Volume 2: Jade Promise Chapter 51: End of Assessment
As the sword was swung out, the stars on the pagoda-shaped constellation behind the man flickered, and a mysterious star power gathered on the tip of the sword, shooting into the still gathering water splashes, outlining a similar pagoda-shaped pattern, and fiercely suppressing it.
The water splashes that had been trying unyieldingly to recover were suppressed by the peculiar pagoda star power patterns. All the water splashes seemed to have lost all their strength and fell down with a bang. Finally, they turned into a graceful girl, soaked all over, and covered with linen clothes. She fell heavily to the ground and looked at Tang Zheng and the others pitifully. It was Cheng Wu Niang.
"Jiang Wuyan? You are not poisoned either? Have you been pretending to be unconscious here just waiting for the opportunity to suppress me?" Cheng Wu Niang looked at the young man standing next to Tang Zheng and asked unwillingly.
"Miss, I'm sorry to offend you. Once the assessment is over, I will remove the seal on your star power. " Jiang Wuyan put away his sword, bowed slightly to Tang Zheng and Cheng Wuniang, and replied.
"Wu Niang, are you still fighting?" Tang Zheng patted Jiang Wuyan's shoulder and smiled as he looked at Cheng Wu Niang who had fallen to the ground.
"Hmph, let's not fight anymore. I originally thought that I was able to keep my composure, but I didn't expect that you two grown men were more scheming than me. One of you pretended to faint and waited for an opportunity, and the other one showed weakness and deliberately led me to the side, pretending to exchange your lives to create opportunities for others. Cooperation... It's still better for you two to cooperate... But, you two grown men bully a little girl like me. How can you be called heroes?" Cheng Wu Niang said angrily.
The rain was still falling, but the fog in the rain had dissipated without a trace.
Tang Zheng's clothes looked like they had been soaked in blood, with some patches of red being darker and some being lighter, without any spots remaining the original color.
On the contrary, the folding fan in his hand had been washed by the heavy rain and looked brand new.
The shiny dagger blade was hanging upside down in Tang Zheng 's hand. Rain water flowed down along the sharp tip of the dagger, but not a single drop of rain stain was left on the dagger...
Jiang Wuyan, on the other hand, still had a clean look. Apart from the fact that his clothes were a little dirty because he pretended to faint, there was almost no damage to them.
Tang Zheng only saw his slightly pale face: "Why, does your astrological talent put a heavy burden on your body?"
If it was Jiang Wuyan, who was normally the senior brother of the inner sect, he should have just said "It's okay with me" in response. However, after several confrontations, he had come to look at Tang Zheng differently. He swallowed the humble words on his lips, nodded, and uttered four words: "Good cooperation!"
Tang Zheng breathed heavily, grinned, waved his hand, and also uttered four words: "How do we divide the spoils?"
"..." Jiang Wuyan was blocked by his words again and couldn't utter a word for a long time.
That’s right, Cheng Wu Niang had been dealt with, and only nameplates were left on the ground.
As the victors, the two of them could definitely reap the spoils of war.
"Well, I saved you, activated my astrological talent and sealed her, I should have..." Jiang Wuyan continued to speak along with Tang Zheng's words...
Halfway through his speech, he realized, what is this about dividing the spoils?
He had the assistance of his fellow disciples, they cooperated well and achieved fruitful results. His performance in the last assessment was not bad, so there was no need for him to pick up leftovers from the ground.
"Although the kill is yours in the end, most of the damage is caused by me, right? I'll take 70% and you'll take 30%. How about it?" Tang Zheng was bargaining with him very seriously.
"But, I..." Jiang Wuyan would not be afraid when entering a battle, but Tang Zheng's bargaining with him made him confused in minutes.
"Not only did I deal most of the damage, but I also took on almost all of the firepower. Do you think I should get more points?" Tang Zheng pointed at his injuries.
Since he was a child, Jiang Wuyan had never done such rude things as rolling his eyes, but at this moment, he couldn't help rolling his eyes: "Tang Zheng! Those are just superficial injuries, anyone with eyes can see that, the injury is not serious..."
Jiang Wuyan was speechless again when he was halfway through his words. He didn't even know what nonsense he was talking about!
Tang Zheng sighed and said with a disappointed look on his face: "It seems that you are not very satisfied with the plan I proposed? So what should we do... Let's fight again?"
Jiang Wuyan's heart immediately skipped a beat and he subconsciously raised the weapon in his hand.
He had seen Tang Zheng's combat ability more than once, so although he was reluctant to admit it, he knew very well that once the two of them fought one-on-one, he would probably not be Tang Zheng's opponent!
"Ha, I was just kidding." Tang Zheng pointed to a place not far away, "Look, the instructor is here!"
Ten academy instructors, led by Li Xiaoren, lined up in a row.
They looked at the fainted examinee on the ground, then looked at Tang Zheng and Jiang Wuyan who were standing, all of them had strange expressions on their faces.
As they were slowly getting weird, Tang Zheng reached out and grabbed a handful of nameplates from the nearest fainted candidate...
By the time Jiang Wuyan came to his senses, Li Xiaoren had already announced: "The assessment is over!"
Jiang Wuyan finally realized that all the time Tang Zheng had been talking to him about dividing the spoils was just a way of stalling for time and waiting for the instructor to arrive...
Tang Zheng’s hands are fast, so he can grab more nameplates at the last moment.
But Jiang Wuyan's reaction was just one step slower than his!
"Until the assessment is stopped, we are all opponents." Tang Zheng pointed his finger at Jiang Wuyan a few times and raised the bunch of nameplates he had picked up.
With Jiang Wuyan's accomplishments, what he should have said now was "I admit defeat", but... but... looking at Tang Zheng's face, how could he "admit defeat"?
I'm willing to admit defeat!
For the first time in his life, he felt that if he uttered the words "I admit defeat" today, he would bite his tongue!
"You two, report the battle situation!" Li Xiaoren pointed at the two instructors who were watching the battle, and then said to the other instructors: "You record the final nameplate information of each person, and then call a few doctors to come and rescue the wounded. After they wake up, let everyone gather in the square!"
Before leaving, Li Xiaoren looked at Tang Zheng deeply several times before turning around and leaving.
After Li Xiaoren left, the only sounds left at the scene were those of collecting and counting the nameplates.
…
All the inventory work was not completed until the evening.
On the square of Yisuli Academy, the star signs of more than 500 people almost lit up the square into a night pearl in Feishi City.
Except for the candidates who were seriously injured and completely withdrew from the assessment, all the others are here.
Leng Buchen's figure appeared on the platform again.
In the dark night, he was wearing white clothes, and the bright lightning behind him appeared and disappeared, showing the Leng family's "Wild Thunder" constellation, which was sometimes fierce and domineering, and sometimes silent and strange charm.
The Changyuan Leng family has been silently standing behind the Tianqin family, one of the seven top families, for who knows how many years.
It’s been too long…
It’s been so long that almost everyone has forgotten the Leng family’s former reputation as the Wrath of Thunder!
"Today, the assessment of our Yisu Academy has come to an end. Before the final results are announced, I would like to congratulate the four outstanding warriors who are about to join our Yisu Academy. At the same time, I would like to thank all the warriors who failed to be selected for choosing to apply for the Yisu Academy..."
After the assessment, Leng Buchen spoke a little more.
He did not say much about the selected warriors, but instead said more about the warriors who were not selected.
"The resources of the Aristocratic Family Academy are limited, so choosing among you is a very uncomfortable thing. However, talents who can enter the Aristocratic Family Academy are even rarer. Therefore, I must do this uncomfortable thing year after year, and do it seriously, so as to live up to the trust of the Aristocratic Family and the important task entrusted to me by the headmaster of our academy..."
"We have only selected four latent dragons today, but I believe that more latent dragons... are lurking among you!"
"I'm waiting! I'm waiting for the day when you can point at my nose in the military camp or on the battlefield and say, 'Leng Buchen, you were blind for not choosing me, right?'"
"Tell me! Tell me loudly, do you have this confidence?!"
A very complex sound came from the audience, loud responses and low girls' cries, mixed in the moist air. In Leng Buchen's words, this was really an atmosphere that made people feel "uncomfortable".
There was no expression on Leng Buchen's face. As he looked at the young faces below the stage, a smile broke out on his face, which had not shown much emotional fluctuation since the beginning of the assessment.
His smile was a little sweet, but mostly bitter...
"Let's start announcing the results!" Leng Buchen's straight body bent slightly when he sat back in the chair.
Ouyang Luoluo, the first deacon of Yisuli Academy, has already stood in front of the stage.
She opened an exquisite scroll in her hand and glanced at the audience below. Suddenly, all the candidates fell silent.
"I will announce the results of the first group first! First, Jiang Wuyan... counted twenty-eight nameplates, of which three were his own nameplates and three were the target nameplates. The final result is thirty-two!"
As soon as Jiang Wuyan's results were announced, everyone was shocked.
You know, if you get ten nameplates, you will , and Jiang Wuyan not only exceeded the task, but also exceeded it by more than double!
Twenty-eight nameplates!
No matter how you think about it, he's the first place in the last assessment, right?
"Tsk, only twenty-eight yuan." The corners of Li Zhi's lips curled up. As soon as he heard Jiang Wuyan's results, he was completely relieved.
Even Jiang Wuyan only has twenty-eight nameplates!
But in Li Zhi's hand, there are as many as forty nameplates!
Although his snowball plan ultimately failed to achieve his intended goal - gradually eliminating everyone through his orderly and intentionally controlled battles, his final harvest was also very rich.
"Ye Qihuan, the actual number is three, three for your own nameplate, and you didn't get the target nameplate. The final result is five."
"Chen Zhenyu, the actual number is eight. My own nameplate was lost, and the target nameplate was not obtained. The final result is eight."
"Zhuo Fengxiao, the real number..."
"Gu Linyuan..."
As the names were read out one by one, Li Zhi felt more and more proud. Looking at the current situation, most people couldn't even catch up with him!
Ouyang Luoluo finally called out Li Zhi's name: "Li Zhi..."
Li Zhi raised his head and greeted this glorious moment!
Soon, all the deacons, examiners, even the seniors of Yisu Academy, and other failed candidates will remember his name!
"Li Zhi, the actual score is zero. Your own nameplate was lost, and the target nameplate was not obtained. The final result is zero..." Just when Li Zhi raised his head and straightened his chest, Ouyang Luoluo announced his score!
