The time has come

In the exam arena.

People were fighting against wild beasts after knowing they also couldn't use their spirit power.

That added some motivation and hope appeared in the hearts of people. That hope was much higher in three people.

They were fighting against a spirit beast, White Eye Gorilla.

The young man in the group spoke.

"We are lucky that White Eye Gorilla can't use its spirit power or else we would be already dead."

"Why do say so?" asked Huan, the little boy.

"White Eye Gorilla can see opponent's weak spots using spirit power. You can know it when his eyes begin to turn white. This is the ability of the White Eye Gorilla."

"Is that the reason why it's named White Eye Gorilla?" inquired Huan.

"Yes, that is why." Answered the young man.

"We will attack as we planned earlier. I am starting!"

"Try to attack its legs."

Xu Luli said because she knew the beast's power was the highest in its legs.

As soon as she completed her sentence he dashed toward the White Eye Gorilla. He ran in a zig-zag motion, came in front of the beast, and attacked the beast's legs.

~Swish!

Unfortunately, his attack didn't reach the beast as it dodged his attack.

Huan also started to run after the young man. He predicted the beast's dodging place and appeared near it.

~Swish!

He attacked its legs too. More precisely to its left leg. His sword cut through the beast's leg.

~Growl!

White Eye Gorilla growled in slight pain but it wasn't a serious injury to it because the attack came from a Spirit Body Stage cultivator.

So the beast attacked Huan who attacked it with the desire of crushing him.

~Push!

It pushed Huan causing him to fall to the ground with his face.

Seeing an opportunity the beast attacked him again.

~Swish!

~Clang!

"Big Sister!" Huan shouted after hearing the clash between a sword and the beast.

He looked up but saw the young man instead of his 'sister' who was blocking the attack.

"Sorry kid, but I'm not your 'Big Sister'!" the young man said laughing.

"Yes, I'm sor-sorry…" Huan said.

"And now, it's her turn."

The young man added and a figure passed before them and attacked the beast's eyes.

~Swish!

It was Xu Luli who attacked, obviously. She was waiting for her turn but Huan get attacked by the beast.

She was going to help him but she saw the young man look at her and just nodded and rushed to save Huan.

~Pierce!

Her sword pierced the left of the spirit beast's eyes.

"ROAR!"

The beast held its left eye with its arms and roared in pain.

"Don't lose the chance! Attack!"

The young man shouted and attacked the beast's legs.

His attack landed at the place where Huan attacked earlier.

Maybe so, his sword cut nearly half of the leg but the sword was stuck.

~Growl!

The beast growled in pain. It shook its arms around itself. It wanted to throw away everything around itself.

~Swish!

Its arm reached the young man. He hadn't pulled out his sword yet so he lost his focus.

"Oh, no!" he said, seeing the incoming attack.

He was too late to dodge or block it.

"You won't!"

Someone shouted from behind.

~Boom!

He was blown away.

~Cough! ~Cough!

He coughed out dryly.

But someone else coughed out blood near him.

It was Huan...

"What happened to you?" Asked the young man.

"Did you save me? Why?"

"This is …cough… for earlier..." said Huan and he tried to stand up.

"No, you rest for a while, or else you might fail the test."

"… Ok, thanks."

"Now I need to help your –"

But before he could finish his sentence Huan disappeared.

"What! Where are –"

Suddenly his eyes blurred and everything went white.

He was confused…

Slowly everything become visible and he could see everything.

"It seems we are teleported out from the arena."

He heard a girl's voice.

"Huh! Teleported out…"

Then he looked at the girl and:

"It's you! Where is your little brother?"

The girl was Xu Luli.

"He is behind you."

The young man looked behind him and saw Huan who was sitting behind him putting his head on his knees. As if he was thinking about something.

"He is…"

"He has been like this for a whole minute. Don't bother…" Xu Luli said with a slightly reassuring voice.

"Everyone! Listen to me!"

A sudden voice attracted their focus. It was the elder Ye Heng who spoke.

"This is the end of the test. I congratulate everyone who passed the test."

"Yeeah. Finally, it ended!"

"I thought I will die fighting them"

"But you were running like crazy, haaahaa!"

"What about you? Weren't you shouting for help?"

Everyone became energetic after hearing the test ended.

"We transported out everyone as the time for the test has stopped. Here is everyone who only passed the test"

"But, I have a question for you. Who was the one to find the secret? Tell me"

Everyone was silent.

They didn't pay that much attention to who revealed the secret and just focused on his voice. So they couldn't know who was it.

"It is him. He was the one who did it."

Suddenly one young man lifted a hand and shouted.

There was a fat boy near him. The boy was lifting his arm.

But the fatty was confused and he had a blank face. Suddenly his eyes lit up as he realized something.

"No, I wasn't the... the... did!"

Before he could say his words fully, the young kid near him closed his mouth.

"My friend is being shy. He doesn't wanna take the credit. But I saw he was shouting about the secret in the arena. I was with him when he found it."

The boy beside the fatty spoke awkwardly.

"Yes, his voice is a bit familiar!"

"Right, I remember it. This boy was the one who announced it. I saw it with my own eyes."

"Yes, that boy was near him too!"

Everybody started to agree and support the young man.

But the fatty boy shook his head as he wanted to deny it.

"Ooh, cute! He doesn't wanna admit it!"

"What a cute boy!"

Some girls beside him said seeing his actions, but this resulted in turning his face red. Then the young man whispered something to his ears.

The fatty boy nodded his head after hearing the boy.

"You should be grateful to him since he shared important information with all of you."

"What would happen if he didn't tell anybody and only thought about himself, a lot of you might have failed the test and the exam."

"So do thank him!"

Said the Elder, he knew it wasn't this boy who cleared it but he was the one who was the main responsible person for revealing it.

(Note: Do you remember it? The young man thought about it after seeing the fatty running away from Rolling Fat Bear)

So he said these words. It was the fatty's luck.

"Yes! Thank you! You are a lifesaver!"

"Thank you!"

"Take this, brother!"

A lot of people went to him to thank him.

The fatty was overwhelmed by them. Then he shouted at someone.

"Hey, didn't you say?"

But, Alas, he couldn't finish his words.

* * * * * * * * *

The elder saw the fat boy was receiving a lot of grateful responses from people, mostly boys, which was strange.

He nodded his head in satisfaction.

But his eyes spotted a fellow that was sneakily slipping out of the crowd.

Seeing that he smirked.

{You also don't want to receive praise. A man shouldn't be shy. I will help you to overcome that.} he thought. Then he started speaking.

"Attention! I want to add one more thing the boy helped our hero to save the day. I saw he discovered it with the boy. So thank him too! Am I right, boy!"

He asked from the fatty.

"Yes, the elder is right. He helped me discover it! So thank him not me!"

The fatty nodded his head vigorously and answered. Then he showed a big thumbs up to the elder for helping him. He thought the elder helped him…

Seeing it the elder winked at him.

The elder thought entirely something else though.

He thought the fatty was grateful for helping his friend.

"They are truly good friends, sharing the glory." he thought.

Half of the people around the fatty ran over to the young man that was sneaking away.

The young man cursed both the elder and the fatty on his mind after what they said.

He wanted to run away but couldn't do it.

* * * * * * * * *

"This is the end of the second exam!"

"Tomorrow will be the final exam. So be prepared for it."

"Also the news The Sect Master said will be announced after the exam!"

"It will surprise the world! This is all"

"Good Bye!"

The elder Ye Heng ended his speech.

* * * * * * * * *

In a room.

You could see a handsome man sitting in a circle.

He was cultivating silently.

Suddenly his eyes opened and his hair was lifted in the air.

[ The time to pick up a student has come! ]

He heard a voice in his head.

"Yes, the time has come."

The man replied to the voice.