C96
C96
Xiao Yuyan won the other two rounds and levelled up, which made him unhappy.
On the other hand, Tuoba Yu won a round against Su Nianxia, and both of them levelled up.
With one more spot remaining, the Academy picked another one from the four that were eliminated. This was none of Hua Ruge's business.
She had always been preparing to go live at the Xinggong Palace, but of course, she wouldn't prepare anything either.
The bedding that she had gotten used to sleeping on, the teapot, and the clothes that she had changed into had already been washed. Lan Bing'er knew that Hua Ruge liked to eat sweet pastries, so he circled around the counter for a few days to make a lot of food.
Hua Ruge, on the other hand, had refined a batch of pellets in the past few days, using all of the pellets he had already refined in preparation for an emergency. After all, he did not know what kind of situation the temporary manor would be in, so it was naturally good to be prepared.
The day for the gathering had finally come, and Lan Bing'er reluctantly sent her to the Martial Arts Practice Grounds.
"Big brother, don't be so impulsive when you're doing things. If you're not familiar with that place, you will suffer a loss." Lan Bing'er reminded as he walked.
Hua Ruge agreed smoothly, "Don't worry about that, as long as no one provokes me, I will never take the initiative to cause trouble."
"Bing-Er is not around. I must take good care of myself." Lan Bing'er said worriedly.
"Don't worry, I'm no longer a child." Hua Ruge reached out to stroke her head: "You should actually protect yourself. If someone bullies you, you should go find the Principal, he should still give me some face."
Lan Bing'er nodded obediently.
Speaking of which, Tuoba Yu and the rest were already prepared, although they were extremely powerful, but they were still not as fast as Lan Bing'er, so they were a step too slow.
Five Soul Master s. Five Battle Master s gathered at the bottom of the training grounds.
The Dean Fang stepped onto the stage and spoke: "Listen carefully to every word I say. This time, the governor of the palace has been there for a month. You must not relax at all, because you will be eliminated at any time. As for why the elimination was based on this year's arbitration doctrine. "
"This time's arbitration is the famous Battle King, everyone should be more restrained than usual.
Other than the Battle King, there are twelve other stewards who are an associate expert. All of them come from the palace and have the right to eliminate all of the students.
The students nodded in agreement.
"This competition is to be selected to be the People From The Hall of Saints, a place that serves the nation, many of the times it directly affects the life and death of the nation, it involves people that can be enlightened, so the taboo thing is people that do not obey orders, if you show your strength once in a while, you will have to be well-behaved."
These students of Royal College were all nobles. Normally, they would be proud, but if they were eliminated because of this, it would be too much of a loss.
Everyone nodded their heads very seriously, even Hua Ruge, who had an idea, listened very seriously this time. Although she was a little unruly, she knew how to restrain herself at critical moments.
After Dean Fang said this, he looked at her intentionally.
Hua Ruge was depressed, does she look like someone who would cause trouble?
After giving out the orders, the group was picked up by two carriages sent by the palace.
The imperial palace had several places within the capital. This was the most remote place, and was not for the imperial family to live in. It was often used to entertain foreign envoys, but it was not small either.
Hua Ruge followed a manager through a group of buildings and arrived at a residential area.
The group consisted of a hundred plus people, all of whom were Soul Master s. Some of the academies had actually selected only four or five steps, so it was likely that the academy wasn't big. Furthermore, there were very few Soul Master s, so the number of people standing here was probably half this year's number of students.
Thinking about how a country with a population of no less than ten million could only cultivate these outstanding Soul Master every year, Hua Ruge couldn't help but sigh.
Everyone stood according to the academy, with Royal College at the very front. The manager began to distribute the goods among them with a duck's voice: "You guys live in the east wing."
As he said that, he started to distribute the room numbers, no one dared to breathe too loudly, Hua Ruge also did not know what to do, she was originally very pretty, but when she put on a good look, it was still quite a bluff.
But reality responded to that saying: "The tree wants to calm down, but the wind won't stop."
Hua Ruge smiled and extended his hand out, but that manager didn't even glance at her, directly walking past her and passing the number plate to the few people behind her.
Hua Ruge was startled for a moment, then laughed and asked: "Manager, why don't you have my number plate?"
In the silence of the long corridor, her words attracted a lot of attention.
But the manager did not seem to hear him, and said to the students from Royal College: "Go find a room, everyone."
Hua Ruge was still feeling very sad being frozen on the spot.
She could vaguely see that when Xiao Yuyan looked over, he had a smug look.
Plotting against her?
"Bi Tong Academy lives in the west wing." The manager said and was about to pass out the number plate, but Hua Ruge stopped him in his tracks.
The supervisor finally looked her in the eye.
"Hello, Sir Manager. I am Hua Ruge from Royal College. I would like to ask you this now, why haven't you given me a place to stay?" She forced a smile and tried to soften her tone.
A wise man doesn't fight when the odds are against him. If she was impulsive and got eliminated now, then her previous match would have been a waste.
She did not expect that the usually frivolous Hua Ruge would actually know how to restrain himself this time.
The manager replied with a snort, "How could a commoner like you be qualified to live with the nobles."
He was actually using her identity as a source of information. Presumably, he already had the intention of tricking her, so when she got anxious, he would have a reason to be eliminated.
But Hua Ruge was not fooled, he continued to say politely: "You're right, then where should I live?"
He should at least arrange a place for her to stay. After this matter was over, he would see how she would deal with this bunch of grandsons of hers.
The steward frowned and took out a number plate, "You should live in the northern room."
"Thank you." Hua Ruge humbly received the plate. No matter what, with this, she would pass this trial.
In front, Tuoba Yu and the others were waiting for her.
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"How is it?" they asked.
Hua Ruge spread out his palm and said: "Done."
The few of them nodded in relief.
But when she took the sign and found a room, her face really did darken. There was a row of latrines on the north side, and only one room that reeked of air. There were toilet cleaning tools inside, but there was no bed, so where was the place to live?
"Great sir." Hua Ruge immediately scolded.
This was not only targeting her, it was simply disregarding her as a person.
"A lowly commoner would always be a lowly commoner. Even in the aristocratic circles, they would sooner or later be beaten back to their original form, extremely reeking." Xiao Yuyan's voice sounded, carrying a bit of ridicule.
But this was the truth.
If Hua Ruge did not have any way to enter the Hall of Sages, then after staying in the Academy for three years, he was still a commoner.
On the other hand, the complexions of Tuoba Yu and Tuoba Yu changed.
"I'm going to look for the manager." Tuoba Yu said.
He was of the royal family, so even if the rules were harsh, he had to give way to his exalted status.
"I'll go too." The little loli, Su Nianxia, who was bursting with righteousness, was also furious.
"No need." Hua Ruge then stopped the two of them and said, "I have my own matters to settle, do not implicate the both of you."
With this status, he might not be able to get any benefits.
She strode forward.
Seeing him return, the steward asked with a mocking expression, "Are you not satisfied with the room?"
He did not believe that Hua Ruge would dare to say that he was unsatisfied, and if he dared to say that, he would eliminate him because his willpower was not strong enough and he did not have to suffer. In any case, the Battle King would not have the leisure to manage this arbitration.
"Satisfied your grandpa."
Not only did he not cultivate, even his physique was much weaker than ordinary people. Naturally, he was unable to dodge this strike, and immediately fell onto the ground, with his chest slightly caved in.
His breastbone had been broken.
This time, not only was the manager stunned, no one present was able to react. They could only look at this scene in a daze, unable to comprehend how Hua Ruge, who had a smile plastered on his face a moment ago, had suddenly changed.
"You, an old thing, dare to mess with me?"
Hua Ruge did not give any explanation, and faced the manager with the stick.
The manager held his head and shouted in a high-pitched voice, "I want to eliminate you. You're eliminated now."
"But before that, I'll kill you first." Hua Ruge said as he waved his stick towards her.
Not only was this manager physically weak, but he was also very old. If things continued like this, he wouldn't even be able to take a few blows before his soul would fall to the heavens.
If that was the case, this year's selection would be the biggest news.
Usually, the students who didn't even dare to breathe too loudly had actually killed the steward of the palace.
"You all, save me ?" With great difficulty, the steward crawled towards the students.
Hua Ruge raised his head and said: "Even if you all save this old thing, the rest of the managers will also say that you were saved in the wrong time, and might even vent out their anger on you. "So, just take it as if you didn't see that I killed him. I will bear the responsibility."
The students looked at each other, unable to come to a decision.
They were also very dissatisfied with this sort of bullying. However, no one dared to erupt. Right now, seeing that the manager was also satisfied after being beaten up, they started to hesitate a bit.
"You dare to kill me? Battle King will not let you off, and the Emperor will not let you off either. " The supervisor struggled to say. He wanted to earn a chance at survival.
"First, think about whether I'll let you off!" Hua Ruge raised his rod and was about to hit her again.
"Battle King has arrived!"
A loud shout rang out, and the faces of everyone present simultaneously changed.
When the steward was beaten up in public, the students didn't step forward to stop him and were afraid that they would be implicated as well.
The steward was overjoyed. He was finally saved.