25 Do Not Look Down On Antique... (1/2)

From the moment the girl opened her cherry lips, read the list of names, and put away the paper, the bright smile on her face never disappeared.

However, the participants before the hall felt as if they were struck by the Black Frost Sword right on their face.

Previously, everyone had their own guess on who would be on the list, but all of them chose Wang Lu followed by Hai Yunfan, and then either Zhu Qin or Wang Zhong. However, nobody expected that the real outcome would be such a shocker.

The top two candidates actually failed! Where was the justice in this!?

This shocking development even put a damp on the two participants whose names were on the list, Zhu Qin and Wang Zhong. There was no smile on their face. One of them intensely pinched himself on the leg, and the other one simply butted his head against the tree, leaving the leaves and branches rattling.

Only the first to be named, Wen Bao, innocently and naively clapped and laughed, “Hooray! I won!”

Then, he failed to catch his breath, became unconscious, and fell down to the floor, head first.

The others were left puzzled and preferred to wait and see. The list was too unreasonable and hard to believe. They wondered if this list was not the real list and was part of the trial to test their mental quality.

In fact, not only the participants, even the Elders of the Heavenly Sword Hall were also quite puzzled with this list.

The Elders have their reasons for not selecting Wang Lu and Hai Yunfan, but among the three people that were selected... Wen Bao and Zhu Qin could be considered as okay selection, but Wang Zhong hardly only met the minimum standard to be an inner court disciple of the Spirit Sword Sect. Although his spirit root was quite good, his other qualities were much worse.

But in an unexpected turn of events and a dash of dumb luck, Wang Zhong actually won the favor of the Sect Leader! The Nine Elders of the Heavenly Sword Hall, in theory, were equal in status, so even if one or two elders had different opinions, it would not be significant. But when the Head Elder opened his mouth to speak, saying that he was very optimistic about Wang Zhong, he naturally appeared on the list.

The participants standing in front of the hall naturally didn’t know about the tendentious opinions of the Spirit Sword Sect’s higher ups. They were still puzzled whether the list was genuine or fake.

Of course, some people were not so naive.

“Brother Wang Lu… What do you think about this?”

Hai Yunfan’s face was sullen when he raised this question. Others may think that this was a fluke, but he had the intuition that the girl’s list was real.

In other words, this was the final result! He and Wang Lu were unsuccessful, while Zhu Qin, Wang Zhong and Wen Bao were accepted as inner court disciples!

Wang Lu was similarly baffled by this result.

“My God, what’s with this plot! It was so full of foreplay but has a sadistic end for its main lead… Have those elders lost their mind!”

Hai Yunfan’s heart became heavier because Wang Lu’s reaction certainly confirmed his own intuition, then...

“Do I need to protest, Brother Wang Lu?”

“Not only do we need to protest, we should also raise an army of social media buzzer to hype this up. As their commanding officer, I shall appoint forty million of my followers to badmouth and spread rumors about this sect until this sect lost all their credibility!”

“Huh? Brother Wang Lu, calm down a bit…”

“Oh, that was just a joke.” At this point, Wang Lu revealed a calm smiling face to Hai Yunfan, making the latter felt a heartfelt admiration to Wang Lu. “This is actually just right.”

“Just right?” Hai Yunfan’s eyes widened as he tried to decipher these words from Wang Lu’s mouth.

“Little Hai, the scene that we’re currently in is like a story with the plot of tragic beginning, and we are the main characters in this story. The more extreme and unreasonable the beginning is for us, the more exciting our future development would be. Let alone failing in the Immortal Gathering, it is best if we get back, found our whole family was killed, our ancestral graves were dug up, and the women in our family were raped; the more tragic it is, the better! If that happens, our future would be limitless, and we are bound to become immortals!”

“What the hell! Brother Wang Lu, wake up! Wake up!”

Seeing Wang Lu seemed to fall into a kind of unreasonable frenzy, Hai Yunfan had a scare. But at this time, a sigh came from their side.

“It’s so hard to see you like this, Brother Wang Lu. With your carefree attitude, you should not be so taken aback by this.”

Wang Lu curiously turned his head. “And you are?”

“Zhu Qin from the Great Ming Kingdom.” The youth cupped his hands in a greeting posture, and then he said, “You have looked after me once in the Peach Blossom Village.”

“Oh, I remember. You’re the one who poached my errand boy from my side.”

Zhu Qin was suddenly at a loss for words. At that time, he befriended Wang Zhong and encouraged him to become independent. Although his method was quite distasteful, Wang Lu, at that time, was at the top and way out of his league; the only way to pull Wang Lu down a bit was to use Wang Zhong.

“Furthermore, it’s actually thanks to you that I, Zhu Qin, can go through the Frozen Wind Valley to come here. All of my accomplishments are because of brother Wang Lu, so I sincerely want to thank you.”

Wang Lu chuckled.

“During this Immoral Gathering, everyone, including me, was only able to look at your back, all the way through here. Brother Wang Lu, to be honest, in my heart, not only did I have my utmost admiration for you, there’s also a lot of jealousy. You and I are people from the Great Ming Kingdom; I am a Prince, and you are just a commoner. Yet, in this Immortal Path, I can’t even deserve to tie your shoes.”

Although his words were really touching, Wang Lu kept on chuckling.

Zhu Qin ignored his response and continued, “But now this result… It truly is unexpected. But this just goes to show that the path to immortality is uncertain. However, Brother Wang Lu, in my mind, your brilliance is not dimmed in any way by this. Victory or defeat is commonplace in any fight. Although you cannot succeed here, you can succeed in anywhere else. There are numerous sects outside of Spirit Sword Sect. This does not mean that our path to immortality would never cross again.”

“Hahaha.” Wang Lu continued to laugh.

Zhu Qin tried very hard to show his sincerity, but Wang Lu had seen many professional actors who were better than him.

“... All that has been said are just my heartfelt words as a fellow participant. Brother Wang Lu, I hope you don’t misunderstand.”

Wang Lu nodded his head. “You mean I can only blame myself for this, right? I understand.”

Zhu Qin frowned, but he could not help open his mouth to add, “Then… Brother Wang Lu, if, in the future, your Immortal Path leads to nowhere, you might as well be an official in our Great Ming Kingdom. I heard that you are well-versed in Confucian Classics and highly talented as a scholar. Although I cannot inherit the throne in the future, but I still have some influence regarding matters of the state.”