Chapter 137: Promotion Challenge

After a moment of shock, Jiang Yi came back to his senses and spoke in a serious tone, “You mean that apart from the Soul-Subduing Herb, the other two herbs can be bought with purple gold?”

Qian Wanguan had this aggrieved expression as he nodded. “It is possible to buy it, but the price is much too high. This old dog definitely wouldn’t need such a precious spirit herb to save Sister Xiaonu. He is trying to knock you off? But… Boss, if you really want to buy it, I can offer you five million purple gold. This is using the most authority that I have.”

“There is no need!”

Jiang Yi gestured with a shake of his hand. “Your Qian Clan might be rich, but it is Qian Clan’s money and not yours! What’s more, I have already owed you way too much. I will think of a way myself. Is there really no way to buy the Soul-Subduing Herb?”

“What do you mean by you owe me?”

Qian Wanguan rolled his eyes and was rather infuriated. “Boss. Don’t you treat me as a brother? My money is your money. I am the Young Clan Head of my clan. If I say I need a few million purple gold, would those old goats dare to say anything? As for the Soul-Subduing Herb… there isn’t any on the market right now. I will need to send someone to scout for it.”

“Okay! Wanguan, I truly am indebted to you. Help me to get someone to quickly look for the location of the Soul-Subduing Herb. No matter how much purple gold is needed! But…”

Jiang Yi flickered his eyes before speaking in a very serious tone, “I really don’t need your purple gold. What’s more, five million isn’t sufficient too. I have ways to swiftly earn some purple gold.”

Jiang Yi was orphaned and alone from a young age. He and Jiang Xiaonu relied on each other to survive without any support, causing him to have an independent attitude. He disliked asking for assistance or owing any favors. He liked to rely on himself for everything; thus, he naturally rejected Qian Wanguan.

He did have an idea to earn purple gold, and that was to hunt demonic beasts. The thing that Mt. Thirty Thousand didn’t lack was demonic beasts. These materials from demonic beasts were all worth a lot of money, and tier-one and tier-two demonic beasts couldn’t do anything to Jiang Yi.

Qian Wanguan seemingly thought of this as well, and his eyes quickly lit up, “Boss. Are you going to rely on the Massacre Intent to hunt demonic beasts? Damn, why didn’t I think of that?

“Once your Massacre Intent is activated, those demonic beasts below the tier-two would simply let you slaughter it, right? A single tier-two demonic beast is worth at least a few hundred purple gold…”

Qian Wanguan could see the constant falling of purple gold from the sky. He could imagine all those demonic beasts turning into sheep for slaughter when Jiang Yi activated his Massacre Intent. Just the thought of it made him excited.

Jiang Yi’s eyes also revealed a trace of fiery passion. Since he had the realization of the Massacre Intent, he would feel uncomfortable if he didn’t slaughter. The blood thirst for battle and slaughter seemed to be embedded into his bone.

He muttered to himself and quickly made a decision: “Tomorrow, I will take the Elite Cadet promotion challenge. Once I obtain the secret art of taming spirit beasts, I will go to the mountains immediately. By then, Wanguan, you will ask someone to help me collect the demonic beasts’ materials and sell them. Once we have enough money, we will buy these two spirit herb first.”

Qian Wanguan’s eyes were brightened and nodded promptly, “Okay! I shall go with you. I will go the backdoor route to get my Elite Cadet status and tame a spirit beast for fun. When I am done, Boss can help me to suppress the demonic beast with your Massacre Intent, and then it will be easy for me to tame it. Hahaha, I am too brilliant!

“Hmm… let me give it a good thought. What kind of demonic beast shall I tame? Tier-two Blood Tiger? Not dominant enough. Violent Lion? Winged Dragon? Or a Bear of the Lands?”

…

On the next day morning, Jiang Yi went to the college and applied for the promotion challenge. Once the news was out, there was uproar in the college.

There were rumors that Jiang Yi’s combat strength was no.1 in the college, but many of the Elite and Prodigy Cadets had yet to witness it and naturally didn’t believe it. Right now, they had the opportunity to witness it; and Elite Cadets even had the chance to exchange moves with him—which was why all of them were excited.

Principal Qi personally hosted this promotion challenge. The five Elite Cadets that were picked weren’t some nobodies. Their strengths were all above the third stage of the Purple Mansion Realm.

In the plaza of the Central Courtyard, the challenge had yet to begin, but most of the cadets and mentors were already gathered here. But the cadets that were from the Jiang and the Zhangsun Clans didn’t dare to show their faces. Jiang Yiliu was placed under house arrest, and Zhangsun Wuji had returned to the Zhangsun Clan. With no one backing them wherever Jiang Yi appeared, they would automatically vanish.

“Shh-shh-shh!”

Footsteps could be heard from the west, and countless eyes looked over. Many of the female cadets had eyes of blazing passion when they saw three of the four youths walking over. Their eyes were especially hot when they saw the green-robed youth in the middle.

“Eh? Fatty Qian, I didn’t know that beauties like you, too!”

Zhan Wushuang teased Qian Wanguan when he surprisingly saw female cadets looking at Qian Wanguan with fixed gazes. Qian Wanguan dashingly flicked his fringe and said indifferently, “This Young Master is dashing and charming. What so weird about beauties liking me?”

“Pfff…”

Zhan Lin’er burst out a giggle and teased, “They don’t like Fatty Qian, they like the money of Fatty Qian’s clan.”

“Ke-Ke!”

Jiang Yi let out a laugh and didn’t have a hint of nervousness for the upcoming challenge. He swept a glance and saw a beautiful young lady who was dressed sexily. Jiang Yi patted on Zhan Wushuang’s shoulder and whispered, “Your Princess Yun Fei is looking right at you!”

Zhan Wushuang subconsciously turned to look at Yun Fei. When they exchanged eye contact, they both let out a snort and turned away. Jiang Yi sighed slightly. These two obviously liked each other but acted as though they had some deep feud. It was so funny and frustrating at the same time.

“Princess Yun Fei!”

Jiang Yi suddenly took a few steps forward quickly and came in front of Yun Fei. He pointed at Zhan Wushuang and laughed, “Your match that day wasn’t able to proceed as desired. Why not let me fight on Zhan Wushuang’s behalf today? If I lose, I will kiss your maidservant’s feet. If you lose, you will kiss my Brother Zhan. How about it?”

“Wow!”

The nearby cadets went into an instant uproar. Before the challenge even started, they were going to have a warm-up match? And it was such a tantalizing bet? Many eyes were locked onto Princess Yun Fei, wanting to see if the college’s no.1 would dare accept this match. They also wanted proof of whether Jiang Yi was truly as ferocious as the rumors were.

Princess Yun Fei’s expression changed as she snorted coldly, “Jiang Yi. In your sweet dreams. I think you like my maidservant, right? I will not let you have the opportunity. If you want a match, let Zhan Wushuang come fight. Want to see how this Princess torture him?”

When Princess Yun Fei rejected the match, many of them were disappointed… and shocked as well. It seemed like Jiang Yi was indeed formidable.

“Shh-shh-shh!”

Footsteps came echoing from the Northern Courtyard. Everyone didn’t dare to speak and looked over at the north side.

Principal Qi, several vice principals, and a group of mentors walked over swiftly. They arrived at the center of the plaza and took a glance around. Principal Qi raised her hands and gestured for the crowd to be silent before she spoke, “After discussion between me and several Vice Principals, we decided for the rules of the promotion challenge to be changed due to Cadet Jiang Yi’s abnormal strength.

“Cadet Jiang Yi, if you are able to pass today’s challenge, you can immediately be promoted to Prodigy Cadet rank. You will also obtain the secret art of spirit beast taming, the top-class spirit beast talisman, and the rights to permanently use all facilities in the Southern Courtyard for free. Of course… your opponents will also be altered. The original five cadets will become fifty random cadets which will have ten mentors in the mix. Do you dare accept the challenge?”

“Wow!”

The entire crowd burst into an uproar. This kind of reward was unprecedented, but the difficulty of the challenge was much too insane. Even mentors would be in the fight?

The originally Elite Cadets became random cadets. Didn’t this mean that Prodigy Cadets could join the fight, too? It was a known fact that there were a few Special Race individuals among the Prodigy Cadets, like Princess Yun Fei who could use sorcery and most of them had terrifying spirit beasts. The mentors’ strengths were undoubtedly formidable, too.

This narrow-minded old hag!

Jiang Yi cursed in his heart. It was Jiang Rentu who offended her. What did it have to do with him? It was obvious that Principal Qi was using official matters to settle her personal grievances. But how could he cower from such an occasion? He walked out slowly and looked around. “Okay, I accept the challenge! But… I have a request!”