CHAPTER 127 - YE BEIMING'S BLUE-EYED CONFIDANTES
Translated by Luxican
Edited by madghost
After a short moment, only a group of warriors in flashy attire stepped forward.
The leader was a middle-aged warrior with tiger-like eyes and forehead.
They were all dressed in pale golden martial robes with red-golden Kylin belts around their waists. Although they were only about ten years old, their eyes were sharp and their breath steady, and all of them had reached the stage of 'Great Martial Artist'.
More than ten people walked at a steady pace, and when they halted, they did at the same time. It was obvious that they were well trained. Wu Xuan Peerless Hall was truly worthy of being the first Martial Hall of the Great Zhou Empire.
"I heard that today the Royal Magic Academy would hold its final exam. So, the Wu Xuan Peerless Hall sent twelve of its disciples to observe!" Dou Li was originally the famous tiger general of the Great Zhou Empire, a subordinate of the fierce Old General Yun Bahe.
As the name implied, this Dou Li was a powerful figure, he was even powerful enough to create new martial art.
However, for some unknown reason, when Dou Li was in his prime, he suddenly resigned from his military duties and joined the Wu Xuan Peerless Hal. Becoming the deputy director of the Wu Xuan Peerless Hall.
Under him, coupled with the many years of experience of the Wu Xuan Peerless Hall, he cultivated many famous warriors of the Great Zhou Empire.
Seeing that the warrior personally brought the elite disciples, the director of the Royal Magic Academy, a thin, withered old magician politely came forward to greet them.
And then, more than ten warriors of the Wu Xuan Peerless Hall, with calm faces, turned to size up the Royal Magic Academy's students.
It was no wonder that the Wu Xuan Peerless Hall was one of the continent's most famous Martial Halls, while the Royal Magic Academy was at the end among the continent's Magic Academy. The highest cultivation of the students here was only Great Magician, compared to the Wu Xuan Peerless Hall's crisp and unadorned Great Martial Artists, and some among them are even above Martial Master; the academy was indeed quite inferior.
The vice-director and dean of the two sides exchanged some insincere pleasantries.
Yun Sheng was sandwiched among the junior students, secretly sizing up the visitors of the Wu Xuan Peerless Hall.
This was the third time that Yun Sheng came in contact with people of the Wu Xuan Peerless Hall. The other times were with Tang Yu and the group of guards that she had encountered at the Wanlong Gambling House.
Each time, it had completely overturned Yun Sheng's previous understanding of the Wu Xuan Peerless Hall.
Originally, Yun Sheng thought that the Wu Xuan Peerless Hall was just like the Royal Magic Hall, recruiting disciples. After all, Tang Yu is also a member of the Wu Xuan Peerless Hall.
After several encounters, Yun Sheng discovered that the strength of the Wu Xuan Peerless Hall was amazingly strong, and this was even more proven by today's batch of disciples. Among the twelve warriors, four or five of them were actually at or even above Martial Master, while the guards at the Wanlong Gambling House were even more powerful.
A warrior is inherently stronger than a magician in terms of physique. But this was understandable as warriors were good at melee combat, while magicians excelled at long-range combat.
So, it was hard to tell which side was stronger than the other.
But there existed a roughly strength comparison of the two. Warriors were divided into, Martial Novice, Martial Artist, Great Martial Artist, Martial Master, Great Martial Master, Martial Sage, Martial King, Martial Sovereign, and Martial Deity, which corresponded to the nine stages of Magicians.
Martial Artist corresponded to Magician, Great Martial Artist to Great Magician, and Martial Master corresponded with Magister, which was equivalent to the strength of an ordinary tutor of the Royal Magic Academy.
With such a lineup, coming to observe the Royal Magic Academy's final exam was just like watching a monkey show.
Just by standing, the people of the Wu Xuan Peerless Hall had created considerable psychological pressure on the students of the Royal Magic Academy.
One of the disciples had a fair complexion, with a refreshing charm, and a pair of eyes that were always smiling at all times. Another disciple had a dark complexion, with a torch-like gaze and a solemn aura.
These two were exactly what Yun Sheng had noticed earlier, they were warriors above Martial Master.
When the group of the Fighting Association saw these warriors, their expressions were paler than snow.
A rare blush appeared on Song Xiangru's face, and after stealing a glance at the dark-skinned and tall young man, she whispered with Cheng Lian, "It's Bu Jiuxiao and Cheng Bai."
Bu Jiuxiao and Cheng Bai, the two of them one black one white. Both of them were outstanding young talents that had appeared in the last few years in Yujing Cityù. Bu Jiuxiao was good at fighting itself, while Cheng Bai was good at strategies. They were also the object of heated after-dinner discussions of the imperial capital's prestigious ladies.
Song Xiangur had always had a fondness for cold and handsome men like Bu Jiuxiao.
But Cheng Lian's smile was a little awkward, she couldn't be more familiar with the two.
Due to being the granddaughter of Cheng Ge, Cheng Lian had study mates before the age of six.
At that time the current crown prince Ye Beilian, as well as the former crown prince Ye Beiming and these two had been playmates. Only later, when Ye Beiming was detained in the Cold Palace and dethroned, the two broke off all relations with Cheng Lian!
Both Bu Jiuxiao and Cheng Bai joined the Wu Xuan Peerless Hall after leaving, while Cheng Lian joined the Royal Magic Academy along with the current Crown Prince Ye Beilian.
The relationship between the several people was unknown to a commoner like Yun Sheng, but she was good at reading people and immediately saw the hostility coming from the Prince of Great Zhou Empire as well as Cheng Lian and the visitors of the Wu Xuan Peerless Hall.
"Dean please forgive me, Dou Li has come uninvited this time just to facilitate the mutual exchange between the Martial Hall and the Magic Academy and to improve our relationship." Dou Li had finished exchanging his pleasantries with the Dean of the Royal Magic Academy at that moment. He seemingly unintentionally glanced at the magic students. After discovering that all present except for the Crown Prince were only some intermediate and beginner students, there was a glint of disappointment.
But it was only a short flicker, and Dou Li cupped his fist and saluted.
Since the group of the Wu Xuan Peerless Hall was only here to observe, the dean was not able to turn them away.
He ordered people to prepare thirteen more seats, and invited the Prince Ye Beilian, to sit in the same row with the group of instructors at the VIP area.
The students of the Magic Academy, on the other hand, were whispering with each other.
Yun Sheng's seat wasn't far from the VIP seats, no more than around a dozen meters away from the Wu Xuan Peerless Hall disciples.
Seeing that the people standing in front of them were nothing more than junior and some intermediate students with low cultivation, Cheng Bai couldn't help rolling his eyes and unscrupulously muttered in Bu Jiuxiao's ear.
"Tsk, it's so hot today. Why did the deputy director drag us here for, to watch a bunch of rookies play magicians?" Cheng Bai had a lively and active nature and a straight-forward temper and was also very lazy. He was very unwilling to go out on a hot day.
Bu Jiuxiao was just the opposite, he was indifferent, even while sitting under the hot sun, he was as expressionless as ever.
"Should be in preparation for that. I heard that the Martial Halls of several other countries are planning to bring magicians and even summoners along." the two teenager's words, unknowingly drifted into Yun Sheng's ears.
Yun Sheng just wanted to listen more carefully to their conversation when, on the high platform, the dean of the Magic Academy had announced that the demonstration of the Fighting Association was about to begin.
T/N: Thank you for reading!!
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