match, Wang Baole made use of his official authority and colluded with Wu Haisen so that Wu Haisen would concede. This is against the rules of the Collage, and therefore, Wang Baole's eligibility is revoked!”
Without excessive explanation or effort to hide anything, the announcement was made with a couple of simple sentences. However, there was a clip that followed, which showed the student named Wu Haisen maligning Wang Baole and admitting that he conceded defeat under the threat and request of Wang Baole.
There were definitely people who believed in the truth of the matter, but most of the people who came to know of the news all thought that it was too absurd.
”That's ridiculous!”
”A ploy, it must be a ploy!”
”The Vice-Chancellor Gao Quan bears a grudge against Head Prefect Wang Baole, so this must be his doing!”
”It's not fair!”
Witnessing everything unfolding before his eyes, Wang Baole, who was sitting in the cave abode, was fuming with anger. His breathing intensified, and blue veins bulged prominently on his forehead. His eyes were full of rage, and his first instinct was to open his voice transmission ring to send a voice transmission to the Chancellor, but he stopped himself.
I cannot be rash. I must calm down. Wang Baole took a deep breath. Even though he was angry, he was not worried about his position in the ranking list as the explanation given by the College Discipline Department was not legitimate.
What he needed to focus on now was to find out who the mastermind behind this whole incident was. He was well versed in the high officials' autobiographies, and he instinctively felt that the entire matter was too suspicious.