783 How“s the Girl Doing?

The ice attribute energy gradually seeped into Feng Wu’s body.

It then met the fire attribute energy.

Whoosh —

There was a sizzling sound, which was expected when water met fire.

But the ice attribute energy was much weaker than its fire counterpart, and it was used up almost as soon as it entered Feng Wu.

However, Feng Wu was able to sense the surging spiritual essence during this process.

She absorbed more, which was consumed, and the process was repeated all over again.

Time passed without her knowing it.

The sun rose, dispelling the darkness.

Then darkness returned again.

She lost track of time…

Meanwhile, Priest Wu was worried sick in front of the screen.

Grand Secretary Fang returned to find that the screen had gone dark. “What happened?”

Priest Wu smiled bitterly. “Xiao Wu took off her headband. We can’t hear her.”

“But what happened to the visual?!” Grand Secretary Fang glared at him.

Priest Wu gave him a wry smile. “She’s underground. Come to think of it, that girl is so incredible.”

He then told Grand Secretary Fang what happened.

Grand Secretary Fang’s mouth fell open. “The girl… is practically a miracle worker!”

Grand Secretary Fang had thought he would lose Feng Wu for good, but the girl was able to open a new path. She had instructed the tiger cub to lure a Qilin Beast to her location before instigating a fight between the two beasts, which was still ongoing.

From the bait to the actual fight, so many things could have gone wrong and every step could have led to a complete failure.

But Feng Wu had done it.

“That tiger cub is an awesome little thing, too.” Grand Secretary Fang shook his head with a wry smile.

It had been sleeping in Feng Wu’s pocket all this time and no one knew it could be such a great help in a critical moment like this.

“By the way, what did His Majesty say?” Priest Wu asked.

Grand Secretary Fang shook his head. “The entrance of Proud Snowfield has closed and a lot of work will be involved if we want to open it again before the tryout ends. His Majesty is working on it.”

He then checked the screen on the left for the current rankings.

The first had changed to Yu Mingye.

Xuanyuan Yi was second.

And Gongsun Qing was third.

…

He read all the 200 names. Feng Wu wasn’t there.

Grand Secretary Fang smiled bitterly. When was that girl going to come out of the snow?

Outside Imperial College.

Many were discussing animatedly about the change in the rankings.

“Yu Mingye is first now!”

“What’s so surprising about that? Where else should the sacred son be?”

“Princess Mu Yaoyao fell out of the rankings the other day for some unknown reason, but she’s making her way back up. She’s already tenth.”

“Speaking of which, Miss Gongsun is so impressive. She fell out of the first 200 the other day, but she’s already third now.”

“That Feng Wu, on the other hand, never made it into the rankings. It seems she’s really a good-for-nothing.”

“Of course she is. She’s always been a cripple. No one expected otherwise.”

“Hey, do you know Duan Chaoge, that friend of Feng Wu’s?”

“What do you think? She’s like Feng Wu’s most loyal minion.”

“Look, Duan Chaoge is seventh!”

“Wow! That’s really something! Duan Chaoge is seventh and Feng Wu isn’t even in the first 200.”

“If Duan Chaoge makes it into Imperial College and Feng Wu doesn’t… Oh god, Feng Wu will be so mad!”

The rankings on the screen outside Imperial College were updated every hour.

After each update, the new rankings would be sent to all the major families right away.

Northern Feng Mansion.

Lady Northern Feng heaved a long sigh as she read the latest report.

Feng Xun looked at her in bewilderment. “Mother, what was that for?”

Lady Northern Feng said, “What do you think? I’m worried about your sister. If you ask me, she should never have taken part in that tryout in the first place.

“One should always work at what they’re good at and avoid their weak points. Cultivation and spiritual essence weren’t your sister’s forte at all, but she just had to go…”

Feng Xun tilted his head and his eyes darted around.

“What are you thinking?” Lady Northern Feng asked.

Feng Xun said, “If I can give her a hand…”

“Of course you can! What are you waiting for?!” Lady Northern Feng cast a stern look at Feng Xun. “Do I need to remind you that she’s your sister?”

Feng Xun waved his hands. “I know she’s my sister. I’m just not sure if it’s a good idea to help her with getting into Imperial College.”

“We can decide that later. Just help her now!” Lady Northern Feng pounded her fist on the table.

Feng Xun nodded. “I’ll go get Boss Jun.”

Back in Proud Snowfield.

While Feng Wu hid underground, the Qilin Beast and the Ice Fire Beast tore at each other’s throat.

The fierce battle had attracted a lot of the candidates’ attention.

For the first time in days, smoke rose from the snowfield.

After a few days of searching, more candidates had found each other.

Right now, teams had formed in Proud Snowfield.

Yu Mingye had entered the central area as soon as the tryout started and no one had spotted him since.

Hence, the most capable team at the moment was built around Xuanyuan Yi.

The team members included Xuanyuan Yi, Fang Hai, Luo Zhen, and some other candidates, including Mu Yaoyao.

And the second team was led by Gongsun Qing. Shi Xuan, Tao Shuang, Yin Yi, and Du Jian were among the members.

Ning Chenxi had his own team as well.

“Word is there’s a battle in Zone 2, and a fierce one!”

“I’d love to go have a look —”

“Are you sure? I don’t think we’re capable enough to go there yet.”

“How about we join hands and go in together?”

Many agreed to the idea.

In the end, dozens of candidates formed new teams and headed for Zone 2.

Feng Wu had no idea of the approaching newcomers. Right now, she was still hiding under the snow.

Once the ice attribute energy entered her dantian, it was transformed into spiritual essence and circulated around her body.

Her focus at the moment was solely on her cultivation.

The ice attribute energy kept seeping in before running through her channels in the form of spiritual essence.

It was an addition to the fire attribute energy.

As the ice attribute energy worked its way in, Feng Wu could sense her body being enhanced.

And, to her excitement, the two kinds of energy began to merge.

No matter how much ice attribute energy entered her body, it would be melted down.

Feng Wu had brought some spiritual stones with her. Whenever her spiritual essence ran out, she would draw on the top-grade spiritual stones.

Luckily, she had dug out quite a few spiritual stones from underneath the Fang manor. They were all stored in her ring.

One, two, three…

Once the spiritual stones were drained of spiritual essence, they turned to ash, which Feng Wu would scatter on the ground.

Absorb the ice attribute energy, work it into her body, and turn it into spiritual essence.

The spiritual essence would then merge with the fire attribute energy. Feng Wu would then draw on the top-grade spiritual stones to recover before starting the process again…

The cycle went on and on.

Although she didn’t make any progress in her cultivation level, Feng Wu was getting stronger with this cultivation cycle.

Time crawled by —

Feng Wu stopped her cultivation when she sensed that she had attained perfection at her current level. Slowly, she opened her eyes.

The debilitating feeling was gone. She was back to normal.

She had finally consolidated her foundation, which had been a little shaky lately with how fast she was making progress.

Feng Wu rubbed Feng Tutu in her pocket.

Thanks to this little guy, who had lured that Qilin Beast here at the critical moment, she was still alive.

Brushing the snow away, Feng Wu saw daylight again.

After spending days in the dark, the white snow stung her eyes a little. Feng Wu raised a hand to shield her eyes from the light.

She only put her hand down after she got used to the light outside again.

It was a mess in the snowfield.

The Ice Fire Beast was lying in a pool of blood.

Its chest had been slashed open and its entrails were everywhere, making for a gory scene.

But it wasn’t dead yet. It was staring at Feng Wu!

It could no longer pose a threat. Instead, the light in its eyes was fading.

Feng Wu then checked the other side.

The Qilin Beast didn’t look any better.

It was lying less than ten meters away from the Ice Fire Beast.

There was a gash on its neck which had almost decapitated it; its head was barely attached to its body.

It made a raspy noise when it spotted Feng Wu, but couldn’t utter a proper sound.

Grand Secretary Fang and Priest Wu watched with open mouths.

“Even this is possible?”

The two old men exchanged looks of amazement.

She had lured the Qilin Beast over and hidden in the snow, and was now coming up to clear the mess afterward?

By clearing up the mess —

Feng Wu crouched down, took out a dagger, and whoosh!

She cut a horn off the Ice Fire Beast’s head.

“Arghh —”

The Ice Fire Beast screamed and glared at Feng Wu. These cruel, despicable human beings!

Feng Wu smiled a little. “Are you accusing me of being cruel and despicable? Well, it’s the law of the jungle.”

After that, she raised the blade and cut off the remaining horn.

There were two horns on the Ice Fire Beast’s head, known as the Fire Dragon Horn and the Ice Dragon Horn respectively. They contained all the beast’s achievements in cultivation.

Feng Wu specialized in both the ice and fire attributes, and the two horns would benefit her greatly.

You’ll die without ice attribute energy! Mwahahahaha — the Ice Fire Beast glowered at Feng Wu. Blue veins popped on its forehead and its face was twisted with rage.

Feng Wu raised a hand and a ball of fire appeared on her palm.

The Ice Fire Beast watched in bewilderment.

However, to its amazement, it saw the ball of fire then become encased in an ice cube.

The cube wrapped around the fire like a protective lampshade.

No, no — the Ice Fire Beast stared at Feng Wu so hard that its eyes popped.

That was impossible!

The beast couldn’t believe it!

The girl hadn’t had the ice attribute energy in her when it had sucked her blood.

“I guess I have you to thank.” Feng Wu darted an indifferent glance at the beast. “Without you, I probably would have never been able to activate the ice attribute.”

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No, no —

The Ice Fire Beast glared at Feng Wu and wouldn’t look away.

It shook its head repeatedly.

Blood poured out of the holes where the horns used to be.

“Pffft —” The Ice Fire Beast spat out a mouthful of blood, convulsed violently, and died.

It refused to close its eyes.

It was still staring at Feng Wu with a twisted face in its very last moment.

In front of the screen, Grand Secretary Fang and Priest Wu exchanged amazed looks yet again.

Priest Wu asked, “Ice attribute?”

Grand Secretary Fang said, “Yes.”

Priest Wu asked, “Can it happen to adults?”

Grand Secretary Fang said, “Not normally.”

“But —”

Feng Wu had done it.

Just then, footsteps came from outside!

Grand Secretary Fang and Priest Wu switched the camera focus right away and the screen now showed Xuanyuan Yi.

A tall, thin old man in a neat white robe walked in, looking almost ethereal.

He greeted Grand Secretary Fang with a smile as soon as he entered the room. “Mr Fang, have you been here every day?”

It was the elderly head of the Xuanyuan family and one of the seven members of the education board, Xuanyuan Kun.

“I have.” Grand Secretary Fang nodded, then gestured at Xuanyuan Kun to sit down.

Seeing his grandson on the screen, Xuanyuan Kun smiled even more cheerfully. “Have you been observing Yi Er?”

Grand Secretary Fang nodded. “Xuanyuan Yi has been quite impressive.”

Xuanyuan Kun gloated, which didn’t match his otherworldly demeanor.

Stroking his goatee, he feigned a look of resignation. “Not impressive enough, apparently. He’s still second. What a pity.”

Priest Wu rubbed his chin. “Not necessarily.”

Xuanyuan Kun looked as if he was confused. “How so?”

Priest Wu cursed the cunning old man in his head. The old fox was doing this on purpose. However, he still answered the question. “The sacred son might be first in the physical tryout, but he did very poorly in the written exam. We can’t say for sure that he’ll be first.”

Xuanyuan Kun rubbed his chin, as if he was lost in thought, but his eyes flickered.

He then waved his hand. “No, no, that can’t be. The sacred son is as famous as His Royal Highness; there’s no way my Yi Er will be able to surpass him.”

Priest Wu vented his sarcasm inwardly. If that’s the case, cut the crap already.

However, in order to keep Xuanyuan Kun’s attention away from Feng Wu, Priest Wu had to find every excuse to compare Xuanyuan Yi with Yu Mingye.

“Of course it’s possible. Anything is possible. We’ll never know before the final results are out.” Priest Wu gave a double-edged reply.

In fact, Priest Wu found Feng Wu much more promising than Xuanyuan Yi.

Grand Secretary Fang had warned Priest Wu already: For some special reason, Feng Wu’s recovery of her cultivation ability couldn’t be made public yet. It had to stay a secret.

Priest Wu grinned at Xuanyuan Kun.

To him, first and second place in the exam should belong to Feng Wu and Yu Mingye. There was no hope for Xuanyuan Yi.

However, Old Man Xuanyuan here took the bait.

“You really think my Yi Er… has a chance?”

“Yes, of course. Everyone has a chance. Have faith.” Priest Wu smiled like a fox.

Xuanyuan Kun waved his hands again, feigning modesty. “You flatter me. Come to think of it, Yi Er really has great talent in martial arts. And he did pretty well in the written exam, too. Hahahaha —”