Lu Ziqi stared at Li Feng's changing expression; she could even feel his heartbeat through his hand, yet there were no flaws in Li Feng's words, as if this was just how things were.
"Bai Yutang, I will find out the truth about Ziyue. You'd better not be involved, otherwise, whether or not you are the Seventh Elder's closed-door disciple, I will kill you."
Lu Ziqi released Li Feng's collar, a cold glint flashing across her delicate face as she swiftly turned and leaped away.
Without concrete evidence, Lu Ziqi clearly couldn't do anything to him, especially since he was now a closed-door disciple of the Seventh Elder, with an extraordinary status.
Of course, Li Feng's explanation was reasonable and seed plausible.
After all, she ca looking for Bai Yutang just based on so outside rumors. These rumors were likely spread by soone with ulterior motives, aiming to inform her about Lu Ziyue's disappearance and trying to link the incident to Bai Yutang's odd behavior.
However, the person with ulterior motives behind this underestimated Lu Ziqi, thinking she couldn't see through such a simple ploy.
Of course, she ca to find Bai Yutang also to listen to what he had to say; it's better to believe sothing may have substance rather than not.
Watching Lu Ziqi leave, Li Feng did not relax. He temporarily managed to fool Lu Ziqi, but clearly, this matter would not end here. Instead, Ziyue's incident would soon stir waves in the Divine Sword Manor.
Li Feng adjusted his collar and left the alley like nothing happened, heading directly towards the small plaza outside the Outer Sect.
This round of the Outer Sect entrance assessnt was clearly nearing its conclusion.
As soon as Li Feng entered the crowd, a figure moved behind him. Noticing this, Li Feng acted as if he hadn't, letting the person pass by and kick him in the calf.
"Tsk."
Little Man with a bun face put her hands on her waist, looking at Li Feng, she said: "Little Bai, where did you run off to? I had such a hard ti finding you, I almost thought you got lost."
Li Feng turned around to see the cute and rambunctious bun face: "Where else could I go? I had a bit of an upset stomach and went to the restroom. When I ca out, I didn't see you, so I figured you must be watching the excitent, and I followed suit."
Bun face tilted her head, looking at Li Feng for a mont, then humd in acceptance of his explanation. After all, passing through Dragon Gate Town was quite chaotic; the recorded disciples ford several groups, each trying to outwit and outmaneuver the others.
"I won't argue with you from earlier. From now on, don't leave my sight. Miss ordered to watch over you."
Bun face took an authoritative stance, as if she had been bestowed an imperial decree.
"Then you'd better watch closely."
With that, Li Feng and Little Man arrived at the main plaza of the Outer Sect. Out of over a hundred recorded disciples who made it here, about seventy to eighty percent had been eliminated.
"Oh."
Li Feng looked towards the group of people who had passed, noticing a beautiful figure standing out prominently—it was Huang Shuyao.
Bun face Little Man noticed where Li Feng's gaze went and snorted: "That woman isn't that great in looks, not even close to Miss."
"Her skills aren't much either. She only got through by relying on her looks."
Bun face Little Man snorted with disdain.
Li Feng soon heard from the nearby conversations a lot of information—the passage through Dragon Gate Town involved facing blockades.
To pass through, aside from skills, luck, and strategy, there's another point—if you are a beautiful woman, you're more likely to receive preferential treatnt.
After all, most people participating in the blockade were young n, occasionally joined by so older uncles.
Facing male challengers, they naturally showed no rcy, so even deliberately targeted them. But towards female challengers, very few had the audacity to trouble them.
In the Ancient Martial World, beautiful won were a scarce resource, and bullying a woman often earned contempt.
So, most people let them through.
Huang Shuyao benefited from being a beauty. Though she faced blockades along the way, they were mostly polite. So even exchanged nas before letting her through, allowing her to smoothly traverse the town.
As for the other recorded disciples, they weren't as lucky. Out of over a hundred, only a dozen stood here. The rest were left around Dragon Gate Town, waiting to try again next year.
The next two rounds, literary and martial assessnts, were mostly a formality because to be chosen as a recorded disciple, one generally already wore the "genius" hat.
Unless it was soone extrely unreliable, they might get eliminated.
Though just a formality, there were still many onlookers, especially when Gao Yuanyuan appeared as an examiner during the martial assessnt.
This prompted gasps from many, as if they had seen a pop culture celebrity.
This round reached its climax with Huang Shuyao's performance.
After all, two top beauties sparring, even just for a few moves, was delightful to the eyes.
"With Huang Shuyao joining the Outer Sect, looks like the ranking of our Outer Sect's four big beauties may change."
"Hey, can't wait to see the new ranking of the four big beauties stir up more excitent."
"Ha ha, I'm already getting a bit impatient."
Listening to the excited Outer Sect disciples around, Li Feng was a bit puzzled about the Outer Sect's four big beauties ranking?
The two assessnts went by quickly; within an hour, this Outer Sect assessnt had concluded. Unsurprisingly, all the recorded disciples who passed through Dragon Gate Town also passed the subsequent literary and martial assessnts.
"All recorded disciples who passed the assessnt, follow us inside."
After the assessnts, an entry ceremony would be held in the Outer Sect's main hall, hosted by one of the villa's elders.
"Why are you out here instead of resting?"
Gao Yuanyuan didn't follow the group inside but turned instead to Li Feng and Little Man.
"Miss, it's his fault. He insisted on coming out to join the excitent; I couldn't stop him, so I ended up following. But Miss, I kept my eyes on him the whole ti."
Little Man explained, her big eyes taking a hard stare at Li Feng.
"I was bored lying in bed, and besides, I'm mostly recovered, so I wanted to see the excitent."
Gao Yuanyuan reached out and patted Little Man's head, then looked at Li Feng: "Since you're done wandering, let's go back. I have sothing to ask you anyway."
Li Feng looked at Gao Yuanyuan, knowing what she might ask.
"Senior Sister, do you also want to ask about Lu Ziyue?"
Gao Yuanyuan eyed Li Feng: "You know too?"
Li Feng nodded: "I was just blocked in the alley by Senior Sister Lu, who questioned ."
Gao Yuanyuan's pupils contracted as she looked at Li Feng: "Lu Ziqi ca looking for you? How did you respond to her?"
"I was just about to tell Senior Sister about this. I think soone is trying to fra ."
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