Chapter 129 Du Gui

Chapter 129 Du Gui

More than fifty students from the Xuan-level Martial Academy gathered, most of them in their twenties. Their faces were brimming with arrogance; they looked down not only on the students of the Three Martial Academy but also on those from other Xuan-level Martial Academies.

"There are only students from the Heavenly Profound Martial Academy and Ling Martial Academy. No one from the Star Profound Martial Academy came!" Huo Zhong said, his naturally loud voice carrying to the ears of the Xuan-level Martial Academy students.

A long-faced student from the Heavenly Profound Martial Academy sneered, "We can come because our mental power is strong enough. The students from the Star Profound Martial Academy have weak mental power, so naturally, they didn't come."

Strong mental power was a form of talent, which made these Xuan-level Martial Academy students very arrogant.

After all the students in the valley gathered at the Martial Arts Field, a hunched old man in a black robe suddenly floated over. Behind him followed Guo Cheng, the vice-principal of the Heavenly Profound Martial Academy, and Luo Ke, the vice-principal of the Ling Martial Academy.

Upon seeing the hunched old man, Qin Yun couldn't help but feel a chill, experiencing an inexplicable fear. Huo Zhong and Murong Daren beside him showed even more terror on their faces.

Xie Wufeng was drenched in sweat.

Even the twenty-odd students from the Xuan-level Martial Academy showed signs of fear.

The hunched old man said, "I am Du Gui from the Star Profound Martial Academy, a teacher specializing in mental power! Although none of our students have qualified mental power, I still need to come here to teach you mental power martial arts, so you can deal with ghost beasts."

Du Gui was short and hunched, making him look even smaller. However, he had few wrinkles on his face, with long white eyebrows that reached his cheeks, and his small eyes sparkled with sharpness, giving him the appearance of a gentle old man.

After retracting his mental pressure, he continued, "There are over two hundred students from the Three Martial Academy. I will select among them to see if any have strong mental power. If there are, they will join you for the trials."

The students from the Xuan-level Martial Academy immediately frowned! They looked down on the students from the Three Martial Academy, believing they would be a burden.

"Teacher Du, if the weaklings here follow us and die, don't blame us," a young man said coldly.

"I definitely won't blame you..." Du Gui chuckled. "Also, you all must pass my mental test to practice my techniques."

Testing mental power posed no challenge to the Xuan-level Martial Academy students, as they had passed similar tests to get here.

They lined up, waiting for the test to begin.

Du Gui took out a large plate of white stones and scattered them on the ground, saying, "These stones are called Spirit Stones, which I refined. Cover them with your mental power, and they will float. The more stones that float, the stronger your mental power."

"Generally, floating twenty stones is considered qualified, but since we are dealing with ghost beasts, I've raised the standard to thirty stones to pass."

The Xuan-level Martial Academy students began testing, though they were arrogant, they restrained themselves in front of Du Gui.

Qin Yun watched attentively from the side, hoping he could also take the test to gauge his mental power.

The first person to test was Hong Yu from the Heavenly Profound Martial Academy. He stood beside the hundred white stones and covered them with his mental power.

Soon, a few Spirit Stones floated off the ground.

Seeing this, Hong Yu became anxious and released more mental power to cover the stones, causing another dozen or so to float.

"Just eighteen!" Du Gui shook his head.

Guo Cheng urgently said, "Old Du... Hong Yu's mental power isn't bad!"

Du Gui shook his head, "No, his level is insufficient; he cannot learn my mental power techniques."

Hong Yu was drenched in sweat, his face flushed red, but he could not make any more stones float, totaling only eighteen!

He failed Du Gui's mental power test!

The arrogant Xuan-level Martial Academy students were secretly shocked!

They finally understood why no students from the Star Profound Martial Academy came—they couldn't pass such a difficult test!

"Next!" Du Gui called out.

The next tester was a seductive woman in red, who managed to float only twenty Spirit Stones. Normally, this would be enough, but now, with the requirement of thirty stones, she also failed!

With two failures at the start, the Xuan-level Martial Academy students were deeply worried. Du Gui's test was too strict, and many might be eliminated, which would be very embarrassing.

Several more tests followed, all failing.

The next youth approached with a cold and confident expression, as if certain he would pass!

"Wu Youchen, he has the strongest mental power in our Ling Martial Academy, coming from a family with strong mental power. He will definitely pass!" someone said.

Wu Youchen walked over, and as soon as he released his mental power, the Spirit Stones began to float, quickly surpassing twenty and reaching twenty-five!

Everyone was amazed.

Wu Youchen's expression turned slightly serious, then he grunted, increasing his mental power, and two more stones floated...

"Twenty-seven!"

"Twenty-nine, just one more!"

Suddenly, five more stones floated.

"Thirty-four, impressive!"

The students from the Three Martial Academy shouted in surprise.

Wu Youchen was drenched in sweat, clearly exerting himself to the limit. Despite his pale face, the arrogance did not fade. Passing Du Gui's test made him even prouder.

Du Gui nodded, "Wu Youchen passes, next!"

Subsequently, the remaining forty-odd students from the Xuan-level Martial Academy were tested one by one.

It must be said that there were quite a few students with strong mental power, many reaching above twenty-five.

So far, only fifteen had passed.

Apart from Wu Youchen, the others could only make thirty flying spirit stones levitate; trying to add even one more was extremely difficult.

"It's Xiao Yuemei's turn now. She's the youngest and also the last. I wonder if she can pass."

"It seems like she has become even more beautiful since we last saw her."

"She's only fourteen years old, yet she is already at the sixth level of the Martial Body, with strong mental power, just like her sister. They both have such high talent!"

As soon as it was Xiao Yuemei's turn, everyone started discussing her. She was a very beautiful young girl and also very powerful, naturally drawing much attention.

Xiao Yuemei, with her cold but lovely little face, walked over to the flying spirit stones on the ground.

She let out a light snort and released her mental power, causing a large number of flying spirit stones to suddenly levitate!

Just with a casual effort, dozens of flying spirit stones were floating, and the crowd immediately burst into exclamations, all shocked!

Du Gui also looked surprised, saying, "Fifty-five stones, and... she hasn't even used her full strength!"

Xiao Yuemei had only released her mental power for a moment before quickly retracting it, looking completely relaxed. In contrast, after their tests, the others looked as if they had lost half their lives.

"Little girl, show me all your mental power!" Du Gui said with a smile.

"I'm too lazy, it's exhausting!" Xiao Yuemei huffed, then walked to the side. "No matter how good my talent is, I'm still a student of the Heavenly Profound Martial Academy. What does that have to do with you?"

"If you have good mental power talent, I'll give you an extra cultivation technique to learn!" Du Gui chuckled.