Chu Tian watched him court disaster from the side, with a hint of judgment in his tone.
But then, he felt a chill run down his spine.
"Hmm? What's going on? Why do I have a bad feeling?"
Thinking this, Chu Tian's eyes darted around.
"Damn it, this brat wants to plot against me!"
As he thought this, sure enough, the kid and that Sang'er exchanged more taunts.
The three of them stood poised for a fight, ready to make their move.
Just then, the傻乎乎 (silly) kid took a sudden step back.
"I'm telling you, don't get cocky. My big brother is super strong!"
After saying that, he turned his head towards Chu Tian.
"Big brother, you hold them off for now. I'm going to sign up and come back to help you!"
"I don't know him. You guys sort it out yourselves, it has nothing to do with me!"
Boom... Boom...!
Two sounds occurred almost simultaneously.
The two booming noises merged together.
Two figures shot out in parallel.
They zipped past the eyes of the three people.
The three guys, watching the two receding figures, froze for a moment.
"Holy crap, they ditched us! Chase them...!"
One of them jumped up in anger.
The other two immediately restrained him.
"Don't chase them. They're going to Yuanshi Academy. Didn't you hear the傻子 (fool) say he was going to sign up? We'll just ambush them here. When they get eliminated, they'll definitely leave through here. We'll get them then!"
"That's right, big brother. We can't chase them. Even if we catch up, we can't do anything to them at the entrance of Yuanshi Academy.
Private fights aren't allowed there, and it will attract the attention of people from Yuanshi Academy.
Third brother's plan is good. We'll find a place to hide here and ambush them later to kill them!"
The two spoke one after another.
The guy who was jumping up and down in anger, after listening, his eyes sparkled with resentment.
"What if they don't come down the mountain?"
As he said this, the other two were taken aback.
They knew that what their big brother said was very likely to happen.
If they didn't come down the mountain, and were admitted to Yuanshi Academy, they would have no way to take revenge.
Even if they met again in the future, it would be best to avoid them. Yuanshi Academy was famous for protecting its own. So they could only pray that the "what if" their big brother mentioned wouldn't happen.
However, to appease their big brother, they could only say.
"That傻小子 (silly kid), how could he possibly pass!"
As they said this, the two of them also lacked confidence.
They had participated in the initial entrance examination of Yuanshi Academy for six consecutive years, and all of them had failed.
They were already twenty-five years old this year, which was their last chance to participate in the exam within the age limit.
They could tell, if not at a glance, then at least most of the way, who would be admitted and who wouldn't.
That傻小子 just now was at most seventeen years old.
He was following a strength-based path. If they were all seventeen years old, the three of them combined probably wouldn't be a match for him.
That kid either had innate divine strength or was guided by a master and practiced advanced cultivation techniques.
He was definitely a genius.
The guy beside him, whom he called big brother.
He looked thin, but the strength he displayed just now was no less than that of the傻小子. However, he seemed older, probably around twenty-two or twenty-three years old.
In that case, his talent was much weaker than that of the傻小子.
However, this guy seemed very clever.
They could see that the傻小子 was not傻 (stupid) at all. Although the two of them were traveling together, they were not acquaintances.
That傻小子 was definitely a cunning person, planning to plot against Chu Tian.
However, Chu Tian discovered it first and followed him.
For someone with such a mind, who knew their physical weakness yet followed a strength-based path, it was simply impossible.
Therefore, they concluded that Chu Tian must be hiding his strength.
This... was the experience they had gained from roaming the Jianghu for so many years.
The three of them were not like the pampered children of Yuanshi Academy.
However, being ridiculed by that傻小子 still made them angry. Big Wind Novel Network
Were they really that bad? For six years, how much suffering had they endured to improve their aptitude, through storms and rains, through life and death.
They had almost lost their lives multiple times for a single pill.
But all they got was rejection.
All academies had an age limit of 25 for recruiting new students.
This was their last chance.
Unfortunately, things did not go as planned.
The thoughts they had in their hearts disappeared.
What would they strive for in the future?
When they came down the mountain just now, they were lowering their heads, contemplating these questions.
When they unexpectedly encountered that傻小子 provoking them.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and the guy called "boss" started to tremble.
Tiny black dots slowly appeared between his blood vessels.
He himself didn't notice any of this.
The other two naturally couldn't find out.
The three of them were now crouching in a mountain hollow, silent, each lost in thought.
...
On the other side, Chu Tian and the傻小子 looked at each other, then both showed expressions of disdain.
The next second, they grinned at each other.
Chu Tian suddenly felt that entering Yuanshi Academy would be quite fun.
However, he didn't know when their communication would be restored.
He also didn't know how long he could stay here.
The path in front of the two gradually became narrower and steeper.
"No steps?"
Finally, the two arrived at a steep mountainside.
This cliff was not only steep but also sloped. The slope was not forward but backward.
It formed a dome-like shape.
On the edge of the dome, something like a cloud ladder was moving up and down.
However, only people were coming down the cloud ladder, and no one was using it to go up.
On the crescent-shaped cliff, many people were climbing.
Some even fell from places beyond the clouds.
But every time they were about to reach the ground, a golden light would rise from the ground to catch those who fell. Otherwise, Chu Tian estimated, the ground would be a pulp of flesh.
"Hahaha, Yuanshi Academy, here I come! I've finally waited until I'm sixteen!"
The kid beside Chu Tian let out a strange cry.
He bent his legs.
Boom...!
He shot up into the sky like a cannonball, heading straight for the heavens.
"Heh!"
This kid controlled his strength very well. He leaped over a part of the vertical cliff and grabbed the stone wall of the dome with his hands.
He quickly pressed himself against it.
Using both hands and feet, he ascended as if walking on flat ground.
In the blink of an eye, he disappeared into the area obscured by the clouds.
However, he couldn't escape Chu Tian's divine sense.
This was because Chu Tian's divine sense covered a range of over ten kilometers.
He knew that the first part of this so-called entrance examination was definitely the most difficult he had ever seen.
It was also the most time-consuming.
"Last three incense sticks, the mountain gate closes!"
Suddenly, a mystical voice echoed from the mountaintop.
"Waaahhhh, charge!"
After the voice sounded, the傻小子 let out a strange cry and threw his shoes away.
Others took one step and then looked for the next foothold.
This guy, on the other hand, reached out and dug his hand directly into the rock.
He stepped on the rock wall and made a hole.
The whole person, like a shooting star, with debris flying everywhere, rushed upwards.
Chu Tian saw this scene in his divine sense and couldn't help but shake his head.
"You silly kid, work yourself to death!"
Chu Tian walked to the edge of the cliff and slowly began to climb.