You Almost Hurt Me

The young cultivator quietly approached Daoist Fu Feng and said in a low voice, "Brother Fu Feng, I didn't offend you, nor did the Bao family."

Daoist Fu Feng coughed a few times and could only play dumb, saying, "Be patient, you'll know when you watch on."

The young cultivator fidgeted, only able to watch Wei Yuan head north. The two Confucian scholars, however, were pleasantly surprised and pretended not to see the secret fortune technique Wei Yuan had suddenly displayed.

Noble families all possessed secret fortune techniques, among which the Bao family's Forget Flowing Years was particularly famous, capable of instantly boosting Bao Yun's strength. Since Li Zhi had already booked his spot at the Four Saints Academy, he would definitely learn the Xing Li Chapter. It wasn't just Li Zhi and Bao Yun; many disciples from prominent families present also had secret fortune techniques. If they were to be strict, they might discover twenty to thirty such individuals. Therefore, the evaluators knew in their hearts that this matter couldn't be investigated.

In the northern central army, a girl in a goose-yellow dress looked at the sand table, calculating the time. "If Li Zhi doesn't arrive in another fifteen minutes, we will attack!"

Before she finished speaking, a few small hills on the sand table in front of the girl suddenly shed a few grains of sand!

The girl looked up and said calmly, "Li Zhi actually has some skill; he's here."

Everyone around the girl looked towards the south, all calm and composed, none showing fear.

They were different from Li Zhi. These people had already contacted each other before the unified exam, unlike Li Zhi, who only started gathering his team after entering the dormitory. They also had complete faith in Bao Yun. Bao Yun sending out her flanks was to force Li Zhi's main force into a decisive battle, to resolve their opponent in one go, finish the exam early, and go back to drinking.

The crowd gazed into the distance for a moment. What appeared at the end of their vision was not an army in yellow, but a moving mountain of flesh.

Wei Yuan rode his pig onto a small hill, standing tall, gazing at the neatly arranged Military Formation ahead. In his eyes, all he saw was that expanse of blue armor. In the Illusion Realm, all weapons and armor were automatically colored after selection, so there was no confusion about factions.

Everyone in the blue-clad Military Formation also saw Wei Yuan's yellow heavy armor.

Bao Yun stared at Wei Yuan in astonishment and asked, "Who is this person?"

Everyone shook their heads in confusion. They knew who Wei Yuan's important subordinates were before the Martial Assessment, but none of them knew who this person riding a pig was.

While they hesitated, Wei Yuan did not stop. Looking at the strict Military Formation before him, a strand of black silk once again flowed into the wild boar's body. The wild boar's body suddenly grew larger, and the white mist sprayed from its nostrils became more intense, forming a large cloud of mist that enveloped Wei Yuan.

Wei Yuan's mind moved, and he pointed his spear forward. The wild boar immediately let out a sky-shattering roar that echoed throughout the entire Illusion Realm!

Blood-red color quickly spread across the wild boar's two tusks, and the white mist it sprayed also took on a hint of red. It lowered its head and charged towards the Military Formation with a mass of mist.

The Military Formation was originally very neat, and the soldiers arrayed were full of confidence. But this formation was meant to deal with Li Zhi, not a wild boar the size of a small mountain. When a wild boar weighing tens of thousands of pounds charged at full speed, they finally understood fear; it was simply beyond human capability!

The person in the center of the first rank dropped their weapon and fled. The people in the two ranks behind were caught off guard, wanting to escape but it was already too late.

The wild boar crashed into the Military Formation with a roar. Its tusks, several feet long, lifted and sent several people flying. Those people, flying in mid-air, had no time to struggle before spear shadows flashed before their eyes, and they vanished into light.

The Military Formation, originally prepared to deal with Li Zhi's full-scale assault, was pierced through by Wei Yuan's charge.

After breaking through the Military Formation, Wei Yuan squeezed his legs. The wild boar planted its four hooves, its body still sliding forward more than ten feet due to the powerful inertia, its hooves scraping sparks before it finally turned around.

At this moment, a wide passage was carved through the center of the blue-clad Military Formation, and several white lights rose from the ground.

Several youths rushed out from Bao Yun's side and pounced towards Wei Yuan. One of them shouted, "Don't be afraid! Let's work together to kill that beast first!"

Faint glows rose from the bodies of several youths as they ran like lightning, clearly all possessing secret fortune techniques. At this moment, the wild boar had just turned its massive body and had not yet gathered its strength, but the youths had already reached it. Several youths leaped into the air, and their various weapons rained down on the wild boar.

At this moment, both sides were using their secret fortune techniques. Wei Yuan's divine sense moved, and he sensed the fortune on the opponent's bodies. Under the interaction of fortune, Wei Yuan felt that the three youths before him were like candlelight in the wind, each small and weak. In Wei Yuan's eyes, their movements also became as slow as snails, and being in mid-air, unable to maneuver or dodge, they were the best of targets. Wei Yuan thrust his spear, one shot each, and in a blink of an eye, all the youths vanished into light.

Wei Yuan slowly withdrew his spear and his gaze fell upon the remaining Military Formation. The candidates in the blue-clad Military Formation, seeing Wei Yuan's gaze, suddenly collapsed and scattered in all directions.

Wei Yuan looked up and saw the young men and women standing on the hilltop. He pointed his long spear forward, aiming at the girl standing in the middle.

"Presumptuous!" A heroic-looking youth beside the girl became enraged, stepped forward, and shouted, "I will teach him the rules!"

Bao Yun said softly, "Brother Xu, be careful."

The youth said proudly, "No matter! A mere barbarian, easily dealt with!"

The youth clearly also possessed a secret fortune technique. Two balls of purple fire ignited in his eyes, and purple flames rose from his body, his speed suddenly increasing several times. He shot towards Wei Yuan like a purple fire dragon, then leaped into the air and roared, "Barbarian, behold my sword!"

Wei Yuan looked at the purple fire youth crawling slowly through the air and thrust his spear straight at his chest.

The youth leaped several dozen feet, his sword like a cold star. However, his sword tip was still several feet away from Wei Yuan's throat and could not advance any further.

The youth slowly lowered his head and saw that Wei Yuan's spear had pierced his chest at some unknown time. Then, two small horizontal branches caught his body, preventing him from moving forward. He desperately stretched out his arm, but his three-foot sword only moved forward two inches, unable to touch Wei Yuan at all.

Wei Yuan swung his great spear in a circle in the air, then flicked it forcefully. The youth was sent flying like a meteor into the group of people on the slope, and three white lights simultaneously rose.

The girl sighed softly, raised her long sword with both small hands, and prepared to go herself.

At this moment, a young man behind her, holding a sword and with a face no less beautiful than the girl's, stopped her and said, "It seems Brother Xu is no match."

The girl said, "But Brother Xu did his best! It's okay, I'll do it myself."

She struggled a few times but couldn't break free from the boy's hand. The boy held her firmly and said with a faint smile, "Your Brother Xu is truly brave. But fighting and killing aren't his thing, I'll do it."

"Hmph, I can do it too!" The girl struggled forward.

"You don't need to," the boy pulled the girl behind him and said, "To borrow a phrase from your Brother Xu: a mere barbarian, not easily dealt with?"

The boy drew his sword, and pure energy surged from his body. He flew towards Wei Yuan unhurriedly, like an immortal youth.

The girl looked at the boy's retreating back and suddenly called out, "Xiaoyu... Brother, please be careful!"

The boy laughed heartily, his pure energy instantly rising three feet. He pointed his sword at Wei Yuan and shouted, "Three Thousand Lotuses!"

Wei Yuan's vision blurred, and he suddenly lost sight of the boy. All he saw were clusters of green lotuses. These green lotuses shot out like lightning, bombarding Wei Yuan one after another, igniting large patches of green fire rain. Wei Yuan had no time to block; in that instant, he didn't know how many swords he had taken!

A massive beam of light rose. Amidst the green fire rain, the wild boar vanished into light.

As the lotuses dispersed, the boy reappeared, floating before Wei Yuan with his sword in his arms. His eyes were clear, gazing at the distant sky, and he didn't even see Wei Yuan.

The boy's gentle voice sounded, "Considering you took a hit of my Three Thousand Lotuses and didn't fall immediately, if your score isn't good after the exam, I'll give you a spot in a Blessed Land. Alright, you can go now."

The boy closed his eyes slightly, waited for a few breaths, then opened them. He saw Wei Yuan still standing in the same spot, not having vanished into light.

Wei Yuan looked down at himself.

Countless rice-grain-sized dents and shallow scratches appeared on the leaves of his heavy armor, all traces left by the recent sword strike of Three Thousand Lotuses.

Wei Yuan estimated the size of the dents and the depth of the scratches and said sincerely, "You almost hurt me."

The boy's small face grew paler, his long hair fluttered gently, and his small mouth involuntarily pouted, his lips gradually losing their color.