Chapter 20: A small misunderstanding

You don't need to go through the other two stages; just take them directly to the fourth stage.

The admissions teacher offered a blessing to Dai Mubai.

Dai Mubai wanted to keep questioning Zhu Zhuqing's identity, but under the admissions teacher's glance, he endured it for now.

After giving Zhu Zhuqing a deep look, he directly led the few people inside.

Tang San wanted to chat a few words with Luo Ye, so he spoke up.

"Just now, when you released your martial soul and soul rings, I thought it would be like yesterday; those three 100,000-year soul rings of yours really startled me."

Luo Ye chuckled and waved his hand.

"That's just my soul skill effect simulated; no matter what, I couldn't possibly have a 100,000-year soul ring—at most I can use it to fool people."

Hearing that, Dai Mubai's face darkened; he was the biggest victim of simulated soul skills.

Especially thinking about how he knelt before Luo Ye in front of Tang San and the others yesterday, it nearly drove him mad.

Dai Mubai snorted, his tone cold and firm.

"Such petty tricks can only be used to deceive people; when we reach the fourth stage later, you'll see that before absolute strength, all schemes are useless."

Luo Ye gave Dai Mubai no face, retorting sharply.

"Is that so? Then why did you kneel so quickly yesterday?"

"You!"

Dai Mubai snapped his head back, glaring at Luo Ye with vicious eyes full of ferocity, as if he wanted to tear him apart alive.

Yet facing his anger, Luo Ye remained very calm; instead, Zhu Zhuqing beside him glared at him angrily.

"What do you want to do?"

Seeing this, Dai Mubai grew even angrier.

If his guess is correct, that girl before him is Zhu Zhuqing, which means his fiancée clearly knew about his conflict with Luo Ye yet unhesitatingly chose to side with Luo Ye.

What's the difference between this and being cuckolded?

Seeing the atmosphere plummet to freezing point, Tang San quickly stepped in to smooth things over.

"Alright, alright, maybe we'll all be classmates someday; yesterday's incident was just a small misunderstanding, no need to make it so stiff."

"A small misunderstanding?"

"My fiancée is already sharing a room with him, and you dare call this a small misunderstanding? If your partner did this, could you still shamelessly call it a mistake?"

Dai Mubai's eyes turned red, and he even began to resent Tang San as well.

Fortunately, he still had a bit of sense, knowing he wasn't Luo Ye's match and that, in the end, he was actually in the wrong.

Taking the twin sisters to the Rose Hotel, he happened to bump into Zhu Zhuqing, and in his ignorance exposed his years of decadent behavior in Suotuocheng.

Even if Flandre and the Shilaike Academy teachers found out, they might not speak up for him.

Anyway, they're about to become Shilaike Academy students; there will be plenty of chances to make amends, but no matter what, they must win Zhu Zhuqing back.

Thinking this through, Dai Mubai took a deep breath, suppressed his anger and resentment, and continued leading the way ahead.

Luo Ye glanced at his back, secretly curled his lips, and once again began writing in the Diary.

【Although I've let Zhu Zhuqing see Dai Mubai's true colors, so she won't be deceived by him as in her past life, precisely because of that I must guard against him lashing out in desperation.】

【In her past life, when Zhu Zhuqing wanted to follow me, this guy Dai Mubai actually tried to strike her down, attempting to kill her outright.】

【Since I wasn't there at the time, Dai Mubai almost succeeded; fortunately, Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong had a good relationship with Zhu Zhuqing and chose to help her, otherwise the consequences would be unthinkable.】

【Even if it's to repay their past-life debt of saving Zhu Zhuqing's life, I can't just watch them fall into Shilaike Academy's fire pit; I must persuade them to join us as soon as possible.】

【Ning Rongrong is somewhat better; she's only just come into contact with Shilaike Academy people, but Xiao Wu is hard to win over—having been deceived by Tang San for so long, she still regards him as a brother.】

【If I bluntly tell her that Tang San is an extraterrestrial heavenly demon, she'll surely not believe it and may even think I'm sowing discord, which would backfire.】

【Perhaps I can only wait until we're familiar with each other, then have Zhu Zhuqing mediate in the middle, so Xiao Wu can leave with us.】

Seeing this new diary entry, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong exchanged a glance without a word, deciding to talk properly after the entrance exam ends.

Especially Zhu Zhuqing, who now regards Luo Ye's affairs as her own, feeling she needn't wait for Luo Ye to speak first—she can test Xiao Wu's attitude ahead of time.

Anyway, seeing that the other side also possesses a copy of the diary, they must already know Tang San's identity as an extraterrestrial heavenly demon; it just remains to see what she plans to do next.

As for Ning Rongrong,

Just as Luo Ye said, Ning Rongrong currently has no connection with Shilaike Academy people; upon hearing Luo Ye say that Tang San would kill her family elders and even annihilate the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect at his hands, she certainly won't be used and deceived by Tang San as in her past life.

While Zhu Zhuqing was lost in thought, their group also arrived at the fourth stage of Shilaike Academy's entrance exam.

Dai Mubai looked at Zhao Wuji, who was snoring loudly asleep in a chair, and spoke.

"Teacher Zhao, I've brought people for the fourth-stage evaluation."

"Huh? Did anyone finally reach the fourth stage this year? Or are there five of them?"

Zhao Wuji rubbed his sleepy eyes; seeing Luo Ye, Zhu Zhuqing, and the five of them, he was quite surprised—since Shilaike Academy's founding, there had never been such a large group of students arriving at the fourth stage all at once.

Dai Mubai glanced at Luo Ye and the others, somewhat unwillingly saying,

"Not only are there five people, but they've also been exempted from the second and third stage evaluations."

Hearing that, Zhao Wuji's eyes lit up, and he sprang up from his chair.

This Immovable Wisdom King is not tall in stature, his appearance quite ordinary, yet his build is exceptionally sturdy, his exaggerated muscles seeming ready to burst his clothes.

After sizing up the five, Zhao Wuji nodded with a smile.

"All five are above level twenty‑five—excellent, really excellent; looks like this year we have plenty of little monsters."

"From now on, if you can pass my trial, you'll officially become members of Shilaike Academy—but my trial isn't that easy to pass."

"Combat experience is something every soul master must have; what I'm testing is precisely that ability."

"I'm Zhao Wuji; now I give you the time of one incense stick to get acquainted with each other—after that incense burns out, the assessment will officially begin."

(End of chapter)