Chapter 25
It was an awkward situation.
Without the level six Mystery Energy-testing Stone, they could not get an accurate result. So how to determine Lin Beichen's final level?
Both Li Qingxuan and Chu Hen were lost in thought.
The examination had to be suspended temporarily.
The Third College's invigilators and one special observer in the ring began to discuss urgently what to do.
And Lin Beichen also stood in the ring for the moment.
He glanced down at Wu Xiaofang in the crowd.
"Is level 4.7 of Mystery Energy very high?"
He stared down at Wu Xiaofang, half laughing.
Wu Xiaofang just felt the blood in his body rush to his head and the indescribable humiliation explode inside him. He gnashed his teeth and wanted to swallow Lin Beichen, but he couldn't say a word.
"Did you ask me if I've seen the gap between you and me?"
Lin Beichen stared at Wu Xiaofang and said, "Of course I've seen it. I just wonder if you see it, Senior Brother Wu Xiaofang?"
"I..."
Wu Xiaofang wanted to say something mean, but he failed.
At this moment, whatever he said was a disgrace to himself.
Nothing he said was forceful.
Then Lin Beichen directed his eyes at Mu Xinyue.
There seemed to be a special magic in his eyes, and wherever he looked, others followed.
Suddenly Mu Xinyue was the focus of all the students.
She tried to keep her expression natural.
She thought that Lin Beichen was going to insult her in the same way he humiliated Wu Xiaofang.
But Lin Beichen only gave her a slight glance. His eyes did not change, and did not rest on her, just pa.s.sing over her and looking elsewhere, as if in his eyes she were just a pa.s.ser-by, no different from anyone else.
This was disregard.
This was Lin Beichen's complete disregard of Mu Xinyue.
Mu Xinyue felt a sharp pain in her heart.
She was more upset when Lin Beichen did this than if he insulted her like he insulted Wu Xiaofang in public.
Her heart was full of hate.
She was not reconciled.
Today's martial arts compet.i.tion was supposed to be the best stage for her to make a hit.
She should have been the best lead who got all the attention, receiving adoration from all the students and congratulations from the teachers.
Now, however, Lin Beichen had taken her place.
A moment later, the invigilator came to the center of the ring and announced loudly, "After the joint consultation of all the invigilators and Observer Li, we decided that Lin Beichen's previous test result is invalid and not included in the exam results due to the malfunction of the level five Mystery Energy-testing Stone. Other students, please continue to test. Lin Beichen will be tested again after the new level five Mystery Energy-testing Stone arrives."
"What?"
"There's something wrong with the Mystery Energy-testing Stone?"
"Lin Beichen's score is invalid?"
All of a sudden, the students around the ring began to make a lot of noise. The exclamations radiated in all directions like stormy waves.
Lin Beichen was slightly stunned.
"The score is invalid?"
"What does this mean?"
He
"You go down the ring and wait for retesting when the new tester comes," said Chu Hen, the grade dean.
Lin Beichen was about to say something when he heard Chu Hen's voice in his ear, saying, "Hold on, kid. Trust me, our school will never let you down."
Lin Beichen nodded and walked off the ring.
Many eyes were on him.
"Hahaha, his score is invalid."
Wu Xiaofang laughed and couldn't wait to come to Lin Beichen, sneering, "Are you desperate? Ha ha, how does it feel to fall from ecstasy to abyss?"
Lin Beichen stared at him and said, "It's better than a slap in the face."
"Well, you're still talking tough. I knew there was something wrong with your score. Observer Li must have seen through your cheating. You just wait, your yesterday's knowledge exam scores will soon be invalidated too," Wu Xiaofang snarled with a sneer. "Remember, you are trash, a sc.u.m, forever."
"Silence," Chu Hen shouted from the ring.
The grade dean's eyes swept over Wu Xiaofang in a harsh way.
"Just wait," Lin Beichen said flatly.
Then it went quiet.
Then the other students in the first group continued their Mystery Energy test.
As a result of the two waves of sensation caused by Mu Xinyue and Lin Beichen, when Wu Xi's Mystery Energy was tested to be level 4.6, the teachers and students did not have much emotional fluctuation.
Soon, the morning test was all over.
Since the level six Mystery Energy-testing Stone had not arrived yet, Lin Beichen's Mystery Energy level was ultimately up in the air.
However, under the promotion of Wu Xiaofang and others, most people began to think that it was because Lin Beichen cheated in the compet.i.tion, which led to the special observer's suspicion of him. Therefore, not only his score of Mystery Energy level was canceled, but also his score of full marks in the knowledge exam might be canceled.
Under such circ.u.mstances, the whole Midyear Compet.i.tion's important part—actual combat examination, finally began in the expectations of the people.
The first part was the internal a.s.sessment of each cla.s.s.
Lin Beichen went back to Cla.s.s Nine.
It was the fencing teacher, Ding Sans.h.i.+, who presided over the internal combat a.s.sessment of Cla.s.s Nine.
All the 40 students draw lots to form a team to fight, with loser groups and winner groups, which ensured that each student could get enough opportunities to show their strength.
There was no doubt about the outcome of the battle within Cla.s.s Nine.
No one could get past Lin Beichen's Triple Sword Strikes.
Even the monitor Yin Yi, once the first of Cla.s.s Nine, was no exception.
In an entire afternoon's test, Lin Beichen was undoubtedly the number one in Cla.s.s Nine.
He and other five students of Cla.s.s Nine including Lin Xueyin, Yin Yi, Cheng Ku, and Xue Yue became the representatives of Cla.s.s Nine to partic.i.p.ate in the Midyear Compet.i.tion.
As the internal a.s.sessment ended, it was time to leave school.
The first day of the Midyear Compet.i.tion was over.
After a busy and noisy day, the campus was finally quiet again.
The woods at the edge of the Practice Court were dark and secluded.
This was Lin Beichen's choice of hiding place on campus.
Lin Beichen froze when he came back.
"Am... am I in the wrong place?"
He saw that two elaborate and luxurious tents had been set up in the doghouse-like woods.
w.a.n.g Zhong, the old steward, was was.h.i.+ng with his sleeves rolled up. On a tree rope outside the tent hung a number of washed garments, from tunics to underwear... These clothes were in the latest style of the season in Cloudy Dream City, full of a luxurious atmosphere.
"This..."
Lin Beichen was surprised and said, "You dog, what... what are you doing?"
He just asked w.a.n.g Zhong to buy some groceries.
As a result, he bought so many things unexpectedly.
And at a glance, they were very expensive.
Were they making their home in the woods?