"No! I object!" Wei Xiong and Fang Yuan said at the same time!
Utter confusion replaced their shocked expressions, as everyone stared at Fang Yuan as if he were crazy: Wei Xiong, Elder Peh, Wu Fei Hong, and even the near-passed-out Shi Jie.
The only one not in a state of shock was the mysterious elder standing next to Elder Peh.
"Hoh," this elder had his hair tied up neatly, his demeanour exuded Wisdom and clarity, "And what objection do you have, young man?"
Fang Yuan gave the mysterious elder a polite bow, further stunning the audience, especially Elder Peh.
"Does he know who Elder Zhuang is? Impossible! Not even an Inheriting Disciple like Wei Xiong has met him!"
Elder Zhuang stroked his beard gently, thoughts were whizzing around in his head, "I can sense profound Wisdom Path attainment in this young man, his every action seems to exude Wisdom, he seems to have a natural affinity for Wisdom Path, perhaps even a special constitution."
"Heh," Fang Yuan chuckled to himself, "Wisdom Gu, what can you assess about that guy?"
"Hmm," Wisdom scratched its thin translucent head in thought, "He is analysing you with not only information path killer moves, but wisdom Path ones as well."
"Precisely," Fang Yuan smirked, "And do you know what is going to happen when a small mortal tries to deduce my origin?"
Just then, Elder Zhuang's eyes stared wide open, his heart began furiously palpitating, sweat gathered on his forehead, and blood leaked out of the corner of his mouth.
Wu Fei Hong was the first to notice, "Elder! Are you okay? You're bleeding from your mouth and eyes!"
Elder Peh was standing next to Elder Zhuang and wasn't paying attention, he was still wondering what Fang Yuan knew about Elder Zhuang before noticing that smirk, and not a second later, Elder Zhuang was bleeding out of his orifices!
"These events have to be related…but how…..Elder Zhuang is a rank 8 powerhouse!" Elder Peh kept his thoughts to himself as he said, "Elder Zhuan, are you alright?"
"*Cough* I'm fine…" Elder Zhuan coughed the little blood still gathering in his throat and wiped away the rest from his face, "Just backlash and hidden injuries from my recent advancement, it hasn't been long, you know.,,*cough*"
"I see…." Elder Peh was not convinced; he knew something was fishy, but he also knew better than to pry into the matters of a man who could kill everyone present with just his weakest Gu.
"Cough* Cough* Examinee err…" Elder Zhuang took the initiative, asking for Fang Yuan's name.
"Number 888, Fang Yuan."
The name Fang Yuan didn't illicit any response from the audience, but it caused Elder Zhuang to cough slightly more violently from shock.
"It can't be…he can't be related to…him." Elder Zhuang waved off the thought, "It's either a coincidence or he's an illegitimate son of Wu Shuai or…he's found a real inheritance from that..."
Just thinking that thought caused Elder Zhuang to cough violently once again; this time, flakes from his internal organs could be found amongst the blood splatters.
"I mustn't offend this kid, especially when he's not shown even an ounce of disrespect; whoever is backing him is more powerful than I could imagine, perhaps a peak Rank 8 or even a Quasi-Venerable." Elder Zhuang shuddered at the thought of offending such an existence.
Since the end of the war of Venerables, and Fang Yuan's victory, the publicly recognised strongest was Fang Yuan's dragonman clone, the leader of the Great Love Alliance, and husband of 100 wives, and 1000 concubines, Wu Shuai! He was a peak Pesudo-Venerable, many say that he could match the peak might of even the founding dragonman, Duke Long!
In a world with no venerables, Pseudo-Venerables reigned supreme, and Wu Shuai was the greatest of them, not to mention all the Gu Houses at their disposal, the strongest man with the strongest alliance, now would be considered a dynasty's golden era.
Elder Zhuang was just a newly advanced Rank 8, and with great help and support from the Star Heavenly Academy, it was the reason he decided to sign a 20-year lease with them, in exchange for their help.
"Examinee Fang Yuan, may I see your badge? What tests have you yet to complete?"
Everyone's jaws dropped once again, this time because the situation had seemingly done a complete 180!
Wu Fei Hong was rubbing her eyes frantically to verify that she wasn't dreaming, but it wasn't nearly as hard as Wei Xiong, who couldn't believe that there was an Elder who was willing to oppose his grandfather!
Wei Xiong glared hard at Elder Peh, who shrugged his shoulders and wiped his hands, one over the other, indicating that he was washing his hands of this matter.
"Erhm!" Wei Xiong cleared his throat, "Excuse me, E, Elder…Zhuang? Was it? As a new Elder, I don't think it is appropriate for you to overturn the dutiful Elder Peh's ruling. As you are not familiar with the School's rules yet, I'd be more than happy to let it slide, and not inform my grandfather, Deacon Wei Gan!"
"Hoh," Elder Zhuang stroked his bear once again, "I haven't been threatened by anyone in a very long time, much less a brat still wet from his mother's breast milk!"
"You!" Wei Xiong's face turned red; he hadn't expected an Elder to be so…uncouth.
"Kid, you better scram, I just got here and I already have work to do, so unless you want me to write you up for obstructing and Elder, and seek disciplainry charges, then I suggest you run back and tell Deacon Wei, that the Honrary Elder Zhuang sends his regards to him, and disdain to his spawn."
The crowd began to be unable to hold back their laughter, and one by one, people burst out laughing at the public humiliation of Wei Xiong.
Even Wu Fei Hong, who always tried to be neutral as a member of the prestigious Wu Clan, couldn't help but chuckle.
"This isn't over!" Wei Xiong had lost his calm, gentlemanly demeanour; it was now savage and fierce.e, "Mark my words, you will all rue this day, especially you!"
His closed fan pointed at Fang Yuan,
"I will remember today!"
Fang Yuan scoffed, "I won't even remember your face!"
Wei Xiong's face reached an entirely new shade of red, never before seen, "Good. Good. Good!"
And he threw his fan on the ground, as it enlarged into 10 times its original size, he threw one last glance at Fang Yuan.
Only to be met with a gesture where one's middle finger was extended, and others remained shut.
Wei Xiong snapped, and released the Killer Move in his sleeve, the move was Rank 5 Wind Path move, Terrible Tornedo, it carved its way through the ground as it made it's way to both Fang Yuan and Wu Fei Hong, who gripped tightly onto Fang Yuan, but Fang Yuan remained unfazed and smirked as the move approach- when it was halfway there, the pressure slowly sinking onto them, the Tornedo crashed into a seemingly unmoveable wall!
It was Elder Peh of all people!
"Wei Xiong! This is your last warning! I don't care if you're Deacon Wei's grandson, if you try to harm another person in the Outer Hall, then I will punish you as Disciple Elder of the Outer halls!" Elder Peh's figure was revealed to be completely fine; his body had an ashen sheen on it, and his skin appeared coarse and tough.
"Hoh," Fang Yuan raised an eyebrow as he analyzed, "The Toughskin series of Killer Moves, appears to be using a Rank 6 Strength Path Gu as the core, and Earth Path Mortal Gus to supplement, making it qualify as a Rank 6 move, cost to results wise shows that it is effective, but not optimal."
A loud tsk could be heard before Wei Xiong snorted and flew away on a Rank 6 Immortal Gu House, Serenity Fan.
"Youngsters these days are completely spoilt," Elder Zhuang shook his head.
Elder Peh sighed, "What can we do? The old waves will eventually reach the shore, only to be replaced by the new, unless one day the moon itself, we are all going to reach our end someday."
"Haha, well said, my friend," Elder Zhuang coughed a reply, "Now examinee Fang Yuan, I apologise for what has happened here today."
"No worries," Fang Yuan replied casually, dusting off the debris that had landed on him.m, Wu Fei Hong realised at that moment they were safe and broke away from Fang Yuan's embrace, her face peachy with embarrassment.
"Here," Fang Yuan took out his examinee token, which was resplendent in Gold colour, which indicated one thing,
"You! You managed to place first in one of the exams! Which one?" Elder Peh was astonished, most of the disciples that could attain such results were usually snagged by Deacons or Grand-Deacons, it was rare for one to come from the outside world.
Everyone thought they couldn't be more surprised by today, even Wu Fei Hong was shocked.
The two elder read the information, and their jaws job further;
Elder Zhuang was most shocked:
"You set an unbeatable record in combat!?"