“Haha… I can’t believe that someone so retarded would exist!”
“I thought that this Su Han fellow was extremely promising and had decent skills. He’s able to battle a Dragon Blood Realm cultivator, so why is he still doing brainless things like this?”
“He says it like he’s the only one who knows that the gold grade spirit items are fake. We’re all doing our best to cultivate and open dragon veins, and yet he’s looking down on the test. He’s not doing this just to attract attention to himself, is he?”
“What’s he doing in this competition if he isn’t going to participate in the test? Is he trying to be funny?”
Instantly, the crowd started to spread mocking laughter here and there. Originally, Su Han had people that supported him, but now, after inciting an intense amount of dissatisfaction from Ping Yuzi, he seemed to have little chance of entering the Frost Cloud Sect.
Su Han pretended not to have heard the mocking laughter, but instead directed his gaze towards Ping Yuzi.
“I have my own reasons for not doing the test. What makes you think that I’m simply looking down on the test?” Su Han asked.
“Presumptuous!”
The man behind Bai Yu suddenly yelled out as he took a step out, “You dare talk to the first elder in that way? Know your place!”
“Shut your dog mouth.” Su Han’s voice was a bit cold.
This Ping Yuzi had been picking on Su Han ever since the beginning. What was worse was that he had had to deal with Ping Yuzi’s lackey jumping out to yell at him when he had only asked a question. Given Su Han’s temperament, how could he possibly endure any longer?
“What did you say?” the young man instantly yelled back.
The man, Li Qing, was also an elder of the Frost Cloud Sect, but an outer elder. In terms of social standing, he was much lower than Bai Yu and Xiao Yuhui.
However, his talents weren’t too bad. He was also very hardworking and had already opened seven dragon veins. Under the care of the Frost Cloud Sect, he had already become a middle stage Dragon Blood Realm cultivator with a couple of dragon techniques in his pocket. He was probably capable of beating anyone at his level.
It would have been fine if it were Bai Yu or Xiao Yuhui that had disrespected him. However, Su Han was only a young disciple from the Far Mountain Province and wasn’t even a part of the Frost Cloud Sect, so how dared Su Han talk to him like that?
“I told you to shut your dog mouth.” Su Han lifted his head to meet Li Qing’s eyes. A cold light darted past.
“You really have a death wish!”
Li Qing became even angrier and was about to hit Su Han.
However, Xiao Yuhui extended her arm out to interrupt. “He’s my brother-in-law. Elder Lee, please suppress your anger.”
“Brother-in-law?”
Li Qing frowned and took a deep breath as he glared at Su Han. “Alright, since it’s Elder Xiao’s brother-in-law, I’ll pretend nothing happened. However, this man is simply too rampant; I hope that Elder Xiao can teach him some manners.”
“Alright.”
Xiao Yuhui simply nodded.
Manners?
How could she teach Su Han manners?
Su Han was able to kill Young Master Liang without any hesitation. Why would Su Han listen to Xiao Yuhui?
“Oh, so you have Elder Xiao supporting you. That’s why you dare to act so presumptuously.”
Ping Yuzi eyed Su Han and said, “Indeed, Elder Xiao has immense talents and will become very strong in the future. You do have the right to act presumptuously if you have her backing. However, let me tell you that strength is everything on the Martial Dragon Continent. You only have yourself to count on, and you can’t expect to rely on other people all the time.”
“I don’t need to rely on anyone,” Su Han said indifferently.
“Humph, alright!”
Ping Yuzi smiled coldly and paid no more attention to Su Han.
Since Su Han was Xiao Yuhui’s brother-in-law, Ping Yuzi naturally had to save some face for him. Although he was the chief inner elder and held a higher status than Xiao Yuhui, Xiao Yuhui was simply too talented, as she had opened ten dragon veins and would soon surpass himself in cultivation. He could not afford to offend her.
“Yuhui, he’s simply too cocky. Can’t you do something about it?” Bai Yu asked in a soft voice.
“Do something? What am I supposed to do?” Xiao Yuhui asked him back.
Bai Yu paused. “Isn’t he your brother-in-law? It looks like he doesn’t really have any respect for you.”
“It doesn’t just look that way. He really doesn’t respect me.” Xiao Yuhui shook her head bitterly.
Other people didn’t know about Su Han’s true strength, but Xiao Yuhui was well aware of it. In terms of talent, Su Han was miles ahead of her, so why should he have to respect her?
“How many dragon veins has he opened?” Bai Yu was somewhat confused by what Xiao Yuhui meant.
“You’ll know in the third stage.” Xiao Yuhui pursed her lips.
…
When the first stage ended, Leng Yihui had opened two dragon veins, earning himself twenty points and putting him in the first place.
As for Yang Lin from the Yang Clan and Hu Zhengyao, who was expected to win, they had only opened one dragon vein each.
Of course, a lot more people had opened only a single dragon vein. It was simply impossible to rely on the number of opened dragon veins alone to judge a person’s potential.
Next up was the second stage, infusing beast blood!
Everyone was well aware that for a Dragon Vein Realm cultivator to break through and become a Dragon Blood Realm cultivator on the Martial Dragon Continent, he needed the assistance of beast blood.
The exceptionally strong cultivators tens of millions of years ago had used dragon blood to break through to become Dragon Blood Realm cultivators. That was why the realm was named the ‘Dragon Blood Realm’.
However, things were different now. Let alone dragon blood, even the blood of a wyrm was hard to obtain.
In the second stage, the ‘infusing beast blood’ test was meant to test the disciples’ willpower and endurance.
Not everyone had the right physique to succeed in infusing blood. Some people couldn’t even endure a single drop of dragon blood.
“Follow me!” Ping Yuzi yelled.
The crowd followed. Everyone was full of excitement on the journey there.
This was because everyone wanted to know how their physique measured up. After all, they all had to become Dragon Blood Realm cultivators after this, so it was best for them to take advantage of this opportunity to see what level of beast blood they were able to endure.
Many people didn’t know their own endurance and swallowed beast blood with a level that was too much for them, causing their bodies to burst and die.
“We’re here.”
After an hour, everyone arrived at another huge plaza. In the center of the plaza, there were no less than seven deep pits. Every pit stretched to a width of several hundred meters and could easily accommodate everyone there.
“I’ll repeat once again.”
Ping Yuzi kept his gaze on Su Han as he snorted coldly, “When you enter this pool of blood, you’re going to see beast blood from level one to level seven.”
“Of course…”
“The beast blood is also fake, just like the gold grade spirit items! If anyone has a problem with the beast blood and doesn’t want to test, then they don’t need to go in!”
Evidently, the words were spoken for Su Han. When Ping Yuzi finished speaking, many people directed a mocking gaze at Su Han.
“Su Han.”
Xiao Yuhui walked over and muttered, “The first stage is a thing of the past. However, you’d best join the second stage. You shouldn’t make the Frost Cloud Sect lose face.”
Su Han didn’t say anything.
“I think he doesn’t want to join the test because he doesn’t want to embarrass himself, since his physique isn’t good enough for it.”
“Haha, he’s just a scaredy-cat.”
“Looks like rumors can’t be trusted. And here I was thinking this guy was really strong. Who could’ve thought that his temperament is the only thing that’s strong?”
“Hahaha…”
Many people began to speak with a tone of disdain and contempt.