Chapter 20 (1/2)

After Tang Wulin's outburst, the tournament quickly came to a close.

The crowd had been surprised when they heard that Huang Yu wasn't participating in the finals, but Huang Yu himself didn't give a rat's ȧss.

Gu Yue and Xie Xie had come out in a narrow victory against Zhou Yangzi and Wang Jingxi. They had nearly lost when the students of class one used their spirit fusion technique but Gu Yue's splendid control over the elements edged out a win.

This battle had proved something to everyone watching though. It became painfully obvious that despite not being at the level of a certain red-haired, there were still many prodigies in this years grade one.

That night after the Class Promotion Tournament, Huang Yu, along with Xie Xie and Gu Yue were in the infirmary looking at a person on a bed.

This person was Tang Wulin.

”How long will it take for him to awaken Huang Yu?” Gu Yue asked inquisitively. Huang Yu had told the both of them that he had sent Tang Wulin into suspended animation to stop his rampage. This state would only last for a few hours, then, he would naturally wake up.

When they had found out what Huang Yu did, shock marred their faces. The two of them had thought Tang Wulin had just burnt his own body out after releasing such devastating power.

They didn't expect that it was actually Huang Yu who had knocked him out. All he did was poke his ċhėst for God's sake.

However, the both of them quickly calmed down from their shock. Their red-haired teammate had always done things like these. Hence, their recovery speed from their shock became quicker and quicker each time.

”He should be waking up around 8 o'clock, give or take a few minutes.” Huang Yu answered.

Xie Xie merely frowned as he looked at Tang Wulin.

Minutes passed by relatively quickly as everyone stayed silent in the room.

Before the long hand of the clock could reach twelve to signify the arrival of the next hour, Tang Wulin let out a miserable groan from the bed.

Huang Yu, Gu Yue and Xie Xie stiffened up as they heard this. Huang Yu readied to battle as he saw Tang Wulin wake up. Usually, in Xianxias, the person with the corrupting power needed to be knocked unconscious to return them to their senses. However, he didn't know if it was the same here.

As Tang Wulin finally fully opened his eyes, Huang Yu tensed his arm in preparation to send Tang Wulin back into suspended animation.

Luckily, he didn't need to.

”Guys?” Tang Wulin's voice called out gently.

A soft sigh left Huang Yu's mouth as he relaxed his arm.

Xie Xie burst towards Tang Wulin before grabbing him on the shoulders. ”Wulin! Are you ok?! What happened back there?!” A barrage of questions left Xie Xie's mouth as he showed an expression of worry.

”Xie Xie, please Wulin some space. He just woke up”

Xie Xie immediately stopped his actions. He glanced towards Gu Yue before letting go of Tang Wulin, ”Sorry.”

Tang Wulin grimaced when he saw Xie Xie's actions. ”No, you don't need to apologise. I should be the one apologising here.”

With a grunt, he got out of the bed.

”Xie Xie, I'm sorry for what I did just now.” Tang Wulin apologised genuinely.

”No worries dude. I'm not mad about it. Just a bit surprised.” Xie Xie smiled before continuing, ”Can you answer my questions now? What happened to you?”

Tang Wulin gave a wry smile. ”Gimme a sec”

Huang Yu stood there as Tang Wulin approached him. Looking into his eyes, Huang Yu could no longer see any of the previous madness so he didn't put his guard up.

When Tang Wulin stood directly in front of him, he looked Huang Yu directly in the eyes. The insecurities of yesterday were still there, but Huang Yu could tell that he was a lot more confident than before

'Although he got wrecked by me just now, I guess that the secret powerup he got really boosted his confidence.' Huang Yu thought.

Tang Wulin let out a long breath. ”Huang Yu, I'm sorry for attacking you just now. The reason I attacked is related to why I went missing the past week.”

Huang Yu accepted the apology and raised an eyebrow since he had more or less guessed what was going on.

Xie Xie, however, seemed intrigued when he heard this

As for Gu Yue, who knew what was going on inside her head at the moment.

”I have awakened some sort of bloodline. However, it seemed to have rampaged when I saw you Huang Yu.”

When Huang Yu heard this, his eyes narrowed instantly. Was it related to the eye on his forehead?

Gu Yue spoke up at this moment. ”You should ask Teacher Wu about this tomorrow. Maybe he would know what's going on.”

A wry smile appeared on Tang Wulin's face. ”I hope so.”

After a short checkup from a nurse at the infirmary, Tang Wulin was deemed free to leave.