Chapter 46: The Unorthodox Young Manor Lord

After sending Seeing Yu Lang away, Li Luo took the materials back to his room, then opened from the first page and slowly read through them.

However, as his gaze swept across them, his expression grew somewhat more serious, because he found that much of the intelligence on it was genuinely substantial.

It seemed Seeing Yu Lang had truly put effort into this, and hadn't just made things up to fool people.

Of course, that didn't include the entry about him, Li Luo. Regarding that entry's intelligence, apart from the one point of being handsome — a trait even he himself couldn't deny — Li Luo refused to acknowledge anything else.

And at this moment, Li Luo's attention was drawn to a section speculating about the final top ten winners of this Grand Examination.

First place, South Wind Academy, Lv Qing'er, Upper Seven-Quality Ice Aspect, suspected Nine Seal Realm. This girl possesses both looks and strength, and has never been defeated in South Wind Academy.

Second place, Eastern Abyss Academy, Shi Kong, Upper Seven-Quality Lightning Aspect, suspected Nine Seal Realm. This person may be the only one capable of threatening Lv Qing'er, with a chance of taking first in the Grand Examination.

Third place, Morning Light Academy, Xiang Liang, Lower Seven-Quality Fire Aspect, Eight Seal strength. This person is a top student cultivated by Morning Light Academy with heavy resource expenditure, and his strength cannot be underestimated.

Fourth place, South Wind Academy, Song Song Yunfeng, Lower Seven-Quality Red Eagle Aspect, Eight Seal strength. In South Wind Academy's preliminary exam, his record was near-perfect, his only loss being to Lv Qing'er, plus one draw — the culprit being South Wind Academy's Li Luo.

Fifth place, Evening Light Academy, Chi Su, Lower Seven-Quality Spirit Poison Vine Aspect, Eight Seal strength.

Sixth place, Central Sun Academy, Zong Fu, Lower Seven-Quality Water Aspect, Eight Seal strength.

Seventh place...

Li Luo carefully finished reading this material, then couldn't help clicking his tongue in admiration. You don't know until you look, and only after looking did he realize that within this Sky Shu Prefecture there were also hidden dragons and crouching tigers. But then again, it was normal — although the other academies in Sky Shu Prefecture didn't have as deep a foundation as South Wind Academy, they too had the ability to cultivate a pillar of strength. If one day a blind cat ran into a dead mouse, they might suddenly snatch a first place in the Grand Examination, and the academy's reputation would skyrocket, recouping whatever investment they'd made.

And after reading through all this, Li Luo found that these strong contenders for the top ten were almost all Eight Seal strength and above — clearly none of them were weak.

"Looks like getting into the top ten won't be easy."

Li Luo rubbed his chin. Right now he was at Seven Seal strength, clearly a bit weaker than these strong contenders for the top ten, but because of the special nature of his Water Light Aspect, if they really fought, the opponent might not have much of an advantage.

If the current him were to encounter Song Song Yunfeng again, he wouldn't need to end it in a draw like in their previous match.

And clearly, among the top ten, Lv Qing'er and Shi Kong were in a tier of their own. These two were at Nine Seal strength, and their mastery of Aspect Arts was quite skilled, so they were indeed the most likely to take first place.

However, Li Luo had no great interest in taking first at the moment. Why? Because his strength didn't really allow it.

Although he possessed the Six-Quality "Water Light Aspect," Lv Qing'er and Shi Kong likewise had Upper Seven-Quality Aspects. The two came from impressive backgrounds, and the resources they received would be no less than those of him, the young manor lord. So if he really thought he could easily leap across ranks to defeat them, he'd be not treating them as people at all.

After all, he wasn't Jiang Jiang Qinge, who could directly suppress everything with her Nine-Quality Light Aspect, leaving people without even the courage to fight her.

Earlier when that Manager Pei Hao came to cause trouble, despite being at the late Earth Sha General stage himself, facing Jiang Jiang Qinge who was only at the early stage, he couldn't gain the slightest advantage. From this one could see how overbearing and domineering the Nine-Quality Light Aspect was.

So Li Luo's current goal was to just sneak into the top ten in the Grand Examination, get an admission slot, and that would be about enough. As for that first place position, he really didn't have much interest — after all, it was too eye-catching and would easily attract covetous attention. After experiencing those past events, Li Luo felt that a person should develop quietly and stay steady without acting rashly.

If conditions allowed, Li Luo would rather quietly complete a small goal first — that is, step into the Marquis Realm and stabilize his own life.

After all, that remaining five-year lifespan was truly a blade hanging over his head, making it hard to eat or sleep in peace.

As Li Luo was immersed in this Grand Examination material compiled by Seeing Yu Lang, the sky gradually darkened. Zhao Kuo planned to go out to find food, but seeing how focused Li Luo looked, he didn't disturb him with words, and instead slipped out on his own, planning to bring back some takeout for Li Luo later.

"This material is quite comprehensively compiled, with plenty of substance."

After completely finishing the material, Li Luo couldn't help but praise it once more. At the very least, after reading it, he had some preliminary understanding of the top students from each academy.

Moreover, after reading it, he felt that that rascal Seeing Yu Lang might have deliberately left out some of his information to prevent him from being targeted. Otherwise, given what he knew, he wouldn't have written the intelligence about him so vaguely and perfunctorily.

"Seems I wronged that rascal."

Li Luo muttered to himself, then heard a rumbling sound from his stomach, and only then suddenly realized that the sky had completely darkened.

"Why hasn't Zhao Kuo come back yet? Is he trying to starve me to death so he can have this dorm to himself?" Li Luo said, puzzled.

And just as he was wondering, the door was suddenly knocked, and Seeing Yu Lang's voice came from outside: "Li Luo, your friend Zhao Kuo has been intercepted."

Li Luo opened the door and frowned: "What did you say?"

Seeing Yu Lang outside shrugged: "That guy seems to have gotten into a conflict with people from Central Sun Academy. The one leading them is Zong Fu — you should know him after reading my Grand Examination material."

"People from Central Sun Academy? What do they want?" Li Luo said in surprise.

"Even Zong Fu has shown up. If you say it's just to target a Zhao Kuo, I think you probably wouldn't believe it." Seeing Yu Lang analyzed.

"They're after me?" Li Luo said thoughtfully.

"Most likely they want to probe your limits." Seeing Yu Lang said.

"I'm already this low-key, and they still want to probe me?" Li Luo expressed his exasperation. That Zong Fu was, after all, a strong contender for the top ten — why would he have set his sights on him?

"Seems like a cautious character, fits his personality." Seeing Yu Lang deeply agreed. Li Luo really was low-key — his only eye-catching battle record was forcing a draw with Song Song Yunfeng through a mechanism.

"Bullying my brother — no matter who it is, I can't stand for it!" Li Luo said indignantly, then immediately left the room.

Seeing Yu Lang scratched his head. If you say that, wouldn't you actually be playing right into their hands?

On the west side of White Spirit Garden, the crowd surged, and quite a few people stopped in one spot, forming a blockage.

And in the crowd, several Central Sun Academy students had surrounded Zhao Kuo, erupting into an argument, with many onlookers watching the show.

"What's going on?"

"I heard that guy from South Wind Academy was harassing a little junior sister from Central Sun Academy."

"So arrogant? Where's the little junior sister?"

"There, uh... looks so... plain. Are the people from South Wind Academy really that desperate?"

"......"

Amid the many mocking voices, Zhao Kuo grew increasingly impatient, fury surging in his eyes. He suddenly broke through the few people blocking him and took off running.

But just as his feet started running, he suddenly felt a surge of powerful force coming from behind, and a somewhat cool palm pressed onto his back. The force surging from that palm made Zhao Kuo's whole body stiffen, and he didn't dare move.

He turned his head, saw a thin, scholarly-looking youth who had appeared behind him, and shouted angrily: "What do you want?"

Zong Fu heard this and smiled: "Brother, the matter isn't over yet. For today's incident, you should at least let someone from South Wind Academy who can speak with authority come out and settle it, right?"

"You're trying to extort me?" Zhao Kuo said in a low voice.

Zong Fu smiled: "If South Wind Academy doesn't send someone with enough face, in the end I'm afraid we can only teach you a lesson and seek justice for our little junior sister."

"Bullshit. She's built sturdier than Laozi — would I harass her?" Zhao Kuo shouted angrily.

Zong Fu ignored him, just firmly restraining him, letting the crowd of onlookers grow larger and larger.

After the two sides bickered and cursed at each other for a while, the crowd suddenly stirred, and Zong Fu's eyes lit up as he saw Li Luo walk out.

"He came after all."

Zong Fu's heart secretly rejoiced. As long as Li Luo showed himself, today no matter what he had to get to the bottom of his true capabilities, to see whether he actually had real skill, or was just a silver spear with a wax head.

However, before the smile in his heart could spread, he saw Li Luo turn his head and shout toward the back: "Supervising instructor, here, this is the guy who violated the rules, fighting on his own — hurry up and arrest him, strip him of his qualification to take the Grand Exam."

The smile on Zong Fu's face froze instantly, and then he saw a supervising instructor in a monitoring uniform step out from behind Li Luo with an expressionless face.

"Shit."

The refined Zong Fu directly blurted out a curse. He hadn't expected the young palace master of House Luolan House to play so dirty. These past two days, fights between students of the various academies at the White Spirit Garden had been commonplace, but everyone followed the unwritten rule of settling things themselves — who had ever seen someone who ran to the teacher to report at the slightest provocation?

Does he even care about face?

This young palace master doesn't play by the rules at all.