Openly contend for it in daylight, secretly snatch it at night

  Ye Chen strode away from the cliff, heading in the direction of Beishan Academy.

  He didn't notice that in the thicket of trees and weeds on a small hill opposite, two young warriors, one with a short blade and the other with a bow on his back, were hiding. They stared at the scene that had just happened with their eyes wide open and their mouths agape, so big that they could fit several duck eggs in them.

  "What vigor! It's actually the vigor of a Seventh Layer Body Refining Stage cultivator! Ye Chen's move just now, he actually executed a high-level knife technique!"

  "Seven layers of body refinement, when did he cultivate it!"

  The two people crouching in this thicket were precisely Wei Zhen and Zou Yi.

  This has to start from when they and Ye Chen separated.

  Wei Zhen didn't dare offend Ma Ruyuan, hung his head in shame and was disheartened for half a day. This matter was stuck in his throat, and he couldn't muster up the enthusiasm for anything else.

  "Yeshidi was being chased by Ma Ruyuan and the other four, now it's likely to be a disaster. Not only will he lose his life, but also end up with a corpse in the wilderness! No way, even if we can't save him, at least we can't let him end up like this. This little thing is still doable. Let's go back and look for him!"

  "Alright!"

  Zou Yixin felt somewhat ashamed and agreed.

  The two of them returned all the way and came to a small hill opposite the cliff.

  However, they did not see Ma Ruyuan and Ye Chen, but saw four young warriors guarding the outside of a cliff, roasting a bonfire to keep watch at night.

  Wei Zhen and Zou Yi did not dare to approach to investigate, but instead hid in the woods on a small hill, watching from afar.

  On the second day at dawn, a pack of gray wolves appeared, and four young warriors fled in panic. The two finally got a clear view of the situation on Cliff One. A faint voice of Ye Chen came from within Cliff One.

  "Ma Ruyuan is dead, but Ye Chen's junior brother is actually still alive? That's great!"

  Wei Zhen was extremely excited and surprised.

  However, the pack of gray wolves had been lingering around the cliff, and neither of them dared to approach to provoke the gray wolves. They waited outside for nearly a month, which made both of them almost lose their confidence in waiting.

  "Brother Wei, the graduation assessment of the academy is about to end soon. We still haven't obtained the wolf head of the Grey Wolf King. Ye Chen, my junior fellow apprentice, is trapped in a ravine and probably can't get out. Do you want to go search around and kill two Grey Wolves first before coming back?"

  Zou Yi furrowed his brow and looked gloomy.

  "I want it too!"

  "Wei Zhen also bitterly said, 'But the smallest pack of wolves in this mountain has more than a dozen heads, how can we two go and kill them? If we rush up, we will lose our lives... This graduation assessment is probably not going to pass, we can only wait and see if there's an opportunity to rescue Ye Shidi.'"

  The last day of the final exam at Beiyue Academy.

  The two of them waited anxiously and finally saw Ye Chen emerge from the first line, draw his steel knife, and charge forward to confront the seven grey wolves that were stubbornly guarding the outside.

  "Ye Chen's junior brother is too impatient, he's so reckless, seeking death! Why not wait a bit longer, even if this time the academy graduation exam can't be passed, one can't lose their life!"

  Wei Zhen was shocked and lost his composure, so angry that he almost clenched his fists.

  "There are too many wolves!"

  Zou Yi couldn't bear to watch anymore.

  Just then, a very dazzling scene appeared at the exit of the cliff.

  A semicircular arc of knife energy suddenly burst forth before Ye Chen. In an instant, a faint white knife aura shone dazzlingly in the mountain forest.

  Four grey wolves lay in a pool of blood, and the remaining three grey wolves turned around in terror and fled wildly.

  "Cut! Cut!"

  Wei Zhen and Zou Yi were both shocked, their mouths agape enough to swallow a duck egg.

  "Hurry, Zou brother, there are still three grey wolves, hurry up and kill them!"

  Wei Zhen suddenly thought of the wolf head needed for graduation assessment, and immediately jumped out from the grass thicket, rapidly chasing in the direction where the gray wolf was fleeing.

  Zou Yi excitedly stood up, pulled open his bowstring, and took aim.

  "Whoosh!"

  An arrow pierced through the air, emitting a sharp whistling sound in mid-air, and shot into the hind leg of a gray wolf, greatly reducing its speed.

  Hmph!

  In a flash, Wei Zhen's sharp blade had already touched its neck.

  To be fair, the two sixth-layer Body Refining stage warriors were not weak at all.

  "Wait for us, Ye Shixiong!"

  Wei Zhen excitedly shouted loudly, while desperately chasing and killing the remaining two gray wolves.

  Zou Yi chased after him while continuously shooting arrows from behind to support Wei Zhen.

  If it were in peacetime, the two of them would have found it difficult to deal with three gray wolves. Once the gray wolves closed in on them, they would probably be killed. However, at this moment, these three gray wolves had been frightened out of their wits by Ye Chen and only knew how to flee, without any thought of attacking Wei Zhen and Zou Yi.

  Ye Chen was walking away from the cliff with Wolf's head on his back, when he heard a sound and stopped in surprise. He looked towards the small hill opposite him and saw two familiar martial artists' silhouettes. "Wei Zhen, Zou Yi! What are they doing here? Didn't they go back?"

  "Ye Shixiong, we've finally waited for you to come out of the first line of trenches! The two of us have been guarding here for almost a month, always thinking about how to rescue you, it wasn't a waste of time."

  Wei Zhen and Zou Yi spent a short while, hunting down the three gray wolves, excitedly rushing over.

  They have changed their title.

  Beifeng Academy, senior and junior brothers are not divided by age, nor are they completely separated by the order of promotion to the upper house. Just like Yanhan Dashi, he is not the oldest in age, nor was he the first to be promoted to the upper house. He is called Dashi because he once performed Tiger Leap Triple Slash on the school field, and his power left the upper house disciples speechless.

  Ye Chen understood their difficulties and did not reject them, at most being indifferent.

  "Ye Chen, your last move should be the fifth move of 'Tiger Leaping Knife Method', right?! It's too powerful, you actually emitted knife energy and broke through the seventh layer of Body Refining Stage. I'm afraid even Yan Han, the strongest in our school, can't achieve this."

  Wei Zhen's tone was excited, and his eyes showed a look of admiration.

  "Brother Ye, I....!"

  Zou Yi held a bow and arrow, feeling somewhat embarrassed, unsure of how to face Ye Chen's gaze.

  "Come on, before it gets dark, let's hurry back to Beishan Academy!"

  Ye Chen shook his head silently in his heart and didn't say anything, saying calmly.

  "Brother Ye, these three wolf heads originally belonged to you too. Brother Zou and I only need one. You can take the extra one!"

  Wei Zhen hastily said.

  The sky gradually darkened, Beishan Academy.

  Today is the last day of the college graduation assessment, and it will officially end as soon as night falls.

  There are still a few students who have not returned to the academy. The principal and the head teacher of the academy, as well as all the other students, are waiting.

  In the martial arts training ground of the academy, dozens of young warriors stood in twos and threes.

  "I went with Yan Shixiong, a group of five people, to kill the wolf pack. Yan Han Dashi Xiong was too strong, his knife rose and fell, one knife per person, we had hardly reacted when he had already chopped down three gray wolves! The five of us joined forces to kill ten gray wolves, unfortunately that wolf ran away. The first place in the academy, no one else but him."

  "Master Yanhan is indeed formidable. However, Wei Xunyu is also very strong, her Linglong Palm is enough to rank first in the school's palm techniques. She has four Wolf Heads in her hands. The second place belongs to no one but her."

  "This time I got three wolf heads, and it's very likely that I'll enter the top three!" A young nobleman said with a pleased expression.

  Many students were excitedly discussing their own gains from hunting wolf heads, and who had the strongest strength in the academy.

  In one of the groups in the schoolyard, several young men wearing magnificent uniforms were discussing transactions in a low voice.

  "Chen Shidi, fifty taels of gold, sell me one of your extra wolf heads!"

  "That Blood Jade Pendant is worth at least over a thousand taels of gold. Wang Shixiong, you want to buy my Wolf Head with just 50 taels of gold?"

  "You're not even competing for the top three, what's the point of keeping two wolf heads in your hands?" The bidding Wang brother was anxious.

  "I'm keeping it to sell to someone else! Another brother offered a higher price than you, someone offered 150 taels of gold and I didn't sell! You think this little bit of gold can buy off a beggar? Two hundred taels of gold, then I'll consider it!"

  "Hmph, 200 taels of gold can buy two good swords. The top three winners will only be rewarded with one sword each. You can keep that extra wolf head for yourself!"

  Inside the academy, many students go hunting in the mountains, mostly in groups of three to five. After killing a wolf, they divide it among themselves, and there is no fixed rule that the wolf head belongs to someone. Naturally, buying and selling wolf heads cannot be avoided. The academy also does not prohibit such things.

  Of course, many wealthy families want the wolf head, and the price of each wolf head is also extremely high. In the end, who can grab the first place, no one dares to confirm.

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