Chapter 43

Below Qianjin Platform, the remaining examinees were startled. If that was the case, then the people they teamed up with would be collaborators.

And competitors!

The difficulty had suddenly risen by who knew how much.

These four brocade pouches each held different clues. If they knew all of them,

then finding the final destination would obviously be quite simple.

This naturally required the teammates to work together and seize the other pouches from the other teams.

But the people on the same team were also competitors.

Who would dare hold nothing back to fight for the pouches?

Wouldn't that just mean doing all the work for someone else in the end?

"Hahaha, then I, Li Changsheng, will go to the final destination first and wait for whoever wins tonight!"

With that said,

Li Changsheng turned and drifted away.

"Don't lose heart."

Jiang Mu Ming suddenly stood up.

He said, "Perhaps those who make it to the end might also be taken in as my disciples?"

"That's hard to say."

"But making it to the end won't be easy."

Jiang Mu Ming swept out his long sleeve, seemingly transforming into a cloud of mist and dispersing.

Only his lingering voice remained.

"You'll have to be prepared to lose your life!"

Tonight's Great Examination held more than just the Academy's trials for everyone.

There was also Zhuge Yun, who had been hiding among the many examinees all along!

And the Wu Zuo Shi from Beyond Heaven!

Even if Jiang Mu Ming hadn't known the original plot, Zhuge Yun's nature would have been exposed back during the first trial, the Heart-Seeking Trial.

Faced with the River God's question,

his choice had not been to select the sword, but to charge straight at Jiang Mu Ming.

He had wanted to seize the sword!

But that could also be considered his way of being himself. After all, this Wu Zuo Shi had never been a good person.

He was proficient in Mysterious Gate Formation and all manner of strange, unorthodox arts of the martial world.

He had always been ruthless and vicious!

During the second trial, the other party had also comprehended a chilling, murderous artistic conception from Jiang Mu Ming's verse.

Yet Jiang Mu Ming had still let him pass.

Because he wanted to see how much Ye Dingzhi, Baili Dongjun, and the others had improved in strength after comprehending the Dao from his verse.

In any case, although this Wu Zuo Shi from Beyond Heaven had a cultivation realm close to Half-step Profound Spirit,

what he excelled at were all sorts of strange, unorthodox techniques.

Moreover, there were actually two Wu Zuo Shi: Zhuge Wucheng and Zhuge Wucai.

Only by joining forces did the two possess strength close to Half-step Profound Spirit.

Individually, their strength would drop drastically. Otherwise, in the original plot, they would not have been unable to take down even Ye Dingzhi, Baili Dongjun, and the others.

However, what Jiang Mu Ming wanted to see was not a reluctant defense.

What Jiang Mu Ming wanted to see was the four of them defeating their opponent!

"That's right. The Academy's final examination is incomparably dangerous."

Seeing that both Li Changsheng and Jiang Mu Ming had left, Lei Mengsha could finally speak.

He hurriedly added, "If any of you wants to give up, you can leave now!"

"If you don't want to leave, you can choose your teammates yourselves now."

"Each team will take one brocade pouch and set out at different times."

But after finally making it this far, how could the examinees be willing to give up?

They began talking among themselves.

Discussing the matter of forming teams.

Among them, the most popular was naturally Ye Dingzhi, who had been the first to comprehend the secrets hidden in the poem during the second trial!

In the end, however, Ye Dingzhi still chose to form a team with Baili Dongjun, Wang Yixing of Wangcheng Mountain, who was using the alias Zhao Yujia, and Yin Luoxia.

Yue Yao, meanwhile, chose to form a team with Zhuge Yun, Yan Feifei, and Song YanHui.

Once everyone had finished forming their teams,

the Academy's final examination officially began!

The Thirty-Two Pavilions of the Brothel Directorate, the highest place in Tian Qi City.

The bright moon hung high overhead.

Two people lay sprawled atop the pavilion.

Drinking their fill of fine wine.

Enjoying themselves.

"You two really have no decorum at all." Miss Yue Luo shook her head and chuckled. "Don't you two know that someone who shouldn't have entered has slipped into this Great Examination?"

As the master of the Thirty-Two Pavilions of the Brothel Directorate, she naturally had her own intelligence channels.

Li Changsheng seemed a little drunk.