Gui Ren raised his hands in defeat, "Then I'll retire and move to a different school, because there are so many monsters among the younger generation."
"Haha! Good answer."
Wisdom Gu whispered into Fang Yuan's ear, "Having fun?"
"We're just getting started, onward to the next test, intelligence!"
~
The intelligence portion of the test was held next to the Heavenly Star Academy's library, Constellation Sky Tower.
Fang Yuan stood before the mighty spire, its bricks made of a composite material that reflected a starry sky in its brick layout.
"Hoh?" Fang Yuan observed the material from afar, "To think she would make a Gu House out of Immortal Material, times have truly improved."
As Fang Yuan approached the Constellation Sky Tower to get a better look,
"Halt!" a loud voice shouted from the gate, and a man towered over Fang Yuan in a blink.
He was easily above 2 meters tall and adorned in the attire of an inner disciple of the Heavenly Star Academy.
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"This is Constellation Sky Tower! It is the greatest library in all 5 Regions and the personal office of Headmaster Star Constellation!" The man was stern and firm. He released his aura.
"Rank 4 Gu!" the people around gasped, "And look at that uniform, he's a high-ranking inner disciple…looks like the testee is going to be kicked out before getting a chance to partake." People snickered.
The disciple that stopped Fang Yuan was well known, or rather, infamous amongst disciples of Heavenly Star Academy; his name was Shi Jie.
"Heh," Shi Jie smirked under his breath, "These newbies always get scared shitless, espcially since they think their chance of getting in is on the line, he doesn't look that rich but I should still be able to extort a few stones and gu from this kid."
Fang Yuan remained unfazed and walked past Shi Jie as he was distracted imagining what to demand from Fang Yuan.
Shi Jie soon realised Fang Yuan had slipped away, and quickly turned, "You!"
He reached around to grab Fang Yuan's shoulder, but searing pain prickled his mind, "ARgh! My Hand!"
Shi Jie tried to jump backwards, but his hand was grasped tightly by Fang Yuan. Even though Fang Yuan's aperture had regressed to rank 3, his body was still that of a Rank 6 Immortal!
It was more than enough to deal with a fledgling child like Shi Jie,
"Please, please have mercy!" snot and tears clouded Shi Jie's face, his voice was an amalgamation of screeching and crying, almost indistinct, if not for the fear that compelled Shi Jie to articulate his words, in hopes that Fang Yuan would understand.
"Hmm? Isn't that Shi Jie?" a voice in the crowd sounded in disbelief. The crowd parted to reveal a slender young man dressed in all white, waving a folding fan; the white robes were a sign that he was a direct disciple of an elder.
Shi Jie's face finally showed some signs of relief, "Senior Brother Wei Xiong!"
Pain had clouded his judgment so much that he tried to move toward his senior brother, only to be met with a painful reminder of his situation.
"Who said you could leave, hmm?" Fang Yuan was still gripping onto Shi Jie's hands; he was actually quite lenient, well as lenient as a Rank 6 torturing a Rank 4 could be.
Wei Xiong's face curled up in anger, "This little brat."
Wei Xiong was not close to Shi Jie, they just happened to have had the same master, the difference was that Shi Jie was one of the many students under Elder Wei Gan, where as from the surname, once could tell that Wei Xiong wasn't just a normal inheriting disciple, but Elder Wei's grandson!
"Friend," As an inheriting disciple, he had to maintain the face of his grandfather, but being too lenient would also be spitting on Elder Wei's face. "Can you be courteous this once? He is one of my grandfather's disciples, even though a minor one, it would still be too insulting to lose to a-"
Before Wei Xiong could finish, Fang Yuan threw Shi Jie to the floor and raised his leg high, and stomped down hard on Shi Jie's genitals, all while staring down at Wei Xiong.
"ARGHHHHH!" Shi Jie cried out till a dark colour spread from around his genitals, and the crowd that had gathered began chuckling, silently, under their breath.
Some laughed a little louder than most, as they had been previous victims of Shi Jie's bullying, but it lasted for a second as they remembered Wei Xiong was still present.
Wei Xiong glared fiercely at Fang Yuan, "You! Hmph! Very good! What is your name?"
Some people in the crowd were making gestures to tell Fang Yuan to keep his name quiet, but one particular person caught his eye.
"Don't tell him your name." Wu Fei Hong was gesturing with her mouth in an easy-to-read manner.
"Hmm? You want to know my name?" Fang Yuan smirked, "What gives you the right?"
Wu Fei Hong slapped her forehead, "Not like that, you idiot! Are you trying to get yourself killed!?"
Wei Xiong chuckled his eyes closed into smiling slits, "Trying to act high and mighty when you don't even dare to reveal your name is the epitome of cowardice, my young friend do you worry this lord will take revenge over this trash Shi Jie?"
Wei Xiong's eye turned murderous, revealing fury, "I won't take revenge on you for Shi Jie, but for myself! How dare you act against what I have said? Shi Jie could be killed for I care, but you dare defy me?"
Wu Fei Hong jumped in at that moment and stood between Fang Yuan and Wei Xiong. She cupped her hands and bowed, "Brother Wei, he is just an examinee, why don't you extend some magnanimity befitting one as lofty as yourself, and excuse this man for my sake."
Wei Xiong snapped his folding fan shut. "Slut, you think I give a shit about the Wu clan? Either he gives me his name…"
"Or what?" Fang Yuan stared right back, the two stared daggers at one another, rank 4 aura began spilling out as a mortal killer move was clearly being prepared.
"Stop!" A loud voice caused Fang Yuan and Wei Xiong to break eye contact and turn,
Two figures, wearing the robes of outer elders, were walking forward; one of whom was not hiding his Rank 5 cultivation.
"Who dares cause trouble on such a momentous day!" the elder with a short grey beard and fierce demeanour shouted, his eyes soon locked with Wei Xiong.
"Shit," He thought to himself, "Why did it have to be an inheriting disciple of all things, and not to mention it's Elder Wei's own grandson, this bastard treats the outer hall like his own playground just because his grandpa is up for the position of Deacon."
Even amongst Inheriting disciples there were discrepancies, it all depended on the Elder who was backing you, an outer hall elder's inheriting disciple was usually someone who would superceed himself in the school, and take over as elder, once he steps down, there is not much to teach as it means that one has reached a bottleneck and cannot ascend to be immortal and have not much time remaining.
Wei Xiong was leagues above such inheriting disciples, his Grandfather was a promising talent many years back, and had survived the war between venerables, everyone who managed to keep themselves alive through such an ordeal held enormous providence, and was a once in 100 year talent, at the very least.
He had managed to make use of the past 35 years to rise to the peak of Rank 6 and was prepared to undergo his final steps to become a Rank 7, allowing him to be a Deacon.
Wei Xiong smirked, "Heh, I know this elder, it's Elder Peh, the disciplinary elder of the outer hall, he will surely side with me, worst case, I will pressure him using my grandfather's name."
Wei Xiong cupped his hands and bowed toward Elder Peh, "Discipline Head Elder Peh, I am not one to tell others how to do their job, but on such an occasion as this, how can you allow this unruly fellow to cause trouble during an exam of all things! What if a promising talent within fails because of his antics," Wei Xiong feint drama, and made exaggerated hand gestures,
"Look at this poor disciple of our proud outer hall, if common folk such as this barbarian can go around beating up our disciples, then where would our face as the number 1 school in all the 5 regions go?"
"Tch," Everyone made a clicking noise with their tongues, including Elder Peh, they all knew Wei Xiong was full of shit, "Since, when did this pompous ass, care about the outer hall."
They all thought, but no one dared say anything, especially not for someone who wasn't even a disciple like Fang Yuan.
And everyone knew Shi Jie's reputation was bad, there was a high chance that the matter was related to him in the first place, but now that he had passed out and was under Wei Xiong's protection…punishing him would be slapping Elder Wei in the face, a potential Rank 7 powerhouse!
"What Wei Xiong says is reasonable…" Elder PEh begrudgingly said, "Trainee, for causing disruption and sowing chaos, not to mention harming a disciple of Heavenly Star Academy, I am hereby using my authority to forfeit your results and ban you from entering this academy for 10 years!"
Gasp were heard in the audience, but the loudest two were,
"No! I object!" Wei Xiong and Fang Yuan said at the same time!
Sorry for this change, but idk why I called them students, must have forgotten the word disciples. Anyway, switching it to outer disciple, disciple, inner disciple and inheriting