Chapter 3 Su Youwei (1/2)
Because of the silk-clothed youngster's sudden interjection, the crowd in the church fell silent for a moment. Many youngsters and young girls glanced at the former. They all silently retracted their gazes because the identity of the person who spoke was not ordinary either.
His father was the Western County Governor of the Great Zhou Empire. Of course, in terms of status, he was far inferior to Your Highness, the Great Zhou Empire, but everyone knew that the person backing Xu Lin was the young master of the Manor of King Qi, Qi Yue.
Zhou Yuan glanced at Xu Lin, lightly tapped the table with his finger, and then casually retracted his gaze. This guy, in order to curry favor with Qi Yue, really did hold nothing back.
”This Xu Lin sure likes to curry favor with Qi Yue … ”It seems like his father must have also joined the Qi King's camp …”
Zhou Yuan's gaze became deeper. He had once heard from Royal Father that this Qi King had the support of the Great Wu Empire, so in these past few years, he had always been secretly stirring up trouble in the Great Zhou Empire.
And because he was afraid of the Great Wu, afraid that they would give him an excuse to deal with them, Zhou Qing did not dare to directly act against them on the surface.
And because of this relationship, Qi Yue, who was also learning in the Great Zhou Mansion, would naturally have some conflicts with him.
When Xu Lin saw that Zhou Yuan did not say anything, the ridicule on the corner of his mouth grew even more intense, and just as he was about to continue speaking, the instructor suddenly glared at him, causing him to shut his mouth.
In Great Zhou Mansion, if he was expelled, it would be a huge loss to him.
Only after the two of them had quieted down did the atmosphere in the lecture hall slowly return to normal. The instructor continued to explain the three Origin Mark s until two hours later, the bell rang.
”Okay, that's it for today. We'll continue tomorrow.” The lecturer packed up his things and walked out of the church.
With the departure of the lecturer, the tense atmosphere within the lecture hall immediately relaxed. Many youths and young girls crowded around them as they burst out in lively laughter.
Zhou Yuan also casually cleaned up the table and prepared to leave.
”Your Highness.”
As he was packing, a gentle voice suddenly sounded out. Zhou Yuan raised his head and saw a young lady standing beside his desk, smiling at him.
The young lady was wearing the uniform of the Great Zhou Mansion students. Although it was a little loose, it still outlined the well-developed curves of her body. Those simple pants accentuated her long and slender legs.
Her skin was white and tender, her nose was jade-like, and her eyebrows were like almond-shaped eyebrows. She was a rare beauty, especially with a teardrop mark at the corner of her eyes.
Her rosy lips were slightly pursed. Although she didn't have any expensive jewelry on her body and she looked simple, she had a strong aura to her. Her long hair was tied up in a ponytail and was filled with energy.
She was just standing there gracefully, yet she attracted the gazes of many youngsters in the church.
Zhou Yuan looked at the girl in front of him. The intelligent and moving girl had a smile on her slightly scholarly face. ”It's Youwei.”
The young girl's surname was Su, and her name was Youwei.
When their gazes met, the pretty face of the girl named Su Youwei blushed slightly. Then, she shifted her gaze towards the messy table that Zhou Yuan was sitting on, sat down and pursed her lips: ”Your Highness, it's better if I help you clean up.”
Zhou Yuan laughed, and did not reject her since the relationship between the two of them was indeed not ordinary.
As a result, the girl got busy at Zhou Yuan's desk and helped him tidy up the messy stuff. It attracted the gazes of many of the boys in the church, and they stared at Zhou Yuan with boiling hot gazes. The jealousy in their eyes was about to surge out.
”Is your grandfather well?” Looking at the busy girl, Zhou Yuan asked while holding onto his chin.
Hearing Zhou Yuan's words, Su Youwei lifted her face and pulled up a strand of black hair that had drifted before her eyes with her jade-like hand. A smile immediately emerged on her face.
”It's all good now, Grandfather said that if he had the time, he still wanted to invite Your Highness to his house, but his house is too dilapidated, I'm afraid …”
”Alright, I'll go when the next holiday comes.” Zhou Yuan laughed.
Hearing Zhou Yuan's unhesitating reply, Su Youwei bit her lips lightly. She looked at him and the water in her eyes flickered for a moment, then, afraid that she would be detected, she quickly lowered her head.
She still remembered the day she met Zhou Yuan a year ago.
That might have been her greatest despair, but it was also the day of hope.
She braved the torrential rain while carrying her grandfather on her back. Because she lacked money, she could only kneel in front of the medicine stores in the rooms, crying and begging, hoping that the doctors would save her grandfather.
At that time, she was covered in mud and mud, looking extremely miserable.
In the end, all of the medicinal plants were shut. Under the torrential rain, she could feel the entire sky turning dark and her heart turning as cold as ice.
Just when she was about to go numb from despair, she felt someone walk up to her side and place an umbrella in her hands. Then, under her unfocused gaze, she walked up and kicked the tightly shut door of the medicine shop open.
At that time, there seemed to be an ice-cold voice coming from there.
”Open the door! Save them!”
At that time, Su Youwei had been looking at his back in a daze. In the past, the person she hated the most was this kind of playboy, but at that time, she felt that perhaps, the back of this youth who kicked open the door, would be unforgettable even to her death …
And it was from that day onwards that she got to know Zhou Yuan. Later on, she found out his identity, which was Your Highness from Great Zhou Empire.
Afterwards, by a fluke, Zhou Yuan noticed that she had talent in cultivation and recommended her to the Great Zhou Mansion. From then on, she underwent a world-shaking transformation …
In the first month since she entered the Great Zhou Mansion, she had successfully opened the first meridian, and became the fastest person to open a new meridian since the creation of the Great Zhou Mansion. From then on, she became the so-called genius of the people in the Great Zhou Mansion.
Suddenly, no one noticed, and turned into the center of attention. Su Youwei also felt a bit uncomfortable, and at times, there would be people who disliked her and Zhou Yuan's relationship, and would secretly say that Zhou Yuan helped her because they saw her beauty.
However, Su Youwei only laughed it off, because only she herself knew clearly how dirty she was when she first met Zhou Yuan …
”Hey, how high are you going to stack my books?” Zhou Yuan looked at Su Youwei helplessly. At this time, the latter was clearly lost in thought, so he folded the books on his table like it was an arhat.
”Huh?” Su Youwei also regained her senses, seeing her masterpiece, she immediately blushed red and quickly put it down: ”Your Highness, I am sorry, I will clean up again!”
Therefore, when the surrounding people looked at Zhou Yuan, they immediately became more vicious. She thought that if it wasn't for the fact that they were afraid of Zhou Yuan's identity, she would have come out to save the goddess.
”Now that you're so beautiful, I don't even dare to order you around.” Sensing those gazes, Zhou Yuan could only shake his head and say.
When Su Youwei heard this, she also let out a low laugh, and said: ”Then in the future, how about I put some stuff on my face to make me look a little uglier?”
In response, Zhou Yuan could only roll his eyes.
”That's right …” Zhou Yuan pointed to the table and asked: ”How many meridians have you opened now?”
Su Youwei was startled for a moment, looked at Zhou Yuan, and then carefully replied: ”It's the third vein.”
She knew that because of some reasons, Zhou Yuan seemed to be unable to open her meridians for cultivation all this time, so when they were getting along, she would not take the initiative to mention the matter of opening her meridians, and she would never brag about her progress.
”He's already at the third meridian. According to his current speed, he'll probably be able to open all eight meridians in a year or two.” Zhou Yuan's talent in cultivation was obviously extremely outstanding. It had not even been a year and she had already achieved several years' worth of achievements.
This made him exceptionally proud. It seemed like he had inadvertently picked up a treasure.
”In two months time, this year's Great Examination will be. You have to work hard and try to open the fourth vein, then enter the top ten in the Great Examination. I put in a lot of effort to get your spot, and as long as you can enter the top ten, you'll get personal guidance from the Prefecture Master, which will be of great benefit to you.” Zhou Yuan said.
Su Youwei's hands that were cleaning the table slightly froze, her head was lowered, and she did not dare look at Zhou Yuan.
”What's wrong?” Sensing her change, Zhou Yuan was a little doubtful.
Su Youwei's face was almost buried in her chest as she said softly, ”I, I don't have any more placings.”
Zhou Yuan stared blankly for a moment, then frowned: ”What's going on?”
His tone was not heavy, but it made Su Youwei's heart race even faster. Gritting her teeth tightly, she was unable to say anything for a long time, but a young lady, who had a good relationship with Su Youwei, interrupted: ”It's still not that Xu Lin, he was talking bad about you everywhere in the residence a few days ago. Youwei is arguing with him, asking him to apologize.
Zhou Yuan frowned, and said: ”That Xu Lin has only opened two meridians, he shouldn't be able to beat Youwei, right?”
The young lady curled her lips and said: ”It was these geniuses who opened the third vein, and that Xu Lin, on the other hand, was extremely shameless.
Zhou Yuan's face did not look good. He stared at Su Youwei who had her head lowered and reproached: ”Why didn't you tell me earlier?”
Su Youwei made a fist with her jade hands and said softly: ”It's all my fault. I don't want to cause any more trouble with Your Highness.”
Seeing her expression, Zhou Yuan felt pained, this girl, being stubborn sometimes, was similarly a headache, thus, his gaze that contained a sense of coldness, looked at Xu Lin who was giggling in the church.
”Setting a trap to bully a girl, Xu Lin, are you sure you have good methods?” Zhou Yuan laughed coldly, this guy obviously had his eyes on the exam quota in Su Youwei's hands, which was why he intentionally set this situation to anger Su Youwei, and used the quota to compete with him.
Xu Lin said lazily: ”I don't know what Your Highness is talking about, so many people have seen it. I won the entry with my own strength, so even if Your Highness asked for it himself, I would not return it.”
Zhou Yuan said indifferently: ”Do you dare to fight another round?”
Xu Lin chuckled, and said: ”Not interested.”
Last time he was just lucky, but now Su Youwei had already opened three meridians, how could he be a match for her?
Zhou Yuan swept his eyes across Xu Lin, and said with a sneer: ”I didn't let you and Youwei fight.
As he said that, he took out a jade pendant that was flickering with a faint light and placed it on the desk. He said: ”If you win, this Gathering Origin Jade will be yours.”
Within the church, cries of surprise rang out. Many people looked at the jade pendant with drool in their eyes. This kind of Gathering Origin Jade was beneficial for cultivation. After wearing it for a long time, it could speed up the opening of eight meridians.
”Your Highness!” Su Youwei was also extremely anxious.
It was not because of that Gathering Origin Jade, but because Zhou Yuan wanted to personally fight with Xu Lin. But Zhou Yuan had not even opened a single meridian, how could he be a match for Xu Lin who had two opened meridians?
Zhou Yuan waved his hand at Su Youwei, playing with the jade pendant, he smiled at Xu Lin, showing a ridiculing smile.
”Now, do you dare?”
Xu Lin stared at the Gathering Origin Jade with a fiery look in his eyes, licked his lips, then sneered at Zhou Yuan: ”Since Your Highness insists on giving this Gathering Origin Jade to me, then I won't be courteous.”
”However, my fists and feet have no eyes. Later, I will injure Your Highness, don't blame me.”
Although Xu Lin's actions were strange, Xu Lin did not think that the people he had opened two bloodlines with, would still not be able to defeat people from two bloodlines!
”I hope you have the ability.” Zhou Yuan declined to comment.
Xu Lin laughed loudly, treating it as if Zhou Yuan had a stubborn mouth, flung his sleeves, and walked outside. His soft laughter, with a hint of playfulness and ridicule, came from far away.
”Alright, I'll wait for Your Highness at the martial arts arena. I really want to see, how will Your Highness win back the placing today?”
Chapter IV Strength of the Origin Mark
Great Zhou Mansion, Martial Arts Practice Field.