Chapter 49: Yang's Scheme

  As soon as the disciples of Shi Dang appeared at the assessment site of Pu Tong, the eyes of other martial artists from different factions almost all gathered over, discussing loudly. This was a superstar treatment that they had never enjoyed before.

  Especially Hu Gao, he suddenly became the topic of everyone's discussion, and his performance over the past two days was also picked out for discussion. It can be said that he has become the focus of attention for all.

  "Look, it's Shi Dang from the tenth class of the crane school. See that person walking at the back? That's Hu Gao."

  "So that's Hu Gao, he doesn't seem to have three heads and six arms, is he really as fierce as you all said?"

  "Haha, brother, you're new here at the Martial Institute today, right? This guy defeated Wang Hu this morning and made him surrender. You think he's not awesome?"

  "Damn, even Wang Baozi was defeated by him? He's really not to be underestimated."

  "Yes, finally a great figure has emerged from Shi Da, it seems that this time there's no need to count down anymore."

  Hú Gāo discovered that his hearing was also very keen now, and the murmurs of these martial artists all fell into his ears. He was somewhat surprised that this Wáng Bàngzi was still a well-known figure in the ordinary hall, indeed being a welcome figure wherever he went as a fat man.

  "Hmph, but he's just a slightly overbearing guy, I won't take it to heart." A young man in brocade clothes said coldly from the direction of San Tang, not putting Hu Gao in his eyes.

  Next to him, a youth holding an iron rod smiled and said: "It's said that he also has an undying body, so it'll be very hard to defeat him unless all the trump cards are brought out, and even then there's no guarantee of victory. An undying body, tsk tsk, how enviable..."

  The young man in brocade was suddenly speechless, the invincible body, he really didn't have the confidence to defeat him, but a round of polite words still had to be said, "Invincibility is not invincible, if I take out my trump card, he will definitely lose to me."

  In one direction, two men and a woman stood together, looking at Hu Gao with great interest.

  "San Tang's Dugu Yi is definitely going to defame Hu Gao again, haha, I really want to see what he'll do when he encounters someone who can't be killed." Zhong Qing said with his hands clasped behind his head, speaking expectantly.

  "Hu Fang burst out laughing: 'Our Hu family's invincible body, isn't something that just anyone can defeat. If given a few years' time, he will definitely become the top strongman of our Hu family.'"

  "Immortal body, I'd like to meet him." A hot-bodied girl with a fiery red whip in her hand stared in the direction of Hu Gao and said with great interest.

  "Wow, Li Ou, you wouldn't be interested in our Hu family's successor, would you? If that's the case, then you're pitiful. Our young master is already taken by his first wife, Wushuang. If you've fallen for him, you'd have to settle for being his second wife."

  Hu Fang seemed to have discovered a new continent.

  "If I, Li Huo, have set my eyes on a man, he can forget about touching other women."

  Li Wei turned her head away, ignoring Hu Fang, with a proud expression on her face. With her beauty and talent, how could she tolerate the man she liked touching another woman?

  "Hu Ge brothers, you must perform well today, many people are paying attention to you."

  "Yes, Hu Gao, we all support you. Remember to perform well in the martial arts competition later and strive for a higher ranking for us."

  "Haha, our tenth grade finally has a chance to win the championship."

  The students of the tenth class also felt the attention of the crowd, all were extremely proud and knew that everything was brought by Hu Gao, suddenly having a strong good feeling towards him, and looking forward to Hu Gao's good performance in the martial arts competition, bringing more glory.

  "Hmph, currying favor with the crowd." Just then, an ill-timed cold snort sounded.

  Hu Gao turned his head to take a look, and the martial artist who was speaking was indeed a handsome man. His lips were red, his teeth were white, he wore a flowing white robe, and held a long sword with an air of pride. Such a person was worth getting to know better. He took a step forward, patted the man's shoulder, and asked: "If I had to say, our tenth hall is going to rely on you this time. Not to mention anything else, just your looks alone would be enough to instantly defeat everyone in an ordinary hall."

  "Hú Gāo... nǐ!"

  Translation: "Hú Gāo... you!"

  "Haha, Hu Gao is right, we can't rely on Wei Junzi anymore. If it wasn't for him, we wouldn't have come in last place at the martial arts competition last year."

  What a Wei Junzi! His parents must have had foresight and a serious sense of self-deprecation to give him such an astonishing name. Hu Gao couldn't help but sigh, they all have good looks, how can there be such a big gap with Bai Xiao? People, it's really true that one should become an idol in the power faction like me, that's the way to go!

  "Hu Gao, you're being too modest. Everyone is waiting for your performance, so don't disappoint us. The first and third classes have already started their assessment, take a look quickly."

  Yang Le walked up to Hu Gao and pointed in two directions not far away, saying in a voice that only Hu Gao could hear: "In the upcoming assessment, if those two steal the show, you won't be able to stay in the War Institute anymore."

  "Awesome!"

  Threatened by Yang Le, Hu Gao was also helpless and could only mutter to himself in his heart, then shifted his gaze to the First and Third Tang Halls not far away, and couldn't help but whisper: "Is it necessary to watch? It's completely a monkey show, really boring."

  The first two items of the preliminary examination are speed and strength, and the examination method is running and punching. It's a relatively basic form. With so many people taking the exam, it really feels like a college sports meeting in the past life.

  "Yang, let's get started too. I have something to attend to after this." Hu shrugged his shoulders, showing no interest in watching the match. The excitement was there, but the level of competition was really not high, and it was just a simple contest of speed and strength. With Hu's current abilities, he could easily surpass everyone else, so watching others perform would be completely disappointing.

  Yang Le waved her hand and let the students of Class 10 stop staring, but while she was speaking, she kept staring at Hu Gao, which made him extremely speechless.

  Under Yang Le's arrangement, the assessment of the top ten began quickly. The vast majority of martial artists gave up because it was meaningless, and only the top three martial artists were eligible to enter the second round of competition.

  Hu Gao didn't have the patience to wait, this kind of low-level stepping on people wasn't his style, it's better to just leave a silhouette for everyone.

  After two rounds of testing, Hu Gao's score was far ahead in the top ten, and even if it was based on the overall performance of the ordinary class, he was still among the best. It's just that those warriors probably didn't use their full strength in this round either.

  Behind Hu Gao were Wei Xing and another warrior from the same clan, Hu Dehua. Wei Xing was also at the peak of the sixth stage of the Condensed Shadow Realm, just like Yue Lao, but his cultivation time was even longer than Yue Lao's. It was only natural that he had this level of strength. As for Hu Dehua, this guy from the Blood Red Branch looked unimpressive and his realm was only at the fifth stage, but he had an astonishing talent in terms of speed.

  Watts, if I have to team up with that Wei Junzi in the second round, wouldn't it be utterly disgusting? Looks like I'll have to think of a way to get rid of him. Hu Gao glanced at the scoreboard, the fourth place was taken by someone from the Guo family, not interested, the fifth place was taken by someone from the Wu family, also not interested, and the sixth place... hmm, surprisingly it's a girl.

  Hmph, it's you! Ji Fei, this name is really interesting, Ji Fei, airplane, hehe, let me see what skills you have.

  Hugao's plan was simple. The third round of testing was a competition of totems, and as long as they could knock out the totems of those few people, they naturally wouldn't be able to enter the top three either.

  "Yang, I think it's better to make the third round test easier. Since my score is currently ranked first, let me directly challenge those four. If they can defeat me, then they will be the first in the preliminary round." Hu said, pointing at the other four people who were ranked in the top five.

  "Challenge all four of them?" Yang Le was taken aback, unsure what trick Hu Gao had up his sleeve.

  "That's right, let the four of them go up together, it'll be simpler." Hu nodded.

  "Hu Gao, you're being too arrogant!" Wei Junzi's beard and hair stood on end. As a member of the Wei family, he couldn't accept this humiliation. Wu Jia, ranked fifth among the Wu family's warriors, immediately followed up with his own rebuke: "Hu Gao, you're being too reckless! We're fellow disciples, yet you dare to utter such outrageous words!"

  "Hu Gao spread out his hands and said, 'If you don't dare to accept my challenge, then forget it. I was just saying that anyway.'"

  "What!" Wei Junzi was speechless, he had never seen anyone as shameless as Hu Gao. He glanced at the other two and nodded heavily after getting a hint from their eyes, "Alright, this is what you asked for, Yang Xiansheng. We'll accept your challenge, but if anything unexpected happens later, don't say we didn't warn you!"

  Yang Le furrowed her brow, she had seen Hu Gao's Totem before, a genuine first-class Totem. Where did this guy get the nerve to challenge four people by himself? She instinctively wanted to object, but didn't expect Hu Gao to interrupt her immediately and say: "Yang Instructor, don't worry, since we came to the War Academy, it's to temper our wills. It's just a simple test of strength, which can't truly improve us! Victory or defeat is up to oneself, life or death is up to heaven!"

  Hudewa didn't know what Hugao was up to, but his intuition told him that this might be some kind of scheme by Hugao. As a fellow member of the Hu family, he naturally wouldn't think that the successor would have any designs on someone as ordinary as him. He took a look at the ranking chart and thought for a moment - if all the other opponents in the top five were defeated, then the next one to be promoted would be the sixth-ranked warrior, Jifei...

  Looked at the hidden Ji Fei in the crowd, also a disciple of the Ten Halls, when Hu Dehua entered the Martial Institute, this female warrior was already there. She is a more low-key warrior than himself, and for three years, he has hardly seen her say anything. Could it be that Hu Dehua knows her?

  "Hu Dehua, how are you? Are you with Hu Gao or with us?" Wei Junzi and others shouted angrily when they saw Hu Dehua still standing stupidly by Hu Gao's side.

  "Never mind, Hu Dehua, just go with them. A gentleman's word is his bond, and it's hard to chase after a team of horses once they've bolted. No more idle chatter, let's all show our true colors!"

  Hú Gāo sneered inwardly, Heh heh, Bloodlight Serpent, it's finally your turn to take the stage. Don't disappoint me!