Chapter 12: Ch 12- Inevitable confrontation
"Murong Wu, 10 points!"
"Li San, 15 points!"
"Shao Mu, 23 points!"
"Xue Que, 0 points!"
The teacher responsible for calculating the scores announced each student’s results one after another.
When he looked at Xue Que’s bruised and swollen face, he immediately understood what had happened.
Xue Que had obviously been robbed of all his materials and beaten badly, which was why he ended up with zero points. However, the teacher showed no sympathy.
If you lacked strength and got robbed, then you could only blame yourself.
This was the law of the strong.
"Li Ming, 195 points!"
As soon as Li Ming’s score was announced, the students from the Second Academy immediately became excited.
After all, Li Ming was the pride of the Second Academy. Among this year’s students, he was one of their strongest representatives.
"Tsk, only 195 points."
Hong Yuan slowly walked out of the small wilderness area and looked at Li Ming with a cold smile.
"With a result like that, you think you’re worthy of challenging me?"
As he spoke, he placed his harvest on the ground one item after another. Soon, three large bags were completely filled.
The scoring teacher carefully checked every material before finally announcing the result.
"Hong Yuan, 427 points!"
The moment those words were spoken, everyone gasped.
"How could it be so many?"
Li Ming’s expression immediately changed.
Then he stared at Hong Yuan and said coldly,
"You must have stolen them from other students!"
"So what if I did?"
Hong Yuan sneered without the slightest shame.
"That only proves I have the strength to take them."
Li Ming’s face turned red with anger. He wanted to argue, but he couldn’t find any words to refute him.
After all, the trial had never forbidden students from robbing one another.
"Wow, 427 points! Hong Yuan should definitely be first place now!"
"Among the five great geniuses of the First Academy, Hong Yuan is already the strongest. It wouldn’t even be an exaggeration to call him the strongest Origin Seed Realm cultivator in the entire Dong Hai Base."
"I don’t think anyone can score higher than him."
"Don’t you know? A Beast, a Iron bull, appeared inside the small wilderness area."
"I heard a group of Origin Seed Realm students worked together and seriously injured it, but someone else showed up at the very end and took the reward."
"That Iron bull alone is worth one thousand points!"
"What? Who got the Iron bull’s horn? Just that horn alone are enough to secure first place. That’s unbelievable luck!"
"It wasn’t just luck. That person snatched the reward right in front of Hong Yuan and the others. They’re absolutely furious now."
"If that person really exchanges the Iron bull’s horn for points, their identity will immediately be exposed."
"They’ll definitely offend Hong Yuan."
"Tsk, tsk. The reward for first place is three portions of Intermediate Beast Blood and one hundred thousand yuan."
"If I were that person, I’d still exchange them. Who cares if Hong Yuan gets offended?"
"Does he even dare attack someone inside Dong Hai Base?"
"He wouldn’t dare openly attack anyone."
"But don’t forget, Hong Yuan comes from the Hong Family."
"They have plenty of ways to make someone’s life miserable without breaking the rules."
While everyone was discussing the matter, Hong Yuan remained silent. His eyes stayed fixed on the entrance of the small wilderness area.
"Hmph."
"I refuse to believe you’ll give up the first-place reward."
"The moment I find out who you are..."
"You’re finished."
A dangerous light flashed across Hong Yuan’s eyes. Just as the allotted time was about to end, another young man slowly walked out of the small wilderness area.
He carried one large bag on his back along with a much smaller one.
The newcomer was naturally Mo Yuan.
"Teacher."
"This is my harvest."
"Please calculate the points."
Mo Yuan smiled as he handed both bags over. The scoring teacher opened them and carefully counted every material inside.
"A total of 163 points."
Although it wasn’t an outstanding score, it was still quite good.
It was even enough to compete for a place in the top ten.
At that moment, Mo Yuan smiled again.
"Teacher."
"I still have one more material."
As he spoke, he slowly took out the horn of the Beast Iron bull. The instant they appeared, a faint aura belonging to a Beast spread into the surroundings.
"The horn of a Iron bull!"
The teacher’s eyes widened in surprise.
"You actually obtained them?"
He quickly examined them before announcing,
"This material is worth one thousand points."
"Your final score is..."
"One thousand one hundred sixty-three points!"
Swish!
Swish!
Swish!
Countless cold gazes instantly landed on Mo Yuan. Every pair of eyes was filled with surprise, curiosity, or hostility. Hong Yuan stepped forward and stared directly at him.
"So it was you."
"You actually dared to steal our Iron bull."
One of Hong Yuan’s followers quickly leaned over and whispered,
"Boss, he seems to be a student from the Fourth Academy."
"The Fourth Academy?"
Hong Yuan’s expression immediately darkened.
His anger grew even stronger. In his eyes, the students of the Fourth Academy were nothing but trash. Someone from the Fourth Academy had actually snatched both the Iron bull’s horn and its Beast Blood from right under his nose.
To him, this was no different from slapping him across the face. It was also a slap to the reputation of the First Academy.
Although Intermediate Beast Blood itself wasn’t that important to him. With his current strength, he could step into the Origin Vessel Realm at any time.
Once he broke through, his position within the Hong Family would rise again, and obtaining Beast Blood would become even easier.
But losing face...
That was something he absolutely could not accept.
"Steal your Iron bull?"
Mo Yuan chuckled lightly.
"That’s quite a joke."
"The Beasts inside the small wilderness area don’t belong to your Hong Family."
"I found it."
"I killed it."
"So naturally, everything I obtained belongs to me."
His voice remained calm from beginning to end.
Mo Yuan knew very well that by taking the final reward from Hong Yuan’s group, he had basically declared himself an enemy.
But he had no regrets. This was the only way he could become stronger in the shortest time possible.
Otherwise, he might have to spend several more months just to reach the Origin Vessel Realm. He would remain trapped inside this small base, wasting valuable time.
Compared to that, offending Hong Yuan was a price he was willing to pay.
As long as he obtained the Intermediate Beast Blood, his Superior Grade Cultivation Talent would allow him to break through to the Origin Vessel Realm in a very short time.
On top of that, he possessed the ability to continuously copy talents. His future achievements were destined to far surpass someone like Hong Yuan.
To become stronger, some risks had to be taken.
Otherwise, he would only remain a coward who watched opportunities slip away without daring to seize them. Besides, inside Dong Hai Base, Hong Yuan could only resort to small tricks at most.
If Hong Yuan truly dared to cross the line... Mo Yuan would make him understand exactly what regret meant.
Hong Yuan naturally understood there was no point arguing any further. He stared at Mo Yuan with an icy gaze before speaking one last sentence.
"Kid."
"Just you wait."
With that, he turned around and left.
"Kid? It would have been funny if you said Son"
The others also glanced at Mo Yuan with unfriendly expressions, they didn’t understand what Mo Yuan was saying.
However, none of them said anything. In their eyes, Hong Yuan would eventually deal with him.
They only needed to wait and watch.
With that, the trial officially came to an end.
As expected, Mo Yuan successfully received three portions of Intermediate Beast Blood along with the reward of one hundred thousand yuan.
...
Three days passed after the trial ended.
During those three days, Mo Yuan did not immediately use the Intermediate Beast Blood.
Instead, he focused on consolidating his foundation while completely refining the remaining Low-grade Beast Blood inside his body. By now, every last trace of the Iron bull’s blood had been absorbed.
In return, his strength had increased greatly. After testing himself, Mo Yuan estimated that his current strength had reached around four hundred and twenty jin.
With that level of strength, he could already be considered a middle-stage Origin Seed Realm cultivator.
However...
That was still far from enough.
"I wonder just how much stronger Intermediate Beast Blood really is."
Mo Yuan looked at the small bottle in his hand and quietly muttered to himself. He didn’t dare drink the entire bottle at once.
Instead, he carefully took only a small sip.
Boom!!
The moment the blood entered his body, a violent wave of energy exploded inside him. Its power was far stronger than ordinary Low-grade Beast Blood.
The pain it caused was much more intense. But the benefits it offered were equally astonishing. Gritting his teeth, Mo Yuan immediately began performing the Body Forging Method.
Again.
And again.
His movements became faster and smoother with every cycle.
As time passed, he completely lost track of everything around him. Only the instinct to continue cultivating remained.
His body moved on its own as if it had become part of the cultivation technique itself.
Finally...
Mo Yuan slowly opened his eyes. The violent energy inside his body had almost completely disappeared.
Only then did he stop practicing.
"I actually completed the Body Forging Method eight times in a row?"
Even he was surprised. In the past, he would never have dared attempt such a thing.
Without Beast Blood supporting him, his body would have completely collapsed long before finishing. But now, with the assistance of Intermediate Beast Blood, not only had he completed all eight rounds, but his body was still overflowing with strength.
There wasn’t even a hint of exhaustion.
Mo Yuan carefully felt the changes within his body. After making a rough comparison, he finally reached a conclusion.
"An eightfold increase in cultivation speed!"
His eyes shone with excitement.
"If I can keep using Intermediate Beast Blood for cultivation..."
"I might even be able to break through to the Origin Vessel Realm within a month."
The more he thought about it, the more excited he became.
The cultivation assistance provided by Intermediate Beast Blood was simply terrifying.