Chapter 22: The Radiance of Niu Bi's Brush

  Hú Gāo held the token and followed Hú Yīn Xuě's instructions, soon arriving at Pǔ Táng.

  This place was surrounded by a high, thick and wide wall, separated from the Inner Hall and the Elite Hall, making it impossible for other two halls' disciples to set foot in. After all, although the Martial Institute valued combat, it couldn't let conflicts happen between warriors with vastly different levels of cultivation.

  Hu Gao looked at the buildings in front of him, which were like a maze, and the young warriors walking on the road in twos and threes, wearing clothes of various colors. He suddenly stopped in his tracks, his eyebrows slightly furrowed, not because he was lost, but because the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon diagram in his dantian had become restless.

  The little guy bared his teeth and brandished his claws, scaring the Bloodlight Serpent into shrinking into a corner as if it had been severely injured. Hu Gao tried to communicate with this mysterious totem using his spiritual power, and after half a day's effort, he finally managed to calm it down.

  While Huang Gaobo was in a daze, a girl who looked like she was only twenty years old came walking towards him. She was wearing a simple yellow long dress, but her jade-like feet were moving very quickly.

  The girl stopped in front of Hu Gao with a sudden brake-like stop, looked at him holding the token, and sized him up before asking, "Which branch are you from?" She was not very old, but her voice carried a hint of severity.

  Hu Gaomu suddenly lifted his head and was immediately startled by the turbulent waves in front of him, taking a step back. How did he always manage to run into beauties wherever he went?

  Look at this figure, the front is protruding to the limit and the back is curved naturally. Even if it's a beautiful mermaid with the best line sense, she would probably make the same reaction as Hu Gao. If you add a pair of frameless black glasses, it's no different from those noble female teachers in Evileye, it's the perfect fitness object for otaku men.

  "Sister, hello. Do you know how to get to Shi Tang?" Hu Gao very naturally made a silly face and asked back.

  "Shi Tang? What are you going to Shi Tang for? Is there something on your mind?"

  The noble sister saw Hu Gao's twisted and lewd expression, and suddenly became vigilant. In her heart, she had already listed Hu Gao as a dangerous person at the first time.

  Hu Gao was speechless, he just casually asked where Shi Yan was, how did it become having ulterior motives? Although he really had a hint of ulterior motive, but that was also directed at her, wasn't it? Hu Gao very much wanted to tell her, I have no ulterior motives towards Shi Yan, my only ulterior motive is towards you...

  "Sister, I didn't have any ulterior motives for going to the tenth hall. I'm a new student at the tenth hall and I'm on my way to report now." Hu Gao had no choice but to speak the truth, and he also took out his wooden token and flashed it in front of her, lest he leave a bad impression on the beautiful loli girl.

  "Are you one of the new students in our school?"

  The beauty looked up and down at Hu Gao, her face full of doubt. "You're also a student of the War Academy? How come I see that you haven't even condensed your Totem yet?"

  Hu Gao rolled his eyes, earlier he was still being stared at by Hu Yin Xue and found out that he had already reached the middle stage of Condensing Shadows, how did he just turn around and get beautifully ignored?

  One can be despised by others in terms of cultivation, and one can also be despised in terms of combat power. But when it comes to Totem, how many people can surpass oneself? The top ten variant Totems are not to be underestimated, and there is even a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon that makes the Bloodlight Serpent tremble with fear.

  The life of a pen-wielding person is indeed helpless. Even with a thousand ways to exert force, it's hard to tie up a chicken with one hand. Hu Gao guessed that the totem on his body had the ability to conceal his aura, which needed to be confirmed later. He said calmly: "Others laugh at me for being too crazy, I laugh at others for not seeing through. If fate permits, we'll meet again, Shifu."

  Watching Hu Gao leave, the young girl bit her lip tightly, still pondering how Hu Gao, with a face so innocent and honest, could say such profound and rich words of life philosophy? After a while, she seemed to have understood something, and chased after him, shouting: "I almost got cheated by you, you little rascal! Honestly tell me which family's useless son you are - Hu, Zhu, Wu, Guo or Wei? Whose relationship did you use to sneak in?"

  Looking at the serious expression of the ojou-san who caught up, Hu Ge's mouth opened and closed several times, he was really speechless, this is too bullying, must he be forced to use his ultimate move to scare them so much that they wet their pants in order to successfully establish his tall and imposing image in the war academy?

  "Give me one reason to tell you."

  The noble lady raised her fist in front of Hu Gao, her face cold and stern, and said fiercely: "Is this reason enough? I don't care which family you're from. If you don't tell the truth in front of me, I'll drive you out of here!"

  People are good at being ridden, forget it, and admit it to the beauty. Hu Gao no longer thinks about it, and as soon as he moves his mind, he summons the Blood Glare Snake Totem, "Take a closer look, this is my totem, the Red Snake!"

  "Huh, it's actually condensed into a Totem? Strange, how could a first-stage Totem possibly deceive my investigation?"

  The beauty recognized the red python at a glance and didn't take it to heart, but when she carefully observed the red python, she found that her inner heart was beating slightly, which was her totem emitting a sense of horror. "No, you're not a red python, say quickly, what is your totem?"

  "Has Lu fallen?"

  Hu Gao's expression changed suddenly, and he hastily put away the Bloodlight Serpent. "Of course it's a First-Order Totem Red Silk Snake! What else could it be? A variant totem? If it were a variant totem, I'd have already gone to a top sect and been cultivated as a successor."

  "But..."

  "What's with the 'but'? All I can tell you is that my identity is slightly different from ordinary people, and as for Totem, I'd rather be a variant Totem." Hu Gao didn't expect this big sister to be so sharp-eyed, spotting Blood Bull Snake's extraordinariness at a glance, he could only put on an air of mystery.

  "A head of blue hair, and at such a young age, could it be that you are the successor of the Hu family?" The beauty in front of him exclaimed, surprisingly seeing through Hu Gao's identity in one glance.

  "What's with the inheritance?" Hu Gao pretended to be foolish and took a step forward, wanting to get rid of this perverted princess's entanglement.

  "Hmph, still trying to deceive me?" Before he could even react, the token in his hand was snatched away by her with a speed as swift as the wind.

  "It's indeed the token that Yin Xue Shizi made, I didn't expect you to be so vigilant, almost got past you, tsk tsk. But apart from being a bit of a loser, you don't seem as unbearable as Wu Shuang Mei said." Wú Liáng Yù Jiě gazed at Hu Gao again, like those street vendors eyeing their prey.

  Hú Gāo's face was suddenly covered in tears, and he knew that only the Hu family or the people in this martial arts school would know his true identity. However, since this woman was Wú Shuāng's close friend, Hú Gāo immediately lost interest. "Shī jiě (older sister), now that you know my true identity, can we please not talk here where everyone can see us? Quickly tell me where the tenth hall is, I need to go report to the instructor."

  "If you're looking for a tutor, hum... " The older sister cleared her throat, "I am..."

  "What? You're Master Ten's disciple? What a joke!"

  Hu Gao couldn't believe it - how could a teacher at the War Academy be so young?

  "Hmph, you actually dare to question me? I came here personally because I heard there was a new student, and it turns out it's you. Come with me to the tenth hall quickly. You scoundrel, I will definitely help Wu Shuang sister get revenge."

  The aunt seemed very angry, turned around, and with a flick of her delicate small hands behind her back, she called out to Hu Gao and walked straight forward.

  Seeing Yang Le's attitude, Hu Gao was fed up. You say you're a ten-dan instructor? Who would believe that?

  "I'll go with you right now to expose your little tricks..."

  Hu Gao didn't think much and quickly followed up.

  However, after just a few turns, Hu Gao saw that the number of people was gradually increasing. He found that those warriors looked at his face with a strange expression. Did he accidentally let his little brother out when he went out? He couldn't help but look down and take a peek, and only then did he continue to follow behind the noble sister with a smile on his face after finding no problem.

  "Look quickly, who is that person, actually following behind Little Witch Yang Le. Is he tired of living?"

  "This guy is really awesome, even the little witch isn't afraid of him. I wonder if he's a student of the little witch? If so, he's in trouble."

  "Haha, it seems someone is going to get pranked again, this is getting interesting."

  ……

  Although the voices of these people were not loud, they had an advantage in numbers, and their voices naturally grew louder. Most of the content was transmitted into Hu Gao's ears, but he didn't mind, instead his mouth slightly raised, which made many male students nearby look surprised, and some even directly regarded him as an idol, worshipping him, wanting to see him show off his prowess next.

  Soon, Hu Gao arrived at a classroom door with a big "ten" written on it, which was indeed the tenth class.

  Hú Gāo discovered that Yáng Yuè, when walking to the tenth classroom, didn't even intend to stay for a moment, and directly walked in. Then she familiarly walked up to the podium, leaving Hú Gāo, who was following behind her and hadn't entered at first, stunned for a moment. It seems... this girl really is the teacher of the tenth classroom?

  "Today I'd like to introduce a new student to everyone, his name is Hu Gao, let's give him a warm welcome with applause."

  Yang Le stood on the podium and said, then facing Hu Gao outside: "Hu Gao, you come first to make a self-introduction."

  "Who is Hu Gao? Which Hu Gao?"

  At this moment, Hu Gao couldn't care less about Yang Le's true identity as a tenth-grade teacher. He walked straight up to the podium, his eyes scanning the gaze of the many students below, without any intention of avoiding it. His eyes also flashed with a fierce light, and the entire classroom was suddenly filled with a strong smell of gunpowder.

  "Hello everyone, I'm Hu Gao, a nobody from the Hu family. Please take care of me in the future."

  Wow!

  Hú Gāo didn't even know that his completely characterless opening remarks would explode like a bomb in the classroom, causing everyone to thoroughly boil over.

  The classroom seemed to be filled with almost all the martial artists' anger, their eyes fixed on Hu Gao were filled with burning flames. If Yang Le wasn't standing on the podium at this moment, these restless martial artists would have rushed up and beaten Hu Gao to the ground without hesitation.

  Men like me, no matter how humble they are, can shine with extraordinary talent wherever they go! Hu Gao concluded with a tone of helplessness and a hint of melancholy.