Old Xie's words did not bother Su Yu.
There were always those who envied the worthy and hated the capable, but at a city's higher examination site, no matter how underhanded the Great Xia War College was, it could not stoop to such a level. What happened behind closed doors was another matter.
Of course, Su Yu paid it no mind.
He began absorbing the Qi Liquid on his own, preparing to break through.
He was already very close to the Kaiyuan Ninth Stage. If time had not been so short, he could have opened the atlas once today and perhaps broken through after absorbing a drop of essence blood, saving himself 4 merit points.
But compared to 20 points—and perhaps the reward for first place as well—Su Yu did the math and decided that breaking through now was still well worth it.
Just as Su Yu was preparing to break through.
An examiner passed the news on to the other chief examiners.
The middle-aged man from the Great Xia War College was somewhat surprised when he heard it. At this moment, the other chief examiners were present as well.
Director Sun from the Yuqiang Department and a centurion from the Demon Suppression Army had also received the news.
"Kaiyuan Ninth Stage?"
The middle-aged man murmured to himself. After some thought, he looked at Wu Wenhai, who had just come over to inspect the site, and asked, "City Lord Wu, Su Yu's father is only at the Thousand Jun Ninth Stage, right?"
"That's right. Su Long has been at the Thousand Jun Ninth Stage for several years now, but he lacks resources and has never broken through into Ten Thousand Stones."
Naturally, Wu Wenhai knew Su Long, and he knew Su Yu as well. Su Yu was Liu Wenyan's