It was almost midnight when they came out of the restaurant. Wang Hao sighed helplessly. He had originally wanted to spend some time with Shi Mengqi, but that plan was now ruined.
Before parting, Shi Mengqi straightened Wang Hao's clothes and said softly, "Take care of yourself while I'm gone, don't worry about me."
"Also, Xiaoyi told me not to overthink it."
Wang Hao's eyes showed some panic as he said, "She told you everything? What did she say? I was the one who was passive that time."
Shi Mengqi looked at him with some doubt and said, "What do you mean by passive? You shouldn't have been there when Yang Dianfeng died."
"Oh, you mean this? I really wasn't there, and I'm so regretful. Sigh." Wang Hao sighed, his heart filled with mixed feelings.
Shi Mengqi glanced at him, then said softly, "I know you're powerful now, and I'll try my best to keep up with you, but if you find me a burden, you must tell me..."
"What are you saying? Don't worry, when I become the strongest in Tianxing, I will definitely give you a grand wedding. That's my promise."
Wang Hao tenderly embraced Shi Mengqi, how could he let such a beauty down?
In the distance, Yan Qin and Qing Ran watched the two with different expressions. The former's beautiful eyes sparkled, while the latter's expression was complicated. The two had different thoughts.
"This kid is cheating on you with food outside, and I have to keep it a secret for you. I'll definitely extort him a lot of money later. It seems he has quite a few spatial treasures."
Xia Xiaoyi glanced at the storage rings and bracelets on Yan Qin and Qing Ran's hands, and the thought crossed her mind: she would find an opportunity to ask Wang Hao for one.
"Alright, I have to go now. See you in two months for the intermediate relic exam."
Shi Mengqi and Wang Haoli whispered some sweet nothings to each other on the street before parting ways and heading towards the Dragon and Phoenix Academy. That's how cultivation is—mostly separations.
The assessment began early the next morning.
Every student at the Burning Lamp Academy is ranked, and students with lower rankings can challenge students with higher rankings. Each student has only two challenge opportunities.
If you succeed in the challenge, you will receive a new ranking.
If the challenge fails, the original ranking will remain unchanged.
There are still ten challenge platforms, and each student can challenge them freely.
Wang Hao, on the other hand, has to secure a top-ten ranking among these numerous disciples, and he only has two chances, so the competition is much fiercer than that of the freshman competition.
After all, everyone wants to enter the intermediate-level ruins exam, as it offers the opportunity to establish one's foundation.
Just then, a young man carrying two swords walked onto the challenge platform. He stood ramrod straight, his expression indifferent, and said, "I want to challenge the tenth person, Yan Shijing."
The students watching below recognized the man with two swords.
"He is Lu Chuanpeng!"
“Lu Chuanpeng only ranked forty-seventh in the last quarterly assessment. Only three months have passed, and he dares to challenge Yan Shijing? Just wait and see, Yan Shijing will only need three moves at most to defeat him.”
Among the trainees, a woman in her early twenties stepped forward.
She let out a cold snort, leaped onto the platform, and stood opposite Lu Chuanpeng, saying, "Lu Chuanpeng, you actually dare to challenge me? Could it be that you have mastered the 'Double Swords Deer-Slaying Technique' to a minor level?"
The Twin Swords Deer-Slaying Technique is a pinnacle Daoist art. Only cultivators with spiritual power reaching level 20 or above can successfully cultivate it; it is an extremely powerful technique.
Lu Chuanpeng didn't say anything more. He drew the two swords from his back, gripped them in his hands, and said succinctly, "Whether you've reached a minor level of mastery or not, you'll naturally understand after the battle."
"Fine! I'll see just how capable you really are!"
Yan Shijing's eyes darkened, her ten fingers clenched into claws, and a faint golden light flowed across the surface of her arms.
She was 2.2 meters tall, stronger than many men, with arms as thick as bowls and golden veins protruding from them.
"boom!"
The golden claws shot out, grabbing at Lu Chuanpeng's neck.
Lu Chuanpeng was much shorter than Yan Shijing, but he was faster. He flipped to the side and dodged the golden claw marks.
With a slight twist of his left arm, he turned his sword backward and thrust it towards Yan Shijing's waist.
Yan Shijing lowered his arm and used his palm to block the tip of the sword.
The palm and the sword tip collided, creating golden specks of light with a loud "bang".
Surprisingly, Jin Yueming's hands seemed to be forged from metal; she blocked the sword tip with her bare hands without getting injured.
"Heh heh! Lu Chuanpeng, with this little bit of strength, you dare to challenge me? You're still too weak!" Yan Shijing sneered.
"Is that so? In that case, then I'll show you the power of the fully mastered Dual Swords Deer-Slaying Technique." Lu Chuanpeng sheathed his sword, slightly separated his feet, and held the swords with his arms, one in front of the other, striking a strange pose.
"Mastery? You've mastered the Twin Swords Deer-Slaying Technique to the highest level?" Yan Shijing's eyes widened in disbelief.
Peak-level Daoist techniques are not so easy to cultivate.
"Whoosh!"
Lu Chuanpeng wielded his sword with both hands, his body spinning rapidly, producing a whistling sound, as if he had transformed into a rapidly spinning windmill.
The sword flashed, and sword shadows were everywhere.
"Bang! Bang!"
Yan Shijing only managed to block three of Lu Chuanpeng's moves before being knocked to the ground by him. Fortunately, her defense was very strong, otherwise she would have been seriously injured.
Lu Chuanpeng landed on his feet, and with a whoosh, pointed his sword at Yan Shijing's head, saying, "You've lost!"
"boom!"
The students below the stage erupted in cheers, shouting Lu Chuanpeng's name.
The male students, in particular, shouted the loudest, since having one more male student in the top ten would give them a higher status in the West Campus in the future.
"It's unbelievable that Lu Chuanpeng actually defeated Yan Shijing."
Wang Hao stood below the stage and nodded slightly. These disciples were indeed not weak, but they were still no match for him. Moreover, so far, no one had been able to make him use his full strength.
Although spiritual energy and true energy cannot be combined, if both are used simultaneously, his various aspects will be greatly enhanced, and even Wang Hao is not entirely sure of his limits.
Suddenly, Wang Hao smelled a faint, alluring fragrance. He looked to his side and saw Yan Qin standing to his left, attracting a lot of envious and jealous glances.
Nearby, someone whispered, "Senior Sister Yan Qin and Wang Hao's relationship is indeed unusual. It's said that they've been living together for a while now..."
"That's normal, after all, Wang Hao is very talented. But I heard that Wang Hao already has a girlfriend, the one that the Li family has reserved, a girl with A+ level martial arts talent."
"Really? That's really interesting. Is Senior Sister Yan Qin going to steal someone else's love, or is it going to be two women sharing one husband? Tsk tsk, just thinking about it is exciting. If I could have that, I'd be willing to give up ten years of my life!"
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