Su Mu Qing

Su Mu Qing gazed at Jiang Fan's back, deep in thought.

The others noticed and stopped as well.

Senior Brother Hao Yu followed Su Mu Qing's gaze and saw that it had landed on an ordinarily dressed boy.

"You know him?"

Su Mu Qing knitted her brows but did not answer him.

Senior Brother Hao Yu was instantly consumed by jealousy.

"Heh! Looks like he's from the Outer City!"

"Is he planning to take the Martial Artist certification exam?"

"That's truly wishful thinking!"

Every Martial Artist required immense financial backing to produce. Regardless of a person's talent, just considering the money involved, he did not believe someone from the Outer City could afford it.

Seeing Senior Brother Hao Yu speak up, the other students immediately began showering him with flattery.

"Exactly. How could someone from the Outer City possibly afford genetic medicine?"

"Heh, the Outer City is full of genes that were eliminated. Their talent is even worse. Being able to awaken at all is something to thank the heavens for!"

"Judging by his appearance, he looks like a student too. Could he be from our First High School?"

"Don't make me laugh. First High School? Have you ever seen someone like him there? He's probably from some trash school like Third High School or Fourth High School!"

"They can barely afford to eat. Being able to attend school at all is already good enough. How could they possibly afford First High School's tuition?"

"..."

Most of these people were sycophants who clung to the powerful.

Wu Hao Yu was a prominent figure at their First High School. His family ran a large real-estate business.

Moreover, he was generous with his money. Whenever someone buttered him up, they would immediately receive plenty of benefits.

Thus, having reaped benefits from him, this group was naturally extremely skilled at going through the motions.

Su Mu Qing, on the other hand, possessed astonishing talent, but at most, she came from an ordinary Inner City family.

Both her parents were ordinary government employees. They had no power or influence.

The reason they treated Su Mu Qing courteously was mainly because Wu Hao Yu had taken an interest in her.

Thus, they naturally knew which side weighed more.

Now that the two had differing opinions, they naturally took Wu Hao Yu's side and unleashed a barrage of insults at Jiang Fan.

Unlike before, Wu Hao Yu did not pretend to stop them this time.

Instead, he folded his arms over his chest, listening to everyone's mockery with great relish while observing Su Mu Qing's reaction.

Su Mu Qing had still been wondering how Jiang Fan had appeared here, but after hearing everyone's vicious remarks one after another, her expression immediately darkened.

"Don't speak so viciously!"

"He isn't from the Outer City!"

Wu Hao Yu narrowed his eyes at that, and his jealousy grew even stronger.

"Even if he isn't from the Outer City, not just anyone can take the Martial Artist exam!"

"Out of all of us, aren't we the only two who've passed the certification?"

"I want to see whether he can actually pass the assessment!"

As he spoke, he waved toward the service staff in the hall's beverage area.

"Get each of us a cup of coffee!"

Then he led everyone toward the sofa area.

Su Mu Qing instinctively felt that this person was seriously ill.

The other person hadn't provoked him, so why was he directing his hostility at him?

She really wanted to leave at once!

However, when she thought of the arrangements her family had made for her, she followed them over helplessly.

As it happened, she also had something to discuss with Jiang Fan, so she might as well settle it all here!

Meanwhile, Jiang Fan followed the front-desk girl around a corner and into the corridor beyond.

After turning right twice in succession, they arrived outside a room. She then carefully knocked on the door.

"Come in!"

After a voice came from inside, the front-desk girl turned back and said to Jiang Fan,

"Wait here for me a moment!"

Then she took the form and walked inside.

Through the gap between the two doors, Jiang Fan saw that the room was enormous, nearly two hundred square meters.

Various instruments had been placed in the center of the room. There was also an area temporarily enclosed with isolation tape, with soft mats spread across the floor beneath it!

Rows of seats lined the walls around the room. Many people who looked like students sat there, along with some burly men who were no longer young. They were presumably there to take the Martial Artist assessment.

At the very front of the room was a row of tables, where the chief examiners of the Martial Artist assessment seemed to be seated.

After entering, the front-desk girl went straight to the examiners and handed over the form.

A middle-aged man with slightly graying hair accepted the form and glanced over it. He then pressed it beneath a stack of papers on the table and said something to the front-desk girl.

She nodded and quietly withdrew.

She opened the door, walked outside, pulled Jiang Fan a little farther away, and instructed him,

"All set!"

"You're rather lucky today. You're the last one!"

"Team Leader Wang just said that they won't accept any more candidates after this!"

"In a moment, go straight in, find a seat against the wall, sit down, and wait until your name is called!"

Seeing that she had made all the arrangements, Jiang Fan nodded.

"Thank you!"

A smile immediately appeared on the front-desk girl's face.

In the past, everyone who came to take the assessment had been young masters and princesses who looked down their noses at people.

Even those who came just to try their luck had terrible tempers.

Courteous people like Jiang Fan were truly rare!

Almost instantly, she couldn't help developing a favorable impression of this big student-like boy.

After the front-desk girl left, Jiang Fan returned to the room's entrance.

After knocking and receiving permission to enter, he swept his gaze around and walked toward a relatively empty seat against the wall.

As he made his way there, he drew sidelong glances from many people in the room.

"Who is that? He looks like a student, and even like someone from the Outer City. Is he here to take the assessment too?"

"Of course he is. If he weren't here for the assessment, how could he have entered this room?"

"No, that kid looks so skinny. Does he even have enough blood qi? Can he pass this? Is he here to play around?"

"Heh, I've heard that plenty of people come here to try their luck. He's probably one of them!"

"If that's really the case, that kid is going to suffer later. This time, the chief examiner is Team Leader Wang, who's famous for his explosive temper. If he finds out someone is fooling around like this, won't he blow his top?"

"I can't say what the result will be, but during the third stage, the combat test, he might well have to suffer a beating!"

"Heh heh..."

"..."

Jiang Fan ignored the idle chatter and calmly reached his chosen seat.

"Silence!"

At the front, chief examiner Team Leader Wang frowned as he spoke.

In an instant, the room became as still as water!

After sweeping the room with his stern gaze, he paused briefly on Jiang Fan before impatiently looking away and returning his attention to the assessment area in the center of the room.

"The assessment continues!"

"Next, Chen Qiangzhuang!"

As soon as his voice fell, a gigantic burly man sprang up from his seat and briskly made his way to the center of the room.