39 Watch the Battle Between Us (1/2)

“Senior Brother, you… are not joking right?”

Wang Lu smiled. “This is a merely specialized course; it’s not worth to make a joke out of it.”

Yue Yun’s jaw nearly dropped to the ground; he inwardly exclaimed, “Damn! You look down on the specialized course?! Is the galaxy your goal!?”

Wang Lu modestly responded once again. “You flatter me. For the moment, I just want to acquire the title of erudite, that’s all.”

Yue Yun was surprised once again. “Erudite? That’s the title for someone who scored A in six or more specialized courses! The rewarded the sect credits for that is equivalent to the reward for leading a group to this kind of trip for twenty times!”

Wang Lu said, “Now, I just need to get an A in the specialized foreign language course. When we get back from this trip, I plan on applying for its examination; I can’t wait for it.”

“Sh*t! There’s only one specialized course left between you and the title Erudite? You mean you’ve got the five specialized courses with grade A in your bag already? Did you really enter the sect two years ago?”

Yue Yun and the nearby Huo Ying couldn’t help but look at him in awe; with a somewhat pale face, Hue Ying asked, “Don’t tell me Senior Brother Wang Lu is that Successor Disciple who was famous two years ago for being a genius prodigy!?”

Wang Lu insisted on being modest. “You flatter me, Martial Sister. How could I call myself a genius? I just used my free time to study.”

Wang Lu wasn’t exactly lying. The average disciples would usually be preoccupied with cultivation and the daily task assigned by the sect. But, as a Successor Disciple, Wang Lu didn’t have the burden of doing this compulsory daily task. His daily routine consisted of long distance running and medicated bath. As such, he had as much time as he could to learn from his class and earn his credits. Furthermore, he was indeed talented and particularly good at studying and taking exams—being a top student was a logical conclusion to that.

However, Wang Lu’s record as a top student was not well known in the Spirit Sword Sect. The reasons for that were because, on one hand, Wang Lu himself wanted to maintain a low profile. Whenever he attended a class, he rarely bothered to participate in small talks with the other disciples. On the other hand, the disciples of the Spirit Sword Sect had always been busy with their cultivation; who had the spare time to care about the two years cultural education scores of a newcomer? If he had reached the Foundation Establishment in two years, however, it would’ve been a news worthy of attention.

Ultimately, while the comprehensive education was highly valued by the sect, its value was far lower in the eyes of the disciples. However, this underappreciated comprehensive education actually played a major role in this trip.

For Zhu Qin and the other newcomers, they couldn’t recognize seven or eight out of ten plant species in their immediate vicinity. Even Yue Yun could only recognize six or seven out of ten plant species. However, in the eyes of someone with grade A in specialized herbology course, all the species in this small Clear Sky was not unknown at all.

While the others were busily trying to distinguish the real red berry from the red chaste berry, doubting whether they should put it in their mouth to taste it, Wang Lu had been walking around collecting some edible fruit. When he returned a while later, he brought with him a pile of wild fruits.

“Everyone, feel free to eat this, no need to be polite.”

The scene immediately turned into silence; no one took the offer. For both Wen Yin and Yue Xinyao, because of their status as disciples of the Carefree Peak, which was far below the position of a Successor Disciple, and also because they were not quite close with Wang Lu, neither of them dared to reach for the fruit. As for Zhu Qin, needless to say, he also did not reach out for the fruit. After spending most of the two years in heated quarrels with him, how could he possibly be willing to accept Wang Lu’s favor?

Thus, in the end, it was the mindless Wen Bao who broke the deadlock. This fatty reached out and picked out one of the biggest fruit he could find and immediately gnawed it with gusto.

Since Wen Bao had broken the deadlock, the hesitation the two girls felt lessened. However, they didn’t dare to pick a fruit in a hurry. The two senior disciples Yue Yun and Huo Ying could provide food for themselves, so they didn’t need to take from Wang Lu. Only Zhu Qin, who could only sit there uncomfortably, looked incredibly pitiful.

He was indeed famished. With his current cultivation level, he still didn’t have the ability to hold his hunger. Especially seeing the other people merrily eating, his feeling of hunger multiplied...

Thus, in order to break this impasse, he glowered at the fatty as the latter tried to have his fill for the umpteenth time.

Wen Bao was startled and the berries nearly slipped from his hand. “Ma-martial Brother Zhu Qin, what’s wrong?”

“That’s other people’s food, how could you eat so much, don’t you have any shame!”

Wen Bao was at a loss, but the two young Martial Sisters suddenly choked with their food, unable to swallow them. The two of them looked at Zhu Qin in the eye with hostility. Although the status of the Inner Court and Outer Court disciples was different, that didn’t stop these two young girls to show their displeasure to him.

Zhu Qin wished he could open his mouth and talk back to them. However, he stopped himself before he offended the two Junior Sisters for no reason. He thought, “Why the f*ck do I need to bother with them! … Damn, this is all because of that retard Wang Lu! I already don’t like him since two years ago; he is really a scourge! Look! Look at the faint smile on his face! That smile is insidious! Incredibly insidious!”

Although he kept on cursing inwardly, on the outside, the situation was all against him, so he had no choice but to treat the hunger as a form of cultivation.

However, after a while, the fatty thoughtlessly spoke again.

“Ai, eating fruit is not going to fill the stomach, if only we could eat meat.”

Zhu Qin inwardly cursed, “Damn you! Your Martial Brother here is famished, yet you’re still thinking about meat!? Why don’t you take a knife and cut your own belly, you can find a high-quality sirloin there!”

Upon listening to Wen Bao’s shameless words, Yue Yun and Huo Ying burst out laughing; Yue Yun said, “Even if this is just the Small Clear Sky Peak, we come here to gain experience, not for vacation. Moreover, not everyone is allowed to come. This time, fortunately, we have Senior Brother Wang Lu who provided us with delicious food. Otherwise, just like when we came here in the past, we would usually just fill our belly with whatever food we could find.”

However, at this time, Wang Lu, as the stop student, was also unsatisfied with this fruit-only menu; he stood up and said, “Why don’t I go hunting?”

“Hunting?”

“Yes. This Small Clear Sky Peak is positively teeming with animals. I want to hunt several hares, wild boars or something for everyone so you guys can have a sumptuous meal.”

Wang Lu was about to leave, but Yue Yun and Huo Ying hurriedly pulled him to the side. “Martial Brother, please think again!” Yue Yun tried to put sense into him.

“This small Clear Sky is indeed teeming with animals, but… they’re not for us to eat!”

Upon hearing his explanation, Wang Lu was surprised. “Not for us to eat? Are we supposed to love them then? Is our sect a member of an animal protection agency?”

Yue Yun wryly smiled. “Senior Martial Brother, you misunderstood. What I mean is, the beasts and monsters in this small Clear Sky have extraordinary strength and are easily provoked. Particularly, since we entered the Full Moon Valley, the restriction spells had been automatically loosened slightly. Some category two monsters have already been wandering in our vicinity.”

“Category two monsters? So what?”