Yang Zhi quickly received news from other Divine Weapon Pavilion disciples, and didn't hear of any elder who frequently accepts disciples having recently taken in a disciple named Lu Yu, which made him feel reassured.

As long as Lu Yu wasn't a disciple of an elder, his disappearance wouldn't draw much attention from the Divine Weapon Pavilion. After all, the pavilion has too many ordinary disciples, and every year, quite a few disappear due to various accidents.

Unless it's blatantly intercepting and killing Divine Weapon Pavilion disciples in public, challenging the dignity of the pavilion, the Divine Weapon Pavilion wouldn't delve too deeply into the whereabouts of missing ordinary disciples.

Yang Zhi was already thinking about how to lure Lu Yu to a remote area and make him disappear without a trace.

"Classmates, please sit down." An old man with a white beard appeared on the stone platform in the center of the square. His voice spread throughout the entire square, and upon hearing his words, everyone ceased their conversations and obediently found a place to sit.

The old man with the white beard was Zhou Chisheng, the vice president of Beifeng Academy. Most of the academy's students recognized him. Zhou Chisheng was one of the few deans and vice deans who frequently appeared before the students, so many know his appearance.

After all, very few Martial Cultivators who become such live to an age where they grow white beards. They either die early on the path of cultivation or reach a higher realm, vastly extending their lifespan, and it's rare for Martial Cultivators to enter old age.

Seeing everyone else sitting down, Lu Yu also found a vacant spot to sit, listening as the white-bearded old man spoke below, while searching through the crowd for Wu Ping, contemplating how to kill Yang Xiu for revenge.

Now that Yang Xiu was a student of Beifeng Academy, Lu Yu couldn't act against him here. He needed to find a way to lure him to a remote area.

As for whether he could defeat Yang Xiu, that wasn't something Lu Yu would consider. If worse came to worst, he would let him taste the Thunderbolt. Lu Yu refused to believe that Yang Xiu could withstand even that!

After speaking for a long time, Zhou Chisheng made his concluding remarks, "In this trial, everyone should act according to their abilities. Remember not to force yourself into danger. I wish all students good results in advance."

"Now, open the trial teleportation portal. Students above the fourth level of Qi Cultivation will enter first."

As Zhou Chisheng's voice fell, two curved horn towers on the square lit up with circles of blue light from the base, and the two opposing tower tips were connected by the blue light.

A gray vortex appeared in the center of the square, expanding until it touched the two horn towers on either side, then stopped growing. The rotation speed of the vortex gradually slowed, becoming more gentle.

"You can go now," Zhou Chisheng said as he looked at the vortex.

Three male instructors led the students above the fourth level of Qi Cultivation into the vortex. Ten minutes later, Zhou Chisheng said, "Qi Cultivation students, enter the teleportation portal."

Three male and one female instructor led the remaining Qi Cultivation students into the teleportation portal, followed by the students above the seventh level of Body Refinement, those above the fourth level, and finally, students below the third level of Body Refinement, with Yu Xiaoman in the last batch.

"Instructor Ling, are you going as well?" Zhou Chisheng asked with some surprise as he watched Ling Yuyan step out to lead the final group of students into the teleportation portal.

Ling Yuyan held a high position at Beifeng Academy, not only because she was backed by the most influential family in Beifeng City, but also due to her strength. Ling Yuyan was among the top-tier instructors in terms of ability within the academy.

Leading a group for training was a task that didn't require an instructor of Ling Yuyan's caliber, especially when it was merely leading a group of students with the lowest cultivation levels for training.

Ling Yuyan glanced at Yu Xiaoman and said, "Rest assured, Vice President, I won't violate the trial rules."

"Hmm, go ahead then." Seeing that she said so, Zhou Chisheng didn't say more and let her lead the group into the teleportation portal.

When the last silhouette disappeared into the teleportation portal, a black shadow suddenly rushed from outside into the square, diving into the teleportation portal, taking less than three seconds in total.

Zhou Chisheng stroked his white beard and did nothing.

When Lu Yu saw the black shadow rushing towards the teleportation portal, he moved to intercept it. However, thinking that this was Beifeng Academy's territory, he allowed Wu Ping to dash into the teleportation portal and quickly followed him in.

As soon as Lu Yu entered, the vortex began to shrink, reducing to just a person height. The teleportation portal wouldn't reopen until the trial concluded.

The feeling of passing through the teleportation portal was similar to going through the entrance of the Fire Rain Mountain Secret Realm. The difference was there was a brief spinning washer experience in between. The duration wasn't long, much shorter than the time it took to teleport to the Divine Weapon Pavilion Secret Realm using the Identity Token.

Having grown accustomed to the Divine Weapon Pavilion Secret Realm's teleportation, this short distance teleportation didn't cause Lu Yu any discomfort.

He quickly felt the teleportation end, finding himself in the remote wilderness.

The entire forest was filled with dead trees, with the occasional black tree emitting a dark mist, appearing eerie and enough to give children nightmares.

Wu Ping was nowhere to be seen, but given his injuries, he couldn't have gotten far, plus Lu Yu had left Ice and Fire Spiritual Qi in his body. As long as they were within a certain distance, Lu Yu could sense it and wasn't worried about finding him.

Compared to Wu Ping, Lu Yu currently wanted more to eliminate Yang Xiu.

However, Yang Xiu had entered Kugu Ridge with the second batch of students, and now it was unknown where he had gone, making it difficult to find him.

As he walked up the path along Kugu Ridge, he hadn't gone far before he saw a group of students searching for something in the valley below, among them a familiar figure.

"The arrow points in the direction of the badge, the number represents the steps to the badge..." Yu Xiaoman threw the small arrow and several dice in her hand, then followed the arrow direction, taking the combined number of steps shown by the dice. She found a trial badge amidst a pile of withered grass.

Yu Xiaoman kept throwing arrows and dice, continuously picking up experience badges. It felt like she was playing a game of rolling dice and moving squares, but under each square, there was something she desired.

"You're cheating, aren't you!" Lu Yu couldn't help but comment after watching for a while.

"Ah!" Yu Xiaoman was startled by the voice that suddenly appeared behind her. She remembered the teacher saying that there were man-eating monsters around here, so she wanted to quickly gather enough experience badges to return safely to Beifeng City.

As a result, she was frightened by Lu Yu who suddenly appeared behind her.

In the shadows, Ling Yuyan watched Yu Xiaoman's apparent good fortune, a knowing expression on her face. When she first discovered Yu Xiaoman in Beifeng City, she felt this person's luck was extraordinarily good, which is why she made her a disciple and brought her into Beifeng Academy.

The first time she met Yu Xiaoman was at an antique market, where Yu Xiaoman spent 10 copper coins to buy a small arrow. At that time, she felt that the arrow was unusual, containing a faint aura of malevolence, definitely not an ordinary item.

The second time she saw Yu Xiaoman was at a street vendor's stall, where the vendor was shaking dice, guessing the dice points, costing 5 copper coins each time, multiplying tenfold if guessed correctly, with a one-sixth chance of winning.

She watched the vendor lose his entire fortune to Yu Xiaoman, who even won the few dice he had. In the end, when the vendor, seeing Yu Xiaoman as an ordinary person, tried to act maliciously, he was arrested by soldiers on charges of illegal gambling.

Soon after, Ling Yuyan discovered that the dice Yu Xiaoman won were extraordinary, seemingly able to obscure fate. Even the Divination Technique she had learned was useless against those dice.

Thus, Ling Yuyan conceived the idea of taking Yu Xiaoman as a disciple.

Having studied the Divination Technique, she was more believing in fate than most. In her view, Yu Xiaoman repeatedly displaying her supernatural traits in front of her was a matter of destiny, it was fate that made her take him as a disciple.

Seeing Yu Xiaoman being led away by Lu Yu, Ling Yuyan frowned and quickly followed.

"Is this really okay?" Yu Xiaoman worriedly asked Lu Yu, holding a small rusty arrow in her hand.

"Don't worry! It'll definitely be fine," Lu Yu assured confidently. Earlier, he had told Yu Xiaoman he would help her collect experience badges. With her method of finding badges by throwing dice, although much faster than others, it would still take considerable time to gather enough.

In Kugu Ridge, where man-eating monsters appeared, Yu Xiaoman felt it very dangerous to stay as an ordinary person for so long. She also noticed others seemed to be constantly watching her, after all, her method of finding badges by throwing dice was too incredible.

Having witnessed Yu Xiaoman's amazing luck of always hitting her marks, Lu Yu suggested she help him find Yang Xiu. In return, he would get her many experience badges and ensure her safety in Kugu Ridge.

Yu Xiaoman trusted Lu Yu's ability to keep her safe. Lu Yu could break a tree with one punch, and her teacher could knock down a wall with one kick. In her eyes, they were both very powerful.

Neither breaking a tree with one punch nor kicking down a wall was something Yu Xiaoman could do, so she subconsciously equated the two: Lu Yu's strength = Ling Yuyan's strength = strength able to kill monsters = strength able to protect her safety.

Ling Yuyan found her thoughts laughable; there was no comparison between breaking a tree at the Body Refinement stage and knocking down a wall at the Qi Sea stage.

Not knowing her disciple's thoughts, she saw Yu Xiaoman being led out of the safe area by Lu Yu and quickly followed, secretly protecting Yu Xiaoman.

Although she believed someone with Yu Xiaoman's extraordinary luck didn't need protection, to her, luck was the best protection.

But just in case, she followed secretly to ensure her disciple's safety.

Yu Xiaoman picked up the small arrow from the ground, glanced at the dice, and said, "The person you're looking for is in this direction, a bit far."

Somehow, she felt that throwing the dice wouldn't yield results, so she didn't throw the dice, just the arrow to determine direction.

Looking at the path leading deeper into Kugu Ridge, Lu Yu took out his spiritual armor intended for Yu Xiaoman to wear. He sensed an intense presence of demonic qi inside, feeling it from a distance.

Yu Xiaoman was just an ordinary person; if large amounts of demonic qi entered her body, it would be catastrophic.

"Why are you taking out clothes?" Yu Xiaoman asked curiously, looking at the clothes in Lu Yu's hand.

Just as he was about to remind her to put on the spiritual armor to prevent demonic qi erosion, Lu Yu sensed an unusual power from Yu Xiaoman, keeping the faint demonic qi in the air away from her.

Looking toward the source of the power, it was the small arrow in Yu Xiaoman's hand.

Seeing she could fend off demonic qi with the arrow, Lu Yu put away the spiritual armor; since she could resist the demonic qi, there was no need for the armor.

After all, with the armor on, Lu Yu would still need to constantly imbue it with Spiritual Qi to maintain its resistance to demonic qi, which was quite troublesome.

"Nothing, took out the wrong thing," Lu Yu and Yu Xiaoman continued walking along the narrow path towards the depths of Kugu Ridge.

Ling Yuyan sensed a malevolent aura around Yu Xiaoman repelling the demonic qi; she knew her guess was correct. The malevolent aura on the arrow had absorbed a lot of demon blood, left from slaying many great demons.

Otherwise, it was hard to explain why the arrow with a malevolent aura didn't affect Yu Xiaoman.

Because the malevolent aura of the arrow was targeted at demons.

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