Chapter 22
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"The trial is finally over! Let's go!" shouted Ling Yu as they immediately ran towards Duan Li who was still sitting cross-legged on the center.
"Duan Li!"
"Wake up!"
"Duan Li wake up!"
They called out to him numerous times as Ling Yu shook his body.
"Uhhh.."
Duan Li slowly opened his eyes as he groaned. The throbbing pain he felt in his brain left him to clutch his head together as he tried to stood up. Even worse, his insides felt stiffling enough to the point that he was about to throw up.
"Sister Ling Yu..?" he said after finally getting a clear view. Duan Li could see that her face was quite pale.
"Are you okay boy?! We thought that you were done in that final moment!"
Wang Guozhi was at the side while wiping his sweat off his forehead, remembering that earth-shattering battle that he had just witnessed with everyone was like a bad nightmare!
"That battle was terrible.. your nose was bleeding continuously as you fight those monsters.." said Xiahou Yu. Her mind was still in a daze, terrified.
"En! And when we tried to stop the magic, the runic formations doesn't respond to our controls at all! This has never happened before!" said Ran Yang as she shook her head and exhaling in relief seeing Duan Li safe and sound.
She had lost her cool during that incident and went panic when she realized that she couldn't stop the magic.
"You even spat a mouthful of blood when the sun dragon descended!"
Ling Yu's eyes was in tears as her worries was finally over and the worse that she imagined didn't happen. Otherwise, if Duan Li were to die in the middle of a test, how could she explain that to his mother?
Furthermore, who would even believe that a student had died due to an illusion test that was supposed to be harmless for even non-martial artists?
They would be put under the suspicion of killing an innocent student of the academy!
"Bloody nose?.. spat out blood?" answered Duan Li as he looked downwards. Sure enough, his clothes has patches of blood here and there.
"At first, when the ancestor said that it was not a test but real, we didn't believe it and had just assume that the illusion magic did really well in setting up such an environment." said Ran Yang while casting healing spells onto the four student who were tasked to set up the illusion magic before as their practice.
They lost their consciousness as their spiritual Qi was sapped dry during that time. It was fortunate that Ran Yang immediately cast a protection spell on them. Otherwise, who would know what would have happened?
Moreover, the test grew even more bizarre and horrifying as they watched further;
The fall of the empire..
Their deaths..
The battle with the titan race..
The descend of the sun dragon..
And finally, the whole Tian continent bursting out into flames!!
That was too eery for a mere illusion to test one's own spirit and will that involved the fate of the whole Tian continent!
Thus, after watching that wretched future of themselves, Ling Yu, Wang Guozhi, Xiahou Yu and Ran Yang felt something changed within themselves.
Like a small burning candle transformed into a raging flames due to being splashed with oil, they found themselves extremely motivated to reach an end goal, an invincible prowess that they must achieve no matter what!
To become stronger than they could possibly imagine!
They clenched their fists tightly in agitation with this new goal as they look at Duan Li.
They swore to themselves that they will stood by him to fight together for that end times!
Meanwhile, as they were resolving themselves with extreme training methods planned out within their minds, Duan Li was worrying about something else.
"So they saw everything.." said Duan Li to himself.
He forgot that the trial could be viewed by others using that reflective mirror at the heat of the moment as he was too absorbed within the emotions of his future self.
He was domineering, brave and ultimately strong, and could even be said to be the most strongest existence in the whole Tian continent!
But now, he had reverted back to his usual self. Eventhough the lifetime memories of his future self still exists within his minds, most of it will change inevitably from now on, and most importantly, this is the real him.
Perhaps, only the memories of learning those powerful techniques would be vastly useful for him.
Fortunately also, Duan Li hadn't mentioned about the existence of the mysterious pearl and only said so within his thoughts.
It was due to that mysterious pearl that he could dive into his future self of the original timeline, and it was also because of it that they will have the chance to change the future.
Its powers goes way beyond logical reason and comprehension.
If word were to come out that this was all possible due to the mysterious pearl, wouldn't experts with ulterior motives and greed pop out everywhere to snatch it from him?
No!
He musn't let that happen.
Eventhough he knew that without it, he could still achieve back the inconceivable feat and battle prowess with his talents alone, evidenced by his future self, with the addition of the mysterious pearl however, that could give him miracles and unique abilities, he would be able to soar even further.
In other words, eight years later with the help of this mysterious pearl, his battle prowess would be way, way more higher!
He could somehow feel that, it would be possible to beat that sun dragon!
Most importantly, they would have the chance to overturn the previous future and he could avenge everyone from that timeline.
Therefore it could be said that, their chance to change the future was at the cost of everyone's death!
With such responsibility on his shoulders, how could he afford to risk the existence of the mysterious pearl being known?
Thus, he would let them assume that he was destined somehow to change their fate.
"What.. should we do about the footage..?" asked Ran Yang to break the awkward silence.
"We.. I think we should show it to the principal.. and let him decide.. " replied Wang Guozhi, although he seemed to be quite unsure as well.
After all, what they had just witnessed was extremely bizarre that involved everyone's fate, thus in their mind, everyone should have the right to know!
But at the same time, it could cause harm to Duan Li when people realized what he could become in the future, especially those that disdain and hate others to be stronger than them.
"I think.. the principal would know what to do too.. " said Ling Yu and everyone as they nodded solemnly.
After a short discussion, Ran Yang will stay to heal the four students while they will head to the principal's office to report and hand over the footage.
...
Knock knock!
"Come in!"
The principal had just finished writing a report regarding what the millennium Yidara tree, or wanted to be known as Ancestor Zong, told them. Eventhough the 'impossibility' part of tiding through the future end times seemed like an exageration, he wrote it in anyway.
"Principal, we.. have come to show you something.." said Ling Yu as she lead the party inside the principal's office.
"Ohh? Its you people. Have a sit first." he said casually while pouring hot tea into a few cups.
"Now, what is it?" he said as he handed one cup each to them.
Wang Guozhi, Ling Yu and Xiahou Yu turned towards Duan Li as they signaled at him, indicating;
'You explain it to the principal!'
Thus, Duan Li straightened himself up and swallowed his saliva. He stood up and walk forward to give a red jade slip on his right hand to the principal.
"This.. it is hard to explain.. and we don't know where to start. But I guess it would be better if Principal were to see it yourself.."
The principal creased his brows together looking at that red jade slip, one that is used to record scenes or events in visual footage.
Taking it from Duan Li's hands, he then put the jade slip on a small circle tray as the jade slip glowed.
Wonggg!
A visual footage appeared on thin air as the principal cupped his chin.
...
The footage on Duan Li's trial was about one hour long, and as time passes by, the principal's expression turned grim. By the time the eight abominations appeared on that snowy plains, he was already standing up straight, immersed in the epic battle as he clenched his fists tight.
Finally, when the sun dragon descended and burned the whole Tian continent to ashes, his expression froze for a while with his eyes opened wide, before he sat down slowly as he rubbed his temples.
"This.. who else.. knew about this?" he asked towards the party.
"Sir, other than us, there is still Ran Yang. Her four other students had passed out not long before Duan Li's trial started, so they wouldn't have been able to witness it." answered Wang Guozhi truthfully.
Hearing this, the principal exhaled in relief.
"Good. Do not let anyone know about this matter too. In due time, I will release these information to the public properly. For now, this has already go way beyond my jurisdiction and authority to handle. Thus, I will be forwarding it to the administration of the empire."
The principal rubbed his temple once more. Due to this footage, he needed to rewrite the whole report that he just did.
Atta damn boy!
What a trouble you are!
Hais..
"Tell the senior teacher in charge of the third test, that both of them had passed the personality test, with me as the invigilator!"
If another bizarre incident were to happen again because of this boy, he wasn't sure if he could contain things under his wraps anymore.
Ling Yu and Wang Guozhi nodded.
"Now the three of you may leave, but you, student Duan Li, stay!"
Gulp!
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"The trial is finally over! Let's go!" shouted Ling Yu as they immediately ran towards Duan Li who was still sitting cross-legged on the center.
"Duan Li!"
"Wake up!"
"Duan Li wake up!"
They called out to him numerous times as Ling Yu shook his body.
"Uhhh.."
Duan Li slowly opened his eyes as he groaned. The throbbing pain he felt in his brain left him to clutch his head together as he tried to stood up. Even worse, his insides felt stiffling enough to the point that he was about to throw up.
"Sister Ling Yu..?" he said after finally getting a clear view. Duan Li could see that her face was quite pale.
"Are you okay boy?! We thought that you were done in that final moment!"
Wang Guozhi was at the side while wiping his sweat off his forehead, remembering that earth-shattering battle that he had just witnessed with everyone was like a bad nightmare!
"That battle was terrible.. your nose was bleeding continuously as you fight those monsters.." said Xiahou Yu. Her mind was still in a daze, terrified.
"En! And when we tried to stop the magic, the runic formations doesn't respond to our controls at all! This has never happened before!" said Ran Yang as she shook her head and exhaling in relief seeing Duan Li safe and sound.
She had lost her cool during that incident and went panic when she realized that she couldn't stop the magic.
"You even spat a mouthful of blood when the sun dragon descended!"
Ling Yu's eyes was in tears as her worries was finally over and the worse that she imagined didn't happen. Otherwise, if Duan Li were to die in the middle of a test, how could she explain that to his mother?
Furthermore, who would even believe that a student had died due to an illusion test that was supposed to be harmless for even non-martial artists?
They would be put under the suspicion of killing an innocent student of the academy!
"Bloody nose?.. spat out blood?" answered Duan Li as he looked downwards. Sure enough, his clothes has patches of blood here and there.
"At first, when the ancestor said that it was not a test but real, we didn't believe it and had just assume that the illusion magic did really well in setting up such an environment." said Ran Yang while casting healing spells onto the four student who were tasked to set up the illusion magic before as their practice.
They lost their consciousness as their spiritual Qi was sapped dry during that time. It was fortunate that Ran Yang immediately cast a protection spell on them. Otherwise, who would know what would have happened?
Moreover, the test grew even more bizarre and horrifying as they watched further;
The fall of the empire..
Their deaths..
The battle with the titan race..
The descend of the sun dragon..
And finally, the whole Tian continent bursting out into flames!!
That was too eery for a mere illusion to test one's own spirit and will that involved the fate of the whole Tian continent!
Thus, after watching that wretched future of themselves, Ling Yu, Wang Guozhi, Xiahou Yu and Ran Yang felt something changed within themselves.
Like a small burning candle transformed into a raging flames due to being splashed with oil, they found themselves extremely motivated to reach an end goal, an invincible prowess that they must achieve no matter what!
To become stronger than they could possibly imagine!
They clenched their fists tightly in agitation with this new goal as they look at Duan Li.
They swore to themselves that they will stood by him to fight together for that end times!
Meanwhile, as they were resolving themselves with extreme training methods planned out within their minds, Duan Li was worrying about something else.
"So they saw everything.." said Duan Li to himself.
He forgot that the trial could be viewed by others using that reflective mirror at the heat of the moment as he was too absorbed within the emotions of his future self.
He was domineering, brave and ultimately strong, and could even be said to be the most strongest existence in the whole Tian continent!
But now, he had reverted back to his usual self. Eventhough the lifetime memories of his future self still exists within his minds, most of it will change inevitably from now on, and most importantly, this is the real him.
Perhaps, only the memories of learning those powerful techniques would be vastly useful for him.
Fortunately also, Duan Li hadn't mentioned about the existence of the mysterious pearl and only said so within his thoughts.
It was due to that mysterious pearl that he could dive into his future self of the original timeline, and it was also because of it that they will have the chance to change the future.
Its powers goes way beyond logical reason and comprehension.
If word were to come out that this was all possible due to the mysterious pearl, wouldn't experts with ulterior motives and greed pop out everywhere to snatch it from him?
No!
He musn't let that happen.
Eventhough he knew that without it, he could still achieve back the inconceivable feat and battle prowess with his talents alone, evidenced by his future self, with the addition of the mysterious pearl however, that could give him miracles and unique abilities, he would be able to soar even further.
In other words, eight years later with the help of this mysterious pearl, his battle prowess would be way, way more higher!
He could somehow feel that, it would be possible to beat that sun dragon!
Most importantly, they would have the chance to overturn the previous future and he could avenge everyone from that timeline.
Therefore it could be said that, their chance to change the future was at the cost of everyone's death!
With such responsibility on his shoulders, how could he afford to risk the existence of the mysterious pearl being known?
Thus, he would let them assume that he was destined somehow to change their fate.
"What.. should we do about the footage..?" asked Ran Yang to break the awkward silence.
"We.. I think we should show it to the principal.. and let him decide.. " replied Wang Guozhi, although he seemed to be quite unsure as well.
After all, what they had just witnessed was extremely bizarre that involved everyone's fate, thus in their mind, everyone should have the right to know!
But at the same time, it could cause harm to Duan Li when people realized what he could become in the future, especially those that disdain and hate others to be stronger than them.
"I think.. the principal would know what to do too.. " said Ling Yu and everyone as they nodded solemnly.
After a short discussion, Ran Yang will stay to heal the four students while they will head to the principal's office to report and hand over the footage.
...
Knock knock!
"Come in!"
The principal had just finished writing a report regarding what the millennium Yidara tree, or wanted to be known as Ancestor Zong, told them. Eventhough the 'impossibility' part of tiding through the future end times seemed like an exageration, he wrote it in anyway.
"Principal, we.. have come to show you something.." said Ling Yu as she lead the party inside the principal's office.
"Ohh? Its you people. Have a sit first." he said casually while pouring hot tea into a few cups.
"Now, what is it?" he said as he handed one cup each to them.
Wang Guozhi, Ling Yu and Xiahou Yu turned towards Duan Li as they signaled at him, indicating;
'You explain it to the principal!'
Thus, Duan Li straightened himself up and swallowed his saliva. He stood up and walk forward to give a red jade slip on his right hand to the principal.
"This.. it is hard to explain.. and we don't know where to start. But I guess it would be better if Principal were to see it yourself.."
The principal creased his brows together looking at that red jade slip, one that is used to record scenes or events in visual footage.
Taking it from Duan Li's hands, he then put the jade slip on a small circle tray as the jade slip glowed.
Wonggg!
A visual footage appeared on thin air as the principal cupped his chin.
...
The footage on Duan Li's trial was about one hour long, and as time passes by, the principal's expression turned grim. By the time the eight abominations appeared on that snowy plains, he was already standing up straight, immersed in the epic battle as he clenched his fists tight.
Finally, when the sun dragon descended and burned the whole Tian continent to ashes, his expression froze for a while with his eyes opened wide, before he sat down slowly as he rubbed his temples.
"This.. who else.. knew about this?" he asked towards the party.
"Sir, other than us, there is still Ran Yang. Her four other students had passed out not long before Duan Li's trial started, so they wouldn't have been able to witness it." answered Wang Guozhi truthfully.
Hearing this, the principal exhaled in relief.
"Good. Do not let anyone know about this matter too. In due time, I will release these information to the public properly. For now, this has already go way beyond my jurisdiction and authority to handle. Thus, I will be forwarding it to the administration of the empire."
The principal rubbed his temple once more. Due to this footage, he needed to rewrite the whole report that he just did.
Atta damn boy!
What a trouble you are!
Hais..
"Tell the senior teacher in charge of the third test, that both of them had passed the personality test, with me as the invigilator!"
If another bizarre incident were to happen again because of this boy, he wasn't sure if he could contain things under his wraps anymore.
Ling Yu and Wang Guozhi nodded.
"Now the three of you may leave, but you, student Duan Li, stay!"
Gulp!
...
"The trial is finally over! Let's go!" shouted Ling Yu as they immediately ran towards Duan Li who was still sitting cross-legged on the center. "Duan Li!" "Wake up!" "Duan Li wake up!" They called out to him numerous times as Ling Yu shook his body. "Uhhh.." Duan Li slowly opened his eyes as he groaned. The throbbing pain he felt in his brain left him to clutch his head together as he tried to stood up. Even worse, his insides felt stiffling enough to the point that he was about to throw up. "Sister Ling Yu..?" he said after finally getting a clear view. Duan Li could see that her face was quite pale. "Are you okay boy?! We thought that you were done in that final moment!" Wang Guozhi was at the side while wiping his sweat off his forehead, remembering that earth-shattering battle that he had just witnessed with everyone was like a bad nightmare! "That battle was terrible.. your nose was bleeding continuously as you fight those monsters.." said Xiahou Yu. Her mind was still in a daze, terrified. "En! And when we tried to stop the magic, the runic formations doesn't respond to our controls at all! This has never happened before!" said Ran Yang as she shook her head and exhaling in relief seeing Duan Li safe and sound. She had lost her cool during that incident and went panic when she realized that she couldn't stop the magic. "You even spat a mouthful of blood when the sun dragon descended!" Ling Yu's eyes was in tears as her worries was finally over and the worse that she imagined didn't happen. Otherwise, if Duan Li were to die in the middle of a test, how could she explain that to his mother? Furthermore, who would even believe that a student had died due to an illusion test that was supposed to be harmless for even non-martial artists? They would be put under the suspicion of killing an innocent student of the academy! "Bloody nose?.. spat out blood?" answered Duan Li as he looked downwards. Sure enough, his clothes has patches of blood here and there. "At first, when the ancestor said that it was not a test but real, we didn't believe it and had just assume that the illusion magic did really well in setting up such an environment." said Ran Yang while casting healing spells onto the four student who were tasked to set up the illusion magic before as their practice. They lost their consciousness as their spiritual Qi was sapped dry during that time. It was fortunate that Ran Yang immediately cast a protection spell on them. Otherwise, who would know what would have happened? Moreover, the test grew even more bizarre and horrifying as they watched further; The fall of the empire.. Their deaths.. The battle with the titan race.. The descend of the sun dragon.. And finally, the whole Tian continent bursting out into flames!! That was too eery for a mere illusion to test one's own spirit and will that involved the fate of the whole Tian continent! Thus, after watching that wretched future of themselves, Ling Yu, Wang Guozhi, Xiahou Yu and Ran Yang felt something changed within themselves. Like a small burning candle transformed into a raging flames due to being splashed with oil, they found themselves extremely motivated to reach an end goal, an invincible prowess that they must achieve no matter what! To become stronger than they could possibly imagine! They clenched their fists tightly in agitation with this new goal as they look at Duan Li. They swore to themselves that they will stood by him to fight together for that end times! Meanwhile, as they were resolving themselves with extreme training methods planned out within their minds, Duan Li was worrying about something else. "So they saw everything.." said Duan Li to himself. He forgot that the trial could be viewed by others using that reflective mirror at the heat of the moment as he was too absorbed within the emotions of his future self. He was domineering, brave and ultimately strong, and could even be said to be the most strongest existence in the whole Tian continent! But now, he had reverted back to his usual self. Eventhough the lifetime memories of his future self still exists within his minds, most of it will change inevitably from now on, and most importantly, this is the real him. Perhaps, only the memories of learning those powerful techniques would be vastly useful for him. Fortunately also, Duan Li hadn't mentioned about the existence of the mysterious pearl and only said so within his thoughts. It was due to that mysterious pearl that he could dive into his future self of the original timeline, and it was also because of it that they will have the chance to change the future. Its powers goes way beyond logical reason and comprehension. If word were to come out that this was all possible due to the mysterious pearl, wouldn't experts with ulterior motives and greed pop out everywhere to snatch it from him? No! He musn't let that happen. Eventhough he knew that without it, he could still achieve back the inconceivable feat and battle prowess with his talents alone, evidenced by his future self, with the addition of the mysterious pearl however, that could give him miracles and unique abilities, he would be able to soar even further. In other words, eight years later with the help of this mysterious pearl, his battle prowess would be way, way more higher! He could somehow feel that, it would be possible to beat that sun dragon! Most importantly, they would have the chance to overturn the previous future and he could avenge everyone from that timeline. Therefore it could be said that, their chance to change the future was at the cost of everyone's death! With such responsibility on his shoulders, how could he afford to risk the existence of the mysterious pearl being known? Thus, he would let them assume that he was destined somehow to change their fate. "What.. should we do about the footage..?" asked Ran Yang to break the awkward silence. "We.. I think we should show it to the principal.. and let him decide.. " replied Wang Guozhi, although he seemed to be quite unsure as well. After all, what they had just witnessed was extremely bizarre that involved everyone's fate, thus in their mind, everyone should have the right to know! But at the same time, it could cause harm to Duan Li when people realized what he could become in the future, especially those that disdain and hate others to be stronger than them. "I think.. the principal would know what to do too.. " said Ling Yu and everyone as they nodded solemnly. After a short discussion, Ran Yang will stay to heal the four students while they will head to the principal's office to report and hand over the footage. ... Knock knock! "Come in!" The principal had just finished writing a report regarding what the millennium Yidara tree, or wanted to be known as Ancestor Zong, told them. Eventhough the 'impossibility' part of tiding through the future end times seemed like an exageration, he wrote it in anyway. "Principal, we.. have come to show you something.." said Ling Yu as she lead the party inside the principal's office. "Ohh? Its you people. Have a sit first." he said casually while pouring hot tea into a few cups. "Now, what is it?" he said as he handed one cup each to them. Wang Guozhi, Ling Yu and Xiahou Yu turned towards Duan Li as they signaled at him, indicating; 'You explain it to the principal!' Thus, Duan Li straightened himself up and swallowed his saliva. He stood up and walk forward to give a red jade slip on his right hand to the principal. "This.. it is hard to explain.. and we don't know where to start. But I guess it would be better if Principal were to see it yourself.." The principal creased his brows together looking at that red jade slip, one that is used to record scenes or events in visual footage. Taking it from Duan Li's hands, he then put the jade slip on a small circle tray as the jade slip glowed. Wonggg! A visual footage appeared on thin air as the principal cupped his chin. ... The footage on Duan Li's trial was about one hour long, and as time passes by, the principal's expression turned grim. By the time the eight abominations appeared on that snowy plains, he was already standing up straight, immersed in the epic battle as he clenched his fists tight. Finally, when the sun dragon descended and burned the whole Tian continent to ashes, his expression froze for a while with his eyes opened wide, before he sat down slowly as he rubbed his temples. "This.. who else.. knew about this?" he asked towards the party. "Sir, other than us, there is still Ran Yang. Her four other students had passed out not long before Duan Li's trial started, so they wouldn't have been able to witness it." answered Wang Guozhi truthfully. Hearing this, the principal exhaled in relief. "Good. Do not let anyone know about this matter too. In due time, I will release these information to the public properly. For now, this has already go way beyond my jurisdiction and authority to handle. Thus, I will be forwarding it to the administration of the empire." The principal rubbed his temple once more. Due to this footage, he needed to rewrite the whole report that he just did. Atta damn boy! What a trouble you are! Hais.. "Tell the senior teacher in charge of the third test, that both of them had passed the personality test, with me as the invigilator!" If another bizarre incident were to happen again because of this boy, he wasn't sure if he could contain things under his wraps anymore. Ling Yu and Wang Guozhi nodded. "Now the three of you may leave, but you, student Duan Li, stay!" Gulp! ...
