Chapter 56 - Dao of Robbery (1/2)

A/N: Guys, only one comment per person is counted as a unique comment. Please don't spam the comment section with the same comment eight times. On another note, the ending of this chapter may be a little darker than what I write normally so be warned.

A few months passed and eventually the first semester's final exam neared. Throughout the past few months, there were a couple of things worth noting, such as a battle between Tang Wulin's group and Wu Siduo's group and the battle between their class and an upper-grade class. However, Huang Yu didn't really care much about them since he wasn't involved at all.

The battle between Tang Wulin's group and Wu Siduo's group naturally had nothing to do with him. On the other hand, he didn't partake in the upper-grade battle since he was barred from it by the teachers.

Apparently, he was considered an anomaly so he wasn't a representation of how strong the class actually was considering he beat the rest of the class by himself. While holding back immensely may he add.

To his surprise though, two people he was familiar with appeared in his class during this time. It was Xu Lizhi and Ye Xinglan.

For some reason, something changed in the inner courts. Huang Yu didn't know the specifics of what happened because he didn't find it important to learn about, but the outcome of it was that their class was disbanded and had to go to the outer court.

When the two of them had seen Huang Yu in the class, their first instinct was to freeze.

Xu Lizhi froze because of what he saw that day during the fight between Huang Yu and Ye Xinglan at the Skysea Alliance Tournament. After Huang Yu's complete and utter domination of Ye Xinglan, he didn't even dare to approach him.

Ye Xinglan on the other hand, froze because of the complex emotions she was feeling. During these past few years, she had thought through the words that Huang Yu had spoken to her that day. With that, although she could be still rather arrogant at times, it was no longer directed at everyone.

Just the people she wanted to piss off.

She had wanted to go up to Huang Yu for a chat, but she could never really find a proper time when he was alone to have a talk with him. He always seemed to either be with a black-haired girl, or he was just unable to be found.

As for Zhuo Shi, he had a pretty crappy time with Huang Yu. When he was first teleported away, he took three days to return to Shrek City. After that, he immediately went to see Huang Yu again.

He tried to get Huang Yu to follow him again. However this time, Huang Yu didn't even bother to listen to Zhou Shi's nonsense. He just gave a quick, ”Adios amigo,” before giving Zhou Shi the truck-kun treatment to another city.

This happened four times before Zhou Shi finally got the message and stopped disturbing Huang Yu.

When his fellow elders heard about his plight, Zhuo Shi couldn't even show his face in front of them without getting laughed at.

”The first semester's final exam you've all been looking forward to is almost here,” Shen Yi said while standing behind the lectern in the lecture theatre.

Hearing that, Huang Yu's first impression was to give a *pui* at her. No one, and I mean absolutely no one, likes exams. They should all be burned with fire.

”Five people will be expelled according to the results of the exam. Work hard if you don't want to be one of those five.”

At this point, Tang Wulin suddenly spoke up. ”Teacher Shen, is there any way to avoid having anyone expelled?

Shen Yi quirked an eyebrow at his question. ”There is.”

Tang Wulin's expression lit up immediately hearing that. ”What do we have to do so no one is expelled?”

”The results of the final exam will be based on how many points you score. If everyone meets the minimum score, then everyone might be able to pass. But the bar for the next semester's exam would be raised by five percent. You can help the others if you're willing to share your points with them, but be careful of how many points you give away. They could be the difference between making it into the inner court or not.”

Hearing this, Huang Yu shifted his gaze to look at Tang Wulin. From his expression, Huang Yu could tell that Tang Wulin was planning on being that guy…

You know... that one guy who does everyone else's homework at school...

Even if you helped them out like this now, they most likely will do worse in the next ȧssessment. There are stories of how some people improved dramatically after the first test of course, but they are the exceptions, not the rule.

”Now here are the details of the exam…”

To summarise Shen Yi's words, all the students will go to Bright City while going through at least ten cities in between. In every city, a spirit master five ranks above the examinee has to be defeated and no help is allowed during this time.

Furthermore, spatial rings, communicators, and any other resource being possessed will be confiscated before they head out. When Huang Yu heard this, his first action was to subtly remove the spatial ring on his finger before throwing it in a pocket dimension he had just created.

There was no way anyone was getting a hold of his spatial ring. He had lots of 'confidential' stuff inside. It was of utmost importance that no one else knows what was inside.

Especially Gu Yue.

The duration of this exam would be fifteen days. One would have to obtain resources, then travel to over ten cities, defeat the required spirit masters, and return to the academy all in this timeframe.

As class ended, there was a body search done by the teachers at Shrek Academy and everyone's items were confiscated except Huang Yu's of course.

When the teachers had not found anything on Huang Yu, including no spatial ring, they all grew suspicious and checked him especially thoroughly. Unfortunately for them, how could they have ever expected that Huang Yu could open up a mini-pocket dimension?

”Gu Yue…” Huang Yu whispered.

”Yes?”

”You wanna go get some money together?”

There was no way Huang Yu was going to spend his own money for this test. Hence, he wanted to use the money he had obtained in another fashion.

”How?” she inquired.

A few more words whispered in Gu Yue's ears later, a massive grin could be seen on her face. ”I like the way you think Huang Yu.”

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”My apologies, this is a robbery. Line up properly, ladies and gentlemen!” Huang Yu said in a gentlemanly fashion with both hands behind his back. Gu Yue was standing next to him in a rather elegant manner.

The two of them were blocking the path of a group of gangsters who were walking on the streets. The group of gangsters being inhibited by both Huang Yu and Gu Yue couldn't help but have looks of bewilderment at what they were currently facing.

It was Gu Yue's turn to speak at this moment. ”Hush, no more nonsense. Hurry the hell up.” she spoke in a severe tone.

”Listen to the lady, please. Men on the left and women on the right.” As Huang Yu said so, he summoned his martial spirit.