Chapter 467: Entering The Grotto (2)
While the group spoke, they arrived at the Grotto District.
Within a building far larger than the building housing the Source Qi Secret Grotto.
Numerous teachers and students who had been picked to enter the grotto had arrived. Zhou Mingren was there as well. The elders of the single character faction and some other presents were also present.
The moment Hong Tan's group arrived, silence descended.
With one look, Su Yu noticed Di Feng.
That look in Di Feng's eyes... was a look of intense hatred.
Su Yu merely lowered his head and ignored Di Feng. A confrontation here would be pointless.
There were a lot of familiar faces in the room. Zhan Hai, Xia Huyou, Wan Mingze, Hu Qiusheng, and Xia Chan were all there.
People like Wu Lan and Liu Ke could also be seen amid the crowd.
Su Yu wasn't surprised to see Wu Lan. But he was quite surprised to see the petite Liu Ke here. She was a student of the pillmaking faction, but the pillmaking faction had not been able to obtain too many slots this time. Thus, Liu Ke must have obtained her slot through sheer talent or her connections.
As for the likes of Zhang Hao from the talisman faction and Lin Yao from the single character faction, Su Yu was not surprised to see them. A majority of the students picked to enter were new students. Very few of them were old students.
Vice Principal Su's junior, Su Meng, Administrator Hu's junior, Hu Qiusheng, Principal Wan's junior, Wan Mingze...
Those with a strong background had been able to obtain a slot without much difficulty.
There was also a girl that looked quite familiar in the crowd. Su Yu remembered that this was the daughter of the Talent Fostering Bureau's director. She looked like a simple and honest person.
When she was queuing up to fight him previously, she had stuck to her words and stopped after winning three willpower texts. The single character faction had avoided paying a lot of students, but she wasn't one of them.
She had been given all three willpower texts she had asked for. And this time, she had also been able to easily obtain a slot even though she didn't have a family member in the academy.
The single character faction had the courage to provoke Hong Tan, but they definitely didn't have the courage to provoke the director of the Talent Fostering Bureau.
"Is everyone here?" Zhou Mingren did not waste his time with a speech. After scanning the crowd, he said, "We have prepared all the materials to open the grotto. We have enough materials to keep the grotto open for three days. I can work with Elder Sun and the others to keep the grotto open for one day. As for the remaining time, we'll be needing some help..." Visit no(v)eLb(i)n.com for the best novel reading experience
Hong Tan smiled, "I can keep it open for a day."
Elder Qi said, "I can keep it open for a day as well. We'll try to keep it open for three full days and not waste the riversand we're using to open the grotto."
"Good." With a calm tone, Zhou Mingren said, "This time, 33 Mental Tempering Stage students, 5 Skysoars cultivators, and 3 Cloudbreach cultivators will be entering. The grotto should be able to withstand this level of pressure."
Only 41 people were entering. That was because there were some Skysoar and Cloudbreach cultivators added into the mix. Each of these people would count for several Mental Tempering Stage students, so they had to reduce the total number of people entering. These people would also increase the pressure on the Mountainseas in charge of keeping the grotto open.
Liu Hong was one of the five Skysoars.
Apart from Liu Hong, there were three men and one woman. All of them were from the single character faction. These were probably the slots that had been split internally among their elders. As for the three Cloudbreach cultivators, Su Yu couldn't see them among the crowd.
Elder Qi asked curiously, "Who are the Cloudbreach cultivators entering?"
"Here."
Suddenly, a figure appeared at the entrance.
It was a calm Xia Yuwen. He had recovered from his injuries, but his face still looked slightly pale. He looked like someone who had just recovered not long ago. Stepping into the room, he indifferently said, "I'm entering."
Everyone looked at him with astonishment. Wasn't Xia Yuwen supposed to be hiding in his room to recover from his injuries? He had actually left his room?
"Is there a need for this?" Zhou Mingren asked, "The grotto is quite small. Why waste our energy doing something so pointless?"
Hong Tan smiled, "I disagree. I'm not worried about the Mental Tempering Stage students. But things will get troublesome if those Skysoar and Cloudbreach cultivators end up disturbing someone in the midst of advancement. The students don't have good eyes. They might accidentally intrude upon the area of these Skysoar and Cloudbreach cultivators and bring trouble for both parties. Am I right?"
He looked at Su Yu and said, "Don't roam around randomly. Some people will use this chance to break through. If you foolishly intrude upon their area during their advancement, they might not dare to kill or seriously injure you, but it would still be very troublesome."
Su Yu assumed a simple and honest expression as he said, "I understand, Grandteacher. I'll be careful."
His grandteacher was essentially telling him that the moment Zhou Pingsheng tried disturbing his cultivation, he should forget about cultivating and focus on ruining the cultivation of others.
Let's see who would be the one to suffer a bigger loss from this!
Zhou Mingren frowned slightly before saying, "Fine."
Zhou Pingsheng was a seventh-stage Cloudbreach. It wouldn't be too hard for him to locate Su Yu in the grotto. If the people inside were allowed to gather together and Su Yu really started disturbing the others once he was disturbed himself, then they would have opened this grotto for nothing.
Zhou Mingren wasted no time and took out countless materials before saying, "Let's begin. Remember, do not disturb the cultivation of others for no reason."
He gave Su Yu a glance when saying that. Then, he gazed at Zhou Pingsheng, saying with his eyes that Zhou Pingsheng should forget about cultivating and focus on disturbing Su Yu in the grotto.
"Alright."
Zhou Pingsheng replied with a smile.
The others had odd expressions. There was no need for anyone to say anything. Everyone knew what would happen inside the grotto.
The single character faction had actually sent a seventh-stage Cloudbreach into the grotto just to disturb Su Yu's cultivation. That was a costly endeavor as they had sacrificed several students for the sake of this plan.
Of course, the fact that Su Yu had crippled many of their top students had probably played a big role in helping them reach that decision. Those students were still recovering from their injuries. They wouldn't be able to make use of the grotto anyway, so the slots might as well be given to Zhou Pingsheng.
Hong Tan said nothing. He had already given up on the first day. During the second day, he would naturally deal with this issue. One day would be enough for Su Yu.
Nobody had anything else to say. Before long, a portal opened in the room. The Mountainseas sent out their willpower, keeping the portal open.
"Enter."
With that command, everyone streamed toward the portal. Su Yu had not entered together with Wu Jia. He waited for Wu Jia to enter first. Zhou Pingsheng remained outside, clearly waiting for Su Yu to enter first.
Su Yu said nothing.
Eventually, when a certain group of students was entering, he squeezed into the group and entered with them.
Xia Chan.
That was Xia Chan's group.
Zhou Pingsheng cursed inwardly before hurriedly following them. Suddenly, Hong Tan sneezed. With one sneeze, the portal trembled, blocking Zhou Pingsheng's entrance.
Zhou Mingren looked at Hong Tan with a frown. Hong Tan laughed dryly and said, "I'm feeling unwell. Someone must be cursing me in their heart. My apologies. Let us continue. I'm really sorry."
"..."
Nobody said anything. Everyone with a brain could see what he was doing.
But they couldn't help but admit that he was really very strong. With a single sneeze, he had momentarily frozen the portal maintained by several Mountainseas.
Zhou Pingsheng only dared to curse inwardly while his mouth remained silent. When the portal stabilized again, he stepped through it.
