Chapter Seventeen: Huang Zibian of the Imperial Court

  Ye Ming continued on his way to the Xuanzi Class, and along the way, there were signs indicating the direction. This didn't lead him astray, but when he glanced back, he was suddenly shocked - there were only two people heading to the Xuanzi Class.

  It seems that this Huangzi class has a bad reputation indeed!

  A burly fat man followed behind him at a slow pace, but this fatty quickly caught up.

  "My name is Gao Feng, the majestic and powerful 'Gao', the elegant and refined 'Feng'. I'm 15 years old and have achieved a cultivation level of Ling Qi Second Boundary!" The fat guy said with a familiar smile.

  "Two Realms of Spiritual Energy?"

  Ye Ming's face stiffened, how did this guy pass the assessment? His luck was so good? Damn it, he himself had taken four attempts to reach the second boundary of spiritual energy back then...

  Just as I was about to introduce myself, that fatty spoke up again: "I know you're Ye Ming, ranked first in the assessment, defeated Chen Guo, your strength is pretty good, with me it's just a matter of one or two moves!"

  He then said angrily: "I scolded Wu Zhuo Lao Lao a few times before, so I was assigned to the Yellow Character Class. Ye Ming, you must have had dealings with Wu Zhuo Lao Lao, damn it, that old man is best at abusing his power for personal gain! When I become powerful in the future, I will definitely pluck out his beard!"

  "Damn you, Wu Zhuo Lao! You're really awesome!"

  Ye Ming's eyes twitched, and his impression of this fatty was just "weird". A Lingqi Second Realm actually dared to scold an elder, this is probably the only precedent in the assessment of disciples! It really makes one wonder, how did this guy survive till now...

  Two people walked and talked, and after a while, a grand blue-brick mansion appeared in front of them. The sign above the gate read "Huangzi Class" in three big characters. As soon as they approached, all sorts of noises came out from inside the house.

  As I walked closer, the entire class didn't have many people, roughly twenty or thirty, with both boys and girls. Some of the young men were fiddling with spirit symbols in their hands, and the spirit symbols flickered with shadow puppetry, looking very engrossed.

  Some young people have flames rising from their left hand, while holding a chicken wing in their right hand and roasting it...

  "Is this Huang's class?"

  Ye Ming furrowed his brow slightly.

  Haha, new person arrived!

  At this time, a thin and small boy exclaimed, and as soon as his voice fell, the whole class also became silent.

  A girl who appeared to be seventeen or eighteen years old was walking towards him, wearing a fiery red dress, with a slender and delicate figure, her twin peaks in front of her chest slightly bouncing as she walked, almost bursting out.

  "Our Huang Zi class is the worst in the academy, but it's not like anyone can join. I advise you to leave here and find another class to join!"

  The red-clothed girl looked up and down at the two of them, her attitude not very good, poking fun at people, while everyone in the class sneered coldly. It could be seen that this girl's status in Huangzi Class was not low!

  Under the gaze of more than twenty people, Ye Ming and Gao Feng exchanged a glance. Ye Ming frowned and said, "I'm saying, elder sister, whether we leave or not, you don't have the right to decide, do you?"

  He felt inexplicably at a loss for what was happening in front of him.

  The red-clothed girl slightly furrowed her brow, surprisingly admiring Ye Ming's boldness. After all, in her eyes, these two guys were at most fifteen years old, yet they dared to speak up against more than twenty strong opponents. Of course, she didn't want to bully the weak either. She said calmly, "Although my words are harsh, I don't want you to join our class only to hold us back and then leave. Such a situation would be too contradictory, so I'd rather you not come at all."

  Upon hearing this, Ye Ming somewhat understood. These people were afraid that he and Gao Feng would leave the class soon after entering, which would indeed be hurtful, especially to the teacher of this class.

  It's obvious that in the past, there were disciples who did this. After all, the entire class had only a little over twenty people, which can be seen from this.

  "I know what you mean, but since I've been assigned here, I won't leave. After all, that kind of wishy-washy and opportunistic behavior is something I dislike too." Ye Ming said.

  The red-clothed girl shook her head: "I've heard this kind of talk many times before, but in the end, when Teacher Feng devoted himself to teaching, because of his own talent, he practiced slowly and eventually left. Even leaving behind a reputation for misleading students. Forget it, I'm too lazy to say more. Since you want to stay, challenge one of us. If you win, go or stay as you please! If you lose, leave yourself!"

  "Of course, with the strong bullying the weak, getting hurt is inevitable!"

  The red-clothed girl directly challenged them, of course, this seemed to give Ye Ming and the others an opportunity, but in reality, it was a way to drive them away. After all, Ye Ming and the others had just entered the inner courtyard and were still young, how strong could they be?

  "Challenge?"

  Ye Ming furrowed his brow, actually not caring whether he entered the Huang character class or not, but was somewhat annoyed by the red-clothed girl's provocative behavior, although these disciples were eager to protect their master, they shouldn't be so reckless as to kill everyone in one stroke.

  "What's wrong, aren't you daring? Hmph, then go by yourself!"

  Seeing Ye Ming and the others fall silent, the red-clothed girl coldly snorted, her fellow disciples behind her also wore faint smiles.

  "Is there anyone who dares? Although many of you are stronger than me, I believe that there is still one or two who are not as good as me. This challenge, I accept!" Ye Ming said.

  As soon as the voice fell, the classroom became quiet, and many disciples stared with their eyes wide open. This little guy actually agreed, to know that he had just entered the inner courtyard, where did his confidence come from?

  Beside, Gao Feng also rolled his eyes, Ye Ming responded, does this mean he agreed to it himself? Damn, he's only at the second level of spiritual energy, not to mention the inner courtyard, even among the group of disciples being assessed, there are a whole bunch that can't be beaten...

  "Alright, you've got spirit. This fatty is no longer needed, and judging by his appearance, he's just a waste of time anyway. You can represent him instead. Let's go, let's fight outside the classroom." The red-clothed girl sneered, and immediately walked out of the classroom.

  The rest of the disciples also followed closely.

  He let out a gentle sigh, muttering to himself: "You're just a soy sauce maker, your whole family are soy sauce makers," but he also secretly felt lucky, at least he didn't have to go on stage.

  "Ye Ming, are you confident? I heard that although Huang Ban is at the bottom, even the weakest one has reached the fifth boundary of spiritual energy. That red-clothed girl, Du Qian Ning, has even reached the eighth boundary! I'm saying, brother, if we can't beat them, let's just pretend to be weaklings and wait for Teacher to arrive, then they won't dare speak!" Gao Feng whispered.

  Upon hearing this, Ye Ming shook his head helplessly: "Do you think I want to fight? The problem is they're forcing you to fight, and pretending to be a good boy can only work once. If you want to stay here later on, you'll inevitably face it sooner or later. Since that's the case, why not have a fair and square fight!"

  As he spoke, he also walked towards the outside of the house, but in his heart, he was muttering to himself. No wonder it's the inner courtyard, strong people are as numerous as clouds, and the weakest is already comparable to myself, let alone other strong people...

  "Oh, well, you'd better be careful then. If you get knocked out later, I'll take responsibility for carrying you back!" Gao Feng said as he followed behind him, not looking favorably on Ye Ming's chances in this fight. Just entering the inner courtyard and daring to challenge an elder was asking for a beating!

  Outside the empty space, more than 20 people gathered there. The red-clothed girl's voice rang out: "You are at best only in the spiritual energy four realms, this is the highest evaluation, and I even think that the spiritual energy four realms do not exist, after all, reaching the spiritual energy four realms has already been assigned to the Tian class, choose your own opponent, among us there are strong and weak, but the worst is also in the spiritual energy five realms!"

  Thanks for reminding!

  Ye Ming walked out and looked for the weakest among these twenty or so people. Of course, he couldn't tell who was weaker, so he could only rely on his intuition!

  At the time of Ye Ming's selection, the other young men smiled faintly and looked at Ye Ming with a gaze as if looking at a child. Everything was just as the red-clothed girl had said, the assessment of disciples had always been strongest in the four realms of spiritual energy, but this disciple obviously did not have the four realms of spiritual energy, otherwise he would not have been assigned to the yellow character class.

  Therefore, his cultivation was roughly at the third realm of spiritual energy!

  When many young people looked down on him, no one knew that Ye Ming was actually the first in this assessment!

  "Hey big bro, I'm gonna take a chance and challenge you!"

  In an instant, Ye Ming's voice rang out.

  Everyone followed his finger and looked over, stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing. This little guy was quite lucky, casually pointing to a disciple in the fifth stage of spiritual energy.

  "Guang Yu, you're really unlucky, you've been picked out!"; The red-clothed girl smiled and said: "Don't tarnish the reputation of our Huang Zi class!"

  Among the crowd, a slender young man in his late teens walked out, wearing a green warrior suit. He couldn't help but smile wryly: "Winning against such a small guy wouldn't be satisfying at all!"

  After walking out, the young man looked at Ye Ming with a faint gaze: "I'm older than you, and my cultivation is also the weakest among the five realms of spiritual energy in our class, but many times the guys behind me don't want to fight with me because I am a Danfeng cultivator!"