54 Two Big News

In the early morning, the light snow dancing in the sky didn't make the outer section of the East Mountain Sword Clan cold.

The competition of the evaluation was still hot.

After the first day of competition, the disciples of Gui had 36 persons advanced, who were evenly divided into six teams. and they are divided into six teams; each team had six, two of whom were seed players; each team would play in a round-robin competition, then, the top three would advance into next round while the last three would be pending.

Wei Gaoyuan was in the second team, another seed player of this team happened to be Hu Xiaoshu.

In more than half a year's cultivation, Hu Xiaoshu had improved rapidly and reached Transforming Force of the Undistinguishment, expected to enter the ninth-level of the Mystery next year.

To meet his best brother Wei on the competition platform, he just gave a bitter smile.

Wei Gaoyuan's first opponent was Cao Jinchen, an Exterior Force of the Undistinguishment. Not long after the competition began, he'd controlled his opponent and won soon.

Then after 4 straight walkover, sure enough, he'd seized a seat to the advanced round.

Although Hu Xiaoshu's road to advance was not as easy as Wei Gaoyuan, he also won a seat after the victory of four competition.

In his fifth competition with Wei Gaoyuan, Hu Xiaoshu chose to give up directly. Finally, the two brothers together got their names in the top eighteen, including the permission to go down the mountain and go home for Spring Festival.

Apart from them two, the other ten disciples who entered the outer section by the trial had already obtained advance qualifications. Among the ten, WEI Gaoyuan of the Cyan-Feather made a splash by showing his strength of the bottom of eighth-level and an all-5-win. As a result, the boy with the fake spiritual root was hot in the spot light again, his name spreading throughout the outer section.

And right after the first round finished, two big news had also been widespread in the outer section: WEI Gaoyuan of the Cyan-Feather, decided to challenge the disciple of Ren; the other Wei Gaoyuan, from the Dark-Feather, intended to challenge the disciple of Xin.

The two boys who had the same first name had soon became the hottest topic during the meal.

WEI Gaoyuan, known as the talent with the fake spiritual root, just wanted to challenge the Ren, then who gave the other Wei Gaoyuan courage and confidence to challenge the Xin? What the hell was his aptitude?

…

In a room in the backyard of the Dark-Feather, Elder Wu sighed and asked, "Anyone can tell me who spread it?"

Wei Gaoyuan was no less confused than Elder Wu, "Report to master, I've never said I'll challenge any brother of Xin. Someone must have dug the hole to let me in."

"Master, could it be some disciple of the Cyan-Feather?" Chu Yuntian gave his suspicion.

"The Cyan-Feather?" Elder Wu frowned, "what's the motivation?"

"Report to master, I saw junior brother Wei and Liu Xingfei of the Blue-Feather the day before, and they seemed to be in a small conflict with Dong Feiye of the Cyan-Feather," Chu Yuntian said honestly.

"Just a little issue among kids…Elder Xu can never allow his disciple to do such a stupid thing, I knew him…" Elder Wu said.

"I assume that Dong Feiye could hardly do it like that. It might be someone else…" Chu Yuntian guessed.

"No matter who did it, we should make an issue of it," Elder Wu looked seriously and asked Wei Gaoyuan, "what's your current stage? Have you got confidence to compete with… a top of the eighth-level? "

Wei Gaoyuan hesitated for a moment and replied, "Master, I just reached the bottom of the seventh not long ago…"

"what?"

"The bottom of the seventh?!"

Elder Wu showed a surprise, and then laughed, "The aptitude of fake spiritual root is indeed amazing… It might not be a miracle that you enter the Mystery at the age of 20."

Chu Yuntian was extremely shocked. Upon hearing Liu Xingfei's high praise that day, he just thought his junior brother might be able to compete with the bottom of the eighth by some unknown special means. Now he realized he'd truly underestimated this seemingly ordinary junior brother—a mystery, as well as a miracle.

It took himself four-year hard training to achieve today's stage while junior brother Wei just reached the bottom of the seventh in one year after the entrance. Didn't it mean that his progress was four times faster than himself? Unbelievable!

Wait! He remembered something. Master just talked about the fake spiritual root. It was about junior brother Wei?

But what was that WEI Gaoyuan of the Cyan-Feather? Two fake spiritual roots?

Elder Wu had read the doubts in Chu Yuntian's eyes. He said, "It's Wei Gaoyuan, our Dark-Feather, who actually owns the fake spiritual root, instead of that kid, who was really a high price…" he laughed proudly.

That's it!

Chu Yuntian smiled too. That boy was a high price to the Cyan-Feather. Yet the Cyan-Feather couldn't have done it as it might be a potential bomb. There had been no leak of the real fake spiritual root since the two boys entered. Almost everyone who knew it seemed to keep it in secret. If junior brother Wei stood in the limelight after victory in the challenge, especially if the aptitude of his fake spiritual root was exposed during the competition, the fame and efforts of the Cyan-Feather could be blown up.

"Don't let the secret go out of this room," Elder Wu said to Chu Yuntian. "And wish you get a step further in this year's evaluation, just go fight for the No.1 of your grade."

"Hear and obey! I understand. I'll do my best to be the top." Chu Yuntian replied.

Elder Wu turned to Wei Gaoyuan, "You can handle the rumor by yourself. If you find it's not easy to get off the stage, just pick one of the Xin and play it. But remember, let your opponent lose the competition rather than his face."

Then he laughed again and murmured, " The Xin was defeated by the Gui. I can't remember when such a thing happened last time. This year, our Dark-Feather might be pushed onto the stage, then just see how we're performing…"

…

In the private area of the Cyan-Feather's backyard, Elder Xu was mad at a few disciples in front of him.

"Which idiot did it?!! You'd better explain it, clearly, very clearly!!" he shouted.

Dong Feiye and WEI Gaoyuan stood opposite Elder Xu, trembling. WEI Gaoyuan'd never seen Elder Xu so furious since he entered the Cyan-Feather.

"All dumb?! Open your mouths!! Who can tell me what the hell is going on?!!" Elder Xu roared.

"Report ... Report to ... master, I...I estimate ...I has ...can...compete with the brother of Ren ... " WEI Gaoyuan replied, still shivering. He didn't seem to figure out what had happened.

"I didn't ask about that," Elder Xu gave Wei Gaoyuan a glance, trying to calm down, and then said, "who, spread that Wei Gaoyuan of the Dark-Feather wanna challenge the Xin? I've asked Elder Wu about it. Wei Gaoyuan never declared it."

Well, that's it. WEI Gaoyuan felt relieved a little, and said carefully, "Master, I've been busy with my training recently and know nothing about it. I can't do a thing like that."

"Good, then your report?" Elder Xu turned his eyes to Dong Feiye, "I heard that you've argued with Wei Gaoyuan?"

"Report to master! Yesterday, Liu Xingfei of the Blue-Feather encouraged Wei Gaoyuan to challenge the disciple of Xin. I did mock at their ridiculous attempt and had an argument with Liu Xingfei, including an exchange with Wei Gaoyuan. But, that's all. I never spread that Wei Gaoyuan plan to challenge the Xin." Dong Feiye replied, seriously.

Then he speculated, "Perhaps, Liu Xingfei?"

Elder Xu was silent, thinking deeply for a moment, and then asked, "Did you talk with anyone about it?"

"Yes, I've told it to Deng Baisheng and Ji Huzhe," Dong Feiye said.

While hearing it, Elder Xu frowned slightly, and said, "Go, and call them two, go now."